So, why do cities go for metros?

November 2017

Keynote speaker Elias George, Managing Director, Kochi Metro Rail, won the loudest applause from the rapt audience. 'In the next 20 years, 750 millio...

Tags: Elias George, Kochi Metro Rail, Urbanisation, Urban mobility game, Public transportation system, Metropolitan Transportation Authority Bill

Contractors are now considered as partners in development, as a team

November 2017

PRAVIN DARADE, Additional Metropolitan Commissioner, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), and Secretary to Chief Minister, Gover...

Tags: PRAVIN DARADE, MMRD, Government of Maharashtra, Infrastructure, Transportation, Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link, JICA, Connecting, Constructing bridges

Growth Catalyst

November 2017

With several legislations, port projects, highways and corridors to his credit, Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Shipping, Road, Transport, Highways and Wa...

Tags: Nitin Gadkari, Water Resources, Shipping, Road, Transport, Highways, River Development, Ganga Rejuvenation, Investment

The Platform for Premieres

November 2017

Comtrans 2017 has once again demonstrated its position as the leading trade fair for decision makers in the commercial vehicle (CV) and transport ind...

Tags: Comtrans 2017, Commercial vehicle, Transport, Sergey Rybchak, ITEMF Expo, KAMAZ, LCV manufacturers, Weichai Power, Naberezhnye Chelny, Daimler KAMAZ RUS, Auman EST, Foton, UAZ, GAZelle, Krone

Reducing excavator lifecycle cost

November 2017

Transporting excavators is inevitable in mining and all other excavation operations for various reasons such as material availability, required blend...

Tags: Transporting excavators, Sleipner, Transportation, Tyres, Houtec Engineering & Services

Progress of Tier-II, III and IV cities to be addressed at New India Summit in Nagpur

November 2017

The Confederation of Real Estate Developers' Associations of India (CREDAI) is organising a New India Summit on November 9-10 at Nagpur to address th...

Tags: CREDAI, Devendra Fadnavis, Nitin Gadkari, Small Towns, Big Capabilities, Housing for all by 2022, Road Transport, Highways, Shipping, Water Resources, River Development, Ganga Rejuvenation, Makers of New India, Jaxay Shah, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

Infrastructure assets provide better risk returns

November 2017

If the Indian economy needs to sustain its growth momentum in the coming decade, developing world-class infrastructure facilities is of paramount imp...

Tags: Infrastructure, Provident Fund, Karunakaran Ramchand, IL&FS Transportation Network, Greenfield infrastructure projects, Commercial bank, InvIT, Fair Market Value, TOT, Chicago Skyway, Indiana Toll Road, EPC, Bhartmala project, Rahul Kamat

New Direction

October 2017

The infrastructure sector is the backbone of the Indian economy and its importance cannot be stressed enough. The government of India has earmarked 2...

Tags: Infrastructure sector, MUKUND SAPRE, CAGR, Road, Transport, Shipping, ITCS, Electronic Toll Collection, RFID, NHAI, GST, PPP, EPC, ITNL, IECCL