Infrastructure
An empowered group of ministers (EGoM) headed by Defence minister AK Anthony will take a final decision on Wednesday, regarding issues related to the operation of the Delhi Airport Express Metro Line and its debt. A senior government official said, “The EGoM will decide whether to go for a new concessionaire or not and who’ll [...] Continue Reading »
Last week, in the presence of chief minister Prithviraj Chauhan and minister of state for industries Sachin Ahir, the state industries department had signed 32 Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) for Greenfield projects with various firms involving total investment of Rs 23,850 crore, but ministers are raising doubts over whether or not the projects will take [...] Continue Reading »
According to Chief Executive and Managing Director of L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Ltd Vivek Bhaskar Gadgil, work on the Hyderabad Metro is going on at a fast speed and, if it completes 71.16 km in three lines in five years as planned, it will be a world record. On Monday, while delivering a lecture on [...] Continue Reading »
With the completion of most of the land acquisition statutory clearances and the award of civil contracts for 1,100 km for the Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC), project execution has actually begun. There are two legs of the Eastern corridor covered in the 1,110 km— Mughalsarai-Sonnagar and Khurja-Kanpur — and Rewari to Palanpur on the Western [...] Continue Reading »
Mr. Raman Bhalla, minister for Housing, Horticulture, Culture and Youth Services and Sports said the government was making efforts to provide modern infrastructural facilities across the state. As the Union Government had provided liberal funds under various sectors, there was no constraint of money for this purpose, he mentioned. For the construction of subways, illumination [...] Continue Reading »
The four-laning of 105-km stretch of National Highway-73 from Yamunanagar to Panchkula has been approved by The State Wildlife Board (SWLB). The NH-73 of 19.21-km, falls in the Khol Ki Ratan Wildlife Sanctuary and within the eco-sensitive zone (ECZ) of the sanctuary. As one of the two toll plazas falls in the ECZ of the [...] Continue Reading »
Road and drain projects worth Rs 66.68 crore for Hojai and Lanka in Assam have been approved by the Union Ministry of Urban Development under the Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small and Medium Town (UIDSSMT). Union Urban Development and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath informed this to Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi in a letter. [...] Continue Reading »
GMR Infrastructure Limited, an infra-major, informed that a consortium led by the company has bagged its first rail project. The company is the lead member of the consortium with Tata Projects and Kalindee Rail Nirman Ltd as the partner for OHE (overhead electrification), track works and S&T (signalling and telecommunications) works respectively. The work involves [...] Continue Reading »
The ongoing two major tunnel projects on Jammu- Srinagar National Highway which are being developed to reduce the distance between twin capital cities of Jammu and Srinagar, would be completed in 2016, Minister of State for Revenue Ajaz Ahmad Khan said in reply to a question by S Bashir Ahmad Veeri (NC). Development work on [...] Continue Reading »
IVRCL Ltd has, through its irrigation and water divisions in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, bagged several orders in all worth Rs 2,632.85 crore. The Hyderabad-based engineering and construction company has, in a a statement to the BSE, informed that it has bagged three major irrigation project orders worth Rs 2,492 crore from Karanataka Neeravari Nigam [...] Continue Reading »
