The high-powered schmoÂozing at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, has yielded a project to install solar-powered cell phone towers in India.
Author: admin (Infratructure Today)
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Airtel 3G service to cover all circles by March 2012
Bharti Airtel plans to take third-generation (3G) services to 1,500 cities in India by the March-end 2012.
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2nd Power Today Conference: Reforms and efficiency needed to fuel the decade
The 2nd Power Today conference, held in New Delhi on 21 January, was based on the theme 'Fuel to Power the Next Decade' and discussed where the fuel would come from, even as speaker after speaker expressed the belief that this decade would be a defining one for the power sector.
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Time to validate our systems
Let us herald the New Year with some heartening news for Indian infrastructure.
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Bumper to bummer
What our cities must get right before jumping to future transport options. “Why focus on urban transport?†asked a 2005 government presentation document, somewhat rhetorically.
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The basic problem among cities is in understanding problems and deciding priorities
Urban transport solutions need urban bodies to have negotiating expertise, but most of our cities—especially non-metros—do not have PPP expertise.
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Vox Pop: Should cities focus on bus transit systems?
As many of our cities grapple with more basic needs, they also need to also understand infrastructure needs, viabilities and economies of scale in their transport infrastructure.
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Public agencies in cities should participate in low cost housing projects on PPP
How do you make projects in low cost housing, a social necessity, also viable and attractive to large private companies?
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Open access regulations in power implemented
Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has implemented the regulations enabling power developers to obtain transmission corridors for open access in the medium-term.
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Indian equipment for UMPPs
A committee headed by Planning Commission member Arun Maira, studying the proposal to make it mandatory for bidders of future ultra mega power projects (UMPPs) to buy only Indian equipment is likely to submit its report soon.