Indian major ports set to install 200 MW renewable projects

April 2016

In a bid to become self-reliant in energy, the Ministry of Shipping has chalked out plans to install around 200 MW captive (150 MW solar and 50 MW wi...

Tags: Renewable power projects, Ports, Ministry of Shipping, Nitin Gadkari, Solar rooftop projects, JNPT, Kandla Port

The road to safety

April 2016

With a population of over a billion people, it's no surprise that fatalities from road accidents in India amount to little more than just statistics....

Tags: Road safety, Heavy traffic, Road Transport, Safety Bill, Rural Development Gopinath Munde, Road infrastructure, Global NCAP, Bharat New Vehicle Safety Assessment Programme, Harman Singh, Vinod Kumar Kanumala, IFROS, World Health Organization, RTO, Milind Bharambe, Supreme Court

How safe are our roads?

April 2016

We travel in order to reach our destinations; we do not travel to die. Yet, that is exactly what 1.3 million road travelers do every year - die! It i...

Tags: Road travelers, GDP, Nitin Gadkari, Roads, Highways, Road transportation, Good Samaritan law, Road safety, Road Infrastructure

Shipping Ministry's 3-day summit

April 2016

In an effort to boost port-led development in the country, Ministry of Shipping is hosting a three-day maritime event in Mumbai between April 14-16. ...

Tags: Boost Port, Ministry of Shipping, Investment, Nitin Gadkari, MoU

NH works: State urged to share cost

April 2016

Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has said the Karnataka state government has been requested to share 50 per cent of the cost for widening of na...

Tags: Road Transport, Nitin Gadkari, Union govt

The port man

April 2016

Taking a leaf from the popular saying that you need right people for the right job, the government recently appointed Sanjay Bhatia, who was vice cha...

Tags: Sanjay Bhatia, CIDCO, Mumbai Port Trust, Nitin Gadkari, Maharashtra State Electricity Board, MSEB

India to harness 50,000 km waterfront

April 2016

The government is looking to harness the country´s 50,000 km of sea and river fronts as waterways ...

Tags: Waterways, Nitin Gadkari, National Waterways, Parliament

Container Handling: Future´s Bright

April 2016

In line with global trends, India also followed suit to create more container handling facilities, at many locations, during the past decades. Howeve...

Tags: Container traffic, Container-specific handling equipment, CAGR, TEU, CSFs, ICD, GDP, Sanjay Saxena, Sany India, Praveen Waychal, Cargotec India Pvt Ltd, Nitin Gadkari, Roads, Highways, Shipping