Tag: Infrastructure Today

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Timor-Leste to Develop Port

Timor-Leste to Develop Port

The Government of Timor-Leste (GoTL) is seeking to develop Tibar Bay Port. It is planning to invite private sector participation to enter into a PPP arrangement for the project.

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Improving land use for better transport

Improving land use for better transport

The single-agency approach to city development, coupled with disincentivising unplanned growth, has been adopted internationally. In India, the ball often gets tossed between the two leading heads-the mayor and the municipal commissioner.

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Urban transport: Curbing mobility

Urban transport: Curbing mobility

As urban commute continues to be more nightmarish with each passing day, the factors are too obvious, but what can our newer cities learn from the chaos that bad planning has wrought upon India's largest cities? Instead of reducing distances and commuters, attempts have been on increasing them.

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Lessons from JNNURM

Lessons from JNNURM

By its very definition, the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), launched seven years ago, vowed to rejuvenate our cities. In the process, funds were allocated segment-wise-water supply, transport augmentation, facilities for the poor,