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).

National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has taken strict action against the defaulting firms on the unfortunate accident during the launching of girders on February 16, at the new four-lane bridge over River Ganga at downstream of Farakka Barrage including approaches connecting the Farakka-Raiganj section of National Highway (NH)-34 in West Bengal, leading to two casualties.

Further to the collapse of a span of under-construction elevated corridor on the six-lane National Highway (NH)-248-A from Rajiv Chowk to Sohna on August 22, NHAI has taken strict action against the concessionaire M/s Rajiv Chowk-Sohna Highway Pvt. Ltd. and its promoters M/s Oriental Structural Engineers Pvt. Ltd, an NHAI release has said.

India’s largest integrated power utility, Tata Power has achieved a new milestone by signing a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Tata Motors to commission the country’s largest carport. With 6.2 MWp capacity, the project is expected to reduce 160,000 tonnes of carbon emission for Tata Motors in its lifetime.

Council of Scientific & Industrial Research and Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-CMERI) has jointly developed the world’s largest solar tree at CSIR-CMERI Residential Colony in Durgapur (West Bengal).

One of the leading players in engineering and industrial software, AVEVA, has unveiled ‘Cloud-First’, a key component of its long-term software portfolio strategy to focus on providing core services in the cloud to ensure high uptime and availability, user management and the flexibility to try new solutions.

Toshiba Johnson Elevators (India) Pvt. Ltd. (TJEI) has secured an order for the design, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of 62 elevators at the International Tech Park Pune, Kharadi (ITPP-K).

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the proposed acquisition of C&S Electric Ltd by Siemens Ltd.

The Mumbai Division of Central Railway in the Indian Railways has procured two Ninja UAVs for better security and surveillance in railway areas like station premises, railway track sections, yards, workshops, etc.