Infrastructure
In a move indicative of a planned expansion of the Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Ltd (DHFL), the company has revealed that it has efforts underway to broaden its presence in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. As a part of its expansion plan for the two mentioned states, DHFL will open more branches with the objective of [...] Continue Reading »
As a result of an apparent delay, for at least a few weeks, in the south-bound carriageway of Mumbai’s Kherwadi flyover, the entire process involving the construction of the flyover has been thrown off schedule. According to the earlier plan, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) – the Kherwadi flyover project’s executing authority – [...] Continue Reading »
There are a lot of expectations from the new BJP led government this year. The new railway minister will have to begin working towards his responsibilities as soon as possible and Prime Minister Narendra Modi must lay special emphasis and focus on the Mumbai Ahmedabad High Speed Corridor and the Dedicated Freight Corridor so that [...] Continue Reading »
Usually the cost of major transport infrastructure projects tends to be very high. They often shoot up at fast paces because of delays and several design changes. But surprisingly, the cost of a road between Bandra Kurla Complex and Eastern Express Highway has been lowered down majorly. The cost has been reduced by 22% because [...] Continue Reading »
Since the defeat of the NCP during the recent elections, and the miserable loss of the Lok Sabha seat, the party has come to a new conclusion. They have now started to speed up all the infrastructure projects which were pending earlier. This has been planned exclusively to win back some of its favour. Its [...] Continue Reading »
Many developers had offered to pay high premium to the government during the high economic growth period between 2010-2012, to win the bids in projects of road widening, maintaining, and collecting toll from road users over a 20-30 year concession period. However now National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has intervened in these projects and has added [...] Continue Reading »
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has commenced work on the laying of the Faridabad Metro track, which will facilitate connectivity between Faridabad city and Delhi. With the work on laying of tracks for the Faridabad Metro having been started by the DMRC, it is expected that the 13.87-km stretch connecting Badarpur station with YMCA [...] Continue Reading »
All the eyes of the Road Transport and Highways Ministry are set on the Narendra Modi led new government. The road transport officials have already been instructed to jot down the hurdles and come up with an action plan to revive these stopped projects worth Rs. 1.5 Lakh crores. National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has [...] Continue Reading »
A long 11.2 km four-lane road will be opened to the public in June; built over a cost of 135 crore along the area of Noida-Great Noida expressway. This makes travelling smoother from Greater Noida to Noida and towards Delhi without any congested traffic. The road goes along the Yamuna pushta (canal) reduces traffic and [...] Continue Reading »
Once again the Pune Metro proposal is in the news, and this time because the newly elected MP, Anil Shirole wants a reverse gear to play. The newly elected MP now wants to undo what the outgoing Union government did and their decisions too. This would be on the lines of gifting the city with [...] Continue Reading »
