Lakshmisha K S@lakshmishaks
May 12, 2020
1574 tweets
There is an ambitious target of developing 60,000 km of national highways including 2,500 km of expressways, 9,000 km of economic corridors, 2,000 km of coastal and port connectivity, and enhanced connectivity for 100 tourist destinations by 2024.
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The energy efficiency initiative by Power ministry has saved Rs 89,122 crore in 2018-19 and reduced energy intensity by 20 per cent in the fiscal compared to 2005 level.
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The study started with 9 potential routes between Delhi and Mumbai and after a comprehensive study with key 21 indicators. The study includes 5 intermediate stations, two terminal stations, and all related infrastructure
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#Purvanchalexpressway
340 kms-6 lane
Lucknow to Ghazipur
Pkg 3(Apco Infratech )
Work orders in Oct '18 and is on schedule to open in Dec'20
PC : B S biswal
Via @Sahil Pednekar
#Rohtangtunnel
September 2020.....the
Month tunnel wil be opened.
Road surface works, installation of lighting, ventilation and intelligent traffic control systems are being executed.
Via @Sahil Pednekar
First commercial run - WAG-12, hauling a double rake of 118 wagons.
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The Sonamura-Daudkandi route on the Gomati river in Tripura and the Rajshahi-Dhulian-Rajshahi route were added to the list of Indo-Bangladesh Protocol (IBP) routes, along with four new routes.
#Infra
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The government on Saturday said it is set to sail maiden containerised Exim Cargo from Haldia Dock Complex to Narayanganj, Bangladesh, via Indo-Bangla Protocol (IBP) route.
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55 MT of cargo was handled on national waterways in 2017-18 and given the trend, the 150 MT target for 2021-22 was likely to be achieved before the deadline.
#Infra
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The traffic on national waterway one (NW-1), which is the Haldia-Varanasi stretch on the Ganga, grew from 5.48 MT in 2017-18 to 6.79 MT in 2018-19
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Coastal shipping has grown to nearly 120 million tonnes (mt) in fiscal 2019 as against 83 mt in fiscal 2015, and is set to increase to 220 mt in the next few years.
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In a first, Indian Railways introduces the New Track Laying machine, which has accelerated speed of track laying, enhanced efficiency with careful placement of high quality rail tracks.
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Girder over IR track (Jawali Yard Ajmer Unit )for ROB launching at full pace for target Commissioning: Madar to Rewari Train running started from Dec and Madar to Karjoda is targeted to Commission by March
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The New Track Construction machine offers continuous action assembly line kind of track laying with accuracy and high speed. In each shift, the output of the new machine is as high as 1.5 km. against maximum 200 metres to 300 metres in existing method.
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Dedicated Freight Corridor will soon launch the world’s second-largest Operation Control Centre at Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. The state-of-the-art Operation Control Centre has total built-up area of the centre is 13,030 sq metre.
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Girder launching at Balaram bridge completed, it has 36 girders in 6 spans with average pier height 27 Meters.
All about DFC #infrastructure
Construction of the steel bridge work started on River Narmada on Western DFC
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UP Government led by Chief Minister (CM) Yogi Adityanath is set to launch the construction of 628-kilometre-long Ganga Expressway which will cost the state’s exchequer around Rs 30,000 crore, reports Business Standard.
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After a delay of almost two months due to the COVID-19 induced nationwide lockdown, hectic efforts are underway to complete the expressway project by this year-end, months ahead of the official deadline of April 2021.
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The six-lane (expandable to eight lanes) access-controlled Purvanchal Expressway, which is 341 kilometres long, originating from Lucknow’s Chand Sarai to Haidaria in Ghazipur district
The Purvanchal Expressway will provide seamless connectivity between nine predominantly agricultural districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh and Lucknow.
It will also connect them to Delhi via the 302-km long Agra-Lucknow Expressway as well as the 165-km long Agra-Greater Noida Yamuna Expressway.
It will also connect them to Delhi via the 302-km long Agra-Lucknow Expressway as well as the 165-km long Agra-Greater Noida Yamuna Expressway.
80 per cent of the earthwork has been done and nearly 48 per cent of the project’s physical work has been completed. By increasing the size of the workforce, the remaining 52 per cent work will be done within the targetted timeline
Up to March 2020, projects involving highway length of 10,676 km have been awarded under Bharatmala Paroyojana.
#Infra
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DFC aims to follow a low carbon path adopting various technological options which can help to operate in #EnergyEfficient way.
Source: https://t.co/iWjGFXLoaW
Successful Launch of girders of rail flyover over busiest Grand Chord tracks has been achieved by cantilever launching method at #Sonnagar #Bihar :
DFC is providing #BiharMeRojgar to make #InfraFor5TrillionEconomy across the length of DFC
Via @DFCCIL
#DFC working round the clock to develop infra for the Future India:
More than 50% Work completed at Bridge no 120 at Rajpura #Punjab #AatmanirbharBharat
Via @DFCCIL
Ensuring uninterrupted cargo movement of ~15000 Tons daily thro #NW1 providing seamless connectivity between Sahibganj & Manihari for cross-river movement of loaded & empty trucks despite #lockdown.
It is also reducing cost & time of cargo movement.
Via @IWAI
2,12,898 tonnes of #flyash and 1,755 tonnes of imported coal transported by 229 vessels on #IBP route in the month of April during lockdown.
Via @IWAI
India Bangladesh Protocal (IBP) routes.
Unloading of 1755 tons of imported coal undergoing at Pandu Terminal, Guwahati. Brought from #HDC Haldia via #IBP route destined to a cement factory in Meghalaya.
Via @IWAI
DFC is one of the largest rail infra projects undertaken by GOI.
• Overall cost : Rs 81,459 crores.
• Western Dedicated Freight corridor :1504 kms from JN Port #Mumbai to Dadr
• EDFC:1856 kms from Sahnewal near
Ludhiana to Dankuni in West Bengal
Via @DFCCIL
Delhi-Amritsar Expressway travel time from Amritsar to Delhi International Airport would reduce to about 4hrs from the present nearly 8hrs.
First phase of expressway would involve investment of about Rs 25,000 crore.
indiainfrahub.com/2020/roads/mor
Increasing loading limit to transport double the amount of goods, Railways successfully operates a double stack container train from Palanpur to Botad in Gujarat.
Via @Piyush Goyal
Progress on ₹1 lakh-crore Delhi-Mumbai expressway earns praise from analysts as for the first time NHAI is working on a greenfield alignment
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It has turned out to be cheaper and faster. By 2023, the distance between the two cities will be reduced by 280 kms and cut down the travel time to just 12 hours.
#infra
Of the total original distance of 1,261 km, action has started on almost the entire stretch. 497 km is under construction, 162 km has been awarded and contractor has to begin work and another 569 km is in the bidding stage.
#Infra
Transportation of over dimension project cargo by inland waterways.
HURL's urea reactor destined to Sindri moved through coastal and #inlandwaterways from Hazira to Kolaghat (NW-86).
Via @IWAI
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Far off cities may soon be have access to freshly plucked marigold from Kaithi in Varanasi, vegetables from Ghazipur and Munger, banana and paan from Hajipuras the government goes ahead with setting up small community jetties along the Ganga.
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17 yrs after Vajpayee laid foundation stone the bridge in Bihar is being made ready
The bridge is of strategic importance for India and seeks to provide a shorter route to the Northeast.
Efforts are being made to make it operational by August.
indianexpress.com/article/india/
DFC is making 1km long tunnel across UP & Downhill of Arawali in order2 connect #Mewat & #Gurgaon district of #Haryana,which r situated at a level difference of 70-80 mtr along the WDFC.
Via @DFCCIL
Workers from Afcons Infrastructure have mobilized machinery and started full-fledged construction work for building a 3.655 km section of Bangalore Metro’s 21.386 km Line-4 (Reach 6 / Pink Line) which’ll connect Nagawara – Gottigere (Kalena Agrahara).
themetrorailguy.com/2020/06/14/afc
Rail Vikas Nigam today invited bids for the civil construction of Kolkata Metro Line-3’s Majerhat & Mominpur stations, a 1.326 km viaduct between them.
themetrorailguy.com/2020/06/13/rvn
Uttarakhand’s Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority (UMTA) on Thursday approved a Comprehensive Mobility Plan for the state that includes building the 73 km Dehradun – Rishikesh – Haridwar metro project.
themetrorailguy.com/2020/06/13/utt
Uttarakhand to build a personal rapid transit (PRT) system within Haridwar city and two ropeway projects from Har Ki Paudi to Maa Chandi Devi Temple and Neelkanth Mahadev Temple (Kotdwar) to Rishikesh.
The 73 km elevated and at-grade metro project is estimated to cost Rs. 550 crore per kilometre
MahaRail has invited GEOI proposals for providing consultancy services for the 234.60 km Pune – Nashik Semi High-Speed Rail project that aims to connect both cities with a greenfield broad-gauge double-line at an estimated cost of Rs. 16,039 crore.
themetrorailguy.com/2020/06/08/mri
24 stations are planned on the line at Pune, Hadapsar, Manjiri, Kolwadi, Wagholi, Alandi, Chakan, Rajgurunagar, Bhorwadi, Manchar, Narayangaon, Alephata, Bota, Jambut, Sakur, Ambhore, Sangamner, Devthan, Chas, Dodi, Sinnar, Mohadari, Shinde and Nashik Road.
India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation (NHSRCL) today invited bids for data collection and associated survey work to develop the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the 865 km Delhi – Varanasi High Speed Rail (DVHSR Bullet Train) corridor.
themetrorailguy.com/2020/06/08/nhs
The six corridors / lines identified by the government are –
1. Mumbai – Nashik – Nagpur (approx 750 km)
2. Mumbai – Pune – Hyderabad (approx 700 km)
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3. Delhi – Agra – Kanpur – Lucknow – Varanasi (approx 900 km)
4. Delhi – Jaipur – Udaipur – Ahmedabad (approx 900 km)
5. Chennai – Bengaluru – Mysore (approx 450 km)
6. Delhi – Chandigarh – Ludhiana – Jalandhar – Amritsar (approx 450 km)
2023 completion target for the Delhi-Mumbai expressway project.
Land acquisition process is on in the Bengaluru-Chennai and Vizag-Raipur greenfield expressway projects.
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#ArthGanga project to put in to effective use of #NW1.
This includes floating market & ferry services within cities making river Ganga, a hub of economic activities.
Via @Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
AerialView of Sitaburdi Interchange and surrounding area- NagpurMetro
The new Third Coaching Terminal at Baiyyappanahalli has been commissioned between Banaswadi and Baiyyappanahalli stations in main line of Bangalore division of South Western Railway.
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The existing Baiyappanahalli Yard is remodeled by providing 18 lines. The new Station will have 8 passenger lines with 7 Platforms.
With the commissioning of this Yard, the line congestion at KSR Bangalore city Terminal will be reduced to a great extent as more trains to and from Mumbai and Chennai regions can be started/terminated from Baiyyappanahalli.
The new railway line between New Piduguralla – Savalyapuram for a distance of 46 Kms has been completed and commissioned for train operations.
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The project is being executed in 5 phases :
Phase-I: Piduguralla – Savalyapuram (47 km)
Phase-II: Gundlakamma – Darsi (27 Km)
Phase-III: Darsi – Kanigiri (52 Km) & Venkatagiri – Alturipadu (15 Km)
Phase-IV: Kanigiri – Pamuru (35 Km) & Atluripadu – Venkatapuram (43 km)
Phase-V: Pamuru – Obulayapalle – Venkatapuram (90 km)
The proposed new line will not only act as an alternate route but will also facilitate freight transport in this mineral rich belt, besides offering scope for substantial passenger traffic.
River Level Monitoring Systems Installed on Malaprabha, Krishna River Bridges by SWR
In order to remotely monitor the water level of rivers, monitoring instruments have been installed at two of the SWR’s major bridges.
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Railway Board has sharply increased electrification target for 2019-20 to 10,319 kilometres. A steep 68% higher than the target for 2018-19 of 6,125 km.
As of mid-Mar 2019, approximately 3,700 km of the 6,125 km target for 2018-19 has been commissioned.
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For the first time, almost 2,500 tons of Turmeric was dispatched to Bangladesh by train from Nizamabad in Telangana.
Rail transport which is the safest and cheapest mode of transport
Thanks to @Arvind Dharmapuri
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Kanpur Metro rail construction work has gained momentum after the lockdown. Workers are now returning from their village back to the city.
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Nashik Metro project with Rs 2100 cr project, is the 1st of its kind in the country, on 2 elevated corridors rubber-tyred AC bus coaches would run with its 32 km long distance.
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Government invites bids for Delhi-Varanasi high-speed rail corridor
#indiainfra
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Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corp has awarded Bombardier a contract to supply 67 three-car trainsets for the metro projects in the cities of Kanpur and Agra.
The trains are to be manufactured at Bombardier’s plant at Savli in Gujrat.
#MakeInIndia
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The proposed Chambal Expressway,estimated to cost Rs 8200 crore, will provide a direct link between Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. 280-km-long expressway will run parallel to the Chambal river via Shivpuri, Bhind, Morena to Kota (Rajasthan).
indiainfrahub.com/2020/roads/wit
NHAI targets to mobilise ₹15,000-20,000 crore through its maiden Infrastructure Investment Trust ( InvIT) offering and eventually scale up this funding model based on the response received from the investors.
#Indiainfra
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Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa laid the foundation stone for the construction of a Rs 220 crore airport project in Shivamogga. Government hopes it will give a boost to tourism, industries and economic activities in the region.
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The Union finance ministry on Thursday cleared the revised suburban rail project for Bengaluru, submitted by the Karnataka Rail Infrastructure Development Enterprises (K-RIDE)
#Indiainfra
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Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port facilitated a new barge service to export sponge iron from Haldia Dock to Pangaon Port through Indo-Bangladesh Protocol Route.
Via @IWAI
In a a major boost to building strategic roads the government accepted and implemented three important recommendations relating to border infrastructure, made by the Shekatkar Committee in 2016.
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First, the government has agreed to outsource road construction work to contractors other than Border Roads Organisation (BRO) including private sector road construction agencies.
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Second, the government has accepted to make it easier to introduce modern construction plant, equipment and machinery.
BRO’s “enhanced procurement powers” for domestic and foreign procurements from have been increased from Rs 7.5 crore to Rs 100 crore.
#Indiainfra
Finally completing land acquisition and obtaining statutory clearances such as forest and environmental clearance will now be pre-requisites for approving the DPR for a new road.
#Indiainfra
Thanks to these measures BRO has recently inducted Hot-Mix Plant 20/30 TPH for speedier laying of roads, remote operated hydraulic Rock Drills DC-400 R for hard rock cutting, a range of F-90 series of self-propelled snow-cutters/blowers for speedier snow clearance,
#Indiainfra
DISMANTLING OF MORE THAN 150 YEARS OLD REDUNDANT TRUSSES BRIDGE
The task of dismantling redundant trusses of Bridge No.1 at #Sealdah was accomplished by within 114hrs taking the advantage of nationwide #lockdown.
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Dynamic Tamping Express in operation between #Bengaluru-Dharmavaram for maintaining tracks for safe train operation.
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Broadgauge rail between Rudraprayag and Karnaprayag. An ambitious project to provide connectivity to #Chardhamyatra.
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The walkway in Patna connects several clean ghats with high mast lights, making it safe and the riverbank more scenic even during night time.
#Namamiganga
Via @Namami Gange | #IndiaFightsCorona
The 15ft wide walkway in Patna on the Ganga Riverfront makes it a hotspot for morning walks.
Via @Namami Gange | #IndiaFightsCorona
Indian Railways has completed electrification of more than 40,000 Route km (63% of BG routes) in which 18,605 km electrification work has been done during 2014-20. Previously, only 3,835 km electrification work was completed during the period 2009-14.
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Indian Railways has fixed a target of electrification of 7000 RKM for the year 2020-21. All routes on BG network have been planned to be electrified by December 2023.
Indian Railways is working to harness the potential of 500 MW energy through roof top Solar panels. Till date, 100 MW of solar plants have been commissioned on roof-tops of various buildings including 900 stations.
Cc @Electrek.co @CleanTechnica
Solar plants with a combined capacity of 400 MW are under different stages of execution. Tenders are already awarded for 245 MW and target for completion of these plants is December 2022.
@CleanTechnica @Electrek.co
Indian Railways has taken up 3 GW Solar Project in three phases.
In the wind energy sector, 103 MW wind-based power plants have already been commissioned. And has planned to set up 200 MW wind energy plants in next 2 years in Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Karnataka.
Total 505 pairs of trains have been converted to Head on Generation (HOG), unleashing approx 70 million litre diesel/ Rs 450 crore per annum potential of saving.
Indian Railways is planning a 125 km long brand new broad gauge rail line in Uttarakhand to make train journeys comfortable and convenient for the traveller.
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In July 2020, DFCCIL has completed 56% of its contractual work on WDFC & 60% on EDFC. It has completed 99% of land acquisition.
The completion in Dec 2021, is set to decongest the network by moving around 70% of goods trains to these corridors.
#infra
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A big push to certain targeted mega infrastructure projects can reignite the economy. This could begin with north-south and east-west expressway together with high speed rail corridors, providing forward and backward linkages for several other sectors.
indiainfrahub.com/2020/news/rbi-
Tunnel breaking ceremony marks completion of tunnel caving work at WDFC’S 1 km long tunnel through the Aravalli near Sohna, Haryana.
This will be world first electrified Rail tunnel fit to run double stack containers.
Two units of 700 MW will be in Haryana and two 1,000 MW units in Tamil Nadu.
First indigenous 700 MW reactor is expected to start full power operation towards the later half of the year.
#infra
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The Indian nuclear sector is betting big on the indigenously designed 700 MW PHWRs as a total of 16 units totalling 11,200 MW are planned to be built involving an outlay of Rs 105,000 crore, funded with a debt:equity ratio of 70:30.
Entire track laying of the DFCC is being undertaken by the NTC machine which has the capacity to lay 1.56 km track per day as against a maximum of 400 to 500 metre through manual process.
indiainfrahub.com/2020/news/mech
The Indian Railways has achieved record loading of foodgrains, 80 percent more than last year, and has set a target of achieving 50 percent more freight loading in the current fiscal as compared to 2019-2020.
#infra
indiainfrahub.com/2020/news/rail
Railways to roll-out 44 Vande Bharat trains In next 3 years. The trains will be now simultaneously manufactured at all 3 production units to ensure timely delivery of train sets. The 44 trains will start running in the next two to three years.
#infra
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The Indian Railways Electrification Programme is in full swing and is expected to complete 100% by 2023. Through this, we will save a whopping cost of Rs.10000 crore per annum on fuel, the demand for crude oil will reduce thus reducing the import bill.
The availability of 151 private trains by Indian Railways will increase the availability of seats in trains for passengers.
This expansion will create employment and provide better facilities to the passengers and this will not affect the trains already running in the railways.
Indian Railways is constructing the country's first cable bridge between Katra and Reasi.
On completion of this project, the rail network in the Jammu and Kashmir region will be strengthened and Indian Railways will play an important role in the development of the state.
The first Kisan Rail, a special parcel train for carrying perishable commodities is introduced between from Devlali in Maharashtra to Danapur in Bihar.
Kisan Rail with frozen containers is expected to build a seamless national cold supply chain.
#Infra
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The service will run once a week every Wednesday from in Hyderabad.
Cargo Express will move at an average speed of 50 KMPH and will reach the destination, Delhi as per schedule on Friday.
It is almost 40% lesser than charges applicable by Road
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The Ministry of Railways has asked the Railway Board to quickly downsize Indian Railways’ fleet of diesel locomotives. 2,500 diesel units are likely to face the chopping block soon.
#infra
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Sembcorp Energy India has announced completion of its 800 MW wind energy projects in India.
These wind assets can provide enough energy to power more than 600,000 homes and offset 2 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions annually.
#infra
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UPMRC has completed more than 50% of the piling work in the 9-km-long Priority Corridor being constructed between IIT and Motijheel for the Kanpur Metro Rail project.
We may expect Kanpur Metro to get operational by the end of 2021.
#infra
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An engineering marvel, Indian Railways commissions 670 m-long bridge over Bhima river. the longest bridge in the zone comprising 14 spans of 45.7 m
The route connects Karnataka with Maharashtra through Bijapur and Sholapur districts.
#Infra
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Indian Railways' production unit RCF Kapurthala has manufactured a record 151 Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) coaches in the month of July.
This is the highest number of production of LHB coaches in a single month since it began manufacturing in 2002.
#infra
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched a ₹1 trillion agriculture infrastructure fund to give a leg up to post-harvest management and marketing of agricultural produce, in turn helping improve farm-gate prices.
#infra
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PM inaugurates 2,300-km long submarine OFC connecting Chennai, Port Blair laid at a cost of about ₹1,224 crore
It will will deliver bandwidth of 2 x 200 Gbps between Chennai and Port Blair, and 2 x 100 Gbps between Port Blair and other islands
#Infra
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Anji Khad Bridge, India's 1st cable-stayed rail bridge, will connect Katra and Reasi in Jammu & Kashmir.
#infra
High speed freight and high average speed of passenger trains is one business opportunity which IR seeks to unlock with push-pull and DPWCS technology.
#infra
indiainfrahub.com/2020/railways/
The corporation may have authorised capital of Rs 20,000 cr and will provide guarantee to bonds issued by completed projects.
Credit enhancement helps issuing companies improve their bond ratings, as bond payment is guaranteed to a certain limit.
#infra
indiainfrahub.com/2020/news/infr
Jammu and Kashmir-Delhi Express Road Corridor will be ready by 2023.
When it becomes functional, the travel time from Katra to Delhi will get reduced to around 6.5 hours, and from Jammu to Delhi to just about 6 hours.
#Infra
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Focusing on upgradation of passenger amenities, Railways is planning to equip the entire fleet of AC coaches with aircraft-style bio-vacuum toilets at an estimated cost of Rs 1500 cr.
#infra
indiainfrahub.com/2020/news/bio-
Government plans monitoring of all infrastructure projects under the ₹111-trillion National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) on a digital platform to ensure access to updated project information for investments across various sectors.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2020/news/dash
With the implementation of RFID tags for its rolling stocks, Indian Railways has taken a step forward towards digitalization. The use of technology to access real-time data, has helped the Railways to track its coaches and wagons.
#infra
indiainfrahub.com/2020/news/rfid
Indian ports lose out Rs 1,500 cr of potential revenues each year on transshipment handling of cargo either originating or destined for India.
The estimated cost of transshipping through Colombo for Indian shippers at $200 to $250 per container unit.
indiainfrahub.com/2020/ports-avi
The railways is steadily gaining lost ground in freight loading by surpassing its last year’s freight for August so far by 7 per cent.
It has achieved 80 per cent more loading of foodgrains than last year and has introduced time tabled parcel services.
indiainfrahub.com/2020/news/rail
23 new highways, including a network of expressways & economic corridors, will be ready by Mar 2025.
4 expressways including Del-Mum, Ahmdbd-Dholera, Amritsr-Jamnagr, are scheduled for completion by Mar 2023, 9 more will be ready by March 2024.
#Infra
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The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has fast-tracked approval of 1,500 km of coastal road projects after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s emphasis on infrastructure development in his Independence Day speech.
#Infra
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The Centre, Maharashtra government, MRVCL and AIIB on Monday signed a $500 million loan agreement to improve the network capacity, service quality and safety of the suburban railway system in Mumbai.
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DFCCIL conducted successful speed trial at the speed of 55 Kmph between Bhadan-Khurja of Eastern DFC. Earlier the speed on turnout was 15/30 kmph. It will ensure fast operation of goods trains over DFC.
22 green expressways at an estimated cost of Rs 3.10 lakh crore comprising 7,500 km are planned to be executed in the next couple of years
The Z-Morh Tunnel along with the Zojila tunnel are designed to provide all-weather road connectivity
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2020/news/road
#Sagarmala
Sahibganj multimodal terminal, Jharkhand.
Via @Sahil Pednekar
Indian Railways has solarised more than 960 stations till date.
Orders have further been placed for 198 MW solar rooftop capacity for 550 stations which are under execution.
@CleanTechnica
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NHAI awarded 26 projects of 744 km length at a cost of over Rs 31,000 crore as compared to 676 km in FY 2019-20, 368 km in FY-2018-19 and 504 km in FY 2017-18.
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The refrigerated parcel van with 17 tonnes of ginger left for Howrah with a delivery schedule of 48 hours whereas, as per a conservative estimate, transportation by road takes anywhere between 6-8 days.
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Uttar Pradesh is readying to throw open the Purvanchal Expressway to public from January 26 next year ahead of the deadline.
Bundelkhand Expressway, will be made operational by the end of 2021.
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The new road will will take only 6-7 hours while the old ones took almost 12-14 hours to reach Leh from Manali.
Road can remain open almost throughout the year, whereas, the two other roads used to stay open for only 6-7 months.
#Infra
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Ganga waters along 97 towns on the river’s main stem will be restored to ‘bathing quality’ within two years.
100% of the project work has been completed in Uttarakhand & Jharkhand
50%-60% in Uttar Pradesh
30%-40% in West Bengal
25%-30% in Bihar.
#Infra
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The work on the first two packages from Central Silk Board Junction to KR Puram are likely to commence in December 2020, and that on the three packages from KR Puram to the Airport are likely to commence in March 2021.
#BangaloreMetro
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Newly-introduced Kisan Rail, chugged off from Anantapur carrying 322 tonnes of fruits and vegetables to Adarsh Nagar in Delhi.
The train provides fast connectivity with the distance of 2,150 kilometres being covered in approximately 40 hours.
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Govt has set the target of covering 100 lakh hectares under micro-irrigation in 5 years' time.
11 lakh farmers adopted drip & sprinkler irrigation in last 5 years, for an area of 47.92 lakh hectares which includes 11.72 lakh hectares for the year 2019-20
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HORC will facilitate diversion of traffic not meant for Delhi, decongesting NCR and will help in developing multimodal logistics hubs in Haryana State. It will also provide high-speed seamless connectivity of this region to DFC network
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The 435-km high-speed rail (bullet train) corridor between Mysuru-Bengaluru-Chennai will finally be a reality soon.
Going by the train speed, it can cover the 145-km distance from Mysuru to Bengaluru in just 45 minutes.
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Indian Railways is planning a 125 km long brand new broad gauge rail line in Uttarakhand. This broad gauge railway line will boost tourism, trade and connectivity between five districts of the state.
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The 34 Kilometer broad gauge railway track has been built in Indian assistance. It would revive the earlier Janakpur-Jaynagar railways connection between India and Nepal. Train bears the capacity of 1 Thousand and 3 hundred passengers at a time.
#Infra
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Nine highway projects worth over Rs 14,000 crore in #Bihar to be laid foundation by @PMO India
These highway projects involve a road length of about 350 kilometers
Bihar’s road density was one of the lowest in the country: it was 861 kilometer per ten lakh people in 2009 compared to the national average of 2828 km. The figure stands at 2012 km today while the national average is 3188 km.
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Under the PM’s package, the total number of bridges over the river Ganga are going to be 17, with a lane capacity of 62.
This way, on an average, there will be a bridge over rivers in the State at every 25 KMs.
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Zurich Airport International AG, the bidder selected to develop the Rs 30,000-crore international airport at Jewar, will sign a concession agreement on October 7 in Noida.
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40 projects — spanning 1,330 km and worth Rs 47,289 crore — were awarded in the April-September by NHAI.
This is 1.6X higher of the 828 km awarded in FY19-20 and 3.5X higher of the 373 km awarded in FY18-19 during the same period
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NHSRCL has opened three technical bids covering 64% (325 km out of 508 km) of the total high speed corridor alignment including five stations at Vapi, Bilimora, Surat, Bharuch and Anand/Nadiad out of 12 stations.
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A total of 322 projects in a length of 12,413 Km have been awarded under Bharatmala Pariyojana till August, 2020. Further, 2921 Km has been constructed under the Project till the same date.
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The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) on Thursday, October 8, announced that the much-touted project Mumbai-Nagpur expressway is to be ready for vehicular movement by May 2022.
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MSRDC announces Mumbai-Nagpur expressway to be operational by May 2022
152.17km-stretch of work has been completed for the 701-km corridor.
520km between Nagpur and Shirdi will be operational by May 2021, another 100km-work will be finished in the following six months by Dec 2021, making the stretch between Shirdi and Igatpuri functional.
Defence Minister formally opened 44 bridges built by the BRO, delivering a record-breaking performance. The 44 are among the 102 bridges that are being built by the BRO designed to withstand movement of India’s heaviest battle tanks.
#Infra
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JSW Energy plans to invest ₹8,860 crore to set up two wind power plants in Karnataka with a combined capacity of 1,400MW.
One project will be set up across Ballari & Davangere, while the other will be set up in Ballari, Dharwad, Gadag, and Davangere
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The road to Daulat Beg Oldie (DBO) in eastern Ladakh, close to the Line of Actual Control (LAC), that was undergoing renovation will be ready by the end of October
#Infra
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The black topping of the DBO road will be completed by the end of this month. Other than DBO road, projects in Demchok and Kargil are also underway. There are many roads coming up in eastern and western Ladakh
#Infra
Afcons Infrastructure Ltd. and Shankaranarayana Constructions Pvt. Ltd. today emerged as the lowest bidders for constructing Bangalore Metro’s 18.236 km Silkboard – KR Puram ORR section of the 56 km Line-5
@Sahil Pednekar
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The Union Railway Ministry has approved Alstom’s 12,000 horsepower electric locomotives to run goods trains at a maximum speed of 120 kmph
#Infra
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With the aim of helping farmers, the government will now provide a 50 per cent subsidy on the transportation cost of notified fruits and vegetables that will be carried by Kisan Rail trains from surplus production clusters to consumption centres.
#Infra
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The Yogi Adityanath government is working on the revival of as many as 19 rivers that were almost dead and could well have been termed as endangered.
Two of the rivers, Mandakini and Tamsa, that have mythological significance, have already been revived.
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The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has received upfront consideration of ₹5,011 crore on Monday from Cube Highways, under the third bundle of the toll-operate-transfer (TOT) model.
#Infra
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State-run hydropower major, NHPC, is planning to develop a solar park of around 600 Megawatt (MW) capacity in Deoria district of Uttar Pradesh.
The proposed site is an island with Ghaghra river flowing from both its sides.
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Central Government on sunday, October 18, said that, it is drafting new guidelines to scale up cycling infrastructure in Indian cities.
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India’s first Multimodal Logistics Park (MMLP) that will come up at Jogighopa, about 155 kilometres west of Guwahati, is poised to be a game-changer for the entire Northeast, as well as neighbours Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh.
#infra
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The 1st phase of the project will be completed by 2023 and contracts for construction works worth Rs 280 cr, including Rs 171 cr for road construction, Rs 87 cr for erecting the structure, and Rs 23 cr for rail lines, has been awarded. Construction work will begin next month.
The Rs 30,274 cr project is progressing well to achieve the challenging target of commissioning the priority section of the corridor between Sahibabad to Duhai by March 2023 and the full corridor will be open for public by 2025.
#Infra
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In a major boost to infrastructure, the Government is looking to construct railway lines along key expressways which have been proposed to be constructed in the nation.
#Infra
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Agra Metro Line-1’s Construction Works Worth Rs 272 Crores Set for award to Sam India
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The Bhopal District administration has set into motion the plan for swift acquisition of land for Bhopal Metro rail project.
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Union Minister Nitin Gadkari will lay the foundation stones of nine highway projects in Tripura to be built at over Rs 2,752 crore.
#Infra
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Indian Railways is set to produce 144 AC ‘Economy’ Class coaches according to the revised production programme for FY 2020-21.
#Infra
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Indian Railways has commissioned its indigenous Train Collision and Avoidance System (TCAS) between on the Secunderabad-Mudkhed route.
This is the first installation of the TCAS post development stage and marks the beginning of a wider rollout.
#Infra
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Metro tracks ready in priority section of Pune Metro, trials may start in soon
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National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) has invited bids for the preparatory survey work for developing the Detailed Project Report of the proposed Mumbai – Pune – Hyderabad High-Speed Rail corridor.
#Infra
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The Ministry of Railways has earmarked Rs.1,855 crore for the 87-km new line between Belagola in Srirangapatna taluk of Mandya district and Kushalnagar in Somwarpet taluk of Kodagu district.
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The new road will be 51.43 km in length and save motorists from travelling via Mysuru city or Mysuru Ring Road and also by-pass many small towns and villages. Besides this, two bypasses will also come up at Kushalanagar (12.3 km), Periyapatna (20.2 km).
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This ferry service will work as a Gateway to South Gujarat and Saurashtra. It will reduce the distance between the two places from 370 km to just 90 km.
The reduced cargo travel time from 10 to 12 hours to about 4 hours saving 9000 lts of fuel everyday.
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In a major boost for the tourism in the Union Territory of Ladakh, the administration has decided to set up a snow ski institute along with other sports facilities in the UT's Kargil district on the lines of Gulmarg's Institute of Skiing and Mountaineering m.economictimes.com/news/sports/la
Awarding of NH projects has almost doubles in last seven months despite pandemic.
Overall construction is nearly 90% of last year.
#Infra
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Nearly 50 per cent of the Ganga river has “very high biodiversity levels” and the sightings of biodiversity indicators, such as the Gangetic Dolphin and Otters, have increased over the last few years.
#infra
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(NHAI) starts work on the landmark 263 kilometres long four-lane expressway between Bengaluru and Chennai.
After completion, a car can travel the distance between Chennai and Bengaluru in less than 2.5 hours.
Read more at:
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L&T has emerged as the lowest bidder for building India's longest river connecting Dhubri in Assam to Phulbari in Meghalaya. The 19.3 kilometre long bridge will be built over the Brahmaputa and will slash road travel distance by 203 kilometre.
#Infra
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The government is planning to increase the number of Kisan Rail trains, which transport vegetables and fruits to different parts of the country, to help farmers get better prices and reduce wastage.
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Airport Authority of India has announced that commercial flight operations are likely to begin by December 2020,
AAI also said that 80% of the construction work is completed, & Bareilly will be soon connected to Lucknow and Delhi under UDAN Scheme
#Infra
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The firm is planning to take up traffic and ridership assessment studies on the west of Outer Ring Road between Hebbal and JP Nagar as well as the 13-km stretch along Magadi Road. No other sections have been proposed in the third phase.
#Infra
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Purvanchal Expressway will be inaugurated on Republic Day next year. Around 65-70 per cent of the work has been completed. Among the pending work is construction of bridges and flyovers.
#Infra
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Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa led BJP government on Thursday (Oct 12) provided approval for borrowing ₹7,438 crore for the Bengaluru suburban railway project, which is being implemented jointly by the Centre and the State.
#Infra
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CESCOM is implementing Under Ground cabling in Mysore city covering 1/3 of the city. This will ensure uninterrupted power supply and provide clean aesthetics.
Rest of the city is planned to be also covered and is awaiting Govt approval.
#Infra
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The Purvanchal Expressway is expected to be open for public in January. The expressway will pass through nine districts Lucknow, Barabanki, Amethi, Sultanpur, Ayodhya, Mau, Ambedkar Nagar and Ghazipur.
#Infra
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South Western Railway(SWR) zone has upgraded 8 railway tracks in Karnataka which will help the railways to operate trains at a speed of 110kmph.
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Indian Railways' coach manufacturing unit, The Rail Coach Factory (RCF) Kapurthala has rolled out a semi high-speed double-decker coach that can run at a top speed of up to 160 kilometres per hour (kmph), according to the Railways.
#Infra
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This particular package represents 17.2% of the total length, running elevated from the outskirts of Vadodara to the outskirts of Ahmedabad with one station at Anand/Nadiad.
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Purvanchal expressway, Bundelkhand expressway, Gorakhpur Link expressway, UP Defence Corridor and Ganga expressway.
With five massive projects on a steady work-in-progress, UP is perhaps the only state that is investing on rapid infra development.
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As much as 40 per cent of the DFC network is slated for completion in FY20-21. By December 2021, the network from Kanpur, Khurja, Dadri, Rewari, Ajmer and Palanpur to ports in Gujarat will be connected.
#Infra
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Foundation stone 594-km-long Meerut to Allahabad six-lane expressway would be laid in June 2021.
90% of land acquisition work for the project would be completed by that time.
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The plan also specifies that the four national projects falling in the NorthEast Region to be completed by March 2023.
The railways has also set the March 2025 deadline for two major projects, Rishikesh-Karanprayag and Bhanupali-Bilaspur rail lines.
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With the aim to provide world-class National Highway network and to create a bridge between technical institutions and industry, the NHAI has joined hands with IITs, NITs and other premier institutes to leverage local expertise.
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The government will soon come out with a national masterplan for providing multimodal connectivity across various industrial hubs to cut down logistics cost and improve competitiveness of local manufacturing
#Infra
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The landmark Katra-Delhi expressway corridor will be completed by 2023.
It will be possible to cover the journey from Katra to Delhi in about seven hours and from Jammu to Delhi in just over six hours.
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Ganga Expressway: Meerut to Prayagraj in under 5 hours
An estimated ₹9,255 crore will be spent towards acquisition, while ₹22,145 crore will go to civil works. The highway will pass through twelve districts.
#Infra
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The first Kisan Rail of Western Railway (WR) carrying 180 tonnes of onions, left for New Guwahati station from Indore in Madhya Pradesh. Kisan Rail will leave for New Guwahati every Tuesday from Indore's Laxmibai Nagar station.
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State-owned engineering and construction firm Ircon International Ltd on Monday said it has received a ₹405 crore work order from the NCRTC for Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor.
#Infra
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Construction of the 30.91 km Patna Metro Phase 1 project has started!
The contract to NCC from the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is valued at Rs. 552.93 crore and comes with a 30 month deadline.
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Infra boost in Uttar Pradesh! Nitin Gadkari to inaugurate and lay foundation stone of 16 highway projects
These highway projects cover a road length of 505 kilometers in total and the construction of these infra projects will cost around Rs 7500 crore.
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With 100 % electrification, it is expected to save Rs 12,000 cr on energy bills depending upon the cost of diesel & electric.
On electrified track, the running of diesel locos has been reduced to 25% now as 67% haulage is being done by electric locos now
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Mumbai City To Get First Desalination Plant At Cost Of Rs. 1,600 Crore, To Tackle Its Water Problems
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Railways is likely to begin the bullet train operations at least on the Gujarat portion once work is completed on this side.
~ 40,000 construction workers are also expected to be employed during the set up period of Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train.
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The 73-kilometre stretch of the newly widened National Highway-19, which cost a total of ₹2,447 crore, is expected to reduce the travel time between the pilgrimage cities on the banks of river Ganga, Prayagraj and Varanasi, by one hour.
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#Kashi is getting what was always deserved ...
Larsen & Toubro has started the construction works for the 33 km Duhai – Modi Nagar North – Shatabdi Nagar section of the Delhi – Meerut RRTS and the work is gaining a rapid pace with time.
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In 2017, UP had 2 functional expressways completed over a period of 9 yrs.
In 2017-22, UP would have finished 3 expressways — 340km Purvanchal, 296km Bundelkhand & 91km Gorakhpur Link expressways.
Work on 594km Ganga Expressway is to begun by 2021.
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Road projects worth Rs 25 lakh crore will be developed as part of the infrastructure building programme of Rs 100 lakh crore, announced by PM Modi.
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UPEIDA CEO asked the district magistrates of the 12 districts through which the proposed Ganga expressway has to pass, to start the modalities of land acquisition for which Rs 9,255 crore have been earmarked.
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First phase of the Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi Expressway from Nagpur to Shirdi will be thrown open to public on May 1, 2021.
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NHSRCL has invited open tenders for Delhi-Amritsar high speed rail corridor project.
The total length of the high speed rail corridor will be 459 km long and will reduce the travel time between New Delhi and Amritsar significantly.
#Infra
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Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday inaugurated a major national highway project in Nagaland and laid the foundation stone for 14 others entailing a total cost of about ₹4,127 crore, the government said.
#Infra
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The NH network in the state today has been extended to 1,547 km up from 880.68 km till 2014.
All districts in Nagaland now have been connected except a few, to National Highways.
NH network density now is 93.30 km/ 1,000 sq km against India avg of 39.90 km/1,000 sq km.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the construction work of the Agra Metro Project today.
The project comprises of two corridors with a total length of 29.4 km and connects major tourist attractions like Taj Mahal, Agra Fort.
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Indian Railways to soon introduce 'Zero-based time table for the smooth operations of both the freight and passengers trains on its network
Once operational, the journey time of long distance trains will be reduced between 1/2 and 6 hours on an average.
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Delhi-Meerut Corridor, India’s 1st RRTS, to become operational in 2023.
With agreements with multilateral agencies resolving funding issues, work is in full swing to launch the first stretch of Meerut corridor by 2023
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Kisan Rail has carried more than 8,400 tonnes of fruits and vegetables in 67 trips to Muzaffarpur, Delhi and Kolkata.
An indication of its popularity - Jeur, a small station witnessed more than 400 tonnes of fruits being loaded in Nov via Kisan Rail.
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Centre and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to go ahead with Rs 10,000-crore Chennai-Salem eight-lane expressway under the 'Bharatmala Pariyojana'.
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The Asian Development Bank today announced its board’s approval to lend USD 500 million for the development of Bangalore Metro’s 56 km Phase 2A & 2B which’ll connect Silkboard – KR Puram – Bengaluru International Airport through 30 stations.
#Infra
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Under the Prime Minister’s package, which involves as many as 24 projects of 1459 Kilometres, the work is on over 875 Kilometres. Tender for 125 Kilometres has been issued under this and tender will be released for another 459 Kilometres by next March.
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Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Evaluating $318 mn Loan for Bangalore Metro’s Phase 2A & 2B (approximately Rs 2345 crore).
#Infra
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Special purpose vehicle (SPV), fully owned by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), plans to raise Rs 46,000 crore in debt over the next two-three years to part-finance the Rs 93,000-crore Delhi-Mumbai expressway project.
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Indian Railways 'Kisan Rail' transforming small stations into major farm produce loading hubs.
The farmers of the region around these stations are benefitting with increased margin of profit due to the loading of their farm produce.
#Infra
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In two years, Kashmir would be connected to the rest of India through the Indian Railways network. The work for the most difficult 111 km long section of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail link project will be completed by December 2022.
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For the first time in the history of Indian Railways, a freight train attained a speed of 100 km per hour on the Eastern DFC’s 351 km long Bhaupur-Khurja section.
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TN, Kar, Guj and Raj can look forward to moving from net electricity import states to net exporters of low cost, zero emissions electricity, but only with adequate transmission planning given the massive scale of renewable energy investment in planning.
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NHAI is set to invite private players to build multi-modal logistics parks, with the earliest bids likely to be awarded in the next year.
The government had given approvals for around 35 multi-modal logistics parks as part of Bharatmala.
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This newly-opened rail link will enhance rail network accessibility to the main ports, dry ports and land borders to support the growth in regional trade and encourage economic and social development of the region.
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National Rail Plan 2030 Proposes Three New Dedicated Freight Corridors
East-West DFC
North South DFC
East Coast DFC
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The high-speed rail corridor connecting Mysuru-Bengaluru-Chennai got the first green signal with the NHSRCL going for a ridership (traffic) study for various high-speed corridors, including Mysuru-Chennai.
#Infra
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The work on Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway, which would be elevated on pillars, may start from March,
The project cost is likely to be Rs 4,700 crore, including the expenses to be incurred on the land acquisition.
#Infra
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4-laning of the entire coastal road from Goa Border to Kerala Border connecting port city of Belekeri, Karwar and Mangalore covering a length of 278 Km have been taken up at a cost of Rs 3443 crore and the work has been substantially completed.
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Further, in view of the safety of road users, 3 works for improving the safety by providing protective measures on Hill slopes in Shiradi Ghat on NH-75, Charmadi Ghat on NH-73, and Sampaje Ghat on NH-275 have been sanctioned amounting to Rs.115 crore.
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The Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (UPMRC) has erected 200 ‘U-girders’ under the Priority Corridor from IIT Kanpur-Motijheel within the specified time frame.
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National Investment and Infrastructure Fund announced that Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment Board, US’s International Development Finance Corporation and and Axis Bank have committed a total of $107 million to its $2.34bn Master fund.
#Infra
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Construction of 841 kilometres roads worth ₹4793 crore has been completed since 2014-15 in Telangana, work is going on for construction of another 809 kilometres at a cost of ₹13,012 crore.
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During the current financial year, 13 major projects costing ₹8,957 crore of length 328 kilometres are proposed to be awarded in the State. Three major projects for 192 kilometres worth ₹2339 crore are underbidding.
#Infra
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An investment of ₹4.7 trillion has been made in India’s renewable energy space over the past six years. That is likely to rise to ₹1 trillion annually till 2030, according to government estimates.
#Infra
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India’s green energy deals are getting better valuations than pre-covid levels as yield-seeking funds and financial investors flush with capital are driving up prices.
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Union minister for Road Transport and Highways inaugurated various infrastructure projects worth Rs. 11,000 crore in state of Karnataka, and said union government is set to undertake projects worth Rs. 1.16 lakh crore in the next few years in the state.
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Rs. 45,000 crore has been spent in developing and maintenance of national highways, wherein 900 Km has been added, ongoing are, 71 projects worth Rs. 37, 400 crore for a length of 2, 400 km and 39 projects yet to be awarded worth Rs. 1,100 crore spanning length of 645 km.
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Road from Chitradurga to Shivamoga and shivamoga city will be developed
6 lane bridge on NH-66 across river Phalgune in Kulur,
4 laning of roads from Goa to Kerala border which connects port cities, Velakari, Karwar and Mangaluru
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Projects concerning road safety include, three projects, providing safety measures on hilly slopes of NH-75 at Shiradi Ghat and Charmadi Ghat, and on NH-73 at Sampaje Ghat, and along NH-275
#Infra
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NHSRCL today invited tenders for the first dedicated preparatory survey work to develop the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the upcoming 450 km Chennai – Bengaluru – Mysuru High Speed Rail.
#Infra
The 9 stations proposed on the Chennai – Mysuru line are planned to be built at Chennai, Poonamallee, Arakkonam, Chittor, Bangarapet, Bengaluru, Chennapatna, Mandya and Mysuru.
#Infra
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The Government of India and the World Bank on Tuesday (22 December) signed a $500 million project to build safe and green national highway corridors in the states of Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh.
#Infra
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Nitin Gadkari to lay foundation stone for 18 highway projects worth ₹8,341 crore in Rajasthan.
These projects carry a road length of nearly 1,127 kilometres.
#Infra
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Noida international airport region sees ₹7,617 crore investments amid Covid-19. 911 plots were allotted to companies along the 165-km-long Yamuna Expressway
The investments have also led to the creation of 1.91 lakh jobs in the region
#Infra
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Haryana state government’s cabinet approved the detailed project report (DPR) for the new 103.02 km Delhi – Panipat Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) line which will consist of 17 stations of which 11 will be located in Haryana.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2020/12/24/del
Toll collection through FASTag has crossed Rs 80 crore a day with 50 lakh transactions per day. This would translate to 30,000 Crores per year. At a multiple of 10-12, the monetizable highways is around 4 lac crores.
We need to get patient capital.
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Government of Haryana approved the 103 km Delhi-Panipat Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) corridor.
The length of the corridor will be 103.02 km and and it will have 17 stations, including 11 in Haryana.
#Infra
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Construction work started for India’s 21st system Patna Metro’s 6.107 km Malahi Pakri – New ISBT section of the 14.05 km Line-2 which will connect Patna Junction Railway Station – New ISBT through 14 stations.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2020/12/23/ncc
Nitin Gadkari has announced that a multi-model logistics park will be constructed in Silchar and the Balacherra-Harengajao section of the Silchar-Saurashtra Highway will be completed in March 2022.
#Infra
ndtv.com/india-news/uni
The Ministry of Shipping has already agreed to the Odisha government's proposal for the riverine port to be developed by Paradip Port Trust at an investment of Rs 4,000 crore. The project is estimated to generate employment for 6,000 people.
#Infra
m.economictimes.com/industry/trans
CM Yogi Adityanath gave nod to 30-km Ballia Link Expressway, as an extension of Purvanchal Expressway.
To be constructed at a cost of around Rs 1,500 crore, the it will have 4 lanes, expandable to 6, and end just before Bihar border.
#Infra
m.timesofindia.com/city/lucknow/c
Testing for the scheduled service from Varanasi to Kolkata has commenced today by Inland & Coastal Shipping Ltd. from MMT Varanasi with the movement of fertilizer IFFCO.
#Infra
With an operational speed of 160 km/hr RRTS would provide regional connectivity to NCR.
The 82 km-long Delhi–Ghaziabad–Meerut Corridor is the first RRTS corridor being implemented in India.
#Infra
livemint.com/news/india/del
PM Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 'New Bhaupur-New Khurja' section of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor.
The 351-km 'New Bhaupur-New Khurja section' of the EDFC is situated in Uttar Pradesh and has been built at a cost of Rs 5,750 crore.
#Infra
m.economictimes.com/industry/trans
Coal India Limited (CIL) is constructing 21 additional greenfield and brownfield railway sidings at an estimated investment of Rs 3,370 crore.
#infra
energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/amp/news/coal/
Dedicated Freight Corridor:
The entire Ghaziabad-Meerut-Saharanpur route has been doubled.The doubling will reduce the travel time as trains will no longer have to wait for a crossing.
#Infra railpost.in/ghaziabad-saha
The 17km long priority section between Sahibabad to Duhai of Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS Corridor is scheduled for commissioning by 2023.
With a design speed of 180kmph&operational speed of 160kmph, the RRTS aims to provide regional connectivity to NCR.
m.timesofindia.com/city/ahmedabad
Modi said the freight corridor will give a boost to eastern India which is behind industrially. He said about 60% of the corridor falls in Uttar Pradesh and it will attract a lot of industries towards the state.
#Infra
m.economictimes.com/industry/trans
Sam India Builtwell JV and J Kumar Infraprojects today emerged as the lowest bidders among 4 to construct two separate underground packages of Surat Metro’s Phase 1 project,
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2020/12/28/gul
Already, over half-a-dozen top hotel chains have expressed interest to set up 5-star hotels in Ayodhya.
Ayurveda and Naturopathy centres will be promoted as part of spiritual tourist activities.
Sarayu riverbank will be developed along with water-based tourism activities like in Varanasi
Barefoot pedestrian kosi parikrama will be developed and seamless integration with the Ram Temple area of 108 acres and the proposed Ram Statue will be ensured.
m.economictimes.com/news/politics-
It will be built at an estimated cost of ₹1195 crores and is expected to be completed by mid of 2022. The state-of-the-art 750-bed hospital will also have a 30-bed AAYUSH block. It will have 125 MBBS seats and 60 nursing seats.
#Infra
livemint.com/news/india/pm-
The new section, located in Uttar Pradesh, has been built at a cost of Rs 5,750 crore. It is dedicated only to freight trains, which will run at an average speed of 75 km per hour. Usually, freight trains run at avg speed of about 25 km per hour.
#Infra
indianexpress.com/article/india/
At present, Chenab Bridge’s 95% of the Arch work is complete, while on the Anji bridge- an asymmetric cable stayed bridge, work is on in full swing.
#Infra
Also, 81.21 Kilometre of the total 97.64 Kilometre main tunnelling, as well as 53.50 Kilometre out of 60.5 Kilometre escape tunnel works, have been completed.
#Infra
Construction of 12 mega as well as 10 minor bridges have been finished. By 2021-22, laying of the rest of 12 mega bridges, as well as one more minor bridge, is to be completed.
#Infra
financialexpress.com/infrastructure
The DFC, with its advantages of speed and higher carrying capacity, can also help reduce freight charges by as much as 50 per cent. Officials say that the lower haulage charges will be passed on to customers.
#Infra
indiatoday.in/amp/india-toda
Larsen & Toubro on Wednesday performed a bhoomi puja and ground breaking ceremony in Meerut for two key packages of the 82.15 km Delhi – Meerut RRTS Line which were awarded by National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) in October-November 2020.
themetrorailguy.com/2021/01/01/lt-
Govt pushes 6 new road projects in Arunachal as tension with China continues
Length of 6 stretches is 100 km and work is expected to take 2 years to complete.
#Infra
theprint.in/india/governan
Prime Minister Narendra Modi to flag off the commercial operation in the 306 km long section between Rewari and Madar.
The section comprises 79 km in Mahendragarh and Rewari districts of Haryana and approximately 227 km in Rajasthan.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/news-brief/pm-
Larsen & Toubro today emerged as the lowest bidder for major tunneling work on the under construction 125 km Rishikesh-Karnaprayag railway line which will link both towns in Uttarakhand through 12 stations.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/01/01/lt-
The completion of the four-lane work from Khawasa to Mohgaon on the Madhya Pradesh-Maharashtra border will complete the 15-hour journey from Nagpur to Rewa in 8 to 9 hours.
#Infra
nationworldnews.com/the-journey-fr
The 450-km long pipeline, built by government-owned GAIL (India) Ltd, a transportation capacity of 12 million metric standard cubic metres per day. It will carry natural gas from the LNG regasification terminal at Kochi to Mangaluru.
#Infra
timesnownews.com/amp/business-e
MV Rabindranath , carrying cargo from Varanasi berthed at Patna for loading additional cargo on the way to Kolkata
Via @IWAI
If someone can travel to Chitrakoot from Delhi in five and a half hours, why wouldn’t he go there, spend time as a tourist and come back? If going to Chitrakoot from Delhi takes nine hours, then the person going there has to plan for three days.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2020/roads/up-
The approved projects are proposed by DPIIPT worth Rs. 7,725 crores, MMLH and MMTH costs Rs. 3,883 crore, Industrial corridor at Krishnapatnam and Tumakaru costs Rs. 2,139crore and 1,701 crore respectively.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2021/energy/mo
Indian Railways' started the train services connecting the Bengaluru City Railway Station to the Airport. The train would be run only six days a week.
One can spend a maximum of 45 minutes to reach the airport from Bengaluru city.
#infra
livemint.com/news/india/ben
So far, 53 freight trains have been operated on this new section till 03rd January, 2021.
• New Khurja - New Bhaupur (Down Direction) = 32
Best Speed achieved = 93.70 kmph
• New Bhaupur - New Khurja (Up Direction) = 21
Best Speed achieved = 85.98 kmph
pib.gov.in/PressReleasePa
Indian Railways successfully conducts the first trial run of double-stack container train operation in Western Dedicated Freight Corridor
Via @DFCCIL
The new expressway to be built between Delhi and Dehradun is set to reduce the distance by upto 50 kilometres.
Government has released the first phase tender for building of the expressway for which government will incur a cost of Rs 2,400 cr.
#Infra
zeenews.india.com/economy/delhi-
The world's largest floating 600 MW solar energy project to be constructed at Omkareshwar dam on Narmada river in Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh will begin power generation by year 2022-23.
#Infra
m.economictimes.com/industry/energ
The proposed model include various islands of Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep, Guwahati Riverfront and Umranso Reservoir in Assam, Yamuna Riverfront- Delhi (as Hub) to Ayodhya, Tehri, Srinagar (Uttrakhand), Chandigarh.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/news-brief/har
Centre considers creating bank with ₹1 lakh cr equity capital to fund roads. This is likely to be part of the budget announcement in February.
#Infra
livemint.com/budget/news/ce
The opening of this stretch will benefit various industries in Rewari, Manesar, Narnaul, Phulera and Kishangarh areas of Rajasthan and Haryana and will also enable better usage of the container depot of CONCOR at Kathuwas.
#Infra
livemint.com/news/india/pm-
India’s first government-sponsored Infrastructure Investment Trust (InvIT) could be operationalised by March this year, a senior official said.
6 road assets worth Rs 5,000 crore have been given in-principle approval for transfer to the InvIT
#Infra
m.economictimes.com/news/economy/i
Two 1.5 Km long, Heavy Haul Double Stack Container Trains powered by electric locos on @DFCCIL
The government has cleared eight hydropower projects of 144 MW on the Indus river and its tributaries in Ladakh, the highest so far.
#Infra
livemint.com/news/india/gov
BRO has completed around 1,993 km of formation cutting work, executed ~ 2,341 km of surfacing work and construction of 2,683 metres of bridges, and undertook 2,508 km of resurfacing work and Rs 1,819 crore of permanent works during this period.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/defence/in-202
Since its launch in June 2020, around 2 million standard cubic meters of Natural Gas have been traded on the Gas Trading Platform. IGX eyes 5% of total spot LNG and domestic gas trade on its exchange.
#infra
business-standard.com/article/market
The new highway between Surat and Bengaluru, worth ₹6,000 crore will facilitate south-bound vehicles coming from northern Indian states, to bypass Mumbai and Pune.
#Infra
m.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/ni
Indian Railways enhanced the maximum speed to 130 kmph for 1,280 km length out of 1,612 Km in Golden Quadrilateral - Golden Diagonal (GQ-GD) route.
#Infra
livemint.com/news/india/ind
Work on the 335-km long Madar-Palanpur section of the WDFC is in full swing and it will be ready by March 2021.
122-km long Rewari-Dadri section will be complete by December 2021.
738-km long Palanpur-Makarpura-JNPT section of the WDFC will be completed by June 2022.
#Infra
48-km long Khurja-Dadri section of the EDFC will also be ready by June 2021.
137-km long Deen Dayal Upadhyay-Sonnagar section of the EDFC will be ready by December 2021.
#Infra
401-km long Ludhiana-Khurja section and 402-km long Bhaupur-Deen Dayal Upadhyay section of the EDFC, these two sections will be ready by June 2022.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/amp/story/inst
Foundation for India’s first 50 liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel stations. Planned along the National Highways and Golden Quadrilateral, the stations will connect the four metros cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, and Kolkata.
#Infra
energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/amp/news/oil-a
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is looking to raise around Rs 65,000 crore in the next fiscal year, and the finance ministry is likely to include it in the upcoming budget.
#Infra
m.economictimes.com/news/economy/i
Construction of national highways (NH) till December 2020 surpassed the corresponding period for 2019 while the pace of award too more than doubled.
#Infra
m.timesofindia.com/india/highway-
National High Speed Rail Corporation has adopted Light Detection and Ranging Survey (LiDAR) technology which provides all the ground details and data in 3-4 months wherein this process normally takes 10-12 months.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2021/featured/
Afcons Infrastructure last Thursday performed a bhoomi puja and ground breaking ceremony in Delhi’s New Ashok Nagar neighborhood for Package 6 of the 82.15 km Delhi – Meerut RRTS Line.
#Infra
Package 6 will become the 5th of 7 main-line packages, after packages 1, 2, 3 & 7, where construction work has started taking the under construction portion’s length to approximately 67 km out of 82.15 km.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/01/11/afc
The project envisages construction of 4 Suburban Rail Corridors with a total route length of 148.17 kms.
The project is proposed to be completed in 6 years at an estimated cost of Rs 15,767 cr.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2021/featured/
NHAI has identified roads with a cumulative length of 5,000 kilometres to be built under the Bharatmala Phase-II project, Around 65,000 km of national highways are to be constructed under the Bharatmala Pariyojana.
#Infra
m.economictimes.com/news/economy/i
The Centre is all set to launch a new flagship programme – Jal Jeevan Mission (Urban) – to provide piped water supply and tap connections to all households in cities with less than 100,000 population over the next five years.
#Infra m.economictimes.com/news/politics-
The phase one of the project costs Rs 1,350 crore and is stretched across 42 km between Dobbspet and Doddaballapur.
It includes the construction of a 2.5 km-long flyover in Doddaballapur and is slated to be completed by March 2022.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/amp/story/inst
L&T started tunneling work for the 1.92 km long twin tunnels between the Priyadarshini Park and Chowpatty.
This tunneling work falls under Mumbai’s 29.2 km long Coastal Road (Western Freeway) project.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/amp/story/inst
The 40.80-km project pertains to six-laning of Azhiyur to Vengalam section of NH-17 (New NH-66) in Kerala, the company said, adding that the bid project cost is Rs 1,838 crore.
#Infra
m.economictimes.com/news/economy/i
Nitin Gadkari on Friday announced that construction of 13 highway projects of 847 kilometers at a cost of Rs 21,000 crore in the North Karnataka region has been approved.
#Infra
businessworld.in/amp/article/13
The NHAI plans to monetize about 1,200km of roads this calendar year. The first will be the InvIT (infrastructure investment trust), which it is ready to launch in the coming months.
#Infra
livemint.com/news/india/nha
According to NCRTC, for the Delhi-Meerut Corridor, the development of the track slab factory has recently started in the Shatabdi Nagar casting yard and it is scheduled for completion within a period of 180 days.
#Infra
To meet the target of operationalising the 17km long section that will cover four stations- Ghaziabad, Sahibabad, Guldhar and Duhai, the factory will start production of track slabs.
#Infra
NCRTC has also kick-started civil construction work on the next 33km section from Duhai to Shatabdi Nagar, Meerut in 2020.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/amp/story/news
Indian Railways in a bid to provide a boost to tourism and also better connectivity will launch a direct train service from Ahmedabad to Kevadiya today.
#Infra
livemint.com/news/india/ind
The first phase of the Bharatmala scheme approved in 2017 includes construction of 24,800 km of national highways, in addition to 10,000 km of balance road works under the National NHDP.
The roads remaining to be built under the NHDP have now come down to about 5,000 km
#Infra
Award of works under the Bharatmala scheme is expected to be complete by fiscal 2023 with execution taking an additional two years
As of Dec 2020, around 13,500 km length were awarded. By March this year, work on another 2,500 km is expected to be given.
m.economictimes.com/news/economy/i
The road ministry on Sunday said that a record 534 km of national highways was constructed in one week, beginning January 8, 2021.
This translates 70Km per day construction speed.
#Infra
news18.com/amp/news/auto/
The section of the railway project that runs from Madhubani district's Jayanagar (Bihar) to Kurtha in Nepal will be extended up to Bijalpura, which is further 17 km from Kurtha. The project will be ready by March 2021.
#Infra
livemint.com/news/india/ind
India’s Prime Minister remotely inaugurated construction work on Ahmedabad Metro’s Phase 2, at an event held at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar, and on Surat Metro’s Phase 1 at an event held at Diamond Bourse Dream City.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/01/18/pm-
4 engineering & consultancy firms today submitted bids for carrying out ridership (traffic) studies to help develop individual Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) for approx. 2365 km of new High-Speed Rail projects in India.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/01/15/4-b
India on Monday said it has supplied a consignment of two mobile harbour cranes to Iran's Chabahar port with a total contract value of over $25 million.
The move will enable the port to carry out seamless cargo handling services.
#Infra
livemint.com/news/world/ind
The 700-megawatt pressurized heavy water reactor of the Kakrapar Atomic Power Station in Gujarat is the first of 16 planned units that will help balance the grid against growing intermittent renewable generation.
#Infra
energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/amp/news/power
Nuclear Power Corp. of India Ltd, expects to start five more units through March 2027, and is placing orders for another ten to be commissioned by 2031. The combined cost of the fleet is estimated at about 1.5 trillion rupees ($20.4 billion).
#Infra
Union Cabinet gave approval for the investment of Rs 5281 cr for 850 MW Ratle Hydro Electric Project on river Chenab in J&K.
This will add to 1,000 MW Pakal Dul hydroelectric project & 624 MW Kiru hydroelectric project also under implementation.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/amp/story/inst
Indian Railways has awarded a contract of Rs 2,211 crore to design and manufacture of equipment of 44 Vande Bharat-type train.
Delivery schedule
1st 2 prototype trains in 20 months,
thereafter delivery of an average of 6 trains per quarter.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/insta/indian-r
The work on the double tube 8.5-km-long Banihal-Qazigund tunnel along the 270-km Jammu-Srinagar national highway is nearing completion and is likely to open for traffic in March.
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/trans
JNPT SEZ plans to attract Rs 4,000 crore investment, generate 72,600 direct jobs
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/trans
State-run Shipping Corporation of India NSE -1.80 % (SCI) will collaborate with Inland Waterways Authority soon to commence coastal shipping services
#Infra
Read more at:
economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/trans
Gujarat government signed a MoU with Adani to setup the country's largest multi-modal logistics park at Sanand with an estimated investment of Rs 50,000 crore.
The proposed 1,450 acre park will have a dedicated air cargo complex with 4.6 km long runway.
swarajyamag.com/insta/gujarat-
The 8 lane greenfield Delhi-Mumbai Expressway will be the longest expressway in India and is being constructed at record pace. (1/3)
#Infra
Via @Nitin Gadkari
The 8 lane greenfield Delhi-Mumbai Expressway will be the longest expressway in India and is being constructed at record pace. (2/3)
#Infra
The 8 lane greenfield Delhi-Mumbai Expressway will be the longest expressway in India and is being constructed at record pace. (3/3)
#Infra
Railways is introducing smart switchable windows & coupe doors in 1st AC coach of Howrah-New Delhi Rajdhani Express. These will:
1. Turn glass from transparent to opaque state by click of a switch
2. Cut UV radiation and Act as privacy glass
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/trans
Over 45% of the project to upgrade the existing Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway to a 10-lane Economic Corridor has been completed and the road will be dedicated to the nation in Sep 2022. Once the project is completed, it will take just 90 minutes to traverse.
starofmysore.com/zip-to-bengalu
The district administration will soon begin the process of taking physical possession of 1,365-hectare land in seven villages of Greater Noida for the development of the third runway of Noida International Airport.
#Infra
m.timesofindia.com/city/noida/up-
Overall, the government has already awarded contracts for more than 13,000 KM of roads at a cost of Rs 3.3 lakh crore under the 5.35 lakh crore Bharatmala Pariyojana project.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2021/featured/
FM provided a record 1.1 lakh crores for Railways of which 1.7 lakh crores is dedicated for capital expenditure.
Also East Coast Freight Corridor, East – West Freight Corridor and North – South Freight Corridor were also announced.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2021/railways/
Kisan Rail service started in August last year has transported over 49,000 tons of agri products with 157 services so far.
These trains are carrying vegetables, fish, meat, milk, foodgrains and fruits to the market in a short period of time.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2021/featured/
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her budget speech on Monday announced the first gas pipelines project for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
#Infra
livemint.com/news/india/bud
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday announced a ₹3.05 trillion electricity distribution reform programme in the Union budget to help reduce losses and improve the efficiency of electricity distribution companies (discoms).
#Infra
There is a compulsory prepaid and smart metering component to be implemented across the power distribution chain, including in about 250 million households.
#Infra
livemint.com/budget/news/bu
#Budget
Rs 40,932 crore have been allocated for new lines
Rs 26,116 crore for doubling
Rs 5,263 crore for traffic facilities
Rs 7,122 crore for ROBs/RUBs.
56 projects to be completed by March 2022. Of these, 13 to be completed by March 2021.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2021/featured/
Universal coverage of water supply to all households through functional taps in all 4,378 statutory towns, through Jal Jeevan Mission (Urban) in the Budget.
Total outlay proposed is Rs 2,87,000 cr which includes Rs 10,000 cr for continuing financial support to AMRUT Mission.
Major reforms are reducing non-revenue water to below 20%
Recycle of treated used water to meet at least 20% of total city water demand and 40% for industrial water demand at State level
Dual piping system, electric vehicle charging points
#Infra
Wi-fi infrastructure in new buildings
Unlocking value and improving land use efficiency through adequate urban planning
GIS based master plans of the cities
Raising funds through issuance of municipal bonds and rejuvenation of water bodies.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2021/featured/
Modi government has allocated Rs 5,976 crore & Rs 2,092 crore for Nagpur Metro Phase-II and Nashik Metro Neo projects respectively.
Nagpur Metro Rail Phase II Project spread over 43.8 km length with 32 stations covers the rural parts of Nagpur district
swarajyamag.com/amp/story/inst
Namma Metro is set to award the contract of its most-awaited corridor between Silk Board and KR Puram (Phase 2A) by March-end.
#Infra
deccanherald.com/amp/city/benga
Road construction has touched record 30 km per day.
Of the 34,800 km under the ambitious Bharatmala Pariyojna.
Contract has been awarded for 13,521 km
DPR for 16,500 km is in the pipeline
Bids have been invited for 4,800 km.
auto.hindustantimes.com/auto/news/road
347-km Dobhi-Durgapur stretch of the Jagdishpur-Haldia natural gas pipeline. The stretch built at a cost of Rs 2,443 crore will help supply gas to industries, homes, and vehicles in several districts in West Bengal and Jharkhand.
#Infra
LPG import terminal built by Bharat Petroleum in Haldia at a cost of Rs 1100 crore. The terminal will help cater to the growing cooking gas demand from states in the east and north-east part of the country
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/i
340 Km Long Purvanchal Expressway To Be Open For Public Use From April This Year.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/news-brief/up-
Top global & domestic firms are keen on developing and operating multi-modal logistics parks, freight terminal along the DFC network.
@DFCCIL is looking at private freight terminals near station to garner more cargo in its network
#infrastructure thehindubusinessline.com/economy/logist
The Indian Railways has done away with additional charges it levies on larger goods consignments moving through the dedicated freight corridors (DFCs). This is being done to aid infrastructure projects and encourage more transport through the DFC.
#Infra
business-standard.com/article/econom
Indian Railways (IR) is likely to complete 56 rail projects by the end of FY22 ( March 2022) according to the Railway Board. All these projects are under various stages of completion.
#Infra
Projects for Karnataka include
May 21
Kankanadi-Panambur
Jun 21
Daund-Gulburga doubling
Arsikere-Tumkur doubling
Yelahanka-Penukonda doubling
Nov 21
Dausa-Gangapur City New Line
Mar 22
Hospet-Hubli-Vasco – Railway Electrification
#Infra
railpost.in/ir-likely-to-c
Indian Railways (IR) has been set a target for completion in FY22
- 300 km of new lines
- 1,600 km of doubling single line sections
- 500 km of gauge conversion
- 6,000 km of electrification of lines
#Infra
railpost.in/2400-km-new-li
The construction of six-lane Purvanchal Expressway will be completed by the month of March
Once the development work on the Purvanchal Expressway is complete, people from Ghazipur will be able to reach Lucknow in 3 hours and Delhi in 10 hours.
#Infra
financialexpress.com/infrastructure
India’s first geo-thermal project will be set up in Puga, a village in eastern Ladakh, the site has long been identified as hotspot for geo-thermal energy.
In phase-1 of the pilot project, 1 MW power will be generated, which will be distributed to public free of cost
#Infra
Phase-2 of the project will be further exploration of geo-thermal reservoirs, drilling geo-thermal wells & expanding capacity of geo-thermal project
Phase-3 will look in commercialisation of project depending on achieved capacity in phase-1 & 2.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2021/featured/
NHAI has sponsored one InvIT that will attract domestic and international institutional investors. As many as five operational roads at an estimated enterprise value of Rs 5,000 crore are being transferred to the NHAI InvIT.
#Infra
Overall, the NHAI has identified around 19 projects worth Rs 35,000 crore for fundraising under InvIT.
NHAI has received good response from investors such as LIC, Canadian pension fund, and National Infrastructure Investment Fund for its InvIT.
#Infra
constructionworld.in/transport-infr
Jewar international airport project is fast gaining momentum. The masterplan for the airport has been approved by the AAI
A final security clearance from the Bureau of Civil Aviation is all that’s required now to start construction at the site.
#Infra
m.timesofindia.com/city/noida/aai
Transport ministry has approved the new Delhi-Dehradun expressway worth ₹13,000 crore.
The expressway would also have 10 elevated roads and the distance between the two cities could be covered in a time period of 3-3.15 hours.
#Infra
hindustantimes.com/cities/delhi-n
Indian Railways plan to connect all the state capitals in the country's north-eastern part received a boost after the Union government in its Budget for the year 2021-22 has allocated Rs.1, 000 crore for the Bairabi – Sairang project in Mizoram.
#Infra
livemint.com/news/india/ind
Indian Railways is planning that 500 Tejas type Sleeper coaches manufactured at Integral Coach Factory and Modern Coach Factory, in the FY 21-22 will gradually replace the premium long-distance trains over Indian Railways network.
#Infra
livemint.com/news/india/ind
UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath plans to construct a medical college in each of the 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh.
The medical colleges will soon be opened on the PPP model in 16 districts of the state that do not have any college till now.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/insta/cm-yogi-
The National Highways Authority of India is looking to monetise around 7,500 kilometres of road projects worth Rs 3 lakh crore.
#Infra
m.economictimes.com/industry/servi
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said the Bengaluru suburban railway project will be sped up.
#Infra
newindianexpress.com/cities/bengalu
Afcons Infrastructure on Saturday night celebrated the launch of their 300th U-girder for constructing the 8.728 km priority corridor of Kanpur Metro’s 23.785 km Line-1 between IIT Kanpur and Motijheel.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/02/15/afc
Private company will be given the contract for around 30 years to handle freight loading and unloading for the DFC. In the first 10 years, the winning company will have exclusive rights to handle cargo at the station.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/amp/story/inst
Yogi Adityanath Has Done More For Uttar Pradesh’s Infrastructure Than Any Other Chief Minister In Decades
His record as Chief Minister is seldom discussed. And when it is, facts are conveniently ignored to reach a preconceived notion.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2021/roads/yog
250-km Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway is divided into 10 packages, of which bids have been received for eight. The cost of the project is about Rs 15,000 crore.
Travel time between Chennai and Bengaluru would be reduced to 2.5 hours
#Infra
277-km Chennai-Salem Expressway which will be constructed at a cost of Rs 7,500 crore.
NHAI is in the process of seeking environmental clearance and after that land acquisition will be initiated
#Infra
National Highway Chittoor-Thatcher Road named NH 716B (160km).
It will facilitate access to the city and decongest Chennai roads. This will also pass through industrially developed areas and will cost Rs 4,000 crore
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/amp/story/inst
Ro-Pax vessels at 3 locations ready to be flagged off during the launch of ‘Mahabahu-Brahmaputra’.
#Infra
The union transport ministry has lined up bids for national highways worth about Rs 72,000 crore spanning about 2,600 km to be awarded by the end of this quarter.
#Infra
m.businesstoday.in/lite/story/nha
The ₹314-crore station building of 4,200 sqm will cater to a daily footfall of 50,000. The terminal has seven platforms apart from eight stabling lines and three pit lines. Every day, 50 trains can be operated from the terminal.
#infra
livemint.com/news/india/ind
L&T will construct two more units of Kudankulam nuclear power plant which is India's first light water reactor of six units with a generation capacity of 1,000 megawatts electric (MWe).
#Infra
livemint.com/news/india/lt-
Ro-Pax vessel operations between Neamati-Majuli Island, North Guwahati-South Guwahati and Dhubri-Hatsingimari.
Inauguration of Inland Water Transport (IWT) Terminal at Jogighopa and various tourist jetties on River Brahmaputra
#Infra
A data centre will be established for a robust BPO ecosystem in the northeast. The 8 km long bridge connecting Kalibari Ghat to Jorhat 8 km will serve thousands of families in Majuli.
#Infra
livemint.com/news/india/mod
India’s largest flying academy - IGRUA has set up its southern operations in Kalburgi Airport, Karnataka.
The 8 km visibility here is a goldmine for IGRUA, which suffers disruptions at Amethi (UP) due to poor visibility every winter from fog.
#Infra
A delegation representing two private firms based in Israel met Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Friday, expressing its willingness to invest as much as Rs 21,000 crore towards building a 65-km peripheral ring road for Bengaluru
#Infra
bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/civi
Nitin Gadkari approved five infrastructure projects in Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
6 Lane Kantakapalle-Sabbavaram
6 Lane Korlam-Kantakapalle
2/4 Laning of Raebareli-Jagdishpur
Muzaffarnagar to Miranpur
Bijnor to Kotawali
#Infra
hindustantimes.com/india-news/nit
Doubling of track in Karnataka will provide big boost to Rail infrastructure in the state.
Via @Ministry of Railways (1/3)
#Infra
Doubling of Railways in Karnataka (2/3)
Doubling of railways in Karnataka (3/3)
PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the 320kV Pugalur - Thrissur power transmission project which was executed by Grid Corporation of India at a cost of Rs 5,070 crore and can facilitate transfer of 2,000MW power to Kerala.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/insta/modi-gov
Toll collections through FASTags across the sprawling national highway network have witnessed a surge of 23% over the past four days, with the amount reaching the highest ever daily collection of Rs 102 crore on last Friday.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/insta/single-d
Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh govt plans to develop Jewar Airport as Asia's biggest airport with 6 runways against the earlier proposed 2. The state govt has proposed to set aside ₹2,000 crore for Jewar Airport this budget.
#Infra
livemint.com/news/india/yog
In-principle approval for the construction of a Rs 10,000 crore regional ring road in Telangana.
The 158-km ring road, on the northern part of the state, will be a game changer for the state
#Infra
financialexpress.com/infrastructure
DFCCIL has invited private players to be part of the “roll-on, roll-off” (RO-RO) service on the Western DFC between Palanpur in Gujarat and Rewari in Haryana, which would potentially get nearly 2,500 trucks off the roads in the region.
#Infra
financialexpress.com/infrastructure
India on Tuesday inked a $304 million loan agreement with the AIIB, for improving the power transmission network in Assam.
It includes construction of 10 transmission substations, upgrading 15 existing substations, laying transmission lines.
#Infra
livemint.com/news/india/ind
Kushinagar to become 3rd licensed international airport of UP. Will boost tourism in the region and facilitate travel on Buddhist circuit by providing direct aviation connectivity to the city where Lord Buddha attained Mahaparinirvana
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/trans
NHSRCL on 22 February signed a contract agreement for procurement and fabrication of 28 steel bridges with the L&T-IHI consortium for the 508 km Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) corridor.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2021/railways/
The airport at Chitrakoot, situated on the border of Madhya Pradesh and amidst the Vindhyachal mountain range, will be developed as the most beautiful airport of the country. The airport, undergoing expansion, is expected to be functional soon.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2021/featured/
Dilip Buildcon's subsidiary company is going to undertake four-laning of Doddaballapur bypass and Hoskote section of NH-648 in Karnataka at a cost of Rs 1,278 crore.
#Infra #Bharatmala
m.economictimes.com/industry/trans
Modi government has given in principle approval to build the 340 km Regional Ring Road (RRR) about 30-50 km away from the existing Outer Ring Road
#Infra
RRR project will be taken up in two parts. The northern part of 158 km connecting the towns of Sangareddy, Narasapur, Toopran, Gajwel, Yadadri, Pragnapur, Bhongir and Choutuppal will be constructed with Rs 7,561 crore.
#Infra
182 km second part of the RRR covering the southern part connecting Choutuppal, Ibrahimpatnam, Kandukur, Amangal, Chevella, Shankarpally and Sangareddy.
#Infra
thehindu.com/news/national/
Dilip Buildcon has been declared as lowest bidder, for two new Hybrid Annuity Mode (HAM) projects 'Bangalore Chennai Expressway under Bharatmala Pariyojna in Karnataka. They include Bangalur-Malur and Malu-Bangarpet section of the expressway.
#Infra
google.com/amp/s/wap.busi
Construction of 100 kilometre of the 296-km-long Bundelkhand Expressway has been completed in a record time of one year.
Nearly 45% of the construction work, including 96% clearing and grubbing work and 79% earth work, has been completed.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/news-brief/con
Ruia-family run Essar Power Ltd will foray into renewable energy, setting up a 90 MW solar plant in Madhya Pradesh at an investment of Rs 300 crore,
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/energ
Average turnaround time for ships at major ports in India has reduced by 35%, from 4 days in 2014-15 to 2.59 days in 2019-20. This indicates a significant improvement in the country’s port management infrastructure. Median time globally is 0.97 days
#Infra
moneycontrol.com/news/business/
Dilip Buildcon has emerged as the lowest bidder for 4-laning of Viluppuram Puducherry section of NH 45A and Puducherry-Poondiyankuppam section of NH-45A under Bharatmala Pariyojana phase I.
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/trans
Customers will be assured of a faster and assured transit time of 10 hours vis-a-vis 24 hours through road, a saving of around 14 hours. There will be a reduced expenditure on maintenance due to less wear and tear of trucks.
#Infra
m.economictimes.com/industry/trans
State-owned Indian Oil Corporation is set to invest $4.46 billion to enhance the capacity of its refinery in Haryana's Panipat by two-third quantum to 5,00,000 barrels per day (bpd) from the present 3,00,000 bpd by September 2024
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/insta/indian-o
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) plans to set up two mega bio-refineries in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
The biorefineries will have a extract 5 lakh litres per day capacity will extract ethanol from agri-residue like wheat and paddy straw.
#Infra
energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/oil-and-g
Providing an alternate road link between Gurugram and Delhi, the Rs 9,000-crore expressway will decongest traffic on the existing Delhi-Gurgaon expressway, and also ensure better connectivity between Dwarka and parts of south Delhi.
#Infra
theprint.in/india/15-yrs-i
NHAI has achieved a rare feat by completing a single lane of the four-lane stretch of 25.54km being developed between Vijaypur-Solapur (NH 52) in a record time of 18 hours
#Infra
m.timesofindia.com/city/bengaluru
Chenab railway bridge: Worlds highest railway bridge in India.
Via @Indiatimes (1/2)
#Infra
Chenab railway bridge: Worlds highest railway bridge in India.
Via @Indiatimes (2/2)
#Infra
Despite the pandemic, highway construction in April-January this fiscal rose to 30 km/day, from 28 km/day in 2019-20. The pace touched a record of 76 km a day in the week commencing January 8.
#Infra
financialexpress.com/infrastructure
Madhya Pradesh Metro Rail Co Ltd. (MPMRCL) today invited tenders (bids) for the construction of 7 elevated stations between ISBT/MR10 Flyover and Radisson Square on Indore Metro’s 33.53 km Line-3.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/02/27/mpm
L&T emerged as the lowest bidder for constructing a 4.367 km new bridge over Ganga River between Bhagalpur and Raghopur in Bihar.
This new 4-lane bridge of NH-131B with 68 piers will be built parallel to the existing 20 year old Vikramshila Setu.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/02/25/lt-
New Industries will be setup on 250 acres of land along the Purchanchal expressway.
#Infra
patrika.com/lucknow-news/n
Bihar industry department is setting up an integrated manufacturing hub at Dobhi in Gaya district with the land acquisition process expected to start by next month. The hub will be part of the economic zones of the upcoming Amritsar-Delhi-Kolkata freight corridor.
#Infra
One project that I really want to see take off.
The project has got in principle approval from the Centre, which will pay 50% of the cost for the project, a joint venture with the Centre. The government wants to acquire 1650 acres of land
#Infra
hindustantimes.com/cities/patna-n
Pharmaceutical industry cluster at Yadgir. We have already allotted close to 1,000 acres land to many pharma companies from Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. There is a lot of demand from pharma companies for land in Yadgir because it is closer to Hyderabad.
#Infra
We have also developed a new machine tool park at Vasanthnarasapura Industrial Area in Tumakuru district, which is now ready for allotment.
#Infra
Adjacent to this, we have developed a Japanese Industrial Township spread over 520 acres, where land will be allotted to only Japanese companies.
#Infra
deccanherald.com/amp/business/t
The four-lane expressway, expected to be completed in two years, is likely to reduce travel time between Bengaluru and Chennai
#Infra
m.timesofindia.com/city/bengaluru
MOL Group is World's largest gas carrier company and will invest in the construction and operation of dedicated LPG barges under the Make-in-India initiative of the Government of India
#Infra
google.com/amp/s/energy.e
India will invest $82 billion in port projects by 2035, raise share of clean renewable energy source in maritime sector, develop waterways, and augment seaplane services.
#Infra
More than 574 projects at a cost of $82 billion or Rs 6 lakh crore have been identified under the Sagarmala project for implementation during 2030 and 2035.
#Infra
Domestic waterways are found to be cost effective and environment friendly ways of transporting freight. We aim to operationalise 23 waterways by 2030.
#Infra
m.economictimes.com/industry/trans
The Rail Coach Factory (RCF) here has started manufacturing air-conditioned three-tier economy class coaches capable of running at an optimum speed of 160 kilometres per hour
#Infra
livemint.com/news/india/ind
After the Central government's nod for an international airport in Ayodhya, the construction work for the project is on full swing and air services are expected to start early next year,.
#Infra
livemint.com/news/india/fli
Greenfield port is being developed under PPP model at Honnavar in Uttara Kannada district at the cost around ₹600 crore.
Also ₹3,000 crore is likely to be invested in greenfield ports such as Belekeri and Pavinakurve in Uttara Kannada district.
#Infra
thehindubusinessline.com/economy/logist
HPCL's Mangalore - Solur pipeline, GAILs Dahej - Dabhol and Dabhol - Bengaluru pipeline with a combined length of 2000 kms will be monetized through the Invit route.
BPCL and GAIL are expected to raise Rs. 4,500 crores each from this.
#infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks
Currently, GPL operates 9 berths and has free hold land of ~1,800 acres. With a master plan capacity for 250 MMTPA with 31 berths, GPL has sufficient headroom to support future growth.
#Infra
Adani Ports To Acquire 31.5% In Gangavaram Port From Warburg Pincus For Rs. 1,954 Cr. All India Market Share Rises To 30%.
#Infra
adaniports.com/Newsroom/Media
The super stricture on this stretch is now visible and so far, more than 375 piers have been erected. “While work on erecting piers is going on in full swing and so far 375 piers have been erected, we have simultaneously started work on viaduct.
#Infra
m.timesofindia.com/city/noida/nod
Residents of Delhi and Gurgaon may start using the Dwarka Expressway before Independence Day in 2022, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said Thursday after inspecting the progress of the long awaited project.
#Infra
indianexpress.com/article/cities
In a positive development, average rural power supply duration has increased from just 12.5 hours a day in 2014-15 to 18.5 hours a day in 2019-20
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/insta/average-
India has been transformed from a Power Deficit to Power Surplus Nation as at present the total installed capacity in country is 3.77 lakh MW as compared to Peak Demand of 1.89 lakh MW.
#Infra
India has achieved the target of One Nation-One Grid- One Frequency with the addition of Transmission Lines of 1.42 lakh ckm (circuit km) and Transformation Capacity of 437 MVA in FY 15-20
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/energ
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has directed the cabinet secretary to prepare a methodology to operationalise infrastructure projects in phases as and when ready, rather than waiting for the completion of the entire work.
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/i
At least four firms — IRB Infrastructure, Adani Group, GR Infraprojects and PNC Infratech — have submitted bids in both the national highway stretches totalling 132-km under the revised, investor-friendly build-operate-transfer (toll) model.
#Infra
financialexpress.com/infrastructure
Land acquisition for the second phase of the upcoming Airport in Jewar is likely to begin after the next cabinet meeting. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has asked officials to keep the Jewar airport project on top priority.
#Infra
indiatoday.in/amp/india/stor
Construction work on Rs 8,662-crore Dwarka Expressway will be completed before 15 August 2022. The 29-km expressway, which connects Dwarka in Delhi to Gurugram, is being constructed under the Bharatmala Project
#Infra
timesnownews.com/amp/business-e
The state government of Arunachal Pradesh plans to take up the construction of the proposed two lane East-West Industrial Corridor Highway project.
The 966 km long highway project will be passing through nine districts of the state.
#Infra
financialexpress.com/infrastructure
The projects are the six-laning of Panagarh to Palsit, worth Rs 2,200 crore, and the 64-km long Palsit to Dankuni stretch, to be built at an estimated cost of Rs 2,373 crore.
#Infra
m.economictimes.com/news/economy/i
KCC Buildcon and CDS Infra Projects on Friday emerged as the lowest bidders for constructing the first 3 packages of the roughly 600 km Delhi – Amritsar – Katra (DAK) Expressway
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/03/06/kcc
The Ministry has taken several policy decisions in the last six years to augment the road infrastructure in the country. The rate of development of NHs has increased significantly from about 11.7 km per day during 2013-14 to about 34 km per day, as of now.
#Infra
Construction of National Highways in India
Year (In KM)
2020-21 11,471
2019-20 10,237
2018-19 10,855
2017-18 9,829
2016-17 8,231
2015-16 6,061
2014-15 4,410
#Infra
highwaytogrowth.wordpress.com/2021/03/07/pac
1. Bengaluru gets 7,795 crore for development: In his budget speech, Yediyurappa announced a total allocation of Rs.7,795 crore in the year 2021-22 for the development of Bengaluru city.
#Infra
2. A grant of Rs.850 crore has been announced in the year 2021-22 for Bengaluru sub-urban rail project. “The expeditious completion of second terminal building of Kempegowda International Airport; increase in the maximum annual passenger capacity to 60 million,” he said.
#Infra
3. "Implementation of K-100 project at an expenditure of Rs.169 crore to develop Koramangala Valley as a tourist attraction. Development of Bengaluru Signature Business Park of international standards near Kempegowda International Airport,” he added.
#Infra
4. The CM announced a 105-acre tree park at Byappanahalli, and 'Experience Bengaluru Centre' at Malleshwaram. Additionally, the state government will float 'Swiss Challenge' tender to take up peripheral ring road works around Bengaluru.
#Infra
5. Development of Bengaluru Signature Business Park of international standards near Kempegowda International Airport,” he added.
6. State's 'Jaladhare' scheme will be integrated with Centre's 'Jala Jeevan Mission'. Bulk water supply will be provided to villages from permanent water sources at a cost of Rs 25,740 crore.
#Infra
7 In a first, maps containing details of forest types and density in Karnataka state with 50-centimetre satellite resolution will be prepared, announced CM.
#Infra
8. A property registration pilot project using blockchain will be implemented at a cost of Rs 1 crore, with the help of IIT Kanpur to prevent cheating and document tampering. Unified land management system to be developed.
#Infra
9. Chief Minister Mega Integrated Industrial Townships to be developed along Bengaluru-Mumbai and Bengaluru-Chennai industrial corridor on a minimum of 500-acre land. Investment of around Rs 10,000 crore is expected in the townships over three years.
#Infra
10. The chief minister also announced a 3,000-crore fund for reviving lakes and ponds across Karnataka.
Yediurappa also said that the grants for Kalasa-Banduri projects will be provided this fiscal, and all clearances to implement them will be obtained.
#Infra
11. Apart from this, Rs 5,600 crore will be provided to Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigama for irrigation works, and the land acquisition hurdles for Yettinahole Project will be cleared, he said, adding that all the APMCs in the state will be computerized at a cost of Rs 198 crore
#Infra
12. Another budget announcement was that the government will set up well-equipped flower market at a cost of Rs 50 crore at Byappanahalli, and a dry chili market under PPP model by Ballari APMC.
#Infra
13. To encourage ayurvedic medicine in veterinary science, a new research institute at a cost of Rs 2 crore at Veterinary College, Shivamogga will be set up. Also, Rs 30 crore will be allocated to set up fish sale units and Matysa Darshinis.
#Infra
14. The chief minister announced that Rs 500 crore will be allocated for the benefit of food start-ups to encourage organic farming.
A new food park will come up in Vijayapura, and a Horticulture Technology Park at Koppal district.
#Infra
15. CM Yediyurappa said that the Safe city project will be speeded up, and 7,500 CCTV cameras will be installed in Bengaluru, and tech-based e-beat will be carried out during night hours to ensure women's safety.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/amp/story/news
Road Asset Monetisation: NHAI’s Fifth ToT Bundle Comprising 160-km Of Roads Likely To Have Fetched Rs 3,362 Crore
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/news-brief/roa
Coal India limited has approved 32 new coal mining projects in the ongoing financial year with an estimated cost of Rs 47,000 crore.
The combined incremental peak capacity of these projects is projected at 193 million tonnes per annum (MTPA).
#Infra
wap.business-standard.com/article-amp/co
Bridge over Betwa river. #Bundelkhandexpressway
#Infra
Indian Railways is set to produce 144 AC ‘Economy’ Class coaches according to the revised production programme for FY 2020-21. These coaches will be manufactured at Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala and Integral Coach Factory, Chennai.
#Infra
railpost.in/new-ac-economy
All of the Indian Railways' freight trains are set to be equipped with monitoring and tracking technology which would enhance their loading capacity by eliminating the brake van and making it possible for the trains to carry an extra wagon.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/amp/story/inst
Maitri Setu, which spans 1.9 kms joining Sabroom in India with Ramgarh in Bangladesh, has been built over the Feni river.
Tripura is set to become the ‘Gateway of North East’ with access to Chittagong Port, which is just 80 km from Sabroom.
#Infra hindustantimes.com/india-news/new
NTPC is set to unveil the country’s largest floating solar power plant of 100 mw capacity at Ramagundam in Telangana. It is coming up over 450 acres of reservoir area and involving an investment of Rs 423 crore
#Infra
NTPC is building 2 more floating solar power plants in the southern region--25 MW plant at Simhadri in AP and 92 MW plant at Kayamkulam.
In all, the power company will be adding 217 MW of floating solar power plants in southern India.
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/energ
Construction of the 63-kilometre-long Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway is set to begin sometime in July this year, a report in Dainik Jagran says.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/amp/story/news
The newest expressway in the State will connect Punjab in the west to Uttar Pradesh in the east and pass through Panipat-Safidon-Naguran-Uchana-Parbhuwala-Bhuna-Ratia-Sardulgarh-Kalanwali-Mandi Dabwali
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/infrastructure
K-RIDE is likely to take up work on the second corridor of Bengaluru Suburban Rail Project between Baiyappanahalli terminal and Chikkabanavara and comprises of 14 stations. Tenders for the civil work are likely to be floated in a month’s time.
#Infra
bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/othe
The 82km-long Delhi-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) corridor has now started taking shape with pillars already erected on a 15km stretch and 3.5km of viaduct being completed.
#Infra
m.timesofindia.com/city/delhi/pil
Chenab Bridge has completed a major milestone as the engineers completed the arch bottom of the bridge on Sunday.
Next in line is the arch upper of the Chenab bridge in making which will soon be completed.
#Infra
livemint.com/news/india/ind
Highway projects worth Rs 7.89 lakh crore are under construction across the country.
These 2,084 projects pertain to construction of 63,523 km of national highways in the country.
#Infra
m.economictimes.com/news/economy/i
With revenue from parcel traffic expected to cross Rs 1000 crore, a record growth in the Covid year, Indian Railways Parcel Management System (PMS) will be extended to 523 locations across the country.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2021/featured/
With an avg speed of 29.81 km per day, the construction of national highways during 2020-21 has been the highest ever in the last 5 years despite the Covid-19 crisis and lockdown. Total length of NH construction up to 5 February 2021 is 9,242 km.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2021/featured/
Union cabinet has approved the bill for establishing a development finance institution (DFI) to finance long-term infrastructure projects.
Government has already allocated ₹20,000 crore in FY22 during Budget 2021 to capitalise the institution.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/insta/national
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Tuesday approved a revised cost estimate of ₹9,129.32 crore for strengthening intra state electricity transmission and distribution network of Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim.
#Infra
livemint.com/news/india/cce
Namma Metro is set to award the contract of its most-awaited corridor between Silk Board and KR Puram (Phase 2A) by March-end.
BMRCL hopes to clear the contract work orders in the next few days.
#Infra
google.com/amp/s/www.decc
Star Infratech has bagged the contract to develop and rejuvenate the Koramangala (K-100) valley between KR Market and Bellandur lake into a ‘Citizens Water Way Project’ for Rs 179.50 crore.
#Infra
The contract also includes the construction of a European-styled pathway, arch bridges and sewage treatment plant (5 MLD). The project is targeted to be ready in the next two years.
#Infra
bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/cove
Ramalingam Construction Company on Tuesday emerged as the lowest bidder for constructing the 261 km Bangalore – Chennai Expressway‘s Phase 3 Package 4 after National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) opened financial bids.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/03/17/rcc
BMRCL started testing the third rail (700 volts DC) installed between Nayandahalli and Kengeri. The project which was originally scheduled to be commissioned in 2018-19, is expected to be thrown open for public use in June this year.
#Infra
bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/othe
Gangavaram is an all-weather, deep water, multi-purpose port capable of handling fully laden super capesize vessels of up to 200,000 tonnes.
#Infra
Currently, GPL operates 9 berths and has free hold land of about 1,800 acres. With a master plan capacity for 250 mt with 31 berths, GPL has sufficient headroom to support future growth.
#Infra
thehindubusinessline.com/economy/logist
"The bhoomi pujan for the first airstrip is likely to be held on April 15. We are hoping that the first international flight will take off from this airstrip by 2024."
#Infra
indiatoday.in/amp/india/stor
Uttar Pradesh cabinet has approved a proposal for acquisition of another 1,365 hectare land in Jewar for the 2nd phase of the upcoming Noida International Airport.
The cabinet also approved an expenditure of ₹2,890 crore for the land acquisition
#Infra
livemint.com/news/india/noi
India is likely to develop dedicated midnight freight corridors for better management of freight into ports and airports, as part of the National Trade Facilitation Action Plan that outlines steps to improve India’s ease of doing business.
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/trans
Highway construction reaches scorching pace; Hits record 34 km/day up from 12 km/day in 2014-15.
If not for the first 20 days of April 2020, due to the lockdown, the pace of construction this year would have touched the 40-km a day-mark.
#Infra
financialexpress.com/infrastructure
Toll booths in India will be a thing of the past as the central govt is all set to roll out complete GPS-based toll collection within one year. Announcement was made by Road Transport & Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said in Lok Sabha.
#Infra
livemint.com/news/india/tol
Greenko Group plans to invest Rs 30,000 crore to develop a hybrid project at Shahpur of Rajasthan.
The hybrid project also includes a pumped hydro storage project of 2,520 MW capacity estimated to cost Rs 11,882 crore.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/news-brief/ren
The KMTT project, conceptualised by the MEA, has two components — waterways and roadways.
According to the report, the waterways component of KMTT is almost complete and a port operator has been appointed jointly by the Centre and Myanmar.
#Infra
m.economictimes.com/news/politics-
India’s 1st multi modal logistics park under Bharatmala is being developed along the river Brahmaputra at Jogighopa while a similar logistics park has been planned in Barak Valley. Project cost of nearly Rs. 694 Crores, it is envisaged to improve the logistics efficiency.
#Infra
The perishable air cargo complex at Guwahati Airport has provided much needed impetus on exports of fresh produce from the State. The state has been able to export local horticulture produce to UAE, Gulf countries, Singapore etc.
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Assam Start-up Incubation Hub in Guwahati started in 2019 has already provided incubation support to over 100 start-ups from Assam.
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Modernisation of Border Trading Centres at Sutarkandi and Darranga has improved Assam’s trade with Bangladesh and Bhutan substantially.
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Sectoral infrastructures like Mega Food Park, Plastic Park, Bamboo Technology Park & other industrial infrastructure projects as the Agar International Trade centre at Golaghat and Tea Park near Chaygaon are gradually and steadily changing the economic landscape of Assam.
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Barauni to Guwahati gas pipeline is expected to be completed by November 2021. Expansion of Numaligarh Refinery from 3 to 9 Million Tons per annum with a 1400 Km Crude Oil Pipeline from Paradip Port to Numaligarh is already underway.
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There were just 12 medical colleges in UP till 2017, while 30 new ones were launched in the past four years. Session in 7 of these colleges has started, increasing the MBBS intake by 700.
State plan medical colleges in 16 districts on a PPP mode.
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m.timesofindia.com/city/lucknow/u
NHAI is planning to develop a grid of world-class wayside amenities along national highways and expressways at 600 locations in the next five years on PPP mode.
As per the plan, a total of about 3,000 hectares of land will be developed
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109 km Ahmedabad – Dholera Expressway (NH-751) by NHAI is an under construction 4 lane access-controlled road with a route alignment connecting Sardar Patel Ring Road near Sarkhej with Dholera SIR via Dholera International Airport at Navagam.
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Texmaco Rail and Engineering has started flash butt welding work to install tracks on the 19.143 km Yellow Line which will connect RV Road – Electronic City – Bommasandra via elevated 16 stations.
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themetrorailguy.com/2021/03/17/tra
Delhi Amritsar Katra Expressway project’s greenfield section consists of 15 packages. With today’s development, financial bids for 6 have been opened, technical bid evaluation is underway for 8 and a tender notice is pending for 1.
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themetrorailguy.com/2021/03/17/nkc
27 firms have submitted a total of 49 bids to construct 2 civil packages of the 210 km Delhi – Dehradun Expressway‘s 119 km Phase 2 (EPE – Saharanpur) section after National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) opened technical bids today.
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27 Bidders for Delhi Dehradun Expressway Phase 2's Packages 2 & 3
Engineers from Sadbhav Engineering Ltd. – SP Singla Constructions Pvt. Ltd. (SEL-SPSCPL) JV on Thursday began test piling work at Dream City to construct the first elevated section of the 40.35 km Surat Metro Phase 1 project.
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themetrorailguy.com/2021/03/12/sad
On this past Saturday and Monday evenings, Larsen & Toubro started launching 10.5 m wide precast segments at two different locations for constructing the 82.15 km Delhi – Meerut RRTS line’s 33 km Package 3’s Lot-1 and Lot-2.
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This project involves transfer of water from the Ken to the Betwa River.
It will provide annual irrigation of 10.62 lakh ha, drinking water supply to about 62 lakh people and also generate 103 MW of hydropower.
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All the drains had been tapped by December 2020, and their water sent to the nearest STP for treatment.
Ganga water has become quite pure, now not only are people bathing in the river but they can also be seen drinking its water.
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indiatoday.in/amp/magazine/n
The NMCG has sanctioned a total of 333 projects at a cost of Rs 29,578 crore, of which 142 projects have been completed.
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indiatoday.in/amp/magazine/n
Patna has a maximum of 11 STP and drainage projects; the currently approved projects together will facilitate the treatment of 651.5 MLD of sewage across the state. While 2 have been completed, 22 are under progress and 6 under implementation.
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indiatoday.in/amp/magazine/n
Average daily FASTag collection crosses Rs 100 crore-mark: Nitin Gadkari.
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m.economictimes.com/news/india/ave
The pace of construction of national highways has touched a record 34 km a day, the government said on Monday. This is almost three times the rate of highways construction at about 12 km per day in 2014-15.
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m.economictimes.com/news/economy/i
With both runways becoming operational, KIA will be the first airport in south India to operate independently parallel runways, enabling aircraft to land or take off simultaneously on both the runways.
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bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/othe
Setting up NABFID is a turning point in building Indian infrastructure for the next few decades. India already has a National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) defined with projects worth `120 lakh crore to be executed over the next five years.
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DFI will fill the critical gap of financing this NIP. With the financing option now defined, the government can focus on defining the projects to be executed under the NIP.
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newindianexpress.com/opinions/2021/
Total toll collection on national highways is expected to reach Rs34,000 crore for the financial year ending on 31 March 2021
Gadkari expects the total yearly toll collection to reach up to Rs1, 34,000 crore in the next 3 to 4 years.
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livemint.com/news/india/hig
The much-awaited Delhi-Mumbai Expressway is likely to be completed in a year's time and the Delhi-Meerut Expressway will be inaugurated in the next two months.
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auto.hindustantimes.com/auto/news/delh
Nagpur Metro Neo poject has 2 corridors with network of 33 km & 30 stations with investment of ₹2,092 cr over 4 yrs. It is an innovative & cost effective mass transit system with rubber tyred coaches operating on electric overhead traction.
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Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail's ongoing groundwork in Gujarat
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Moving ahead with India’s first high-speed rail project, the NHSRCL has opened technical bids for the design and construction of about 18 km of the viaduct between Anand and Sabarmati, including stations at Ahmedabad and Sabarmati.
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indiainfrahub.com/2021/featured/
In a big boost for the India’s maiden bullet train project, around 95 per cent of the land required for the Gujarat stretch of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) corridor has been acquired
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Work on redevelopment of 123 stations is in progress. According to the current estimates, total investment needed for redevelopment of 123 stations along with real estate development is about Rs 50,000 crore.
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indiainfrahub.com/2021/featured/
The Centre has allocated Rs 800 crore as equity infusion from the Railway Board to a joint venture company to be set up with the Karnataka Government to implement Bengaluru Suburban Rail Project.
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deccanherald.com/amp/national/r
Japan on Friday pledged a loan of 52.036 billion yen ($474 million) to India to support the construction of the three lines – 2A, 2B and 6 – of Phase 2 of the Namma Metro in Bengaluru.
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BMRCL today invited EOI applications to appoint a General Consultant for procuring 318 coaches, CBTC signaling & platform screen door systems on its 21.386 km Pink Line (part of Phase 2) and 56 km Blue Line (Phase 2A, Phase 2B).
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themetrorailguy.com/2021/03/27/gc-
Indian PM called for early operationalisation of the agreement on the use of the Chattogram and Mongla ports for the movement of goods to and from India, including finalisation of cost-effective pricing and regulatory orders.
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Two sides have also agreed to run a passenger train, Mitali Express, between New Jalpaiguri (W Bengal) and Dhaka on the recently restored pre-1965 rail link. Hasina has offered the use of the Chattogram & Sylhet international airports, by residents in India’s North East
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India was also requested to consider connecting Birol-Radhikapur and Rohanpur-Singhabad rail-interchanges with Biratnagar-Jogmani as this would help reduce the distance and cost of transportation of goods by rail from Bangladesh to Nepal.
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The Bangladesh side also sought rail connectivity with Bhutan through the newly inaugurated Chilahati-Haldibari route.
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economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/i
Andaman and Nicobar (A&N) islands have received a 150-tonne cargo vessel named Sindhu from the Cochin Shipyard Ltd; it can also carry 500 passengers.
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In a major development in terms of regional connectivity, a total of 18 flight routes were operationalised under the UDAN scheme on Sunday.
With this, over 343 routes have been operationalised under UDAN – Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS).
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indiainfrahub.com/2021/featured/
Adani Road Transport has won a ₹1039.90 crore highway project from NHAI in Telangana.
It has received a letter of award for 4 laning of NH-365A from Kodad to Khammam under Bharatmala Pariyojana on Hybrid Annuity Mode (HAM)
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livemint.com/news/india/ada
1st phase of Goa's new greenfield international airport, will be commissioned by Aug 2022
Presently construction of runway, taxiway, passenger terminal building, ATC tower,etc.. is in progress. The progress achieved up to Feb 2021 is 23.55%
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Jal Jeevan Mission has achieved a new milestone in providing tap water supply to 4cr rural households across the country.
As per the latest data, 7.24 cr people (38%) rural households, are now getting potable water through taps.
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The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will launch its first Infrastructure Investment Trust (InvIT) in April next fiscal with an aim to mop up Rs 4,000-5,000 crore
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financialexpress.com/infrastructure
India's 1st grid-connected community energy storage system
The 0.52 MWh battery system will provide peak shaving and deviation settlement mechanism based on frequency response at the substation level.
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energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/power/nex
Dilip Buildcon has won a Rs 1,137 crore contract from NHAI in Karnataka. The project pertains to four-laning of the Sannur to Bikarnakette section of NH- 169 on Hybrid Annuity Mode (HAM).
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economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/trans
Highway construction in India has reached an all-time high, with the current year set to end with around 13,000-kilometre length of highways constructed across the country.
With these, the pace of construction would touch 35 kilometre per day.
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economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/trans
The National Highways Authority of India's special purpose vehicle formed to finance the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway has raised almost Rs 10,000 crore in FY21, its first financial year of operations.
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economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/trans
Cochin Shipyard is expected to operationalise a Rs 170 crore modern shipbuilding facility that it is building in West Bengal by June 2021.
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economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/trans
On April 1, phase 2 and 4 of the 82-km Delhi-Meerut Expressway (DME) would be open to the public helping to cut travel time from two hours to about 50 minutes. Phase 1 & 3 are already operational.
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hindustantimes.com/cities/noida-n
Government has lined up opportunities worth Rs 50,000 crore for the highway construction sector in FY22. Including build operate and transfer, BoT (toll), toll operate and transfer (ToT) and securitisation, among others are in the pipeline.
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m.businesstoday.in/lite/story/hig
Paving the way for running goods train at an increased speed, Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) has run a freight service with 50 wagons at a maximum speed of 100 kilometres per hour on the newly-built New Palanpur-Madar section of Western Corridor.
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swarajyamag.com/amp/story/news
IRB has received award from the NHAI for a Rs 828 crore project in Himachal Pradesh.
Upgradation to Four Lane of Punjab/HP Border... of NH-20 (New NH-154) of Pathankot-Mandi via HAM model.
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m.tribuneindia.com/news/himachal/
The five transmission lines are - the Aminbazar-Kaliakoir 400 kV double circuit line whose length is 51 kilometres
Rooppur-Dhaka 400kV double circuit line which is 147 kilometres in length
Rooppur-Gopalganj 400kV single circuit line which is 144 kilometres long
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Rooppur-Dhamrai 230kV double circuit line which will traverse a distance of 145 km and the Rooppur-Bogra 400kV single line which will be 102 kilometres long.
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India and Bangladesh are also in talks for the construction of a 765kV power interconnection through Katihar in India via Parbotipur in Bangladesh to Bornagar in India, which when constructed, will reinforce interconnection of grids in the region
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State-owned ONGC Videsh Limited and Oil India Limited have invested nearly $24.26 million in two shallow water blocks in Bangladesh. India is constructing a “Friendship Pipeline" from Siliguri to Parbatipur in Bangladesh for supply of high speed diesel.
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India’s collaboration in the power and energy sector in Bangladesh is not new. India is supplying 1,160MW of power to Bangladesh through two existing interconnections.
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Approximately 750 track kilometres of railway lines have been electrified in the financial year 2020-21, according to information provided by South Central Railway in a statement.
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railpost.in/750-track-km-e
The government on Thursday approved highway projects worth more than ₹6,176 crore. These projects pertain to seven states and union territories, including Maharashtra, Assam and Ladakh.
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Indian Railways has logged the highest ever electrification of sections covering 6,015 Route Kilometer (RKM)in a single year during 2020-21.
The Broad Gauge network is 64,689 RKM, out of which 45,881 RKM which is 71 % have been electrified.
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ARTL has received a letter of award (LOA) for development of Six Lane Badakumari - Karki Section· of NH-130-CD Road under Raipur-Visakhapatnam Economic Corridor in the State of Odisha on HAM (hybrid annuity mode)
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deccanherald.com/amp/business/b
IWAI built the Varanasi terminal with an investment of ₹200 crore, and the agency plans to invest a further ₹85 crore on rail connectivity.
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thehindubusinessline.com/economy/logist
Connectivity from Bengaluru to Shivamogga is set to improve as the Union Transport Ministry has finally approved the revised cost estimate of the four-laning of the much delayed Tumakuru-Shivamogga section.
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bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/othe
From the erection or structural point of view, the arch was the main, most difficult, item in the whole construction of the bridge. Now, the remaining work, like laying of the deck and the rest will be done over the next 12 months,
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indianexpress.com/article/india/
The proposed 210 km long Ram Van Gaman Marg connects Ayodhya to Chitrakoot via Faizabad, Sultanpur, Pratapgarh, Jethwara, Shringverpur, Manjhanpur and Rajapur in Uttar Pradesh
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Krishnapatnam Port located on the east coast of India is an all-weather, deep water port and has multi-cargo facility with a current capacity of 64 MMTPA. With a waterfront of 20 km and 6,800 acres of land, and a master plan capacity of 300 MMTPA.
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Indian Railways on Monday achieved an unparalleled feat when the last piece of metal was fitted at the highest point of the arch of the world’s highest railway bridge. The bridge is expected to be completed within a year.
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hindustantimes.com/india-news/unp
Ahmedabad-based Innovative Eco-Care has commissioned a 120 tonne-per-day (tpd) municipal waste-to-energy project in Imphal, Manipur. The processed solid waste will generate 2.4 megawatts of electricity, which will be supplied to the grid on commercial terms.
The company has developed technology to utilise mixed municipal solid waste (MSW) to generate power, light diesel oil and compost. It will produce around 10 tonnes of compost and 3,000 kg of light diesel oil.
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thehindubusinessline.com/economy/24-mw-
UPEIDA has in the past fortnight invited RFQ and RFP applications to develop the 594 km Ganga Expressway between Meerut and Prayagraj on the public-private partnership (PPP) mode DBFOT basis.
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themetrorailguy.com/2021/04/06/gan
The trial runs of the western extension of Purple Line (7.5Km Mysuru Road-Kengeri) of Namma Metro in Karnataka capital Bengaluru is likely to begin from Tuesday.
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m.timesofindia.com/city/bengaluru
The grant would be used to procure 15MWh batteries as well as power system stabilisers to allow better utilisation of solar power generated in South Andaman.
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thehindu.com/business/Indus
Currently, 97.56% clearing and grubbing work, 83.28% of earth work and 536 structures have been completed against 818 structures. The first milestone of the Bundelkhand expressway scheduled for completion in Jun 2021, got completed by Feb.
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constructionweekonline.in/projects-tende
India’s highways authority plans to raise 51 billion rupees ($695 million) through an infrastructure investment trust as the agency monetizes assets to reduce its massive debt.
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auto.hindustantimes.com/auto/news/nhai
Mundra Port, has overtook state-run JNPT in container handling with 5.65 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in FY21, posting a growth of 18 per cent over the previous year.
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swarajyamag.com/amp/story/inst
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has sanctioned 14 road projects of 127.93 kilometres at the cost of over ₹670 crores for Jharkhand in 2020-21
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auto.hindustantimes.com/auto/news/14-r
The Centre has approved 28 highway projects worth Rs 1,210.17 crore in Uttarakhand.
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economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/i
NHAI will propose a rolling plan for highway development in the country, which can be reviewed every two to three years to see that highway building is rationalised and the authority gets the maximum value out of building a new road
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economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/trans
Shrem group, a Mumbai-based road and infrastructure operator, is raising ₹600 crore through an infrastructure investment trust (InvIT) comprising 24 operational road projects with an enterprise value of ₹7,000 crore
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livemint.com/companies/news
The elevated portion of the metro corridor would run parallel to the Yamuna Expressway while the one cutting through Greater Noida would be underground. The line would be integrated into the terminal building of the airport.
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timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/81
NHAI is planning to award projects worth around Rs 2.25 lakh crore in the current fiscal. The authority awarded 141 projects (4,788 km) worth Rs 1.71 lakh crore in 2020-21.
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financialexpress.com/infrastructure
Government has decided to speed up road construction activities in Chhattisgarh’s eight worst-affected districts to counter the Maoist menace. Nearly 200 km was made operational in 2020-21.
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economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/i
The government on Saturday said it has approved Rs 726 crore highway projects in Madhya Pradesh. These projects are for building 291 km of highways in the state.
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economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/i
India is planning an expansion of Iran's strategically located Chabahar Port through the supply of two more cranes, with an eye on playing a key role in the Afghan peace process and following efforts made to revive the nuclear deal by Tehran.
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economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/trans
India’s quasi-sovereign wealth fund, the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF), has emerged as the buyer of the hybrid annuity road assets of Ashoka Concessions Ltd for an equity value of around $100 million
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livemint.com/companies/news
Private operators offer more mechanisation, faster turnaround times and better connectivity to the hinterland, to evacuate cargo quickly.
Major ports take as long as 23 hrs for imports & up to 77 hours for exports. Private operators are able to turn around both at < 10 hours.
Private sector investment in ports has steadily increased over the last five years, touching an all-time high of $2.35 billion by 2020, according to data from Refinitiv.
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livemint.com/news/india/the
Since August 2020, the Indian Railways has run 450 Kisan Rail services and was able to transport over 1.45 lakh tonnes of agricultural produce & perishables
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Indian Railways transported the loading of 1232.64 Million Tonnes (MT). With this, the freight revenue of Indian Railways also increased to Rs 1,17,386 crore
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financialexpress.com/infrastructure
Workers from ITD – ITD Cementation India JV on Tuesday celebrated the launch of the final of approximately 1800 segments for constructing the 6.385 km Package 2 (Bommanahalli – Beratena Agrahara) section of Bangalore Metro’s Yellow Line.
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themetrorailguy.com/2021/04/11/itd
Govt approves Rs 129 cr worth highway projects in Goa - The Economic Times m.economictimes.com/news/economy/i
Indian Railways has reduced its diesel fuel bill by over Rs 8000 crore in 2020-21
Diesel consumption reduced from 3.06 billion litres in 2018-19 to 1.43 billion litres in 2020-21 as diesel locomotives are being replaced with electric ones.
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swarajyamag.com/news-brief/rai
Once these are complete, UP would have a total network of 1,788 km of expressways, the highest in the country. Currently, the total expressway network in India is around 1,822 km. No wonder, the state has earned sobriquet of ‘Expressway Pradesh’.
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theprint.in/india/governan
NHAI has decided to deploy Network Survey Vehicle (NSV) to enhance quality of the NHs.
Carrying out road condition survey using NSV on the NHs has been made mandatory at the time of certifying completion of the project and every 6 months thereafter
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m.timesofindia.com/india/nhai-mak
In order to bolster inter-district road connectivity, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has decided to upgrade the Sankeshwar-Vijayapura state highway to a four-lane national highway in four different stages.
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newindianexpress.com/states/karnata
Between 2010 and 2019, freight carried by the Indian Railways registered a near 37% jump to 1,221.39 million tonnes. Despite being a challenging year, in FY21, the Indian Railways transported 1,232.64 million tonnes (MT), and a freight revenue to INR117,386 crore
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Railways' market share in automobile transportation has been consistently growing. From ~2% in 2015, it has increased to ~20% of the total automobile freight traffic in the country. The railway ministry has set a target of 30% market share by FY24.
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The share of railways in transporting non-perishables such as sugar and rice is in the range of 25% to 30%, it is 3% in the case of perishables
Kisan Rail Services since August last year has transported 145,000 tonnes of agricultural produce and perishables.
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Subsequently, the average speed of freight trains has increased. In February 2021, it was 46.09km per hour, which is more than double of what was clocked in the same period last year.
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Railways has been testing longer trains such as Super Anaconda (between Bilaspur and Chakradharpur) which is 3x longer than normal goods trains and can carry more than 15,000 tonnes.
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In July 2020, IRCTC operated India’s longest train, SheshNaag, at 2.8km with 251 wagons. The train is being tested between Nagpur and Korba.
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economictimes.indiatimes.com/prime/infrastr
Indian Railways is stepping up efforts on port connectivity projects.
Rail network ferries 25-27% of major port traffic. The aim is to increase this share to 32-35% of 925 mt by 2026, and to 40-45% of 1,200 mt by 2030.
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wap.business-standard.com/article-amp/ec
Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways has approved Rs 50 crore for developing an ROPAX Jetty and allied infrastructure connecting Kaninali in Bhadrak district and Talachua in Kendrapara district of Odisha under the Sagarmala initiative.
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swarajyamag.com/news-brief/odi
Central Government has approved Bengaluru Metro's Phase 2A - Central Silk Board Junction to K R Puram and Phase 2B - K R Puram to Airport via Hebbal Junction of total length 58km at a cost of Rs 14,788 crore
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m.timesofindia.com/city/bengaluru
NIP envisages most investments coming from the states (40%) in comparison to the Centre (39%). The state-level infrastructure success stories outlined above show that this is indeed possible and the NIP can be credibly implemented.
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financialexpress.com/opinion/infras
Afcons Infrastructure on Saturday night celebrated the launch of their 400th U-girder for constructing the 8.728 km priority corridor of Kanpur Metro’s. At this pace, expect all 622 girders to be placed by Sep 2021.
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themetrorailguy.com/2021/04/21/afc
Workers from Sam India Builtwell on Saturday celebrated lifting out the first pier cap cast for Agra Metro Line-1’s 4 km Taj East Gate – Taj Mahal Ramp elevated section.
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themetrorailguy.com/2021/04/18/sam
Construction Update of RRTS Project in Delhi & Ghaziabad - March 2021
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NHAI invited tenders for DPR for an expressway linking Raxual, Bihar, on the India-Nepal border, with Haldia Port.
Haldia currently handles most of Nepal’s trade, and this roughly 650 km expressway will improve the efficiency of freight movement.
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themetrorailguy.com/2021/04/22/bid
EU and India are in talks to build joint infrastructure projects around the world in the latest attempt to compete with China’s BRI.
The plan, described as a “connectivity” partnership in sectors including energy, digital and transport.
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ft.com/content/2e612c
NHAI has fast-tracked the plan to launch the GPS-based tolling with one of its subsidiaries floating a tender to engage a technical consultant to prepare the roadmap.
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m.timesofindia.com/business/india
Once finished, the facility would provide 10 gigawatts (GW) of electricity, roughly enough for 70 million households.
Construction is expected to take 15 years, but the site should be able to start generating electricity before its completion.
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economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/energ
Proposed Bengaluru Ring Road project will boost economic activities around Bengaluru. Detailed project report for the Rs 17,000-crore project is being prepared, and Karnataka government has assured us it will share 25% of the land acquisition cost
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newindianexpress.com/cities/bengalu
Construction works on Patna Metro’s Phase 1 – India’s 21st system to enter the construction stage – started with piling works in December 2020. At least two piers are now visible with staging works underway to facilitate the start of pier casting.
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themetrorailguy.com/2021/04/28/ncc
India plans to construct 40 kilometres of highways every day in the current financial year, beating its daily record of 37 km that was constructed during 2019-20.
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Nitin Gadkari said that the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways aims to spend around ₹15 lakh crore to construct roads and highways across the country in the next two years.
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google.com/amp/s/auto.hin
Larsen & Toubro on Wednesday started pouring concrete to cast the first pier of the 508.17 km Mumbai – Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR Bullet Train) project which will connect both cities through 12 stations in Maharashtra and Gujarat.
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themetrorailguy.com/2021/05/06/lt-
NHAI has been mandated as a nodal agency by the Centre for raising infrastructure (civil and electrical) for the installation of 63 oxygen plants — 44 in Haryana and 19 in Punjab with the help of DRDO.
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m.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/nh
BMRCL today invited bids for the appointment of a DDC to assist with building Doddajala Depot and remodeling the existing Baiyappanahalli Depot which will serve the upcoming Phase 2A and 2B project linking Central Silk Board – KR Puram – Airport.
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themetrorailguy.com/2021/05/06/ddc
The commissioning of the WDFC up to the Gujarat ports of Mundra and Pipavav in FY22F should lead to time-guaranteed delivery of consignments by the railways, leading to 9pp market share shift from road to rail over FY22-26F.
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financialexpress.com/infrastructure
It has been 5 months since 7th December 2020 when Agra Metro construction work was inaugurated. 400 piles out of a total of 686 for the 3km elevated section of priority corridor in Agra Metro Project have been completed till date.
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metrorailnews.in/upmrc-complete
The Rishikesh-Karnaprayag broad gauge Rail line will have 12 new railway stations, 17 tunnels as well as 16 bridges. An amount of Rs 16,216 crore is likely to be spent on this railway line.
#Infra
metrorailnews.in/govt-to-plan-f
The Purple Line of Namma Metro from Mysore Road – Challaghatta sation of 8.82 KM along with 7 stations is ready for operation in the mouth of June 2021.
#Infra
metrorailnews.in/namma-metro-pu
Under the Priority Stretch of Kanpur Metro i.e. between IIT & Motijheel, Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (UPMRC) has commenced the casting of the ballastless track.
#Infra
metrorailnews.in/upmrc-commence
The project management committee will meet by next week followed by release of the work order for construction of metro on ORR (Silk Board to K.R. Puram).
#Infra
The tender for Phase 2B (K.R. Puram to Kempegowda International Airport) was supposed to be opened on May 15, but that is being postponed by a month due to the lockdown.
#Infra
thehindu.com/news/cities/ba
NHAI has set an ambitious target to build new highways with a combined length of 4,600 km in the current fiscal year. Last fiscal, NHAI constructed a record 4,192 km of highways, up from 3,979 km developed in 2019-20 and 3,380 km in 2018-19.
#Infra
financialexpress.com/infrastructure
Mumbai's "Metro-Dream" Set to Become a Reality by May-end. Via @metrorailblog1
#Infra
Bangalore ORR metro to be commissioned by 2025.
via @MetroRail Blog
#Infra
Environmental clearance provided for transhipment hub.
The plan proposes the construction of a transshipment terminal, a greenfield international airport, township and area development and a 450 MVA gas and solar based power plant on Great Nicobar
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/infrastructure
Russia's integrated nuclear power player ROSATOM on Friday said its machine building division has started stamping pipe blanks for main circulation pumps to be fitted in the Units 5 and 6 of the atomic power plants at Tamil Nadu's Kudankulam.
#Infra
indiandefensenews.in/2021/05/russia
In order to provide better facilities to the religious devotees and tourists coming to Prayagraj and Varanasi of UP, there is a preparation to start the Rapid Rail (Regional Rail Transport System) (RRTS) service between the two religious cities.
#Infra
livehindustan.com/uttar-pradesh/
In a major initiative to digitise water supply infrastructure in rural India, National Jal Jeevan Mission has reached out to all States/ UTs for rolling out of sensor-based IoT solutions to measure and monitor water supply in the hinterland.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/news-brief/big
The government has granted tax exemption to four more foreign funds for their earnings from infrastructure investments made in India between now and March 2024.
#Infra
livemint.com/news/india/gov
Work on expressway projects in UP has continued through the pandemic. The pandemic has certainly had some effect on the work. However, UPEIDA is confident that minor disruptions caused by the strong 2nd wave will dissipate over the next few days.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/amp/story/infr
BRO to build a 4.25-kms tunnel under the 5,091-mtr high Shinkun La pass to make an all-weather axis from Manali to Leh via Darcha-Padun-Nimmu alignment to supply Indian Army in Ladakh. The snow-free axis is expected to be completed by 2024.
#Infra
hindustantimes.com/india-news/def
The India-Asia-Xpress (IAX) system connects India eastbound to Singapore and beyond while the India-Europe-Xpress (IEX) system connects India westbound to the Middle East and Europe.
#Infra
livemint.com/companies/news
Over 55% of the works of Mysuru-Bengaluru expressway have been completed and is expected to be finished by Feb 2022. 2 packages — Bengaluru to Nidaghatta & Nidaghatta to Mysuru. 67.5% work completed of 1st package and 50.5% of 2nd package.
#Infra
google.com/amp/s/starofmy
Air concourse of Habibganj station also ready, bus parking work remaining
#Infra
naidunia.com/madhya-pradesh
BMRCL confirmed that commercial operations on its Purple Line between Mysore Road and Kengeri will begin next month.
The Reach-2 Extension Line of a total length of 7.53 kms is scheduled for commercial operation in June 2021.
#Infra
indianexpress.com/article/cities
Construction work for Agra Metro Rail Project continues as UPMRC has prepared 50 pillar bases in just 5 months, while 18 pillars, 50 pile caps and 414 piles have been completed so far for the elevated section of the Priority Corridor.
#Infra
metrorailnews.in/agra-metro-fir
Centre has approved a ₹50,000-crore expressway connecting Chennai & Surat. It will cut travel time by 6 hrs & distance by 330 km avoiding congested roads in Bangalore, Pune & Mumbai.
#Infra
thefederal.com/news/soon-₹50k-cr-chennai-surat-highway-which-cuts-travel-time-by-6-hrs/
Delhi-Varanasi Bullet Train Project ground survey work is completed for the project and DPR is underway at present. Despite some hindrances to the work due to the ongoing corona crises, the DPR will be submitted by August
#Infra
metrorailnews.in/dpr-of-delhi-v
NHAI has floated the e-tenders for the prestigious Delhi-Katra Expressway stretch from Balsua in Pathankot to Jammu City.
Total length: 97 kilometers Cost: Rs 5495 crore. Project is targeted to be completed by 2024.
#Infra
dailyexcelsior.com/bids-invited-f
BMRCL managing director Rakesh Singh said they have issued a Letter of Acceptance for both firms. “They are expected to begin work in 45 days. Tenders for KR Puram-KIA Metro will be finalised by the third week of June.
#Infra
m.timesofindia.com/city/bengaluru
Afcons Infra has received the work order for construction of six elevated stations: at a cost of Rs 785 crore. Work also involves construction of loops and ramps for a road flyover at Central Silk Board junction.
#Infra
Shankaranarayana Constructions has received the contract for constructing seven elevated stations at a cost of Rs. 623 crores.
#Infra
Despite Covid-induced lockdowns in large part of the country, highway construction quadrupled in April this year to 853 km compared with the same month last year. The pace of construction has been a decent 28km/day in April 2021
#Infra
financialexpress.com/infrastructure
Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa said on Tuesday that the second extended line of Namma Metro's Phase 2 from Mysore Road to Kengeri station (Reach 2 extension) will be commissioned in July.
#Infra
deccanherald.com/amp/city/top-b
29 firms have submitted a total of 55 bids to construct civil packages 2 and 3 of the 210 km Delhi – Dehradun Expressway‘s 119 km Phase 2 (EPE – Saharanpur) section after National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) opened technical bids today.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/05/25/29-
State-run PGCIL board has approved investments totalling Rs 2,202 crore for various power transmission projects.
North Eastern Region Strengthening Scheme-XII (NERSS-XII)” at an estimated cost of Rs 576.42 crore. The project will be commissioned progressively by March 2023.
Transmission System Strengthening Scheme for evacuation of Power from Solar Energy Zones in Rajasthan (8.1 GW) at an estimated cost of Rs 1,184.88 crore and will be commissioned phased-wise from December 2021 to September 2022.
#Infra
Transmission System for Power Evacuation from Arun-3 (900 MW) HEP, Nepal of M/s. SAPDC-Indian Portion”, at an estimated cost of Rs 179.29 crore.
It is scheduled to be commissioned progressively by April 2023.
#Infra
constructionweekonline.in/projects-tende
Indian Railways’ Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link to be completed on mission mode by 2023
#Infra
financialexpress.com/infrastructure
around 24 global investors, mostly sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) and pension funds, have sought tax benefits for investing in Indian infrastructure projects. Out of these, 15 were granted permission in May
#Infra
livemint.com/economy/15-glo
The 341 km-long six-lane Purvanchal Expressway project nears completion and is expected to be completed by June 30, 2021. About 65-70 percent of the construction has been completed, while the construction of bridges and flyovers remains.
#Infra
constructionworld.in/transport-infr
Nine domestic and international companies have bid for the New Delhi railway station redevelopment bids, entailing an estimated capital expenditure of Rs 6,500 crore
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/trans
The Peripheral Ring Road (PRR) project, which is aimed at ensuring seamless connectivity, is set to take a new approach for funding, as the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) has decided to go in for global tendering.
#infra
newindianexpress.com/cities/bengalu
India is set to increase its metro network from an existing operational 697.43 km to a planned 1,985 km (increase by 1,315 km at an estimated investment of Rs 5,354 bn). This will take India’s investment in metros from Rs 1,484 bn to Rs 6,838 bn.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/analysis/in-ch
Final Location Survey (FLS) for new Broad Gauge rail connectivity to Char Dham i.e. Gangotri, Yamunotri, Badrinath and Kedarnath is near completion. Kedarnath and Badrinath railway connectivity will take off from Karnaprayag railway station
#Infra
financialexpress.com/infrastructure
J Kumar Infraprojects today finally received a Letter of Acceptance (work order) for completing pending (balance) construction work on the DN Nagar – IL&FS section of Mumbai Metro’s 23.6 km Line-2B (Yellow Line).
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/05/28/j-k
Ashoka Buildcon has once again demonstrated by successfully laying 12,700 tons of DBM, non-stop, in a span of 61 hours. This resulted in the construction of 2.19 kms of four lane dual carriageway.
constructionweekonline.in/projects-tende
Jammu & Kashmir constructed a record 3,300 km of rural roads in 2020-21 under various schemes, thereby providing safe and secure all-weather connectivity to remote habitations across the union territory.
#Infra
m.economictimes.com/news/economy/i
The highest average speed achieved was 99.38 kmph. Till date, 137 trains have attained an average speed of more than 90 kmph on this section
#Infra
moneycontrol.com/news/business/
60% work of Bundelkhand Expressway completed: UPEIDA CEO
The construction of bridges on Yamuna and Betwa rivers, which fall within the ambit of the project, is going on at rapid pace.
#Infra
indianexpress.com/article/cities
Transmission works that aim to connect the distant villages of Ladakh to the grid & subsequently achieve carbon neutrality in the region by phasing out the Diesel Generators has been approved by the central government at a cost of Rs 1309.71 crore.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/insta/central-
During the financial year 2020-21, Indian Railways achieved the highest ever electrification of sections, covering 6015 Route Km (RKM) in a single year, surpassing the previous highest of 5,276 RKM achieved in the year 2018-19.
#Infra
financialexpress.com/infrastructure
MMMOCL today officially started trial runs on a combined 20 km portion of Mumbai Metro’s 18.6 km Line-2A (Yellow Line) and 16.5 km Line-7 (Red Line), which run along Link Road and Western Express Highway.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/05/31/tri
Afcons Infrastructure this past week began work for a 550 meter bridge over Kasheli Creek of Mumbai Metro’s 24.9 km Line-5 (Orange Line) which will connect Thane and Kalyan.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/05/31/wor
IRSDC, the nodal agency for station redevelopment in India, has shortlisted 9 bidders for the proposed redevelopment of iconic Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) Railway Station in South Mumbai.
#Infra
m.economictimes.com/industry/trans
Consulting firm SMEC has unveiled architectural concepts and designs for 18 stations on Bangalore Metro’s new 57 km Blue Line in the upcoming Phase 2A and Phase 2B project which will link Central Silk Board – KR Puram – Airport.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/06/02/sme
20 design and engineering firms have submitted bids to prepare a Detailed Project Report for the 182 km northern half of Hyderabad’s 340 km Regional Ring Road Expressway project after NHAI opened technical bids today.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/06/02/20-
The Central Government has approved the much awaited Pune-Nashik Semi High Speed Railway Project in Maharashtra.
#Infra
metrorailnews.in/central-govern
With the aim of meeting the commissioning target in 2023, work on the 17-km priority section of the 85-km Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) corridor is going on in full swing amid the second wave of pandemic.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/amp/story/news
The road transport and highways ministry has constructed 1,470 km of national highways in the current financial year so far, an increase of 73.5 per cent as compared to the year-ago period.
#Infra
m.economictimes.com/news/economy/i
The first pier of the elevated section of the Delhi-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System in the city has been completed near the upcoming New Ashok Nagar RRTS station
#Infra
economictimes.com/news/economy/i
Indus Best Mega Food Park has been set up in 63.8 acres of land at a project cost of Rs 145.5 crore.
The Park will also provide direct and indirect employment to about 5,000 persons and benefit about 25,000 farmers
#Infra
Facilities include cold storage - 3,745 MT, pack house - 10 MT/Hr, dry warehouse - 12,000 MT, boiler - 8 MT, aseptic pulping and packaging line - 6 MT/Hr for mango and 12MT for tomato, IQF and deep freeze 2MT/hr and 1500 MT
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/news-brief/chh
As part of the Indian Railways' station redevelopment project, the national transporter will redevelop the Charbagh railway station of Lucknow, taking it up a railway up-gradation project.
#Infra
ndtv.com/business/india
Adani Green Energy on Wednesday said its arm AWEKTL has commissioned a 150-megawatts (MW) wind power project in the Kutchh district of Gujarat, nine months ahead of schedule.
#Infra
newindianexpress.com/business/2021/
Indian Railways has identified 126 locations where automatic coach washing plants (ACWPs) will be installed of which 29 locations already have them. These plants, according to the railway officials, are big on water saving.
#Infra
freepressjournal.in/mumbai/railway
State-run CESL has signed two pacts with Meghalaya and Union Territory of Ladakh for 65 MW of decentralised solar capacities.
#Infra
m.economictimes.com/industry/renew
The ambitious double-tube Banihal-Qazigund tunnel along the 270-km Jammu-Srinagar national highway built at a cost of Rs 2,100 crore is going through the testing and commissioning process and is likely to become operational in coming weeks
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/i
Town planning authority CIDCO on Sunday asked land owners who come within the Navi Mumbai Airport Influenced Notified Area, also known as NAINA, to submit consent letters as soon as possible to fast-track development plans in the area.
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com//news/economy/
The work of widening the Aurangabad-Ajanta-Jalgaon highway in Maharashtra, which has got affected due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting manpower crunch, is likely to get over by the end of this year
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com//news/economy/
5 North-Western States and UTsi.e.,Punjab ,Haryana, HP, J&K and Ladakh, implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission will be expedited and every rural household will be provided with tap water connections by 2022, instead of by 2024.
#Infra
pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIf
Bids for road projects of around 2,000 kilometres are in the pipeline and will likely be awarded this month onwards, as the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) looks to push construction activity after a brief slowdown.
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/trans
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) plans infrastructure development activities worth Rs 1,417 crore in Punjab for the current financial year.
#Imfra
constructionworld.in/transport-infr
UKMRC has recently approved the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for Metro Neo system in Dehradun.
#Infra
news.railanalysis.com/ukmrc-board-ap
Despite the pandemic-induced lockdown and restrictions on mobility in large parts of the country, highway construction grew by 74% on year in April-May of the current financial year to 1,470 km or 24.1 km/day.
#Infra
financialexpress.com/infrastructure
Indian Railways has envisaged providing LTE based Mobile Train Radio Communication on its route with this spectrum. The estimated investment in the project is more than Rs 25,000 Crore, and the project will be completed in the next 5 years.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/amp/story/inst
Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, during a review meeting on Wednesday, asked Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited to begin the work at the ground level at the earliest for the Airport and Outer Ring Road lines.
#Infra
newindianexpress.com/cities/bengalu
Chief Minister asked officials to finalise the tender for the PRR project and get the cabinet approval soon to begin the land acquisition project.
#Infra
deccanherald.com/amp/city/forei
The South Korea-based GGGI is supporting the development of a 250 MW solar PV plant for MSRDC along a 700-km stretch of highway connecting Mumbai with Nagpur. The project will provide renewable energy for the future e-mobility requirements.
#Infra
pv-magazine.com/2021/06/08/ind
Suburban rail project will take off with the tender process expected to be completed in the next 4 months and work will commence from October on the first stretch between Byappanahalli and Chikkabanavara which is 25.01 kilometer long.
#Infra
m.timesofindia.com/city/bengaluru
BRO has accelerated work to connect with the China border with several critical projects underway, including a new all-weather route to connect Ladakh and quick completion of long-standing projects.
#Infra
m.economictimes.com/news/defence/b
Phase-I of the Dahej terminal will be expanded to 20 million tpa by mid-2023, while a new five million tpa Gopalpur terminal in the east coast is expected to be ready by 2025.
#infra
constructionweekonline.in/projects-tende
As per the proposal, the light metro transit system is proposed to run 17 hours a day round the year in Jammu, whereas in Srinagar it will run 17 hours daily during summers and 14 hours daily for winters.
#Infra
greaterkashmir.com/todays-paper/s
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Saturday said that work on Shivamogga airport, which will have facilities on par with Bengaluru airport, is in progress and instructions have been given to complete it by next June.
#Infra
deccanherald.com/amp/state/karn
NHPC signs Memorandum of Understanding with Bihar State Hydroelectric Power Corporation (BSHPC) for Implementation of 130.1 MW Dagmara HE Project
#Infra
pib.gov.in/PressReleasePa
State-owned National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) plans to increase the size of its proposed infrastructure investment trust (InvIT) and is expected to raise as much as ₹15,000 crore in two rounds.
#Infra
m.economictimes.com/markets/stocks
Govt undertakes EIA study for semi high-speed rail project between Ahmedabad and Rajkot.
#Infra
toi.in/63QiDa/a24gj
The state government on Tuesday approved a ring road project, worth ₹1,500 crore and connecting five national highways, in Ambala.
#Infra
hindustantimes.com/cities/chandig
Bharti Airtel’s 5G trial network has gone live in Gurgaon’s Cyber Hub in the Millennium city, sources familiar with the matter said.
#Infra
telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/airtels-m
950 route kilometres of the technology has already been deployed while work is underway on 1,200 more route kilometres. IR wants to deploy TCAS on 37,300 route kilometres within four years.
#Infra
railpost.in/indian-railway
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday has approved the Inland vessel bill which looks at streamlining vessels running on inland waterways in the country.
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/trans
As many as 19 villages in Siachen has been electrified with supply from the Chamshen micro-hydel project (MHP), a development that will help Ladakh inch closer towards achieving the carbon-neutrality target
#Infra
energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/amp/news/power
Commissioning of the 351-km-long Madar-Palanpur section, 3 cement sidings have seamlessly got connected with the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor of the Indian Railways, boosting cement loadings.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/news-brief/wdf
A new milestone in seamless connectivity with Gujarat Ports was achieved on Sunday by DFC with the first double stack container train run between Mundra port in Gujarat to CONCOR Multi Modal Logistics park at Kathuwas in Rajasthan.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/amp/story/comm
Afcons Infrastructure, GR Infraprojects and ITD Cementation have submitted bids to complete pending work on a 7.501 km elevated section of Bangalore Metro’s 21.386 km Pink Line
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/06/23/3-b
ITD Cementation India on Thursday commissioned their first tunnel boring machine, Bhadra (S-840B), at Venkateshpura Station on Bangalore Metro’s 21.386 km Pink Line (Reach 6).
#infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/06/21/tbm
India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd. (NHSRCL) on June 5 invited bids to construct the 8.198 km Package C-5 of the 508.17 km Mumbai – Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR Bullet Train) project.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/06/22/nhs
This 6 lane greenfield access-controlled corridor will link the 262 km Bangalore – Chennai Expressway near Chittoor with the 133 km Chennai Peripheral Ring Road at Kannigaipair to allow for direct connectivity to Ennore and Kattupalli ports.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/06/22/knr
Afcons launced 500th U-girder for constructing the 8.728 km priority corridor of Kanpur Metro’s 23.785 km Line-1. With this and other recent launches, UPMRCL claims a 7 km of contiguous viaduct is now ready within 312 days.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/06/23/afc
This new greenfield airport will be capable of handling 1.5 million passengers per year after the completion of its Phase 1 in 2025 and has been designed to ultimately handle 50 million passengers per year after its final phase.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/06/23/17-
The Karnataka cabinet on Monday gave its approval for the construction of a greenfield domestic passenger airport at Hassan, at an estimated cost of Rs 193.65 crore.
#Infra
deccanherald.com/state/karnatak
Karnataka government plans to provide tap water connections to 25 lakh households under the Jal Jeevan Mission by the end of this year.
#Infra
newindianexpress.com/states/karnata
Shimoga airport is being constructed on the outskirts of the city at a cost of Rs 384 crore.
The flight commencement should begin by next year-end.
#Infra
indiatoday.in/amp/india/stor
Developer of Grade A industrial real estate and logistics parks IndoSpace on June 23 announced the launch of two parks, Vallam II and Oragadam III in Tamil Nadu, with a combined area of 118 acres.
#Infra
moneycontrol.com/news/business/
The industries department will set up 147 new industrial areas in the next three years with 68 of them to be launched this year
#Infra
m.timesofindia.com/city/jaipur/ri
In a short span of 22 months, tap water connections have been provided to additional 84 lakh households in these districts and thus now 31.37% of household have assured tap water supply.
This 24% increase in coverage in aspirational districts is more than a 22.72% increase in tap water supply across the country during these 22 months.
#Infra
timesnownews.com/amp/india/arti
After years of waiting, work on the 148-km suburban rail link for Bengaluru is slated to begin in three months. Work will be taken up on the Baiyappanahalli-Chikkabanavara and Heelalige-Rajankunte corridors, and it will be completed in three and a half years.
#Infra
Around 88% of the land required for the project is readily available.
Baiyappanahalli – Hosur and Yeshwantpur – Channasandra. Doubling projects for the same with year 2023 has been set as the deadline to complete the work.
#Infra
thehindu.com/news/cities/ba
Foundation stones of projects of four-laning of Kangra Bypass to Bhangbar section of NH-88, Kiratpur to Nerchowk section NH-21 besides expansion of Paonta Sahib to Hewna section of NH-707 and Ashyri to Sri Kyari section among others.
#Infra
hindustantimes.com/cities/chandig
Authorities have prepared a Rs 40,000-crore plan to provide functional tap water connections to over 63 lakh households by 2023. Of the 91.19 lakh rural households, 28.15 lakh have been covered.
#Infra
deccanherald.com/amp/state/top-
UPMRC has laid down the Metro track up to one kilometre on the Priority Corridor being constructed between IIT-Kanpur and Motijheel. The track laying work commenced from IIT-K on May 11 and now it has reached up to Kalyanpur Metro Station.
#Infra
m.timesofindia.com/city/kanpur/me
East-West Expressway from Dabwali to Panipat for Rs 5000 crore. Construction of this expressway will open up the western part of Haryana which will have fast connectivity with Meerut area of Uttar Pradesh and eastern part of Haryana state.
#Infra
Pehowa-Kurukshetra road up to NH-44 as National Highway and construction of Kurukshetra Bypass (Rs 618.5 crore, including land acquisition of Rs 283.8 crore).
#Infra
indianexpress.com/article/cities
Varaha Infa has emerged as the lowest bidder to construct Phase 1 of Dholera International Airport in Gujarat after Airports Authority of India (AAI) opened financial bids on Thursday.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/06/26/var
This section will act as a link between Sewree Nhava Transharbour Link, National Highway 4B, National Highway 17 (also called as Mumbai-Goa highway) and Mumbai-Pune expressway.
#Infra
indianexpress.com/article/cities
Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani has approved development of a greenfield port at Nargol in south Gujarat through the public-private-partnership with an extended build, own, operate and transfer (BOOT) period of 50 years.
#Infra
financialexpress.com/infrastructure
IRSDC, the nodal agency for station redevelopment in the country, is set to rope in realty developers to redevelop multiple railway junctions in and around Mumbai including Andheri, Dadar, Kalyan, Bandra, Borivali and Thane.
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com//industry/tran
Afcons Infrastructure and Shankaranarayana Construction Company, have started preliminary construction activities like soil testing on the ORR for the Phase II-A project.
#Infra
bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/civi
NHAI is set to begin work on ₹700-crore greenfield alignment to decongest the Airport Road in Mohali by providing an alternative route to traffic moving from Delhi side to Himachal Pradesh, J&K and parts of Punjab.
#Infra
hindustantimes.com/cities/chandig
Indian Railways has identified 58 very important projects with a total length of 3,750 km costing Rs 39,663 crore. Out of these 58 very important projects, 27 projects will be completed by December, 2021
#Infra
zeenews.india.com/india/indian-r
STEM lowered and concreted the first diaphragm wall (D-Wall) panel for the 82.15 km Delhi – Meerut RRTS project’s southern Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) launch shaft at Anand Vihar.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/06/29/ste
Rail Vikas Nigam has invited bids for works of Bhanupali-Bilaspur-Beri new railway line.
#Infra
constructionweekonline.in/projects-tende
Government has accorded top priority to building Shinku-la tunnel on Darcha-Padum-Nimmu road and also construction work on the Baralacha tunnel, Lachulung-la tunnel and Taglang-la tunnel on Manali-Leh highway will also start shortly.
#Infra
constructionweekonline.in/projects-tende
Five construction companies submitted their bids for the construction work for a 37-kilometre metro line. This metro line will run between Kempegowda International Airport and KR Puram.
#Infra
bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/civi
The central government’s expenditure finance committee may shortly consider a proposal for developing eco-tourism projects at Kadmat and Suheli islands in Lakshadweep
#Infra
livemint.com/news/india/gov
Prime Minister Narendra Modi led Union Cabinet on Wednesday (30 June) accorded approval for revised implementation strategy of BharatNet through Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode in 16 states of the country.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/news-brief/pm-
Minister of State for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated the loading operation for the maiden voyage of coastal shipping service Green Freight Corridor-2 from Kochi to Beypore and Azhikkal ports
#Infra
thehindu.com/news/cities/Ko
Tourism Minister C.P. Yogeshwar said that the State government had planned to develop the World Heritage Site of Hampi and Anjanadri at a cost of ₹500 crore.
#Infra
thehindu.com/news/national/
GAIL (India) Ltd will invest about Rs 5,000 crore to build a portfolio of at least 1 gigawatts of renewable energy and set up compressed biogas as well as ethanol plants as it steps up efforts to expand the business beyond natural gas.
#Infra
m.economictimes.com/industry/renew
Construction Progress of Delhi - Ghaziabad - Meerut RRTS Corridor as on June 2021 (1/2)
#Infra
Construction Progress of Delhi - Ghaziabad - Meerut RRTS Corridor as on June 2021 (2/2)
#Infra
Purvanchal Expressway, an ambitious project of the Uttar Pradesh government connecting Lucknow, Sultanpur, Azamgarh and Ghazipur will become operational by August, informed state Industry Minister Satish Mahana.
#Infra
livemint.com/news/india/utt
100% of passenger coaches have been fitted with bio toilets. This has ensured that no human waste is discharged from coaches of passenger trains on rail tracks.
#Infra
financialexpress.com/infrastructure
NHAI has floated tender for rehabilitation & upgradation of Nongstoin-Rambrai-Kyrshai road up to Meghalaya-Assam Border from 0.335 km to 34.039 km to two-lane.
#Infra
constructionweekonline.in/projects-tende
Goods from North India can now be ferried at a cheaper rate to Gujarat ports, first via DFC’s trunk route till New Palanpur station before getting those diverted on feeder routes — 318 km for Deendayal, 380 km for Mundra and 469 km for Pipavav.
#Infra
m.economictimes.com/industry/trans
The Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday said nine new medical colleges will come up in the state this month and these will likely be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
#Infra
livemint.com/education/utta
The first step towards readying the much awaited Outer Ring Road Line of Metro began a couple of days ago with the commencement of soil testing works.
#Infra
newindianexpress.com/cities/bengalu
341-km Purvanchal Expressway project is fast nearing completion, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi expected to inaugurate it next month.
#Infra
financialexpress.com/infrastructure
Two more international airports will be added in northeastern states, at Imphal and Agartala, with the aim of increasing connectivity in the region
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/imp
The Lilabari Airport of Lakhimpur district, under the Airport Authority of India (AAI), will soon be a world-class aviation training hub with an aviation training academy.
#Infra
sentinelassam.com/north-east-ind
IRSDC is now looking to modernise 90 stations across the country. This is in addition to the work it is carrying out at 60 stations, where it is keen to take in private partners for facility management
#Infra
m.rediff.com/amp/business/r
Construction of the Ganga Expressway, is all set to begin by September this year after the state government confirmed it has already acquired 80% land required. The project, will cost ₹36,000 crore, and completed within the next 26 months.
#Infra
auto.hindustantimes.com/auto/news/gang
Manipur has finally come up on Indian Railway's vast network map as a Rajdhani Express recently completed a trial run from Assam's Silchar to Vaingaichunpao railway station located in Tamenglong district
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/amp/story/inst
Karnataka plans to set up industrial hubs in five districts across the state's northern region. They will be set up in Bidar, Kalaburagi, Koppal, Raichur and Yadgir districts to facilitate investments in diverse sectors and create hundreds of jobs
#Infra
english.lokmat.com/politics/karna
Vijay Rupani, Chief Minister, Gujarat, approved a project worth Rs 3,475 crores to provide an additional one million acre-feet of water from the Narmada river to Kutch district.
#Infra
opindia.com/2021/07/gujara
Indian Railways and its PSU RailTel have installed IP-based CCTV surveillance cameras at 813 major railway stations across India. Besides, by the month of March next year, 756 more railway stations are targeted to be covered.
#Infra
financialexpress.com/infrastructure
The Ministry of Railways will provide AC services to passengers at a cut-price deal. For this purpose, the Indian Railways is preparing economy AC 3-tier coaches. These coaches will be similar to normal AC 3 Tier coaches.
#Infra
news18.com/amp/news/buzz/
The Karnataka government on Thursday decided to construct 9 lakh houses in two years under different housing projects in the state.
The decision was taken at a review meeting chaired by CM B S Yediyurappa on housing schemes in the state.
#Infra
m.economictimes.com/news/india/kar
Yashnand E & C emerged as the lowest bidder to construct the passenger terminal building for the new Rajkot International Airport located at 25 km north-east of Rajkot. Basic construction work for its runways & site development is underway.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/07/07/yas
The Road Transport and Highways Ministry Nitin Gadkari on Friday said that his aim is to construct 60,000 kilometres of the world-class national highway by 2024, at the rate of 40 kilometre per day.
#Infra
livemint.com/news/india/gov
India’s first RRTS is getting built at a rapid speed to connect Delhi to the urban nodes of Ghaziabad, Modi Nagar, & Meerut. In the 82 km long corridor, total of 70 km area is elevated; out of which piers have been erected in 24 km stretch so far.
#Infra
metrorailnews.in/more-than-one-
BMC on Saturday informed that 36 per cent work of the coastal road project has been completed so far. Till now, 90 per cent of filling at site, 68 per cent of the sea wall and 11 per cent work of the double tunnel has been completed.
#Infra
m.timesofindia.com/city/mumbai/mu
Within 22 Months, Jal Jeevan Mission provides tap water To 97 Lakh households in Japanese Encephalitis affected Districts
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/news-brief/wit
Guntakal Division has eliminated a major speed restriction between the Kalamalla-Yerraguntla section, part of the Chennai – Mumbai railway line. With the elimination of this major speed restriction, now trains on run at a faster speed.
#Infra
financialexpress.com/infrastructure
The earlier train service via Mangaluru used to take more than 17 hours for the journey. The new service takes the Padil bypass, and covers the distance between Bengaluru and Karwar in less than 14 hours.
#Infra
thehindu.com/news/cities/ba
A passenger train–Rajdhani Express from Assam’s Silchar railway station–reached the Vaingaichunpao railway station for a trail run in Manipur. This marks Manipur’s debut on Indian Railway Map,
#Infra
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/travel-
This 6 lane greenfield access-controlled project in Punjab with 2 packages is part of the Ludhiana – Ajmer Economic Corridor (EC-8). Its route will connect upcoming Delhi – Amritsar Expressway with the upcoming Amritsar – Bhatinda Expressway.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/07/08/13-
This greenfield access-controlled road’s construction has been divided into 5 packages. In Phase 1, it will form a 38.11 km semi-ring around Delhi’s western edge &also consist of two spurs to Bahadurgarh Bypass and to Barwasni Bypass in Sonipat .
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/07/10/hg-
Workers from Ranjit Buildcon Ltd. on Friday launched the first ever pier cap for Ahmedabad Metro’s 28.254 km Phase 2 project on Radesan Road.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/07/10/ran
Larsen & Toubro and its subcontractor Zed Geotechnics on Friday kicked off construction work for Anand-Nadiad Station of the 508.17 km Mumbai – Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR Bullet Train) project.
#Infra #BulletTrain
themetrorailguy.com/2021/07/12/wor
The country's premier container port JNPT has conducted a trial operation at the newly-constructed dedicated berth for coastal shipping with the handling of ONGC offshore supply vessel 'Greatship Dhriti'
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/trans
Cargo train operators are authorized to utilize the Indian Railways network to carry all containers bound for Nepal whether bilateral freight between Indian and Nepal or third country freight from ports of Indian to Nepal.
#Infra
financialexpress.com/infrastructure
4 construction firms have submitted bids to construct 8 elevated stations between AIIMS and Subhash Nagar on Bhopal Metro’s 14.99 km Line-2 after Madhya Pradesh Metro Rail Co Ltd. (MPMRCL) opened technical bids today for Package BH-02.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/07/13/4-b
16 National Highway projects are to be developed with an investment of Rs 4,148 crores, covering a length of 298 kilometres in total.
#Infra
financialexpress.com/infrastructure
State-run NTPC will set up a 4,750 megawatt (MW) renewable energy park at Rann of Kutch in Gujarat's Khavada.
NTPC REL has plans to generate green hydrogen on a commercial scale from this park.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/news-brief/ind
Officials at the Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) recently announced a decision of setting up a seafarer’s center in the port area which will be beneficial for passenger sailors.
#Infra
mbnewz.com/index.php/2021
Gandhinagar railway station, the country's 1st redeveloped station set to be inaugurated this week, will provide an airport-like experience to passengers with facilities such as a luxury hotel, theme-based lighting and a separate baby feeding room
#Infra
m.economictimes.com/industry/trans
Minister for Major and Medium Industries and Public Enterprises Jagadish Shettar said on Monday that the government has proposed to acquire 1,050 acres of land together in Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts for industrial development.
#Infra
thehindu.com/news/cities/Ma
The government will float tenders for sourcing 4000 MWh battery storage, power and renewable energy minister R K Singh said on Thursday.
#Infra
m.economictimes.com/industry/renew
The authority is currently testing toll-collection through the automatic number plate readers (ANPRs), which automatically reads vehicle registration plates at entry as well as exit points and compute the toll according to distance travelled.
#Infra
hindustantimes.com/cities/noida-n
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GR Infraprojects today emerged as the lowest bidder for completing construction work on the 7.501 km Dairy Circle Ramp – Kalena Agrahara section of Bangalore Metro’s Pink Line after BMRCL opened financial bids for Package R6-CC-01BW.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/07/16/gr-
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is virtually inaugurating Indian Railways’ Mahesana – Varetha gauge converted cum electrified broad gauge line including Vadnagar station in Gujarat today.
#Infra
financialexpress.com/infrastructure
URC Construction bags contract for 9 elevated stations of Delhi-Meerut RRTS
#Infra
constructionweekonline.in/projects-tende
The project will ensure tapping of a total of 17 Nalas which will be intercepted and diverted to 9 STPs to be constructed for a total treatment capacity of 30.30 MLD.
The project shall cover the 6 polluted river stretches in the Kumaon region.
#Infra
pib.gov.in/PressReleasePa
The Zurich Airport International on Saturday signed a shareholder agreement with Uttar Pradesh government entity NIAL in Lucknow for the development of the Noida International Airport
#Infra
m.economictimes.com/industry/trans
Kota district administration has initiated procedure to transfer 1,250 acres of land free of cost to the Airports Authority of India for the proposed Greenfield Airport here, officials said.
#Infra
in.news.yahoo.com/kota-admin-ini
Construction of India's longest road twin-tunnel between Thane and Borivali, will start in March 2022. The 11.8-km-long tunnel, below the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, will commence next year.
#Infra
knocksense.com/mumbai/tunnel-
The OSOWOG project will be implemented in three phases. In the first phase, the Indian grid will be connected with grids in West Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia to share solar and other renewable energy resources.
#Infra
energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/amp/news/renew
Vande Bharat, the indigenous semi-high speed train set, is being given a boost with the Railways gearing to roll out at least 10 such new trains, linking around 40 cities, by August 2022 to commemorate 75 years of Independence.
#Infra
indianexpress.com/article/india/
To facilitate the proposed Dharwad Industrial Area, the State Government will acquire 5,000 acres between Dharwad and Kittur next to the NH-48, under the Bengaluru-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (BMIC) project.
#Infra
newindianexpress.com/states/karnata
The 155-km-long National Highway 709B is a six-lane project passing through East and Northeast Delhi’s several areas. The corridor will start from Delhi’s Akshardham Mandir and end at Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh.
#Infra
financialexpress.com/infrastructure
Delhi-Mumbai Expressway project expeditiously. Out of total length of the project, 350 km has already been constructed and works for construction of 825 km is in progress.
#Infra
m.economictimes.com/news/economy/i
Jammu and Kashmir's water transport authority has brought the first imported luxury boat for cruise on the Jhelum river with an aim to revive water transport in Kashmir.
#Infra
ndtv.com/india-news/j-k
Popular hill station Nandi Hills, which is at an hour’s distance from Bengaluru, will soon get a ropeway, said Karnataka’s tourism and environment minister C P Yogeshwar.
#Infra
indianexpress.com/article/cities
Preparations are underway to change the face of Ranchi railway station. The number of platforms will also be doubled. It is being constructed keeping in view the increasing number of passengers in the coming days. The cost will be Rs 200 crore.
#Infra
m.jagran.com/jharkhand/ranc
YFC Projects today emerged as the lowest bidder to build the roughly 8 km elevated Package PC-04 of Patna Metro’s 16.86 km Line-1 after Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) opened financial bids.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/07/19/yfc
Larsen & Toubro today emerged as the lowest bidder to construct the only underground section of Patna Metro’s 14.05 km Line-2 after Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) opened financial bids for package PC-03.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/07/19/lt-
Government invited global tenders under Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode for works worth Rs 29,500 crore in 16 states under the ambitious BharatNet project which will connect every village by broadband.
#Infra
news18.com/amp/news/india
Several big ticket entities have shown interest in the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor's Sonnagar-Gomoh section that is estimated to be built at a cost of ₹9,000 crore.
#Infra
livemint.com/companies/news
Karnataka will be setting up its first horticultural crops processing cluster, including a mango processing unit, It will be set up through a PPP model with an estimated investment of about ₹500 crore.
#Infra
livemint.com/news/india/kar
The Union government constructed 2,284 kilometres (km) of national highways across the country during April-June, up from 1,823 km in the year-ago period
#Infra
livemint.com/news/india/gad
The National Capital Regional Transport Corporation on Wednesday said it is using 'micro-tunnelling' technique at its under construction Anand Vihar station on the Regional Rapid Transit System's Delhi-Meerut corridor for utility diversion work.
#Infra
moneycontrol.com/news/business/
Indian Railways has successfully conducted speed trials of the new AC-2 tier LHB coach. The new coach clocked 180 kilometer per hour speed. The trial was conducted in Nagda-Kota-Sawai Madhopur section.
#Infra
livemint.com/news/india/180
UP cabinet approved a proposal for Rs 4,480 crore loan from PNB to purchase land for the 594-km-long Ganga Expressway project. Loan for the Rs 36,000 crore project will be given based on toll revenue securitisation from Agra-Lucknow Expressway.
#Infra
financialexpress.com/infrastructure
Almost 97 per cent tunnelling work on the longest and fully-underground Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ Mumbai Metro 3 corridor has been completed with the 39th breakthrough achieved at Mahalaxmi
#Infra
mid-day.com/amp/mumbai/mum
Hyderabad-based KNR Constructions has bagged a ₹1,100-crore contract for four-laning 48 km on National Highway 75 between BC Road and Periyashanthi (Dharmasthala Cross) proposed by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).
#Infra
thehindu.com/news/cities/Ma
Karnataka government is planning a facelift of world-famous tourist destination Jog Falls at a cost of Rs 164 crores, with a ropeway to get a closer view of the waterfalls, boating arrangements, and lighting for the falls during night on the anvil
#Infra
bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/othe
Kurtha is part of the city of Janakpur, the seat of King Janaka of Mithila, who adopted Devi Sita. This rail link, on which India has spent Rs 619 crore, will be extended by another 34.5 kilometres till Bardibas.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/news-brief/tra
In less than ten months since the launch of campaign, provision of tap water has been made in 6.85 lakh (66%) schools, 6.80 lakh (60%) Anganwadi centres and 2.36 lakh (69%) Gram Panchayats and Community Healthcare Centres in villages across India
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/news-brief/wit
ESR India will invest about INR 300 crore to develop an industrial and logistics park in Gujarat as part of its expansion plan. ESR is a leading industrial and logistics real estate platform with a focus on Asia Pacific market.
#Infra
auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/
Government is discussing a plan to create power islanding systems in several cities to protect the electricity infrastructure from potential cyberattacks. The cities being considered for such systems include Bengaluru and Jamnagar.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/insta/govt-mul
Delhi-Meerut using cars or public buses travel time is around 2.5 hours (own vehicle) and can go upto three hours (by public transport). But when the full stretch of the inaugural RRTS project gets going, travel time will come down to 55 minutes.
#Infra
businessindia.co/magazine/ready
Railways has set the ball rolling to produce more than 600 Vande Bharat coaches in 2022-23 while the target is about 1,000 in 2023-24.
Station redevelopment initiative is being taken up in a more focused way.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/news-brief/rai
In a little less than two years, the airport became operational and flights started operating out of it. Plans have been finalised to acquire more land to expand the airport with a new terminal, apron area and also extension of the existing runway.
#infra
swarajyamag.com/infrastructure
Intending to create a national gas grid and increase the availability of natural gas, the union government plans to operationalise a 33,764 Km Natural Gas Pipeline Network across the country.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2021/energy/ce
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) had mandated the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) to develop 35 Multi-Modal Logistics Parks (MMLP) across the country.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2021/roads/cen
The Chaurasi Kosi Parikrama Marg in Ayodhya, a path meant for circumambulation and known for its importance to Ram bhaktas and pilgrims, has been declared a National Highway. It extends to 84 kos — approximately 275 kms.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2021/roads/cha
The Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation Ltd. (IRSDC) has invited Requests for Qualification (RFQ) to redevelop Surat and Udhna railway stations in Surat, Gujarat.
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/indl-
With the aim to redevelop Udaipur railway station as a world-class integrated hub at par with an international airport, the Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation Ltd. (IRSDC) has floated RFQ for the ambitious project.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2021/main-feat
95 per cent of work of the Purvanchal Expressway has been completed and its main carriageway would soon be open for vehicular movement.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/insta/over-95-
The proposed Mumbai-Nagpur high speed rail corridor project is likely to see some traction after National High Speed Railway Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL) on Friday said it was likely to complete and submit its feasibility study by early 2022
#Infra
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/84
Amritsar Bathinda 6 lane access-controlled highway (NH-754A) forms the northern part of the 1256 km Amritsar – Jamnagar Economic Corridor (NH-754 / EC-3).
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/07/29/gri
MahaMetro has in the past week published two notices inviting bids for constructing Reach 1A and Reach 4A of the 43.8 km Nagpur Metro’s Phase 2 project.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/07/28/nag
Sam India Builtwell on Wednesday began casting 28 meter long U-girders for Agra Metro Phase 1 project’s 4 km Taj East Gate – Taj Mahal Ramp elevated section.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/07/29/sam
Torrent Gas, part of the USD 3 billion Torrent Group, has drawn up a Rs 10,000 crore capital expenditure plan spread over the next five years including Rs 5,000 crore investment in Tamil Nadu
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com//industry/ener
NHAI plans to complete the 32km long Delhi-Baghpat section of the proposed Delhi-Dehradun national highway expressway by the end of December 2023.
It is proposed to be built with 12 lanes, with six lanes dedicated to long-distance travellers.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/amp/story/news
The National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited took a significant step forward in its construction work by casting first full height pier near Vapi, Gujarat at Chainage 167 on Mumbai Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Corridor
#Infra
nhsrcl.in/en/media/press
State-run power giant NTPC on Thursday said its arm NTPC Renewable Energy Ltd has floated a domestic tender to set up India's first Green Hydrogen Fuelling Station in Leh, Ladakh.
#Infra
energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/renewable
Of the 42 rakes to be produced in the financial year 2022-23, 22 rakes will be made at Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai, 10 each at Modern Coach Factory (MCF), Rae Bareli, and Rail Factory Kapurthala (RCF), Kapurthala.
#Infra
news18.com/amp/news/india
NHSRCL took a significant step forward in its construction on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor by casting the first full height pier near Gujarat's Vapi district.
#Infra
indiatoday.in/amp/india/stor
As part of the National Highway Development Project (NHDP), the Union government plans to spend Rs 7,205 crore to remove traffic bottlenecks on key highways in Punjab.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/amp/story/inst
The Gangapur City Yard is located on a 130 km per hour speed route. However, while passing through this yard, trains had to slow down due to a Permanent Speed Restriction of 70 km per hour, because of reverse curves in this yard.
#Infra
financialexpress.com/infrastructure
Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) is likely to complete route electrification (RE) of Srirampur (Assam) – New Bongaigaon and Kamakhya – Guwahati sections by end August 2021
#Infra
railpost.in/nfr-to-electri
Data consumption through the BharatNet optical fibre—operated and maintained by the government’s common service centres in nearly 1,00,000 panchayats—surpassed 13,000 TB till June. This is an increase from 6,000 TB in 2020 and 300-400 TB in 2019
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technolog
The project will create space for 50-ft-wide Parikrama (circumambulation) route while visitors will get a full view of the holy shrine, known as one of Shaktipeeths.
The roads leading to the temple are also being widened as a part of the project.
#Infra
business-standard.com/article/curren
Central government has given its consent to develop industrial clusters in Agra and Prayagraj. UPCIDA will develop these Integrated Industrial Clusters (IMCs) at Saraswati Hi Tech City in Prayagraj and a greenfield site near Expressway in Agra.
#Infra
abplive.com/states/up-uk/a
Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has constructed and black-topped the highest road in the world at Umlingla Pass in Eastern Ladakh. The highest motorable road in the world is situated at an altitude of 19,300 feet.
#Infra
livemint.com/news/india/bro
Coimbatore Metro Project gets going with tenders for carrying out topographical survey. Indian Railways subsidiary RITES Ltd. has recently invited tenders for carrying topographical survey for feasibility and DPR for Metro in Coimbatore.
#Infra
metrorailnews.in/coimbatore-met
Delhi-Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor will have a total of 14 stations including Gurugram for which a Detailed Project Report (DPR) is being prepared.
#Infra
metrorailnews.in/delhi-ahmedaba
For the first time, the 289-meter Trilokpuri stretch between Mayur Vihar Pocket 1 and Trilokpuri Sanjay Lake stations will connect the whole 59-kilometer Pink Line.
#Infra
metrorailnews.in/delhi-metros-p
Indian Railways has stepped up the production of AC 3 tier coaches from 488 in 2014-15 to 885 in 2018-19, an 81% increase over 4 years.
#Infra
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india
Toshiba Water Solutions (TWS), has bagged a contract to construct a sewage treatment plant in Bihar.
This project is one of the sewage construction projects led by the government as part of its efforts to clean the Ganges.
#Infra
businessworld.in/article/Toshib
The government on Wednesday said it has inked a USD 250 million (about ₹1,855 crore) loan pact with the World Bank, and the funds will be used to make the existing dam infrastructure safe in the country.
#Infra
livemint.com/news/india/gov
The Union Ministry of Finance has given it administrative approval to sanction funds for the upcoming world-class sports complex at Naranpura in Ahmedabad which will be developed over 79,000 sq .mt located and cost approximately Rs 584 crore.
#Infra
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/85
Union Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, 65 lighthouse sites have been identified to be developed into tourist spots in public private partnership mode.
#Infra
financialexpress.com/lifestyle/trav
The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) has issued a letter of acceptance (LoA) to a Rajasthan-based construction firm to complete pending work of the 7.5-km elevated Metro line coming up along the Bannerghatta Road.
#Infra
bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/civi
Authorities overseeing the water mission said nearly 1.11 million rural homes covering a population of 7.2 million people will have access to 24/7 treated tap water supply by 2021-end.
#Infra
hindustantimes.com/india-news/mil
Almost 69 per cent of the 296 km long Bundelkhand expressway has been completed. According to the latest progress report, 687 out of 818 structures in the project have been built.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/amp/story/inst
GR Infraprojects (GRIL) on Friday emerged as the lowest bidder to construct Package 1 of the 91 km Ludhiana – Rupnagar Expressway (NH-205K), after the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) opened financial bids.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/08/07/gr-
So far, as many as 78 districts, 53,644 gram panchayats and 106,000 villages across the country have assured tap water supply as have 68% government schools, 61% anganwadis centres, 44 million rural households and 78 million rural families.
#Infra
m.economictimes.com/news/india/a-f
The Odisha government, led by Chief Minister (CM) Naveen Patnaik, has given its consent to an Rs 8,000-crore coastal highway project that would connect Odisha's Tangi with West Bengal's Digha.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/insta/odisha-n
Last month, Puri in Odisha added a new claim to its list. It became the first city in India to provide every household with a 24x7 drink-from-tap connection.
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com//opinion/et-co
Engineers from Shankaranarayana Constructions (SNC) began test piling work at KR Puram to construct the 9.8-km elevated Metro corridor on the Outer Ring Road, on Sunday
#Infra
bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/civi
The European Investment Bank (EIB)’s updated website indicates that on April 23 it began officially appraising a 480 million Euro (approx. Rs. 4195 crore) loan for financing the construction of Agra Metro’s 29.40 km Phase 1 project.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/08/10/eib
Haldibari - Chilahati route will provide a shorter route for transit of goods into Bangladesh from Assam, West Bengal, Nepal and Bhutan.
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/trans
Yamuna International Airport Pvt Ltd (YIAPL) has raised Rs 3,725 crore debt from State Bank of India (SBI) for funding the upcoming Noida International Airport (NIA).
This financial closure, that will enable start of construction work.
#Infra
m.timesofindia.com/business/india
The easternmost tip of the country in Arunachal Pradesh will finally get its first civilian air connectivity on the 75th year of Independence.
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/trans
Runway 4 of Delhi's IGI airport nears completion, will make Delhi airport India's first with four runways
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com//industry/tran
Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said infrastructure development is very important for the country and his target is to achieve the pace of 100 km per day in highway construction.
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/i
Gadkari said the work on the Amritsar-Jamnagar economic corridor has started and the Prime Minister has been requested to take time out for its groundbreaking ceremony.
#Infra
A part of the 109-km Dholera-Ahmedabad Expressway, which is being constructed for Rs 3,000 crore, will be awarded by October 2021, he said.
#Infra
Gadkari also said that the six-laning of the national highway between Shamlaji and Chiloda will be completed by December 2021 and four-laning of the highway between Varsal ..
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com//news/economy/
UPSRTC has invited bids for development of premium bus stations-cum-commercial complexes on PPP basis across Uttar Pradesh on design, build, finance, operate and transfer (DBFOT) model.
The estimated value of the tender is Rs 2,548 crore.
#Infra
constructionweekonline.in/projects-tende
Aiming at a faster and seamless goods service, the trial run of the Roll On– Roll Off (Ro-Ro) service was successfully carried out between New Rewari and New Palanpur of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor recently.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/news-brief/rol
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the roll out of 75 Vande Bharat trains to connect every corner of the country in 75 weeks of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.
#Infra
news18.com/amp/news/india
Mysuru is likely to become one of the Tier-2 cities in India to have a Metro Neo corridor, a rail-guided mass urban transport system with rubber-tyre electric coaches
#Infra
starofmysore.com/metro-neo-in-m
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday announced a Rs 100 lakh crore 'Gatishakti' initiative to bring employment opportunities for the youth and to help in holistic infrastructure growth.
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com//news/economy/
The Delhi-Mumbai Expressway will get a spur route connecting the upcoming Noida international airport at Jewar. Both Haryana and Uttar Pradesh (UP) governments have decided to fund the spur equally.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/amp/story/inst
The pre-bid conference for the rollout of the 2nd phase of the Bharat net project, which is expected to link 3.61 lakh villages by August 2023 recorded heightened interest from private sector players on the back of rising digital adoption.
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technolog
The maiden Infrastructure Investment Trust (InvIT) promoted by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), through which it aims to mop up Rs 5,100 crore, is likely to hit the market by the first week of September.
#Infra
financialexpress.com/market/nhai-in
BMRCL has received authorisation from the Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (CMRS) to start commercial operation of the extended Purple Line of Namma Metro from Mysuru Road station to Kengeri.
#Infra
thehindu.com/news/cities/ba
JSW Infrastructure, JSW Group's port operating entity, plans a capital expenditure of Rs 10,000 crore over five years and to raise debt worth up to $400 million through an issuance of bonds.
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/indl-
JSW Infra will have its first completely commercial non-captive 30 million ton coal export terminal in Paradip, Odisha up and running.
#Infra
JSW's planned container terminal in Mangaluru will be operational from December this year with a capacity to handle 200,000 TEUs (Twenty foot Equivalent Units) of containers annually and has the potential to grow to half a million TEUs in another 4-5 years time,
#Infra
When Jal Jeevan started in 2019, nearly 800,000 or 2.67% households in the 61 districts had access to tap water supply. At the end of last month, the total number to is over 10 million, or 35% of total households.
#Infra hindustantimes.com/india-news/jal
The government is planning to switch transportation of ethanol to pipelines, It is looking to make the switch from rail and trucks to pipelines. They are also in talks with pipeline manufacturing companies to build dedicated biofuel pipelines.
#Infra
moneycontrol.com/news/business/
Indian Railways has recently completed and commissioned 17 Kilometres of Double Line as well as Electric traction between Vijayawada and Uppaluru in south India.
#Infra
financialexpress.com/infrastructure
The construction of 63-km long Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway will begin from December this year. The NHAI has completed about 65% of land acquisition for the project till now.
#Infra
m.timesofindia.com/city/lucknow/c
The 404 km long Chambal Expressway, passing through Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, is included in phase-1 of Bharatmala Pariyojana.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/insta/404-km-g
Three top Canadian pension funds, including CDPQ, and leading local insurers such as Life Insurance Corp and HDFC Life are among the frontline investors likely to buy into the InvIT by NHAI.
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/f
Transportation of milk by Indian Railways from Renigunta in Andhra Pradesh to New Delhi through Doodh Duronto special trains has crossed the mark of ten crore litres, as many as 2502 milk tankers were transported through 443 train trips.
#Infra
financialexpress.com/infrastructure
India is soon going to get a brand new toy train ride. Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister, Pema Khandu, has approved the proposal to start a toy train project in western Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang region.
#Infra
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/travel-
ata Power Renewable Energy Ltd (TPREL) has commissioned a 100 megawatt (MW) solar power project at Raghanesda solar park in Gujarat, the Tata Power subsidiary said in a statement on Friday.
#Infra
livemint.com/companies/news
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai promises Rs 6,000 cr for Bengaluru
#Infra
bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/othe
Larsen & Toubro, flagged-off the second end-shield for NPCIL’s indigenously designed 700 MWe pressurized heavy water reactors (PHWR) to be set up at Gorakhpur Haryana
#Infra
constructionweekonline.in/projects-tende
A detailed feasibility report for the Metro Rail in Madurai will be prepared by the Tamil Nadu government.
#Infra
constructionweekonline.in/projects-tende
The National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation (NHIDCL) has floated tender for four-laning of Chhimluang-Kolasib section in Mizoram.
#Infra
constructionweekonline.in/projects-tende
Work on a new passenger terminal to handle rising footfalls and a cargo terminal, which will increase exports of horticultural produce from the region to locations across India, will begin at the facility
#Infra
hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-
AP govt is planning to set up pumped hydro storage power projects in various districts with a total capacity of 33.24 GW. The govt has identified 1.45 lakh acres in Kadapa, Kurnool, Anantapur districts for these proposed renewable energy parks.
#Infra
constructionweekonline.in/projects-tende
BMTC has announced that 90 electric buses will be launched in the city on a trial basis by October to resolve the last-mile connectivity problems of Namma Metro passengers.
#Infra
indianexpress.com/article/cities
The next lot of Vande Bharat trains. with upgraded amenities, upgraded seating, security and surveillance systems and features designed for emergencies, is expected to be commercially available from June 2022 onward
#Infra
hindustantimes.com/india-news/upg
Prayagraj to Meerut in west, in 6.5 hours.
The state government had decided to create a 594 km-long expressway between Prayagraj and Meerut. A total of 93% of the land acquisition process is complete for that.
#Infra
livemint.com/news/india/luc
A Delhi-based corporate executive recently travelled on road from Guwahati to Silchar via Shillong. The 303 km journey, including vast mountainous stretches, took approximately 8 hours. Five years ago, the same route took him over 12 hours.
#Infra swarajyamag.com/infrastructure
The proposed townships will be constructed with amenities such as schools, clinics, parks.
It also planning to develop 9,010 acres of land for industrial development in Kolar, Ramanagara, Mandya, Tumakuru, Vijayapura, and Haveri districts.
#Infra newindianexpress.com/states/karnata
The construction work for the upcoming Noida international airport project started on Monday (23 August) in Uttar Pradesh’s Jewar.
#Infra swarajyamag.com/insta/uttar-pr
The National Board of Wildlife has cleared construction of almost a dozen roads near the Line of Actual Control, including the alternative linkage to Daulat Beg Oldie.
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com//news/defence/
Under the National Green Highways Mission (NGHM), more than 5,000 kilometres of avenue plantation works worth an amount of Rs 650 crore have been executed by the government so far.
#Infra
financialexpress.com/infrastructure
In a major boost to the infrastructure and construction sector, Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the FDI proposal for an investment of Rs 15,000 crore in Anchorage Infrastructure Investment Holding Ltd.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/news-brief/mod
PGCIL has commissioned the 765 KiloVolt (kV) Double Circuit (D/C) Vindhyachal - Varanasi Transmission Line.
This transmission line corridor shall provide robust connectivity between Northern Region and Western Region and facilitate reliable power flow.
#Infra
With the commissioning of this link, the inter-regional power transfer capacity of the national grid has been enhanced by 4,200 MW, taking the total capacity to 1,10,750 MW in the country.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/insta/vindhyac
The Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) has decided to develop eight new industrial sectors on 900 hectares that will be acquired directly from villagers.
#Infra m.timesofindia.com/city/noida/gni
Four Indian firms bid for track work for Mumbai Ahmedabad Bullet Train
#Infra
urbantransportnews.com/news/four-indi
In the next ten years, around 2,200-km of State highways connecting district headquarters and taluk headquarters will be converted into four-lane highways and 6,700 kms into two lanes
#Infra
thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/
The South Western Railways (SWR) has awarded tender for final location survey (FLO) to a Bengaluru-based firm for a new railway line from Mysuru to Kushalnagar in Kodagu district for Rs 1.26 crore. The proposed line is 88 km long.
#Infra thehansindia.com/amp/karnataka/
The railways has floated a tender for 58 rakes of Vande Bharat Express trains, following up on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Independence Day announcement that 75 such trains will be launched in 75 weeks to connect different parts of the country.
#Infra livemint.com/news/india/rai
In order to make the pilgrimage to Kedarnath and Hemkund Sahib easy, the NHAI has invited bids for feasibility study for a ropeway project.
The bids have been invited for eight ropeway links in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh,
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/pil
The goals set to achieve in Maritime India Vision 2030 will help accelerate the growth of the sector and aspire to bring the Indian maritime industry at par with the top global benchmark in the next 10 years
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/trans
India's top oil firm Indian Oil Corp will invest close to Rs 1 lakh crore to raise its refining capacity by almost a third in the next 4-5 years as it saw fuel demand continuing to grow in near future.
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/energ
100 Vande Bharat trains by 2024; Indian Railways sets ball rolling for new train sets
#Infra
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/85
Railway authorities have renewed its plea to Karnataka government to execute the long-pending demand for a new railway line between Talguppa in Shivamogga district and Honnavar in Uttara Kannada
#Infra
thehindu.com/news/national/
thehindu.com/news/national/…
Railways asks Karnataka to give a push to Talguppa-Honnavar railway line
The ambitious Rs 100 lakh crore-Gatishakti programme will provide the framework for timely implementation of the National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) initiative with minimal cost overruns,
#Infra
m.economictimes.com/news/economy/i
The civil aviation hub at Jewar, which includes the upcoming Noida Airport on 5,000 hectares along Yamuna Expressway, is set to get bigger as the YEIDA has decided to add another 1,000 hectares to the project
#Infra
hindustantimes.com/cities/noida-n
We are building a new Ghazipur-Ara-Patna greenfield expressway with an expenditure of Rs 8,000 crore. It will reduce the distance by half between Ara-New Delhi via road.
#Infra
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/85
To provide a major boost to the economic growth in the North-Eastern region, the Union government will set up a new ‘Ship Repair Facility’ at Pandu in Guwahati.
#Infra
indiatoday.in/india/story/iw
Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) on Thursday said it will introduce Vistadome tourist special trains on two popular routes - Guwahati-New Haflong in Assam and New Jalpaiguri-Alipurduar Junction in West Bengal from Saturday.
#Infra
ndtv.com/india-news/spe
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has floated a tender for a six-lane access-controlled Spur to Haridwar.
#Infra constructionweekonline.in/projects-tende
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar inaugurated four state highways having a total length of 130 km and constructed at a cost of over Rs 1,121 crore. While three of the state highways are in south Bihar, one is in the northern part of the state.
#Infra
constructionweekonline.in/projects-tende
MP Pratap Simha has urged Nitin Gadkari to develop the Kollegal to Kerala Highway from the existing four-lane to a six-lane one. National Highway 766 (NH-766) (previously NH-212) connects Kozhikode in Kerala with Kollegal in Karnataka.
#Infra
starofmysore.com/kollegal-keral
State-run power giant NTPC on Tuesday said the second unit of Darlipali Super Thermal Power Station in Odisha will start commercial operation from September 1.
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com//industry/ener
To promote river tourism and water sports along Brahmaputra, Ministry has identified 7 tentative locations (Oriumghat, Bhupen Hazarika Setu, Koliabhomora Bridge at Tezpur, Bogibeel Bridge, Dikhow Mukh, Kalongmukh and Uzanbazar) for development of tourist jetties.
#Infra
Construction of tourists’ jetties will facilitate river cruise tourism, generate local employment and also growth for local business. These jetties would be in addition to the 4 tourist jetties at Jogighopa, Pandu, Neamati and Bishwanath Ghat, which already are approved
#Infra
The Sirajganj-Diakhowa (175 km) on River Jamuna and Ashuganj-Zakiganj (295km) of river Kushiyara on the IBP routes are being developed to connect with River Brahmaputra and River Barak (NW-16) in Assam.
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com//industry/ener
Karnataka Chief Minister (CM) Basavaraj Bommai revealed that wheels have been set in motion for the plans to conduct a high-speed rail link (HSRL) between Bengaluru and the Kempagowda International Airport.
#Infra swarajyamag.com/insta/bengalur
Civil work under Priority Corridor of Kanpur Metro has been completed up to 95 per cent. The trial run of metro will be on 15th November 2021 instead of 30th November 2021.
#Infra railpage.com.au/news/s/kanpur-
State-run oil marketing companies IOCL, BPCL and HPCL have been given the mandate to set up around 12 ethanol manufacturing plants as part of a road map to meet the 20% ethanol blending target by 2025.
#Infra
financialexpress.com/industry/three
IRB has won the bid for the construction of six lanes of 20 km Pondavakkam to Kannigaipair stretch on the upcoming Chittoor–Thachur Highways in Tamil Nadu at a cost outlay of ₹909 crore.
#Infra
livemint.com/companies/news
In a push to infrastructure development, the state cabinet on Thursday gave a go ahead to the 594-km Meerut to Prayagraj controlled-access Ganga Expressway, which is to come up at an estimated cost of ₹36, 230 crore.
#Infra hindustantimes.com/cities/lucknow
The Indian Railways has introduced the latest AC tier 3 economy in its fleet, with the aim of enabling common people to travel comfortably at an affordable rate.
#Infra
timesnownews.com/business-econo
As part of its green energy push, India has approved 45 solar parks with a cumulative capacity of 37 gigawatt (GW) under the solar park scheme.
#Infra
livemint.com/industry/energ
Under the flagship water mission, another 11.8 million households, or 35% of the total, have been provided with tap water connections in the aspirational districts, up from 7.9% in 2019, the latest data shows.
#Infra hindustantimes.com/india-news/rec
The Ladakh administration and the Border Roads Organisation signed an MoU for upgradation and improvement of road network in the Union territory.
#Infra
financialexpress.com/infrastructure
Despite the Covid pandemic and rainy season, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has constructed 3,385 km of national highways (NH) so far in the financial year 2021-22.
#Infra swarajyamag.com/insta/3385-km-
Pune is set to get the new integrated terminal building at Lohegaon Airport is likely to be completed by September 2022.
The state-of-the-art facility built with a total budget of Rs 475 crore can handle 19 million passengers per annum
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2021/aviation/
The plan envisages new expressways connecting Panipat -Shamli -Meerut -Jewar -Nuh Bhiwadi -Rewari -Jhajjar -Rohtak -Panipat and Karnal- Muzaffarnagar -Gharmukhestwar -Naraura -Aligarh -Mathura -Deeg -Alwar -Mahendragarh -Charkhi Dadri -Bhiwani -Jind -Kaithal -Karnal.
#Infra
The plan envisages new expressways connecting Panipat -Shamli -Meerut -Jewar -Nuh Bhiwadi -Rewari -Jhajjar -Rohtak -Panipat and Karnal- Muzaffarnagar -Gharmukhestwar -Naraura -Aligarh -Mathura -Deeg -Alwar -Mahendragarh -Charkhi Dadri -Bhiwani -Jind -Kaithal -Karnal.
#Infra
The draft regional plan-2041 for NCR also included implementing passenger and cargo ferry service on Inland National Waterway (NW)-110 (Yamuna River). The plan states that the waterway should be made fully operational by 2025.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2021/main-feat
The Textile Parcel special train consisting of 25 NMG wagons was run for the first time from Udhna new goods shed in Gujarat carrying textile material to Patna and Muzaffarpur.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2021/news/west
The Modi government approved constructing a six-lane Kaliagura-Baunsaguar section of National Highway-130 as part of the Raipur-Visakhapatnam Economic Corridor.
This section will be built with an estimated cost of Rs 1,539 crore.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2021/roads/rai
The Indian Railways’ Coach Rehabilitation Workshop (CRWS) Bhopal has rolled out a 110 kmph version of the NMG coach. The new variant (codenamed NMGH) will enable faster shipment of automobiles from factories to consumption centres across India.
#Infra
railpost.in/new-high-speed
The new coach has started to offer its service from today. First time, the coach has been attached to Train No.02403 Prayagraj- Jaipur Express. The new AC Economy coach has 83 berths as compared.
#Infra
railpost.in/starting-today
A modern PRS Datacentre was inaugurated in Chennai today to replace the earlier ageing facility. This new centre will serve ticket bookings for trains of Southern Railway, South Western Railway and South Central Railway zones.
#Infra
railpost.in/modern-prs-dat
In a first for Odisha, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is going to construct two big tunnels in southern region of the State as part of the 465 km Raipur-Visakhapatnam Economic Corridor.
#Infra
newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/
Construction of the Ambala-Kotputli Greenfield Corridor has been completed by 80%, said Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari on Monday. He further informed that the expressway will open for the public by March next year.
#Infra
livemint.com/news/india/amb
The upcoming Noida International Airport (NIA) will be linked with
IGI Airport via Shivaji Stadium by extending the Airport Express Line of Delhi Metro. UP government has asked DMRC to do a feasibility study regarding this.
#Infra
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/air
Delhi - Ghaziabad - Meerut RRTS Corridor is the first RRTS Corridor being implemented in the country. This 82 km long Corridor having 24 stations is passing through one of the most densely populated sections of the NCR connecting Delhi to Uttar Pradesh.
#Infra
For professionals, commuting every day from Meerut to Delhi was a big hassle, but with the Delhi Meerut Expressway, the time has been reduced from 2.5 hours to 45 minutes. It will be reduced to less than an hour’s time once RRTS is ready.
#Infra
financialexpress.com/money/delhi-me
Union minister Raosaheb Danve on Wednesday asked the railway officials to fast-track the land acquisition process for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train as well as the Delhi-JNPT Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) projects.
#Infra
m.economictimes.com/industry/trans
Dudeja said that 40 stations are targeted to be taken up in 2021-22 and another 120 stations in 2022-23.
#Infra
m.economictimes.com/industry/trans
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday flagged off indigenously designed and manufactured equipment to expedite the construction of viaduct for Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail corridor
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/indl-
Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has won an order from a state-utility organisation to implement rural water supply projects, providing functional house tap connections under the Jal Jeevan Mission
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com//industry/indl
IRB Infrastructure Developers has emerged as the preferred bidder for the construction of a six lane-highway in Tamil Nadu for Rs 909 crore between Pondavakkam and Kannigaipair as a part of the upcoming Chittoor-Thachur highways
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com//industry/tran
MoU has been signed to develop Multi-Modal Logistics Parks (MMLPs) across the country under the Bharatmala Pariyojana programme in September 2021
#Infra
financialexpress.com/infrastructure
The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) is developing six-foot tracks in Arunachal Pradesh in order to improve connectivity to the remote areas in the state.
#Infra
m.economictimes.com/news/defence/b
Manipurs Imphal will be the fourth capital city in the mountainous northeastern region expected to come on the Indian railway map within the next 27 months.
#Infra swarajyamag.com/insta/north-ea
Visakhapatnam Port Trust plans to modernise its three cargo berths, increasing its handling capacity from the present 2.5 million tonnes to 4.5 million tonnes.
#Infra swarajyamag.com/insta/visakhap
The city’s tallest Metro station is taking shape at Jayadeva Junction. BMRCL is building a five-level structure to accommodate two Metro lines and has completed 70% of the works. The construction firm hopes to complete the project by the end of 2022
#Infra
bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/civi
After Singapore, which adopted Active Mobility Act (AMA) to enable safer sharing of public paths, Bengaluru is likely to follow suit.
#Infra
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru
Tier-2 cities are witnessing greater warehousing absorption with big ecommerce companies — Amazon, Flipkart, Udaan, Reliance — and third-party logistics firms taking up large spaces to scale up operations to meet consumer demand.
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/servi
Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train project has gained momentum with 12 villages in the district of Palghar, which were covered under PESA Act, passing resolutions through their gram sabhas to give up land for the high speed rail corridor
#Infra
financialexpress.com/infrastructure
NCC Ltd. today emerged as the lowest bidder to construct all 3 packages of Bangalore Metro’s 37 km Airport Line (Blue Line) which will link Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) to KR Puram.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/09/14/ncc
Chief minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday set a December-31 deadline to install 3 lakh LED street lamps in Bengaluru.
#Infra m.timesofindia.com/city/bengaluru
The average speed of trains running between Yelahanka and the airport terminal will be 60 km ph, which is almost double the speed as compared to trains moving on other Metro corridors of the Bangalore
#Infra
bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/othe
Swanky makeover for Surat, Udhna & Udaipur stations! 14 firms participate in Indian Railways’ pre-bid meeting
#Infra
financialexpress.com/infrastructure
Work on the 14 to 19-kilometre stretch of Phase II between RV Road-Bommasandra section. The section includes a rail-cum-road corridor and has achieved 70 per cent of the set target.
#Infra
bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/civi
Delhi-Katra expressway will be launched in two years, to reduce the distance from 727 to 572 kilometres, you will reach Katra from Delhi in six hours.
#Infra
hindustantimes.com/india-news/del
The idea is to raise money from a pool of medium- to long-term investors rather than from banks. InvITs are going to be big in the coming years, but before that the market needs to mature and investors should taper their expectations from them.
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/prime/infrastr
In a major infrastructure and connectivity boost for the State of Madhya Pradesh Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari, today (17 September) inaugurated or laid the foundation stone for 34 road projects worth Rs 9,577 crore
#Infra swarajyamag.com/insta/madhya-p
BHEL has successfully commissioned India’s largest Floating Solar PV plant. Located at NTPC Simhadri in Andhra Pradesh, the 25 MW floating SPV project covers an area of 100 acres.
#Infra
livemint.com/industry/energ
Two global companies have shown interesting in constructing the long-delayed Peripheral Ring Road in Bengaluru under the Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (DBFOT) model. The state government is likely to decide on the matter soon.
#Infra
deccanherald.com/city/bengaluru
NHAI is preparing a plan to build a 4km tunnel from Shiv Murti to Nelson Mandela Marg in New Delhi’s Vasant Kunj for ease traffic movement
#Infra
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/nha
TBM Urja, which is drilling a distance of 855 metres from Cantonment station towards Shivajinagar underground section, is soon set to achieve a breakthrough.
#Infra
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru
Earlier, it used to take around 48 hours to cover the distance between Mumbai and Delhi by truck and 24-26 hours by car. But now, it will only take approximately 18-20 hours to cover the distance between Delhi and Mumbai by truck and 12-13 hours by car,
m.economictimes.com/news/economy/i
Indian Railways has upgraded the Yesvantpur Railway station which is sporting a new look with its all illuminated new entry & other modernised passenger amenities done as per the standards of the airport, including the circulating area illumination
#Infra
livemint.com/news/india/ind
In two years from inauguration in Nov 2019, Kanpur Metro is getting ready for services with unveiling of the train set.
The 9 kms priority corridor between IIT and Motilal chowk should be soon in service.
#Infra
The Centre will get toll revenues worth Rs 1,000 to 1,500 crore every month once the much-awaited Delhi-Mumbai Expressway becomes operational in 2023,
#Infra
ndtv.com/india-news/del
The phase-2 of the Ahmedabad Metro project taken up at the cost of Rs 5,384 crore is going to connect the GIFT City in Gandhinagar by the beginning of 2024.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/insta/gujarat-
Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) 'Urja' drilling between Cantonment railway station and Shivaji Nagar is likely to achieve a breakthrough within a week after drilling for little over a year.
#Infra
newindianexpress.com/cities/bengalu
The first phase of this highway from Delhi-Jaipur (Dausa)-Lalsot along with Vadodra-Ankaleshwar will be opened up after six months in March 2022.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/insta/delhi-mu
Stepping up the construction of India's first rapid rail corridor, installation of overhead equipment (OHE) on the viaduct in the priority section of the 82-km long Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor has begun.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/news-brief/rai
Central Railway zone ran its 600th Kisan Rail Train, a multi-commodity train, from Sangola in the state of Maharashtra to Muzaffarpur in Bihar.
#Infra
financialexpress.com/infrastructure
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday asked officials to complete the second phase of Bengaluru Metro work by 2024, a year before the deadline.
#Infra
m.economictimes.com/industry/trans
The foundation stone laying ceremony for the Greenfield Noida International Airport at Jewar may occur during Navratri in October.
#Infra swarajyamag.com/insta/uttar-pr
Alstom, Medha & Siemens are among 11 major players who had shown interest in the production of Vande Bharat trains as they participated in the pre-bid meeting for manufacturing 58 new such rakes to be delivered in the next two years.
#Infra swarajyamag.com/news-brief/als
The Union government plans to provide viability gap funding (VGF) or grants for offshore wind and storage projects
#Infra
livemint.com/industry/energ
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Saturday (25 September) announced that a greenfield highway connecting Pune with Bangalore would be built at the cost of Rs 40,000 crore.
#Infra swarajyamag.com/insta/new-pune
A lot is happening in Ayodhya, with Lord Ram firmly regaining ownership of his lost city, and a state government wholly devoted to ensuring He remains affixed and alive there.
#Infra swarajyamag.com/culture/beyond
International flight operations are likely to resume at the Srinagar airport. There will be an investment of Rs 1,500 crore at the Srinagar airport, while Rs 600 crore will be spent on the Jammu airport.
#Infra
The Jammu airport will have a new 25,000 square metre terminal. A new cargo terminal at the Srinagar airport, constructed at a cost of Rs 15 crore, will be made functional on October 1.
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com//industry/tran
India's second-largest fuel retailer is looking to create a 1,000 MW portfolio of renewable power generation capacity, mostly through acquisitions while also invest in biofuels and hydrogen
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/energ
The company is also setting up an ethanol production unit at Bargarh, Odisha with a production capacity of 100 kilolitres per day. It is also exploring the possibility to set up four more ethanol plants in deficit states with a capacity of 100 kl per day.
#Infra
Oil and Gas Projects worth Rs 1 lakh Crore are approved for Northeast India and are expected to be completed by 2025.
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com//industry/ener
Warehousing companies in the country that have been primarily focused on Kolkata are looking to develop facilities in Guwahati, Assam’s largest city and north-east India’s biggest metropolis.
#Infra
Demand for warehousing facilities in Guwahati — seen as the gateway to the Northeast — has been so strong that it has got the industry talking about the city’s potential as a major hub in the region.
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/prime/economy-
National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation (NHIDCL), which is overseeing the execution of the project may get completed in June 2022 instead of 2023. This tunnel is being constructed with an investment of nearly Rs 2,300 crore.
#Infra
timesnownews.com/business-econo
Govt is building 20 tunnels of a total length of 32 km in Jammu and Kashmir and 11 tunnels of a total length of 20 km in Ladakh.
The cost of building 31 tunnels in Union territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh will be around Rs 1.4 lakh
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/trans
Vizhinjam port will be operational in December 2023: Kerala Ports Minister, Adani Group
#Infra
ecoti.in/TMFUEY via @Economic Times
After waiting for nearly six decades, the construction of Hassan airport in Karnataka will soon begin. The district administration informed the tender process for the construction of the first phase of the airport has been completed.
#Infra
indianexpress.com/article/cities
IndiGo will start flights connecting Kanpur with Delhi, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Mumbai from October 31 onwards
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com//industry/tran
One of the most transformative Infra projects. There are no large structures that bring awe like Jammu Srinagar Railway link but purely from an impact perspective stands tall.
#Infra
In August, the central government-run Kolkata Port Trust handled one trainload (3,000-3,500 tonne) of rice, wheat and maize — arriving from states in north and central India — six days a week for the entire month. The cargo was sent by barges to Bangladesh.
#Infra
Corporates have also started experimenting with new avenues. A top steelmaker in Jharkhand recently entered a contract to send HR (hot rolled) coils to Bangladesh by train-IWT combo.
#Infra
Terminal facilities are coming up in Ashuganj and Jogighopa (Assam). Dredging is initiated, between Sirajganj and Daikhawa in the Bangladeshi part of Brahmaputra, to ensure all-weather navigability.
#Infra
NW1 will open cheaper multimodal transport opportunities to Nepal’s import trade. From Patna (Bihar) and Sahibganj (Jharkhand) terminals, the top India-Nepal gates of Raxaul-Birgunj and Jogbani-Biratnagar are barely 200 km away.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/economy/jal-ma
The electrification of the 69.47-km Tumakuru-Bengaluru railway line has been completed, and trial runs are under way. MEMU trains will be run on the line after the CRS approval comes
#Infra
deccanherald.com/city/tumakuru-
Since 25 months after the announcement of the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) in August 2019, over five crore families have been provided with tap water connections in their homes.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/news-brief/in-
After securing clearances for the upgradation of the Kumta-Sirsi National Highway (NH-766E) and the Belekeri-Hattikeri road, the NHAI has initiated work on these under phase 1 of the Centre’s Bharatmala Pariyojana project.
#Infra
indianexpress.com/article/cities
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) mobile application, seeking top leverage the technological advancements to ensure that villages and rural households get access to clean drinking water.
#Infra
hindustantimes.com/india-news/pm-
Nearly 45 per cent of the Shivamogga airport work is over, the land acquisition process has been completed for Hassan and Raichur. Contract has been finalised for Hassan airport. Shivamogga can handle A320 and A737 while rest can handle ATR 72.
#Infra
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru
Construction of Hanuthang-Handanbroke-Zungpal-Turtuk road, the 26.6 Km long greenfield road, will provide inter valley connectivity between Hanuthang-Handanbroke (Indus Valley) and Zungpal-Turtuk (Shyok Valley) across the Stakpuchan Range.
#Infra
Upgradation of four major single lane roads has also commenced. These roads are, 78 Km Khalse to Batallik road, 50 Km Kargil to Dumgil road, 70 km Khalsar to Shyokvia Agham road and 31 Km Tangtse to Lukung road.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/news-brief/lad
Complete liquid waste management in cities with less than 1 lakh population — a new component introduced under SBM-Urban 2.0 — will ensure that all wastewater is safely contained, collected, transported and treated so that no wastewater pollutes our water bodies.
#Infra
Construction and demolition waste processing facilities will be set up and mechanical sweepers deployed in National Clean Air Programme cities and in cities with more than 5 lakh population.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/news-brief/cen
The objective of AMRUT 2.0 is to provide 100 per cent coverage of water supply to all households in around 4,700 cities and towns by providing 2.68 crore urban household tap connections, thereby benefiting around 10.7 crore people.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/news-brief/cen
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has completed 40 per cent physical work of the Rs 12,000 crore-worth coastal road project from Marine Drive to Worli, including a one-km-long tunne
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com//news/economy/
Indian Railways plans to complete the construction of the New Pamban Bridge, which is the country’s first Vertical Lift Railway Sea Bridge, by March 2022.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2021/news/indi
80 per cent of the work on Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla railway line in Jammu & Kashmir has already been rounded up whereas the rest of the work will be completed by 2023.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2021/railways/
The State Government has given administrative approval for setting up a textile park at Guledgudda in Badami. The park, aimed at helping the region’s weavers and creating employment opportunities, was announced in the 2021-22 budget.
#Infra
newindianexpress.com/states/karnata
The Union cabinet cleared a ₹4,445 crore scheme to build seven mega textile parks over five years seeking to boost manufacturing and jobs. These seven parks is expected to generate approximately 100,000 direct and 200,000 indirect jobs.
#Infra
livemint.com/news/india/cab
For FY22, our total target for award is around 6,000 km because the greenfield highways, most of them are in advance stages; either they have been awarded, under construction or underbidding. So, we are likely to award most of the greenfield highways by the year-end
#Infra
There will be 2-3 access control highways (limited and designated entry and exit points), which will be pending for the next financial year.
#Infra
cnbctv18.com/infrastructure
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6,000 km of Bharatmala projects to be awarded this fiscal: NHAI Chairman
During the FY 2019-20, as many as 118 rakes were loaded which increased to 278 rakes in FY 2020-21. During the period from April to October, the Central Railway zone loaded 200 automobile rakes which is 133 per cent more as compared to last year’s same period (86 rakes).
#Infra
RDSO developed High Speed Automobile Carrier (NMGH), from released and unused passenger coach, with speed potential of 110 km per hour and higher payload of 18T with various improved features.
#Infra
financialexpress.com/infrastructure
Four Heli-hubs to start with -- one at Juhu in Mumbai, second in Guwahati, third in Delhi and fourth at HAL airport in Bengaluru.
10 cities and 82 routes have been identified to develop helicopter corridors.
#Infra m.economictimes.com/news/economy/p
Indian Railways is now embarking on a fresh journey — to quickly build 75 indigenously designed, semi-high speed Vande Bharat trains by August 2023,
#Infra m.economictimes.com/industry/trans
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday (7 October) announced that the Center has approved the construction of a 3 km long 4-lane bridge on Brahmaputra river in Assam's Kamrup district.
#Infra swarajyamag.com/insta/centre-a
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will unveil the mega PM GatiShakti National Master Plan on October 13, a major governance tool that top government officials describe as “transformative".
#Infra news18.com/amp/news/india
This includes having a network of 2 lakh km of national highways, trains handling cargo of 1,600 million tonnes (MT), doubling gas pipeline network to 35,000 km, having total 220 airports, airstrips and aerodromes,
#Infra
A 25000-acre area developed for industries, including 11 industrial corridors, achieving a Rs 1.7 lakh crore turnover in defence production and having 38 electronics manufacturing clusters and 109 pharma clusters by 2024-25.
#Infra news18.com/amp/news/india
India is targeting approximately one million tonnes of green hydrogen production every year by 2030.
#Infra swarajyamag.com/news-brief/ind
Indian Railways'Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR)zone has successfully completed the electrification work of a total of 649 Route Kilometer (RKM)/ 1294 Tonne Kilometer (TKM) of High-Density Network (HDN) from Katihar to Guwahati
#Infra
livemint.com/news/india/ind
The Railways is set to spend Rs 1,000 crore to provide a direct link between Shivamogga and Ranebennur by building a new line via Shikaripura,
#Infra deccanherald.com/amp/state/karn
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched the ‘PM GatiShakti - National Master Plan’ for multi-modal connectivity at Pragati Maidan in the national capital.
#Infra
livemint.com/news/india/pm-
The Union cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved two crucial initiatives for urban areas to make cities water secure and open defecation free (ODF).
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/news-brief/mak
The Railway Board, the apex body of all zonal railways, has decided to convert the suburban train coaches to AC coaches after consulting Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation (MRVC), Central and Western Railway officials
#Infra
livemint.com/news/india/wes
India and Nepal have signed an agreement to develop the 400KV cross-border power transmission line between Butwal (Nepal) to Gorakhpur (India). The agreement has paved the way for the construction of a second cross-border transmission line between the two countries
#Infra
With the commissioning of the HEPs the power transfer between Bhutan and India would be enhanced to about 4200 MW. The interconnections cumulatively facilitate transfer of power of the order of 1160MW to Bangladesh.
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com//industry/ener
The Indian Railways has launched two long haul freight trains "Trishul" and "Garuda" -- which are twice or multiple times longer than the normal composition of freight trains.
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/trans
IRCON International – Dineshchandra R. Agrawal Infracon JV on Monday emerged as the lowest bidder to construct the 18.133 km Package C-7 of the 508.17 km Mumbai – Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR Bullet Train)
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/10/05/irc
Gati Shakti aims to achieve cargo movement of 95 million MT by 2024-25 on all national waterways from 74 million MT in 2020.
On River Ganga, it targets increasing cargo movement on the holy river to 29 million MT from the current 9 million MT.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2021/ports-avi
Under the Gati Shakti plan, the government aims to increase the national highways network in the country to around two lakh route km by 2024-25.
It also includes completing 5,590 km long four and six-lane highways in coastal areas and connecting the capital cities of North East Region (NER) with four-lane roads or two alternate alignments of two-lane configurations each.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2021/roads/pm-
Indian Railways is stepping up efforts to develop 500 multi-modal cargo terminals across the country to reduce logistics cost under the PM Gati Shakti Plan at an estimated cost of Rs 50,000 crore.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/amp/story/news
The government has given the go-ahead for installing a 1000 MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) as a pilot project by inviting the expression of interest.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/amp/story/inst
BRO achieved a major breakthrough after it conducted a blast of the main tube of Sela Tunnel.
#Infra
financialexpress.com/infrastructure
Indian Railways has expedited the construction of the country's first high-speed rail corridor with a set target of building 50 piers every month.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/amp/story/inst
Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) will build two Metro stations inside Bengaluru Airport on the KR Puram-Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) line, by December 2024.
#Infra
newindianexpress.com/cities/bengalu
The project elements consist of a new 220/132 kV substation at Nangalbibra and laying of 130 km of 400kV D/c transmission line connecting Bongaigaon in Assam to Nangalbibra in Meghalaya across the river Brahmaputra
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com//industry/ener
After several futile attempts to implement the ambitious Peripheral Ring Road (PRR), the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) has once again taken a stab at the ₹21,000 crore project.
#Infra
thehindu.com/news/cities/ba
NHAI plans to cover around 40,000 km of national highways with charging stations by 2023, with almost 700 stations coming up over the next two years.
#Infra indiainfrahub.com/2021/roads/nha
The new airport, built at an estimated cost of Rs 260 crore, is part of the government's endeavour to connect Buddhist pilgrimage sites around the world.
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/trans
Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Jyotiraditya M Scindia on Wednesday lauded the progress of development of airports in Uttar Pradesh and said that the government plans to set up 17 new airports in the near future.
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com//industry/tran
Honeywell will create an integrated command & control to manage a state-of-the-art video system that features more than 7,000 video cameras deployed at 3,000 locations across the city with advanced video analytics, including facial recognition
#Infra
deccanherald.com/city/honeywell
Around 35 multi-modal logistics parks will come up in the country under the Bharatmala project, and four are proposed in Maharashtra.
#Infra
m.economictimes.com/news/economy/i
As part of the Surat - Chennai expressway corridor, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has invited bids to construct a six-lane access-controlled greenfield highway section from Julekal village to Kurnool town in Telangana.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/amp/story/inst
More than 73% physical work of the Bundelkhand Expressway is complete and the remaining construction is going on at a fast pace.
Also, 96% of earthwork in the main carriageway and construction of 753 of total 882 structures is completed.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/amp/story/inst
The government plans to complete the privatisation process for 13 airports run by the state-owned Airports Authority of India (AAI) by the end of this fiscal year.
#Infra
m.economictimes.com/industry/trans
The alignment of Bengaluru Metro Phase-III project has just been finalised. The 42-km line will integrate with other Metro lines, suburban rail or bus depots at nine points. The project is expected to become operational by 2027-2028.
#Infra
newindianexpress.com/cities/bengalu
HG Infra Engineering Ltd has received Letter of Award (LoA) from National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for two packages of the 464 km Raipur – Visakhapatnam Economic Corridor (NH-130CD & EC-15)
#Infra swarajyamag.com/news-brief/464
Two alternative routes connecting the strategic border town of Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh to Assam’s Guwahati will open in the next few years, in addition to the only central axis that is operational at present.
#Infra
news18.com/news/india/alt
The widening work on the 65 km stretch of the highway between B C Road and Addahole has begun. As per the plans, this project has to be finished by the end of 2023.
#Infra
daijiworld.com/news/newsDispl
At the district level, Integrated Public Health laboratories in all 730 districts will be set up. At the state level, five regional branches and 20 metropolitan units of the National Centre for Disease Control.
#Infra
At the district level, 17,788 new rural health and wellness centres will be set up; 11,024 new urban health and wellness centres will be set up; critical care hospital blocks will be established in each of 602 districts, with a population of more than 5 lakh.
#Infra
At the state level, 15 health emergency operation centres will be set up. At the national level, two container-based mobile hospitals will be set up; and critical care hospital blocks in 12 Government of India hospitals will be set up.
#Infra
At the district level, strengthening of existing 80 viral diagnostics and research labs will be undertaken. At the state level, 15 new bio-safety level III laboratories will be operationalised.
#Infra
At the national level, four new regional national institutes for virology will be operationalized and a regional research platform (digital) for WHO southeast Asia Region will also be set up.
#Infra
The government will spend Rs 64,180 crore on the scheme from the financial year 2021-22 to 2025-26.
#Infra
indianexpress.com/article/explai
Over 98 per cent of works on the 340.8 kilometres long Purvanchal Expressway are complete, and the main carriageway reached 100 per cent work completion as of Monday (25 October).
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/news-brief/utt
Union government announced the appointment of veteran banker K V Kamath as chairperson of the newly set up Rs 20,000 crore development finance institution NaBFID to catalyse investment in the infrastructure sector.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/news-brief/mod
GAIL is looking at building a 10-megawatt (MW) electrolyzer capable of generating 4.5 tonnes of green hydrogen daily. The firm has already floated a global tender to buy the electrolyzer and is hoping to get delivery in 12-14 months.
#Infra
currentaffairs.adda247.com/gail-to-build-
The bids have been invited for the tunnelling work 21 km underground, including a 7-km long undersea tunnel to be built using Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) and New Austrian Tunnelling Method (NATM),
#Infra
m.economictimes.com/industry/indl-
Asian Development Bank has approved $250 million loan to support the Government of India’s National Industrial Corridor Development Program. This is the first subprogram of the $500 million loan to develop 11 industrial corridors across 17 states
#Infra
livemint.com/news/india/adb
NHAI has proposed 1,628km of access-controlled (elevated) expressways in Punjab, of which 1,100km are green-field (new) projects and 528km will be brown-field projects (extension of existing highways).
#Infra
hindustantimes.com/cities/others/
NHSRCL started the casting of the first full span Pre-Stressed Concrete (PSC) box girder of 40 metre span to expedite the construction of viaduct for Mumbai- Ahmedabad High Speed Rail corridor (MAHSR), in a casting yard in Anand, Gujarat.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/amp/story/news
Purvanchal e-way is 99% complete with traffic already on.
75% of Bundelkhand e-way has been completed and in 2.5 months to finish about 90% of the project.
BOT model for Ganga e-way and expect to get the bids by the first week of November.
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/trans
Sixty per cent of the black spots on national highways in India where more than 28,000 killings took place in road crashes in a period of three years have been rectified now, according to official data.
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/trans
Radio over Internet Protocol (ROIP) System at Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata was inaugurated on Monday
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/trans
The Railways will run the Gati Shakti superfast special train between Delhi's Anand Vihar Terminal and Patna Junction for the first time
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/trans
The distance of travel from Ponda to Mormugao is reduced by 12 kilometres, thus reducing travel time by half an hour.
#Infra
financialexpress.com/infrastructure
The government on Monday said it has constituted an empowered group of secretaries (EGOS), headed by the cabinet secretary, which will be a monitoring mechanism for the development and implementation of the PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan.
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com//news/economy/
Setting the Mission Raftar in motion, Indian Railways has undertaken the upgradation of OHE and strengthening of power supply system on Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Kolkata routes to run train at 160 kmph at an estimated cost of Rs 5,550 crore.
#Infra swarajyamag.com/amp/story/news
In Visakhapatnam District, a green highway is to be developed on the Koyyuru-Araku stretch of NH-516E. This road passes through tribal areas of the Visakhapatnam District. This stretch of the project is expected to cost around Rs. 1,600 crore.
#Infra
yovizag.com/bids-invited-f
The Integral Coach Factory in Chennai plans to roll out the third rake of Vande Bharat Express in March 2022. The shells of five Vande Bharat trains are in the final stages of completion. Electrics are expected to be fitted in a couple of months.
#Infra
thehindu.com/news/national/
Ten firms have submitted bids to construct 44.6 km Package 14 of the roughly 650 km Delhi – Amritsar – Katra (DAK) Expressway after National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) opened technical bids on Wednesday
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/11/07/10-
NHPC Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) Abhay Kumar Singh said NHPC is presently working on projects totalling 6,000 megawatts (MW) and another 9,000-10,000 MW is in the pipeline.
#Infra
thehindu.com/business/Indus
The construction of a 38-kilometre-long road between Spangmik and Kasket on the south bank of the Pangong Lake is nearing completion
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2021/roads/in-
The ministry of power said that India added 1,55,377 megawatt (MW) to the installed power capacity in the country in the last seven years.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2021/power/ind
To make their roads safer and improve emergency response as well as trauma care, over 32 states and Union Territories in the country have decided to use a data-driven model developed by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2021/roads/ove
For the future with a handling capacity of more than 3 lakh passengers per day, an inter-modal station (IMS) at Ajni in Nagpur is envisioned as a state-of-the-art facility integrating several transport modes such as road, rail and metro.
#Infra swarajyamag.com/news-brief/int
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday flagged off the trial run of the Kanpur Metro, the operation of Kanpur Metro is scheduled to start from 31 December.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/pti-wires/up-c
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Uttar Pradesh: CM Yogi Adityanath Flags Off Trial Run Of Kanpur Metro
IRCON International on Monday emerged as the lowest bidder for the design, manufacturing and installation of tracks (Package T-2) of the 508.17 km Mumbai – Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR Bullet Train) project.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/11/10/irc
DMRC invited tenders for geotechnical investigation works along Yamuna Expressway to aid in the construction of a new metro line connecting Greater Noida’s Knowledge Park II and Jewar Airport.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/11/09/dmr
NHPC assured that major components of Subansiri Lower Project will be ready in due time so that two units (500 MW) of the project will be be commissioned by August, 2022.
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/energ
Mumbai Metro phases 2A and 7 to start by Jan-Feb 2022: J Kumar Infra
#Infra
cnbctv18.com/infrastructure
Besides TBM S-1264, TBM S-1259 operated by Afcons Infrastructure also recorded a breakthrough at Dairy Circle Station on Bangalore Metro’s 21.386 km Pink Line which will connect Nagawara – Kalena Agrahara through 18 stations.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/11/12/ban
The National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL), on Thursday (11 November), signed an MoU with Japan Railway Track Consultant Co Limited (JRTC) for the designs of High-Speed Rail (HSR) track works.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/amp/story/inst
Indian Railways with its ongoing transformative initiatives will be “highly profitable” in the coming five to six years.
#Infra
financialexpress.com/infrastructure
A site in Rohi village has been finalised for Jewar International Airport’s foundation stone ceremony. According to authorities, more than 1 lakh people are expected to attend the ceremony.
#Infra
indianexpress.com/article/delhi/
With the railways intent on completing double tracks between Mehsana and Palanpur, come 2022, the Ahmedabad-Delhi rail route may get shorter and less time consuming.
#Infra
m.timesofindia.com/city/ahmedabad
Passing through 10 out of 14 districts of Kerala, the journey would be covered in less than four hours with stoppages at 11 stations between Thiruvananthapuram and Kasaragod.
#Infra indiainfrahub.com/2021/railways/
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicates the 341km Purvanchal Express to the nation on November 16, it will allow commuters to drive from Delhi to the far east corner of Uttar Pradesh bordering Bihar in a little over 10 hours.
#Infra
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/87
Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh is set to become the first Indian city to use the ropeway services in public transportation with Varanasi Development Authority (VDA) floating the tender for the project on Nov 13.
#Infra swarajyamag.com/news-brief/var
The Government of India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a $61 million loan to improve livability, harness technology, and promote new developments to accommodate the expanding population in Agartala city
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2021/urbanisat
The Telangana government plans to improve connectivity in its capital Hyderabad with a Light Rail Transit System (LRTS) from Kukatpally Housing Board (KPHB) to Narsingi and Kokapet.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2021/news/kuka
Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) invites global e-tender Request For Proposal (RfP) for the selection of consultant for preparation of feasibility study report for the introducing a Mass Rapid Transit System in Madurai city.
#Infra metrorailtoday.com/cmrl-invites-t
Cabinet approves USOF scheme for provision of mobile services in 7,287 uncovered villages of 44 Aspirational Districts across five States to get 4G based mobile services at the estimated cost of about Rs 6,466 crore
#Infra pib.gov.in/PressReleasePa
The work on the much-sought-after Namma Metro line to the Kempegowda International Airport will start in three months, and the civil works contract has been bagged by Hyderabad-based NCC Ltd
#Infra
newindianexpress.com/cities/bengalu
The National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) is preparing a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the proposed 766 km bullet train corridor between Mumbai and Nagpur. DPR is expected to be submitted to the government in early next year.
#Infra metrorailtoday.com/dpr-being-prep
Environment clearance for the Uttar Pradesh government’s Ganga Expressway was granted by the state-level environment assessment authority on Saturday.
#Infra
indianexpress.com/article/cities
The 52-km-long rail line connecting Sevoke in West Bengal with Rangpo in Sikkim is now projected to be operational by December 2023, Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR).
#Infra swarajyamag.com/pti-wires/sk-r
Western UP is all set to get India’s fastest public transport facility in the form of connecting Ghaziabad, Muradnagar, Modi Nagar and Meerut with Delhi.
#Infra swarajyamag.com/news-brief/del
The BCE project being taken up under the National Highways Development Project, would allow motorists to reach Bengaluru in under 3 hours from Chennai, depending on the speed they take.
#Infra
thehindu.com/news/cities/ch
The proposed 766 km high-speed rail corridor between Mumbai and Nagpur is on track as the National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) is preparing a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the project.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/amp/story/inst
The master plan-2031 under preparation by the Ayodhya Development Authority (ADA) proposes industrial corridors on both sides of the ring road and the exact industrial area will be ascertained after approval from the state government.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/insta/ayodhya-
If all goes well, one may be able to reach Mumbai from Hyderabad in just three hours in train in near future. NHSRCL has just commenced the process of preparing a Detailed Project Report (DPR) and held discussions with the state govt officials.
#Infra
thehindubusinessline.com/news/hyd-mumba
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said the Government is expeditiously developing a national highway network of two lakh kilometres by 2025.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/amp/story/inst
In a major breakthrough, excavation of 472 metres of tunnel-1 of Zojila project has been completed.
#Infra swarajyamag.com/news-brief/zoj
Passenger terminals with 70 million capacity, 186 airport stands, a cargo terminal with 1 million tonne capacity & excellent connectivity by an expressway, a metro & high-speed rail — this is the grand plan for the Noida International Airport.
#Infra news18.com/news/india/exc
The planned Delhi-Varanasi High Speed Rail (HSR) or bullet train project would be 958 km long including a 123 km spur connecting Lucknow with Ayodhya, according to the detailed project report (DPR).
#Infra swarajyamag.com/news-brief/var
Adani Enterprises, Ashoka Buildcon and IRB Infrastructure Developers are the 3 firms that have bid for developing the 594 km Ganga Expressway on the (PPP) mode under Design, Built, Finance, Operate and Transfer (DBFOT) basis.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/11/23/3-b
The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) has taken steps to analyse the passenger demand on the two metro lines, which are expected to be taken up in the third phase.
#Infra
deccanherald.com/amp/city/top-b
K-RIDE — a joint venture of the government of Karnataka and the Railways floated the first civil work tender for the 25-km Mallige line (Corridor 2) of the Bengaluru Suburban Rail Project between Benniganahalli and Chikkabanavara.
#Infra indiainfrahub.com/2021/urbanisat
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari will lay the foundation stone of 25 national highway projects of a total length of 257 km with an investment of Rs 11,721 crore in Jammu
#Infra
financialexpress.com/infrastructure
After Centre’s nod to the Amas- Darbhanga expressway in march this year, the road construction department is now hoping the proposal to construct two more expressways- Raxaul to Kolkata via Patna & Buxar to Bhagalpur will get Centre’s clearance.
#Infra
hindustantimes.com/cities/patna-n
Bharat Petroleum Corporation will soon float a tender for a 20 MW electrolyser to build the country’s largest green hydrogen plant as it aims to achieve net-zero emissions for its operations by 2040,
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/renew
The Union Government has already put its seat of approval on the 310-kilometer Amas to Darbhanga (via Patna) expressway.
Approval for another expressway from Raxaul to Kolkata via Patna is pending before the cabinet committee on economic affairs
#Infra
Bihar will seek the MoRTH’s approval for the third expressway from Buxar to Bhagalpur with Union Minister Nitin Gadkari.
The three expressways, totalling over 1,300 kilometers, will be completed by 2025.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/infrastructure
Indian government & Asian Development Bank have signed a $300 million loan to strengthen & improve access to primary healthcare in urban areas of 13 states benefiting over 256 million urban dwellers, including 51 million from slum areas
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com//news/economy/
The work on the much-awaited Namma Metro line to the Bengaluru international airport will begin in three months, according to Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) and the contract has been given to the Hyderabad-based NCC Ltd.
#Infra
indianexpress.com/article/cities
Six infrastructure firms, including Tata Projects Limited, L&T Limited, have submitted technical bids to construct executive enclave that will house prime minister's office, Cabinet secretariat, India House & National Security Council Secretariat,
#Infra
businesstoday.in/amp/latest/sto
Bihar is all set to get a second expressway - which will start from Gorakhpur in eastern Uttar Praesh to Siliguri in West Bengal. The proposed expressway will reduce the distance between Gorapkhpur and Siliguri to less than 600 kilometres.
#Infra
hindustantimes.com/india-news/gor
Indian Railways is setting up a dedicated freight village (DFV) at the strategic junction of the Eastern and the Western Corridors of Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) Corporation.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/amp/story/inst
Major trunk infrastructure works have been completed in these industrial nodes, with 138 plots covering 754 acres allotted to companies with investment to the tune of more than Rs 16,750 crore.
#Infra indiainfrahub.com/2021/urbanisat
Soon the Delhi to Agra high-speed bullet train will turn into a reality! The Delhi-Varanasi High Speed Rail (HSR) bullet train with a top speed of 300 km/hr will connect Delhi to Agra and Agra to Delhi by 2029-30.
#Infra timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/travel-
7 construction firms have submitted bids to build the 27 km Package 1 of the 210 km Delhi – Saharanpur – Dehradun Expressway‘s 119 km Phase 2 connecting EPE – Saharanpur.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/11/29/7-b
14 construction firms have submitted bids to build the 50.7 km Haridwar Spur of the 210 km Delhi – Saharanpur – Dehradun Expressway project after the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) opened technical bids.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/12/01/14-
The cargo handling capacity of 12 major ports increased 800.52 Million Tonnes Per Annum (MTPA) in 2013-14 to 1,560.61 MTPA in 2020-21.
Country’s annual cargo handling capacity of 200 non-major ports has increased from 599.47 MTPA in 2013-14 to 1,002.24 MTPA in 2020-21.
#Infra
Total capacity of all the Indian Ports has nearly doubled from 1,399.99 MTPA during 2013-14 to 2,562.85 MTPA in 2020-21.
#Infra indiainfrahub.com/2021/ports-avi
World class highway: 8 Lane Delhi-Mumbai expressway completed part
Credits: Civil Techno India
#Infra
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Dehradun on Saturday (4 December) and lay the foundation stone for the Delhi-Dehradun Economic Corridor, which will be built at around Rs 12,300 crore.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/news-brief/del
Adani Enterprises and IRB Infrastructure Developers on Wednesday emerged as the preferred bidders for developing the 594 km Ganga Expressway connecting Meerut and Prayagraj on the public-private partnership (PPP) mode.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/12/01/ada
Coal India Ltd will invest nearly Rs20,000 crore in rail infrastructure with a view to raising annual transportation capacity by an additional 330 million tonne over the next three years
#Infra
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india
The Central government on Wednesday (1 November) said that over 4,358 Km of national highways have been constructed in mountainous and border areas in last five years at a cost of Rs 70,733 crore.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/insta/over-435
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath announced on Wednesday that the first phase of metrolite project in Gorakhpur has been approved. The approval was given by the Public Investment Bank (PIB) in a meeting Yesterday.
#Infra metrorailtoday.com/pib-gives-appr
Metro rail will finally chug in Srinagar from 2025. Jammu and Kashmir administration has finally set the deadline for the completion of the much-awaited Metrolite project in Srinagar.
#Infra
metrorailtoday.com/metro-rail-wil
By 2024 you will have nine nuclear reactors plus 12 new additional ones which were approved during the Covid times with a capacity of 9000 MW. Five new sites are also being identified in different parts of the country."
#Infra
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/88
The work on the 14.5km Greater Noida West Metro corridor project is likely to start by December-end if everything goes according to the plan.
#Infra metrorailtoday.com/work-on-greate
Yotta Infrastructure, will start construction of 2 more data centers in its Greater Noida Data Center Park in January 2022 at a cost of Rs 2000 cr. Each of the 2 buildings will have a capacity of 30 MW and will be ready to go live in January 2024.
#Infra
financialexpress.com/industry/hiran
UP CM Yogi Adityanath said that in December All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) will be inaugurated in Gorakhpur and the fertiliser factory which has been lying closed since 1990 will be restarted.
#Infra
thehindu.com/news/national/
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday launched the construction works of the 8.25-km-long bridge over Brahmaputra, connecting the world's largest river island Majuli with Jorhat, to be built at a cost of over Rs 925 crore.
#Infra
Assam government will build a new bridge connecting Majuli with Lakhimpur on the northern side of the island at an estimated cost of Rs 750 crore.
#Infra
newindianexpress.com/nation/2021/no
NHAI has set an ambitious target to monetise 21,700 km operational highway stretches in three years starting 2022-23, a plan that could help it raise around Rs 2 lakh crore.
financialexpress.com/infrastructure
The long-awaited strategically important Munsiyari-Milam road project on which development work started in the year 2012 is not likely to be completed before 2023-end, according to a senior BRO official.
#Infra
financialexpress.com/infrastructure
Nitin Gadkari sanctioned widening as well as strengthening work of NH-334A (Purkaji – Laksar – Haridwar Road section) to two-lane with paved shoulder under EPC mode in the state of Uttar Pradesh with a budget of Rs 227.06 crores.
#Infra
financialexpress.com/infrastructure
Out of 100 Smart Cities, Integrated Command and Control Centres (ICCC) have been operationalised in 75 Smart Cities.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/amp/story/inst
Out of 34,800 km approved under Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase-I, projects of 19,265 km have been awarded, out of this a length of 6,567 Km has been completed.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2021/roads/pro indiainfrahub.com/2021/roads/pro
Work on the Rs 36,000-crore greenfield expressway, which would connect Meerut in the western part of UP to Prayagraj in the east, is all set to begin by the end of December, with PM Narendra Modi laying the foundation stone for the project.
#Infra financialexpress.com/infrastructure
According to the NHAI officials, the phase-1 from Bengaluru to Nidaghatta in Mandya district will be ready by May 2022, the second phase from Nidaghatta to Mysuru will be complete by September.
#Infra swarajyamag.com/insta/bengalur
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday will dedicate multiple projects including an All India Institute Of Medical Science (AIIMS) and a fertiliser plant, to the people of Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur district.
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/i
A year since the announcement, the structure of the metro rail station at Taj Mahal East Gate, Basai and Fatehabad Road has been erected. This means that about 50 per cent of the first phase of the project is now complete.
#Infra indiatoday.in/cities/agra/st
Union Cabinet approved the interlinking of the Ken & Betwa rivers at a cost of ₹44,605 crore, and to be completed in eight years.
Ken-Betwa Link Project Authority to be set up to implement the project, which will generate 103 MW of hydro power and a 27 MW solar energy.
#Infra
The canal will provide drinking water to an estimated 6.2 million people, according to the project’s plan and bring 10.62 lakh hectare under annual irrigation.
#Infra hindustantimes.com/india-news/cab
PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi will lay foundation of the 600-km, six-lane Ganga Expressway — connecting Meerut to Prayagraj in the state — in Shahjahanpur district on December 18,
#Infra
indianexpress.com/article/cities
ABB India has partnered with Indore Smart City Development Ltd (ISCDL) to deploy next-generation digital technology that enables continuous supply of electricity to homes and businesses
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/indl-
The Saryu Nahar National Project has been built with a total cost of more than Rs 9,800 crore, out of which more than Rs 4,600 crore was provisioned in the last four years.
#Infra
The Saryu Nahar project will provide assured water for irrigation of over 14 lakh hectares of land and benefit about 29 lakh farmers of over 6,200 villages.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2021/waste-man
Larsen & Toubro today emerged as the lowest bidder to construct the 8.198 km Package C-5 of the 508.17 km Mumbai – Ahmedabad High Speed Rail
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/12/10/lt-
Union government plans to build 79 hydro schemes with an aggregate capacity of more than 30,000 MW as part of commitment to reach a non-fossil energy capacity of 500 GW & meet 50% of the country’s energy requirements from Renewable Energy by 2030.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2021/power/uni
Manipur plans to make provision of tap water supply to every rural household of the state by September 2022. As of date, out of 4.51 lakh rural households in the state, 2.67 lakh (59.2 per cent) households have tap water connections.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2021/waste-man
The Ministry of Power has approved 23 new Inter-State Transmission System (ISTS) projects with an estimated cost of Rs 15,893 crore.
The new transmission projects would facilitate evacuation systems for 14 GW of renewable energy (RE) projects in Rajasthan,
#Infra
4.5 GW of RE projects in Gujarat, 1 GW Neemuch Solar Park, Madhya Pradesh and feeding areas near Akhnoor and Jammu region by establishing Siot Substation in Jammu.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2021/power/gov
The NHAI has floated a tender for Two-Laning with/without paved shoulders from km 0.000 to km 69.480 (Design) of Sanquelim to Belagavi Section of NH-748AA in the State of Goa and Karnataka under Bharatmala Pariyojana on EPC basis.
#Infra allaboutbelgaum.com/news/chorla-ro
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has announced that out of a targeted 12,000 kilometres of road construction it has completed 5,600 kms so far this year despite heavy rains in several southern states.
#Infra news18.com/amp/news/auto/
Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Sunday said the National Highway-334B, which starts at Baghpat near the UP-Haryana border and ends at Rohna in Haryana is set to be completed by next month.
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/i
14 private freight terminals are coming up in the Dedicated Freight Corridors at an estimated cost of Rs 2,800 crore.
Currently, about a 1,000 km long line is operational in both corridors and the full commissioning is expected to be in 2023.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2021/railways/
NHAI has floated tenders for the development of a six-lane access controlled greenfield highway from Badadal village in Kalaburagi district, to Singnodi in Raichur district, a total distance of 177 km.
#Infra m.timesofindia.com/city/hubballi/
Ladakh's strategic remote locations including Chumar and Demchuk will soon have high-speed internet connection.
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/bor
11 construction firms (2 in a consortium) have submitted bids for the civil contract of Kanpur Metro Phase 1’s second elevated section (Package KNPCC07) between Transport Nagar Ramp – Naubasta Station.
#Infra themetrorailguy.com/2021/12/15/11-
Barring three properties, Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) has taken possession of most of the property identified for the construction of the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) metro line
#Infra
indiatoday.in/amp/cities/ben
The government is working on a scheme to raise funds from the public at 6 per cent annual interest rate for road infrastructure projects,
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/i
The Union government has approved 23 road projects worth Rs 1814.9 crore having a combined total length of over 600 km for Madhya Pradesh under the Central Road Fund scheme
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com//news/economy/
In the last seven years, India’s installed nuclear power capacity grew from 4,780 MW to 6,780 MW, an increase of over 40 per cent.
#Infra indiainfrahub.com/2021/power/ind
The Union ministry of civil aviation has sanctioned a grant of ₹40 crore to begin the construction of the domestic terminal at the Ambala airport.
#Infra
hindustantimes.com/cities/chandig
Saryu Nahar National Project involves interlinking of five rivers - Ghaghara, Saryu, Rapti, Banganga and Rohini and will provide assured water for irrigation of over 14 lakh hectares of land and benefit about 29 lakh farmers of over 6200 villages.
#Infra
Land acquisition for the Project corridor from Varanasi to Kolkata via Ranchi with spur to Kharagpur.
#Infra
bhoomirashi.gov.in/prep1.asp?nid=
Construction of 6-Lane Greenfield spur from Delhi-Vadodara Greenfield expressway near Bandikui to Jaipur in Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase-I in the state of
Rajasthan.
#Infra
environmentclearance.nic.in/DownloadPfdFil
NHAI is undertaking “Satellite Town Ring Road , a newly declared highway as NH-948A” under the Bharatmala Pariyojana (Lot-3). The proposed project starts from Ch. 0.000 in Dabaspet and ends at Ch. 179.969 near Devarapalli village in TN/Kar Border
#Infra
tnpcb.gov.in/pdf/ph/NHAIHos
The Food Corporation of India (FCI) will soon invite bids for the construction of 249 silos for the storage of wheat across the country at an investment of about ₹12,000 crore
#Infra
livemint.com/industry/infra
Multi-Modal Logistic Parks (MMLPs), its impact on logistics efficiency in the country and the vast Investment opportunities.
#Infra
Zojila Tunnel is 14.15 Km long tunnel is at an altitude of about 3000 m under Zojila pass in the Himalayas between Sonmarg and Drass town in Kargil district of the Indian Union Territory of Ladakh.
#Infra
Current progress of Zojilla tunnel construction. The civil construction cost of the project is ₹ 4,900 crores and total capital cost is ₹6,800 crore. Once the tunnel is completed, travel between Srinagar and Ladakh throughout the year will become possible.
#Infra
APM Terminals Pipavav, in collaboration with Pipavav Rail Corporation Ltd (PRCL), has commenced double-stack rail service to Jodhpur via Sanand in Gujarat on a hub-and-spoke model
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/trans
The Ministry of Railways is working on detailed project report (DPR) for their three new DFCs - the East-Coast Corridor, the East-West Sub-Corridor and the North-South Sub-corridor.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/news-brief/ind
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of Ganga Expressway in Uttar Pradesh’s Shahjahanpur at around 1 PM on 18 December, an official release said on Thursday (16 December).
#Infra indiainfrahub.com/2021/roads/utt
GR Infraprojects in November-end began launching precast segments for completing pending construction work on the 7.5 km Dairy Circle Ramp – Kalena Agrahara section of Bangalore Metro’s Pink Line (Reach 6).
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/12/17/gr-
In November-end, Afcons Infrastructure launched their first U-girder on PDPU Road for constructing the viaduct of the 28.254 km Ahmedabad Metro Phase 2 project.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/12/12/afc
11 construction firms (2 in a consortium) have submitted bids for the civil contract of Kanpur Metro Phase 1’s second elevated section (Package KNPCC07) between Transport Nagar Ramp – Naubasta Station.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/12/15/11-
IRCON International on Friday emerged as the lowest bidder for the construction contract of Package 17 (Bhoj – Morbe) of the 1350 km Delhi – Mumbai Expressway (DME) project‘s JNPT Spur.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/12/18/irc
The long held-up Indian Railways Dahod-Indore New Line project is set to get a boost. The Railway Board has de-frozen the construction of a 200.97 km new line between Dahod and Indore via Jhabua, Sardarpur, Dhar and Pithampur.
#Infra railpost.in/restart-work-o
Union budget 2022-23 may announce a New Delhi to Varanasi high-speed rail corridor, adding a Mumbai-Nagpur corridor is also likely, depending on the government receiving clarity on funding it.
#Infra metrorailtoday.com/bullet-train-m
IRB Infrastructure Developers Ltd on Friday said it has received a letter of award from the Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority for developing the Group 1 of Ganga Expressway greenfield project.
m.economictimes.com/industry/indl-
Ashoka Buildcon Limited had submitted offer to Howe Engineering Projects (India) Private Limited in respect of the Project viz. work of construction of Rock fill embankment and subgrade work for Navi Mumbai International Airport.
#Infra
equitybulls.com/admin/news2006
The Modi government has approved a total of 23 road projects worth Rs 1814.9 crore for the state of Madhya Pradesh. These road projects, which have been approved under the Central Road Fund scheme, have a length of over 600 kilometres
#Infra
financialexpress.com/infrastructure
25 Air-conditioned electric buses were flagged off for public in Varanasi. The new electric buses have special facilities for women and differently-abled. The bus will be fully charged in 1 hour and can be driven 160 km with full charge.
#Infra
zeenews.india.com/hindi/india/up
Doubling works on the Yeshwantpur and Hubballi
Chikkajajur-Arsikere and Tumakuru-Yeshwantpur sections are already commissioned. Balancing of the doubling of Hubballi-Chikkajajur and Arsikere-Tumakuru sections have been taken up in patches
#Infra
deccanherald.com/state/doubling
Workers from Afcons Infrastructure have started tying up rebar between Bellandur and Ibblur to construct the first pier (pillar) of Bangalore Metro’s 56 km Blue Line on the Outer Ring Road (ORR).
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/12/20/ban
This 6 lane greenfield access-controlled project will connect Manewal village on the Delhi – Katra Expressway with Bheora village near Rupnagar (Ropar). It will also feature an additional 19.5 km spur to Kharar, just east of Chandigarh and Mohali.
#infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/12/20/irc
Western Dedicated Freight Corridor sets completion target of Dec 2022, 99 percent land acquisition complete
#Infra
freepressjournal.in/amp/india/west
The zones, with proper storage facilities, will be set up on the outskirts of major cities to avoid traffic congestion within city limits. The policy will be framed by the NHAI that will also be the implementing agency.
#Infra
livemint.com/news/india/war
As much as Rs 80,000 crore investment is envisaged in setting up city gas infrastructure in 61 geographical areas (GAs), including Jammu, Nagpur, Pathankot and Madurai, that were put on bid in the latest licensing round
#Infra
business-standard.com/article/econom
The Adani Group has bagged the contract to build India’s longest expressway project — the Rs 17,000-crore and 594-km-long Meerut-Prayagraj eway — in UP.
#Infra
The group will build 464 km from Budaun to Prayagraj that comprises 80% of this proposed expressway in three groups.
#Infra
m.timesofindia.com/city/lucknow/a
Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari and UP CM Yogi Adityanath laid the foundation stone and inaugurated 232 km of National Highways (NH) planned and built with an investment of Rs 4,160 crore in Jaunpur and Mirzapur in UP.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/insta/uttar-pr
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the long-awaited water taxi service from Mumbai to Navi Mumbai during his visit here in the first week of January,
#Infra
indianexpress.com/article/cities
Translink Infrastructure Consultants today emerged as the lowest bidder to prepare general arrangement drawings (GADs) for developing Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) for 2365 km of new High-Speed Rail lines in India.
#Infra
This contract relates to the following 4 proposed high speed rail lines
Delhi – Amritsar High Speed Rail
Mumbai – Hyderabad High Speed Rail
Chennai – Mysuru High Speed Rail
Varanasi – Howrah High Speed Rail
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/12/21/tra
Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar
Deb flagged off the first waterway consignment of 40 MT canned pineapples to Hamburg in Germany on Sunday from the industrial growth centre at Kumarghat in Unokoti district
#Infra m.timesofindia.com/city/agartala/
Adani Transmission Limited, a part of Adani Group, announced on Monday that it has completed the construction of transmission lines stretching 897 circuit kilometres, which the firm noted as one of India's longest intrastate transmission lines.
#Infra
businesstoday.in/amp/industry/e
The construction of the Russia-supported Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) Unit 6 was launched on Tuesday through the first concrete in the foundation slab of the reactor building.
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com//industry/ener
A new 73-km rail line between Belagavi and Dharwad via Kittur got the administrative approval of the state cabinet.
It will reduce the distance between Belagavi and Dharwad considerably and will come up at an estimated cost of Rs 927.4 crore.
#Infra newindianexpress.com/states/karnata
Krishna Constellation Pvt. Ltd. on Wednesday emerged as the lowest bidder to construct the 50.7 km Haridwar Spur of the 210 km Delhi – Saharanpur – Dehradun Expressway project.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/12/23/kri
India, one of the world’s most water-stressed countries, is halfway through an ambitious drive to provide clean tap water by 2024 to all the roughly 192 million households across its 600,000 villages.
#Infra
About 18,000 government engineers are overseeing the $50 billion undertaking, which includes hundreds of thousands of contractors and laborers who are laying more than 2.5 million miles of pipe.
#Infra
business-standard.com/article/curren
The preparatory work for the 435 km Mysuru-Bengaluru-Chennai high speed rail corridor project seems to be moving rapidly as the final contract to prepare a detailed project report (DPR) has been awarded.
#Infra
The travel time between the three cities will be reduced to just 1.5 hours. Currently, Shatabdi Express covers the distance in seven hours. Two lines will have to be laid along a fenced corridor that will be 50 metre to 60 metre wide.
#Infra bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/othe
Karnataka High Court permitted the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd to cut 577 trees, translocate 212 trees & retain 44 out of 833 trees on different stretches of Phase-2A of the Metro project, as recommended by Technical Experts Committee.
#Infra
newindianexpress.com/cities/bengalu
The 65 GAs offered in the 11th bid round are spread over 215 districts in 19 states and one Union territory covering 26 per cent of India's population and 33 per cent of its area.
#Infra
m.economictimes.com/industry/energ
Construction work of underground and elevated stations and a depot for the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor has gained pace along with the installation of the first special steel span of the first regional rail of the country in the year 2021.
#Infra indiainfrahub.com/2021/railways/
Indian Railways is considering innovations in hardware such as tweaked containers, onboarding aggregators who can put together trainloads of cargo from small and mid-sized businesses, and deepening engagement with India Post’s network.
#Infra
moneycontrol.com/news/business/
PM Modi will inaugurate nine km long completed section is from IIT Kanpur to Moti Jheel.
Despite two rounds of Covid-19 induced restrictions in March-September of 2020 and April-June of 2021, this work has been completed in less than two years.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/amp/story/news
16 construction firms have submitted bids to build the 17.52 km Package 1 of the 73.7 km Kanpur – Lucknow Expressway (NE-6) project after the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) opened technical bids.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/12/27/16-
The metro link to Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) has started taking shape with the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) commencing preliminary work of the ambitious project.
#Infra thehindu.com/news/cities/ba
MMRDA which is constructing the 21.7-km-long Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) over the sea between Navi mumbai and south Mumbai, will launch the first Orthotropic Steel Deck (OSD) on the sealink in the first week of January 2022.
#Infra
indianexpress.com/article/cities
Engineers from Larsen & Toubro last week re-commissioned Tunnel Boring Machine Urja (DZ670) at Cantonment Station on Bangalore Metro’s 21.386 km Pink Line (Reach 6).
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/12/28/ban
The National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) has finished laying 3km of tracks on the
RRTS corridor from Duhai depot. Work on installing the masts is going on at the moment.
#Infra
m.timesofindia.com/city/noida/rrt
Indian Oil, the nation’s largest refiner, will invest Rs 9,028 crore to build a new crude oil pipeline between Mundra in Gujarat and Panipat in Haryana
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com//industry/ener
Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Pema Khandu said that state’s first airport Hollongi is expected to ready by August 2022 ahead of the scheduled completion date.
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com//industry/tran
To realise the massive hydro power potential of Arunachal Pradesh, Government has shortlisted some projects to be developed by CPSUs.
Once these projects are developed Arunachal Pradesh shall be adding 32415 MW of “Green power” into National grid
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com//industry/ener
The Prime Minister will also inaugurate the Sawra-Kuddu Hydro Power Project. The 111 MW Project has been built at a cost of around ₹ 2080 crore. It will lead to the generation of over 380 million units of electricity per year.
#Infra
Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone of Renukaji Dam project. The 40 MW project will be built at a cost of around ₹ 7000 crore and will supply Delhi, around 500 million cubic metre water supply per year.
#Infra
Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone of the Luhri Stage 1 Hydro Power Project. The 210 MW project will be built at a cost of over ₹ 1800 crore. It will lead to generation of over 750 million units of electricity per year.
#Infra
PM Modi will also lay the foundation stone of Dhaulasidh Hydro Power Project. The 66 MW project will be built at a cost of over ₹ 680 crore. It will lead to generation of over 300 million units of electricity per year.
#Infra
ndtv.com/india-news/pm-
In FY23, CRISIL forecasts that NHAI will sustain its FY 22 momentum and award 4,000-4,500 km. With a strong pipeline of projects under Bharatmala and the ambitious ₹100 lakh crore National Infrastructure Pipeline.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2021/roads/nha
In a big boost for rail connectivity in Uttarakhand, the Indian Railways has said that the work is going on to launch the 125 meters long Bow String Road Bridge over Alaknanda river at Siwai village in state’s Chamoli district.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2021/railways/
Ahead of the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, the Indian Railways is racing against time to complete the works of multi-crore, new railway station at Ayodhya as the government wants to showcase its work in the temple town.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2021/railways/
Aiming at providing uninterrupted piped water supply and strengthening the service delivery arrangement in three cities of Karnataka, World Bank has given approval for $150 million agreement for the state’s Urban Water Supply Modernization project
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2021/waste-man
Workers from Texmaco Rail and Engineering have over the past 3 months cast 3 track crossovers for Bangalore Metro’s 15.257 km Reach 1A & 1B (Baiyyappanahalli – Whitefield) extension of the Purple Line.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/12/30/cro
The pace of national highways (NHs) construction has increased by three times since 2014-15. The average per day figure has grown from 12 km per day in 2014-15 to 37 km per day in 2020-21.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/infrastructure
The National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL), the executing agency of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad HSR corridor (MAHSR), has developed casting Yards at 25 strategic locations along the alignment.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/amp/story/infr
14 construction firms have submitted a total of 20 bids for packages OD-7 and OD-8 of the 464 km Raipur – Visakhapatnam Economic Corridor (NH-130CD & EC-15), also known as Raipur – Vizag Expressway.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2021/12/31/14-
The Centre is scheduled to launch the ambitious Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expresway on Wednesday. The expressway will bring down the travel time from Delhi to
Amritsar to 4.5 hours and between Delhi and Katra will reduce to 6.5 hours.
#Infra m.timesofindia.com/india/pm-likel
Union Budget will propose a massive 30% increase in allocations for the ministry of road transport & highways to speed up the construction to 50km of highways per day. The hike will take the budget to more than ₹1.5 trillion, its highest ever.
#Infra
livemint.com/economy/centre
NW-1 (River Ganga) under JMVP, which was approved by the Cabinet Committee For Economic Affairs in Jan 2018, is currently under construction and set to be completed by Dec 2023.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2022/ports-avi
NCRTC has constructed 50 spans in the priority section of the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut regional rapid transport system (RRTS) corridor in December, a record in construction sector.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2022/railways/
The Indian Railways plans to add four more high-speed rail corridors to the National Rail Plan in addition to the presently planned eight corridors. , They are likely to be proposed under the National Rail Plan in 2022.
#Infra
1. 618 km long Hyderabad – Bangalore
2. 855 km long Nagpur – Varanasi
3. 850 km long Patna – Guwahati
4. 190 km long Amritsar – Pathankot – Jammu
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2022/railways/
In a first, NHAI will use 3D Automated Machine Guidance (AMG) module for highway building, which almost doubles the construction speed and enables officials and contractors to get live updates of the progress on their phones or computer.
#Infra
m.timesofindia.com/city/lucknow/l
New and renewable energy would move a proposal for providing central grant for development of the 480 kilometres of power line of 5,000 MW capacity between Pang, Ladakh and Kaithal, Haryana as part of the green energy corridor.
#Infra
financialexpress.com/industry/power
User fee collection through FASTag on national highways grew to Rs 3,679 crore in December, up 15.8% over November, on a pick-up in economic activity and continued preference for passenger vehicles over public transport during the pandemic.
#Infra
financialexpress.com/infrastructure
The Ministry of Railways on Tuesday (4 January) said that more than 75 per cent of North Eastern Railway (NER) routes have been electrified and 100 per cent electrification on the NER routes is likely to be achieved by the end of the year 2022.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/insta/over-75-
Uttar Pradesh is set to get another expressway. NHAI has appointed a consultant for preparing detailed project report (DPR) for 500-kilometre-long Gorakhpur-Shamli expressway.
#Infra
hindustantimes.com/india-news/gor
The Mumbai Trans Harbour Link entered a milestone stage on with beginning of one of the most complex construction activities with the erection of first span of Orthotropic Steel Deck bridge in its package-II awarded to Tata Projects Ltd.-DAEWOO JV.
#Infra
The project cost is Rs 17,843 crores and its 80 per cent piers work is completed till now and the overall project is about 65 per cent completed. The project is expected to be completed in the year 2023.
#Infra
m.timesofindia.com/city/mumbai/fi
NHAI is working on a plan proposing to shift a large number of warehouses from Delhi to areas along the upcoming Urban Extension Road (UER) and the two peripheral expressways - Eastern and Western - to decongest the national capital.
#Infra
m.timesofindia.com/city/delhi/dec
PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Major Dhyan Chand Sports University which will be established at Meerut at a cost of Rs 700 Crore. It will have the capacity of training 1080 sportspersons including 540 female & 540 male athletes.
#Infra
youtube.com/watch?v=LZKZRt
Road-cum-rail flyover between
Ragigudda and Central Silk Board (3.35km) on Marenahalli Road is likely to be ready by this June.
#Infra
m.timesofindia.com/city/bengaluru
The proposed 111 km long railway line will take the national transporter's network up to the Myanmar border and will form an important part of the proposed Trans-Asian Railway network to connect with the rest of South East Asia by rail.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/amp/story/news
Tunnel Boring Machines Vamika on Monday and Avni today recorded their first breakthroughs to construct Bangalore Metro’s 21.386 km Pink Line (Reach 6).
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2022/01/06/ban
KEC International on Wednesday emerged as the lowest bidder for the 25KV Overhead Equipment (OHE) electrification system of Patna Metro’s Phase 1 project.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2022/01/06/kec
The 2nd phase of the Green Energy Corridor of the Intra-State Transmission system has been approved at a cost of Rs 12,000 crore by the Union Cabinet.
#Infra
The scheme will see 10,750 kilometer-long circuit transmission lines being constructed across the country and help in the evacuation of 20 GW of power.
#Infra
moneycontrol.com/news/business/
NHAI on Friday invited bids from private parties to build, maintain and operate a ropeway project from Sonprayag to Kedarnath via Gaurikund and another from Govind Ghat to Hemkund Sahib via Ghangaria in Uttarakhand.
#Infra swarajyamag.com/insta/good-new
STEC on Friday morning received their first of four tunnel boring machines at Anand Vihar Station to construct the 82.15 km Delhi – Meerut RRTS project’s twin tunnels.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2022/01/08/1st
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari virtually laid Foundation Stone of 10 National Highway Projects for 336 km worth Rs 14,169 Crore in Mathura in Uttar Pradesh.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/amp/story/inst
Karnataka Road Development Corporation Limited (KRDCL) has floated tenders to upgrade and maintain 12 high-density corridors in the city. The 12 corridors have been divided into four packages.
#Infra
bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/othe
NHAI has invited tenders for the four-laning of Mysuru-Madikeri road, seeking to reduce travel time from Bengaluru to picturesque Kodagu district by at least two hours. The tender is floated for the stretch between Mysuru and Kushalanagar.
#Infra
m.timesofindia.com/city/mysuru/my
The Ministry of Railways said that over 657 km of railway lines were electrified in the South Central Railway's (SCR) rail network to provide seamless train movement facility.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/amp/story/inst
The Ministry of Railways on Saturday (8 January) said that more than 70 per cent route km over the Northern Railway have been electrified so far.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/amp/story/inst
NMPT a major state port in Mangalore, signed an agreement with Singapore based LNG Alliance Limited to develop a LNG import terminal with an initial capacity of 4 4 MTPA, with provision for LNG virtual pipelines & an LNG bunkering facility.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/amp/story/news
Bangladesh government, with support from the government of India, is also working on the Jamuna river to make the 2,000-km-long waterway from Sadiya in Tinsukia district in eastern Assam to Haldia in West Bengal via Bangladesh a smooth passage.
#Infra
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/
BBMP is planning to build two flyovers and a railway underbridge in the Yelahanka assembly constituency at a cost of Rs 260 crore.
#Infra
indiatoday.in/amp/cities/ben
The construction arm of Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has bagged a third order for the Mumbai Ahmedabad bullet train project from the National High-Speed Rail Corporation Ltd, the engineering major said today.
#Infra
livemint.com/companies/news
livemint.com/companies/news…
Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project: L&T Construction bags third order
North Eastern Railway zone had commissioned various new projects. These projects include gauge conversion of 47 kilometres which involves 4 km long Shahjahanpur – Shahbaznagar section and 43 km long Mailani – Shahgarh section,
#Infra
Doubling & Electrification of 101 km including 40 km Aunrihar – Ghazipur City, 16.8 km Sitapur – Parsendi, 14.6 km Madhosingh – Gyanpur Road, 10.5 km Ballia – Phaphna, 20 km Aunrihar – Dhobhi as well as electrification of 406 kms.
#Infra
financialexpress.com/infrastructure
As many as 10 new railway stations will be built on Eastern DFC and Western DFC passing through Haryana. Besides this, possibilities of exploring the industrial sector around these stations will also be considered.
#Infra
indianexpress.com/article/cities
Work has already begun to pave way for national waterways (Brahmaputra & Barak) to facilitate movement of cargo ships. Cargo & passenger ships from Assam & northeast will be connected to Haldia via Bangladesh. The work of dredging has already begun
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com//industry/tran
Dubai ports giant DP World is set to build an inland port in Jammu and Kashmir as part of plans by the emirate to invest in the Indian territory
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/trans
Contract has been awarded for the Haldia inland waterway terminal and the jetty will be operational soon for sending Exim and inland cargo to Pandu terminal in Guwahati connecting the Northeast with Kolkata via the National Waterway 2.
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com//industry/tran
The technical work of Pandu Ship repair facility is being completed as the construction of the facility is slated to commence from May, 2022. The project is aimed to be completed within two years by 2024.
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com//industry/tran
According to a study conducted by the LSE and the University of Hamburg in 2008, cities that are connected to HSR systems tend to witness a rise in their GDP by at least 2.7 % compared to their neighbors that do not have an HSR station.
#Infra
livemint.com/news/india/is-
The state cabinet on Wednesday sanctioned a sum of Rs 2,440 crore for developing a coastal highway which will ensure better connectivity to places of tourist interest along the coastline. State government spokesperson
#Infra
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad
RailTel Corp. has decided to create edge data centres across 102 locations in rural and semi-urban areas to accelerate the pace of digital transformation and efficient digital delivery.
#Infra
livemint.com/companies/news
The 230-kilometre-long Kargil-Zanskar national highway will become an all-weather road as the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corp Ltd has begun work for its up-gradation and widening.
#Infra
m.economictimes.com/news/india/230
MEIL walked away with the most 15 licences to retail CNG to automobiles and piped cooking gas to households in the latest city gas bidding round, while a joint venture of Adani's gas arm and Total of France got 14 licences.
#Infra
businesstoday.in/amp/industry/e
The 296 Km long Bundelkhand Expressway in Uttar Pradesh has reached overall progress of 84 per cent, and the remaining construction is going on at a fast pace.
#Infra swarajyamag.com/infrastructure
The 1st Orthotropic Steel Deck (OSD) span of length 119 mtrs, weighting 1331 Metric Tones in Package-1 was launched on Friday (January 14, 2022).
#Infra
freepressjournal.in/amp/mumbai/ind
Hyderabad-based Megha Engineering & Infrastructures Limited (MEIL) has achieved a milestone of completing works of a 5-km-long tunnelling work, as part of the 18-km-long all-weather Zojila Tunnels in a record 14 months.
#Infra swarajyamag.com/news-brief/zoj
Pherpheral Ring Road, the proposed eight-lane bypass that will link Tumakuru Road and Hosur Road, is set to take off after being on the drawing board for years.
#Infra deccanherald.com/city/bengaluru
The construction work on the Ring Road of Delhi has been started by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), as the project is set to be completed by October 2023.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/amp/story/inst
Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday held a meeting with officials of his ministry and the Commerce Ministry on kickstarting multi-modal logistics hubs in India.
#Infra
m.economictimes.com/industry/trans
5 firms have submitted bids for the 750 V DC Third Rail electrification system of Agra Metro Phase 1 project, after the Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) opened tenders today.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2022/01/18/5-b
Union Minister for National Highways and Road Transport Nitin Gadkari approved the Rs 1200 crores project to upgrade the existing two-lane Shiradi Ghat road into a four-lane highway.
#Infra
indianexpress.com/article/cities
The 21km-long Sohna elevated road, under construction for nearly four years now, would be fully opened to commuters by March-end this year
#Infra
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/s
Karnataka Government has embarked on an development of an ambitious inter-state waterway between Mangaluru and Panaji (Goa) to promote tourism and for affordable passenger and freight transportation.
#Infra m.timesofindia.com/city/mangaluru
6,500 coaches, 1,240 locomotives and about 35,000 wagons are slated to be the rolling stock programme for the fiscal 2022-23 in the upcoming Budget as Indian Railways is aiming at a complete makeover of its fleet.
#Infra swarajyamag.com/news-brief/big
Indian Oil Corp, the country's top refiner and fuel retailer, aims to invest 70 billion rupees ($944.02 million) to build gas sales network infrastructure, including pipelines, in new areas, the company said on Sunday.
#Infra
carandbike.com/news/indian-oi
BMRCL chief PRO BL Yashwanth Chavan said two pillars between Bellandur and Iblur section on ORR Metro have been completed, while test piling work is progressing on airport Metro. The deadline for both ORR and KIA Metro is 2024.
#Infra
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru
NHSRCL has joined hands with IRCON International Limited for design, supply and construction of 237 km of track between Vadodara and Vapi in Gujarat and track related works for Double Line High Speed Railway for Mumbai-Ahmedabad HSR corridor.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2022/railways/
Work on the 82-km Rapid Rail Transit Corridor (RRTS) connecting Delhi to Meerut is in full swing. Once fully operational, officials estimate that it will reduce CO2 emissions by taking around 1.5 lakh private vehicles off the road.
#Infra
indianexpress.com/article/cities
The Union budget to be presented on 1 February may propose a record 7,000 km of rail track electrification in FY23 as part of plans to achieve full electrification of broad gauge railway lines by December 2023.
#Infra
According to a person privy to the development, the budget is also expected to retain the highest-ever allocation of close to ₹10,000 crore for electrification in FY23.
#Infra
livemint.com/budget/expecta
A total of 9 national highways are set to be allocated to Telangana during the year FY22-23. 7 projects land acquisition have been approved & the remaining will finalised soon. Total cost of the project is Rs 22,982 crore which will cover 865 km.
#Infra
siasat.com/telangana-to-g
Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) last week invited tender for the civil construction of the Purple Line’s Challaghatta Depot & Workshop.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2022/01/26/bid
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) will invest Rs 10,000 crore over the next five years in setting up city gas distribution networks in the cities for which it secured licences in the latest bidding round.
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com//industry/ener
South Western Railways (SWR) now claims that in the last 16 months, it has logged the maximum electrification of tracks with more than 598.7 RKM (route kilometre means the total distance covered by a train to reach its destination) of electrification.
#Infra
A target of 692 RKM for electrification has been set for March 2022 in SWR. From 208 RKM in 2016 (five per cent of SWR network), electrified tracks saw a rise to 1,233 RKM (34 per cent of SWR network) presently up to March 2021.
#Infra
Electrification has now been completed between Hubballi-Ballari & Ballari Rayadurga fully and electrification between Hubballi & Bengaluru line is expected to be completed by March 2023. As per targets, by December 2023, all the major routes of SWR will be electrified.
#Infra
From 200+ RKM in 2016, the electrified track on SWR has now risen to 1,452 RKM which is 40 per cent of the total route km of SWR.
#Infra
bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/othe
By August of this year, the Challaghatta Metro station, which is roughly 2 kilometres from the Kengeri Metro station, will be operational.
#Infra
metrorailnews.in/challaghatta-m
CIDCO is working on a plan to connect Navi Mumbai metro with Mumbai metro in the future. The planning agency has already shared the plan with the MMRDA.
#Infra
freepressjournal.in/mumbai/cidco-p
NTPC Renewable energy has invited bids from developers to set up interstate transmission system connected energy storage systems of 3000 MWh capacity with 500 MW (minimum) capacity anywhere in India
#Infra
mercomindia.com/ntpc-bids-3000
A pilot project has been initiated at the Jia Bharali river in Jamuguri by the Assam Government in a bid to combat the menace of flood and erosion in the state and dredging and excavation works is being carried out at the site of the project.
#Infra
sentinelassam.com/north-east-ind
Tunnel Boring Machine S-1264 operated by Afcons Infrastructure on Thursday was recommissioned at Rashtriya Military School Station for building the down-line tunnel of Bangalore Metro’s 21.386 km Pink Line (Nagawara – Kalena Agrahara).
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2022/01/28/ban
Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation Limited (GMRC) on Friday launched the tendering process for the civil construction of Surat Metro’s 18.74 km Line-2 which will connect Bhesan – Saroli via 18 stations.
#Infra themetrorailguy.com/2022/01/29/bid
The Adani CMA Mundra Terminal in Gujarat berthed the APL Raffles on Friday, making it the largest container vessel to call India.
#Infra indiatoday.in/business/story
Shankaranarayana Constructions (SNC) this week cast their first pier in Doddanekundi to construct Bangalore Metro’s 56 km Blue Line on the Outer Ring Road (ORR).
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2022/01/29/snc
8 construction firms have bid to construct the 5.9 km C1 Priority Section of the 121.742 km Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor (HORC) project after Haryana Rail Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (HRIDC) opened technical bids last week.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2022/01/28/8-b
Engineers from Patel Infrastructure on Thursday began pouring concrete to cast segments for Surat Metro Phase 1 project’s 11.6 km Kadarsha Ni Nal – Dream City section.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2022/01/29/pat
Dineshchandra R Agrawal Infracon Pvt. Ltd today emerged as the lowest bidder to construct package OD-7 of the 464 km Raipur – Visakhapatnam Economic Corridor (NH-130CD & EC-15), also known as Raipur – Vizag Expressway.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2022/01/29/dra
Dilip Buildcon Ltd. today cast the final of 1851 precast segments for the viaduct of Bhopal Metro Phase 1 project’s 6.225 km Package-01 (Subhash Nagar – AIIMS).
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2022/01/29/dbl
Proposals for bulk production of aluminium coaches, a gradual shift from steel-bodied LHB coaches to lightweight energy-efficient ones, aims at – reduction in energy consumption and increase in loading of bauxite for aluminium plants.
#Infra
The proposed plan for going full steam for production of about 6,500 aluminium coaches.
#Infra indiainfrahub.com/2022/railways/
Indian Railways has set a target of 5MT loading target per day as against 3.72 MT on a daily average.
In order to ensure the same, railways has sought to induct more than 1,600 locomotives and 35,843 wagons in its fleet in the fiscal 2022-23,
#Infra indiainfrahub.com/2022/railways/
Indian Railways today said that it has achieved 100% electrification on its three zones which are the Kolkata Metro, West Central Railway and East Coast Railway have been fully electrified.
#EV
livemint.com/news/india/ind
This under construction project in Village Drangdhuran, Kishtwar District is estimated to cost Rs. 8112.12 crore, and its foundation stone was laid in May 2018. Upon completion in 2026.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2022/01/31/lts
Max Infra (India) Ltd. on Saturday emerged as the lowest bidder to construct package OD8 of the 464 km Raipur – Visakhapatnam Economic Corridor (NH-130CD & EC-15), also known as Raipur – Vizag Expressway.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2022/01/31/max
Cengrs Geotechnica Pvt Ltd. has completed more than half of geotechnical investigation works along Yamuna Expressway for the construction of a new metro line between Greater Noida’s Knowledge Park II and Jewar Airport.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2022/01/31/noi
The Narendra Modi government has accorded approval for the construction of 21 greenfield airports in the country, President Ram Nath Kovind said on Monday.
#Infra
m.economictimes.com/news/economy/i
NHAI has called an RFP tender for the improvement & upgradation of the existing two lane Hubballi-Dharwad bypass to 6 lanes to be executed through an EPC contract.
#Infra
mysuruinfrahub.com/rfp-tender-inv
RFP tender invited for the package III of Mysuru Madikeri highway.
#Infra
mysuruinfrahub.com/rfp-tender-inv
Finance Minister announced the government’s plan to expand the network of National Highways by 25000 kms in FY23. For this, the government will earmark Rs 20,000 crore.
#Infra
NHAI has the total capital expenditure target of close to Rs 7 lakh crore to develop roads, multi modal logistic parks, ropeways and intermodal stations between FY22 and FY24
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/i
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said data centre and energy storage system will be given infrastructure status to provide easy financing to the sector.
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com//news/economy/
Finance minister @Nirmala Sitharaman announcing 400 Vande Bharat trains in India with better energy efficiency and passenger riding experience and 100 Gati Shakti Cargo terminals for multimodal logistics facility to be developed in the next three years.
#Infra
As a part of Atmanirbhar Bharat, 2,000 km of network will be brought under Kavach, the indigenous world-class technology for safety and capacity augmentation in 2022-23,
#Infra
Presenting the Union Budget for 2022-23, @Nirmala Sitharaman said contracts for multi-modal parks at four locations will be awarded during the next fiscal.
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com//industry/tran
Finance minister said that National Ropeways Development Program will be taken up on the PPP mode.
@Nirmala Sitharaman said contracts for eight ropeway projects for a length of 60 km will be awarded in 2022-23.
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thefederal.com/union-budget-2
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday announced an allocation of Rs 1,400 crore in Union Budget 2022-23 for the implementation of the Ken-Betwa river-linking project in Bundelkhand.
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The implementation of the Ken-Betwa Link Project at an estimated cost of Rs 44,605 crore will be taken up. This is aimed at providing irrigation benefits to 9 lakh hectares of land, drinking water supply to 62 lakh people, 103 MW of hydro (power), 27 MW of solar power.
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The finance minister also announced that draft detailed project reports (DPRs) for five other riverlink projects — Damanganga-Pinjal, Tapi-Narmada, Godavari-Krishna, Krishna-Pennar and Pennar-Kaveri — have been finalised.
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India will issue sovereign green bonds for funding green infrastructure, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in her Budget speech.
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Amid tensions along the border with China, the government has increased the capital outlay for the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) by 40 per cent to Rs 3,500 crore in the 2022-23 budget presented today.
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The budgetary allocation to Indian Railways for 2022-23 stood at ₹140,367.13 crore, which is 27.5% higher than the budgetary allocation of ₹110,054.64 crore in 2021-22 or 16.9% more than the revised estimate of ₹120,056.12 crore.
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The operating ratio for 2022-23 has been pegged at 96.98%, higher than 96.15% in the BE of 2021-22. Under the revised estimate, however, the operating ratio stands at 98.93%.
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The Centre has allocated Rs 19,130 crore in the Union Budget 2022-23 for various metro projects in the country. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget on Tuesday.
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In a major boost to regional connectivity in NCR, Government of India has allocated Rs 4,710 cr to country's first Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) project in the Union Budget presented today in Parliament,
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The metro train stations in Agra will be equipped with cutting-edge technology and automated systems and will represent the city’s heritage and beauty according to a press release by Kumar Keshav, managing director of the UPMRC.
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The trial runs on the 17 km priority section of the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) corridor, which will connect Sahibabad to Duhai, will begin this year and the completed corridor will be opened for public use by March next year.
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Currently, the work on the 16 km viaduct of priority section, 1,200 piers, and 9,900 piles have been concreted and the foundation work has been completed for 56 km of the corridor.
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More than 14,000 workers and 1,100 engineers are working day and night at our sites. Despite the challenges brought in by the Covid-19 pandemic, the progress of the project has been as per scheduled timelines,
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NCC Ltd. over the past fortnight has started test piling activity across all 3 packages of Bangalore Metro’s 37 km Airport Line (Blue Line) which will link Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) to KR Puram.
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Actual piling for the Bangalotr Metro Phase 2B line construction is planned to start within a week!
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Nine players including Bombardier, Siemens, BHEL, Titagarh Wagons and Medha Engineering have bid for manufacturing of 58 new Vande Bharat trains.
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Sources said the railway ministry has started the process of technical evaluation of the bids, which may take a few weeks and then the financial bids will be opened.
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Sources said the bogey design for 44 Vande Bharat trains, which are in the making, is being finalised now and the design, shells and all other items required for manufacturing the coaches would be the same for the 58 trains also.
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While 44 Vande Bharat trains will be equipped with seating arrangements and are meant for day-long journeys, the next batch of 58 trains would have seating as well as sleeper arrangements. These are likely to be pressed for overnight journeys.
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Unified logistics interface platform (ULIP) will further aid the efficient movement of goods. It will reduce logistics cost and time, and at the same time assist just-in-time inventory management and eliminate tedious documentation.
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The Bengaluru suburban project got a financial boost with the Union Budget allocating Rs 450 crore for the project.
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Funds have been allocated for the ongoing doubling and electrification process. A coaching depot has been assigned at Shivamogga for which an initial amount of Rs 30 crore has been assigned.
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Rs 265 crore has been allocated to the all-important Yeshwanthpur-Hosur section. Of this, Rs 140 crore has been allocated to Hosur-Baiyappana.
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Quadrupling of the Cantonment and Whitefield section. For this project, the railways have allocated around Rs 100 crores.
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Funds have been allocated for new lines of Gadag-Wadi, Shivamogga-Ranebennur, Belagavi-Dharwad, Rayadurga-Tumakuru and Kudachi-Bagalkot.
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Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Project: For the country’s first Bullet Train Project, connecting the cities of Ahmedabad and Mumbai, the state of Gujarat has acquired almost 100 percent of the private land required for the high-speed train project.
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According to the Land Reforms Commissioner, out of 736 hectares of private land that was to be acquired in Gujarat, only 6.6 hectares land is pending. Those that are pending are small plots.
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Bullet train corridor’s construction in Gujarat was progressing in all the eight districts of the state which includes the construction of pillars for the elevated corridor in the districts of Navsari and Valsad,
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construction of Surat station as well as Sabarmati terminal hub and development of bridges over Narmada and Mahi rivers.
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NH-44 from Hyderabad to Bengaluru, will be developed as a Super Information Road. Along with digital information system, the four-lane road will be expanded into a six-lane highway with an estimated cost of Rs 14,000 crore,
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The upcoming station in Surat will become the first station to be ready between Ahmedabad – Mumbai Bullet Train route for India’s first futuristic High Speed Rail project.
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As per the latest update, the work on two packages --Dobbaspet-Doddaballapur and Hoskote Road -- is going on. Currently, 20% of the work is completed. The NHAI plans to award bids to Hoskote to Tamil Nadu border stretch in March next year.
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Karnataka hgiven approvals to 120 multi-village water supply schemes that are estimated to cost Rs 11,542 crore, which are a part of the government's rush to provide functional tap connections to every rural household.
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NHAI and NHIDCL have so far constructed 7,500 km of national highways, and in the remaining two months, at least 2,500 km of highway construction is expected.
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m.economictimes.com/news/economy/i
Union Budget has made provision for Indian Railways to acquire 1,000 locomotives with 9,000 HP and 800 engines with 12,000 HP for hauling heavy load in the coming years to increase speed of freight trains.
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Food Corporation of India (FCI) in collaboration with the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) on Saturday flagged off a cargo vessel carrying around 200 tonnes of rice from Patna in Bihar to Pandu in Guwahati, Assam.
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Work for the 500 MW in NHPC Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project (2000MW) will be completed by August 2022,
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economictimes.indiatimes.com//industry/ener
10-lane Mysuru-Bengaluru Economic Corridor is on the right track and it will be completed by Oct 2022. 80% of the ambitious 117.3 km expressway has been completed.
By May 2022, the first phase (56.2 km) from Bengaluru to Nidaghatta in Mandya district will be ready
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The second phase (61.104 km) from Nidaghatta to Mysuru will be completed by September 2022.
NHAI Officer said that 83 percent of the Phase-I (Bengaluru to Nidaghatta) has been completed and 78 percent of the Phase-II (Nidaghatta to Mysuru) has been completed.
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An elevated highway has been built on the road from the Rajarajeshwari Medical College to Christ University in the Bengaluru-Nidaghatta section with four bridges. Over 85% of the elevated section is completed and 3 bridges are ready. The fourth bridge is being readied.
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Also, a 3.38-km elevated highway is coming up at Maddur and one more that extends up to 275 metres is coming up at Srirangapatna. The foundation and casting work have been completed and works are on to erect the segment and wings.
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The four-lane 93-km Srirangapatna-Guddehosur (near Kushalnagar in Kodagu) National Highway parallel to the existing NH-275 will be constructed in two packages and works will begin in May or June this year.
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Chennai, Rolling out 400 Vande Bharat Express trains is about Rs 40,000 crore of business coupled with jobs and other spin-off benefits, said senior officials --present and past -- of Indian Railways
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economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/trans
The East West corridor project of Metro Railway in Kolkata has been allocated Rs 1,100 crore in the 2022-23 union budget, a hike of around 22.22 per cent from the current fiscal
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Gross Budget Allocation for Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) in 2002-23 is Rs 11428.86 crore, which is 44 percent more than previous year’s allotment.
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economictimes.indiatimes.com//industry/tran
State-run SJVN Ltd is looking to develop 10,000 MW solar power projects entailing investment of Rs 50,000 crore in the next five years in Rajasthan.
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m.economictimes.com/industry/renew
The technology service providers will use AI, ML, blockchain and Internet of Things in the power distribution sector to analyse data to be available via implementation of metering of consumers, transformers and feeders in distribution areas.
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The state Cabinet gave administrative approval for the Bengaluru Peripheral Ring Road (PRR) project. It has approved calling tenders for the project.
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It has decided to lease out the PRR for 50 years to a private firm, which will be in charge of land acquisition, construction and maintenance before transferring it to the government after the lease period.
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deccanherald.com/amp/state/karn
The Road Transport & Highways Ministry has sanctioned highway projects of about Rs 3,36,661 crore during the three years to 2020-21. TIme for the completion of a project is generally kept two-three years from the date of the award.
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m.economictimes.com/news/economy/i
Bids invited for Electrification of #Mysuru - #Hassan railway line
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About 85% of the land required for executing BSRP is already already available. The process of acquiring the remaining land is advanced. Tenders for physical work are at different stages of finalisation. Approximately Rs 103.8 crore has been spent on BSRP till Jan 31.
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Union railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday said there is no delay in the Bengaluru Suburban Rail Project. (K-RIDE), the implementing agency for BSRP, is committed to it within the stipulated period of six years.
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AAI and other airport developers have targeted capital outlay of approximately Rs 91000 crore in airport sector in the next five years for expansion and modification of existing terminals, new terminals and strengthening of runways.
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swarajyamag.com/infrastructure
14 construction firms have submitted bids to construct 38.2 km Package 2 of the Solapur-Kurnool-Chennai Economic Corridor (NH-150C), which forms the southern section of what’s known as Surat – Chennai Expressway.
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As the ball gets rolling on Phase 2A, the casting of the first U-girder on the Outer Ring Road (ORR) line commences. This would be the first time that Namma Metro will utilise this technology to expedite the work.
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BMRCL’s decision to utilise the technology is expected to speed the work on the stretch. an entire U-girder can be built overnight while a box-girder takes roughly 5 to 6 days for the same stretch. This also allows laying of tracks immediately.
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bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/othe
The Rail Infrastructure Development Company (Karnataka) Limited (K-RIDE) has said that the on-ground work for the Bengaluru Suburban Rail project will begin by March-end. The project is budgeted at a whopping Rs 15,767 crore.
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4 construction firms have submitted a total of 7 bids to construct first two packages of the 230 km Amas – Darbhanga Expressway.
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The 3.750-kilometre-long (2.330 mi) Munger-Ganga bridge, constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 2,776 crore will connect Munger-Jamalpur twin cities to Begusarai, Khagaria, and various districts of north Bihar.
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The 3.750-kilometre-long (2.330 mi) Munger-Ganga bridge, constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 2,776 crore will connect Munger-Jamalpur twin cities to Begusarai, Khagaria, and various districts of north Bihar.
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Egis – Louis Berger – AECOM JV on February 2 emerged as the preferred bidder for the General Consultant (GC) contract of the 149.348 km Bengaluru Suburban Rail project
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Nine construction firms have submitted bids for the new terminal building of Saharanpur Airport in UP.
Saharanpur’s 2000 sq m new terminal will be located on a 65 acre land parcel within the operational Sarsawa Air Force Station
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Chennai on Thursday (26 May) to launch multiple development projects worth over Rs 31,500 crore. PM Modi will dedicate to the nation five projects worth over Rs 2,960 crore in Chennai.
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The 75 km long Madurai-Teni (Railway Gauge Conversion Project), built at a project cost of over Rs 500 crore, will facilitate access and give a boost to tourism in the region.
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The 30 km long third railway line between Tambaram-Chengalpattu, built at a project cost of over Rs 590 crore, will facilitate running of more suburban services, thus offering greater options and enhancing comfort for the travellers, the PMO said.
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The 115 km long Ennore-Chengalpattu section and 271 km long Thiruvallur-Bengaluru section of ETBPNMT natural gas pipeline, built at a project cost of around Rs 850 crore and Rs 910 crore respectively
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PM Modi will also lay the foundation stone of six projects, being built at a cost of over Rs 28,540 crore. The projects include 262 Km long Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway, which will be built at a cost of over Rs 14,870 crore.
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The four Lane double decker elevated road connecting Chennai Port to Maduravoyal (NH-4), of about 21 Km in length, will be built at a cost of over Rs 5,850 crore.
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The 94 km long 4 lane Neraluru to Dharmapuri section of NH-844 and 31 km long 2 lane with paved shoulders of Meensurutti to Chidambaram section of NH-227, being built at a cost of around Rs 3,870 crore and Rs 720 crore respectively.
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The foundation stones for redevelopment of five Railway stations: Chennai Egmore, Rameswaram, Madurai, Katpadi and Kanniyakumari, will also be laid during the programme.
This project will be completed at a cost of over Rs 1800 crore.
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The programme will also witness inauguration of 1,152 houses constructed as part of Light House Project - Chennai, built at a cost of Rs 116 crore under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban.
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Prime Minister will also lay the foundation stone of a Multi Modal Logistic Park at Chennai worth around Rs 1,430 crore. It will provide seamless intermodal freight movement and also offer multiple functionalities.
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CBRE South Asia, has been appointed as the advisor for the development of Multi-modal Logistics Parks across five key locations including Mumbai, Chennai, Silchar, Coimbatore and Hyderabad.
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m.economictimes.com/industry/servi
The Eastern Railway has achieved 100 per cent electrification of its 2,848 km network with the completion of work in the 41 km Hansdiha-Godda section.
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State-owned SJVN Ltd inked a pact with Tata Power Solar Systems to build a 1,000 MW solar project worth Rs 5,500 crore in Bikaner, Rajasthan. The Rs 5,500 crore-EPC contract is the country's biggest solar contract awarded till date.
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economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/renew
The ICF is planning to manufacture around 10 trains per month and eventually, the RCF-Kapurthala and the Modern Coach Factory in Rae Bareilly will also start manufacturing these coaches to meet the target of 400 Vande Bharat trains in next 3 years
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m.economictimes.com/industry/trans
To increase its share in freight transportation from the present 27 per cent to 45 per cent by 2030, Indian Railways plans to roll out semi high-speed freight trains by 2022 end.
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India has achieved the milestone of 50 per cent of rural households having access to tap water connections, the Jal Shakti Ministry said on Saturday.
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economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/50-
The Centre is also developing 4,000 km of roads in the region at a total cost of Rs 58,000 crore.
There are 15 ongoing air connectivity projects in the northeast, costing around Rs 2,200 crore.
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The number of Indo-Bangladesh Protocol Routes have been increased to 10 from the existing eight.
Work is being carried out to develop the National Waterways on the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Barak rivers.
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The government is further developing the National Waterways-1 on the Ganges, NW-2 on Brahmaputra and NW-16 on Barak.
The entire area between Sadiya and Dhubri in Assam along the mighty Brahmaputra river is being developed for improved connectivity.
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Centre is building a multimodal hub on the Brahmaputra in Guwahati. This includes a ship repairing port at Pandu, four tourist jetties and 11 floating terminals.
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The Eastern Waterways Connectivity Transport Grid, once completed, will offer seamless connectivity not only between the northeast and rest of India but also in the sub-continent, she said.
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This will offer 5,000 km of navigable waterways. The Indian government together with the World Bank is offering big connectivity solutions by removing bottlenecks.
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The central government is also developing several projects focusing on power transmission and distribution, mobile network, 4G and broadband connectivity in the northeastern region
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Centre is carrying out 20 railway projects worth Rs 74,000 crore for 2,011 km, which are spread across the northeast.
Centre is implementing various rail, road and air connectivity projects worth Rs 1,34,200 crore in the northeast.
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Union government plans to develop Paradip port in Odisha into a mega port with various projects involving Rs 3,004.63 crore.
It includes the development of the new Western Dock on a BOT basis and capital dredging by the selected concessionaire.
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Adani Hybrid Energy Jaisalmer One Limited (AHEJOL), a subsidiary of Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL), has commissioned a 390 MW wind-solar hybrid power plant in Rajasthan.
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The Adani Group is in talks with the State Bank of India (SBI) to raise about Rs 12,000 crore in long-term project loans that would be utilised to build the Ganga Expressway.
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m.economictimes.com/news/economy/i
State-owned Gail India plans to invest ₹26,000 crore in its renewables portfolio by 2030. By 2030, around 50,000 tonnes per annum of hydrogen will be available, of which 35,000 tpa will be subject to how things pan out after 18 months
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economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/renew
India’s first semi-high speed freight train ‘Gati Shakti’ is expected to start by December. These trains will be manufactured at the ICF in Chennai as well as these trains will have 16 coaches and can run at a speed of 160 kmph
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The Uttar Pradesh government has proposed a budget of Rs 747 crore for Kanpur Metro and a budget of Rs 547 crore for Agar Metro whereas a budget of Rs 100 crore is proposed for Metro projects in Gorakhpur and Varanasi.
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The tender process for the construction of Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor Tunnel (HORC) will be completed by the month of December during the current financial year. Tenders will be invited during the month of July.
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Four railway projects are successfully mapped in the NMP portal under high impact projects which will be developed in the states of Jharkhand and Odisha and will facilitate movement of coal with rapid logistics and wider connectivity for all the commercial miners,
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Ministry of Coal has undertaken 13 railway projects to develop multimodal connectivity and identified missing infrastructure gaps for each projects.
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In April 2023, the cumulative capital spending of all departments and ministries was Rs 78,925 crore, 67.5% more than the Rs 47,126 crore spent in the same month a year earlier.
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The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has a capital expenditure budget of Rs 1.18 lakh crore in the current fiscal year. It spent Rs 40,318 crore in April, almost 21% of the annual target.
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The Ministry of Railways spent ₹18,199 crore in April, which is 13% of its annual capital expenditure budget of ₹1.37 lakh crore. Last year in April, the rail ministry spent Rs 13,000 crore on the capital account.
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m.economictimes.com/news/economy/f
The first-ever broad gauge line will come up from India to Bhutan at an estimated cost of Rs 1,000 crore.
#Infra indiainfrahub.com/2022/railways/
Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) is seeking EoI for setting up a grid-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) with a capacity up to 10 MWh at 33 KV sub-stations in the jurisdiction of DHBVN.
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NCRTC has completed 41 km of pier construction from a total of 82-km long Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS Corridor.
The corridor has around 70 km elevated with 12 km section underground.
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About 2,800 piers are to be constructed for the entire elevated section of the corridor from which around 1,700 piers have already been constructed.
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indiainfrahub.com/2022/metrorail
Bundelkhand Expressway in Uttar Pradesh is likely to be inaugurated in the first week of July as over 95 per cent work has been completed on the project.
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indiainfrahub.com/2022/roads/utt
Tata Projects Ltd. (TPL), the infrastructure and construction arm of the Tata group, has selected to undertake the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) of Noida International Airport (NIA) at Jewar, Uttar Pradesh.
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indiainfrahub.com/2022/aviation/
The Municipal Administration Department, as part of its continued effort to enhance Telangana’s infrastructure, is gearing up to build a metro rail connection between Raidurg and Hyderabad International Airport.
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Additionally, the department plans to build an Elevated Bus Rapid Transit System (EBRTS) from KPHB to Kokapet, as well as 15 bridges over the Musi River.
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It plans to lay a 21-km cycle track on ORR with solar-covered roofing. It will be a 4.5-meter wide track between the main carriageway and service road from Nanakramguda to TSPA and Narsingi to Kollur covered with solar panels.
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The land acquisition in Khed tehsil which was put on hold is expected to start again as the MRIDCL has now submitted a revised railway track alignment plan for the proposed Pune-Nashik high-speed train.
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The last leg of tunnelling from Swargate to Budhwar Peth underground stretch of the Pune metro project was completed on 4th Jun 2022. This milestone achieved signifies completion of 100% tunnelling work of the total 12km underground tunnel length.
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Following completion of the doubling line between Yelahanka & Penukonda -- an important route linking Bengaluru & Secunderabad -- in March this year, more goods trains are being run, and there is good improvement in punctuality of passenger trains
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Over 90 per cent of the total land required for the ambitious Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project spread across Gujarat, Maharashtra and the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli has been acquired
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m.economictimes.com/industry/trans
Indian Railway (IR) has been planning to replace Shatabdi and intercity express with next-generation Vande Bharat trains which will reduce the travelling time between places on all important routes of the country.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for the Rs 15,000-crore Bengaluru suburban railway project on June 20, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Monday.
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Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday (7 June) inaugurated and laid foundation stones of 15 National Highway projects worth Rs 13,585 crore in Patna and Hajipur in Bihar.
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Most of dedicated freight corridor tracks, over 90%, will be operational in next one year by June 2023. Around 2750 route kilometres (RKM) of the Eastern and Western DFC will be ready by then, another 100 RKM is expected to be left for completion,
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m.economictimes.com/industry/trans
Presently there are up to 100 trains running on WDFC and 60 on EDFC. Numbers of trains are likely to rise to 125-150 trains on WDFC and over 100 on EDFC by June 2023,
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Freight movement from ports in Gujarat to Delhi has already been cut down by a day. The biggest gainer by June next year will be coal and food grain movement will be in EDFC and Export-Import traffic on the WDFC will get a boost.
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9 firms have bid for preparing a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the Ghaziabad Kanpur Expressway in Uttar Pradesh after the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) opened technical bids today.
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themetrorailguy.com/2022/06/08/9-b
5 construction firms today submitted bids to construct the 37.386 km Package 3 of the 121.786 km Shamli – Ambala Expressway project in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana.
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themetrorailguy.com/2022/06/10/5-b
The fourth-largest city in Gujarat, Rajkot, may soon get a new greenfield airport as the progress of the total project reaches 45 per cent, with runway work reaching 80 per cent completion stage.
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The Union shipping ministry has entrusted Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Calcutta, with the responsibility to prepare a detailed project report for a transhipment hub in Great Nicobar.
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telegraphindia.com/business/syama
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Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port asked to prepare report on Nicobar hub
Bengaluru’s first waterway project at Koramangala is almost 70 per cent complete and may be inaugurated by August 15. The project was designed along the lines of the Sabarmati waterway in Gujarat at a cost of Rs 175 crore.
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bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/othe
Tata Power Solar on Wednesday said it has commissioned a 450 MW capacity solar plant for Brookfield Renewable India in Rajasthan, which entails setting up more than 800,000 modules.
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thehindubusinessline.com/companies/tata
Under the First Corridor (between IIT-Kanpur and Naubasta) of Kanpur Metro Rail Project, the first Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) segment was lowered in the launching shaft constructed at Bada Chauraha on Sunday.
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Axis Energy Ventures India on Saturday said it has commissioned a 445 MW solar plant in partnership with Brookfield Renewables in Rajasthan.
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m.economictimes.com/industry/renew
CIDCO has handed over the cleared land to the airport’s concessionaire and is working on rehabilitating over 5,000 families affected by the clearance.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2022/aviation/
Investment in renewable energy in India touched a record US$14.5 billion in the last financial year (FY2021-22), an increase of 125 per cent compared to FY2020-21 and 72 per cent over pre-pandemic FY2019-20
#Infra
India added 15.5 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy capacity in FY2021-22, which brings the total installed renewable capacity (excluding large hydro) to 110GW as of March 2022.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2022/energy/in
The first phase is set to be completed by the end of this year and is expected to boost religious tourism in the holy city and eventually the district's economy
#Infra
infra.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/railways/
As an approach towards multimodal infrastructure, the Ministry of Railways will soon be creating 100 cargo terminals that have easier connectivity with roads and ports.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2022/railways/
India's power demand this year has jumped by a record 40,000-45,000 MW per day as an intense heat wave sweeps through northern parts of the country, the economy expands, and electricity reaches millions of unelectrified homes.
#Infra
India's electricity demand on June 9 was recorded at an all-time high of 2,10,792 megawatts, and 4,712 million units of electricity were consumed.
#Infra
In 8 years, 1,69,000 MW of capacity was added to take electricity generation capacity to over 4,00,000 MW (or 400 gigawatts). Against this, the peak demand is just 215 GW.
#Infra
Earlier, we could transfer about 37,000 MW (of electricity) from one corner to the other. Now we can transfer 1,12,000 MW. India is the world's largest single frequency electricity grid
#Infra
economictimes.com/industry/energ
Assam government will set up Joint Venture Company (JVC) with Neyveli Lignite Corporation (now NLC India Ltd) to produce one GW plus solar power with an investment of Rs 5000 Crore.
#Infra
m.economictimes.com/industry/renew
The cabinet also cleared a proposal to allot 2,397.54 hectares of land in Jaisalmer for 1,000 MW solar power project to be set up by Adani Renewable Energy Holding Four Ltd.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/infrastructure
The new bridge on River Ganga connecting Sahibganj in Jharkhand with Manihari in Bihar is slated to be completed by October 2024. This six km long bridge, will reduce travel distance to just 1/10th of the present one.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/infrastructure
Picking up speed, the work in both eastern and western Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFC) is going ahead to complete the ambitious project by June 2023, the new target set by the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation (DFCC) of India.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/news-brief/wor
The travel time between Jaipur & Chandigarh will be reduced by ~4 hours and travelling from southern parts of Haryana to Chandigarh will take barely 2-3 hours as NHAI is set to open a 227 km new alignment and greenfield link on this corridor.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/amp/story/news
The first train set of the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) arrived at the Duhai depot in Ghaziabad on Monday from Savli in Gujarat
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/trans
The Indian Railways has planned doubling the capacity of overhead power lines to ensure that newer trains such as the Vande Bharat express can ply comfortably.
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/trans
The trial runs of the two Purple Line extensions — Byappanahall - Whitefield and Kengeri- Challaghatta — will commence from September-October. On the Byappanahalli-Whitefield section, trial run between KR Puram and Whitefield will begin first.
#Infra
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/92
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has said the project for the construction and maintenance of a Cable Stayed Bridge across River Chambal on Kota Bypass on NH-76 of East-West Corridor in Rajasthan is completed,
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/amp/story/infr
ITD Cementation India and HG Infra Engineering last week were awarded 2 sub-contracts by Adani Enterprises for constructing a portion of the 594 km Ganga Expressway between Meerut and Prayagraj.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2022/06/15/itd
Afcons Infrastructure last week officially launched construction work on Delhi Metro’s 23.622 km Silver Line which will connect Aerocity – Tughalakabad via 16 stations.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2022/06/15/afc
Ten firms have shown interest to prepare the detailed project report (DPR) for the 37-km metro line that will link Sarjapur and Hebbal.
#Infra
deccanherald.com/amp/city/benga
In order to attract non-bulk freight, the railways is launching time-tabled parcel trains for white goods with the aim to tap e-commerce players.
#Infra swarajyamag.com/news-brief/ind
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the second terminal (T2) of Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in the first week of October 2022.
#Infra swarajyamag.com/infrastructure
With the much-touted National Highway (NH)-140 nearing completion, the travel time between Bengaluru and Tirupati is set to be cut shorter.
#Infra
bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/othe
South Central Railway on Saturday (Jun 11) floated a tender for the redevelopment of Secunderabad railway station at an estimated cost of about Rs 653 crore
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2022/railways/
IRB Infrastructure Developers has achieved financial closure for Group 1 of the greenfield Ganga Expressway in Uttar Pradesh.
The 594 km long and six-lane Ganga expressway has been divided into four groups to expedite work.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2022/roads/gan
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate to the nation the main tunnel and five underpasses of the Pragati Maidan Integrated Transit Corridor Project on Sunday (19 June).
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2022/urbanisat
The works on upgrading the Mysore Airport has begun with an estimated cost of Rs. 1,820 crore and the State Government has released Rs. 319.13 crore for land acquisition to increase the Airport runway length.
#Infra
starofmysore.com/mysore-airport
Gulermak – Sam India Builtwell JV this Sunday began lowering parts of tunnel boring machine S93 (TBM Ganga) at Bada Chauraha Station for tunneling the first 3.619 km underground section of the 32.4 km Kanpur Metro Phase 1 project.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2022/06/17/glm
Tunnel Boring Machine S-839 operated by ITD Cementation India last week recorded a “hidden” breakthrough at Tannery Road Station on Bangalore Metro’s 21.386 km Pink Line which will connect Nagawara – Kalena Agrahara through 18 stations.
#Infra
themetrorailguy.com/2022/06/17/ban
themetrorailguy.com/2022/06/17/ban…
Bangalore Metro’s TBM Tunga Makes Breakthrough at Tannery Station
India's power demand this year has jumped by a record 40,000-45,000 MW per day as an intense heat wave sweeps through northern parts of the country, the economy expands, and electricity reaches millions of unelectrified homes.
#Infra
A massive addition in the generation capacity, integrating the country into one transmission grid and strengthening of the distribution system during eight years of the Modi government is ensuring the 23 to 23.5 hours of electricity supply.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/infrastructure
PM Modi dedicated and laid the foundation stone of various railway projects worth over Rs 16,000 crore. These include dedication to the nation of 357 Km long New Palanpur-Madar Section of Dedicated Freight Corridor;
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Gauge Conversion of 166 Km long Ahmedabad–Botad Section; electrification of 81 Km long Palanpur-Mitha Section, among others.
PM Modi will also laid the foundation stone of redevelopment of Surat, Udhna, Somnath and Sabarmati Stations.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/infrastructure
PM Modi will lay the foundation stone of Bengaluru Suburban Rail Project. The project, which is to be built at a cost of over Rs 15,700 crore, envisages four corridors with a total route length of over 148 km.
#Infra
The Prime Minister will also lay the stone of redevelopment of Bengaluru Cantt. and Yesvantpur Junction railway station to be developed at a cost of around Rs 500 crore and Rs 375 crore respectively.
#Infra
The Prime Minister will also flag off electric trains from Udupi, Madagaon and Ratnagiri as part of launching the 100 per cent electrification of the Konkan railway line (about 740 km) from Roha (Maharashtra) to Thokur (Karnataka).
#Infra
PM Modi will launch two railway line doubling projects – Arsikere to Tumkuru (around 96 km) and Yelahanka to Penukonda (around 120 km) – by flagging off passenger trains and MEMU service respectively.
#Infra
PM Modi will also lay the foundation stone of two sections of the Bengaluru Ring Road project to mitigate traffic congestion in the city. PM will also lay the stone of other road projects such as six-laning of Nelamangala-Tumkur section of NH-48;
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Widening of Punjalkatte-Charmadi section of NH-73; rehabilitation and upgradation of a section of NH-69. The cumulative cost to be incurred is about Rs 3,150 crore.
#Infra
Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone of the Coaching terminal for sub-urban traffic at Naganahalli Railway Station that will be developed at a cost of over Rs 480 crore.
#Infra
PM Modi will also lay the stone of Multi Modal Logistics Park, which is being developed at Muddalinganahalli, about 40 km from Bengaluru at a cost of about Rs 1,800 crore.
#Infra
indianexpress.com/article/cities
The estimated cost of the project is Rs 467.8 crore (Rs 395.73 crore will be spent for remodelling Mysuru yard and Rs 92.07 crore for Naganahalli yard). The Mysuru railway station is set to get a third entry.
#Infra
The third entry will have facilities like three additional platform lines, four additional pit lines, four additional stabling lines and an additional shunting neck. These facilities will decongest the existing entry & ease the passenger movement.
#Infra
bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/othe
The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has launched the first ever U Girder on the ORR-Airport line. The first U Girder span was placed between two pillars near Bagmane Tech Park on Saturday night.
#Infra
thehindu.com/news/national/
Railway infrastructure across Karnataka has been significantly enhanced.
#Infra
Bangalore Suburban railways finally coming to fruition.
#Infra
Road projects being developed in Karnataka
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MMLP in Karnataka
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New Coaching Train complex in Mysuru.
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The German state-owned investment and development bank KfW Bankengruppe has committed to fund €500 million (Rs 4,000 crore) for the Bengaluru Suburban Rail Project (BSRP).
#Infra
deccanherald.com/amp/city/top-b
Following the handover of the entire 1,160 hectares of land required for the Navi Mumbai International Airport, Adani group has commenced work on its Terminal 1 and the runway in an attempt to meet the 2024 deadline.
#Infra
infra.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/aviation/
4 laning of Road from Huballi towards Gadag is almost completed. The 4 laning is part of Hubballi to Hospet Highway 4-lane upgradation project.
#Infra
hubballidharwadinfra.com/4-laning-of-ga
Bengaluru is set to get four more flyovers, including one in the heart of the city, at a cost of Rs 404 crore. The funds have come from the state government’s Amruth Nagarothana scheme.
#Infra
One of the flyovers will link Hudson Circle to Minerva Circle. Shelved for a long time, the project will finally see the light of day as officials earmarked Rs 20.64 crore for it.
#Infra
Another Rs 130 crore has been set aside for a flyover that will connect Kanakapura Road and Sarakki Signal via Ilyas Nagar, Sindhoor Junction and 36th Cross along the Outer Ring Road. The flyover will be 1.2 km long, up from the earlier 430 metres.
#Infra
Rs 40.50 crore will be spent on an elevated corridor that will integrate Ittamadu Junction, Food World and Kamakya Junction along the Outer Ring Road.
#Infra
A further Rs 30.64 crore has been allocated for building an additional flyover at the Basaveshwara Nagar junction along the West of Chord Road.
#Infra
deccanherald.com/amp/city/benga
The #WorldBank has approved a loan of USD 245 million to support India’s efforts to modernize rail freight and logistics infrastructure, the international financial institution has said in a statement.
#Infra
livemint.com/news/india/ind
With 88 per cent completion of deck launching, Chenab bridge will soon bring all weather rail connectivity to Kashmir
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/trans
The Indian Railways is eyeing a significant upgrade of track infrastructure near mines that will be focused on coal bearing regions for expeditious transportation as the country grapples with spike in power demand.
#Infra
In line with this approach, the South East Central Railway (SECR) zone has been tasked with developing 14 projects that are at sanctioning stage. These new lines will cover a distance of over 2985 track kms.
#Infra
Other key projects include the commissioning the first phase of the Angul-Balarampur link. This new line is targeted to be completed by this month end.
#Infra
Another significant project is the inner corridor of 14 kilometres (km) at Augul in the first phase followed by 54 km rail link of Balaram - Jarapada - Putagadia in the second phase.
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/trans
Global players including Alstom, Siemens, Hitachi, Stadler Rail, Wabtec and Arco have evinced interest in developing a new locomotive facility for the Indian Railways at an estimated investment of ₹20,000 crore in Dahod, Gujarat.
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/trans
The Railways will armour 3,000 km of its network covering the Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Howrah routes with the protection system Kavach at an estimated cost of Rs 1000 crore to prevent train collisions
#Infra
economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/trans
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has given his staff one year to do all the tasks associated with the Hubballi-Dharwad Smart City project.
#Infra
In Tumakuru and Dharwad, specific investment zones are being created. As soon as the project receives environmental clearance, the Hubballi-Ankola railway project will begin.
#Infra
We are intending to launch implementation of Tumakuru-Davanagere and Dharwad-Belagavi railway projects this year.
#Infra
livemint.com/news/india/hub
Ganga Path development project, which includes a 20.5km long four-lane expressway between Digha to Didarganj in Patna. In the second phase, the road will be extended by around 18km to Fatuha, an important industrial centre 24km east of Patna.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2022/roads/jp-
Currently, metro rail projects of about 1,400 km worth Rs 2,00,000 crore are under approval/proposal stage, it will translate into around Rs 80,000 crore business opportunity for the civil construction industry,
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2022/metrorail
Extending support to the modernisation efforts of Indian Railways, the World Bank has approved a $245 million loan to support India’s initiatives to modernise rail freight and logistics infrastructure.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2022/railways/
A key milestone in Bengaluru Metro’s KR Puram to KIA Line was achieved on Friday night when the maiden pile cap was completed for the Bagalur Cross Metro station.
#Infra
newindianexpress.com/cities/bengalu
Nitin Gadkari, Union minister for road transport and highways, on Monday inaugurated and laid foundation stone for nine national highways projects worth ₹1,357 crore in Rajasthan which will boost connectivity and ease travelling in the region.
#Infra
Gadkari also said the two-lane Sriganganagar to Raisinghnagar on NH-911 and the Sriganganagar reinforcement from Suratgarh on NH-62 will make it easier to reach the international border and the military station on both sides of the road.
#Infra
About 25 new bypasses were also announced in Rajasthan at a cost of ₹5,000 crore. Besides, a provision of ₹200 crore has been made for road over bridges, ₹900 crore has been sanctioned in CRIF, & ₹700 crore in Setubandhan Yojana for Rajasthan
#Infra
livemint.com/news/india/gad
Upon completion, the port will catapult India among countries with the top 10 container ports in the world. JNPT and Maharashtra Maritime Board will execute the project jointly. The port is part of the NDA Government's ambitious Sagarmala program.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/infrastructure
A state-of-the-art tunnel boring machine has started tunnelling work in the direction of Sahibabad from Anand Vihar station on the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/infrastructure
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday said that the work on the Dharwad-Belagavi via Kittur railway project, which will reduce the journey time to Belagavi, will be launched soon after land acquisition process is complete.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/infrastructure
All decks have been cleared for MEMU trains to run on the electrified track between Yelahanaka and Devanahalli, which also connects Kempegowda International Airport (KIA), and services to KIA will begin soon.
#Infra
thehindu.com/news/cities/ba
The Ministry of Steel has on boarded itself on PM GatiShakti Portal (National Master Plan portal) with the help of Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics (BiSAG-N).
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The geo location of all the mines of these CPSEs under the administrative control of Ministry of Steel are also in the process of being uploaded.
#Infra
In future, with the geo locations, it is also planned to upload other relevant attributes like production capacity, product details etc. of all the units or mines.
#Infra
Ministry of Steel, in line with the goal of PM GatiShakti, has identified 38 high impact projects to develop multimodal connectivity and bridge the missing infrastructure gaps,
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/amp/story/busi
Bengaluru Metro's tunnel boring machine (TBM), 'Urja', which was tunnelling on its second drive from Cantonment to Pottery Town is all set to have its breakthrough on Thursday. It has taken 190 days to complete tunnelling the stretch of 907 meters
#Infra
newindianexpress.com/cities/bengalu
A new suburban corridor between Panvel-Karjat (28 route km), a new elevated corridor between Airoli-Kalwa (3 route km ), quadrupling of Virar-Dahanu Road (63 route km),
#Infra
Procurement of 565 new coaches and trespass control measures in mid sections have been taken up under Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP) Phase-3.
#Infra
Gas pipeline grid would be developed in the eight states of the North-Eastern region, ie, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura.
#Infra
The total length of the pipeline to be made available under the North East Gas Grid is 1,656 km, and its tentative project cost is Rs 9,265 crore.
#Infra
464-km-long expressway passing through Chhattisgarh, Odisha and northern Andhra Pradesh, connecting the port city of Visakhapatnam with industrial centre Raipur. It is estimated to cost Rs 20,000 crore.
#Infra
Sulwade-Jamphal-Kanoli Lift Irrigation Scheme in Maharashtra.
This scheme envisages lifting 9.24 TMC of flood water from river Tapi in 124 days of monsoon season. It is proposed to irrigate 33,367 hectares of about 100 villages in the Dhule district.
#Infra
The project involves laying a 391-km-long natural gas pipeline from Kakinada to Srikakulam via Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.
It is an extension to the 667km long Kakinada–Vijayawada–Nellore pipeline.
#Infra
The first phase of NTPC's Patratu Super Thermal Power Project in Jharkhand involves building a 2,400 MW power generation capacity.
#Infra
This project involves building a four-lane divided highway from Melur to Karaikudi in Tamil Nadu. The estimated project cost for this 45.8 km long highway is Rs 767.59 crore.
#Infra
The 165-km-long rail line was sanctioned in 2007-08 as part of the 247 km long Mahabubnagar (Telangana)-Munirabad (Karnataka) railway line.
#Infra
swarajyamag.com/amp/story/infr
The Railways is floating a tender worth Rs 26,000 crore for manufacturing 200 Vande Bharat trains with aluminium coaches as the bidding documents for the light weight semi-high speed trains have been finalised.
#Infra
indiainfrahub.com/2022/railways/
Lakshmisha K S
@lakshmishaks
Founder - Namo Brigade, Ex-Management Consultant, Amateur Economist, NITK-Surathkal, XLRI alumnus
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