The big elephant in the room affecting the future of roof-top solar in India is and has been government policy. Frequent changes in state government policy have made things difficult for both consumers and developers. By ANIMESH DAMANI

The National High Speed Rail Corp. Ltd has invited bids for the design and construction of about 18 km of the viaduct between Anand and Sabarmati including the high-speed rail (HSR) stations at Ahmedabad and Sabarmati for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad HSR corridor.

Global infrastructure engineering, procurement and construction major, KEC International Ltd, an RPG Group Company, has secured new orders worth Rs 10.33 crore across its various verticals.

The Central Government is charting a plan to set up three large manufacturing zones for power equipment in different places in the country.

Constructed under Telangana’s Strategic Road Development Programme, the Durgam Cheruvu Cable Bridge will ease traffic flow towards HITEC City, reducing commute time from Jubilee Hills to Madhapur from 30 to a mere 10-minutes and the distance from Mind Space to Jubilee Hills by 2 km.

The country’s second-largest manufacturer of electric power transmission towers and one of the world’s largest power transmission engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) companies, KEC International Ltd has secured new orders worth Rs 11.92 billion across its various businesses.

The Power Minister pointed out that from the data on item-wise quantum of imports in power sector given by Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence (DGCI), Department of Commerce it is seen that many types of equipment like transmission line towers, conductors, industrial electronics, capacitors, transformers, cables and insulators and fittings, etc.

The power transmission & distribution business of L&T Construction has bagged domestic and international orders in the range of Rs 10-25 billion.

The formation of a robust cross-border framework in the South Asia region is expected to bring down the cost of electricity and allow India to achieve the flexibility to regulate the intermittency of power generated by its wind and solar farms.