EDITOR'S COMMENT

With hope come expectations

and responsibilities
We have now completed a little over a month after the General Elections results
were declared, and the country still seems to be reeling from the scale of NDA's
win. The results have been historic. The Indian voter has delivered an epochal verdict. It has given Prime Minister Narendra Modi an opportunity to change the fortunes of the country without the pressures and pulls of coalition politics. It has
vested high hopes on the new government. With hope come expectations and
responsibilities.
After the initial euphoria, it is now time for the new government to start gradually
delivering on its promises.
It doesn't take to be an economist to know that one of the first things that the Indian
government needs to do is to revive the infrastructure development spree. The
Union Budget 2013-14 presentations is to round the corner. One of the first things
that the government needs to do is to create an enabling environment for availability of infra debt funds. The Finance Minister also needs to spell out measures to
clear the constraints of the commercial banking system. Additionally there is an
urgent need for different ministries such as finance, power, coal and commerce to
work in close tandem.
The new government needs to seriously think of de-nationalization of the coal sector, corporatisation of the railways and creation of land bank corporations in order
to go ahead full stream with the infrastructure development process. It has already
spelt out its core focus areas such as the expansion of railways, the establishment
of freight corridors with specialized agri-rail networks, development of a diamond
quadrilateral network of high speed trains, time bound program for national highways development, Sagar Mala project to connect sea ports with hinterland
through road and rail, modernization of existing ports, development of new ports
and construction of low cost airports.
One of the promises made in BJP's agenda is the creation of 100 new smart cities in
the countries. By 2050 half of the country's population is expected to be living in
urban areas. The megacities should be world-class with efficient waste management, water recycling, sanitation and drainage facilities. Creation of 100 new
world-class cities is a huge task, albeit not impossible. We have the example of
China before us, which has developed around 30 modern cities in a remarkably
short span of time.
In his Presidential address outlining the objectives of the new government, Pranab
Mukherjee had stated that by the time the nation completes 75 years of independence in 2022, every family will have a pucca house with water connection, toilet
facilities and 24x7 electricity supply. Now, India's affordable housing shortage has
been legendary. The government cannot do everything on its own. It has to come
out with measures in order to attract private developers. Issues such as low margins, profitability and a high inflationary scenario have been keeping developers
away from this segment. The new government needs to come out with steps so that
approvals are faster, availability of low cost funding and quicker land acquisitions to
encourage developers. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had set a precedent earlier
in his tenure as the CM of Gujarat and had been successful in implementing such a
model. There is absolutely no reason why it can't be recreated elsewhere in the
country, since this model was sustainable and replicable.
The next few months will be crucial for the new government. Every action of it will be
under intense scrutiny. The Indian population has given it a virtual carte blanche.
Nothing can be achieved overnight. The government too knows it and some of the
recent statements of the PM on taking tough measures to revive the economy only
reinforce this fact. Such an approach, instead of the reverting back to the usual practice of going populist, needs to be welcomed. The economy needs to be administered some bitter pills for its illnesses. The diagnosis has been done. It remains to
be seen as to what is the future course of treatment that it is subjected to. Whatever
it is, people will not be satisfied with less than 100% recovery.

K.P. Pradeep, Editor-in-Chief

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Editor's Comment.............................10
Advertisers Index..............................16
Classification Index..........................18
News & Events..................................20
E.scape...........................................229

PRECAST BUILDING: INDUSTRY REPORT

The Indian Precast Industry - Gaining Prominence
Bhavani Balakrishna
Cover picture: Credit: www.nationalprecast.com

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SPORTS INFRASTRUCTURE: FIFA WORLD CUP 2014

Brazil's World Cup Stadiums Scoring Goals

96

Bhavani Balakrishna

FOUNDATION: THERMAL INTEGRITY PROFILING

Thermal Integrity Profiling for Quality Monitoring of
Pile Foundation
Sonjoy Deb, B.Tech, Civil, Associate Editor

56

INTERNATIONAL: MEGA PROJECT

Pearl River Delta (PRD) Megapolis
Sadagopan Seshadri, Chief - Content Development,
CE - Infrastructure - Environment

116

PRECAST BUILDING
Analysis of Multi Storey Building with Precast Load Bearing Walls
J.D. Chaitanya Kumar1, Lute Venkat2
PG Scholar, Department of Civil Engineering,
GVP College of Engineering (A), Visakhapatnam
2
Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering,
GVP College of Engineering (A), Visakhapatnam
1

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ARCHITECTURE DESIGN
Chinese Hospitality Industry: Undergoing a Design Revolution
Bhavani Balakrishna

126
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IT: CLOUD BASED ERP

An Cloud Based ERP: The Next Step in
Construction Project Management

Gary P. Robinson*, Alessandro Palmeri1 and Simon A. Austin1

Centre for Innovative and Collaborative Engineering (CICE),
Loughborough University, Sir Frank Gibb Building, Loughborough, UK
1
Dep. Civil and Building Eng., Loughborough University,
Sir Frank Gibb Building, Loughborough, UK
*

Ankita Adhikary

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EQUIPMENT: SOIL COMPACTORS

Soil Compactors: Indian Market Braces Up
for a Period of Rapid Growth

134

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M.K. Prabhakar, Associate Editor

86

Influence of Steel Fibres, Used in Conjunction with

Unconfined Rebar Configurations, on the
Structural Performance of Precast Elements

PRECAST BUILDING: DESIGN ASPECTS

Practical and Economical Design Aspects of Precast Concrete
Large Panel Building Structures
Bob van Gils (Director), WBK Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd.
And Van Boxsel Engineering Pvt. Ltd.

GROUND ENGINEERING: PILE SPACING

An Experimental Study on Pile Spacing Effects
under Lateral Loading in Sand

152

PRECAST CONCRETE BUILDINGS: CODAL PROVISIONS

Precast Concrete Codal Provisions Comparison of Various Codes
Prasad. C.A. M.Tech, M(ASCE), FIE, MSEI, CE(I)
Managing Partner, PS Engineering Consultants Secretary,
Pre Engineered Structures Society of India

Mahdy Khari, Khairul Anuar Kassim, & Azlan Adnan

Department of Geotechnics and Transportation,
Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

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166 PRECAST BUILDINGS: SITE REPORT

Snehal Joshi

SFRC
185 CONCRETE:
SFRC: Practical Considerations and Commercial Feasibility

174

World-class Machine for Production of Hollow Core Slabs

176

World-class Range of Products for the Construction Industry

178

Christian Medical College (CMC, Vellore) Goes the Precast Way

CLEANING EQUIPMENT
194 FOCUS:
Industrial Vacuum Cleaning Equipment: Rapid Industrialization
180
Triggers Demand for Specialized Cleaning Equipment

Ushering in a New Era in Precast Construction Technology

MB Bureau Report

181

KGS Group's first but not last Cast in Place

Concrete Project with Tekla

190

Green Roofing your Future

M.K. Prabhakar, Associate Editor

192

Tata BlueScope Launched Unique Heat Reflective Solution

BUILDINGS
206 STEEL
Light Gauge Steel Frame Construction:

205

High Performance Dock Levelers

209

Setting New Standards in Light Gauge Steel Frame Solutions

212

Krystol Mortar Admixture (KMA): India's Only Crystalline

Waterproofing Admixture for Mortar

214

Marini Re-defines Productivity Benchmarks Across Projects

216

MC-Special DM Dynamic SynCrystallization based

High Performance Integral Waterproofing Additive

102 New Batching Plant Manufacturing Facility Inaugurated

218

Quality Issues Associated with Readymix Concrete

144 Hollowcore Manufacturing and Factory Design

222

Dock Shelters from Gandhi Automations

Safe & Environmental Friendly

172 A One-Stop Precast Solution Provider

223 Reliable Road Sweeper for the Toughest Cleaning Requirements

EQUIPMENT
198 FOUNDATION:
Positive Market Sentiments Drive Growth Momentum
M.K. Prabhakar, Associate Editor

CONTROL: EQUIPMENT
202 ACCESS
Security Doors: Access Control Goes Hi-tech

Indian Market Poised for Exponential Growth

MB Bureau Report

FIBER WRAPPING
211 CARBON
Carbon Wrap Technology Used Successfully in
Strengthening Project
POLYURETHANE DISPERSIONS
211 COATINGS:
SuperFlex PUD Coatings Greater Coating Applications
than Your Imaginations

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COMMUNICATION FEATURE

Stephen Carr C Eng MI Mech E, Spiroll Precast Services Ltd.

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Advertisers Index

A
3 Koll Concrete Solutions

163

Gandhi Automations Pvt.Ltd

Action Construction Equipment Ltd

143

Geo Foundations & Structures Pvt.Ltd

Ajax Fiori Engineering (I) Pvt.Ltd

37

Alpha Hitech Polyurethanes

175

Ammann Apollo India Pvt.Ltd

Apollo Infratech Pvt.Ltd

11

9
35 / 171

Asons Enterprise

73

Atul Fasteners Ltd

159

Avians Innovations Technology Pvt.Ltd

41
B

BASF India Ltd

BC India 2014
Bekaert Industries Pvt.Ltd
BIG 5 Construct India -2014

15

H
Halfen Moment India Pvt.Ltd

169

Hess Concrete Machinery India Pvt.Ltd

63

Hindoostan Technical Fabrics

43
I

Igloo Tiles

69

201
C

Caterpillar India Pvt.Ltd

29

Cera Chem India Pvt.Ltd

55

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Deep Foundation Technologies for

Infrastructure Development in
India (DFI)

E
ECMAS Construction Chemicals Pvt.Ltd 59
Elematic India Pvt.Ltd

J K White Cement Ltd

19

Japeva Engineering Pvt.Ltd

JB Associates

77

JCB India Ltd

83
K

KYB - Conmat Pvt.Ltd

Reliance Industries Ltd

155

Relyon Facility Services

171

Robert Thomas Metal -und

Elektrowerke GmbH & Co. KG

163

27

Sika India Pvt.Ltd

49

Skyscrapers & Prefab India Summit

179

Sleek Boards (India) LLP

79

Spartan Engineering Industries Pvt.Ltd

STA Concrete Flooring Solutions

95

71 / 147

Surie Polex

89

39
L

T
Techny Chemy

61

Teemage Precast IN

119

Tekla India

133

Malar Energy & Infrastructure Pvt.Ltd

103

Terex India Private Limited

Marini (Fayat Group)

123

The Masterbuilder Corporate Ad

226

The Masterbuilder Susbcription Form

189

MC - Bauchemie India Pvt.Ltd

Metecno India Pvt.Ltd

53
Front inner -2

33

Thermex Rebar Manufacturers

Association

17

MultiChem Industries Pvt.Ltd 2nd Wrapper

N

137

Esquire Machines Pvt.Ltd

149

Nirmaan Civicare

E-Surveying Softech

165

99
165
P

Peikko
Pidilite Industries Ltd
PRD Rigs India Pvt.Ltd

21

213

Sastha Soil Testing & Foundation Engg.

& Pile Foundatation
175

Elemente

Forbes Pro Clean Technology Solutions

(Eureka Forbes)

REDECON -2014

Nina Concrete Systems Pvt.Ltd

169

141

113

Everest Engineering Equipments Pvt.Ltd 230

Precision Precast Solutions Pvt.Ltd

Ironite Co. of India Ltd

221

193

129

Roots Multiclean Ltd

Leister Technologies India Pvt.Ltd

D

Precast India Infrastructures Pvt.Ltd

197

ConMec Auto Consultants India Pvt.Ltd 151

Construction Risk Strategies
(Trueventus)

109

Int'l Conference on Sustainable Civil

Infrastructure -2014 (ASCE-IS)

183
13

175

Precast Equipments &

Consultancy Services

Preca Solutions India Pvt.Ltd

Gatefold
Front inner -1
93
115

U
UBM's Project Management &
Real Estate Conference
Ultratech Cement Ltd

217
Back Cover

Universal Construction Machinery

& Equipment Ltd

101
W

Weckenmann Anlagentecknik GmbH

& Co. KG
Wirtgen India Pvt.Ltd

121
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Advertisers Index / Classification

Carbon Fiber Wrap

Hindoostan Technical Fabrics

43
Back Cover

Concrete Admixtures
Chembond Chemicals Limited

Back inner
63

Surie Polex

89

Concrete Restoration
Alpha High-Tech Polyurethanes

175

BASF India Ltd

15

Cera-Chem Pvt. Ltd.

55

ECMAS construction Chemicals Pvt. Ltd.

59

MC - Bauchemie (I) Pvt Ltd.

53

Nina Concrete Systems Pvt Ltd

2nd Wrapper
99

Ajax Fiori Engg. (I) Pvt. Ltd.

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143
37

Ammann Apollo India Private Limited

Apollo Carmix Equipments Pvt. Ltd.

35

Repair & Rehabilation

93

Cera-Chem Pvt. Ltd.

Drilling Rigs

149

HESS Concrete Machinery India Pvt Ltd

63

JCB India Limited

83

KYB-Conmat Pvt Ltd

39
123

Pidilite Industries Ltd.

13

Road Sweeping & Maintenance Equipment

Ironite Co. of India Ltd

141

Roots Multiclean Ltd.

27

77

Eureka Forbes

21

Nina Concrete Systems Pvt. Ltd.

99

Rolling Shutters

Reliance Industries Ltd.

155

STA Concrete Flooring Solutions

71 / 147

Geo Membrane

95

Curing Compound

61

Geotechnical Consultants
175
175

Industrial Vaccum Cleaning Equipments

Eureka Forbes
Roots Multiclean Ltd

Metecno India Pvt.Ltd

21

Bekaert Industries Pvt. Ltd.

13

27

Nina Concrete Systems Pvt. Ltd.

99

Tensile welding Machine

137
Front Inner -2

Precast Connections
HALFEN Moment India Pvt. Ltd.
Peikko India Pvt Ltd

169
Gatefold

BC India 2014

183

129

BIG 5 Construct India -2014

201

Skyscrapers & Prefab India Summit

179

Precision Precast Solutions Pvt Ltd

169

Teemage Precast In

119

Precast Element Manufactures

Precast Equipments & consultancy Services
(Nordimplanti System Srl& Bianchi
Casseforme S.r.l.)

Igloo Tiles

69

Thermex Rebar Manufacturers Association

171

17

Wall Putty
JK Cement Ltd.

163

115

Apollo Infratech Pvt. Ltd. (Spirol)

61

TMT-Technology Suppliers

Precast Construction & Solution Providers

3Koll Concrete Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Leister Technologies India Pvt Ltd.

Thermal Insulation Tiles

Precast india Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd.

213

Front inner -2

Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete

Preca Solutions India Pvt. Ltd.

REDECON -2014

Metecno India Pvt. Ltd.

Software

133

Conferences & Exhibitions

197

73

Sandwich Panels

Japeva Engineering Pvt. Ltd.

113

Int'l Conference on Sustainable Civil

Infrastructure -2014 (ASCE-IS)

159

Asons Enterprises

165

103

193

Atul Fastners Ltd.

Tekla India Pvt Ltd.

Malar Energy & Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd.

Deep Foundation Technologies for

Infrastructure Development in India (DFI)

Front inner -2

Roofing Fastners

Esurveying Softech India Pvt. Ltd.

Elematic India Pvt. Ltd.

Rotho - Robert Thomas Metall-und Elektrowerke GmbH &

KG
163

11

Green Building Materials & Products

PEB

230

89

Leister Technologies India Pvt Ltd.

33

Spartan Engineering Industries Pvt. Ltd.

Gandhi Automations Pvt.Ltd

Roofing
Metecno India Pvt.Ltd

Surie Polex

Terex India Pvt Ltd

Everest Engineering Equipment Pvt. Ltd.

155

J B Associates

95

31

99
Front inner -1

Reliance Industries Ltd.

Bekaert Industries Pvt Ltd.

Spartan Engineering Industries Pvt. Ltd.

Cranes

53
2nd Wrapper

Nina Concrete Systems Pvt Ltd

LGFS
Elemente

101

MC - Bauchemie (I) Pvt Ltd.

MultiChem Industries Pvt.Ltd

99

Sastha Soil Testing & Foundation Engg.

& Pile Foundatation

Esquire Machines Pvt. Ltd.

55
Back Cover

13

Geo Foundations & Structures Pvt. Ltd

Wirtgen India

171

15

Bekaert Industries Pvt Ltd.

29
151

79

Nina Concrete Systems Pvt Ltd.

171

Universal Construction Machinery

& Equipment Ltd.

Chembond Chemicals Limited

Fibre Reinforced Concrete

Caterpillar India Pvt. Ltd.

Conmech Auto Consultants India Pvt Ltd

121

BASF India Limited

Facility Services

Apollo Infratech Pvt. Ltd.

Marini India Pvt Ltd (Fayat India)

18

Sleek Board (India) Ltd.

11

Floor Polishing Machines

Construction Machinery & Equipment

Action Construction Equipment Ltd.

41

Flooring

Construction Chemicals

MultiChem Industries Pvt.Ltd

Avians Innovations Technology Pvt. Ltd.

Gandhi Automations Pvt.Ltd

Relyon Facility Services Pvt Ltd.

Concrete Polishing Machine

Weckenmann Anlagentechnik GmbH

& Co. KG
Rubber Doors

PRD RIGS India Pvt. Ltd.

Concrete Block Making Machinery

Hess Concrete Machinery India Pvt Ltd

217

Doors Automatic

Cement
Ultratech Cement Ltd

UBM's Project Management &

Real Estate Conference

19

Waterproofing
BASF India Ltd

15

Cera-Chem Pvt. Ltd.

55

Chembond Chemicals Limited

MultiChem Industries Pvt.Ltd
Pidilite Industries Ltd.
Reliance Industries Ltd.
Sika India Pvt. Ltd.
Technychemy

Back inner
2nd Wrapper
Front inner -1
155
49
8

Waterproofing Applicators
109

Nirmaan Civi Care

165

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CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT
CECE Congress in Antwerp with focus on agility
The core topic of this year's CECE congress which is going to held from October 16 to 17 in Antwerp in Belgium is
how to become more agile in a fast
changing environment. Despite good
signs for 2014, the situation for the construction equipment industry in Europe
remains challenging. Companies need
to be innovative in marketing, in production processes and product design.
Eric Lepine, President of CECE said
that this is the only way to win in Europe.
CECE has invited an excellent panel of

speakers, CEOs of companies like

Volvo, Caterpillar, Bosch Rexroth or
JLG who will look at the issue of agility
and changing patterns from different
angles. Major innovation is expected
from areas such as additive manufacturing etc.

nected vehicle industry's top trade organizations. Telogis was chosen because of
its leadership, innovation and its No. 1
ranking in a survey of fleet managers.
Telogis, Inc., the platform for location
intelligence, is dedicated to enhancing the
value of its customers' businesses
through intelligent integration of location
technology, information and services.
Telogis was established in 2001 and is
headquartered in Aliso Viejo, Calif., with
offices in Europe and Latin America as
well as development centers in Austin,
Texas; Toronto; and Christchurch, New
Zealand.

Hyundai Construction
Equipment's R1200-9
Excavator Debuts

Volvo CE opens new test

and development facility in
South Korea

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recognizing the good design of the product and symbolizing product excellence in
terms of its functionality, quality, safety,
sustainability and innovation.
Volvo Construction Equipment officially
opened its new test and development center in Hapcheon, Korea. The new facility,
which doubles Volvo CE's excavator testing capacity in Korea includes an allweather test dome, reliability and noise
test field, workshops, various complete
machine performance test areas and a
customer clinic.

India Design Mark is a design standard

identified by a symbol and granted by
Indian Design Council an autonomous
body of Government of India. Launch of
PIXEF is a game changing initiative by TIL
in the 15 Ton mobile crane segment. This
versatile Pickn-Carry crane epitomizes
safety, productivity, superior technology
and performance.

The move will help Volvo CE to expand it's

facilities to accommodate the testing
requirements. The new test and development center in the Gyeongsang province
of Korea is 92 kilometers from Volvo CE's
existing R&D facility in Changwon.

Telogis Wins 2014 award

for Best Telematics
Service

TIL'S Mobile Pick-N-Carry

Crane PIXEF awarded
India Design Mark
Following the successful launch of PIXEF
TIL's 15 ton mobile Carry Deck crane at
Excon 2013, PIXEF has recently been
awarded 'The India Design Mark (I Mark)'

On the heels of its distinction as Company

of the Year by research firm Frost &
Sullivan, Telogis was honored this week
with the 2014 award for Best Telematics
Service or Solutions for Commercial Vehicles by Telematics Update, one of the con-

Hyundai Construction Equipment

launched its largest excavator,
R1200-9 to the North American market and is designed for the mining
and quarrying sector. The R1200-9
has an operating weight of 260,140
lbs. (118,000 kg) and is powered by a
740 hp (552 kW) Cummins QSK23-C
engine. The engine is electronically
controlled for optimum fuel to air
ratio and clean, efficient combustion. Auto engine overheat and antirestart features also are provided.
The R1200-9 boasts a dig depth of
26 ft. 3 in. (8 m) a bucket digging
force of 125,540 lbs. (115,080 kg)
and bucket capacity of 8.76 cu. yds.
(6.7 cu m). To achieve optimum precision, Hyundai redesigned the
R1200-9's hydraulic system to provide the operator with super fine
touch and controllability.

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INFRASTRUCTURE

POWER
Delhi eyes rooftop solar power
Gandhinagar's rent-a-roof concept
may help Delhi supplement the power
supply in the capital with solar energy. If
the model is replicated in Delhi, it has
the potential to deliver 50-100 MW.
Under the rent-a-roof project, residents give their rooftops on hire to private solar energy companies who in
turn pay them ` 3 for every unit of
energy produced.
A team, headed by Delhi's principal secretary (power), visited several solar

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Govt to fast-track supply

of electricity to villages

The union government will fast-track its

plan to supply electricity to every village in
the country and use solar power generation to light up remote hamlets. The minister for power, coal and renewable
energy Piyush Goyal recently reviewed
the status of rural electrification and
directed officers of his ministry, Rural
Electrification Corporation (REC) and
Power Grid Corporation to identify and
eliminate bottlenecks to speed up the
ongoing projects. He also sought views on
possibility of commissioning small and
rooftop solar projects to connect the
remotest households, which were not covered in past.
The government wants to set up new
transmission lines and set up solar powered micro-grids to connect villages
where regional power grids are unable to
reach. Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh,
Jharkhand, Odisha, Assam, Arunachal
Pradesh and Meghalaya account for close
to 90 per cent of the villages that still do
not have electricity.

power projects, including the ones at

Gandinagar secretariat, fly ash dyke
and houses where solar power is being
generated on terraces.

Haryana to set up two

power plants

GMR Infrastructure, and iron ore miner

Sesa Sterlite have offered to sell some of
their power plants to India's largest power
producer NTPC. Lanco, which has coalfired power plants with a capacity of about
3,000 MW, had publicly stated its intention
to sell some assets.
NTPC is already eying to purchase
Jaypee's three power plants at Bina (500
MW), Nigri (1,320 MW) and Bara (1,980
MW), which are either operational or in
the final stages of commissioning with
adequate coal supply arrangements.
Bina is already operational while Nigri will
be commissioned in the next financial
quarter, and Bara will be ready by 2015.

Karnataka to add 1,000 MW

of solar power to grid
within 15 months
The Haryana government plans to set up a
gas-based power plant in Faridabad and a
coal-based supercritical unit in Yamuna
Nagar district. The project is expected to
be commissioned during the 13th five year
plan (2017 onwards) after allocation of the
required quantity of gas. It has also been
decided to set up a 660 MW unit, based on
supercritical technology, at Panipat in place
of existing four units of 110 MW each.
The Haryana Power Generation Corporation Ltd ( HPGCL) has purchased 91 acres
of land for setting up of the 2X750 MW gasbased plant in village Mothuka/Arwa in district Faridabad. The issue of providing coal
linkage for setting up a 660 MW supercritical unit at Yamuna Nagar is being
expedited.

Private players queue

up to sell power assets
to NTPC
India's major power producers, including
Jaypee Power Ventures, Lanco Infratech,

According to Energy Minister D.K.

Shivakumar, the Karnataka State government has set a target of adding 1,000 MW
of solar power to the State grid within 15
months. Tenders will be called within a week
for setting up solar plants with a total
capacity of 450 MW.
Of the targeted 1,000-MW capacity, about
300 MW would be earmarked for farmers
by encouraging them to set up small plants
with a capacity of 1 to 3 MW on their farmland. The revised solar energy policy of the
state had set the stage ready for encouraging individuals and companies to set up
grid-connected rooftop solar units.

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TEDA mulling hybrid power projects
Tamil Nadu Energy Development
Agency (TEDA), as a part of generating
more renewable energy has undertaken a feasibility study on solar-wind
hybrid power project, a first of its kind initiative in the country. TEDA will be putting up the projects and right now they
are doing a study on it.
The respective government orders
were issued for the concept and TEDA
would undertake a detailed study on
the project that was expected to come
up in Tirunelveli district.The energy generated from it would be connected to

the national grid. Tamil Nadu holds the

top slot in renewable energy and the
total installed capacity as on March 31,
2014 stood at 8,326.86MW.

Ashok Lavasa, Secretary, Civil Aviation ,

Shri Alok Sinha, Joint Secretary, MoCA &
Chairman, AAI and Shri Rajendra Nimje,
MD, SECI for the establishment of solar
power plants at AAI Airports. AAI's plan
includes installation of 50 MW capacity
plants (cumulative capacity in Phase I)
which will be enhanced to 150 MW (cumulative) over a period of time. In all about 30
Airports have been identified by AAI for
establishment of solar power plants.

Alstom commissions
NHPC's Uri project in
Jammu & Kashmir

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Sasan UMPP's 4th unit in

MP starts generation

The power generation at the fourth unit of

the Sasan Ultra Mega Power Project
(UMPP) in Singrauli district of Madhya
Pradesh has started. Madhya Pradesh
Power Management Company Limited's
Managing Director Manu Shrivastava
said that Madhya Pradesh is getting 250
MW as its share.

Bhutanese counterpart Tshering Tobgay

in New Delhi and agreed that India would
build four new hydropower projects with a
capacity to generate 2120 MW in Bhutan.

AAI to establish 50MW

capacity solar power
plants in 30 Airports

Power gear maker Alstom commissioned NHPC's Uri II hydropower project

after availability of full water for running
all the four units of the project in Jammu
& Kashmir. The 240 MW hydropower project aims to use downstream water discharge of 480 MW Uri-I (already running)
hydro project for power generation.
It will also provide additional stability to
the northern transmission grid.

KPTCL to take up
works worth ` 5100 Cr

The total capacity of Sasan UMPP is 3,960

MW. A total of six units, of which four are
already commissioned, are being set up
in the plant.

India to build 4 new

hydropower projects
in Bhutan
India has agreed to build four new joint
venture hydropower projects in Bhutan as
the two governments agreed to closely
coordinate on issues relating to their
national security and interests.

Airport Authority of India (AAI) have signed

MoU with Solar Energy Corporation of
India (SECI) as a part of the series of
efforts of AAI in tapping alternative
sources of energy. AAI is going to establish solar power plants at its airports to
meet not only its own requirements but
also to feed the surplus power generated
to the local grid.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his

The MoU signed in the presence of Shri

The Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Ltd plans to take up 244 new
works worth ` 5100 Crore this year to
improve the power situation in the state.
These works would be completed during

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the 12th Plan period. More emphasis had
been given to 110 kV and 66 kV categories
power lines as these take electricity to consumers at every nook and corner of the
state and facilitates withdrawal of power
from the grid.
State power minister, Mr.Shivakumar
said the Raichur Power Corporation and
Karnataka Power Corporation have proposed to add 3,100 MW generation in the
next three years. Shivakumar also said
that the KPTCL plans to put up its 220-kV
transmission lines at an estimated cost of
Rs. 100 Crore to facilitate drawl of power
from these receiving station.

NAL promises power to

remote areas through
wind-solar hybrid system

the second best airport in the world for its

service quality among the airports handling 25-40 million passengers per
annum (MPPA). Mumbai's Chhatrapati
Shivaji International Airport was placed at
the fifth position in this category by the Airport Council International (ACI).
ACI is a global body of airports which represents their interests with governments
and international organisations. It covers
1,751 airports in 174 countries. The IGI airport received the ACI's Airport Service
Quality (ASQ) Award for its second position at a ceremony in Seoul in South Korea
recently.

ested contractors to prepare the land for

construction of the airport. The site currently has small hills that need to be
cleared and a river that is to be diverted.
Planned as an alternate to the clogging
Mumbai airport, the ` 14,573 crore Navi
Mumbai airport project is likely to be completed in four phases ultimately giving it
an annual capacity to handle 60 million
passengers.

RAILWAYS

Railways plansto get

projects worth ` 50,000 Cr
back on track

Cidco likely to extend

time for companies to
respond to RFQs

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A solar-cum-wind energy system codeveloped by the National Aerospace Laboratories promises to bring power to
remote and rural areas that cannot be
brought on to the electric grid. Northern
Karnataka, villages in Malnad and the
north eastern States would benefit from
such self-supporting power source.
NAL tied up with Aparna Renewable
Energy Sources, Bangalore, to manufacture and market the power systems, with
both spending around ` 2 crore to develop
the system over four years. Five of such
500W + 500W systems are being developed and an initial batch of 50 units would
be produced through a private manufacturing partner.

AIRPORT
IGIA named world's
second best airport for
service quality
For the third year in a row, Indira Gandhi
International Airport has been adjudged

Cidco, the nodal body overseeing the

planned Navi Mumbai airport, plans to
extend time to respond to the RFQ by
more than a month for the project. The
date has been extended to July 30 from
June 18, so the interested companies can
submit their audited accounts for the last
financial year ended March 31. The proposal is one among several proposed by
companies at the pre-bid meeting for the
airport project.
In all 20 companies including GMR,
Mumbai International Airport, Tata Realty
and Infrastructure Projects and Spanish
company Ferrovial were part of the prebid meeting which happened on April 2.
Cidco has also floated a tender for inter-

The Union Government is focusing on getting stuck infrastructure projects cleared

within the first 100 days of its formation,
the railway ministry has prepared a 100day plan to get critical projects worth `
50,000 crore rolling. The railway Board
will also make the independent railway
tariff authority, to advise it on passenger
and freight fares, operational within the
given deadline.
The projects like 534 km SonnagarDankuni section of the eastern railway
freight corridor, electric locomotive factory at Madhepura and a diesel locomotive factory at Marhowrah, Mumbai elevated railway corridor, port and coal connectivity projects and station redevelopment contracts would be bid out within
the given time-frame. Railways also plans
to run semi high-speed train (with an average speed of 150 kmph) on pilot basis on
one of the short routes (either DelhiChandigarh) or Delhi-Kanpur) within the
first 100 days.

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INFRASTRUCTURE
Assocham submits mega plan to transform Railways
Industry body Assocham today submitted a mega plan to transform Indian
Railways to Railways Minister D V
Sadananda Gowda to turn railways into
an engine of growth through capacity
addition, developing high-speed freight
network and offering services like ebusiness and entertainment to passengers.
The proposed mega plan, to be initiated
now and completed by 2029-30, is part
of the vision of India becoming a seven
trillion dollar economy.It will enable creation of freight capacity to handle about

Railways to launch Braille

embedded coaches for
visually impaired people

50 per cent of the traffic offered by this

level of the economy. The plan envisages capacity enhancements entailing
investments worth US$2.5 to 3 trillion.

Government to give priority

to three critical rail links
to carry coal

DB International appointed
as quality & safety
consultant for Kochi Metro

Engineering and consultancy firm DB

International has won a key contract in
India. The company has been entrusted to
act as the quality and safety consultant for
Kochi Metro, an elevated railway more
than 26 kilometers in length with 21 elevated stations and one depot.
This step will bring Deutsche Bahn's
experts into close proximity with the
important Indian market, clients and projects, giving them the opportunity to build
local expertise in railway construction.
Work on the project has already been
underway since February.

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Indian Railways will launch a new train

with all its coaches equipped with Brailleembedded signages
The state owned Indian Railways will
launch a new train with all its coaches
equipped with Braille-embedded signages
on berths, toilets, wash basins and doors
as part of the 100 day agenda being finalised by the national transporter. Launching of the 20-coach train with Braille
signages, a first of its kind, for facilitating
visually-impaired passengers, will be
part of the Railway's 100-day agenda to be
submitted to PMO shortly.
The visually-impaired-friendly coaches in
both AC and Sleeper classes were made
on the basis of inputs received from
Research Designs and Standards
Organisation (RDSO), Railways' research
arm, and in consultation with associations for the blind.

As per a coal ministry document, new government will accord high priority to
implementation of three critical rail links,
a move that will ensure transportation of
300 million tonne (MT) of additional coal
amid shortages faced in the country.
State-owned Coal India (CIL), which
accounts for over 80 per cent of the
domestic coal production, had earlier said
that it is unable to tap the potential for supplying 300 MT of additional coal due to the
absence of critical rail links for lifting the
dry-fuel.
If three critical rail links are fast-tracked,
the company will ensure 300 MT additional supply to consumers who are facing fuel shortages. The three rail corridors
are: Tori-Shivpuri-Kathotia in North
Karanpura, Jharkhand; BhupdeopurKorichhaapar to Mand Raigadh mines in
Chhattisgarh; and Barpali-Jharsuguda in
IB Valley, Odisha, which are under different phases of development.

Uttarakhand govt plans to

set up smart cities in
all 13 districts

With pressure mounting in cities like

Dehradun and Haridwar due to rising
urbanisation, the Uttarakhand government is working on a plan to develop a
smart city in all 13 districts of the hill state.
A decision to this effect was taken by Chief
Minister Harish Rawat at a recent review
meeting of the urban development
department. The chief minister directed
the departmental officials to identify areas
in each district for building smart cities.

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GIFT City achieves financial closure for Phase I
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's megadream project, Gujarat International
Finance Tec-City (GIFT City), announced
having achieved financial closure for its
Phase I infrastructure development. The
estimated cost of core infrastructure
development in Phase I is ` 1,818 crore.
A consortium of banks has agreed to
provide us a loan of ` 1,157 crore. The
balance ` 661 crore would come through
equity and our internal accruals over
the next three years.

don Dockyards. It will also have a specialised university to offer world-class

education and training in financial services.

The project is developed as India's only

International Financial Services Centre
(IFSC) and has been conceptualised as
a global financial and IT services hub,
designed to be at or above par with globally-bench marked financial centres like
those at Shinjuku (Tokyo), Lujiazui
(Shanghai), La Defense (Paris) and Lon-

The total infrastructure development

cost of the project spread over 886 acres,
including a 261-acre SEZ on the outskirts of Gandhinagar, would be ` 9,000
crore over the next 10 years. The project's
power requirements will be 750 megawatt, of which 20 per cent will come from
a captive power plant.

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Tourism projects worth

` 150 crore lined up in Odisha

Post finalization of Odisha Tourism policy

last year, the task force on tourism has
received about 68 proposals envisaging
combined investment of ` 100 to 150 crore.
Most of the projects relate to construction
of hotels including those in five star category. There are also other proposals for
deployment of Hovercraft, that will run
from Ramchandi to Puri and setting up of
a hotel management institute.
JK Mohanty, Chairman Hotel & Restaurant Association of Odisha (HRAO), pointed
out that to compete with the neighbouring
states, Odisha needs to construct about
4000 hotel rooms in the star category with
a total investment of ` 1200 crore and 1000
rooms of 5 star category with a combined
estimated investment of ` 1000 crore.

Marg. This is phase-I of the corridor

development plan from the MehrauliMahipalpur Road to Andheria Mor. The
other project that UTTIPEC passed on
Wednesday was the underpass at the RTR
Marg-Ring Road junction.

Phase -1 of Bangalore metro

to be completed by Sept, 2015

UTTIPEC clears several

key infrastructure
projects in Delhi

Key infrastructure projects in Delhi

received the approval of the Unified Traffic
and Transportation Infrastructure (Planning and Engineering) Centre (UTTIPEC),
paving the way for work to begin on at
least two of the projects within the next
few months.
The parallel flyover on the Outer Ring
Road at Rao Tula Ram junction and an
underpass at Benito Juarez Marg had
been awaiting clearance of its drawings
by UTTIPEC which was finally awarded.
The detailed project report for the RTR is
in its final stages and after PWD receives a
signed copy of drawings from UTTIPEC, it
will be tendered out.
The other important project that will receive
a boost is the road expansion project
between Andheria Mor and Aruna Asif Ali

The 42.3 km stretch of Phase-1 of

Bangalore Metro Rail project, Namma
metro is all set to be completed by September, 2015. The cost of the project, which
was estimated at ` 11,609 crore has also
been revised to ` 13,800 crore. The Reach3 of the project between Peenya and
Sampige road stations was recently commissioned for public use.
The first reach between Baiyappanahalli
and M G Road stations was opened for public use on October 20, 2011. The phase-1 of
the metro rail involves 8 kms of underground section, which is under construction at Majestic area. The phase-2 includes
13.79 km of underground section with 12
stations. The 72.095 km long Phase-2 will
have 61 stations in total.

Jaipur Metro to start

commercial operations
from August
Jaipur Metro most likely to start its commercial operations in the Pink City by the
end of August this year. The trial run of
Jaipur Metro will most probably begin in
July on its first-phase route from
Mansarovar to Chandpole, 10 kms, and
the commercial operations for commuters by the end of August.
Railway's Research Design and Standards Organisation ( RDSO) has set a top
speed of 80 km per hour for the Pink City's
Metro train. In around eight months,
JMRC has completed the civil, mechanical and electrical works on 10 kms route
from Mansarovar to Chandpole.

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Shell in talks to buy
stake in Kakinada
LNG project

PORTS

Paradip Port Trust to invite investors for six captive berths

Paradip Port Trust (PPT) has initiated
process of inviting investors for six new
captive berths of more than 10 mtpa
capacity each. The port's proposed
expansion plan will increase the eastern port's existing capacity from 108.50
million tonne per annum (mtpa) to
270.50 mtpa by 2023. The eastern
Indian port reported a growth 34 per
cent in total revenues of ` 1,068 crore
for 2013-14 from greater volumes of
iron ore exports, coal shipments and
import of coking coal.
The port has registered a 20 per cent

E&Y to submit DPR on

Chennai harbour project

growth in traffic throughput of 68mtpa

during the FY14, an all time high for
Paradip port. This was the second highest cargo handled by a major port in
India during this period.

GAIL chairman B.C Tripathi said Global

energy major Royal Dutch Shell is in talks
with the Andhra Pradesh state government for buying up to 24 per cent stake in
the planned Kakinada liquefied natural
gas project on the east coast.

Paradip Port receives

Golden Peacock National
Quality Award, 2014

GAIL Gas, a subsidiary of GAIL (India) is a

co-promoter of Andhra Pradesh Gas Distribution Company (APGDC) that will build
the project in the southern Indian state.

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Inland shipping to get

boost from coastal
baseline relaxation

In a bid to revive the mega container terminal project, the Chennai Port Trust
(ChPT) has asked its Transaction Advisor
Ernst & Young (EY) to submit a detailed
project report, including cost implications, revenue sharing, engineering
aspects and the types of commodities that
could be handled, to the board in the next
few days.
As a first step, the profile of the mega container terminal project has been changed
to outer harbour development project to
handle all types of cargoes instead of containers alone. While the project capacity
remains at four million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) annually, the cost of the
project has escalated to over ` 5,000
crore from ` 3,686 crore initially due to
delay in commissioning the project.

Paradip Port has become the recipient of

the prestigious Golden Peacock National
Quality Award for 2014 institutes by the
Institute of Directors, New Delhi. Sudhanshu
Sekhara Mishra, Chairman, Paradip Port
Trust received the Prestigious Award at
the 24th Congress on Total Quality and
Leadership held at Hotel Taj Vivanta,
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala under the
Chairmanship of Justice P.N.Bhagwati,
former Chief Justice of India.

Government in a move to boost inland

shipping has relaxed the norms for inland
vessels to move deeper into the sea. DG
Shipping Gautam Chatterjee said that the
baseline has been relaxed by 12 km from
coastline which is known as territorial
waters.

The award had added yet another feather

in paradip port's coveted cap. Paradip Port
Trust handled an all time record quantity
of 68 million tonnes of cargo during 201314,beingthehighestthroughputin52years.

The move will help inland waterways

transport as the inland vessels can venture into sea to offload cargo from large
vessels directly and this in turn will bring
huge operational cost saving for the trade.

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Rangarajan, chairman of the PM's Economic Advisory Committee.

ROADS
NHAI to make public information on PPP projects
In a bid to ensure transparency, National
Highway Authority of India (NHAI) will
put all information related to private
public partnership (PPP) projects taken
up by them in the public domain. In this
regard, NHAI proposes to place all
information relating to projects taken
up by them under PPP mode available
on a link in their website,
www.nhai.org.in. Specific project details
can be obtained by typing the name of
the particular stretch or project implementation unit along with this link.
Most project specific websites have
already been launched and the remaining will be launched by July 15 and the
PPP project details will be given about

Target to award 8,500 km

highway projects set
for this year

all stages of the project development

like construction, operation and maintenance. A complete database of the
correspondence exchanged between
all of the above on all aspects of the project, along with details of court cases
and arbitration awards will be uploaded
on the website.

About 15 projects have come up for premium restructuring so far and out of these,
about nine are eligible for relief this year.
The nine projects involve big infrastructure companies such IRB, Reliance Infrastructure and L&T, among others. The
projects include six-laning of the
Ahmedabad-Vadodara stretch, where
the annual premium is about ` 310 crore,
and four-laning of the Beawar-PaliPindwara section, which involves an annual
premiumofabout`250crore,amongothers.

Manipur CM flags off ADB

funded road construction
project

augment road network in the country.

Another major thrust area would be to
have a package to provide road connectivity to 50 minor ports, 24 airports and new
townships planned along the DelhiMumbai Industrial Corridor.

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NHAI board to provide

relief to nine road projects

Road transport and highways department

has set the target to award 8,500 km of
highways and complete construction of
3,900 km during this financial year. The
plan would be placed before Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he meets key
infrastructure secretaries in a few days.
Of the 8500 km of highway projects, nearly
3,500 km is likely to be executed through
public-private-partnership ( PPP) mode.
Highways wing has also submitted a list of
nearly a dozen road projects, which can
start soon.
These include two expressway projects
Delhi-Meerut and Eastern Peripheral
besides a host of major highway stretches.
These projects can be awarded quickly to

In a bid to revive the stagnating highways

sector and bail out stressed projects, the
National Highways Authority of India
(NHAI) is planning to allow multiple projects. The NHAI board, is expected to
approve nine projects that it has judged as
eligible for relief. The policy allowing
developers to defer their premium payments was finalised earlier this year
under the committee appointed by the
Prime Minister and headed by C

Manipur Chief Minister O Ibobi flagged off

a new project of constructing a highway
from Thoubal to Kasom Khullen. The highway would connect Tupul to Bishnupur,
Thoubal and Kasom Khullen. 90 per cent
of the project is being funded by Asian
Development Bank (ADB) and 10 per cent
by the Government of India. This project
was conceptualised in 2005.The project
would be executed by Australian company SMC International and the company
prepared the detailed project although
PWD is the work agency. According to the
DPR, the project would cost ` 324.47
crore at the rate of 2008. With 90 per cent
of the project funded by ADB and the
remaining 10 per cent by Government of
India, the project is 100 per cent grant to
the Government of Manipur. The project is
targeted for completion by December
2016.

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CORPORATE
Greenko Starts Wind Farm in Karnataka
Greenko Group Plc an Indian cleanenergy developer has started a US$61
million wind farm in Karnataka. The
facility, the second phase of its
Basvanbagewadi wind farm, has total
installed capacity of about 50 megawatts, taking the output potential of the
site to 131.2 megawatts.
The power will be sold directly to 'leading global technology companies and
commercial customers' under a 10-

In 2013-14, it augmented clinker capacity

by 3.3 LT to 46.20 LT and commissioned
its second grinding unit of 6.57 LT in
Haryana. Besides, the company has augmented capacity of the grinding unit at the
mother plant at Sirohi.

Tata Power commissions

25MW solar farm in
Maharashtra
year agreement. Greenko now has 611
megawatts of operational clean-energy
projects.

Tata Housing plans to

buy land across
major cities

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Tata Housing, the Tata Group's real estate

company, plans to invest ` 3,000 crore to
acquire more land, including joint development agreements, across major cities
in India in the current financial year.
The company will focus on four metros
Bangalore, Kolkata, Delhi NCR, and
Mumbai for its land purchases and new
projects, both in the premium and affordable category. Around 65% of the planned
launches will be in the premium segment,
while the rest will be in the affordable category.

Suzlon Energy bags

` 750 crore order
Wind turbine maker Suzlon Energy has
bagged an order worth about ` 750 crore
for a project in Rajasthan. The order for
100.8 MW wind farms has been awarded
by ReNew Wind Power.
The project is scheduled for execution at
the Bhesada wind site, Dist Jaisalmer,

Rajasthan. Besides supplying 48 units of

S97-120 m wind turbine generators, Suzlon
Group would also oversee operations,
maintenance and service of the wind site
over the contracted period for the project.

JK Lakshmi Cement's Durg

facility to start production
by Oct-Dec Quarter

JK Lakshmi Cement's ` 1,500 crore manufacturing facility at Durg in Chhattisgarh

will start production by the OctoberDecember quarter taking the overall
capacity to around 10 million tonnes per
annum. The capacity of this new plant is
2.7 mtpa. The Durg facility, a greenfield
unit, is being built on around 600 acres at
Ahiwara village.

Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd, a subsidiary of Tata Power, has successfully
commissioned a 25MW solar farm in
Maharashtra's Satara district. The 130acre plant, located at Palaswadi village in
Maan taluka, uses crystalline silicon photovoltaic technology.
It is one of the largest solar plants set up
by a private power utility in Maharashtra.
The power produced by it will be evacuated through the state transmission network.

L&T Construction bags

orders worth ` 2,458 Cr
in May'14
Infrastructure major Larsen and Toubro
(L&T) has won orders worth ` 2,458 crore
in May'2014 across various business segments. Of the major orders is a international EPC order from Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation (KAHRAMAA)
of value ` 1,470 crore. The contract includes
design and construction of civil buildings
with a complete set of utilities such as airconditioning, fire protection and lighting
systems.
The project is scheduled for completion in
phases starting from 16 to 44 months.
Other order has been received for the construction of a mall in Chennai and design
build and turnkey construction of a 4 lane
elevated corridor project in Kolkata.

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INTERNATIONAL
Saudi Railways Organization to establish
new railway network
The Saudi Railways Organization (SRO)
is reportedly preparing US$97bn strategic plan to establish a robust railway
network in the country. As part of the
project, the construction of a 9,900kmlong integrated railway network with 19
railway lines by the end of 2040 is being
considered.
SRO president Muhammad AlSuwaiket said that the organisation is
working to rectify the performance of
lines spanning between Dammam and
Al-Ahsa through Abqaiq, by redeveloping internal departments. Construction

work on the Haramain high-speed railway and a north-south line is currently

underway. Works on the line connecting Jeddah to Riyadh and a link between
Gulf countries are slated to begin in the
near future.

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Tata Power to commence

production in
South African wind
projects by 2017

India's leading power utility Tata Power

expects commissioning of its two South
African wind projects, having total capacity of nearly 229 MW, by fiscal year 2017.
Tata Power, which has an installed generation capacity of 8,560 MW, is developing the two projects through an equal joint
venture with Exxaro Resources.
These projects are 134.4 MW Amakhala
Emoyeni and 94.8 MW Tsitsikamma plants.
Both projects are being developed by the
joint venture entity Cennergi (Pty) Ltd, power
purchase agreements have been inked
with Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd for a period
of 20 years from the date of starting their
commercial operations.

NSW Government to
construct Newcastle
light rail route
Australia's New South Wales (NSW) Government is investing in a hybrid, light rail

cent larger, requiring a rapid development of transportation infrastructure,

including new roads and metro stations.
The deal was reached during Sobyanin's
working visit to China. The agreement
was signed by Deputy Mayor for Urban
Development and Construction Marat
Khusnullin, who earlier said that the new
metro line in New Moscow is planned to
open in 2018.

ICAO to assist development

of airports in Ethiopia

route in Newcastle, which will include the

rail corridor and Hunter Street. The proposed light rail will run east from the new
Wickham transport interchange along the
existing rail corridor, before moving south
to connect with Hunter Street and Scott
Street and terminating at Pacific Park.

China to invest in
Moscow Metro expansion
project

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) announced that it would provide technical assistance to airport development projects in Ethiopia. Secretary
General of ICAO, Raymond Benjamin,
who came to Addis Ababa for a two day
visit upon an invitation from the Ethiopian
government, assured President Mulatu
Teshome (Ph.D.) that the ICAO would provide technical assistance to the Addis
Ababa Bole International Airport expansion project and the gigantic international
airport that the Ethiopian Airports Enterprise is planning to build outside of Addis
Ababa.

Moscow's Mosinzhproekt has signed a

deal in Beijing with China Railway Construction and China International Fund to
cooperate on a planned expansion of the
Moscow Metro. The Moscow mayor noted
that one of the new metro lines covers the
territory of New Moscow, which is 150 per-

The Ethiopian Airport Enterprise is under

preparation to expand the Addis Ababa
Bole International Airport's passenger terminal at a cost of US$ 250m. The enterprise is also planning to build a mega hub
airport outside the capital. Three locations have been identified for the mega
hub project-Modjo, Dukem and Teji towns.

The route strikes the best balance in providing a quality transport outcome for
Newcastle and also allowing the city and
its waterfront to be reconnected and revitalised. The order consists of 65 new airconditioned trains, which will include
approximately 520 brand new carriages.

SPORTS INFRASTRUCTURE: FIFA WORLD CUP 2014

BRAZIL'S

WORLD CUP STADIUMS

SCORING GOALS
Bhavani Balakrishna

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ith the FIFA World Cup 2014 getting underway in Brazil,

football fever is expected to dwarf the various challenges
that the host country was plagued with in the run up to one
of the world's biggest sporting events. In the last few months, Brazil
became the focal point of the entire world due to the people's dissatisfaction with government spending and delays and safety concerns
related to the construction of World Cup infrastructure.