In an exclusive interview with CW, Jayesh Ranjan, Secretary, Department of IT, Electronics and Communication, Government of Telangana, talks to RAHUL KAMAT about how T-Hub, optic fibre network, Phase-2 of the metro and new sectors like aerospace and defence are attracting investments in the state.

Urbanisation is an inexorable process as far as India is concerned. The future of IndiaÆs growth lies in its cities and a large chunk of our gross domestic project (GDP) will come from urban centres. It goes without saying that our existing cities were never planned to deal with the exponential levels of population growth currently witnessed. What can be worse than witnessing civic resources being stretched beyond limits.

In India, the Central and the State Governments have worked on a wide range of sectorsùincluding roads, ports, telecommunication, power, water supply, waste management, tourism, industrial infrastructure, SEZ, township development, and health on a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) basis.

In an exclusive interview with INFRASTRUCTURE TODAY, Ajay Pandey, Managing Director, Group CEO of GIFT City, outlines how an ideal greenfield city should be.

In an interaction with INFRASTRUCTURE TODAY, Alkesh Kumar Sharma, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Delhi,Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMICDC) believes that the detailed planning of these cities addresses the distribution of social and physical infrastructure

Nirup Jayanth, Managing Director, Jurong Consultants (India) & Surbana Jurong Group, Singapore, opines that in a greenfiled city, flexibility and dynamism can be added to infrastructure development, by building in a modular and incremental manner with a cluster-based approach.

In an interview to INFRASTRUCTURE TODAY, Raj Kalady, Country Director, Project Management Institute (PMI), describes himself as a man in a hurry.

Speaking to INFRASTRUCTURE TODAY from Hong Kong, Sandhya Jane said that hiring of capable project managers could significantly contribute to executing public projects in a timely manner, preventing wastage of public money, and improving overall quality of life in India.

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