Mumbai’s Development Plan finally a reality!

January 2019

After being delayed for nearly four years, Mumbai’s Development Plan (DP), which will determine the city’s land use and infrastructure development fo...

Tags: DCPR, NAREDCO, Ajoy Mehta, FSI, Knight Frank, Shishir Baijal, BMC, Devendra Fadnavis, Infrastructure

Maharashtra government to uplift the face of Dharavi

January 2019

To fast-track the long-pending development of Dharavi, the Maharashtra Cabinet has approved the establishment of a special purpose vehicle (SPV) and ...

Tags: Maharashtra Cabinet, SPV, DRPA, SVR Srinivas, MHADA, JV, Railways

India jumps 23 ranks in ease of doing business

January 2019

After India climbed 23 ranks in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business index to 77th place, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set an ambitious target...

Tags: Narendra Modi, Durga Shanker Mishra, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, NAREDCO, World Bank, Business Grand Challenge

Construction of at least 800 km highways at risk this fiscal

January 2019

CRISIL Research has lowered its execution forecast for the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) projects for fiscal 2019 to 3,600-3,800 km fro...

Tags: CRISIL Research, NHAI, HAM, EPC, Construction

Strategic 4.9 km rail-cum-road Bogibeel bridge inaugurated

January 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently dedicated the Bogibeel bridge to the nation. Built on the Brahmaputra river in the Dibrugarh district of Assam,...

Tags: Narendra Modi, Bogibeel bridge, HCC, Corrosion Protection System

Delhi’s land pooling policy gets DDA’s nod

January 2019

The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has approved the land pooling policy under Delhi’s Master Plan 2021. With the help of this policy, Delhi will g...

Tags: Delhi Development Authority, ZDP, Neh Srivastava, Ministry of Home Affairs, Infrastructure

NFR to build world’s tallest railway bridge of 141 m

January 2019

The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) will construct the world’s tallest railway bridge near Noney in Manipur, of which a 100-m pier has already been ...

Tags: Northeast Frontier Railway, Noney, Steel girders, River Ijai, Tallest railway bridge, Anand Prakash, NF Railway Construction, Noney Bridge link, TAR

MSRDC in plans to convert 4,000 hectare of agricultural land for construction along Mumbai-Pune Expressway

December 2018

The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) has reportedly proposed to convert nearly 4,000 hectare of agricultural land and open it u...

Tags: Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, PMAY, MSRDC, urbanisation