The Tamil Nadu State Highways Department is implementing road infrastructure improvement projects at a cost of Rs 10,000 crore. In 2012-13, the state had allocated Rs 2,262 crore for 4,943 km roads works and 150 infrastructure works. In the next 10 years, 2,000 km roads would be made into six-lane or eight-lane, 5,000 km roads would be made four-lane and all roads in the state would be at least two-lane at a cost of Rs 1.33 lakh crore.
Author: admin (Infratructure Today)
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nod for 2 road projects
The Union Cabinet approved proposals for two highway projects worth over Rs 5,000 crore. The Rs 2,015.6 crore highway project in Bihar will be implemented with financial assistance from Japan. The other one is four-lane 368.2-km-stretch in Odisha. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) also approved the implementation to four-lane the Patna-Gaya-Dobhi section in Bihar with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) loan assistance.
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Atlas copco among top sustainable companies
Atlas Copco today was again recognized as one of the most sustainable companies by the annual Global 100 list. The list, presented at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, ranks companies that show they are increasing productivity while using less resources. Atlas Copco is ranked 18th on the list.
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Terminals at Chennai airport opened
The new domestic and international terminals at the Chennai airport were opened for public use by Vice-President Hamid Ansari. The Airport Authority of India (AAI) built the terminals at a cost of Rs 2,000-crore to enhance capacity. The existing terminals had a capacity to handle six million domestic and three million international passengers.
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Indian Railways expects hike in budgetary support
The Indian Railways seeks increase in budgetary support for 2013-14 to Rs 38,000 crore from Rs 24,000 crore in the current financial year because of rise in diesel cost and a large number of pending projects.During the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17), Railways plans to invest Rs 5 trillion in capacity addition.
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DFCC awards Rs 33 bn project
Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation has issued letter of intent for the Rs 3,300 crore contract to set up rail track between Bhaupur and Khurja in U.P. to a consortium of Tata Projects and Spanish firm Aldesa. The consortium is expected to begin physical work on the 343-km rail track project, which is funded by the World Bank, from March-April.The 343-km project was sliced into three subsets, and the bidders had been qualified to bid for one, two or all three.
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Chennai metro rail seen by April 2014
The Chennai Metro Rail service may commence operĆĀation between the Koyambedu-St Thomas Mount stretch by March-end or early April 2014. By the end of November 2013, Chennai Metro Rail (CMRL) plans to test run a full-length four-car metro train with a functional signal system. By late August or early September, CMRL plans to put on trial the front car comprising the engine on the elevated corridor.
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Kochi metro SPV
In order to facilitate coordinated planning and implementation of the city's transportation network, Kochi Metro Rail (KMRL) plans to set up a special purpose vehicle (SPV). The SPV, which would be set up under the aegis of the Unified Metropolitan Authority, would focus on the development of Kochi city's waterways, which will be integrated with the proposed metro rail system.
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New UPS express service
For urgent, time sensitive and high value international heavyweight shipments, UPS has announced a new express air freight service, UPS Worldwide Express Freight. This new service is an extension of the UPS Worldwide Express package portfolio. Customers now can ship pallets over 70 kg as easily as packages exclusively within UPS's global air network from 37 origins to 41 destination countries.
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SER's freight load up
During the April-December 2012-13, freight loading by South Eastern Railway (SER) rose 4.56 per cent to 92.16 million tonne (mn t) as against 88.14 mn t during the year-ago period. Till December 2012, the performance of SER surpassed the target laid down by Railway Board. The division loaded 5.75 mn t more than the Railway Board target, an increase of 6.65 per cent.