Bharti Airtel plans to take third-generation (3G) services to 1,500 cities in India by the March-end 2012.
FlashNews:
Atlanta Electricals Secures ₹2.98 Billion Transformer Orders from GETCO
Waaree Group Wins 10 MWh BESS Order in Tamil Nadu, Expands Domestic Storage Manufacturing
Cabinet Approves ₹27.8 Billion Rail Multitracking to Boost Gujarat and Maharashtra Connectivity
BC Jindal Group Secures 150 MW RTC Power Deal with SECI
India’s Data Centre Revenue to Hit ₹200 Billion By FY2028, Driven by AI, Cloud and 5G: Crisil Ratings
Sanchar Saathi Recovers 50,000 Phones in October; Crosses 700,000 Nationwide Since Launch
Akasa Air Expands Northeast Connectivity, Adds Dibrugarh as 32nd Destination
Ministry of Power Advances India Energy Stack with Taskforce Review of Strategy and Architecture
Vaishnaw Stresses Industry-Aligned Skilling to Power India’s Digital and Electronics Growth
DGCA Issues Urgent Advisory as Ethiopian Ash Cloud Enters Indian Airspace
DFCCIL Freight Operations Surge 48% as Corridors, Terminals Expand
SMFCL Board Clears $3 Billion Borrowing Plan to Accelerate Maritime Infrastructure Financing
Air India Restores Codeshare with Air Canada to Expand India-Canada Flight Network
Indian Railways Freight Loading Surges Past 1 Billion Tonne Milestone This Fiscal
IWAI Signs MoUs to Boost Assam’s Inland Waterways and Industrial Logistics
Air India Express to Launch Services from Navi Mumbai International Airport on Day One
Tata Power, Druk Green Power Corp. Seal ₹1.31 Trillion Pact for Bhutan’s Largest PPP Hydro Project
IndiGo Commits $820 Million to Transform Fleet Ownership Via GIFT City Finance Hub
NHAI Launches RIIMPL to Drive Public InvIT for Highway Monetisation
Tag: Infrastructure Today
Time to validate our systems
Let us herald the New Year with some heartening news for Indian infrastructure.
Bumper to bummer
What our cities must get right before jumping to future transport options. “Why focus on urban transport?†asked a 2005 government presentation document, somewhat rhetorically.
The basic problem among cities is in understanding problems and deciding priorities
Urban transport solutions need urban bodies to have negotiating expertise, but most of our cities—especially non-metros—do not have PPP expertise.
Vox Pop: Should cities focus on bus transit systems?
As many of our cities grapple with more basic needs, they also need to also understand infrastructure needs, viabilities and economies of scale in their transport infrastructure.
Public agencies in cities should participate in low cost housing projects on PPP
How do you make projects in low cost housing, a social necessity, also viable and attractive to large private companies?
Open access regulations in power implemented
Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has implemented the regulations enabling power developers to obtain transmission corridors for open access in the medium-term.
Indian equipment for UMPPs
A committee headed by Planning Commission member Arun Maira, studying the proposal to make it mandatory for bidders of future ultra mega power projects (UMPPs) to buy only Indian equipment is likely to submit its report soon.
BSWH project to take off in Orissa
The Bundled Solar Water Heater (BSWH) project is likely to take off in Orissa soon.
RPower wants joint coal mining with NTPC
Jharkhand Integrated PowÂer, of Anil Ambani’s ReliaÂnce group, has proposed to join hands with NTPC in mining coal from mines in Jharkhand that have been given to the entities to fuel their upcoming power projects.

