Railways
The Railway minister DV Sadananda Gowda while answering to a question in Parliament mentioned that the Indian Railways is sitting on a vacant land bank of 47,336 hectare and 942 hectare under encroachment out of a total land area of 4,57,689 hectare. The vacant land is mostly in the form of narrow strips along tracks. [...] Continue Reading »
The foreign trade partners, including the US and the EU are not happy with the decision of the BJP-led Government at the Centre of not allowing foreign direct investment (FDI) in the multi-brand retail sector. Minister of State for Commerce & Industry (Independent Charge) Nirmala Sitharaman informed that press on Tuesday, that the small and [...] Continue Reading »
The new government will take decisions on the Commerce and Industry Ministry’s proposal to relax foreign direct investment policy in construction and railways. The nine—phase general elections for the 16th Lok Sabha has started from April 7 and counting will be held on May 16. The new government is scheduled to be formed next month. [...] Continue Reading »
In the next 45 days, India is probably going to see a new government and corporate are demanding “less government interference” and more private sector participation in “nation-building”. Pankaj Patel, chairman and managing director of city-based Zydus Cadila echoed his sentiments that he is looking forward to less interference, quick policy reforms and more liberalization. [...] 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 »
To be able to meet the investment target of Rs 5000 crore in public infrastructure through public private partnerships (PPPs) for the12th Plan period (2012-17), Odisha’s state planning & coordination department has invited proposals from government departments and agencies. The PPP projects are to be taken up in socio-economic sectors like agriculture, water supply, health care, education, municipal services, warehousing, [...] Continue Reading »
Finance Minister, Mr. P. Chidambaram in his budget speech on Monday said that there had been a whopping over seven-fold increase at 3.89 lakh kilometers in the road network in the country during the UPA-I and UPA-II regime. He said, “In the year 2004, the country’s highway network was 51,511 km which has now reached [...] Continue Reading »
Chennai- Broken boundary wall near the Rangarajapuram flyover has become a death trap for residents. A resident was trying to cross the railway track when he was hit by the moving train leading to his death on the spot. The death of S.Rajagopalan was the fourth within a month and many people have got injured, [...] Continue Reading »
The Kochi City Corporation is planning to tie up with the Railways to channel the city’s non-degradable waste and construction debris for construction activities of the Railways. The waste can be used as a filler for the construction of platforms and other development works. Thiruvananthapuram City Corporation has already tied up with the Railways for [...] Continue Reading »
The complaints of the residents of localities in Ward 44 of the Coimbatore Corporation seem to be growing louder. The Southern Railway has 53 acres on the western side of the road that connects Sanganoor Road with Nallampalayam Road. The land stocks garbage, waste from poultries and meat shops, and construction debris. Added to that, [...] Continue Reading »
