We are bringing in expertise that can be made available to 100 cities in India - Nadir Patel, High Commissioner for Canada to India

October 2018

Twenty-eight leading Canadian urban infrastructure, Internet of things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) companies visited India last month to e...

Tags: Canadian urban infrastructure, Internet of things, Water and wastewater, Energy management, Waterproofing, Intelligent transport systems, FIRST Construction Council, Infrastructure, MoU, TCS, Tech Mahindra, Infosys, Ministry of Urban Planning

First time in India - Construction of the D-wall for an underground metro station accomplished by the overcut method using a hydromill

September 2018

Chennai's urbanscape will be transformed when one of Asia's biggest metro stations becomes fully operational this December. No other underground metr...

Tags: Anantakumar Rayaprolu, Urban Infrastructure, Afcons Infrastructure, Construction, Hydromill, EPC, D-wall construction, Concrete

We have tripled our total income compared to the previous year

August 2018

Established in its current form in May 2015, Welspun Enterprises (WEL) operates PPPs in sectors like roads, water and urban infrastructure. The compa...

Tags: Welspun Enterprises, PPP, Roads, Water, Urban Infrastructure, HAM projects, NHAI HAM projects, Sandeep Garg

India required to build 700-900 mn sq m every year till 2030 to meet urban demand

August 2018

In order to meet its massive urban demand, India will have to build 700-900 mn sq m every year till 2030, reportedly mentioned Union Minister Hardeep...

Tags: Hardeep Singh Puri, Urban infrastructure, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

13 infra projects worth Rs.21 bn launched

August 2018

With a total outlay of over Rs 21 bn, 13 urban infrastructure projects have been launched in Rajasthan, which include a 2.7-km-long elevated road pro...

Tags: Urban infrastructure projects, Smart Cities mission, AMRUT

We are expecting a growth of 15-20 per cent in FY2018-19

July 2018

Established in 1992, APCO is a global infrastructure major with interest in the highways, energy, urban infrastructure and industrial development. ...

Tags: APCO, Highways, Energy, Urban infrastructure, Industrial development, Anil Kumar Singh, APCO Infratech, Shriyal Sethumadhavan, Engineering, Procurement, Construction, DBFOT projects

Simplex Infra bags order worth Rs 2595 cr in Q4FY18

April 2018

Simplex Infra has bagged orders worth Rs 25.95 billion in the fourth quarter from January to March’18. With this the total order inflow during FY18 a...

Tags: Simplex Infra, Urban infrastructures, Construction, Power transmission

Will funding projects through PPP or floating bonds be the ideal way to raise the required money to build smart?

March 2018

Smart cities have been provided some seed money from the Centre and the state, with some to be generated from their own budget. But the financial req...

Tags: APUIAML, JV, IL&FS Group, Prakash Gaur, Urban Infrastructure Asset Management, APUDF, FSI, PPP projects, SPV, LED lights, Ajay Saxena, Ravinder Reddy, Grant Thornton India LLP, Smart city plan