Roads & Highways:Hurdles and Solutions…
During 2012-13, there has been a general economic slowdown, and this, along with other external factors, adversely affected the performance of Highway projects in India. Out of total targeted award of 8,100km, NHAI could award only 1,116km of NHDP projects. However the performance on the construction front was much better ? against a target of 3000km, 2702km was achieved. In the year 2011-12, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways was able to award only 1,933km of projects as against the target of 9,500km. The Ministry has made sustained efforts to identify the issues ? delay in land acquisition, environment and forest clearances, shortage of equity, management of contracts etc ? that affected the performance of the highways sector and worked out some solutions. The following article by Vijay Chhibber, Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, gives an overview of the Indian Highways and the measures taken by the Ministry to speed up the road building activity.
…Hurdles in Highway Construction: The PPP Perspective
While elaborating on the hurdles in and solution for highway construction, Sudhir Hoshing, CEO (Roads), Reliance Infrastructure, says that in the true spirit of Public Private Partnership, risks and rewards need to be shared by both the parties for ensuring effective implementation. Reliance Infrastructure has a portfolio of 11 road projects in six states, with a total length of 968km.
Land Value Capture and Land-Based Transportation Infrastructure Funding
The authors take a look at Land Value Capture, a method of land-based financing for funding infrastructure improvements that is employed in the US, and holds promise for an emerging economy such as India.
Delivery models, merits and demerits
A review of the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model and its various features
Designing better pedestrian infrastructure ? A participatory approach
Roshan Toshniwal of Transparent Chennai talks about the work done by the organisation with citizen groups in Chennai in creating public / community participation for improving the pedestrian infrastructure in the city.
Urban Flyovers: Aesthetics and Infrastructure
City structures as urban sculptures
This paper by Sourabh Gupta, Principal Architect and Mridu Sahai, Creative Consultant, Archohm Consults, captures the importance of infrastructure in a developing nation and emphasises on the neglected aesthetic of it. It summarises the functionality of how infrastructure ? bridges in particular ? reflects the appetite and the direction a country takes on its path to development and depicts its pace of development.
DeitY develops WiTraC for traffic control systems
The Department of Electronics & Information Technology (DeitY), in its continuing drive to develop affordable technologies for traffic control systems for small... Read More
Gujarat’s Transport Infrastructure Making Things Happen
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Gujarat?s Roads to Success
Gujarat?s roads have been hailed as good infrastructural achievement of the Government of Gujarat. In the last one and a half decade,... Read More
