GST positive for road logistics sector: ICRA

June 2018

The effect of the GST implemented in July 2017 has been largely positive for the road logistics sector and has led to several benefits....

Tags: GST, Road logistics, Road transportation, Trucks, Warehouses

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

Odisha: Mega projects for Paradip under Sagarmala

June 2018

The Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways has chalked out a blue print for port-led development in Paradip under the Sagarmala pro...

Tags: Shipping, Road Transport, Highways, Paradip port, Sagarmala project, Infrastructure

Rs.55 bn for Hyderabad regional ring road

June 2018

Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has sanctioned Rs 55 bn for laying regional ring road around Hyderabad....

Tags: Union Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, Four road projects

Raising the bar

May 2018

Road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari has set road project award and construction targets of 55 km per day and 45 km per day, respective...

Tags: Road transport and highways, Nitin Gadkari, Matching technologies, Equipment, Concrete Batching Plants, Concrete Boom Pumps, Case Construction Equipment, Nitin Gadkari

Honouring the unsung heroes

May 2018

Change, Road Safety and Innovation were the mantras of the seventh edition of Mahindra Transport Excellence Awards held recently in New Delhi, where ...

Tags: Mahindra Transport Excellence Award, RISE pillars, Saakshi Kishnani, Vinod Sahay, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Veejay Nakra, Auto Division, YS Malik, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Mahindra Group, Rakesh Batra, G Raghuram, Construction Equipment, Mahindra Truck & Bus

TOT auction can draw foreign ‘patient capital’ in win-win

April 2018

CRISIL expects the first bundle of nine toll-operate-transfer (TOT) projects put up by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to elicit good...

Tags: CRISIL, NHAI, TOT, India road transportation sector, IRR

Funding Not a Constraint for Road Building Programmes

March 2018

In an exclusive interview to INFRASTRUCTURE TODAY, Debjani Chakrabarti, Director Highways, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) elucidates s...

Tags: Debjani Chakrabarti, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Roads building programme, EPFO, LIC, PPP, BOT, Hybrid Annuity Mode, EPC, NHDP, PCU, Construction, NHIDCL, NHAI, NIIF