Currently, the demand is much less than the supply. We all have an installed capacity, but are not able to sort of utilise that fully because the demand still has to pick up locally.
Category: Roads & Highways
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Hidden Benefits
Notwithstanding the tremendous potential to expand revenues, general lack of awareness about the benefits of using geosynthetics might delay projections set by firms in the sector. However, despite challenges, growth is eventually inevitable.
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NHAI awards contract for 2-laning of NH-116
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has issued a letter of award (LoA) for two-laning of the Tonk-Sawai Madhopur section of NH-116 in Rajasthan under the National Highways Development Programme (NHDP) Phase-IV.
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Slow investment recovery holding back growth | India Ratings
India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) has revised its gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast for FY17 upwards to 7.8 per cent from its earlier forecast of 7.7 per cent. The upward revision has been prompted by the progress of monsoon and the sowing of kharif crops so far. With the exception of the East and Northeast, the rainfall in other regions of the country has been more than the long period average.
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Ashoka Buildcon targets order inflow of Rs 50 billion
The company has been the biggest beneficiary of an uptick in orders in roads, due to its dual business exposure and access to Rs 14 billion of cash inflows over FY2016-18E. The company is targeting order inflow of Rs 40-50 billion in the roads segment and Rs 5-8 billion in the power segment.
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Centre selects Vadodara-Mumbai-JNPT Corridor for upgradation
The Central government has selected the Vadodara to Mumbai National Highway corridor to be upgraded to an Expressway. The government has already approved the feasibility study for this corridor. Meanwhile, the entire stretch of the Vadodara-Mumbai Expressway is proposed to be constructed in three phases, that includes Vadodara to Talasari (phase I), Talasari to Shirsad and Shirsad-Panvel (phase II) and Shirsad to Dhisar (phase III).
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Centre moves to complete pending NHAI projects
Various steps have been taken by the government and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to remove the hurdles affecting the construction of highway projects.
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Multimodal logistics parks to come up
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has set up a Logistics Efficiency Enhancement Programme, under which it is developing multimodal logistics parks across 11 states in the country.
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Brookfield to buy out RInfraĆĀ“ road assets
Brookfield, the worldĆĀ“s second biggest manager of alternative assets like real estate and private equity from Canada, has emerged as the frontrunner to take over the entire portfolio of 11 road projects of Reliance Infrastructure for an enterprise value of Rs.8,000 crore.
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Rs.300 cr more for civic infrastructure work in Chennai
The Tamil Nadu govern-ĆĀ”ment has allocated Rs.300 crore towards the Chennai Mega City Development Mission (CMCDM) in the revised budget estimate presented in the assembly. This is in addition to the Rs.500 crore already pledged in the 2016-17 interim budget in February.