1.Transport Infra on Track

The festive season has begun on a positive note. Larsen & Toubro (L&T) was not only named the ‘Largest & Most Profitable Construction Company’, its SPV, L&T Metro Rail’s Managing Director KVB Reddy was also named ‘Construction World Person of the Year (Private Sector)’ at the 18th Construction World Annual Awards, and it emerged the lowest bidder at Rs 249.85 billion for the design and construction of 237-km length of viaduct for the 508-km Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project

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2.NHAI set to make FY 2021 the best year of highway construction

Pratap Padode, Founder & President, FIRST Construction Council lauded the authorities on the decision to defer the implementation of the emission norms for construction equipment to 1st April 2021. He further urged the authorities to advocate a land pooling method by stating, "As part of the National Infrastructure Pipeline, the roads sector would elicit an expenditure of Rs. 3.24 trillion in FY 2020 alone apart from its total allocation of nearly Rs. 19 trillion over five years until 2025. With land costs constituting 40 per cent of the cost of roads from only 10-15 per cent barely seven years ago, the failing of the Land Acquisition Act is hurting the stability of this model. I have been constantly recommending abandoning the purchase of land for road construction and deploying innovative land pooling instead, which will save the country over Rs. 2 trillion."

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3.21.6 km road construction per day despite COVID-19

One Ministry that seems to have beaten COVID-19 is the MoRTH.

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4.NHAI awarded 1,330 km length of projects in FY20-21

NHAI has set a target of awarding 4,500 km of projects during the current FY.

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5.NHAI Chairman to unveil India's Fastest Growing Construction Companies and Equipment Bestsellers

It is true that the impact of COVID-19 impact on India Inc in FY2020 was only for a few days – the last two weeks of March. But many would agree that the Indian economy was already in trouble and COVID-19 only exposed the fault lines.

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6.Seeking Light at, the End of the Tunnel!

Prime Minister inaugurated the world's longest railway tunnel on October 3, 2020.

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7.Bids invited for the fifth bundle of highway projects

The bids have been invited under TOT in the State of Gujarat.

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8.HCC closes sale of Farakka Raiganj Highways

HCC Concessions completed its 100 per cent sale of FRHL to Cube Highways.

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9.SAROD-Ports - a dispute resolution mechanism

Aims to resolve the disputes in the ports sector in a cost-effective manner.

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10.Ashoka Buildcon wins Rs 13.9 bn highway projects

Ashoka Buildcon bagged two highway projects worth Rs 13.9 billion from the NHAI.

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