Urgent need for policy framework to accelerate the adoption of green buildings

October 2016

At a event recently, Ashish Kumar Singh, IAS, Principal Secretary, Public Works Department, Government of Maharashtra, said, “The need of the hour is...

Tags: Ashish Kumar Singh, Public Works Department, Government of Maharashtra, Ar Tai Lee Siang, Chair, World Green Building Council, Dr Prem C Jain, World Green Building Council, IGBC, Gurmit Singh Arora, DMRC

Why is India neglecting its road bridges?

August 2016

It is an alarming call for the assessment of bridges in India, especially post the collapse of an 88-year-old bridge on the Mumbai-Goa highway. To ev...

Tags: Mumbai-Goa highway, BMIS, Union road transport ministry, Maharashtra Public Works Department, Road bridges

BORG Energy undertakes project for MP quarters

May 2016

US-based alternate energy solutions provider Borg Energy has successfully completed a prestigious project to convert over 60 residential quarters of ...

Tags: Energy solutions, Borg Energy, Green energy, Central Public Works Department of New Delhi, Vega Series, Grid String Inverters

PWD to outsource road maintenance

December 2015

Public Works Department (PWD) is likely to come up with a proposal soon, in order to outsource private companies to maintain the main roads in Delhi....

Tags: Public Works Department, Municipal Corporation, Delhi, Road Maintenance

One has to be vigilant... PPP will survive if users are happy

November 2015

First of all, when we talk about a project, it is not only about the project but the risks associated with it. When it is an Indian investor, the ris...

Tags: Ajay Saxena, PPP, Government of Maharashtra, PPP, Anna Hazare, Public Works Department, NHAI roads, IRR, Concession Agreement, Road, Special Duty

Bagged it!

October 2015

The Railway Business Unit, a part of the Transportation Infrastructure business of L&T Construction, has won a railway order from BACS consortium (Be...

Tags: Railway Business Unit, L&T Construction, Transportation, Infrastructure, BACS, Ballastless tracks, Riyadh Metro Line, EPC contract, DBFOMT work, Road upgradation, NHAI, NHDP, Civil construction, Toshiba JSW Power Systems Pvt Ltd, Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd

Maharashtra PWD minister says road toll tax is here to stay

February 2014

According to PWD Minister Chhagan Bhujbal the toll tax will have to stay as the state of Maharashtra with limited funds cannot go ahead on its own to...

Tags: Road, Toll, Tax, Public Works Department, PWD

Road widening in Kochi may be delayed

December 2013

In Kochi, widening of the SN Junction-Poothotta stretch in Tripunithura area is likely to be delayed as the Public Works Department (PWD) has underta...

Tags: Kochi, SN Junction-Poothotta stretch, Tripunithura, Public Works Department, footpath renovation