Infrastructure

The Rs.325 crore project for Channel and Basin Deepening of Inner Harbour Tuticorin for Fully Loaded Panamax Ships is under tendering, Minister of State for Shipping Mansukh Mandaviya said in a written reply to Rajya Sabha on 22 July 2019.

Raigad in MMR is rapidly shedding its previous 'blue-collar' image and transforming into a corporate hub, according to real estate consultancy ANAROCK's latest report 'Raigad: Mumbai 3.0'.

Indian Railways is set to invest 50 lakh crores in the next 10 years to create a pool of opportunities, a two-ay CII Rail Connect conference was told on 17 July 2019.

Central Government has taken steps to spread awareness about cybercrimes, issue of alerts, advisories, capacity building and training of law enforcement personnel, prosecutors and judicial officers, improving cyber forensics facilities to prevent such crimes and to speed up investigation.

A number of steps have been taken by the Government to help revive stalled projects, Anurag Thakur, Minister of State for Finance, has told Lok Sabha on 15 July 2019.

A leading naturalist wants the Government to give all attention to the forested areas as it carries out massive infrastructure across the country.

The process of granting environmental clearances will become even faster as the government intends to reduce the average number of days for clearance from 108 to 70-80 days, said Prakash Javadekar, Minister for Environment.

About 5,273 km road has been sanctioned for execution at an estimated cost of Rs.57,518 crore under the Special Accelerated Road Development Programme for North East (SARDP-NE), Parliament was updated on 10 July 2019.

The Indian Government is expected to raise debt from soft-interest international markets as it continues multi-billion dollar infrastructure development across the country.

A total of 34,800 kms of NH length including 10,000 kms of residual NHDP stretches have been approved for development under Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase-I at an estimated cost of Rs535,000 crore, Rajya Sabha was updated on the projects on 8...