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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. Mahindra Navistar Automotives Ltd (MNAL) recently launched two new heavy trucks – 25 tonner Tipper (MN25 Tipper) and 40 tonner Tractor Trailer (MN40). The trucks, said Rakesh Kalra, Managing Director, MNAL, were powered by the ...

The Central Government has proposed to complete the long awaited Dimapur-Zuba rail project in Nagaland by March 2015. Kohima, the capital of the state, is at present connected with the rest of the country only by highways. The proposed Greenfield Chiethu airport at Kohima, though, may take much longer to see the light of the day. No date for its ...

Jetpur Somnath Tollways has been awarded a 30 month contract by NHAI to construct four additional lanes to the Jetpur-Somnath section of the National Highway-8D in Gujarat. The project is given on a design, build, finance, operate and transfer basis. The company, consisting of Jetpur’s parent company Plus Expressway, IDFC and six nominal stakeholders, is a special purpose vehicle created ...

According to an IATA survey, runway excursions accounted for 21% of all air accidents in 2010. Such accidents dropped by 13% in 2010 though. Two leading causes of runway excursions were landing on wet runways and landing in an unstable approach, aircraft approaching too fast, too high, or touching down beyond the appropriate touchdown point. Asia-Pacific carriers recorded a 9% ...

India has one of the highest rates of road accidents and fatalities in the world. With the massive growth of vehicles in the country’s cities, it becomes imperative to address this poor record of road safety. Towards this end, IRF India has been organising training courses for people to be trained as road safety auditors who would certify developments or ...

Malaysia saw an increase in the number of fatal road accidents in 2010. The number increased from 6745 deaths in 2009 to 6872 in 2010. Total road accidents also registered a jump from 397,330 in 2009 to 414,421 in 2010. To improve road safety and to try to decrease the number of road accidents, Malaysia recently launched the 21st Ops ...

A consortium of Afcons and the Russian infrastructure major, Transtonnelstroy Limited has bagged two projects – UAA01 and UAA05 for the construction of Chennai Metro Rail. Chennai Metro Rail, which has been designed to be a rapid transit rail system, will be executed in two phases. The first phase comprises two corridors – Corridor 1 from Meddavaram to St. Thomas ...

As Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) make headway in various transport applications in India, their benefits and obstacles faced in their implementation in India, are the points of discussion at many forums. Efforts are also made by various agencies in creating awareness about the latest ITS technologies being brought in the country by different stakeholders. One such effort was a conference ...

Rahul Asthana, a 1978 IAS officer from the Maharashtra cadre, took charge as the Metropolitan Commissioner, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) on March 10, 2011 He has said that expediting transport and infrastructure projects, specially mass transit projects such as the Mumbai Metro & Mumbai Monorail, and other transport projects need urgent attention and would be a top priority ...

Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd has introduced a new pick-up Genio as a next generation commercial vehicle which it hope will redefine the pick-up industry in India. Targeted at the small and medium business transportation industry, it is being produced at the company’s modern plant at Chakan near Pune and is the plant’s second product. The plant will produce a total ...