The Arbitral Tribunal has given the company the award of Sole Arbitrator against a contract pertaining to Renovation of SPM Swimming Pool Complex, New Delhi.

Contract packages amounting to Rs. 2240.27 crore have been signed with Patel Engineering Ltd for civil works package for the construction of diversion tunnel, concrete gravity dam, intake pressure shafts, underground powerhouse and tale race tunnels.

Has inaugurated restoration and beautification work at Kurichi Lake under the Smart Cities Mission. The lake, spread across 334.92 acres, will be spruced up at a cost of Rs 52.16 crore to create recreational space for the public, a cycling track and a walkers’ track, along with as many as 47 eateries and other shops.

The 1.15km-long stretch of Sidhwan Canal beautification work is in progress and will be an eco-friendly one as all the lights will be solar-powered. The project includes development of a green belt, a cycling track, a playing zone, a footpath along the canal, sitting areas, wall climbing activities, etc.

Preliminary work has begun for the construction of a three-floor air-conditioned commercial complex project in place of the vegetable market in Puthur, under the smart cities mission. Though the tender was floated in August last year, the civil work started only recently.

The bidding process for a 6.9-km bridge over the Kosi River connecting Naugachia and Madhepura has been initiated. The four-lane bridge will be constructed as part of NH-106. Its total length along with approach road is around 28.9km. It will be seventh bridge over the Kosi.

The construction of the 108-feet-tall bronze statue of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda in front of the international airport is expected to start by end-June 2020. The International Airport Agency has agreed to commence work on the 23-acre site next to the statue, and the area will be developed in a special way.

The Andhra Pradesh government will launch an ambitious housing scheme by August 2020. Construction of 15 lakh houses across all 13 districts of the state would be taken up in the first phase, with the distribution of 27 lakh house sites to the poor in July.

India will have an installed hydropower generation capacity of 70,000 megawatt by 2030. The country has around 13,000 MW of hydropower plants under various stages of construction and another 8,000 MW projects are in the pipeline which will commence construction in the next six to eight months.