Chandigarh railway station set to get a makeover

April 2017

Chandigarh's railway station will soon get a makeover. As per the plan, the railway station will be redeveloped in two phases by 2019. The first phas...

Tags: Chandigarh railway station, Five-storey building, Railway Board, VIP lounge

Haryana-Railways JV

January 2017

The Rail Ministry has set up a JVC between Haryana Government and Railways to attract more industries, increase revenue and provide employment to you...

Tags: Rail Ministry, JVC, Haryana Government, Railways, MOU, Ambala Railway Station, Delhi-Chandigarh route, Government of Haryana

A case for institutional investments in non-metro real estate

November 2016

India has over 40 Tier-II and Tier-III cities with million-plus populations, and some of these are growing as fast as their Tier-I counterparts. Seve...

Tags: Central Government Smart Cities, AMRUT, Swachh Bharat Mission, Real estate, Tier-II, III cities, Wimanath high-speed trains, Chandigarh, Smart Cities, Anuj Puri, JLL India, Non-metro real estate

Gadkari: Inland waterways a game changer in connectivity

November 2016

While addressing the Regional Editors Conference in Chandigarh, the Minister for Road Transport Highways & Shipping, Nitin Gadkari, gave an overview ...

Tags: Regional Editors Conference, Chandigarh, Minister for Road Transport Highways & Shipping, Nitin Gadkari, Sagarmala Project, Sagarmala Industrial Clusters

Early Movers!

October 2016

The Smart City Mission has finally started outsmarting its critics. With all 20 SPVs having been formed and a combination of true-blue managers and I...

Tags: Smart City Mission, SPV, CW tracks, ULB, Lutyens old guard, Panaji, Chandigarh, Port Blair, PMC, Saravana Kumar, Jaipur Smart City Ltd, Rajasthan Electronics and Instruments Ltd, GPS trackers, ICT, digital infrastructure

AAI adopt measures to make all airports eco-friendly

October 2016

The Airports Authority of India, which manages 125 airports, including 18 international airports, is working towards making all its facilities eco-fr...

Tags: Airports Authority of India, Chandigarh Airport, Technology, LED

Ashoka Buildcon wins NHAI project in Punjab

August 2016

Infrastructure firm Ashoka Buildcon has received a letter of award from NHAI for widening of a highway stretch in Punjab at a bid cost of Rs 1,600 cr...

Tags: Ashoka Buildcon, Infrastructure, Ashoka Concessions Ltd, NHAI, Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Cabinet

Inter-modality is one of the key components of our approach

May 2016

The cooperation between IR and French Railways is on two fronts currently. One is the semi high-speed passenger train service between Delhi and Chand...

Tags: IR, French Railways, Semi high-speed passenger, Delhi-Chandigarh passenger, Engineering solutions, Components, Technology, Urban transport systems