Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) in a joint venture with DSD Brouckenbau GmbH, Germany and VNR Infrastructures, has bagÂged a Rs 987-crore order from the Northeast Frontier Railway to construct a rail-cum-road briÂdge
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Category: Railways & Metro Rail
Unity Infra bags orders
Unity Infraprojects has bagged orders worth Rs 403 crore. These include Rs 135.28 order from Rail Vikas Nigam Kolkata, Rs 83.81-crore contract from Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam, Gujarat,
Rail freight rate hike
The Railways' decision for a more than 15 per cent across-the-board hike in freight rates hit hard on the industry at the time of high inflation.
2 underpasses on Noida Extn route
The Noida Authority will soon begin construction of two underpasses on the Captain Shashikant Marg, which runs from the Noida City Centre towards Noida Extension.
Bangalore Metro inaugurated
The first section of the Bangalore metro, now branded Namma Metro, was opened by Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath on October 20.
India to get $975 mn WB loan for rail project
The World Bank (WB) has signed a $975 million loan agreÂement with the Indian government to build part of a massive freight railway line connecting north and eastern India. India is infusing huge investment into overhauling its ageing infrastructure network,
HCC achieves day-lighting of Pir Panjal tunnel
Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) achieved a major breakthrough of day-lighting the Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel, constructed in the rugged terrain of Pir Panjal Mountains in Jammu & Kashmir.
Mundra-Patli double-stack box train flagged off
The first double-stack container train between Mundra Port and Patli Inland Container Depot (ICD) in the National Capital Region (NCR) was flagged off on 21 October.The train was flagged off from Patli.
Work on Navi Mumbai Metro Rail begins
The much-awaited Navi Mumbai Metro Rail (NMMR) project is on track and foundation works for the first phase of line between Belapur and Pendhar has commenced, City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) said.
Metro and the city
How will upcoming metro rail systems respond to how an integrated system to ensure the city’s traffic and architecture is preserved or enhanced?Metro systems at present are being treÂated stanÂdaÂlone and not as cogs in a mobiÂlity wheel for a city. Cities are not able to integrate the transport serÂvices in the city because their is no single authority to manage all aspects of urban transport.

