Ahmedabad airport runway repair

April 2016

As the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPIA) is set to take up repair works of its runway, tourist traffic in Gujarat (both in-bound...

Tags: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, SVPIA, Ahmedabad, Airport Runway

12 sites earmarked for LIG housing projects

April 2016

Large open plots in Chandkheda, Jodhpurgam and Vejalpur areas in Ahmedabad will soon be occupied by low-income group (LIG) housing projects....

Tags: LIG, housing projects, Ahmedabad

Indian Railways to invest Rs.9,800 cr in Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project

March 2016

Indian Railways has announced that it will invest Rs 9,800 crore in the bullet train project in the Mumbai-Ahmedabad corridor....

Tags: Indian Railways, Bullet Train Project, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Corridor, Japan Investment Co-operation Agency, JICA

A trendsetting airport

March 2016

Apart from being India´s first PPP greenfield airport, Cochin International Airport is also the world´s first solar-powered airport. The three plants...

Tags: IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Kozhikode, Harvard University, PPP greenfield airport, Cochin International Airport, KIAS, VJ Kurian, CIAL, ACKNair, Kissan Vikas Patra, HUDCO, Kerala´s traditional architecture

Railways fast-tracks Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project

February 2016

The Railway Ministry has fast-tracked the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train corridor by setting up a separate company...

Tags: Railway Ministry, Mumbai-Ahmedabad, Bullet Train Project

Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train may run on elevated corridor

February 2016

In order to solve problems like acquiring vast tracts of land and building underpasses for people and cattle, the proposed Mumbai-Ahmedabad...

Tags: Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bullet Train, Special Purpose Vehicle, RITES, Italferr, Systra

Nod for biggest FDI in Indian Railways

January 2016

The Cabinet has approved the setting up of India´s first 500-km-long bullet train project, with the help of Japanese funds and technology. Connecting...

Tags: Cabinet, Japanese funds and technology, Mumbai-Ahmedabad project, Indian Railways

Ahmedabad Metro to roll by Oct 2017

January 2016

The first metro rail in Ahmedabad will roll before October 2017 on the six-km long inaugural stretch of VastralgamApparel Park. ...

Tags: Metro Rail, MEGA, IP Gautam, APMC Motera, Ahmedabad Metro