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SU Toll Road Pvt Ltd, a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) of Reliance Infrastructure has begun operations and collection of toll on the Salem-Ulundurept road in Tamil Nadu. The seventh road project of Reliance Infrastructure, the Salem-Ulundurept road widening project (from two lanes to four lanes) has been executed on a Build-Operate-Transfer basis. The road links 79 villages with Chennai, Bengaluru ...

Karl Slym has been appointed as Managing Director, Tata Motors. He will lead company operations in India as well as international markets such as South Korea, Thailand, Spain, Indonesia and South Africa. Before taking up this assignment Slym was President and Managing Director of General Motors (GM), India. He also has been the Executive Vice President and Board Member, SGMW ...

IRB has emerged as the preferred bidder for a project to convert a 102.3km stretch of the Ahmedabad-Vadodara section of NH-8 from the existing two lanes into a six-lane highway. It has also become the preferred bidder for improvement of a 93.3km stretch of the existing Ahmedabad Vadodara Expressway. Both the projects are being offered by the NHAI (National Highways ...

Paytm, a service provider for online mobile and DTH recharges has introduced online recharge facility for users of the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway toll plaza. These users can now recharge their smart tags through the Paytm portal. Paytm is also offering attractive deals and discounts on popular consumer brands with every recharge. About 100,000 smart tag users of the expressway and 60% ...

Reliance Infrastructure is looking to tap opportunities in the vast road sector. About 21 projects, worth about र 40,000 crore have been short listed by the company. Reliance Infrastructure is already in the process of developing 11 road projects with a total outlay of र 11,000 crore. Out of these, five projects are operational and generating revenue, while the other ...

Rasilant Technologies provided complete RFID integration for the recently concluded Times Property Expo held in Mumbai. During the three-day event, the company showcased the use of RFID technology for purposes such as attendance automation, business card exchange, information exchange, and social media integration during conferences and exhibitions. With social media platforms being increasingly used for branding and sales, the ability ...

India’s first urban tunnel to be built within city limits, comprising two 500-metre tunnels, a part of the Eastern Freeway Project, Mumbai is expected to be completed in September. The ten-metre high tunnels are being built by blasting through the mountains near the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC). The twin tunnels are a part of the Anik-Panjarpol Link Road (APLR) ...

Under a new policy that the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has begun implementing, road contractors will be held accountable for the quality of construction of the roads. Under the new EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) system, contractors will have to ensure the quality of roads for a minimum period of two years, while they have to guarantee structures ...

The Bihar government has approved in principle the Ganga Expressway project to ease traffic congestion on the roads in Patna. The proposed Expressway would be 21.5km long, running along the Ganga, with an estimated completion time of three years. About 222 hectares of land is needed for the project out of which 54 hectares is private property which has to ...

The Central government is planning a comprehensive upgrade to Kolkata’s century-old tram system to convert it into a light rail transit (LRT) system, on the lines of systems in Europe and the USA. Compared to the existing slow speeds, the new LRT would have speeds around 40km/hr and would have modern, air-conditioned coaches. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will fund ...