In Mumbai, Pedder Road Residents Association has sought a meeting with the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), which recently gave environmental clearance to the Pedder Road flyover project in Mumbai. The Union's act follows when the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) invited bids for construction of the stalled Pedder Road flyover. The project has been facing resistance from the local residents.
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Adani Gas depends on imported natural gas
Reports suggest that compressed natural gas (CNG) is costlier in Ahmedabad than in Delhi, Mumbai, Pune because Adani Gas, which distributes gas in Ahmedabad, is entirely dependent on imported gas. The company has to depend on imported gas because it does not have access to domestically produced gas, while companies in Delhi, Mumbai and the othe
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CM firm over Mumbai’s coastal road project
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, who has been pushing for the Rs 8,000-crore coastal road project between Colaba and Kandivali, has been receiving warnings from senior ministers of NCP, saying the project is likely to alter the picturesque seashore, which is the main tourist attraction of Mumbai.
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Ministry to vet MDL’s tie-up with private firms
Mumbai-based defence shipyard Mazagon Dock (MDL) plans to enter into alliance with Pipavav Shipyard, Larsen and Toubro and ABG Shipyard to construct warships. Media reports suggest that the defence ministry would study the alliance of MDL with these private shipyards in order to ensure that there was no violation of rules framed
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Big firms stay away from BMC’s road contracts
The failure of Mumbai's civic body Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the richest in India, to attract reputed infrastructure companies to bid for its multi-crore road contracts, does not come as a surprise. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation(BMC) attempted to weed out dubious contractors with alleged political connections.
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Monorail as an urban rapid transit
The best suited approach to increase the efficiency of transport is to seamlessly integrate better and immediate modes of commuting that offer reliable and quality services, says Kanesan Veluppillai. Keeping urban infrastructure at focus, the government has announced 2010-2020 as the decade of innovation in transportation. A sustainable, cost-efficient and environment-friendly traĂÂnsport system is what modern India envisions of today.
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2G Auction Base Price Slashed
The panel of ministers on spectrum has reduced the base price for unsold airwaves in four regions Delhi, Mumbai, Karnataka and Rajasthan - by 30 per cent, and approved the telecom departmentĂâs plan to simultaneously sell these airwaves along with a portion of spectrum held by incumbent operators before March 31, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said
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Top performer
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,
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Mumbai airport gets pit-less autowalk
MumbaiââŹâ˘s Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport now has the first pit-less, ââŹËAutowalkââŹâ˘ in Asia. This was installed by Kone Elevators.
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Solutions to maritime financing blues
Maritime suffers from not only policy implementation problems, but from finance availability. Sanjeev Gupta recommends that the ports, shipping, shipbuilding and inland waterways should be...