The National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) has the potential to become a major vehicle for channelling domestic and foreign long-term capital into the infrastructure sector. […]
Construction activity, which lies at the core of infrastructure development, has been cyclical at best for the past few years. Stymied by a host of factors such as regulatory bottlenecks, land-related issues, difficulties in financing, […]
India is the fourth largest consumer of oil and petroleum products in the world. Unfortunately, the country’s import reliance for these resources has been high and this has been a constant cause for concern for the government. […]
Dredging is the removal of sediments and debris from the bottom of lakes, rivers, harbours and other waterbodies for maintaining or increasing the depth of navigation channels to ensure the safe passage of vessels. […]
Various types of dredging activities are carried out at ports and waterways depending upon the requirement. […]
The dredging equipment needs of the Indian dredging market have largely been met by foreign suppliers. […]
Besides ports, dredging is undertaken in a number of other areas such as rivers, canals, lakes, dams/barrages, lagoons as well as sewerage and drainage systems. […]
Survey works form a very important part of dredging projects. They are required at the initial stage of the project while preparing the pre-feasibility study and at the end of the dredging project. At the […]
With the development of greenfield ports as well as new terminals and berths at existing ports, capital and maintenance dredging requirements are likely to increase substantially. […]
In the past year or so, the government has proposed a number of programmes and projects for the development and maintenance of ports, inland waterways and rivers. […]
The Indian dredging industry is served by both domestic and foreign players. The Dredging Corporation of India (DCI), which was incorporated in 1976, is the biggest player in the industry. As a result of expanding […]
The Ministry of Shipping (MoS) announced new guidelines for dredging projects at major ports in November 2015. […]
Dredging forms an important part of fair-way development. Globally, the develop-ment of fairways is primarily the responsibility of the state or a public authority. […]
With the global shipping fleet growing substantially in size and capacity, Indian ports are facing the challenge of handling larger vessels. Most of the ports in the country have low draughts, ranging between 9 and 12 metres. […]
After a significant period of stagnation, the greenfield airport segment is finally witnessing some progress with the Mopa International Airport project in Goa being recently bid out. […]
Airport development in India has undoubtedly been one of the few sectors where the public-private partnership (PPP) model has exhibited positive results. […]
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