Abhaya Agarwal
For the first time in seven years, private investment in highway projects has declined, as per the data compiled by the highways ministry till February it has been witnessed a dropping in 2013-14 as compared with the all-time high of2011-12. Projects for 1,116 km were awarded whereas construction was done over 1,661 km which is [...] 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 »
The weakened highways sector could get a boost with the government planning to do new construction and development model that will make it cheaper to build and operate projects. This modified annuity-based model is expected to help the government to build highways owing to lack of interest by the private sector of late, towards a [...] Continue Reading »
