In FY2024-25, DFCCIL added 37 road over bridges, 50 flyovers, and 544 under bridges, marking major progress on its Eastern and Western freight corridors. Expansion in infrastructure and connectivity have resulted in the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd (DFCCIL)’s train operations on Eastern and Western dedicated rail freight corridors registering a significant increase...
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Balancing industry outlook with fiscal prudence is key to growth
Among the select few C-level executives in Indian infrastructure, Kavita Shirvaikar, Managing Director of Patel Engineering Ltd., is widely admired for shattering the glass ceiling in a traditionally male-dominated field. In an exclusive conversation with INFRASTRUCTURE TODAY’s Manish Pant, she discusses her ambitious vision of steering the 76-year-old, Mumbai-headquartered infrastructure and construction company toward a...
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$30 trillion economy seems possible
Unveiling a $30T Economic Vision Government funding has to be complemented by private sector investment. By 2018 to 2020, assets which were created in the early phase were completed and started earning revenue to become an asset class of its own. So that has again evinced interest of investors, says Padmanabhan Raja Jaishankar, Managing Director, India...
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Accelerating The Project Delivery Cycles
Delays in project deliveries can now be countered to a good extent From elevating the safety standards of construction processes to addressing critical gaps like labour shortage, likewise from digitalization of project management to distribution of information to the last milestone, the scope of technology in construction is endless. It has ushered in an era...
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Gati Shakti will catalyse economy, affirm infrastructure experts
Timelines for DPRs and land acquisition of projects will also be shortened Mega projects like Navi Mumbai International Airport, Sagarmala, Coastal Road, Mumbai Trans-harbour Link, Noida International Airport among others are likely to witness economic benefits with the implementation of Gati Shakti as timelines for DPRs and land acquisition have been shortened stated experts at...
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The advantages of multimodal logistics
Integrating diverse mode of transportation for improved efficiency India’s logistics costs are presently 14 per cent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP),similar to other developing countries but well above the global average of 8 per cent. One of the government’s initiatives to reduce the logistics costs to 8-10 per cent of India’s GDP as...
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Here are some disruptive innovations helping the CE financing industry
Excerpts from a recent joint report by Deloitte and iCEMA