Rishikesh-Karnprayag Phase-1 to be completed by 2020

November 2018

The first phase of the Rishikesh-Karnprayag rail project in Uttarakhand is expected to be completed by 2020....

Tags: Rishikesh-Karnprayag rail project, Indian Railways, Electric traction

Know how the earthmoving equipment segment is witnessing record sales and a growing market for larger models

October 2018

According to the Off-Highway Research Indian Annual Review 2018, construction equipment sales in India grew 17 per cent in 2017-18, building on the 3...

Tags: Earthmoving equipment, Ajay Aneja, Nischal Mehrotra, LiuGong India, Infrastructure, JCB India, CAGR, Smart Cities, Bharatmala, Sagarmala projects, Dedicated Freight Corridor, Bullet, Metro-rail projects, UDAN, JCB excavators

Two metro-rail projects for Mumbai

October 2018

Two metro-rail projects have been approved by the Maharashtra Cabinet - Dahisar-Mira Bhayander and Andheri-Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International ...

Tags: Two metro-rail project, CSIM, Andheri-CSIM

Sizeable Opportunities

March 2018

The overall cost of expansion of the operational and approved metro projects under implementation is over Rs 2.5 lakh crore, and another Rs 2 lakh cr...

Tags: MRT, Construction opportunities, Metro rail projects, Government of India, Metro rail development project, ITD Cementation, NCC, Afcons Infrastructure, L&T, IL&FS Group, Simplex Infrastructure, Tata Group, J Kumar Infraprojects, ITD Cementation, PPP

Make in India gets metro boost

March 2018

The Ministry of Urban Development gives the "Make in India" campaign a boost with the rapid expansion of metro rail projects....

Tags: Metro rail projects, Ministry of Urban Development, Original Equipment Manufacturers, PHPD, Rajiv Gauba, Make in India

Hyderabad Metro Rail to extend up to Shamshabad Airport in second phase

March 2018

The Telangana Government will reportedly pay for the metro corridor between Biodiversity Park and Shamshabad Airport as part of the second phase of t...

Tags: Telangana Government, Biodiversity Park, Shamshabad Airport, Hyderabad Metro Rail project, Biodiversity Park

We seek to further cut opex-revenue gap

March 2018

Kochi Metro is the first Indian metro to have communication-based train control (CBTC) signalling system. Our trains are unattended train operation (...

Tags: CBTC, UTO, KMRL, PPP, AFC, KSRTC buses, GTFS, Kochi Metro Rail project, RESCO, Axis Bank, DPR

Fast-Tracking Metro

November 2017

Perceived to be a constructive and good step forward, the Union Cabinet recently approved the Metro Rail Policy 2017 to enable realisation of growing...

Tags: Union Cabinet, Metro-Rail projects, PPP, Dr E Sreedharan, DMRC, Central Government, Abhishek Gupta, BARSYL, Sunil Srivastava, EPC projects, Afcons, NCC, IL&FS Group, ITNL, IECCL