India to have 35 districts as open defecation free

October 2016

The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation has recently revealed the progress of the Swachh Bharat Mission Gramin in the last two years. As per re...

Tags: Ministry of Drinking Water, Sanitation, Swachh Bharat Mission Gramin, Toilets, MNREGA, Swachh Bharat Mission Gramin, World Bank, Construction

Sarens wins biggest-ever contract

October 2016

Sarens has won a contract from Tengizchevroil (TCO), the Kazakhstan-based oil company, for the land transportation and installation of pre-assembled ...

Tags: Sarens, TCO, Kazakhstan, Pre-assembled units, Heavy lifting, Transport, ExxonMobil, KazMunay Gas, TSB, Bulgaria, Russian Inland Waterway System

Proposed Haldia multimodal terminal receives good industry response

September 2016

Even before the construction of the multimodal terminal at Haldia in West Bengal kicks off, it has received a commitment of 5.92 million tons (MT) pe...

Tags: Construction, Haldia, Cargo, Inland Waterways Authority of India, Haldia terminal, Inland waterways, Firms, Shipping lines, Cargo operators, Shippers

Metso offers in-the-pit solutions for mining

September 2016

Metso's comprehensive in-the-pit solutions (ITPS) trim the operations by optimising the entire process - from design to selection of machinery and to...

Tags: Metso, ITPS, Water, Energy, Design, Engineering, Equipment, Life Cycle Services, Erik Isokangas, Metso In-the-pit Solutions

CRI ventures in to global wastewater pump market with Italian technology

September 2016

After the successful launch of high-end non-metallic uPVC, CPVC pipes and specialty wires and cables, CRI steps into complete wastewater solutions wi...

Tags: uPVC, CPVC pipes, Wastewater solutions, CRI, FabbricaItalianaPompeSommergibiliSrl, Handle raw water, Sewage, Effluent, Stormwater, Wastewater pumps, G Soundararajan, CRI Group, CAGR, CPCB, NRCP

How Mumbai’s Bhendi Bazaar redevelopment project is becoming a smart city model

September 2016

Dr Prem Jain, Chairman, AECOM India, and Chairman, Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), has earned the epithet, ‘Green Visionary’, owing to his deca...

Tags: Dr Prem Jain, AECOM India, IGBC, Bhendi Bazaar, Kutub Mandviwala, WC, Narendra Modi, Wi-Fi, Smart city model, Rainwater harvesting, Air-conditioning, Green Visionary

ADB to fund for India's first coastal industrial corridor

September 2016

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved $631 million to develop the first 800-km section of a planned 2,500-km-long East Coast Economic Corridor. T...

Tags: Asian Development Bank, East Coast Economic Corridor, Visakhapatnam-Chennai Industrial Corridor section, Clusters, Infrastructure, Drinking water pipes, Power substations, Transmission

94 irrigation contracts cancelled in Maharashtra

September 2016

The Maharashtra Government has cancelled 94 contracts pertaining to 14 irrigation projects in the state. Out of the 94 contracts, 12 are in the Konka...

Tags: Maharashtra Government, Gosikhurd project, ACB, Water resources department, ndian Contracts Act, Wadnere Committee, Gosikhurd dam project