In a candid conversation with Infrastructure Today, I Jeyakumar, Chairman, Mormugao Port Trust, puts forth the challenges faced by ports and his views on the way ahead.
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The ´dirty´ task
Though the ´Swacch Bharat Abhiyan´ has been gathering steam, the litmus test is the on-ground execution of the elaborate plans and proposals. Collective responsibility is the key to success.
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Indian aviation is poised to emerge as 3rd largest global market by 2030
Srinivas Bommidala, Group Director, GMR Group, talks about the long-term impacts of privatisation of airports, withdrawal of service tax exemption and the ´Make in India´ campaign as well as the growth potential of the industry.
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Looking Ahead
The twelfth anniversary celebrations at Infrastructure Today coincide with a time of great optimism in the Indian economy, and in the infrastructure domain, in particular. The general mood in the country is a ringing endorsement for Prime Minister Narendra Modi
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Investment in Railways to increase
Girish Pillai, Advisor-Infrastructure, Indian Railways, has highlighted key features of the Indian Railways´ five-year action plan. Pillai said the National Transport Development Policy Committee has estimated investment till 2032 to be worth Rs 32,00,000 crore.
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Infra firms pitch for regulator to monitor PPP projects across sectors
Infrastructure players have pitched for a neutral regulator to look into issues in public-private-partnership (PPP) projects. They highlighted this to the Vijay Kelkar Committee that is looking into ´revisiting and revitalising the PPP model of infrastructure development´
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Logistics corridor likely in few years
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is starting a massive exercise to diagnose the deficiencies in the infrastructure and system. It will come up with solutions for seamless movement of big carriers or trailers on the highways that connect six-seven major ports such as JNPT in Mumbai, Kandla and Haldia, besides key manufacturing hubs.
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WB plans to use 1 lakh acre Govt land for industry
In a bid to dispel impression that West Bengal does not have enough land for industry, the state government has said it has one lakh acres of land with different departments which could be used. There had been apprehension in the industry on availability of large tracks of land in the state as the state government has moved out of forced acquisition of land.
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FinMin to compile list of projects for foreign governments
The finance ministry will compile a list of projects that can be offered to foreign governments that have pledged billions of dollars in investment. This could be the Narendra Modi government´s version of the project monitoring group set up by its predecessor to get stalled infrastructure development moving again.
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Organisations are realising the need for structured project management
Airport infrastructure and operation involve various stages from concept, design, quantity estimates costing, financial close, pre-construction activities (land acquisition, removal of encumbrances), EPC (Engineering, Procurement