Urban Infrastructure

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) in Telangana has, in partnership with global NGO Safe Water Network, launched the second water ATM in the city, extending affordable and safe round-the-clock water supply. Under the first […]

The Nagpur Municipal Corporation in Maharashtra is implementing a Rs 125 billion project to reduce pollution in the Nag river by setting up sewage treatment plants (STPs) along the river at regular intervals. In addition, […]

The Urban Development Department, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, has constituted a committee to draw up a standard operating protocol (SOP) to prevent frequent damage to water supply lines, sewer manholes and other underground water supply infrastructure by […]

The Karnataka government has inaugurated water supply and drainage projects in the city of Bidar. It commissioned Phase I of the 24×7 drinking water supply project, which has been implemented at a cost of Rs […]

The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) in Karnataka has commissioned a water supply pipeline to transport Cauvery water to the city. The pipeline will convey water from the Malavalli reservoir in the Mandya […]

The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has approved various sewerage projects for execution in Bihar, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh under the Namami Gange Programme. In Bihar, three projects involving the development of sewage […]

The Karnataka government has laid the foundation stone for the construction of four STPs in Bengaluru. The plants will have a total capacity of 440 mld and will be constructed at the Vrishabhavathi valley, Koramangala […]

The Southern Railway has proposed the development of a waste-to-energy plant near the Chennai Central Railway Station in Tamil Nadu. The plant will have the capacity to treat 1.5 million tonnes of waste and generate 229 […]

The central government has approved the new Metro Rail Policy. The policy has mandated the use of private investment through public-private partnership (PPP) models for availing of central assistance for new metro projects. It has […]

The Charbagh-Transport Nagar priority section of the Lucknow metro rail project in Uttar Pradesh has been inaugurated and opened for public use. The 8.5 km stretch, which covers eight stations, has been developed under Phase […]

The Executive Committee of the National Mission for Clean Ganga has approved six sewage treatment projects for implementation in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Three of these projects will be implemented in Uttar Pradesh. They will […]

Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) in Kerala has proposed the development of a bus rapid transit (BRT) corridor in the city. As per the proposal, the Edapally-Muthakunnam stretch, spanning a length of 25 km, will […]

The Tamil Nadu government has proposed the development of a metro rail system in Coimbatore in a bid to address traffic congestion in the city. For this, Chennai Metro Rail Limited has been entrusted the […]

Trail runs have been conducted for specific stretches of the metro rail projects being implemented in Kochi, Kerala, and Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Kochi Metro Rail Limited has successfully conducted trial runs on the Palarivattom-Maharaja College […]

Kolkata-based Simplex Infrastructure Limited has emerged as the lowest bidder for the development of a 7.5 km metro stretch and five metro stations under Phase II of the Bengaluru metro rail project in Karnataka. The […]

The State Level Single Window Clearance Authority has granted in-principle approval to Ramky Enviro Engineers Limited for developing the Jharsuguda Integrated Common Hazardous Waste Treatment Project in Odisha. It will entail an investment of Rs […]

The Andhra Pradesh government has decided to set up a drinking water supply corporation for the state. The corporation will be responsible for supplying 100 mld of drinking water to every household. Besides this, it […]

The Punjab government has inaugurated a 95 million litre per day (mld) sewage treatment plant (STP) at Khaparkheri in Amritsar. Treated sewage from the plant will be released to farmers for irrigation purposes. The plant […]

The Sampige Road-Yelachenahalli section of the Bengaluru Metro Rail Project, Phase I, in Karnataka has been inaugurated. With this, the entire Phase I of the project has been commissioned. The phase involved the development of […]

The Aluva-Palarivattom section of the Kochi Metro Rail Project, Phase I, in Kerala has commenced commercial operations. Phase I of the project involved the development of a 36.78 km long metro rail network in Kochi […]