Infrastructure
The Government is planning to build airports in smaller cities in the next 20 years. The plan is to build around 200 low-cost airports, with infrastructure a little bigger than a railway station. Under the Greenfield Airport Policy, fifteen low-cost airports would be taken up in the next few years. The government believes that the [...] Continue Reading »
Finance Ministry sought a major revision to the draft proposed by the Roads Ministry regarding the formation of a Road Regulatory Authority. The role of such a regulator is to sort out issues between private road developers, National Highways Authority of India and Ministry of Roads, Transport and Highways, and ensure smooth functioning of road [...] Continue Reading »
The metro station at Dhaula Kuan is challenging as it is a traffic-heavy intersection. The station is a part of Mukundpur-Shiv Vihar line of Phase III. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) spokesperson Anuj Dayal informs that special equipment for construction will be used due to the uniqueness of the station — curving viaduct of line [...] Continue Reading »
The extension of the Yellow line to Badli, on the Jehangirpuri to HUDA City Centre corridor, will be one of the few Metro lines going over a railway line in the capital. The DMRC will construct a special bridge to stretch the Northern Railway tracks on the Delhi-Ambala route. DMRC will also construct two separate aerial [...] Continue Reading »
The Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) has been focusing to collect revenue of Rs. 3,000 crore in the next 10 years. To achieve the targeted revenue, CIAL has to focus on three major areas. According to them, target should be achieved by better and outstanding services to passengers, diversification of business activities and achieving self-reliance [...] Continue Reading »
In highway projects, the Centre needs to re-analyse public-private partnership (PPP), such that primary spadework and the garnering of statutory approvals is done by the government, before inviting bids. Or else, the absolute uncertainty over environmental, forest and other clearances would not just incredibly delay projects, however also unnecessarily shoot up costs and, indeed, make [...] Continue Reading »
Kamala Market in Delhi may soon give way to a high-rise commercial complex. The North Delhi Municipal Corporation has plans to replace the 60 year old market, named after the wife of first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. NDMC Standing Committee Chairman Mohan Bhardwaj informs that by replacing market like Kamla nagar with modern commercial complexes, [...] Continue Reading »
Authorities will have to axe 45,500 trees and 39,000 poles, plants below 3 meters of height in jind to build wide roads. As there is a lack of space in the district still the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) will spend a huge amount on the plantation of new sapling. As per the sources [...] Continue Reading »
After the announcement of polls on Wednesday, the urban development minister wants the Group of Ministers (GOM) to take decision whether Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) should terminate the payment to the private firm that was walked out of Airport Metro project. The minimum payment would be Rs 900 Crore in case the GOM takes [...] Continue Reading »
The swanky Green line is zipping ahead and so are the property prices: Construction work along the Metro corridors may have disgruntled them but property owners on this stretch now have good reasons to be delighted. As work expedited on the Malleswaram-Peenya line, land prices along the stretch rose by 20-30%, in the past two-three [...] Continue Reading »
