Indian Infrastructures and Capabilities
With an aim to boost economic activities in the country during unlock 3.0, the Indian Railways is offering a slew of incentives, including 50 per cent concession in terminal access charges for covered wagons, to boost freight traffic.
According to a statement issued by NTPC Ltd., NTPC Group has achieved over 100 Billion Units (BUs) of cumulative generation in the current financial year, reinforcing group’s commitment towards excellence in operation across its plants.
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will inaugurate and dedicate to the Nation through video conferencing the submarine Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) connecting Chennai and Port Blair on 10th August, 2020. The submarine cable will also connect Port Blair to Swaraj Dweep (Havelock), Little Andaman, Car Nicobar, Kamorta, Great Nicobar, Long Island, and Rangat.
The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRCL) has set a tunnel boring machine and announced commencement of tunneling work for the city’s longest underground Metro corridor between Cantonment station and Shivajinagar station in the state of Karnataka.
According to an ANAROCK Property Consultants report, it is expected that top 8 Indian cities will add around 10 million sq ft data center space in the next 2-3 years aided by data localization norms and the massive digital push initiated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vijaynagar, the easternmost and one of the remotest administrative circles of the state along the India-Myanmar border, takes around six to eight days to reach on foot through dense forests from the nearest town Miao, which is around 157 km away.
As announced in the current year’s Union Budget by Finance Minister, Indian Railways is introducing first “Kisan Rail” from Devlali to Danapur tomorrow on 07/08/2020 at 11:00 hrs from Devlali. The train will be flagged off via video conferencing by Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Rural Development and Panchyati Raj, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar and Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal.
NTPC group’s monthly power generation rose by a robust 13.3% to 26.73 BUs in the month of July’20 compared to 23.59 BUs in June’20.
The ropeway will boost pilgrimage tourism in Jammu as it connects three temples, Jamvant Gufa Peerkho, Mahamaya Temple and Bahu Fort Temple.Lieutenant Governor Girish Chandra Murmu inaugurated the ropeway service from the Bahu Fort temple to Mahamaya temple in Jammu.
The Paradip-Haridaspur new rail line project in Odisha has recently reached its final stage of completion and was scheduled to be inaugurated in March 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic hit.
