Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs (Independent Charge), Hardeep Singh Puri launched the ‘Climate Smart Cities Assessment Framework (CSCAF) 2.0’, along with the ‘Streets for People Challenge’ in a virtual event organised by the Smart Cities Mission, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), in New Delhi on Friday.

Union Minister of State for Shipping (Independent Charge), Mansukh Mandaviya launched the Society for Affordable Redressal of Disputes-Ports or ‘SAROD-Ports’ through a virtual ceremony on Thursday in New Delhi.

One of the world’s leading elevator companies, thyssenkrupp Elevator, has collaborated with Amplus Solar to set up an onsite solar power unit at their Pune facility. thyssenkrupp Elevator (India) has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Amplus to procure 820 kWp of solar power for 20 years.

Extension of the Delhi-Sonipat-Panipat rapid rail transit system (RRTS) till Karnal will help further fast-track development in the rapidly growing township, government and industry sources told INFRASTRUCTURE TODAY.

The Indian Railways has generated 809,046 man-days of work till September 4 under the Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyaan in six States, viz. Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. Around 164 Railway infrastructure projects are being executed in these states.

Indian Railways’ freight loading for the month of September 2020 till September 6 exceeded last year’s loading and earnings for the same period.

CEO, Power Sector Skill Council (PSSC), Ravi P Singh is mandated to provide a strategic vision to the organisation towards the fulfilment of goals outlined under the Central Govt’s Skill India Mission.

Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL), an energy service company (ESCO) under the administrative control of the Ministry of Power will procure 250 electric vehicles from Tata Motors Ltd and Hyundai Motor India Ltd. The companies were selected through an international competitive bidding process, which was aimed at increased participation.

As a first step towards greening the Indian short-term power market, Minister of State (Independent Charge), Power & New and Renewable Energy, Raj Kumar Singh launched pan-India Green Term Ahead Market (GTAM) in electricity through video conference in New Delhi on Tuesday.