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A new global benchmark

A new global benchmark

The new Terminal 2 (T2) at Mumbai International Airport, an engineering marvel and an architectural icon, completed its construction confronting with a lot of challenges. GVK constructed the new T2 in the same location of the old international terminal without shutting down its operations.

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Rebuilding Faith

Rebuilding Faith

Why does it take the Prime Minister to get his hands dirty each time there is an operational problem in infrastructure? We hope this was one of the many questions Dr Manmohan Singh asked himself before taking on his favourite role—as Finance Minister.

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Rebuilding Faith

Rebuilding Faith

Why does it take the Prime Minister to get his hands dirty each time there is an operational problem in infrastructure? We hope this was one of the many questions Dr Manmohan Singh asked himself before taking on his favourite role—as Finance Minister.

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Rebuilding Faith

Rebuilding Faith

Why does it take the Prime Minister to get his hands dirty each time there is an operational problem in infrastructure? We hope this was one of the many questions Dr Manmohan Singh asked himself before taking on his favourite role—as Finance Minister.

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Connecting rural and urban India

Connecting rural and urban India

A report on the 5th India Roads Conference held last month in Delhi.The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), the National Rural Roads Development Agency (NRRDA) and the state road deve­lopment corporations will be busy next year.

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Japan promises aid for infra development

Japan promises aid for infra development

India and Japan have decided to enhance the earlier bilateral currency swap arran­gement to $15 billion from the current $3 billion. A joint sta­tement, issued after official level talks between the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, and his Japanese counterpart Yoshihiko Noda expressed the hope that this enhancement will further strengthen financial cooperation.

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The aim is to both have and avoid transhipment

The aim is to both have and avoid transhipment

As container handling operations begin at the Vallarpadam terminal around noon on 18 February, G Krishnakumar, Deputy Chairman, Cochin Port Trust, pauses his interview with Shashidhar Nanjundaiah, and looks out the expansive windows of his office—overlooking the CPT-owned terminal—for the understated but historic moment.

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The Gamechanger

The Gamechanger

After a 20-year wait, the brand new ICTT at Vallarpadam is all set to be Kerala maritime’s best brand ambassador yet, further transforming the maritime and logistics landscape of the region. Shashidhar Nanjundaiah writes from Vallarpadam.