The Central Government has approved the Ministry of Railways’ proposal for a revised cost estimate for the construction of the Kolkata East-West Metro Corridor Project at an estimated cost of Rs 85.74 billion on Wednesday.

Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are being encouraged in India's Metro Policy 2017 and this has opened up opportunities for the private sector, says Elias George, Partner and National Head, Infrastructure, Government and Healthcare at KPMG in India.

Citizen groups, industry stakeholders and key decision-makers met Dr. CN Ashwathnarayan, Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka through a virtual town hall to submit their recommendations to ease the traffic situation in the city and help adopt public transportation.

Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs (Independent Charge), Hardeep Singh Puri launched the ‘Climate Smart Cities Assessment Framework (CSCAF) 2.0’, along with the ‘Streets for People Challenge’ in a virtual event organised by the Smart Cities Mission, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), in New Delhi on Friday.

The Bangalore International Airport Ltd (BIAL) has inked agreements for the construction of the Kempegowda International Airport Railway Station and ORR-Airport Metro.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Govt of India on Tuesday signed a $500 million loan, the first tranche of a total $1 billion facility, to build a modern, high-speed 82-kilometer Delhi-Meerut regional rapid transit system (RRTS) corridor that will improve regional connectivity and mobility in India’s national capital region (NCR).

Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Nitin Gadkari has said that public transport must start looking at alternate fuels like biofuels, CNG and electricity.

Govt of India, Govt of Maharashtra, Mumbai Railway Vikas Corp. (MRVC) and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) today signed a loan agreement for a $500 million Mumbai Urban Transport Project-III to improve the network capacity, service quality and safety of the suburban railway system in the country’s commercial centre.

Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and MSMEs Nitin Gadkari laid the foundation stones for 13 highway projects and inaugurated a road safety project in the North-Eastern State of Manipur through video conference on Monday.