Over the years, increasing population coupled with urbanisation has highlighted the need for increasing and upgrading Indian Railways’ (IR) rolling stock, comprising wagons, locomotives and coaches. In 2017-18, IR’s freight volume recorded an all-time high […]
India is endowed with vast reserves of metals and minerals, most of which are deep seated. Mining companies rely mostly on surface mining technologies for extracting minerals and as a result high-grade ores remain unexplored. […]
With growing urbanisation in the National Capital Region (NCR), the city is facing various issues such as unplanned growth, lack of social infrastructure, lack of reliable public transport, congestion on city roads, increased pollution levels, […]
Railways have been operational in India since 1853, and most of the stations are equipped with facilities which are over 100 years old. To upgrade and modernise station infrastructure, Indian Railways (IR) is undertaking large-scale […]
With the long-term objective of increasing its modal share in freight traffic, Indian Railways (IR) has conceived a plan to develop dedicated freight corridors (DFCs) on the Golden Quadrilateral route. The Golden Quadrilateral will connect […]
Bengaluru, the country’s largest information technology (IT) hub, offers increasing employment opportunities and expects to emerge as a global technology hub in the future. These opportunities bring with them an influx of migrants from other […]
Indian Railways (IR) is the country’s biggest energy consumer, using about 18.98 billion units (BUs) of power. Energy is the second biggest expenditure item for the organisation, accounting for about 23 per cent of its […]
For a number of years now, India has envisioned a high speed rail (HSR) network. While, initially, the progress was abysmally slow, the government has more recently made rapid strides towards achieving this vision. To […]
Today, the biggest challenge faced by Indian ports is evacuation. Although the major ports have single- or double-line rail connectivity, the routes to major destinations are still congested. In the case of non-major ports, while […]
In the past few years, there has been significant impetus to infrastructure development in the country. Large projects such as the Bogibeel bridge, the Nagpur metro rail system and the Chenab bridge that involved complex […]
In the past few years, dredging has emerged as a distinct industry in itself and is being driven by the growing dredging requirements at Indian ports and inland waterways. With a significant amount of dredging […]
The dredging industry has seen some positive developments in the past few years. The government has become more conscious about solving the long-pending issues of the industry with new policies and regulations, and programmes such […]
The Indian dredging market is serviced by both domestic and foreign players. Some of the major players are the Dredging Corporation of India (DCI), Mercator Limited, Jan De Nul Dredging, and Dharti Dredging and Infrastructure […]
Increasing focus on dredging in the country has resulted in the rapid growth of the dredging equipment market. At present, the equipment needs of the dredging market are met largely by foreign suppliers. These players […]
There is vast scope for the dredging industry in the country today. Developing and maintaining existing major ports, building new ports, exploring offshore resources, developing national waterways and catering to de- mand from the navy, […]
Dredging contracts in India lack standardisation and broadly rely on guidelines provided by the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC). So far, contracts have mainly been tailor-made to suit the specific requirements of the employer […]
Dredging as an activity has grown in importance in the recent past due to the expansion of existing ports as well as the creation of new ones. Over the years, the industry has witnessed several […]
There exists huge potential for the development of inland water transport (IWT) as a competitive alternative mode of transport to road and rail. With the growth in traffic handled by national waterways (NWs), deepening and […]
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