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:
VOC Port Sets Benchmark in Green Maritime Growth With 45% Emission Cut
NHAI, NCAER Join Hands to Launch Indiaās First Centre for Transport Economics
India Clears LNG Diversification Test Amid West Asia War and Hormuz Closure
India Surges to Global Leadership in Ship Recycling with 35% Market Share
Centre, Assam, Nagaland Sign Tripartite MoU to Unlock Border Hydrocarbons
DHL Group Expands New Energy Logistics Amid Global Supply Shifts
INāSPACe Funds Three Startups to Propel Indigenous Space Innovation
AM/NS India, IIT Roorkee Forge Strategic Pact for Manufacturing Innovation
Second Heavy Haul Seminar 2026 Charts Future of Rail Freight
Delhi Airport Transfer Traffic Hits 27%, Reinforces Hub Status
CleanMax-GACL Seal Gujaratās Largest Hybrid RE Partnership for Industrial Decarbonisation
Atlanta Electricals Wins ā¹2.85 Billion PSTCL Transformer Order
ULCCS Model Gains Global Spotlight at UN Symposium
India Clears ā¹100 Billion ATF Stabilisation Package Amid West Asia Crisis
Chasing 70 GW Ambition, Suzlon 2.0 Reāinvents Wind for Energy Transition
Digi Yatra Crosses 100 Million Journeys, Expands Seamless Travel Across 38 Airports
AM/NS India Wins First PMāSETU Approval, as Andhra Pradesh Leads ITI Transformation
NHAI Finalises Highway Monetisation Plan for FY2026ā27
Sonowal Launches Port Performance Index, Digital Maritime Reforms to Boost Competitiveness
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.

