Infrastructure Projects News

Prime Minister Modi has thrown open the 19 kilometre stretch of the Dwarka Expressway which falls in Gurugram, which comes as a relief for Delhi Gurugram commuters who spend hours in traffic due to congestion on NH48. This expressway basically comes as an alternate route, which will help ease congestion on the national highway, and is expected to cut travel time by at least 20 minutes for the 90,000 commuters who use the route everyday. Here's a full route map, and all the best features of this infra project. WATCH!

India's first underwater metro route has officially opened, marking a big milestone in India's infrastructure development journey. This is part of the Howrah Maidan-Esplanade section of Kolkata's East-West corridor. This was critical for improved accessibility of commuters in Kolkata and caters strategically to busy areas in the city. The project will address transportation needs, and help ease traffic congestion in the city. Here's how

Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said total length of the national highways in the country increased by about 59% in the last nine years. As a result of this expansion, India now has the second largest road network, after the US.Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, Gadkari said: Total length of National Highways was 91,287 km in 2013-14, which increased to 1,45,240 km in 2022-23, which is a rise of more than 59% during this period.

The Indian economy is experiencing a challenging phase due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, trade disruptions, and lower export growth. The Narendra Modi government has set its sights on reviving the country's economic growth trajectory by investing in infrastructure. In this video, we'll explore the government's strategy and examine whether it will be enough to get India's annual growth rate back nearer to 7.5%.

As national elections draw near, public spending has taken an upturn in India. The government is relying on an infrastructure build-up to multiply people’s incomes and support economic growth. Paced-up highway construction has been placed in the spotlight by the Centre’s aim to construct a record 45km of highways daily in 2023-24 on an average. This would add up to 16,000km during the year, exceeding the last high of 13,298km achieved in 2020-21 at a rate of 36.4km per day. Highway construction had slowed after that, with our daily rate dropping to 29km and 24km in 2021-22 and 2022-23, respectively. Let us explore whether India's infrastructure boom can propel economic growth.

As much as 4,628 km of roads have been constructed in the seven months of the current financial year, as compared to over 5,100 km during the same period a year agoThe government has been taking steps to boost road construction with the aim of it having a multiplier effect on the economy

The proposal, which includes starting 1,000 new routes connecting smaller towns, was discussed at a meeting last week to review infrastructure needed by 2025Govt’s plans to expedite airport development still trails that of China’s, which has set a goal of having 450 commercial airports by 2035

The management attributes the steep drop in June quarter growth to two assetsSadbhav shares have fallen 30.5% in the last one month on the National Stock Exchange

On Tuesday, SIPL struck a deal to sell nine of 12 operational road assetslast week, shares of SEL and SIPL had fallen 3-4% when rating agency Care Ratings downgraded them

Connectivity, both physical and digital, which has a multiplier effect on the economy, will be a key development goal for the Modi administration in its second termNew ways of financing infrastructure projects by both government and private sector have to be explored, say experts