In order to cater to the increasing traffic of import and export cargo, major and minor ports in the country are upgrading their infrastructure. Port authorities must focus specifically on increasing the depth of drafts, modernising cargo handling systems, upgrading rail and road connectivity besides increasing cargo handling capacity.
Author: admin (Infratructure Today)
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Manipur attributes delay in road works to bandhs
In Manipur, the delay in the development of roads was due to financial crunch, bandh, blockade and technically unavoidable circumstances faced by the department concerned, said the State Works Minister Kh Ratankumar.
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Govt not responsible for road project delays: Natarajan
Union Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan on January 8 said that there was no delay 'even for a day' in granting clearances from her Ministry. She dinied allegations that delay in getting a green nod is holding up road projects.
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C’batore faces funds crunch to maintain its roads
Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation has exhausted funds earmarked for repairing roads that were dug up to lay UGD pipelines. Work on more than 100 km of roads is pending in the city. So the mess on city roads due to the underground drainage (UGD) work is unlikely to be cleared in the near future.
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Micro-surfacing of Dehradun city roads starts
To provide pothole free and smooth roads to Dehradun commuters, the State Public Works Department (PWD) has started doing micro surfacing on the city roads. Since the mercury is favourable during day time, department is facing no problem to complete the ongoing work on time.
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MP takes up state-wide road repairs
Madhya Pradesh Public Works Department is taking all efforts to improve the condition of roads in the state and complete the ongoing repairing works of roads without any delay and compromise on quality. The act is on by keeping in view of the assembly election scheduled at the end of this year.
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Ministry gets request for full tax break on provisioning
At a pre-Budget meeting with Finance Minister P Chidambaram, several banks have sought full deduction for income-tax purposes on the provisions made by them for bad and doubtful debts. If the request is accepted by the government, it would benefit banks in a big way at a time when non-perfo
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ArcelorMittal to resume operation at blast furnace
According to a foreign newspaper, ArcelorMittal may resume operation at its second blast furnace in Dunkerque, France from mid January after it remained shut since August. The company originally shut down the blast furnace for maintenance but kept it closed owing to low demand. According to the firm, steel demand in Europe decli
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Steel firms may face ore shortage
Ratings agency India Ratings warned that domestic steel makers may continue to face inadequate availability of domestic iron ore in the short-to-medium term and may have to import for meeting their requirements. The agency feels that the domestic iron ore mining industry is undergoing a difficult phase given regulatory inter
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Promoter firms offload 6.38% stake in JSW Ispat
Through both off and on market transactions, 10 promoter group companies of JSW Ispat Steel offloaded 6.38 per cent stake in the firm for Rs 174.47 crore, according to a communication to the stock exchange. All the 10 promoter firms belong to Pramod and Vinod Mittal or their families, which held less than 20 per cent