Karnataka Government has appointed Rakesh Singh, an IAS officer from the 1989 batch, as the Managing Director of Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. Ajay Seth who served as MD of BMRCL for 30 months has been appointed as Secretary of Economic Affairs by the Central government. Rakesh Singh is also the Additional Chief Secretary of Water Resources Department and working ...
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Budget 2021 gives a Boost to Infrastructure Sector
To further improve the country’s infrastructure, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has proposed to significantly enhance capital expenditure to Rs 5.54 lakh crore in the next fiscal. The focus is also on creating institutional structures and giving a big thrust to monetizing assets to achieve the goals of the National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP). This will require a major increase in funding both ...
NHAI partners with technical institutes
National Highways Authority of India has signed MoUs with 200 technical institutes to encourage them for voluntary adoption of highway stretches for research. Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has stated that NHAI has introduced an initiative to associate with reputed Institutes like IITs NITs and AICTE approved engineering colleges for mutual cooperation for the dissemination of respective expertise on ...
Prama Hikvision introduces new ColorVu offerings
Prama Hikvision has Introduced new ColorVu offerings for more vivid 24/7 colorful imaging, and has first included 4K and varifocal cameras in the full-color range. Conventional cameras with infrared lighting only provide black and white images for night monitoring. However, Hikvision ColorVu technology resolves this common challenge faced by many security camera users, enabling cameras to produce colorful videos even ...
VARAM PARKING PVT LTD (A VARAM Group Venture)
VARAM PARKING provides Stack Parking in various Models to Park any size of Cars, right from a Small Sedan to a Large SUV. These models can be accommodated On the Outside or in the basement, even with a low height. All these are self-standing system and no external supports are required at site. Our Systems min self weight is around ...
Including Provisions for new technology in road contracts
Sudhir R Hoshing Road Safety Solution/Technology is having prime role in safety aspects of the Road Infrastructure considering the fatal accidents in our country every year. Sudhir R Hoshing, Joint Managing Director – IRB Infrastructure Developers Limited emphasises on the need to have an effective collaboration between Infrastructure developers and technology providers to optimise road safety. Globally, new technological options ...
Trial Run of E-highway
Ease of Doing Business of emerging technologies, ASSAR has recently organised assembly of Electric vehicles at India Gate for the Tech-Trial Run on Yamuna Expressway between Delhi – Agra under National Highway for Electric Vehicle (NHEV) project (210 km E-Highway). The project, an advanced PPP model Annuity Hybrid E-Mobility prototype has been supported by various government and private entities to ...
Need to make public transport people friendly
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has stressed upon the need for making the public transport people friendly, safe, affordable, accessible, cost effective and pollution free. The Minister also highlighted the need of implementing the ITS in the operation as well as the National Common Mobility Card in order to make its operation fully digitised and efficient. ...
Hot in Place Recycling Process
For eco-friendly, safe and pollution free road construction Barathi Renganathan – Project Manager O&M. Construction industry in India is labour intensive and Luddite. New technologies and mechanization of works with great focus on cost saving measures and improving riding quality for road users are of great importance. One such technology is HIPR process that is eco-friendly, safe to environment & ...
Uberization of Parking Industry
Sarang Mokashi, Co-founder Director, TechProm IOT IoT is making parking search more predictive and convenient for motorists, says Sarang Mokashi, Co-founder Director, TechProm IOT In smart cities, the parking industry is expected to flourish with newer business models, process innovation, IOT and advanced data analytics. With the arrival of new ecosystem players and participants, it is anticipated that the early ...