A high level Chinese delegation headed by H.E. Xia Yong, Vice Minister, the Legislative Affairs Office (LAO) of State Council, PeopleĆās Republic of China held a bilateral meeting with senior officials of Union Ministry of Urban Development under the chairmanship of Sudhir Krishna, Secretary (UD), in New Delhi recently.
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Jaipur Metro to get Central funding
The Union Urban Development Secretary Sudhir Krishna said that the Union government is to make equity investment in Jaipur Metro, which till now, was funded by the state government. The proposal will be put forth Union Cabinet soon, he said without revealing further details.
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Govt expects 50% infra investment to come from private sector
Sudhir Krishna, Secretary, Union Urban Development Ministry, informed that the government expects the share of private investment in infrastructure sector to rise to almost 50 per cent in the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17).
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Kochi Metro
In Kochi, when the planned Metro Rail comes into service, each train will have three coaches with a capacity to carry a maximum of 1,000 persons.
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Prioritise urban infra
National Urban Transport Policy [NUTP] was cleared initially way back in 2006, with a vision statement, to "make our cities the most liveable in the world and enable them to become the engines of economic growth". Given the organisation of our cities' infrastructure, it will be a mammoth task for any city to bring order and predictability, let alone promote sustainable forms of transport.
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We need to rethink governments structure for better project implementation
Urban transport can be profitable, but do our city governments have the powers and the capability? Sudhir Krishna, Secretary, Union Ministry of Urban Development, who was recently in Mumbai to attend the Traffic Infra Tech Expo,