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.

General (Dr.) VK Singh (Retd), Minister of State for Road Transport & Highways on Friday said that the Indian road infrastructure and road construction industry, including the equipment and materials, was the biggest ingredient in spurring the economy.

Secretary Road Transport & Highways, Giridhar Aramane has called upon stakeholders to favourably consider the potential of the infrastructure investment trusts (InvITs) for expanding the investor group.

Western Coalfields Ltd. (WCL), a subsidiary of the world’s largest coal mining company Coal India Ltd. (CIL), has drawn an ambitious roadmap to almost double its coal despatch capacity through rail mode to meet additional demand of consumers of the power sector.

The Bangalore International Airport Ltd (BIAL) has inked agreements for the construction of the Kempegowda International Airport Railway Station and ORR-Airport Metro.

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has released a sum of Rs 103.39 billion during the COVID-19 period under the simplified payment process as envisaged in the ambitious Aatmanirbhar Bharat scheme. Another sum of Rs 24.75 crore is being processed and is likely to be released soon.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Govt of India on Tuesday signed a $500 million loan, the first tranche of a total $1 billion facility, to build a modern, high-speed 82-kilometer Delhi-Meerut regional rapid transit system (RRTS) corridor that will improve regional connectivity and mobility in India’s national capital region (NCR).

The Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Nitin Gadkari has expressed confidence on halving road accident deaths from about 150,000 per annum by 2025 as against the target of 2030.

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.