The Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC) plans to adopt the double discharge design at various railway stations. These double design discharge bridges are famous in France and use two landings on the platform whereby the […]
The Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) granted safety clearance for the 20 km Bachwara-Mohiuddin section of the Hajipur-Bachwara line doubling project on May 14, 2019. Further, work on the 13 km Mohiuddin Nagar-Shahpur Patori section […]
Construction work on the Bandikui-Bharatpur railway electrification project and the Utretia-Rae Bareli-Amethi-Janghai railway electrification project has been completed. The Bandikui-Bharatpur railway line involved the electrification of a 95 km long railway line at an estimated […]
The trial run on the 50 km Koderma-Rema section in Jharkhand was conducted on May 19, 2019. Besides, the CRS is likely to conduct safety inspection of the section soon. As part of the project, […]
Indian Railways (IR) has rolled out the first rake of the Ganga-Damodar Express under Project Utkrisht. The train is fitted with high-end amenities such as LED lighting and bio-toilets, among other facilities. Project Utkrisht aims to […]
IR has ordered another 40 sets of indigenously developed and manufactured Train 18, officially known as the Vande Bharat Express, for new routes. Further, for improved safety, it plans to fit the driver cabin crash […]
ITD Cementation India Limited won a contract worth Rs 6.16 billion for the construction of tunnels T9 (from km 27.58 to km 28.14) and T10 (from km 28.19 to km 33.31 for the Sevoke-Rangpo new […]
The 46 km Villupuram-Cuddalore port section of the Villupuram-Thiruvarur railway electrification project was commercially operationalised on June 12, 2019. Besides, construction of the Cuddalore-Mayiladuthurai section and the Mayiladuthurai-Thanjavur section of the project is likely to […]
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has invited bids for nine stretches under the third round of toll-operate-transfer (TOT) auctions. Taken together, these stretches span a length of 566.27 km. Three of the stretches […]
Nitin Gadkari has taken charge as the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH). Upon taking charge, Gadkari announced a roadmap for highway development. Under this, the MoRTH plans to take up highway development […]
NHAI has tweaked its strategy for implementation of projects under the Bharatmala Pariyojana. It has decided to consider only those projects which require minimal land acquisition while finalising highway contracts worth about Rs 3 trillion […]
Reportedly, NHAI has set an award target of 6,000 km for national highways during 2019-20. It has also set its highest-ever construction target of 4,500 km for 2019-20 and a per day construction target of […]
The public works department (PWD) of Delhi has proposed the construction of Phase IV of the Barapullah elevated road. Under this phase, the elevated road will be extended from INA Market to the Army Hospital […]
Ravi Shankar Prasad has been appointed as the new minister for communications, taking charge from Manoj Sinha. Meanwhile, Prasad continues to retain the IT and law ministries.
The Digital Communications Commission (DCC) has cleared the norms for 5G trials in the country. Further, DCC has decided that spectrum for 5G trials will be allotted for one year, which will be extendable for […]
TRAI has extended the deadline for implementation of its revised regulations on mobile number portability (MNP). The deadline has been extended from June 13, 2019 to September 30, 2019.
The government’s BharatNet programme has been able to make only 119,000 gram panchayats service-ready against a target of 250,000 gram panchayats, missing yet another deadline of March 2019. As per Bharat Broadband Network Limited, 95 […]
Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) has consolidated its radio network in the Punjab circle, making it the tenth circle to complete full network integration. After the integration, VIL’s 4G coverage has increased to cover over 90 […]
The Karnataka government has issued a gazette notification, the Karnataka Installation of New Telecommunication Infrastructure Towers Regulation Act, 2019. The new regulatory framework grants a three-month period to companies for regulating all existing towers. Meanwhile, […]
State-run operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited has launched its first Aadhaar Seva Kendra in Uttarakhand at Cross Road CSC with the aim to providing free Aadhaar services to the residents of Uttarakhand. The state-run operator […]
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