Indian Maritime Agenda 2020 estimates investments at about Rs 274,500 crore. The major challenge would be to create the shelf of projects to attract this level of investment, writes Vikash Sharda.
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Expertspeak: Now, to capitalise on ICTT
With globalisation, cross-border trade has grown monumentally and continues to acceÂlerate at a never-seen-before pace. India has one of the most rapidly expanding infrastructure privaÂtisation programmes among the developing countries
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Steering the growth
India's urban infrastructure is growing at a phenomenal pace, but due to improper urban planning in the past, growth is not able to match the pace of economic activities in the urban areas, says Kumar Ramesh.
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Landmark: Chennai Desalination
While Chennai city was implementing several water conservation measures, the scarcity in availability of water had to be addressed through augmentation of supply. It was in this context that the city turned to an alternative source - sea water
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JNNURM needs to be a programme, not a project
With the somewhat partial success of the first round of JNNURM, the Mission hopes to leverage the advantage of learning experiences, both of its success and stumbling blocks, as it gears up to address many more cities in the second round.
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Urban Transport would see improvements along with time
One size does not fit all. As such metro alone cannot be the MRTS solution for even the largest city as can be seen globally. BRTS and Metro are both MRTS solutions. Any of them (or mix of more than one) could be appÂlicable depending on
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Independent monitoring has improved ground action
Karnataka is poised to be the fourth most urbanised state. Shambhu Dayal Meena, Secretary, Municipalities & UDAs, Government of Karnataka, discusses with Shashidhar Nanjundaiah how the state will meet new challenges in urbanisation.
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Expertspeak: Un-wasted opportunities
For a growing nation of more than a billion people and rapidly expanding urban areas, solid waste management is an issue that demands a rapid, scientific and sustainable solution ,Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) management is
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Expertspeak: On matching expansion
Although a few airport projects were completed last year, most were by AAI. The tremendous pressure on the existing airport infrastructure is a reason why more private participation is needed,
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India as an emerging refining hub
In 2010, India’s total primary energy consumption was 433.3 million tonne of oil equivalent (mtoe), an increase of 5.6 per cent over 2009. Of this, 135 mt of oil contributed 31 per cent of the overall energy consumption,