Infrastructure
Latest housing scheme by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA)’s with about 3,000 flats on offer will be postponed by at least six months due to the unfinished construction of flats as well as ongoing elections. The housing scheme was announced after a hault of four years and was likely to roll out last month. For [...] Continue Reading »
ACME, a green technology firm, has got a contract for constructing the national games village in Kerala. Housing units in the games village using prefab technology would be constructed by the company, under the contract. The company won the bid at Rs. 36.57 crores and would construct the ‘Games Village’ at XXXV National Games Kerala. [...] Continue Reading »
In South Kerala Infrastructure developer IL&FS Transportation Networks Ltd has emerged as the lowest bidder for road contracts worth Rs 289.60 crore. The company had submitted bids for rehabilitation of state highways and major district roads with the Road Infrastructure Company Kerala Ltd (RICKL). The projects comprise rehabilitation of 96.72 km length roads under Package [...] Continue Reading »
According to a report, in the third quarter of the current fiscal, Investment cycle in the construction sector is likely to improve if a stable government comes to power at the Centre after the general elections. Credit rating agency ICRABSE mentioned in its report that until September, though there were expectations of facing execution challenges [...] Continue Reading »
GMR spokesperson says that GMR and its partner plan to double the passenger capacity to 14 million per year in the next three-four years. The consortium consisting of GMR and Philippines’ Megawide Construction Corp was recently awarded a 25 year contract for the development of the country’s second largest airport. The spokesperson says that the [...] Continue Reading »
Infrastructure sector is likely to be affected by the RBI decision to award the IDFC a full-fledged banking license, as it has been facing a slowdown already and the company was a leading an integrated infrastructure finance player ,as told by the State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest lender. Arundhati Bhattacharya, SBI chairperson [...] Continue Reading »
Of the cases approved in FY13 and first half of FY14, companies in the construction or infrastructure sectors form the highest proportion of Corporate Debt Restructuring, according to rating agency ICRA. Indian construction sector is in a tight spot due to delay in environmental clearances, high land acquisition costs and increased due diligence by lenders. [...] Continue Reading »
The state government has made the suggestion that the Western Railway (WR) elevated corridor be terminated at Bandra. This may make the project unviable due to low commuter volume. There was a difference of opinion among the railways, the Planning Commission and the state government about the elevated corridor project. After a meeting of the [...] Continue Reading »
The developers – Aditya Birla Group owned Hindalco Industries Ltd, Saraf Agencies and state owned Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Idco) – are yet to utilise full land within their notified SEZs. Around 115.70ha land is lying vacant in Hindalco’s aluminium products SEZ at Lapanga near Sambalpur. Saraf Agencies have 105.20 ha land lying vacant. [...] Continue Reading »
The Municipal Corporation and locals are showing zero-tolerance to unauthorized buildings and chawls post the collapse of an illegal building at Shil Road in Mumbra. The last year incident was shocking. High rise towers used to come up frequently and the needy would occupy them as they were sold at the rate of a tenement [...] Continue Reading »
