The DMRC plans to introduce 530 air-conditioned, low-floor feeder buses by December 2018 to improve last-mile connectivity. The buses will be a mix of electric and compressed natural gas (CNG)-fuelled buses. The buses will operate […]
The Delhi Jal Board has started the installation of flow meters on primary and secondary underground reservoirs. The board aims to gather real-time data on loss of water in the distribution network to keep a […]
A trial run has been conducted for the 145 million litre per day Thogudem water treatment plant at Palvanchamandal under the Mission Bhagiratha Water Grid Project. So far, nearly 97 per cent of the work […]
Indian Railways (IR) is planning to roll out modern train coaches equipped with black boxes, and coach information and diagnostics systems soon. The black boxes will have a powerful multidimensional communication interface to provide all […]
IR has provided about 125,000 bio-toilets in its coaches as of March 2018. This covers about 60 per cent of IR’s coaching fleet. During 2017-18, IR installed the highest-ever number of bio-toilets in its coaches, […]
IR has revised the completion schedule of the entire Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) project. It is now likely to be commissioned by April 2020. Earlier expected to be completed by end-2018, the project is facing delays […]
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) assigned the monitoring of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (HSR) Corridor Project implementation to the Project Monitoring Group (PMG) on April 25, 2018. The PMG will now coordinate with the […]
NHSRCL has finalised the design for the Sabarmati station of the 508 km Mumbai-Ahmedabad HSR corridor. The station is estimated to entail an investment of Rs 2.5 billion. As per the design, it will be […]
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has set a target of awarding works for 20,000 km of national highways in 2018-19. This is about 25 per cent more than the 17,055 km awarded […]
The group of ministers (GoM) on transport constituted by the MoRTH has recommended a uniform structure of road tax for vehicles across states. The uniform tax structure will put a check on people registering their […]
The MoRTH is exploring an agreement with South Korea for the introduction of a highways information system in the country. This would be developed along the lines of the system run by the Express Highways […]
The MoRTH plans to monetise two more bundles of road projects and float bids for the same in May 2018. It plans to auction 18-20 highway projects in these two tranches and expects to raise […]
NHAI plans to venture into real estate development to leverage the sharp rise in land prices following the construction of expressways and national highways. It will direct state governments to acquire land parcels along with […]
The Supreme Court has passed an order stating that it is not mandatory for state electricity regulatory commissions (SERCs) to appoint a high court judge as the chairperson. However, one of the members of the […]
The Ministry of Power (MoP) has issued a clarification that a separate licence is not required under the Electricity Act, 2003, for setting up charging stations for electric vehicles (EVs). As per an official statement, […]
The central government has completed the electrification of Leisang village in Manipur, the last unelectrified village, under the Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana. With this, the government has completed the electrification of all the 597,464 […]
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has declined the MoP’s request to relax the guidelines on the resolution of stressed assets for power companies, thereby pushing over 20,000 MW of power projects closer to liquidation. […]
NTPC Limited has decided to exit its joint venture (JV) with Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited. NTPC-BHEL Power Projects Private Limited was set up in December 2007 as a 50:50 JV for manufacturing power equipment and […]
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