Roads & Bridges
Month: June 2019
Water & Waste
Digitalising Revenue Management: DJB deploys RMS to improve collection efficiency
Most of the country’s urban local bodies (ULBs) lack an automated billing mechanism to levy and collect user charges for water supply and sewerage services. Inefficient billing and collection practices not only lead to poor recovery […]
Spotlight
Changing Hands: Large portfolio of brownfield assets available for PPPs
While public-private partnerships (PPPs) are certainly needed to leverage operational and cost efficiencies, the view that the private sector is better positioned to work with brownfield assets is gradually gaining acceptance. There has been an […]
Smart Cities
Cities Redeveloped: Experience under the SCM and unresolved challenges
The Smart Cities Mission (SCM) was launched by the government in June 2015 to upgrade infrastructure facilities in cities and improve the quality of life of citizens through the deployment of information technology and innovative […]
Railways
Views of Rajesh Agrawal: “The export of train sets also presents a huge opportunity for the country”
Indian Railways (IR) has undergone a sea change with regard to the way passengers and freight move on its network. Modernisation of the existing fleet and the introduction of semi-high speed and high speed rolling […]
Power
Power Priorities: Next steps for the new government
The power sector’s record in the past five years has been somewhat mixed. While the sector has done well in key areas such as reducing the energy deficit, improving coal production, increasing renewable energy capacity […]
Oil & Gas
Improving Supply: Steps to enhance domestic gas output and LNG import capacity
Domestic gas production has witnessed an uptick in the past couple of years, on the back of new gas fields coming onstream. With this, the sluggish production is likely to be mitigated further in the […]
Infrastructure Finance
Healthy Returns
Private equity (PE) investments in infrastructure have surged in the past three years. While roads and renewables continue to be the preferred sectors, other areas such as logistics, transmission lines, telecom and airports are also […]
Construction
Accelerating Arbitration: New initiatives and measures for simplifying procedures for dispute resolution
Arbitration is one of the most commonly used methods for dispute resolution. For many years now, it has been used in India for the settlement of various disputes, especially commercial disputes. The country’s arbitration environment […]
Company Release
GENMA secures order for 200 t/h mobile pneumatic ship unloader from Guangxi
Jiangsu Rainbow Heavy Industries Company Limited has secured the order for a 200 t/h mobile pneumatic ship unloader from Guangxi. The unloader will be used to unload and transship corn at the terminal. With the […]
Airports
Taking Flight: Tracing the sector's policy and regulatory evolution
Over the past two decades, the civil aviation sector has been transformed into a well-regulated one. After numerous legal battles between airport operators and the authorities over tariffs, the regulatory environment has now become more […]
Aviation
Punjab government and AAI sign agreement for setting up JV for Halwara Civil Terminal
The Punjab government signed an agreement with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) for setting up a joint venture (JV) for the development of the Halwara Civil Terminal Building Project on June 12, 2019. As […]
Aviation
Siddhi Construction wins LoA for Surat airport
AAI has issued the long-pending letter of award (LoA) for the extension of the terminal building at Surat airport to Siddhi Constructions. The company had qualified as the lower bidder in February 2019; however, the […]
Aviation
AAI signs contract with NKG Infrastructure for terminal building at Jabalpur airport
AAI signed has a contract agreement with NKG Infrastructure Limited for the construction of a new terminal building, an air traffic control tower-cum-technical block, a category VII fire station, and other buildings and associated works […]
Aviation
AAI signs technical assistance agreement with Boeing
AAI has announced the signing of a technical assistance agreement with Boeing for the development of a comprehensive roadmap for the modernisation of air traffic services in the country. The air traffic services comprise communication, […]
Aviation
Bids invited to develop Jewar greenfield international airport on a PPP basis
Noida International Airport Limited (NIAL) on May 30, 2019 invited global bids for the development of the Jewar greenfield international airport project in Uttar Pradesh on a public-private partnership (PPP) basis. The last date for […]
Aviation
CFM clinches deal for supplying jet engines to IndiGO
CFM International has clinched a deal with IndiGo for supplying over 600 jet engines including spares for its upcoming aircraft. The engine maker, owned jointly by General Electric (US) and Safran (France), has been competing […]
Oil and Gas
PNGRB has fixed transportation tariff for GAIL’s Hazira-Vijaipur-Jagdishpur pipeline
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) has fixed the transportation tariff of GAIL (India) Limited’s 3,452 km long pipeline from Hazira in Gujarat to Jagdishpur in Uttar Pradesh via Vijaipur in Madhya Pradesh […]
Oil and Gas
IOCL, BPCL and HPCL to together build the world’s longest LPG pipeline
Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) has joined hands with other oil marketing companies (OMCs) – Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) – for laying the world’s longest liquefied petroleum gas […]
Oil and Gas
Kochi-Kanjirakode-Bangalore/Mangalore gas pipeline to be commissioned by July 2019
GAIL (India) Limited is likely to commission the Kochi-Kanjirakode-Bangalore/Mangalore gas pipeline project by July 2019. The project, being implemented by GAIL, involves the construction of a 1,156 km long pipeline with a capacity of 16 […]