The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) has proposed a plan to redevelop six bus terminuses in Maharashtra – Aurangabad, Karad, Nashik, Panvel, Akola and Ratnagiri. The redeveloped bus terminuses will have passenger waiting lounges, toilets and parking spaces for auto rickshaws & private vehicles on the ground floor and commercial establishments on the upper floors. The corporation will provide ...

SU Toll Road Pvt Ltd, a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) of Reliance Infrastructure has begun operations and collection of toll on the Salem-Ulundurept road in Tamil Nadu. The seventh road project of Reliance Infrastructure, the Salem-Ulundurept road widening project (from two lanes to four lanes) has been executed on a Build-Operate-Transfer basis. The road links 79 villages with Chennai, Bengaluru ...

Karl Slym has been appointed as Managing Director, Tata Motors. He will lead company operations in India as well as international markets such as South Korea, Thailand, Spain, Indonesia and South Africa. Before taking up this assignment Slym was President and Managing Director of General Motors (GM), India. He also has been the Executive Vice President and Board Member, SGMW ...

IRB has emerged as the preferred bidder for a project to convert a 102.3km stretch of the Ahmedabad-Vadodara section of NH-8 from the existing two lanes into a six-lane highway. It has also become the preferred bidder for improvement of a 93.3km stretch of the existing Ahmedabad Vadodara Expressway. Both the projects are being offered by the NHAI (National Highways ...

Efkon India has provided integrated ITS solutions for the Yamuna Expressway. Reshma Desai, Director, Efkon India gives the details in this interview to TrafficInfraTech. You have provided integrated ITS solutions to Yamuna Expressway. Please elaborate on the various subsystems and the challenges involved. Is this the first time you are doing such massive integration? Jaypee group awarded Efkon India to ...

TrafficInfraTech Expo 2012 in Mumbai lived up to the industry’s expectations from it. Ministries, government officers from various State Authorities & PWDs, Senior Traffic Police Officers, serious buyers, and many other trade specific visitors kept the exhibitors on their toes. TrafficInfraTech takes you to the scene of action of India’s most looked forward to Traffic Show. When over 78 exhibitors ...

Dr Sudhir Krishna, Secretary, Union Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, who inaugurated TrafficInfraTech Expo 2012 was happy with the way the show was organised. “This is a very good show and I am impressed with the quality and variety of exhibitors and products,” he told TrafficInfraTech. Delivering his inaugural speech and opening the first day’s seminar on ‘Traffic ...

Wilfred Menezes, Chief Executive Officer Omnitech Systems India (P) Ltd We are very happy with the Expo. We launched an ANPR system which is in heavy demand in India. There is a lot of traffic violation in our country such as vehicles being stolen from parking areas. The system will help curb stealing and tampering of vehicles.   Sandro Gervasio, ...

Gujarat’s roads and Expressways are among the best in the country. BRTS has worked only in its city of Ahmedabad and failed everywhere else, even in the national capital. The state government has initiated some good transportation projects like ferry boat, Metro and Ring Roads. Gujarat is on the move and how! Yet, it faces a big problem – the indiscipline of its mobile public, transporters and even government officers. Nitin Patel, Minister of Urban Development & Urban Housing, Water Supply and Water Resources (excluding Kalpsar Division) speaks on these issues and more with Vidyottama Sharma.

G S Bhandari, General Manager, Dark Eye, says that with better roads in the country, the average speed of vehicles has increased leading to more accidents. Due to this, the need for good road safety products has increased tremendously. What manufacturing facilities do you have at Dark Eye that have earned you an ISO 9001-2008 Certification ? Dark Eye has ...