Peripheral E´way to ease Delhi´s traffic woes

December 2016

Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Pon Radhakrishnan has informed the Lok Sabha that to decongest traffic in Delhi, a ´Peripheral´ Exp...

Tags: Road Transport, Highways Pon Radhakrishnan, Lok Sabha, Peripheral Expressway, EPE, NHAI

New Peripheral Expressway to ease Delhi's traffic woes

November 2016

Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Pon Radhakrishnan has informed the Lok Sabha that to decongest traffic in Delhi, a ‘Peripheral’ Exp...

Tags: Road Transport, Highways, Pon Radhakrishnan, Lok Sabha, Peripheral Expressway, EPE, Baghpat, Gautam Budh Nagar, Palwal, NHAI, WPE, Manesar Palwal, BOT, Haryana project

Maritime sector poised for major growth

October 2016

The maritime sector in the country is poised for major growth as the Centre has initiated steps towards this direction, said Union Minister of State ...

Tags: Maritime sector, Pon Radhakrishnan, Shipping, Indian Maritime University Kochi campus, BJP government, Ports

4 new major ports to be set up

September 2016

Minister of State for Shipping Pon Radhakrishnan told the Lok Sabha that the government has proposed to set up four new major ports. ...

Tags: Shipping, Pon Radhakrishnan, New Major Ports, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra

Major ports adopt solar technology

September 2016

The drive for the deployment of solar energy in India has gained further momentum as the Ministry of Shipping has recently announced that it is plann...

Tags: Solar energy, Utility-scale solar power plants, Ministry of Shipping, Pon Radhakrishnan, Green Port

Major ports handle 603.37 mt in FY16 | Govt

June 2016

Total cargo handled by major ports increased by 4.3 per cent to 606.37 mn t last fiscal as against 581.34 mn t in 2014-15, Parliament was informed....

Tags: Cargo, Parliament, Pon Radhakrishnan, Rajya Sabha, Road Transport, Highways, Shipping

Funds raised by NHAI

May 2016

The government has permitted borrowing of Rs.59.279 crore by NHAI during 2016-17 as IEBR. NHAI plans to raise Rs.5,000 crore through capital gains bo...

Tags: NHAI, IEBR, Instruments, Pon Radhakrishnan, Road Transport, Highways, Rajya Sabha

Govt plans 4 new major port projects

April 2016

The government is planning four new major ports at Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh at an investment of Rs.32,000 crore under ...

Tags: New major ports, PPP, Investment, Colachel, Shipping, Pon Radhakrishnan