Industry experts and global thought-leaders shared best practices and defined the future of infrastructure project delivery and asset performance at the ´Year in Infrastructure 2016´ conference in London, showcased by Bentley Systems. SUMIT BANERJEE takes a look at the proceedings.
Category: Roads & Highways
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Is infrastructure´s golden goose on the chopping block
The PPP way of creating infrastructure in India has waned. Things got compounded by inherent risks that were stacked up upon the private sector, resulting in a bouquet of heavily invested infra projects getting waylaid and now languishing due to delays and cost overruns
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There is a need for the regulator to get more teeth
Sandeep Upadhyay - MD & CEO, Centrum Infrastructure Advisory Ltd, says that a more consultative process involving the NHAI and all stakeholders, by giving due weightage to the lenders, would result in a win-win situation for infrastructure development in India.
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India has a well-developed PPP ecosystem
Sanjeev Kaushik, Deputy Managing Director, India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd, speaks on the challenges facing infra financing and the likely contours of the post-GST regime
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Major road safety initiative launched
A major road safety initiative has been launched, focussing on reducing the factor of human error in road accidents that claim more than a lakh lives in India annually.
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Vehicle sales to cross 3 million units
Passenger vehicle sales in India are poised to cross the 3 million unit milestone this financial year as new models and compact SUVs
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M&M launches electric vehicle range
Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) has launched the country´s first zero-emission electric cargo and passenger vans, eSupro, at a price of `8.45-8.75 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi).
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Car sales zoom 21% in September, Maruti leads pack
Carmakers recorded a speedy volume growth of 21 per cent (approximately) in September sales, thanks to the stock building exercise at dealerships ahead of the festive season, reports the Business Standard.
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India to be 5th largest car maker
The ongoing strike at Hyundai Motor´s South Korea facilities might just push India to the top 5 spot in global car production this year.
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Eliminate accident spots: Gadkari
Minister of Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari has said that the government is committed to reduce the number of road accidents by 50 per cent