India, today, is at a very strategic inflexion point of greater economic prosperity. India’s journey on the path of economic reforms has transformed it to one of the world’s fastest growing large economies where Infrastructure has been one of the cornerstones in the development. The ‘New India’ has an evolved outlook towards infrastructure development in the country under the leadership ...

In the last couple of years, due to great push of Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, highways especially greenfield access-controlled expressways such as Delhi-Mumbai Expressways (DME), Amritsar-Bhatinda-Jamnagar (ABJ) & Trans-Haryana etc. have come into existence. Many existing highways have also been upgraded from 2/4 lanes to 4/6 lanes. With more new highways and up-gradation of existing highways, both passenger ...

Automotive manufacturers work to reduce weight to improve vehicle performance and in the case of brake rotors, lighter is better for acceleration, reliable stopping, and mileage. NASA has patented technology to accomplish that and more, as described in their latest issue of ‘Spinoff’. The revolutionary brake disc design is at least 42% lighter than conventional cast iron rotors, with performance ...

Listening to the peace and quiet of the French Alps being shattered by fleets of noisy, smelly snowmobiles, French aeronautical engineer Nicolas Muron decided there had to be a better way to travel to the mountains in winter. Something like an e-bike for the snow that was lightweight, easy to maintain, and sustainable. Muron designed the ‘MoonBike’ which at 163 ...

Make-in-India provider of AI technology for fleet and driver safety, Netradyne, and GreenLine Mobility Solutions, India’s premier LNG-powered heavy trucking logistics company have announced their partnership, representing a significant step towards transforming road safety standards. Netradyne’s flagship product Driver*i, an advanced vision-based technology will propel GreenLine’s eco-friendly truck fleet ensuring increased road safety for heavy vehicles. The technology has a ...

PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the new state-of-the-art international terminal building at Trichy airport recently. Tiruchirappalli International Airport is the second-largest airport in terms of international passenger traffic after Chennai in Tamil Nadu and the new terminal has the capacity to serve more than 44 lakh passengers annually and 3,500 passengers during peak hours. The PM also inaugurated multiple railway projects ...

As part of the proposed Vision 2030: PM Public Transport Sewa, the government is working on building electric vehicle-ready highways on the Golden Quadrilateral. It would be a major effort towards reducing fuel consumption and vehicular emissions through electrification of intercity public transport over the next seven years. E-highways would be powered with green energy-enabled charging infrastructure. The Ministry of ...

The Mumbai Trans Harbour Link or Atal Setu, built with financial assistance of almost $2 billion from Japan International Cooperation Agency, has emerged as another symbol of strong Indo-Japan collaboration in the infrastructure sector. This is the second mega infrastructure project, two decades after the Japan-funded Delhi Metro started operations. Other big projects for which JICA is providing financial support ...

The Union Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronic and Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw, released ‘The Indian Railways Construction Manual, 2023’, an update to the earlier circa 1960 version. New reforms and standards have been incorporated in the latest version including those for EPC contracts, bridge construction, execution of signalling, electrical and non-interlocking works. It also provides guidelines on land acquisition, ...

Greening of highways being a focal point for MoRTH and NHAI under the Green Highways Policy of 2015, the latter has entered into an MoU with the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) under ISRO for a period of three years to develop and report a “Green Cover Index” for the extensive network of National Highways in India. Using the capabilities ...