While roads remain a gotta-love-it sector, with record projects awarded and some spectacular success stories, the sector was the biggest laggard in last year's completed projects.
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PPP and risk allocation mechanism in roads
While roads remain a gotta-love-it sector, with record projects awarded and some spectacular success stories, the sector was the biggest laggard in last year's completed projects.
Expertspeak: Engineering measures for Forgiving Roads
It is only recently that concrete recommendations have been accepted by MORTH for enforcing safety measures.
Wanted: Double-engine pull!
The way for Indian Railways to capture back some of the market lost to roads is through privatisation. Although the intent is there, privatisation of rail logistics is a while away because the fundamentals, including documentation formats, do not exist.
Road safety policy: Diluted but a good step forward
The opportunities for the infrastructure industries, especially those in road management, training, construction and maintenance, are brewing and will soon be a major activity, as an Act is on the anvil soon to promote road safety.
East-West corridor UP stretch to be ready by June
According to National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), work on the 653 km stretch of the East-West corridor project in UP will be completed by June this year.

