The first PPP metro rail to be operational in India vindicates what some top experts have said all along as technical faults and financial difficulties have put a spanner in the works of what should have been a shining example.
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Category: Roads & Highways
Growth with responsibility
If growth is looked at as a number without relative comparison with the general life improvement of the common man, it remains an anomaly, an evasive terminology for showing
Maximise the working process
Ficep, who is active in the international arena for plate working machines and particularly for drilling lines, has introduced the 1203 DD ENDEAVOUR range of drilling machines.
A thought leader
Over the last 22 years, TV Sandeep Reddy as the Managing Director has contributed his rich academic expertise into developing Gayatri Projects Limited a leading construction company in India.
Top performer
PK Chandra, Whole Time Director & COO, McNally Bharat Engineering Co Ltd, comes with over 34 years of experience in various multinational and professionally managed companies located at Kolkata,
Banks shy of funding PPP projects in highways
Reports suggest that petroleum and natural gas and highways sectors witnessed maximum number of delayed projects owing to lack of funding or issues like statutory clearaĆĀnces.
More conditions to get bank funds for road projects
The Union Finance Ministry has cited some suggestions as part of its attempts to improve the risk management practices of the public sector banks (PSBs) with regard to the roads sector.
Govt to award 42 projects
The Union Minister of Shipping, GK Vasan informed that the government has set a target of awarding 29 PPP and 13 non-PPP projects involving capacity.
Karnataka roads maintenance
Karnataka government is to take up road repairs and maintenance work every five years once instead of 15 years once that was in practice hitherto,
NHAI to spend Rs 9,000 cr on projects
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is likely to spend at least Rs 9,000 crore in construction of two-and-half lane highways and this would be a breather to highway developers who were facing acute equity crunch.

