Infrastructure
215 infrastructure projects worth seven lakh crores would be affected due to shortage of certified welding engineers, said PK Das, president of Indian Institute of Welding. He also added, as compared to 22,000 certified welding engineers in China, India is home to just around 600 qualified engineers or postgraduates in welding, recognizing the need for [...] Continue Reading »
Brakes have been put on mergers and acquisitions activity in the power and infrastructure space due to general elections. Earlier Infrastructure developers which were anxiously investigating for investors are now pushing negotiations waiting for elections as they suppose that a stable new government may increase their threadbare valuations. Conversely, the investors are going through deals [...] Continue Reading »
The Election Commission have ordered to defer the process of privatisation of the operation and management of six airports of the state run Airports Authority of India (AAI) till the completion of the Lok Sabha poll process, civil aviation ministry sources said. The six airports are Chennai, Kolkata, Lucknow, Jaipur, Guwahati and Ahmedabad. The EC [...] Continue Reading »
PWD’s road widening project in Vasant Kunj, stalled over environmental concerns and strict monitoring by National Green Tribunal (NGT), has created a traffic bottleneck that refuses to go. For over a year now the traffic going from Mahipalpur towards Chattarpur has been negotiating a long bumpy and dusty stretch. A year back the PWD was [...] Continue Reading »
Secretary, Civil Aviation, Ashok Lavasa, said on Thursday that on the recommendations of the Election Commission, the modernisation of Chennai, Kolkata and four other airports has been put on hold. The Commission has asked us to put it (airport modernisation) on hold till the process of elections is over. The date for submission of bids [...] Continue Reading »
Nandi Economic Corridor Enterprise (NECE): The management of publicly-held BF Utilities during its AGM on Monday took into view the suggestions of its shareholders and said that it will appoint merchant bankers and consultants to look into the various options to restructure a subsidiary. It will consider various options to enhance shareholder value by restructuring [...] Continue Reading »
Three of the five dissenting villages have raised no objection to the compensation being offered by the government in return for acquiring their land. But, there are riders. The impasse over land acquisition for the Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) may be close to getting resolved. 35% of developed land along with a cash component [...] Continue Reading »
After the company emerged as the highest bidder for Tata Steel’s 25-acre land parcel in Borivali, Mumbai, The scrip of Mumbai-based realty major Oberoi Realty zoomed by 11.4 per cent or 23 points to trade at Rs 221 a share in intra-day trade. After the conclusion of an e-auction on Monday, according to a statement [...] Continue Reading »
Due to Urbanization and migration of peoples towards cities, the government has to consider about urban mass rapid transit systems which are also known as metro railways to reclaim much of the lost ground in urban planning. At least 10 metro projects are at the different phases of planning and implementation. These projects would need [...] Continue Reading »
In the next three years only a half of the ongoing airport projects in the country would be completed while the rest would be delayed owing to the tough land acquisition norms, regulatory hurdles and absence of a national-level policy, a ratings agency said in a report. Care Research said, “Presently, about 64 airport projects [...] Continue Reading »
