Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways is upset with cement cartelisation and faulty detailed project report (DPR) preparations and has set a roadmap for stepping up road construction pace and quality in surface material with innovative mixes. Speaking exclusively to Pratap Padode, Editor-in-Chief of ASAPP Info Global Group at the ‘InfraNirbhar Webinar...
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IndiaÂ’s first solar bike track corridor to open in 2019
IndiaÂ’s first solar bicycle track corridor will run on both sides of a 12 km stretch road from Mukarba Chowk to Wazirabad on DelhiÂ’s Outer Ring Road by March 2019.
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The Big Infra Opportunity
Stakeholders harp on the government's infrastructure push and expect construction orders of Rs.18 trillion in the next six years. This order inflow volume should support 12 to 15 per cent of industry-level execution of compound annual growth rate (CAGR).
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State Government of Maharashtra considering indemnifying bankers in infrastructure project funding
With huge infrastructure projects underway in Maharashtra, the state government is looking at restructuring its funding model so that bankers who are willing to fund projects will be covered by the government. This will form part of the agreement that they sign with the developers.
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PNC Infra bags Rs.140-cr airport runway contract
PNC Infratech has said that it has been declared as the lowest bidder for a contract in Uttar Pradesh for resurfacing the runway at an Air Force station. ´PNC Infratech Ltd was declared the L1 (lowest) bidder for the project of extension and resurfacing of runway at Air Force Station, Bakshi Ka Talab, near Lucknow.
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The road to safety
With a population of over a billion people, it's no surprise that fatalities from road accidents in India amount to little more than just statistics. Sometimes, though, a single death makes a difference and plunges an entire nation into grief.
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Govt. to invest Rs.25k cr in Assam
Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said the Centre would invest Rs.25,000 crore for developing roads, bridges and waterways in poll-bound Assam over the next two-three years.
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KITCO bids to prepare DPR for bypass project
KITCO, a technical consultancy organisation established by various commercial banks and the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), is the lone bidder that has evinced interest in preparing a detailed project report (DPR) to convert the Kozhikode Bypass into a four-lane carriage way.
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Re-construction of Major District Road in Nashik
The Major District Road, MDR 31 passes through Shaha and Kolpewadi villages in Sinnar Taluka, District Nashik. It comes under the purview of the Nashik PWD and is an important link connecting the sugarcane producing farms of Sinnar Taluka with sugar mills with heavy traffic during peak seasons.
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India requires a deep market for IDFs to be tradable
I believe that the annual fund requirement of these projects will not go beyond Rs 50,000 crore as this will be done in phases, hence planning should be proposed accordingly.