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Saturday, April 11, 2026
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Topic: Infrastructure

Mumbai Monorail 2.0? Safety certification for white elephant, but still waiting for green flag

After months of shutdowns and breakdowns, MMRDA Mumbai Monorail ready for reset. But with 3 abrupt halts in 2025 still fresh in commuter memory—and no restart date—it now faces a credibility test.

112-year bridge to double decker over rail lines: Mumbai’s Sewri–Worli link races to 2026 finish

Mumbai’s Sewri–Worli connector, now 62 per cent complete, promises to cut commute times from an hour to under 20 minutes, reshaping the city’s east–west commute when it opens in 2026. 

Collaborative action for Viksit Bharat: Uplifting livelihoods and backing innovators

An inclusive India will be built through ecosystems, not actors alone, where enterprises, philanthropy, and communities work together.

Why fixing near vision clears a surprisingly high bar for public investment

Near-vision loss quietly erodes productivity and income for millions of working adults at the last mile, yet fixing it is among the cheapest, fastest and most scalable ways for public and philanthropic capital to unlock human productivity.

charcha 2025 is building India’s next infrastructure: the capacity to work together

Convening platforms like charcha play an essential role in bringing sarkar, samaaj and bazaar together to chart India’s roadmap to Viksit Bharat.

India is having a civil engineering crisis. Mumbai to Bihar, bridges to byways, highways to setu

The pace of development is very fast so perhaps the quality and quantity of the material, our expertise, our capacity, is not matching what is required, says Manoranjan Parida, President of Indian Road Congress.

3rd abrupt halt in a month: Poor ridership & shoddy upkeep are catching up to Mumbai monorail

MMMOCL said a technical slag caused train to halt mid-track. The 17 passengers onboard were transferred to another train and taken to the next station.

Brand Bengaluru is stuck on bad roads. MNCs, startups are saying ‘Hello Hyderabad’ now

The Bengaluru vs Hyderabad rivalry was once about attracting the biggest MNCs. Now it’s also about infrastructure, governance, and quality of life—and Bengaluru is losing its lead.

Post legal battle with L&T, MMRDA says it will retender 2 infra projects in ‘public interest’

MMRDA’s decision comes 4 days after SC asked it if it was willing to retender the projects, failing which the apex court might have to freeze the whole tender process.

5 Infrastructure stocks to watch for growth in 2025

As demand for construction, engineering, and real estate projects increases, companies with large government contracts and efficient execution capabilities are expected to see an upward trend in their stock prices.

On Camera

Congress was committed to alcohol ban law without being practical: MA Venkata Rao

Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.