Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) is working on a diesel engine for its mid size sedans. MSI engineers working on the project are expected to complete it by mid 2011. Three of Maruti’s current models Switft, DZiRE and Ritz use Fiat diesel engines. MSI will first use the new diesel engine for the diesel version of its premium sedan SX4. The ...
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Jogeshwari-Vikhroli Link Road to open soon
MMRDA’s Jogeshwari-Vikhroli Link Road (JVLR) project connecting the Western and Eastern Express highways is nearing completion and the agency expects to open it to the public quite soon. The link road, as it exists today, is a two-lane carriageway which is inadequate for commuting. MMRDA is widening it to a six-lane divided carriageway with a right-of-way of about 35 metres. ...
IRF India recommendations
The fifth regional conference of International Road Federation (IRF), India held at New Delhi in November arrived at many far-reaching recommendations on road safety. The significance of these recommendations can be gauged from the fact that these were called for by the Parliament of India within three days of the conclusion of the conference. Some of the recommendations finalised at ...
High quality tyres can reduce road fatalities
A recent study has found that having good quality tyres could greatly reduce the high percentage of fatal road accidents in India. The study, by Professor Horst Wildemann of the Technical University of Munich and Bridge to India, a consultancy that specialises in environmental technologies, points out that tyre quality has a significant effect on the optimum distance required for ...
Trans-shipment terminal proposed at Vizhinjam Port
Vizhinjam, a coastal town 16km south of Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, is proposed to be developed as a future state-of-the-art greenfield deepwater port. The Government of Kerala is re-launching the project as a Public Private Partnership (PPP) project. It has set up Vizhinjam International Seaport Limited (VISL) as a special purpose company fully owned by the government with a mandate to ...
Brisa to begin operations in India
Encouraged by the increasing pace of privatisation of roads and highways in India and Turkey, Brisa Auto Estradas de Portugal SA, Portugal’s biggest toll-road company with significant operations in the United States and the Netherlands, is looking for opportunities to expand in these two countries. It has sold off a majority of its stake in Cia de Concessoes Rodoviarias SA, ...
Sahar runway being constructed
The international runway at Sahar, Mumbai is being reconstructed. The repair work is being carried out in three phases between September 2010 and July 2011. In the first phase, reconstruction of Runway 27 End (requiring shortening of runway 09/27 on the runway 27 end by 463 meters) is undertaken. Reconstruction of this end requires the change of runway gradient to ...
Avery Dennison’s India plans
“The Reflective Products Division of Avery Dennison (AD), USA, has a mission to help drivers around the world make it to their destinations safely. We design and manufacture pressure sensitive retro-reflective films used in traffic & highway signs, construction work zones, vehicle visibility, car licence plates and personal safety applications,” said Kelly Winegarden, General Manager, Reflective Films and Traffic & ...
India will reduce transport emission
India, the fourth largest greenhouse gas emitter of the world, will work with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the German NGO International Climate Initiative in designing low-carbon transport plans for major Indian cities. Through this three-year initiative, the country’s transport growth will be brought in line with its climate change programme. The project is a component of the ...
India’s first integrated show on traffic
Come February and all the roads will lead to NSIC Grounds, Okhla, New Delhi. For India’s first three-day integrated show on traffic, supported by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and by the National Highway Authority of India, gets off to a grand start on February 2. Organised by Virtual Info Systems (VIS), and TrafficInfraTech magazine, in association with ...