Still recovering from the ´zero toll´ period during the demonetisation rollout, many infra players are waiting for cash compensation from the government so that they can stay solvent.
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Finding the Right Road
The moot question is whether good intent has been accompanied by careful planning.
It was always going to be a difficult job. Roads development, battered and bruised by a heavy load of projects awarded in the recent past, remained stalled for various reasons ranging from land acquisition and bureaucratic red tape to a lack of accountability and transparency in the bidding process.
In this regime, roads have taken a quantum leap
The government is taking only the EPC cost as the DPR cost. They are not adding other things like interest on annuity or the interest difference when we do the financing of the project.
Seeking Stable Ground
From 3 km per day to 30 km per day from 2016 looks to be a tall order for the road construction in the country. While the current numbers still present a slow pace of development, the government is hopeful to make amends soon.
FDI Ultimate Game Changer
Though investment in infrastructure is expected to touch $1,025 billion in the Twelfth Five-Year Plan (2012-17), many hurdles are choking investment inflows despite the government´s overdrive to attract funds. The government´s recent decision to open up the railway sector to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
Highway builders seek Rs 20,000 crore from NHAI
Highway developers have filed for claims amounting to over Rs 20,000 crore to road projects before various courts and arbitration tribunals across the country.
Still a distant dream?
The establishment of the road regulator, as was announced in the 2013-14 Union Budget, might take place only after the elections. While many industry players want a regulator to be set up, what will the entity finally look like? Rahul Kamat takes a peek at the current trends.
NHBF seeks prior approval for highway projects
In a letter to NHAI, the National Highways Builders Federation (NHBF) recommended that highway projects should not be called for bids before securing requisite clearances, for land acquisition, environment, forest and wildlife. NHBF is a lobby body for highway developers and the letter is also addressed to the Highway Ministry and Finance Ministry on
4th KPMG Infrastructure Today Awards 2011
Over the last four years there has been increased private sector parÂticipation in infrastÂructure via Public Private Partnerships (PPP), and as an objective but active participant in docuÂmenting this growth,




