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637 projects facing delays due to various reasons: Nitin GadkariUnion Minister Nitin Gadkari informed Parliament that 637 road projects, including under Bharatmala Pariyojana, have faced delays mainly du...
Siddaramaiah rejects BJP's demand for Priyanka Kharge's resignation over contractor's suicideKarnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has rejected the BJP's demand for Minister Priyanka Kharge's resignation over a contractor's suicide....
Adverse climate, delay in land acquisition, forest clearances pose challenges to BRO in NEThe Border Roads Organisation (BRO) faces major challenges in executing projects in the vulnerable high-altitude stretches of the North-Eas...
Frontdesk prop tech startup fires entire workforce in two-minute Google Meet callFrontdesk, a prop tech startup, shocked many by firing its entire 200-person workforce in a brief Google Meet call. The CEO cited financial...
Need to rate DPRs, contractors for quality construction: Nitin GadkariAddressing the 4th CRISIL India Infrastructure Conclave 2023, union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari referred to cart...
Surety bonds can be a gamechanger if government adopts them in fullSurety bonds intend to solve this problem by looking at the previous track record of the contractors, their internal management and account...
Power Minister R K Singh approves dispute avoidance mechanism for hydro power contractsThe new mechanism is aimed at reducing the conversion of initial disagreements into full-fledged disputes. Earlier, hydro CPSEs had questio...
Highway construction in FY21 inches closer to 13,000 kmThe ministry of road transport and highways, through its various implementing agencies, has constructed around 12,700 kilometres of highway...
Lockdown to cause time and cost overrun for 6k crore hydroproject in SikkimThe lockdown is there on a greater cause. But it has put this near 6 k crore project under an unusual situation," said D. Chattopadhyay, Ex...
Contract coal mining to grow fourfold by 2030According to the report, the total number of large players in this segment, at present, is around 10-15.
Govt willing to help IL&FS revive infra projects: Nitin GadkariGadkari said IL&FS has a new management which after analysing the situation will come up with suggestions and based on that the government ...
Lack of available talent key impediment to hiring, says reportThe study determines the state of workforce agility in businesses or their ability to swiftly scale up workforce in times of uncertainty an...
Five stressed construction companies rely on PSU arrears to gain financial health backThe quintet ET studied collectively owe banks close to Rs 40,000 crore and account for as much as 8-10 per cent of estimated bad loans.
Cashless economy will incentivise road commuters to go in for electronic tolling: Raghav Chandra, NHAI"As far as banks are concerned in the long run I feel that their deposits will only increase and once their deposits increase so also their...
India misses power capacity addition target for second year in rowIndia has missed the power generation capacity addition target for the second straight year in last fiscal, a report said.
India misses power capacity addition target for 2nd year in row: ReportIndia has missed the power generation capacity addition target for the second straight year in last fiscal, a report said.
Government may declare additional 101 routes as national waterwaysInland Waterways Authority of India is conducting feasibility studies on the proposed new routes, Pon Radhakrishnan told the Rajya Sabha.
Telangana stir impact: Infrastructure cos IVRCL and Coastal Projects go for a debt recastAndhra Pradesh-based infrastructure cos IVRCL and Coastal Projects have knocked at the door of the CDR, seeking to recast Rs 11,000 cr of l...
- CAG to get full access to a/cs: Deora
Oil minister Murli Deora has personally promised CAG Vinod Rai that the goverment auditor will get full access to accounts of oil/gas field...
- CAG to get full access to accounts of oil& gas fields: Deora
Deora wrote the letter on August 27, a day before CAG's principal director of audit accused the ministry of circulating minutes of two cruc...