With the National Highways Authority of India´s (NHAI) plans to take on 26 road projects on the grounds of under-reporting, the fallout on the road sector is likely to be hug
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A master of public projects
In his career spanning over 33 years, Suresh M Ramchandani, currently the Joint MD, Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation, has been associated with various organisations working on the infrastructure development with a pride of direct association with public projects. These include PWD, MMRDA, MSRDC, Uttrakhand State Infrastructure Development Corporation Dehradun etc.
Commitment needed on both sides of EPC: Experts
Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) projects do have certain advantages which amount to lesser amount of risk for the private company. While a successful EPC road project
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.
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
CM's initiative on Mumbai water transport project
The Chief Minister has directed the Maharashtra State Road Development CorporaÂtion (MSRDC), the state's noÂdal agency for carrying out infrasÂtructure projects, to undÂertake detailed studies on water transÂport
Expertspeak: Unifying Infrastructure
Vinayak Chatterjee gets down to the brasstacks on India's slow rate of infrastructure development, dismisses theories on the shortage of funding and recommends an overarching political authority for infrastructure.
Worli-Haji Ali sea link delay
The commencement of construction work at the Worli-Haji Ali sea link is slated to begin by the end of February 2011 as against December 25, as expected earlier.
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