Tag Archives: Infrastructure

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has secured USD 40 billion (around Rs 3.5 lakh crore) in investments at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos 2025, marking a major milestone in infrastructure and economic growth. The 11 Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) signed will drive urban transformation through foreign direct investment and public-private partnerships, fostering sustainable development in transportation, ...

On Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with Nitin Gadkari, inaugurated the Sonamarg Tunnel, marking the onset of transformative infrastructure development in Jammu and Kashmir. With a vision to enhance connectivity, reduce travel time, and boost tourism, the government has announced ambitious projects worth over ₹1 lakh crore, including national highways, tunnels, and ropeways. Sonamarg Tunnel: A Game-Changer With the ...

The Smart Mobility Conference 2024-Enabling Responsible Mobility was organised during the 12th edition of Asia’s leading Integrated Expo TrafficInfraTech from 22nd to 24th October at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. Day one opened with a panel discussion on Mobility India: From Green to Greener, with the keynote address being delivered by Michael Schuch, CEO, SWARCO. The discussion was moderated by Prof. ...

The second session of Day 1 of the Smart Mobility Conference put together by IRF IC, saw eminent panellists Akhilesh Srivastava, Executive Vice President-IRF IC; GVM Kiran Babu, Vice President (Tech – O&M) Corporate Highway-Concessions One Private Limited; Hardik Dave, Founder CEO-Roadvision AI Pvt. Ltd; Swatantra Kumar, General Manager-3M India Ltd; Dr Amit Gupta, Prof. of Surgery, Trauma Centre-AIIMS and ...

What sets Dr.  Harikishan Reddy, Chairman, Cube Highways apart is  not just his two decades of experience in infrastructure development/funding  and Traffic Engineering, but  it is also his domain knowledge systematically accumulated  through his wide ranging experience built on top of his formal education in transport.  In an exclusive interview with Mangala Chandran, Dr. Reddy talks about what motivated him ...

As urbanization intensifies, traffic congestion has become one of the most pressing challenges for modern cities. In India, where vehicle ownership is soaring and infrastructure is struggling to keep pace, cities like Bengaluru, Mumbai, and Delhi rank among the world’s most congested. Congestion, erratic driving behaviors, and ineffective enforcement systems plague urban mobility. Artificial Intelligence (AI) offers a powerful solution ...

With Infrastructure development poised for growth with 3.3% of the GDP allocated for it in FY 2024, Surety Insurance Bonds have emerged as a robust alternative to traditional bank guarantees for contractors who can unlock capital and enhance their bidding capacity. TATA AIG General Insurance has rolled out its own bonds with an aim to support the government’s ambitious infrastructure ...

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 ...

The National High-Speed Rail Corporation (NHSRCL) announced plans to install 28 seismometers, including an “Early Earthquake Detection System,” along the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train corridor. The seismometers will be hosted in traction sub-stations and switching posts along the alignment. These will detect earthquake-induced tremors through primary waves enabling an automatic power shutdown followed by deactivation of brakes, thereby forcing the train ...

MIT researchers work to transform truck powertrain design with support from the MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium, Molly Chase writes. The transportation of goods forms the basis of today’s globally distributed supply chains, and long-haul trucking is a central and critical link in this complex system. To meet climate goals around the world, it is necessary to develop decarbonized solutions ...