Civic Issues
Jaipur- After the long delay and several mishaps, the Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation (JMRC) will take charge of construction work for Metro project phase I (B). Since the provision of financial penalty and punishment through blacklisting have not been included in the contract, the state government cannot penalize Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) for its [...] Continue Reading »
Two highway projects for road widening in Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha have got approval from the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA). The two projects approved by the CCEA include widening of Patna-Gaya-Dobhi section on NH-83 in Bihar project and Baharagora-Sambalpur stretch in Odisha and Jharkhand. As per official records, the total project cost is estimated [...] Continue Reading »
The redevelopment of of old buildings in South Mumbai awaits final environmental clearance. The work on the city’s largest project of cluster redevelopment of buildings can start only after this final nod. The Bohra community’s Rs 1,500-crore redevelopment project in Mumbai, spread over 14 acres in Bhendi Bazar recently got approval from the State Environment [...] Continue Reading »
From now onwards, the tenants staying in building owned by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) have to pay for the repair works carried out in their properties. Around 53000 tenants who live in 9897 BMC owned buildings have to shell out money for the same. Earlier, the municipal corporation used to fund for all the major [...] Continue Reading »
Kochi- Although the project work of Kochi metro is handed over to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), the documents say a different story. According to the documents, the role of the DMRC in handholding the metro will only be ornamental. The fate of Kochi metro was decided jointly by Federal Minister for Urban Development, the Delhi government [...] Continue Reading »
Last year the country faced power shut down for more than 24 hours and to settle down the issue, Alstom India is introducing 10 to 15 new projects to strengthen the existing power grids. Alstom T&D India, the subsidiary of France-based Alstom Group is taking care of the building of the new projects and the [...] Continue Reading »
Hyderabad- According to Larsen & Tuobro chief, Hyderabad metro is expected to run in mid 2015. Hyderabad metro rail project is one of the largest urban infrastructure projects in India which is under public-private partnership. This rail project will run along 71.16km distance with three corridors having 66 stations. The first phase which connects Nagole [...] Continue Reading »
Ahmedabad- Gujarat International Finance Tec-City is planning to develop metro rail infrastructure on its own and within its campus. GIFT city officials approached the state government regarding their plan of the metro rail project. They have been planning to construct a multi-modal transit station at GIFT and other metro stations. Since there is a commercial [...] Continue Reading »
Kolkata- Kolkata metro is suffering heavy operational losses from past many years. Thus the officials demanded for fare hike. On January 9, 2013 Union Railway Minister announced an increase in railway fares across the country, however, Kolkata metro fares remained untouched. Metro is the the cheapest form of public transport. The Kolkata metro fare has not [...] Continue Reading »
Kerala- Kerala government has sent a request to Federal government to include Non-resident Indians (NRIs) in Aadhaar card plan. The Chief minister of Kerala sent this request to Federal United Progressive Alliance government at the on-going Pravasi Bharatiya Divas on January 9, 2013. He wanted to consider this request after the process was completed for resident Indian citizens. [...] Continue Reading »
