Infrastructure

Projects reviewed regularly Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways, Mansukh Lal Mandavia, said 1,417 projects, worth Rs.432,538 crore, were currently under construction. Out of these, 71 projects, covering a length of 1,647-km and amounting to Rs.21,042 crore, were...

Paper calls for fast-track housing development Minister Puri's updates on PMAY housing. Nearly 4 million houses have already been sanctioned under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), a Prime Minister housing scheme to build 12-million houses by 2022. Stating this,...

Focus on tech-savvy Linke Hofmann Busch coaches     Indian Railways (IR) continues to take measures for modernization of various segments of infrastructure and services, said Minister of State in Ministry of Railways, Rajen Gohain, in a written reply to...

Tranche 3 lending for improving railway sector Kenichi Yokoyama (in tie) and Indian officials with signed loan documents. India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed a US$120 million loan agreement for double-tracking and electrification of railways tracks along...

Project based on ASCE recommendation   Expression of Interest has been invited for Development of Personal Rapid Transit System (PRT) Delhi-Gurgaon Pilot Project Corridor. The 12.30-km project, from 24.00-km at NH-8 (Delhi-Haryana Border); 33.50-km (Rajiv Chowk, Gurgaon) NH-248A Sohna Road,...

SPVs to be given land or capital Detailed Project Reports are in progress for Intermodal Stations in 15 cities, with Nagpur and Varanasi as pilot cities for development. The others are: Delhi, Jaipur, Mumbai, Pune, Bangaluru, Madurai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Amaravati,...

Flexible pavement required for landslide prone region The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has approved road projects in Nagaland and Punjab on 14 March 2018. Road stretches passing through Nagaland's landslide-prone region, will have flexible pavements which are easier...

Alternate modes consider for some cities Metro experts on building the system in India. Experts have expressed confidence in managing India's metro rail development programme based on demand while considering alternative models for other cities. There is a need for...

L&T to build 8.76-km on EPC mode Source: L&T. The National Highways Authority of India, NHAI, has issued Letter of Award (LOA) for Package-4 of Dwarka Expressway from Basai RoB to NH-8–SPR intersection in Haryana. The Engineering Procurement and Construction...

Goyal wants to share international railway expertise Piyush Goyal. Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has held consultations on issues related to the Rs.100,000 crore 'Station Redevelopment Program' with architects and planners. The program requires extensive involvement of engineers, planners, architects and...