For India, transitioning from a $2.3 trillion economy to a $30 trillion economy by 2047 will need an incremental $20 trillion in urban economic output. India’s urban transformation is both a challenge and an opportunity, finds out Rakesh Rao, during his conversation with Clara Cutajar, Global Capital Projects & Infrastructure Leader, PwC; Jennifer Tay, Asia...
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Metro Rail sustainability suffering from affordability & connectivity
An affordable fare structure & an efficient last-mile connectivity are vital for Metro Rail The Second Metro Rail Conference was organised by FIRST Construction Council (FCC) in collaboration with Construction World and Infrastructure Today magazines In an unprecedented surge underscoring the vital role of metro systems in enhancing the quality of life and spurring economic...
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Metro Rail needs a separate ministry: Dr E Sreedharan
Metro Rail experts meet in Mumbai at the METRO RAIL CONFERENCE 2023 organised by FIRST Construction Council on January 20, 2023 The ‘Metro Man of India’ Padma Vibhushan Dr E Sreedharan recommended a sustainable future model for the Indian metro claiming that, “The investment for metro projects in our country is meagre. Metro rail still is not being treated...
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HMR is a Zero-Discharge Project that Advocates Green Mobility
KVB REDDY, MD & CEO, L&T Hyd Metro speaks about largest MRTS project. L&T-Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Limited is the largest PPP project in Asia and the largest MRTS in the world being implemented in PPP mode on DBFOT basis. The man helming this iconic project, KVB Reddy, MD & CEO, L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Limited...
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Need to develop 700 km of metro rail lines annually to meet future growth
With Indian cities emerging as the key drivers of economic growth, attention also needs to be paid to developing a robust public transportation system in them, observes Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs. Puri made these observations at a panel discussion moderated by Pratap Padode, Editor-in-Chief, CONSTRUCTION WORLD, and Aashish Chandorkar, Columnist,...
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Metro Policy 2017
The trend of metro rail as an urban transport has gathered momentum ever since Delhi has seen successful implementation of its metro rail project.
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India’s Metro Trail
The total length of operational metro projects in India presently stands at about 440 km and is growing. Cities like Bengaluru, Chennai, Gurugram, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Lucknow and the Delhi National Capital Region (NCR) where they are already operational, are simultaneously adding on to their existing route networks.
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Metro systems viable for large cities
Let me clarify that the term ´Smart City´ does not denote scale. We can have small Smart Cities and large Smart Cities, both successful. The Mass Rapid Transport System or MRTS is really meant for large cities which have the population and economic density to sustain such expensive infrastructure
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Ahmedabad Metro to roll by Oct 2017
The first metro rail in Ahmedabad will roll before October 2017 on the six-km long inaugural stretch of VastralgamApparel Park.
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Nation´s infra sector gets major Japanese boost
India´s infrastructure - sectors such as roads, metro rail, industrial corridor, shipping and urban development - are set to get a boost with Japan committing