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Airports: Spreading its wings

Airports: Spreading its wings

India is likely to be the fastest growing aviation market in the world in the next 20 years. Thus, there is a need to adopt a new proactive mindset which does not wait for current infrastructure to become saturated before planning for expansion,

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OMCs to share aviation fuel facilities with Pvt firms

OMCs to share aviation fuel facilities with Pvt firms

In what could open the aviation turbine fuel (ATF) market for private companies, the State-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) have agreed, in-principle, to share their storage facilities to feed Asia's largest terminal at New Delhi. The decision was taken during a meeting between aviation and petroleum ministries last week, a senior government official said. With this move, private ATF sellers will get overnight access to assets created by government firms, said a senior executive with an OMC.

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Gujarat seeks more central aid for renewable projects

Gujarat seeks more central aid for renewable projects

To promote renewable energy projects further in the state, Gujarat government has demanded more Central assistance and incentive through policy changes. The State government is heavily focusing on the solar and other renewable energy power generation. The request to the Union government was made at the Power Minister's Conference held at New Delhi on February 5.

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Punjab appoints consultant for Nawanshahr road project

Punjab appoints consultant for Nawanshahr road project

The Public Works Department (PWD) of Punjab has appointed Consulting Engineering Services (CES), New Delhi to prepare a detailed project report (DPR) of proposed four-laning of 82 km Ropar-Nawanshahr-Phagwara, which will submit its report in two months to the department.

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Felicitating industry leaders

Felicitating industry leaders

Over the last fiveyears there has been increased private sector participation in infrastructure via Public Private Partnerships (PPP), and as an objective but active participant in documenting this growth, Infrastructure Today established the Infras­tructure Today Awards in collaboration with KPMG. It is our endeavour to applaud and recognise partners in the nation’s growth through partnerships, a mode that has caught the fancy of the nation’s policymakers, ow­ners and developers.

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Supporting growth

Supporting growth

India has launched the world’s largest programme of public-private partnerships in road construction. The goal is to build as many as 7,000 km of new trunk roads per year. One of these projects was implemented on National Highway 1. NH-1 is one of the oldest and longest highways in India, running from New Delhi in a north-westerly dire­ction, passing through Amritsar and continuing into neigh­bouring Pakistan. Soma Enterprise has been commi­ssioned by the National Highways Authority of India to

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Monorail as an urban rapid transit

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 tra­nsport system is what modern India envisions of today.