Fund Raiser

July 2018

Led by its Chairman and Managing Director Rajeev Mehrotra, public sector enterprise and state-owned railways consultancy firm Rail India Technical an...

Tags: Rajeev Mehrotra, Rail India Technical, Economic Services, IPO, Ministry of Railways, Government of India, CAGR, Transport

ECoR to save Rs 1.35 billion with 100 per cent LED installation

April 2018

In order to take forward the energy conservation measures, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) has completed installation of LED lights in all its stations...

Tags: Energy, LED lights, ECoR, Waltair division, Ministry of Railways

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

Old and depleted lines of 8,000 km on trunk routes to be replaced

January 2018

The Indian Railways is set to begin its largest track renewal exercise (as indicated by media reports), wherein it is expected to replace 8,000 km of...

Tags: Indian Railways, Ministry of Railways, Finance ministry, Upcoming budget

By 2020, India may reuse at least 6,800 litres of waste water

January 2018

The market should develop significantly. India's demand for water is growing, while the amount of available water is falling. So, recycling and reusi...

Tags: Rajiv Menon, Black & Veatch India, Ministry of Railways, Ganga Rejuvenation programme, Union Water Resources Ministry, Waste water treatment projects, Waste water management systems, Smart metering, STP, CHP, Smart Cities Mission, Swachh Bharat, MCGM, Distribution

And the Nominees Are...

October 2017

When India's premier construction magazine decides to recognise and reward excellence, you can be sure only the crème de la crème makes it to the sho...

Tags: Construction, Crème de la crème, SN Subrahmanyan, Shapoor Pallonji Mistry, CMRL, Dilip Suryavanshi, NBCC, MoU, Ministry of Railways, NCC, Tata Projects, Vinayak K Deshpande, Ashoka Buildcon, Gayatri Projects, GR Infraprojects

Excon 2017 to attract over 1,000 exhibitors

July 2017

The 9th edition of Excon, India's premier and South Asia's largest construction equipment and construction technology trade fair, which will take pla...

Tags: 9th edition of Excon, Construction Equipment, Technology, Anirudh Jain, Ministry of Railways, Railway Board, Vipin Sondhi, Excon 2017, Virendra Gupta, ICEMA, Railways, CII

Fast Forwarding the Lifeline

July 2017

It is often pointed out that every rupee invested in ramping up railway infrastructure benefits the economy six times over. Therefore, after languish...

Tags: Infrastructure, British Raj, NDA, Bibek Debroy, IRCON, IRFC, PSU, Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, GBS, GE, Alstom, PPP, Rail Sanraksha Kosh, Mobility, Siemens