Indian Railways is the fourth-largest rail network in the world, with a track length of 115,000 km and around 8,500 railway stations carrying an average of 26 million passengers a day, and over 1.2 billion tonnes of freight in 2017-18.

The progress on projects such as Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFCs), high-speed rail and redevelopment of railway stations is likely to mark a paradigm shift in the country's railways sector.

Imagine railway stations in India resembling airports! No fantasy, this! It's happening and happening at great speed.

With the pace of electrification of the entire Indian Railways network getting accelerated, Siemens is looking at making the most of the opportunity in fuelling mobility and connectivity.

Ever since the enforcement of the new Land Acquisition Act, the cost of land has become a major component of the total project cost. Hence, there is a need for re-thinking on the issue of reducing the extent of land acquisition.

Water availability is an issue that has long persisted. Since the gap between demand and supply of safe drinking water is going to increase with rapid urbanisation, there is a need to evolve several water supply methods, schemes and processes.

The Land Pooling Policy will transform Delhi into the world’s largest megapolis by 2024, when the world’s largest democracy is likely to have a new parliament building, Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, has said.

HDC's key priorities are installation of one container handling crane (RMQC), mechanisation of Berth No 3 in PPP mode, and creation of liquid cargo handling facilities at Shalukali through PPP, and a goal to handle 65 MMTPA of cargo by 2021-22.

With project delays costing India's exchequer more than Rs 3 trillion, the time has come for the government to review and update, and match the contractual nuances with global practices.