Today, images and news of under construction infrastructure projects compete for popularity with politics, cinema and cricket in the popular discourse.
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Tag: Rail Vikas Nigam
Funding Dichotomy
The population surge, rapid urbanisation, and the consequent congestion have time and again fuelled the ´need for speed´. Mass rapid transit system like the metro rail has dawned as a panacea in this regard.
Shipping Ministry moots company for port connectivity projects
To boost the port-rail connectivity projects, the Ministry of Shipping is con¡sidering plans to set up a new company to undertake rail projects at all government ports.
GMR bags rail doubling work
A consortium led by GMR Infrastructure has won three construction packages of rail line doubling of the Multi Modal Transport System (MMTS) Phase II works on the Secunderabad division of South Central Railway. Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd
High Speed Rail Corporation inaugurated
The Union Railway Minister Mallikarjun M Kharge formally launched the High Speed Rail Corporation of India (HSRC), a subsidiary of Rail Vikas Nigam (RVNL) in Delhi. He also revealed the logo of HSRC that has been designed by National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad.
Andhra govt, railways to implement Rs 650 cr project
Andhra government and Rail Vikas Nigam are in the process of jointly implementing a Rs 650-crore phase II multi-modal transport system project in Hyderabad. Both the entities would set up a special purpose vehicle to implement the project and the cost would be shared by them in the ratio of two-thirds (Andhra Pradesh government) and one-third (south central Railw
Ongoing railway projects need ` 1.47 trillion
Railway ministry pegged the investment requirement for the 347 ongoing new line, gauge conversion and doubling projects at about Rs 1.47 lakh crore as on April 1, 2012.
All sanctioned projects are progressing as per availability of resources, Minister of State for Railways Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury informed Lok Sabha.Targets for projects are fixed on yearly basis based on availability of funds. To expedite completion of ongoing projects, efforts are made to generate extra budgetary financing throu
Ongoing railway projects need ` 1.47 trillion
Railway ministry pegged the investment requirement for the 347 ongoing new line, gauge conversion and doubling projects at about Rs 1.47 lakh crore as on April 1, 2012.
All sanctioned projects are progressing as per availability of resources, Minister of State for Railways Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury informed Lok Sabha.Targets for projects are fixed on yearly basis based on availability of funds. To expedite completion of ongoing projects, efforts are made to generate extra budgetary financing throu
IVRCL bags Haryana road proj
Haryana government awaÂrded Rs 1,201.70 crore order for four-laning a151 km stretch of a highway to IVRCL Assets & Holdings.The contract includes rehabilitation, up-gradation and widening of the existing carriageway to four-lane standards with construction of new pavement, rehabilitation of existing pavement, construction of bridges, drains, etc.
India's longest rail bridge
Mumbai-based AFCONS Infrastructure, which has been engaged in construction of road conÂnectivity in Kochi since 2001, has achieved the distinction of building India's longest rail bridge conÂnecting the island Vallarpadam with Idappalli in north Kochi.
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