Kerala importing sand to meet rising construction demand

September 2017

The Kerala Government has recently announced its decision to import sand in order to keep up with the rising construction demand. ...

Tags: Kerala Government, Pinarayi Vijayan, Cochin Port, construction

JICA to aid Varanasi’s Convention Centre

September 2017

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Grant Agreement with the Government of India to provide grant aid of up to Rs 130 crore for th...

Tags: JICA, Government of India, VCC, Convention Centre, Construction

World’s Biggest Ship Recycling Yard Receives JICA

September 2017

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed an agreement with the Government of India to provide Official Development Assistance (ODA) Loan ...

Tags: JICA, ODA, Government of India, Environmental conservation, Sustainable development, HKC

Govt saved Rs 3 lakh crore loans to road sector turning into NPAs: Gadkari

September 2017

The NDA government has managed to save Rs 3 lakh crore worth bank loans to the road sector turning into NPAs, according to the minister of road trans...

Tags: Nitin Gadkari, NDA government, IACC, NHAI, Infrastructure, Ports, Inland Water Ways, Logistics, Equipment, Uber type, Sagarmala project

Affordable housing steals the show in 2017

September 2017

After recognising a massive gap of housing in India, the Union Government had announced 'Housing for All' by 2022 in July 2015 to achieve the stagger...

Tags: Union Government, Housing for All, LIG, EWS, Affordable housing, Anarock Property Consultants, PPP, ECB, Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana, MIG

Diesel Fuel Services in Equipment

September 2017

Diesel is the fuel required for use in compression ignition engines. Diesel fuel is predominantly produced in the refineries by refining petroleum cr...

Tags: Diesel, KB Mathur, Diesel Fuel Services, Equipment, Petroleum Diesel, Mining, Construction, Contamination, OEM, NAS, Government of India, RSPM

Smart Cities Conference on Surveillance and Safety

September 2017

The importance of safety and security was the focus of two round-table conferences held by Smart Cities Council India jointly with Western Digital, a...

Tags: Safety, Security, Western Digital, Technology Modernisation, Safer, Smarter Cities, Smart Cities Council India, Sanjay Bhatia, Mumbai Port Trust, CCTV surveillance, NAINA, CIDCO, Smart cities, Subhash Chandra, Government of Karnataka

Contractors can bid for various civil works worth crores in smart city Dharamshala, says Dharamshala Municipal Corporation

September 2017

This January, Dharamshala was declared the second capital of Himachal Pradesh. What's more, the city, also renowned for being the residence of the Da...

Tags: Dharamshala, Dalai Lama, Smart cities, Streetlights, Roads, Proper channels, Water discharge, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, Government of India, EPC contractors, RFP documents, TCP, PMC, Infrastructure, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan