ThatÂ’s precisely the theme of Infrastructure TodayÂ’s next edition. If readers recollect, Golden Quadrilateral, at 5,846 km, touted to be the largest highway project in India and the fifth longest in the world then took several years to complete
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Category: Roads & Highways
Rs 19,435 crore toll projects maybe at risk
The Bharatmala network designed on the shortest possible route connecting the origin and destination, though a well thought through and definitely a step in the right direction, is bound to impact the existing network by directly competing with a few stretches including some of the existing BOT (Toll) road projects.
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Delta Electronics India has launched its complete range of energy efficient electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions in India.
The Big Infra Opportunity
Stakeholders harp on the government's infrastructure push and expect construction orders of Rs.18 trillion in the next six years. This order inflow volume should support 12 to 15 per cent of industry-level execution of compound annual growth rate (CAGR).
Powerful moves ahead!
Infrastructure Today has completed yet another milestone with over 14 years of coverage on a sector which can make or break the India development story.
Sizeable Opportunities
The overall cost of expansion of the operational and approved metro projects under implementation is over Rs 2.5 lakh crore, and another Rs 2 lakh crore worth projects are in various stages of approval and are likely to come up for bidding in the next five years
Ambitious Target
The initiatives that will have a direct bearing on the pace of execution include awarding projects after securing 80 per cent right of way, expediting projects stuck midway, delegating the power to grant forest clearances to regional offices, filing online for clearances to construct road over bridges (ROBs) and road under bridges (RUBs) and increasing the limit on sand mining.
Traction Ahead!
The Railways has sizeable capex plans for the five year period 2015-19 involving a capital outlay of Rs.8.56 trillion. The annual capital outlay for FY2016-18 was increased significantly to meet the five-year targets. NITI Aayog has also finalised the three year action agenda (2018-20).
We will require 80,000 direct and 1.25 lakh indirect skilled workforce
For instance, out of the 111 identified National Waterways, 106 were conceived in 2016 alone. An assertive Nutan Guha Biswas, Chairperson, Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) is confident that the statutory agency will continue to exceed its performance in 2018.
We have Identified 10 HAM Projects for Ganga Rejuvenation
Most of the projects we have awarded are sewage treatment plants in various states. These plants use standard available technology.









