The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has started a feasibility study of the existing state highways (SH) to declare them national highways (NH) running throÂugh different states.
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DoT mulling MVNO model
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is conÂsidering the introduction of a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) model to set up a wireless broadband network in rural areas.
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Desalination: Our cities can do it, too
Improved and more efficient technology in desalination, and increased volumes may mean better viability for desalination.
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Integrity Management: How confident are you about safety solutions?
Integrity Management is designed to achieve greater safety by allowing individual operators flexibility in tailoring their programmes to the characteristics of the asset.
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NTPC to set up 1,320-MW unit
NTPC will set up a 1,320 MW ultra-thermal power plant that will boast of a more eco-friendly facilities than the existing thermal power plants, outside Solapur in Maharashtra.
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Promises Unmade
Our central bureaucracy has been highly optimistic in its forecast of growth from our SEZs. Even today, the Special Economic Zones look incredibly lucrative… on paper.
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Infrastructure players need to attain scalability to be accepted by the capital market investor
As one of India's larger infrastructure funds, the company has believed in investing in the high-growth sectors.
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Container growth good, infra way behind: Experts
Container traffic in Indian ports has risen from 0.2 per cent in 1981 to 20 per cent in 2010-11. The total container throughput in FY2011 stood at over 9.4 million TEUs, witnessing a growth of 13 per cent over the previous year.
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More on Board
The Board of Directors of Larsen & Toubro announced that R Shankar Raman will be appointed Chief Financial Officer of the Company on 6 September 2011, and will subsequently be elevated to the Board on 1 October 2011.
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KKR, promoters to invest $120 mn in Avantha
US private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts (KKR) and the promoter of Avantha Power & Infrastructure (APIL) will invest $120 million in the Indian company.