ABB pumping technology helps rescue parched farms and villages in India

April 2018

Years of severe drought have created a water crisis in the Mahbubnagar region in Telangana, a state in southern India where half the population of 35...

Tags: ABB India, Mahatma Gandhi Kalwakurthy Lift Irrigation Scheme, MGKLIS, Drinking water, Sanjeev Sharma, LCI, Andritz Pumps, SCADA

Guaranteed Waterproofing

April 2018

Mapelastic, Mapelastic Smart are elastic, cementitious waterproofing systems which, thanks to their content of high quality synthetic resins, maintai...

Tags: Mapelastic, Mapelastic Smart, Cementitious waterproofing systems, Liquid elastic membranes, Purtop System Roof, Green Roof Mapei systems

Building green: Trends in building blocks, glazing, insulation, HVAC, elevators, lighting, and BMS

April 2018

In 2001, India had just one building conforming to the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) green building rating, spanning 20,000 sq ft. Today, the ...

Tags: IGBC, LEED, Egis India Consulting Engineers, GRIHA, Srinivas S, LED lighting, Waterless urinals, HVAC technologies, photovoltaic cells, TERI, Monnanda Appaiah, Wienerberger India, Rajiv Balaggan, Pilkington Glass India, Façade

Modular Showers

April 2018

Viega has introduced the new Advantix shower channel range, the designs of which can be customised as per the architectural needs. Water inlet of jus...

Tags: Viega India, Advantix shower channel, Water inlet

Port of Call

March 2018

The Government of India has embarked on the Sagarmala Programme with a vision to reduce logistics cost for both domestic and EXIM cargo and utilise t...

Tags: Government of India, Sagarmala Programme, Waterways, CEZ, EXIM cargo, Nitin Gadkari, TEFR, Port, DPR, NGR, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and National Highways Authority of India, JNPT, SEZ, Ministry of Shipping, Karwar Port

We have awarded Rs.7.50 lakh crore projects in three years

March 2018

We are planning to raise Rs 2.9 lakh crore from the equity market, Rs 1.06 lakh crore from private investments and Rs 2.19 lakh crore from Central Ro...

Tags: Central Road Funds, TOT, NHAI, MoRTH, Port sector, Inland waterways, Sagarmala project, JNPT, Ro-Ro services, DPR, Rahul Kamat

We will require 80,000 direct and 1.25 lakh indirect skilled workforce

March 2018

For instance, out of the 111 identified National Waterways, 106 were conceived in 2016 alone. An assertive Nutan Guha Biswas, Chairperson, Inland Wat...

Tags: Nutan Guha Biswas, IWAI, AGMUT, IAS, Guha Biswas, National Waterways, transportation, River Ganga, Narendra Modi, Venkaiah Naidu, Road Transport & Highways, Shipping, Water Resources, River Development, Ganga Rejuvenation

We have Identified 10 HAM Projects for Ganga Rejuvenation

March 2018

Most of the projects we have awarded are sewage treatment plants in various states. These plants use standard available technology....

Tags: Sewage treatment plants, Upendra Prasad Singh, Ministry of Water Resources, MLD, HAM, Essel Infra Projects, JICA, HNB Engineers, STP, NMCG, Tata Consultancy Engineering