S Samy Vellu, 74, who assumed duties as Malaysia’s special envoy with ministerial rank on infrastructure to India and South Asia last month, has his task cut out.
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Multi-modal way up the Ganga
Transporting 1,100 mt stators for a thermal plant in interior India is a challenge because of the magnitude as well as logistical bottlenecks.
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Expertspeak: An urban disposable asset called garbage
Cities in India are in blatant violation of MSW 2000, the basic rulebook for managing municipal waste. Dr Amiya Kumar Sahu, who was instrumental in framing the rulebook, tells us why garbage is a viable proposition.
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Municipal Solid Waste: Solid initiative needed
The municipal solid waste management (SWM) industry has huge opportunities to grow healthily under PPP mode, but most of our cities are not aware of how.
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Case Study: Jumpstarting: Information handover from EPC to plant
Using the case of an LNG project in a multinational setting, Angus W Stocking explains how documenting information handover specification benefits multistage data validation.
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Spain beckons: The environment is enabled: Now for action
After having ignored each other for centuries, economic and commercial relations between the two countries have been growing steadily throughout the past 15 years.
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Companies should be made integral in acquisition
ASSOCHAM President Dilip Modi says states’ several land acquisition policy initiatives to attract industries could be ineffective unless they address specific ground issues, and involve the industries’ participation.
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Advisory council for environmental clearances
An advisory council with participation from industry has been set up to look into policy issues regarding environment clearances.
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AP to facilitate land acquisition
An order has been passed by the Andhra Pradesh government which will facilitate allotment of 104 acre for the Rs 12,136 crore Hyderabad Metro Rail project to be developed by concessionaire L&T.
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All that shines
As it has been reported in the media, more than half of our country’s infrastructure projects are running overtime, and PPP projects are delayed more than EPC projects.