Public-private partnership
The government of Andhra Pradesh is going to sell its equity share in some marquee urban infrastructure projects in Hyderabad, likely boosting up a row because the state is in the process of being divided to from Telangana. The stake sale could collect hundred of cores of rupees but it can also lead to controversy, [...] Continue Reading »
The Karnataka government hopes in tier-II cities infrastructure will be up to expectations by 2017. M Maheshwar Rao, addressing the CII-Karnataka’s State Council meet on ‘Karnataka for India’s Growth Story’ says, “The State government is committed to creating more jobs in manufacturing sector. The aim is to return the sector on a growth path of [...] 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 »
At the state department of Urban Affairs organized “Partner Kerala Summit”, the Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA) and the Kochi Corporation have unveiled projects worth over Rs 600 Crore. While the Kochi Corporation is showcasing projects including commercial complexes and hubs at key locations in the city amounting to Rs 244 crore, the GCDA proposed Rs 360 [...] Continue Reading »
The Mamata Banerjee government will not acquire any land from farmers for the next couple of months from now, even if it is required for government projects. The message has already been conveyed to the government departments after the chief minister’s press meet with Anna Hazare in New Delhi. The Trinamool chief plans to champion [...] Continue Reading »
Government of Gujarat is planning to drastically change the skylines of Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot in the coming days if the it’s proposed new policy for redeveloping of old housing colonies takes off well. To be implemented under public private partnership (PPP) mode, the policy aims to solve the problems of old “unhealthy” housing [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore Development Authority has dropped plans to take up “golden quadrilateral” project under PPP model due to financial crunch. BDA has decided to put on halt the much waited 25 kilometres elevated road corridor project. The project was to be taken under Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model. According to sources, the corridor would link Hebbal-BRV ground-Hennur-Central [...] Continue Reading »
Delhi: With urbanisation expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate of more than two percent over the next 20 years, there is a great need to develop better policies to provide mass housing, particularly in the suburbs and satellite towns of metros and Tier I cities. The government has to reform the development [...] Continue Reading »
The Uttar Pradesh Government has stalled two major multi-crore projects of Delhi. The Public Works Department’s (PWD) project on the bypass road in Kalindi Kunj area and Transco in Noida are the two projects which have been temporarily stopped by the Government. According to senior Delhi Government officials, CM Sheila Dikshit had personally spoken to [...] Continue Reading »
Lucknow – Finally, the report of the department of urban planning is out with complete change in the original plan. The report recommends a dense network of metro connectivity instead of a two corridor concept. Now most of the routes of metro are planned overhead to lower down the cost which many even reach the [...] Continue Reading »
