Indian Infrastructures and Capabilities
“We are mapping the locations where EVs are launched and we will be setting up charging stations in those cities. Our aim is to take this number to around 700 by next year,” company’s CEO and Managing Director Mr Praveer Sinha said.
The President of India, Mr Ram Nath Kovind, laid the foundation stone/inaugurated various developmental projects of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu at function organised in Daman today (February 17, 2020).
The move is part of India’s strategy to develop the Union territory of Ladakh. The ₹11,000-crore marque project seeks to resolve grid connectivity problems faced by the region. This is also expected to attract investments for setting up green energy projects in the cold desert region.
In a letter to all solar and wind developers, the new and renewable energy ministry said land would be made available for setting up solar, wind and wind hybrid plants and that the proposed parks have necessary clearances from state governments and the defence ministry, sources said. The ministry has identified Khavada in Gujarat and Jaisalmer in Rajasthan for renewable energy parks of 25,000 megawatt each, they said.
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), a public sector oil marketing major, plans to invest Rs 500 crore (US$ 71.54 million) at Chitradurga in Karnataka.
The 43-seater capacity luxury electric bus, manufactured by Mitra Mobility Solution, has a range of 300 kilometre on a single charge and would be operated twice daily between the two cities, the operator Prasanna Purple Mobility Solutions said.
Kashi Mahakal Express will be inaugurated on 16th February, 2020 followed by routine commercial run from 20th February 2020 onwards. The inaugural run of the train will be flagged off from Varanasi by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi through video link.
According to an official press release, Singh said that nine medical colleges have also been sanctioned in Jammu and Kashmir in addition to the two AIIMS.
In a first in the country, tunnels have been bored under the Hooghly river to connect the twin cities of Kolkata and Howrah through the underwater metro rail system. The estimated cost of the entire East-West Metro corridor is Rs 8,574.98 crore. The remaining portion of the underground metro corridor is expected to be completed by 2021.
Gujarat has emerged as an important destination for an automotive manufacturing unit. Thus, the company intends to use the new factory at Gujarat to serve both the domestic and export demand. Currently, big car factories of Tata, Ford, Maruti Suzuki, Honda and two-wheeler units of Honda and Hero, among others are present in Gujarat.
