Infrastructure

Indian Infrastructures and Capabilities

Development of Digital Infra Drives FASTag Adoption

The use of FASTag has picked up significantly in the last few months. The higher adoption of electronic toll collection device has been driven by commercial vehicles that account for the majority of traffic on the highways, as well as people shunning the use of cash due to the fear of contagion following the coronavirus outbreak.

25 Years On, India Tops 75 Crore Internet Connections; 50% of these Came in Last 4 Years

The number of internet connections in India has breached a significant milestone of 75 crore as of August 31, 2020, twenty-five years after the service was first thrown open to the public on August 15, 1995. The number of connections more than doubled in the last four years from just 34 crore in March 2016, coinciding with the country’s Digital India programme, which was launched in 2015.

Alstom Successfully Manufactures 500 Metro Cars in India

Alstom, a leader in sustainable and smart mobility, achieved another milestone today in India. It’s SriCity factory in Andhra Pradesh that manufactures Rolling Stock (MetroTrains) for Urban Metro projects, successfully completed production of its 500th Metro Car. As Alstom’s largest Urban Rolling Stock manufacturing unit in the Asia-Pacific region, this facility is delivering metro trainsets to not only Indian cities but also global ones – Chennai, Kochi, Lucknow, Mumbai, Sydney and Montreal.

Indian Railways Engages RailTel to Implement An HMIS Across its Health Facilities

Indian Railways with the objective of bringing hospital management on a single architecture to prevent pilferage and making operations seamless has entrusted RailTel Corporation of India Limited (“RailTel”) with implementation of hospital management information system (“HMIS”) an integrated clinical information system for its 125 health facilities and 650 polyclinics across India for improved hospital administration and patient healthcare.