It's not the scale alone that will drive costs in rail and especially metro rail, Rajeev Jyoti tells us: It's also standardisation and improved technology. The Indian Railways is currently visualising Dedicated Freight Corridors
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Landmark: Critically yours
22 December 2010 was an important day for Indian power: On that day, Adani Power commissioned first unit of 660 MW of Phase III of Mundra Power Project, the country's first unit based on supercritical technology.
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Case Study: Niagara Tunnel breaks barriers
In an ambitious project, an engineering landmark takes shape 140 m under the Niagara Falls in Canada. When finished, the project will increase output by about 1.6 billion kWh, enough to supply renewable energy to 160,000 homes.
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Case Study: Towards 25 years of carbon-free power
Lanco Solar recently integrated its 5 MW operating solar PV plant, out of 35 MW to be commissioned by end of 2011, to the grid in Gujarat. V Saibaba describes why this project fits into our landmark category
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Analysis: No minor task, this
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 acceĂÂlerate at a never-seen-before pace. India has one of the most rapidly expanding infrastructure privaĂÂtisation 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 appĂÂlicable depending on