Projects

Cabinet considers 5% cost escalation in contracts. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the construction of double line with electrification of three railway routes in Tamil Nadu. The projects will be completed in 2020-21. Approval has been...

Ministry has identified 208 ROB sites. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is all set to construct a total of 24,800 km of National Highways under the proposed Phase-I of Bharatmala Pariyojana. The Public Investment Board has already cleared...

Work in progress on 13 North Karnataka highways. Bids have been invited for procurement of executing agency for conversion of Bengaluru–Mysuru Highway in Karnataka as National Highway, said Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways, Mansukh L. Mandaviya has...

Sewage treatment plants for UP and Bihar.   The Executive Committee of National Mission for Clean Ganga has approved seven projects worth Rs.425 crore for sewage infrastructure, Ghat development and research. The first three approved projects are for interception, diversion...

Banks urged to lend for solar installations The International Solar Alliance (ISA) is proposing to set up a US$300 billion fund for the global solar energy, said ISA Director General Upendra Tripathy. “ISA is to bring out a tender for...

NAM earmarks Rs.440 crore for medical facilities. The government has approved 39 hospitals, each of 50-bed, from 45 proposals received during 2016-17, said Minister of State for AYUSH (Independent Charge), Shripad Yesso Naik in reply to a question in Lok...

Tourism and Railways Ministries to bear upgrade costs. Passenger amenities are to be upgraded at 24 railway stations by Ministries of Tourism and Railways (MOR), said State for Railways Rajen Gohain in a written reply to a question in Lok...

SPV formed for managing station and hotel. Gandhinagar station. The Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation Ltd (IRSDC) and the state Government of Gujarat (GoG) has formed a special purpose vehicle for the re-development of Gandhinagar station. The IRSDC has taken...

Highlights of financing issues. Thirty-one national highways projects have reached financial closure over the last three years amidst challenging financing environment, said Minister of State for Road Transportation and Highways Pon. Radhakrishnan in a written reply to a question in...

Roof-top solar to get another US$625m. The World Bank is providing US$100 million for development of internal infrastructure of solar parks planned by Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd (IREDA) of Ministry of New & Renewable Energy. The loan for...