The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) recently reviewed a total of 700 ongoing national highway projects across the country and has identified about 300 projects to be completed by March 2019. Of the […]
NHAI will rank roads periodically on various parameters, including safety management. Projects on the Delhi-Vadodara, Agra-Mumbai and Mumbai-Kolkata economic corridors will be audited first and once the success rate of the gradation exercise is established, it […]
NHAI has decided to undertake the task of conducting due diligence for contracts prior to bidding. It will ascertain the condition of the highways being offered under the toll-operate-transfer (TOT) model and then share this […]
The central government has inaugurated the Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE). The EPE commences near Kundli on National Highway (NH)-1, traverses to cross the Yamuna river, crosses State Highway-57 at Mawikalan, NH-58 near Duhai, NH-24 near […]
The central government has inaugurated Phase I of the Delhi-Meerut expressway. Package I of the 14-lane access-controlled expressway stretches from Nizamuddin bridge to the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border. This 8.36 km stretch has been completed within 18 […]
The central government has laid the foundation stone for several road projects in Jammu & Kashmir. These are the Zojila tunnel, the Jammu Ring Road and the Srinagar Ring Road. The first project, to be […]
The CCEA has approved the construction of a six-lane, 9.9 km bridge across the Ganga river on NH-96 at Phaphamau, Allahabad. The estimated cost of the project is Rs 19.48 billion with a construction period […]
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has amended telecom licence norms to allow operators to hold more spectrum in any service area. As per the new norms, telecom operators can hold up to 35 per cent […]
DoT has clarified that tower infrastructure providers will be considered licensees under the right-of-way (RoW) rules. The move has been welcomed by the industry and will help infrastructure providers set up the base for future […]
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has notified the draft Telecom Commercial Communication Customer Preference Regulation, 2018. The regulation proposes to curb the problem of unsolicited commercial communication or spam messages by using blockchain […]
DoT has floated a tender to install over 500,000 Wi-Fi hotspots across gram panchayats at an estimated cost of Rs 40 billion. The project is expected to be rolled out by end 2018. The vendor […]
The government has decided to set up around 4,000 mobile towers in 10 Naxal-affected states to improve the telecom network in these areas. The expenses are expected to be borne by Don’s Universal Service Obligation […]
The government has approved higher budget allocations for the Network for Spectrum project. The budget has been enhanced by Rs 113.3 billion, over and above the Rs 133.34 billion already approved by the Cabinet Committee […]
DoT has invited bids to install 214 mobile towers in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands for providing 2G and 4G services. As per the tender document, 172 mobile towers will be installed in uncovered villages […]
BSNL is upgrading telephone exchanges in Rajasthan to make landlines work like smartphones by enabling SMS, chatting and video calls on them. The exchanges are being upgraded with next-generation networking technology. Further, customers will now […]
ITI Limited has been awarded a package to carry out work under Phase II of BharatNet. The package, with a bid value of Rs 16.12 billion, was floated by Gujarat Fiber Grid Network Limited (GFGNL). […]
Bharti Airtel will roll out 7,000 mobile sites and massive multiple input, multiple output technology in Mumbai during 2018-19 to boost network capacity for high speed data and voice services. Further, the operator also plans […]
The Gujarat government has formulated the Reuse of Treated Waste Water Policy for promoting the judicious use of freshwater resources in the state. The policy aims at creating a water grid, along the lines of […]
A concession agreement has been signed between the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation and Indian Oil Corporation Limited for the development of a city-wide STP in Mathura in Uttar Pradesh. The […]
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has commenced passenger services on the 25.6 km long Janakpuri West-Kalkaji Mandir section of the Magenta Line (Line 8) under Phase III of the Delhi metro rail project. With this, […]
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