The Central Inland Water Corporation (CIWTC) must deploy its barges to Kolkata port for ferrying cargo from large ships, which cannot call at the port. This suggestion was reportedly made by the Rajya Sabha Standing Committee on Port and Shipping in its report. According to the committee, the port must follow the operation model of Shanghai port in China. The Chinese port,
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Kolkata’s roads to get new names
Kolkata's major roads will be named after prominent personalities and luminaries. The road renaming committee of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation has finalised the names which will be announced by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. While in the north, the stretch between Chitpore bridge till Cossipore Road (No.56) will be named as Sri Ramakrishna Sarani, Lake Terrace, in the south, will take the name of Debabrata Biswas Sarani. Broad Street and Bardhaman Road in Alipore will be renamed as Ustad Ba
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Crucial river bridge on NH-6 near Kolkata completed
A crucial river-bridge on NH-6 near Kolaghat, approximately 70 km from Kolkata, was completed on April 1. Developed by the Mumbai-based Ashoka Buildcon, the 1.2-km bridge over Roopnarayan River was a Golden Quadrilateral project undertaken by National Highways Authority of India in 2001.
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Airports: Spreading its wings
India is likely to be the fastest growing aviation market in the world in the next 20 years. Thus, there is a need to adopt a new proactive mindset which does not wait for current infrastructure to become saturated before planning for expansion,
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Kolkata’s fringes continue to get real estate growth
Due to paucity of land Kolkata might have remained bereft of mega housing projects. But small parcels of development is likely to keep the real estate sector moving in the city. Kolkata and its fringes are likely to see a multitude of small housing projects in areas like Rajarhat, E M Bypass, Diamond Harbor, Garia and Kona Expressway over the next twelve to eighteen months, according to developers.
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Kolkata airport terminal
In Kolkata, the new integrated terminal of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport may take more than two months to be fully operational with all the promised facilities in place. On January 19, Airports Authority of India said that the airport would be operational by March.
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Contract opportunities in LPG sector
According to a government report, India is the fourth largest consumer of liquid petroleum gas (LPG) in the world after USA, China and Japan and the consumption grows steadily at 8 percent per annum. It is the third largest consumer of LPG in domestic sector in the world after China and the USA. Domestic sector is the major market of LPG in the country.
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Contractual opportunities in iron ore segment
The increasing capacity of steel production in the country coupled with ban on illegal mining in some of the states have caused shortage of iron ore in the country. In this backdrop, several companies are looking to hire contractors for activities related to mining and supply of iron ore.
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Key flyover in Kolkata to be ready by May 2014
In Kolkata, one of the major flyover projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) has cleared hurdles for a long-pending 600-metre leg. The 4.6 km-long Park Circus-Parama flyover project, connecting central Kolkata with its eastern fringes including the airport and IT hub in Salt Lake, may now see speedy completion.
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West Bengal’s 1st pvt airport to take off by April
The first private airport of West Bengal is expected to be operational at Durgapur — approximately 200 km south of Kolkata by March-April next year. The airport is being developed by Bengal Aerotropolis (BAPL), a venture involving four Indian companies and the Singapore-based Changi Airports International.