Municipal solid waste (MSW) is in its nascent stages in India, but offers opportunities to private participants.
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IndiGo order: The best laid planes
IndiGo made history in the world of commercial aviation with the largest single firm order for big jets ever placed, but says it has not decided how it will finance the deal.
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Expertspeak: An urban disposable asset called garbage
Cities in India are in blatant violation of MSW 2000, the basic rulebook for managing municipal waste. Dr Amiya Kumar Sahu, who was instrumental in framing the rulebook, tells us why garbage is a viable proposition.
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The basic problem among cities is in understanding problems and deciding priorities
Urban transport solutions need urban bodies to have negotiating expertise, but most of our cities—especially non-metros—do not have PPP expertise.
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Vox Pop: Should cities focus on bus transit systems?
As many of our cities grapple with more basic needs, they also need to also understand infrastructure needs, viabilities and economies of scale in their transport infrastructure.
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BMC to build 33 foot over bridges next year
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has sanctioned plans to construct 33 foot over bridges (FOB) across the city of Mumbai.
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Analysis: Dealing with inadequacies, salvaging lifelines
The next decade is set to witness tremendous growth in rail and bus based urban transport systems like MRTS, BRTS and variants.
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Management: Reviving the suburban rail, the Six Sigma way
One cannot ignore the fact that Mumbai’s deteriorating physical infrastructure has diverted sizable new opportunities to Bangalore, Hyderabad and other cities.
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Expressways can't be built without corporate bonds
Overdependence on bank funding of infrastructure will put unreasonable pressure on those financial institutions.