Mumbai’s dilapidated neighbourhoods are a mosaic of emotions. There is fear of death, hope for a better tomorrow, pent up anger stemming from decades of neglect and greed to bite into the towering realty values of a bustling metropolis.

The roads sector continues to be the most action-packed in the infrastructure space. And, while it has been experiencing its own ´mode´ swings, a new set of contractors have emerged as significant players in the EPC space.

When the CW team recently met Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari, he candidly stated: ´In the past year, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has drastically brought down stress project count to 41 from 384 projects worth Rs 3.80 lakh crore.

February 1, 2014 was D-Day. After a delay of five years, India's first monorail (Phase-I) was inaugurated by Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan amid much fanfare.

KANESAN VELUPPILLAI, Group COO, Transport Solutions, Scomi Group Berhad, shares the challenges of bringing the first monorail to India and what makes it the ideal way forward for Indian cities.

A 700-metre stretch passing below the Orange Gate-Wadala flyover part of Freeway through the Sewrisaltpan land will be the missing link between the Sewri-Wadala-Chembur road and Port or Mahul road. MMRDA sources said that this is the missing link which passes below the flyover's (between Orange Gate and Wadala) Wadala end up to Port road. Once we connect that, traffic will be able to move below the flyover too.

It’s a first that will always set this company apart – Man Infraconstruction Ltd holds the distinction of executing India’s first premier private port contract.

Touted as an engineering marvel, the Mumbai Monorail system is set to begin its passenger service later this month.

Touted as an engineering marvel, the Mumbai Monorail system is set to begin its passenger service later this month.