IIITH, KIET Launch Smart City Lab to Boost Kakinada Innovation
The Smart City Research Centre at the International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIITH) and Kakinada Institute of Engineering and Technology have signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a Smart City Living Lab on the KIET campus and, in time, extend its solutions across Kakinada. Witnessed by Kakinada district collector Sagili Shan Mohan, the agreement creates a shared environment where students, researchers and city officials can co-develop and trial technologies such as crowd-monitoring analytics, digital-twin water networks, and a scalable City IoT operating plat..
Nitish Kumar Opens Rs 49.88 Bn Kacchi Dargah Ganga Bridge
The long-awaited 19.76 km Kacchi Dargah–Bidupur bridge was inaugurated by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on 23 June, delivering India’s longest extra-dosed cable-stayed crossing and a game-changing artery for Bihar’s transport network. Built by the Bihar State Road Development Corporation, the six-lane structure carries the Patna–Bakhtiyarpur four-lane (NH-30) across the Ganga to NH-103 near Samastipur, opening an all-weather route between Patna and Raghopur Diara and easing pressure on the ageing Mahatma Gandhi Setu.Costing about Rs 49.88 billion, the project relies on Asian Development ..
Bommai Flags Off Rs 4.8 Bn Gajendragad Bypass Project
Former Chief Minister and MP Basavaraj Bommai has laid the foundation stone for the 5.6 km Gajendragad bypass on National Highway 367’s Yelburga–Kukanoor stretch, part of the Bhanuapur-Gaddanakeri corridor. Valued at roughly Rs 480 million, the engineering-procurement-construction scheme is intended to ease traffic and knit together Kukanoor, Yelburga and Ron, accelerating the region’s integration with the wider Kashmir-to-Kanyakumari highway grid championed by the Union government.Speaking at the ceremony, Bommai stressed that road and rail schemes deliver the greatest public good when ..
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