Problems have arisen each time public welfare was ignored during project implementation under PPP, Ajay Saxena writes. Infrastructure through Public-Private Partnership (PPP) is a public service throÂugh private fund—a seeming contraÂdiction.
Category: Roads & Highways
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The brewing PPP dilemma
Problems have arisen each time public welfare was ignored during project implementation under PPP, Ajay Saxena writes. Infrastructure through Public-Private Partnership (PPP) is a public service throÂugh private fund—a seeming contraÂdiction.
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Urban Infra | The four corners of the pie
With cities holding 377 million people, or 31 per cent of total population, and expected to bloat further to over 40 per cent by 2030, Indian urban transport is one of the largest markets in the world.
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Urban Infra | The four corners of the pie
With cities holding 377 million people, or 31 per cent of total population, and expected to bloat further to over 40 per cent by 2030, Indian urban transport is one of the largest markets in the world.
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Urban Infra | Practice: Managing the flow
YR Nagaraja delineates how ULBs should be empowered so that the new focus on building efficiency can be properly addressed.
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Urban Infra | Practice: Managing the flow
YR Nagaraja delineates how ULBs should be empowered so that the new focus on building efficiency can be properly addressed.
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Roads & Bridges | Status report: The elusion of enhanced standards
While the extent of the highway network keeps increasing, its efficiency still remains questionable, While National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and developers are out to change the face of Indian roads, the ground level factors are not changing.
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Prepare grounds for offer
One of the final chunks of the government’s accountability in the growth of infrastructure could be in jeopardy if a parliamentary panel headed by Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) Sumitra Mahajan gets its way.
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Parallel tracks
Piecemeal approach to transport, devoid of integration into a city’s ecosystem, continues to deter holistic urban growth. With urban India set to house 600 million people by 2031,
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Better integration and risk diversification needed
Indian cities planning newer forms of urban transport would need to closely examine the imperatives of an integrated system, which is lacking in spite of the fact that the projects are new—say developers and vendors.