Land acquisition is the single most important reason for Mumbai's much-awaited, dispute-ridden metro rail to be repeatedly postponed and for the cancellation of its second line. Sumit Banerjee, CEO-Infrastructure, Reliance Infrastructure and Vice Chairman at Reliance Cement, explains to Shashidhar Nanjundaiah whether the current Land Acquisition Bill could have helped.
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BMC takes initiative to tell other agencies to repair roads
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has taken initiative to make other civic/State government agencies like MMRDA, Mhada, MSRDC to take repairs and fill potholes immediately on the roads the respective agencies are maintaining. The BMC's move comes after it faced flak for potholes on roads that belong to these other agencies. BMC has now decided to notify police stations about which agencies these roads belong to.
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MMRDA mulls betterment tax to fund infra projects
In order to raise funds for key transport projects in city, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) proposed a new cess, known as betterment tax, to be imposed on citizens residing along or in the vicinity of the upcoming projects. The idea is at the proposal stage and it awaits the approval of the state government. The state urban development department would finalise a blueprint for this
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Urban transport: Curbing mobility
As urban commute continues to be more nightmarish with each passing day, the factors are too obvious, but what can our newer cities learn from the chaos that bad planning has wrought upon India's largest cities? Instead of reducing distances and commuters, attempts have been on increasing them.
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Several infra projects in Mumbai face delay
Several infrastructure projects in Mumbai are delayed because of various reasons including the lack of co-ordination between Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA). Therefore, some experts argue that these infrastructure projects must be implemented by only one
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MMRDA to set up metro car depot in eco-friendly way
Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA) would set up the car depot for the proposed 33.5 km Colaba-Bandra-Seepz metro corridor in an environment friendly manner, UPS Madan, Commissioner of the authority said. The authority would prepare a plan for the construction of the metro depot to ensure that it does not have a negative impact on the environment. The depot would be built on a 30 hectare land in Aarey Colo
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Flyover helps bridge missing link in Mumbai
A 700-metre stretch passing below the Orange Gate-Wadala flyover part of Freeway through the Sewrisaltpan land will be the missing link between the Sewri-Wadala-Chembur road and Port or Mahul road. MMRDA sources said that this is the missing link which passes below the flyover's (between Orange Gate and Wadala) Wadala end up to Port road. Once we connect that, traffic will be able to move below the flyover too.
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Leading firms eye ` 211.4 bn rail corridor project
Leading infrastructure companies like L&T IDPL, Gammon Infra, IL&FS Transportation, GMR Infra, CAF South Africa are eyeing the Rs 21,147-crore Mumbai elevated rail corridor project.The railways seeks to implement the 60-km corridor project on public private partnership (PPP) basis and would invite bidding for the same in a few months. Reports suggest that the railways would close the first round by March-end, when the bidders would submit requests for qualification (RFQs). The successful bidder
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PPP and water management still don't jell
Private players have been shying away from PPP in water management due to lack of transparency in the system, longer gestation of return on investment and above all RoI is much lower compared to other infrastructure projects. With upsurge in economic activities and rapid growth in urbanisation, proper water management system has to be in place. According to a recent PwC report, almost 590 million people are expected to live in Indian cities by the year 2030.
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Consortiums for Rs 88 bn MTHL project
In order to implement the Rs 88 billion Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) project through public-private partnership (PPP), the impleÂmenÂÂting authority shortlisted five consortia.