Feature Nov 01, 2013 Metered water Towards rational tariff Fixing water pricing is not just a matter of introducing some user charges here and raising a few taxes there. It is the need of the hour to tackle the concurrent issues, improve the service levels and implement a cost recovery policy.
Feature Nov 01, 2013 Low technology adoption among cities is major concern: Experts Wastewater management suffers from the same technology-related problem as most other infrastructure segments while effective, even viable, technology is available, tendering and other processes, along with low awareness of their availability, has been bothersome to many practitioners.
Feature Oct 01, 2013 Not easy being the first PPP project Implementing the first PPP in rail couldn't have been easy. While he prepares to enter into more JVs with the rail ministry, Pankaj Malviya, MD, Pipavav Railway Corporation Ltd (PRCL), explains to Shilpi Aggarwal how a clause helped bring down operational costs from nearly 100 per cent to just over 50 per cent
Feature Oct 01, 2013 Modernise ... now! The development of the facilities recommended by the railway modernisation committee will go a long way in making India self-reliant in railway technologies, writes Mohit Sinha.
Feature Oct 01, 2013 IR spends only 30 Percentage of capital required for technology Indian Railways has to go in a big way to adopt IT in many areas as the requirement is huge. At the same time, funds allocated for such activities is inadequate showing that technology adoption is not on top of the Railway's budgetary allocation, or agenda. Sunil Kumar, Managing Director, Centre for Railway Information System (CRIS), speaks with Sumantra Das.
Feature Oct 01, 2013 Technology for transparency and efficiency Throughout the world, the public and private sectors recognise the need for a better transportation infrastructure. And increasingly, they see the potential of smarter railroads to address that need.
Feature Sep 01, 2013 EPC in roads Whats wrong with EPC? If you thought only BOT projects were in trouble, think again. The faltering roads sector is increasingly dependent on sentiment, and this dependence is clear from the recent negativity that has crept even into EPC. Bringing back investor sentiment should now be supreme.
Feature Sep 01, 2013 Address administrative deficiencies The new EPC framework is a great beginning and incorporates some very good ideas. If MoRTH and NHAI can address the administrative deficiencies that have been afflicting the regulatory and project management systems of the highways sector
Feature Sep 01, 2013 Commitment needed on both sides of EPC: Experts Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) projects do have certain advantages which amount to lesser amount of risk for the private company. While a successful EPC road project