Cement will grow exponentially over the next 40 years, so we should be more worried about 2050 than about 2009, said Rajiv Mehta, Executive President, Ultratech Cement.
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Rly coach wkshp soon
GPT Infrastructure, which has been assigned the task to complete the civil work of the railways' ambitious project, Coach Maintenance Workshop, coming up at Harnaut in Bihar.
Waterways for coal transport
NTPC has tied up with Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) to ensure smooth transportation of coal for the Farraka and Khelgaon projects as the railways network is congested and coal supply can be augmented through use of waterways given that the plants are situated near the Hooghly and the Ganga.
Hi-speed rail interests UK Co
UK firm Mott Macdonald will undertake a pre-feasibility study of the 993 km Delhi-Patna rail route as part of the government’s move to connect Patna with a high speed train.
KPTL order book up Rs 950 cr
Kalpataru Power Transmission (KPTL) has secured orders worth Rs 950 crore. The company has won three contracts from Power Grid Corporation worth Rs 546 crore.
Policy to connect mines faster
The Ministry of Railways has announced a new policy for conÂnecting coal and iron ore mines by rail.
Rail gets leg-up from budget
Railway Budget 2011-12 initiates set up of a bridge factory in Jammu and Kashmir, as the J&K rail link project involves a large number of bridges.
KoPT, Railways connect project
Indian Railways and Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) have decided to participate in a Rs 2,000 crore rail-road connectivity project for the proposed new port at Sagar Island.
All rly PPP projects on standby
The Indian Railways have put on hold all PPP projects including the proposed EMU/coach factory at Kanchrapara, diesel locomotive factory at Marhora and electric locomotive plant at Madhepura on assured purchase orders basis.
DMU factory MOVES TO haldia
The Railways intends to shift the proposed DMU coach factory project from Sankrail in Howrah to Haldia due to opposition by a section of landlosers.

