UK based video and communications solutions provider AMG Systems has delivered its AMG 9000 managed ruggedised ethernet switches to IL&FS Transportation Networks Limited (ITNL) in India for toll management. The ethernet transmission equipment is being used by ITNL in its toll management system on a 119km stretch which has been recently added to Highway No. 8. The stretch of road, ...

The Karnataka State Government has decided to provide a dedicated lane for buses as part of the proposed Rapid Bus Transport System in Bangalore, Mysore and Hubli-Dharwad. In Bangalore, the dedicated bus track will initially be for a distance of 30km between Hebbal and Hosur Road (Central Silk Board Junction), all along the Outer Ring Road. The bus track will ...

The Second Karnataka State Highways Improvement Project II (KSHIP II) has got a $350 loan from the World Bank. KSHIP II will cover 25,000km of Karnataka’s most important traffic corridors which the government has identified as the state’s core roads. Among other things, the project will convert about 1,230km of roads into two lane highways. It will also reduce road ...

The Cambridge Design Partnership in the UK has unveiled a hypermiling concept car that can travel an astonishing 1,325 miles on a single gallon of diesel. While most green vehicles are tested through a series of intense trials, this concept car was piloted by an 11 year old Cambridgeshire girl at the annual Mileage Marathon Challenge at Mallory Park. The ...

Simple road safety measures put in place on just 15 roads in the UK have helped save more than 300 lives, according to a survey conducted by the Road Safety Foundation. The measures have reduced serious road crashes on the 15 roads alone from 494 to 190, while emergency services, the NHS, local authority care, businesses and families have been ...

Kolkata Metro is set for a massive expansion of its coverage area, with plans to expand its total length from the present 25km to 110km. The new plans include provisions for both – construction of new lines as well as extending the present ones. The extension projects will cost र11,000 crore. New interchanging facilities in the offing will enable commuters ...

The Railways has decided to modernise the retiring rooms at the Delhi railway stations to improve facilities. The maintenance of retiring rooms at both New Delhi and Old Delhi stations will be outsourced to private contractors. The New Delhi station retiring room has 22 rooms while the Old Delhi station has 11. The contractors will provide housekeeping facilities in addition ...

India’s longest tunnel, the under construction 11km long tunnel linking Qazigund and Banihal in the state of Kashmir, is expected to be ready in a year’s time. The tunnel passes through the Pir Panjal range of mountains, and when completed, will connect Kashmir Valley with Jammu. Named T8,0 the tunnel will considerably improve connectivity between the two parts of the ...

The Bangalore Metro project is using slurry tunnel boring machines from Hitachi to speed up the work of creating tunnels for the Metro. This is the first time such a machine is being used in India. The 330 tonne machines need 3,000KW of power which is supplied by a diesel generator located at KSRTC’s Kempe Gowda Bus Station. They bore ...

Tata Motors has got an order to supply 1,111 medium and heavy commercial trucks (M&HCV) from the Surat based Siddhivinayak Logistics Ltd (SVLL), its largest order ever. SVLL is one of the biggest trucking companies in India, with operations covering a range of diverse sectors such as steel, machinery, tractors, cement and commercial vehicle chassis transport. SVLL will use the ...