Articles for Infrastructure & Transport

46 PPP projects worth Rs.25,902 cr in progress to boost urban infrastructure

These PPP projects relate to Mass Rapid Transport Systems, solid waste management, water supply, parking lots, roads, flyovers and road over bridges

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Highway projects to pick up in Q1 of the next fiscal: ICRA

While NHAI awarded 1,572km of contracts during April-Nov 2014, it had set itself a target of 5,500km for FY 2015, 35% of which was earmarked for BOT segment and the rest for EPC mode

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Prince Charles supports Kerala's Aluva town growth project

Aluva, home of Kochi International Airport, was selected for the DFID-funded project due to its strategic location and struggle to cope with a burgeoning urban population

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Sanjeev Kaushik takes over as Executive Director of IIFCL

A 1992 batch IAS officer of the Kerala cadre, he was previously handling financial markets in the Department of Economic Affairs in the Finance Ministry

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12 smart cities to come up at ports with Rs 50K-cr investment

The government will develop these and is identifying property through a GPS system, as it does not want to sell land to builders and developers, according to Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari

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Taxi aggregators need to be regulated, says Gadkari

Though transport is a concurrent subject and falls under the ambit of both the Centre and the states, the Minister feels such taxi aggregators are not merely technology companies as they provide transport facilities

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National housing scheme put on hold

The National Urban Housing Scheme, aims to provide houses for all by 2022, where the construction of affordable houses would be done on public-private partnership model

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Inland waterways bill to be introduced in Parliament: Gadkari

The Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways has said that the Centre would introduce the Inland Waterways Bill to convert 110 Indian rivers into transport channels

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