In a major initiative, railway stations and adjoining areas will be redeveloped on ´Smart City lines´ for enhancing passenger amenities, easy access to stations and enabling optimal utilisation of land at railway stations.
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Lack of sufficient domestic project financing options remains a concern
Steve Edwards - Chairman and CEO, Black & Veatch, shares his perspective on the Indian infrastructure market, his company´s offerings, and the shortcomings in the current EPC contract mechanism in the country.
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Water Woes
Available water resources are not adequate for Indian states. But a comprehensive wastewater policy has not been implemented anywhere in India, and Maharashtra is a case in point.
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Tunnelling into the future
Those gargantuan machines painstakingly threading their way beneath hills, roadways, mountainous terrain and beneath the ground in many of India's cities over the last few years have accomplished much
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The Smart Cities programme is brimming with potential for smart water solutions
Urban settlements´ access to a reliable water supply is improving, as is the quality of the water supplied. However, there is still a great deal more to do. The World Bank estimates that 21 per cent of communicable diseases in India are related to unsafe water.
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About 1.3 per cent of land in India gets converted into wasteland every year
We are a company that manages 300,000 tonnes of municipal solid waste per day. Unlike in developed countries where people segregate their wet waste from dry waste, in India, we put it all together. If you separate this waste, it can be recycled.
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With GST, consuming states will be at profit
Sudhir Mungantiwar, Minister of Finance, Planning & Forests, Government of Maharashtra, makes significant revelations about the state finances and also discusses smart cities and GST.
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Scaling the urban ladder
Rapid urbanisation has brought in a sling of progressive measures from the policy-makers. A transition has to set in to accommodate such exponential growth in the urban population.
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Hybrid modes of implementation
The Central government approved Smart Cities Mission involves the development of one hundred smart cities in India. One of the most important elements of smart city infrastructure is economical and environment friendly mass scale rapid public transport system.
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Pan-city initiative, thanks to Smart Cities Mission
While a number of pan-city initiatives such as improving urban transport and electricity, water supply and drainage as well as tourism infrastructure, waste management and traffic de-congestion are being considered for implementation under the Smart Cities Mission, the Madurai Corporation has also picked specific areas for development.