It´s raining good news for the Indian economy. Credit Suisse has said that India will witness the fastest dollar nominal growth in 2015. And falling oil prices are proving to be a major windfall for the country.
FlashNews:
GMR Charts Multi‑Phase Roadmap to Transform Nagpur Airport into India’s Heartland Hub
Kamarajar Port Joins Visakhapatnam as India’s Second 18‑Metre Deep‑Draft Port
El Niño Cuts 13 aGW Hydropower Across Asia, Forcing Coal and LNG Reliance
CUMI Named Armour Partner for DRDO’s Indigenous Vikram VT21 Combat Vehicles
CleanMax Achieves Record 530 MW Commissioning in Q1 FY2027, Expands Portfolio to 4.2 GW
POWERGRID Secures Landmark ¥80 Billion JBIC Green Loan for Clean Energy Push
Vikram Solar Rolls Out First Module at Tamil Nadu Mega‑Facility
AI‑Driven Governance for Capital Projects
India Needs a Comprehensive Approach to Data Sovereignty and Resilience: AS Kiran Kumar
Why India’s Logistics Costs Will Not Fall Through Infrastructure Alone
PM Modi to Dedicate HPCL Rajasthan Refinery, India’s First Greenfield Integrated Complex
Mumbai Port Unveils ₹50.29 Billion Projects on 154th Foundation Day
RVNL Completes Sitafalmandi-Lallaguda Chord Line, Boosting Hyderabad Rail Connectivity
Tata Power Commissions 100.8 MW Jewali Wind Project in Maharashtra
Skyroot Sets Launch Window for India’s First Private Orbital Rocket
India’s ACME Group Seals Landmark Green Ammonia, Methanol Deals with Japan
Indian Railways Posts 4% Freight Growth in June 2026
India, Japan Join Hands to Build Energy Resilience
Adar Poonawalla Family Office Invests ₹700 Crore in Inox Clean Energy
Mum-Goa concrete highway
Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways said that his ministry has decided to construct a concrete four-lane road on the Mumbai-Goa national highway.
Clawing Back to Action
He is a man of action and is showing the world that he means business. In many firsts in the month that went by, Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented India to the global industry as a nation that is seeking to attract investors with reforms and measures
Concrete Plan!
The Modi Governments initiative to build all new highways using concrete in place of bitumen, has brought cheer to road sector experts as well as the cement industry. But contractors are worried about their future business prospects.
ACC launches concrete for road repairs
A ready-to-use, fast-setting concrete has been made by ACC Concrete company for repairing bitumen and concrete roads to get them ready for traffic within a day of repair. Anil Banchhor, Chief Executive-Concrete Business, ACC said roads repaired with Ultra Thin White Topping can be opened for traffic within 24 hours.
Delhi’s 500 roads to be carpeted with concrete
In Delhi city at least 500 roads are going to be carpeted with concrete with their new owner, Public Works Department (PWD), looking to improve the life span of stretches prone to waterlogging. Most of these 500 roads were under the municipal corporation, till the PWD, a Delhi government department, took custody in 2012.
Case Study: The North East challenge
Building roads in the North-East, as many infrastructure firms are discovering, is literally an uphill task. S S Raju shares experiences about local issues and the suggestions for resolving them.
- 1
- 2


