Rs 476 crore proposed SEZ at JNPT to be completed by December 2018

April 2017

The proposed Special Economic Zone (SEZ) at Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT) is the first-of-its-kind at a major port complex in the country, and would b...

Tags: Special Economic Zone, Jawaharlal Nehru Port, cargo terminals, SEZ, EPC work, Construction, Infrastructure development

70 per cent of Phase-1 and 2 in Dubai’s Sobha Hartland sold out

April 2017

Sobha Group, the leading premium real estate developer, has announced that 70 per cent of Phase-1 and 2 in its Sobha Hartland in Dubai has been sold ...

Tags: Sobha Group, Real estate developer, Hartland Greens, Dubai Water Canal, Construction, Meydan One development, Burj Khalifa, Ras Al Khor wildlife sanctuary, PNC Menon, Investments

Odisha to build 100,000 houses for urban poor by 2022

April 2017

Odisha is planning to build one lakh houses for economically weaker sections (EWS) and lower income groups (LIG) by 2022 under the policy of ‘Housing...

Tags: EWS, LIG, Housing, Urban Development, Pushpendra Singhdeo, RERA, G Mathivathanan

Centre aims to connect 90percent of India with Internet services by 2018

April 2017

Delivering his inaugural address, on the first day of the two-day India Internet Conference (IIC) 2017 on the theme ‘Digital India 4 Sustainable Deve...

Tags: Digital India 4 Sustainable Development, IIC, FICCI, FICCI-ILIA, Dr Gulshan Rai, Government of India, NSCS, Cyber security framework, Ministry of Electronics, PP Chaudhary, MeitY, IIC

Record 47,350 km of PMGSY roads constructed in 2016-17

April 2017

A record 47,350 km of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) roads was constructed during 2016-17. This is the highest construction of PMGSY roads ...

Tags: PMGSY, Construction, Ministry of Rural Development, Waste plastic, Cold mix, Geo-textiles, Fly ash, Iron, Copper slag, NQM, Unsatisfactory

AAI wins ‘India Pride Award’ for infrastructure development

April 2017

The Airports Authority of India has won Dainik Bhaskar's ‘India Pride Awards—2016-17’ for ‘Excellence in Infrastructure Development’ in the category ...

Tags: Airports Authority of India, Dainik Bhaskar, Excellence in Infrastructure Development, Guruprasad Mohapatra, Manoj Sinha, Air passengers, Building infrastructure, India Pride Award

Mumbai's real estate leaders under one roof for REMI's Owner Developer Programme

April 2017

One of India’s leading real estate educational institutes, The Real Estate Management Institute (REMI), has launched its Owner Developer Programme (O...

Tags: REMI, ODP, SS Hussain, MCHI CREDAI, Gulam Zia, Knight Frank, Tata Housing Development Co, Sarthak Shah

Mega Projects

April 2017

India is acquiring quite the reputation for construction! Major infrastructure projects in the country that have been internationally lauded include ...

Tags: Construction, Metro Rail, Chenab Bridge, Qazigund Tunnel, Eastern Freeway, NITI Aayog, Navi Mumbai International Airport, Dibang Hydropower Project, GIFT City, Narmada Valley Development Project, Nitin Gadkari, Road Transport, Highways, Shipping, Sagarmala programme