The urban local bodies have traditionally been slow in project implementation. The fundamental reason is that they do not have a predictable revenue stream for financial planning.

It's an IPO season. After IRBs' InvIT, state-owned Housing and Urban Development Corporation Ltd (HUDCO) will raise Rs 1,200 crore from the markets. Dr M Ravi Kanth, Chairman and Managing Director, divulges the company's future strategy in an INFRASTRUCTURE TODAY exclusive.

The Mint newspaper reports that over the past three months, India´s top three bus makers, Ashok Leyland, Tata Motors and VE Commercial Vehicles, have received orders for supplying 10,600 total units from various state transport undertakings.

Tata Motors has delivered 241 buses to KSRTC (Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation), under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). The buses are equipped with new-generation Tata Cummins ISBe engines, air suspension, multiplex wiring meeting Urban Bus specification II, laid down by the Centre

Recent discussions in media and academia on the status of the Green Belt around Bangalore, in the revised Master Plan for 2031, indicate that better options for keeping adequate green components in urban systems are needed.

At 4.87 million km, India has the second largest road network in the world. Transporting over 60 per cent of the country´s goods and serving 85 per cent of total passenger traffic, it is little wonder the Modi Government has accorded the highest priority to developing roads and highways.

Urban India is bracing for a unique and difficult challenge of shortage of freshwater as well as managing increased wastewater. Urban India is experiencing an exponential growth. With about 377 million people

Smart Cities Council (SCC) India will launch India Readiness Guide, with over 100 case studies in September. Prime Minister Narendra Modi´s dream project of smart cities has started taking shape and it has achieved a milestone in terms of the Union Cabinet

Union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah said projects which are either completed or half done under schemes like JNNURM, Rajiv Awas Yojana and Swachh Bharat