With a population of over a billion people, it's no surprise that fatalities from road accidents in India amount to little more than just statistics. Sometimes, though, a single death makes a difference and plunges an entire nation into grief.

The Major District Road, MDR 31 passes through Shaha and Kolpewadi villages in Sinnar Taluka, District Nashik. It comes under the purview of the Nashik PWD and is an important link connecting the sugarcane producing farms of Sinnar Taluka with sugar mills with heavy traffic during peak seasons.

In a candid conversation with Infrastructure Today, I Jeyakumar, Chairman, Mormugao Port Trust, puts forth the challenges faced by ports and his views on the way ahead.

The contractor used a WR 240 / WR 240i soil stabilizer and cold recycler from Wirtgen for this technically very demanding construction job. To build the dam core, the soil

Road projects worth Rs 1,900 crore in Gujarat and Bihar have been cleared by the Union government. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved two road projects. For civil construction and supervision works of the two road projects, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will provide loan assistance. The Gujarat project is six-laning of Vadodara-Surat section of NH-8 including construction of a new four-lane bridge across the Narmada river and two eight-lane flyovers in Guja

For widening of Jalandhar-Amritsar section of National Highway in Punjab, the Union government on November 13 approved Rs 523.85 crore. The highway project will be taken up under the flagship road building programme, National Highways Development Project (NHDP) of the Union government.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved four-laning of the Aurangabad-Yedeshi section of National Highway-211 in Maharashtra. The road work will be taken up under the National Highways Development Project (NHDP) Phase IV on Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT-Annuity) in Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (DBFOT) pattern.

Kandla Special Economic Zone (KASEZ) has come a long way since its inception. Still, although KASEZ has been the pioneer among SEZs, challenges are plenty in growth and development. Janaki Krishnamoorthi traces the journey of the oldest FTZ in India.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved four-laning of the Aurangabad-Yedeshi section of National Highway-211 in Maharashtra. The road work will be taken up under the National Highways Development Project (NHDP) Phase IV on Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT-Annuity) in Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (DBFOT) pattern.