Govt is preparing new rules that promise revenue protection & invite global bids for projects, decade after investors retreated over concerns over revenue risks & bureaucratic delays.
A flyover sliced through the balcony of a Nagpur resident. A railway overbridge in Bhopal had nearly 90-degree turns. And a bridge in Pune collapsed under the weight of tourists.
Twelve people died in the Gambhira bridge collapse on Thursday. But incidents like this have been happening for years, pointing to a larger problem plaguing our infrastructure projects.
India's record on stampedes is bleak. Even with repeated occurrences and deaths, there has been no significant shift in the public administration’s approach to crowd control.
Urban Infrastructure Development Fund aims to help bridge gap in essential services in Tier-2 & 3 cities. Till Dec 1st week, 'project proposals worth roughly Rs 650 cr' submitted for 2023-24.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said it was time to move forward with the mantra of ‘minimum environment degradation, maximum national security, maximum welfare’.
In a meeting with PM Modi, the ADB president announced the 'multifaceted' support for the country over 5 years for an infrastructural push, including a connectivity plan among others.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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