The general body members of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) have rejected the Smart City proposal for the third time, reports the Times of India. The conditions cited to be included in the Smart City list are ´unacceptable and not in the best interest of the city´, these members said.
Author: admin (Infratructure Today)
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State transport firms boost bus sales
The Mint newspaper reports that over the past three months, India´s top three bus makers, Ashok Leyland, Tata Motors and VE Commercial Vehicles, have received orders for supplying 10,600 total units from various state transport undertakings.
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NHAI awards nearly Rs.4,000 cr highway projects in Karnataka
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has awarded two contracts worth Rs.3,918 crore in Karnataka under NHDP. The projects on NH 63 include ´four-laning of Hubli-Hospet section at Rs.2,293 crore to BSCPL-KNR (JV) and four-six laning of Hospet-Bellary-Karnataka/AP border Section for Rs.1,625 crore to Gammon India Ltd,´ the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways said.
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Dilip Buildcon bags NHAI contracts
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) awarded four-laning contract for the Lucknow-Sultanpur highway section in Uttar Pradesh to Dilip Buildcon.
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ADB to help Pune develop integrated transport policy
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed to finance the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) in conducting studies related to urban transport with an aim to reduce the effects of climate change and strengthen public transport, reports the Indian Express.
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Vadodara transport hub design to be remade
The Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) will make changes in the Multifunctional Transport and Commercial Hub in the station area proposed as part of the Smart City proposal.
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Odisha Transport Minister inaugurates ´Vision Zero´
Odisha Transport Minister, Ramesh Chandra Mahji inaugurated the first-ever session of ´India Vision Zero´, a conference to address the issue of increasing fatalities on Indian roads, on 18 September.
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Rs.14000 cr to spur electric car use
The Transport Ministry is analysing the most appropriate ways to implement a policy called FAME (Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electrical Vehicles. The Hindu reports that the introduction of hybrid and electrical vehicles in India will have positive spin-offs both for the economy as well as the environment.
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Embrace solar, Goyal tells industry
India´s power minister Piyush Goyal has called on the country´s power generators to cease coal imports if the nation is to come good on its ´One Nation, One Grid, One Price´ energy goal.
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Solar power generation at Cochin International Airport to be doubled
The solar power generation from Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL), the first fully solar energy powered airport in the world, will be almost doubled in five months.