Special Section

Citizen-centric Approach

The Smart Cities Mission (SCM) is based on the idea of using information and communications technology as the bedrock to modernise cities in order to make them more sustainable, liveable, resilient and inclusive. One of […]

Ports & Shipping

Ground Reality

Over the past few years, competition between the major and non-major ports has escalated. The share of non-major ports in the total traffic handled at Indian ports increased from 24 per cent in 2000-01 to […]

Geosynthetics in Infrastructure

Slow and Steady: Increase in use of geosynthetics

The geosynthetics market has been showing considerable growth in the past few decades. Increasing investments in infrastructure along with rising construction activity and urbanisation levels have been driving the demand for geosynthetics. Geosynthetics have played […]

Special Section

Growing Acceptance

The use of geosynthetics in the country’s infrastructure sector is growing steadily. Among these, geotextiles, geogrids and geomembranes are the three most commonly used products in terms of volume and value. With regard to their […]