Fast-tracking the campaign to position Kerala as a thriving industrial state and hotbed for investments, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today made an impassioned plea to top guns of the industry and corporate
Category: Roads & Highways
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Good time for a boost
Infrastructure Today India Opportunity Conference will be held in Toronto on 11 May, and hopes to generate interest among Canadian investors in India’s vast infrastructure opportunities. Where are the best opportunities? A peek.
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A private view
Pankaj Malviya describes the first ever PPP project with the Indian Railways—the Pipavav Railway—connecting the privately owned Pipavav port by rail to its biggest hinterland, the North. Predictably, this route is the epitome of modern practices and profitability.
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Solutions that stare Railways in the eye
Modernisation and technology go hand-in-hand, and clearly Indian Railways understands that. Its technology division, CRIS, has created several modules and technologies, many of which the Railways has not implemented in a standardised way.
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6,500 km road contract awarded by NHAI during FY2011-12
8 Projects of 1144 kms were on bid on the 28th and 30th of March 2012. Seven projects got premium and in the remaining one case, the quoted amount was much lower than the expected bid. These bids gave a NPV saving of Rs 6451 Crores.
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Modified PPP model: Bringing in capabilities
PPP should not use public enterprise investments, says Mahesh PS Gandhi, who advocates a modified model for clean and effective financing and implemÂentation of infrastructure projects.
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GMR to offload road proj
GMR Infrastructure plans to mop up around $200 million by offloading its road projects to private equity investors.Reports indicate that the company is discussing the sale with the UK based private equity firm 3i Group Plc, IDFC PE and SBI Macquarie.GMR is also looking at an eventual initial public offering of its road assets, reports suggest.
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Govt may provide soft loans for PPP projects
Ajay Saxena of Asian Development Bank informed that government might consider proÂviding soft loans to developers of projects on public private partnership (PPP) basis if there is a shortfall in revenue.The government would provide the loan as per the draft rule on PPP projects on revenue support released by the Planning Commission.
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Do discoms need a bailout?
Experts debate how the franchise model in power distribution and Open Access will help or hamper the financial condition of state distribution companies.Excerpts from the 2nd Power Today Round Table.December’s Rs 500 crore bailout package announced by the Delhi Government to the Reliance owned discoms in that state has proved that it won’t just be the publicly owned ones that face financial crisis.
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Non-metro airports can be viable on PPP if govt pitches in funds: Experts
With city side development, can non-metro airports be made viable? Should non-aero activities be bid out separately? Experts tell us.Arun Chandran, Director Aviation & Project Management Services, Parsons Brinckerhoff India,currently engaged with projects at Delhi International Airport, Celebi, Maldives airport,support function at Hyderabad airport.