Railway station development is an area that needs to be focussed upon, says Rajeev Mehrotra, CMD, RITES

September 2018

The first state-run railway company to launch an IPO, RITES is a leading player in transport, consultancy and engineering in India. In 44 years since...

Tags: Rajeev Mehrotra, RITES, IRSDC, Investment, Systra, PSU, ICP

Need For Speed

July 2018

For the ambitious plan of overhauling one of the world’s biggest transporters of men and materials, both the government and private sector need to de...

Tags: Piyush Goyal, Jagannarayan Padmanabhan, CRISIL Infrastructure Advisory, Sanjeev Gupta, KRCL, Mangal Dev, Hitachi Rail Systems Co, Sanjeev Kumar Lohia, IRSDCL, Rajeev Mehrotra, RITES

“Developer interests to be adequately safeguarded”

July 2018

As a special purpose vehicle (SPV), the Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation (IRSDCL) is responsible for executing the largest transit-ori...

Tags: Sanjeev Kumar Lohia, IRSDCL emphasises, IRSDCL, smart cities, EPC contract, PPP model

Traction Ahead!

March 2018

The Railways has sizeable capex plans for the five year period 2015-19 involving a capital outlay of Rs.8.56 trillion. The annual capital outlay for ...

Tags: Railways, NITI Aayog, DFC, HSR, PPP, IRFC, LIC, JICA, WDFC, EDFC, EPC, Tata Group, GMR Group, IRSDC, NHSRC

Railway ministry to empower RLDA and IRSDC

October 2017

The railway ministry has decided to give more powers to the Railway Land Development Authority (RLDA) and Indian Railway Station Development Corporat...

Tags: Railway Ministry, IRSDC, RLDA, IT Directorate, ICT

Habibganj Railway redevelopment

August 2016

An agreement was signed between Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation Limited (IRSDC) and Bansal Group for the redevelopment and modernisat...

Tags: IRSDC, Bansal Group, Redevelopment, Modernisation, Habibganj Railway Station, Ministry of Railways

Rail ministry plans redevelopment of Surat railway station

June 2016

The rail ministry has invited an Expression of Interest (EoI) from companies for redevelopment of Surat railway station in Gujarat, as part of a larg...

Tags: EoI, Rail ministry, Gujarat, IRSDC, SPV, DBOFT, Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation, Surat Municipal Corporation