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Four Lanes to be added to NH-8D

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 ...

Plastic Studs, Spring Posts and Delineators

Muskaan Safety Solutions Pvt Ltd manufactures a wide range of safety products including plastic studs, spring posts and delineators. Plastic Stud DA-52 is made of ABS (Astronitrilite Butadiene Styrene). Two reflectors made of PMMA (Poly methyl methacrylate) plastic are fitted on the body of the stud for high night time visibility. The road stud is dynamically designed so that it ...

Launch of ER One

One of the major highlights of the TrafficInfraTech Expo was ER One – a compact First Response Vehicle for Highways & Road Patrolling and Rescue. Every few minutes its PA siren would blare and engulf the Expo venue creating much excitement among the visitors and the exhibitors. Grand Lumos Technologies Pvt Ltd, New Delhi chose to launch this indigenous vehicle ...

Select IATA Findings

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% ...

Road Safety audit training course

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 ...

Fatal road accidents increase in Malaysia

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 ...

Afcons infra bags Chennai Metro projects

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 ...

ITS conference at New Delhi

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 ...

MMRDA Gets New Metropolitan Commissioner

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 ...

Railway Budget Hits and Misses

The railway budget for the year 2011-12 is expected to boost infrastructure in various areas, particularly tourism. But there are many areas that the Union Minister for Railways has let unattended