In mission mode, Indian Railways’ freight loading and earnings for the first seven months of this fiscal year 2022–23 have surpassed those of the same period in the previous year. In comparison to last year’s loading of 786.2 MT, a total freight loading of 855.63 MT has been reached from April through October 2022, an increase of almost 9%. The railways made ₹92345 crore as opposed to ₹78921 crore the previous year, a 17% increase. The Indian railways generally offset their losses in running passenger trains by running freight services and by tapping non fare revenue. The Indian Railways has started a massive transformation drive to build world class railway stations. The Government of India’s Railway Station Redevelopment Program, a Public Private Partnership (PPP) initiative, aims to renovate 400 railway stations around the country for ₹1 lakh crore. The program focusses on improving passenger amenities by leveraging real estate available with railways to fund the development. We have covered redevelopment of Secunderabad railway station in this issue apart from covering 200+ projects, contracts, and tenders.
ProjectX India | 1st November 2022 edition provides you with power-packed information on 219 projects, contracts and tenders from 65 sectors and sub-sectors of the Indian economy. In this issue we have covered 58 projects in Conceptual/Planning Stage, 25 Contract Awards, 20 Project Updates/ Under Implementation, 113 Tenders, and 3 other projects.
Some of the prominent projects and announcements covered in this issue include Kraft Paper manufacturing at Mehsana; Pesticide Products and Specialty Chemicals manufacturing unit at Dahej; 300 KLPD Grain Based
Ethanol Plant at Dungaria; O&M of desalination plant at Vizag; 300 MW solar power project at Koppal; rehabilitation and Upgradation of Jamkhed to Saudata section; 370 kW LT Grid Connected SPV PP at Imphal Airport; solid waste
management project at Badlapur; Four lane access controlled New Greenfield Highway from Warangal; hiring of 1 No. of 3 MT Forklift for material handling work in Stores; Rural Piped Water Supply Project in Puri; Lulu Group to setup
biggest shopping mall in Ahmedabad; 4 or 6 laning of Edathanattukara to Karakkunnu section; manufacturing of Motor Vehicles at Dhar; 5.00 MTPA Iron Ore Processing Plant in Bellary; paint manufacturing facility in India; 50
MW Gujarat Grid-Connected Wind Power Project in Gujarat; power plant at Belagavi; 500 bedded hospital at MGM Medical College Sakchi; and many more.
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