India’s leading engineering, technology, construction and financial services conglomerate, Larsen & Toubro (L&T), announced the closure of the strategic divestment of its Electrical & Automation (L&T E&A) business to Schneider Electric, a global player in energy management and automation.

Bentley Systems, Inc, a leading global provider of comprehensive software and digital twins services for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure, on Monday, announced the availability of OpenGround Cloud, a new cloud service that enables geotechnical professionals to access reliable geotechnical data for better engineering decision support and to improve collaboration across the entire supply chain.

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.

Sameer Kumar Khare, Additional Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance said that the economic growth of any region is closely linked to its road infrastructure.

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.

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.

To establish a transparent and comprehensive performance rating system for its consultants, contractors and concessionaires, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has developed a ‘Vendor Performance Evaluation System’.