KONE India launches new elevators for midrange segment, visuals inspired by the Navaratna

June 2018

KONE India, a leading elevator and escalator company in the country, has introduced its new elevator offering – KONE U MonoSpace and KONE U MiniSpace...

Tags: KONE India, Elevator, Escalator, KONE U MiniSpace, Technology, Henrik Ehrnrooth, KONE Corporation, Amit Gossain, Axel Berkling, LEED, BREEAM, KONE U MonoSpace Elevators, KONE EcoDisc® hoisting machine

Mitsubishi Corporation awarded Iraq port contract

June 2018

Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) has been awarded a contract for port construction in the Republic of Iraq. Extended by the General Company for Ports of I...

Tags: Mitsubishi Corporation, Port, Contract

'Will The Luxury Market Survive in an Affordable Housing Era?’

June 2018

Since the Prime Minister’s announcement of the Housing for All by 2022 initiative, affordable housing seems to have become the buzzword of the real e...

Tags: Housing for All by 2022, Affordable housing, Farshid Cooper, Spenta Corporation

We are in the process of designing the vision for the coming 30 years, says Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Commissioner

June 2018

Pimpri Chinchwad, an urban agglomeration near Pune, is an acknowledged masterpiece of community-oriented, real-estate led development. ...

Tags: Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation, Real-estate, Shravan Hardikar, Pimpri Chinchwad Smart City Corporation, Construction, AMRUT scheme, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, EoI, RFP, Smart mobility, Smart parking, Smart water, Smart lighting, BRTS, DPR

We are working on increasing our lines for different locations, says Mahendra Jain, MD, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation

June 2018

It is progressing well. Currently, we are operating two lines - North-South and East-West - that span over 42.8 km with a ridership of over 400,000 c...

Tags: Mahendra Jain, Government of Karnataka, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation, Electronic City, DPR, BMTC, BMRC, Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation, Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation, Construction

Municipal bonds is gaining traction these days, says Ashish Sable, SBI Capital Markets

June 2018

The CW team recently met Ashish Sable, Senior Vice President & Group Head, Debt Capital Markets, SBI Capital Markets, at the Smart Urbanation Summit ...

Tags: Ashish Sable, SBI Capital Markets, Smart Urbanation Summit, Smart Cities Council India, ULB, SEBI, Pune Municipal Corporation, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation

Odisha eyes long-term power trade with Bangladesh

June 2018

In its first power trading with a foreign nation, Odisha, via its bulk purchaser Gridco, is aiming at long-term supply of power to Bangladesh....

Tags: Power trading, Gridco, PSU Odisha Power Generation Corporation, NTPC

State's first operational multi-product SEZ

June 2018

Mahindra World City Jaipur (MWC Jaipur), a JV between Mahindra Lifespace Developers and Rajasthan State Industrial Development and Investment Corpora...

Tags: Mahindra World City Jaipur, Mahindra Lifespace Developers, Rajasthan State Industrial Development, Investment Corporation, Mahindra Lifespaces, IT, ITeS, SEZ