ADB for urban transformation
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has committed up to USD 10 billion for India’s urban transformation, including metro extension in the next five years. The […]
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Asian Development Bank to aid Chennai Metro
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will aid the second phase of the Chennai Metro project. ADB will fund Rs 2,306Cr to commence the 18-km […]
Jaipur Metro to get ADB funding
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has sanctioned $176 million funding for the Jaipur Metro to extend Line 1 of the first phase of the metro. […]
ADB loan for J&K Infrastructure
The Asian Development Bank has given a $110 million loan for developing the urban infrastructure of Jammu and Kashmir. Among other things, it will revamp […]
SMEC wins India State Highway deal
The Australia based consulting firm SMEC has been awarded a contract for the construction, supervision and contract administration for the second stage of the Karnataka […]
India-Myanmar-Thailand trilateral highway
Construction work on a trilateral highway connecting the north-eastern states of India with Myanmar and Thailand has begun. The trilateral highway, which is expected to […]
India-Myanmar-Thailand trilateral highway
Construction work on a trilateral highway connecting the north-eastern states of India with Myanmar and Thailand has begun. The trilateral highway, which is expected to […]
Karnataka gets financial aid for upgrading highways
For major overhauling of Karnataka’s highway system, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan of $315m to the state. This is part of […]
Bandra Worli Sea Link Bridge of HOPE
In a whirly bird over the arc of the Mahim Bay, the gigantic towers of the city’s most recent infrastructural marvel, the Bandra Worli Sea Link, appear like an apparition in steel rising out of the sea, hands, as it were, folded in a namaskara, the traditional Indian gesture of obeisance, even as the waves below gently wash the Mumbai shore in an act of abhisheka.