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Major Indian road projects due

The Indian authorities are continuing to invest in infrastructure with 11 major projects planned to be launched during the coming financial year.
February 24, 2012 Read time: 1 min
The Indian authorities are continuing to invest in infrastructure with 11 major projects planned to be launched during the coming financial year. These include seven road projects. 1234 Reliance Infrastructure (R-Infra) will launch these 11 projects and is aiming for revenue of US$421 million from the projects.

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