PK Chandra, Whole Time Director & COO, McNally Bharat Engineering Co Ltd, comes with over 34 years of experience in various multinational and professionally managed companies located at Kolkata,
FlashNews:
Avaada Signs ₹100 Billion MoU with Haryana for Zero‑CBAM Green Industrial Campus in Hisar
Suzlon-Torrent Partnership Crosses 1.3 GW with New 250 MW Wind Order
Building Certainty Before Construction
Aegeus Technologies BSE SME Listing Strengthens India’s Deep‑Tech Ecosystem
RECPDCL Hands Over ₹ 8.40 Billion Luhri Transmission SPV to Terralight Solar
RVNL Secures ₹1.61 Billion Signalling Contract from East Coast Railway
Get Solar in 60 Seconds: India’s Digital Push to Power Rooftop Revolution
DFCCIL Rapid Cargo Debuts on WDFC with Amazon Onboard
Automation, Sustainability and Compliance: The New Blueprint for India’s Logistics Parks
India’s GCC Work Portfolio Moves Up Value Chain, Awfis‑Zinnov Report
TVS ILP Signs ₹10 Billion MoU with Tamil Nadu to Boost Industrial Infrastructure
India Tops APAC in AI Adoption, Autodesk Report Finds
SDHI Secures Svitzer Contract to Build Four Advanced TRAnsverse 3200 Tugs
FLY91 Strengthens Leadership Team with Seasoned Aviation Executives to Drive Regional Growth
Sonowal Calls for Technology‑Led Maritime Security as India’s Port Network Grows
Civil Aviation Minister Naidu Expands Pilot Training Network with 11 New FTOs
INS Malvan Commissioned with AM/NS India Steel Backbone
Air India Names Tewolde Gebremariam CEO & MD to Drive Global Expansion
PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana Crosses 5 Million Rooftop Solar Installations
Farmers donate land for road
Villagers of Tentulia in Murshidabad, about 250 km from Kolkata, set an example by donating 5 acre of agricultural land to build a road. The road will connect Mahalandi with Tentulia. Villagers who do not possess land are trying to help by providing labour. Tentulia village under Mahalandi in Kandi was disconnected from the mainland because there was no road.
Do security issues warrant a new policy?
In an era of greater private participation in infrastructure, the liberalisation of airport infra has been the most guarded so far. The example in the limelight is the new Ground Handling Policy this year, which limits competition to only three options among vendors.
Fulfilling today without compromising tomorrow
India's water situation has deteriorated alarmingly, so conventional measures to augment water levels are not enough. As the world moved this year closer to making water infrastructure a sustainable activity, India lags behind.
Unity Infra bags orders
Unity Infraprojects has bagged orders worth Rs 403 crore. These include Rs 135.28 order from Rail Vikas Nigam Kolkata, Rs 83.81-crore contract from Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam, Gujarat,
Hooghly Dock Restructuring
The Union Cabinet has approved a rehabilitation-cum-restructuring package for the Hooghly Dock & Port Engineers, Kolkata, one of the country's oldest shipyards in the private sector.
Analysis: Leveraging real estate for metro systems
City planners in India seem to be looking at metro rail as the panacea to poor and myopic planning and haphazard growth. Sudheendra Bajpai and Aparajita Dutt say integration of systems should include planning the city"s real estate around metro rail.
India Coal Conference 2011: Coal-based power no longer lucrative biz
Conference discusses viable options before coal industry; domestic production of coal, not increase in its price, needs a boost to correct situation, say experts.
Airtel 3G services in Kolkata
Bharti Airtel, operating in 19 countries across Asia and Africa, announced the launching of 3G services in Kolkata.
Container growth good, infra way behind: Experts
Container traffic in Indian ports has risen from 0.2 per cent in 1981 to 20 per cent in 2010-11. The total container throughput in FY2011 stood at over 9.4 million TEUs, witnessing a growth of 13 per cent over the previous year.

