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The Gujarat government has put the Rs. 19,000cr Gandhinagar-Ahmedabad metro project on the fast track. Work on the first phase of the project is scheduled to begin in October. The project which is based on the advanced Communication Based Train Control (CBTC) technology will have driverless trains in the near future. The Special Purpose Vehicle for the project has begun ...

The Prime Minister?s Office has approved 17 major infrastructure projects in the current fiscal year. These include the Mumbai elevated rail corridor, a major port, a greenfield airport in Navi Mumbai and locomotive projects. These projects have been identified by key infrastructure ministries and the progress will be monitored on a regular basis. Among the major road projects, Eastern Peripheral ...

The Civil Aviation Ministry plans to award contracts for six airport projects – Chennai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Lucknow and Guwahati to private players on a PPP model before the end of this year. The Ministry is in talks with related agencies for finalising bidding criteria, documents and consultants to execute a privatisation plan that proposes 74% equity in the airports ...

Kistler Instruments India Pvt. Ltd. has done its first model installation of its Lineas Weigh-in-Motion Sensors in collaboration with M/s. Rajdeep Info Techno Pvt. Ltd. at Charoti Toll Plaza on Surat, Dahisar Highway, 100km from Thane. The installation took place as a standard layout, consisting of 4 Lineas sensors along with a Light Beam Array, as a part of other ...

The Department of Transport (DoT) in Abu Dhabi has introduced a new Road Vehicle Traffic Counting System (TCS), under which it will deploy 175 next-generation devices on main roads across Abu Dhabi. The traffic counting stations, which will be run on solar energy, offer presence indicators and accurate measurements of vehicle volume, occupancy, speed and classifications in 12 separate lanes, ...

Mumbai?s exclusive public transport provider BEST (Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking) is planning on providing citizens feeder services which would help them connect with the upcoming Mumbai metro and monorail services, similar to its existing bus services for the city?s suburban railway system. The new services would begin with a service for the monorail corridor between Chembur and Wadala, ...

The Department of Electronics & Information Technology (DeitY), in its continuing drive to develop affordable technologies for traffic control systems for small and large cities, has come up with a vehicle actuated Wireless Traffic Control System (WiTraC) powered by solar panels. WiTrac has been developed by C-DAC (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing) which works under the DeitY. The technology ...

Lining and excavation work on the 580-meter long second tunnel at Anik on the Eastern Freeway in Mumbai is progressing fast and is expected to be completed by this December. After this the 4-lane tunnel will be provided with a drainage system, road surfacing, electrification and ventilation. The other tunnel at Anik was opened for traffic along with the inauguration ...

UK based motorcycle manufacturer Reevu has claimed to have developed the world?s first intelligent helmet system with a built-in head-up display (HUD). The new product enhances the earlier helmet produced by Reevu which was the first motorcycle helmet with built-in rearview mirror. The display is overlaid onto a mirror just above the motorcyclist?s line of sight. It will have information ...

The United Kingdom is all set to get a slew of charging points for electric cars ? at hospital car parks, stations and streets across the country. Local authorities, NHS trusts and train operators will provide charging points on their properties and town & city streets as a result of the initiative ? funded by a ?37 million grant from ...