362-km railway line to improve connectivity

October 2018

A 362-km railway line worth Rs 85.74 bn is being planned for west-central India to connect JNPT with Manmad in Maharashtra, and Indore....

Tags: JNPT, Ministry of Shipping, Ministry of Railways, Governments of Maharashtra, JV

IRCON International IPO opens today; to close on September 19, 2018

September 2018

IRCON International (the “Company”) has proposed to open on September 17, 2018, an initial public offering (IPO) of equity shares of Face Value of Rs...

Tags: IRCON International, Retail Individual Bidders, Ministry of Railways, Government of India, BRLM, SEBI ICDR Regulations, Mutual Funds, EPC services

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