The Tamil Nadu government has plans to repair its highway roads in the current fiscal year in an effort to cut down on travel time and vehicle running expenses. The department to adopt better contracting strategies such EPC, PPP, and output and performance-based road contracts (OPRC).

The district administration is gearing up to establish a plastic waste management plant in each of 23 mandal across Kothagudem district. Similarly, a biogas plant under Galvanizing Organic Bio-Agro Resources dhan (GOBARdhan) scheme would be set up at Gauthampur gram panchayat.

The project to start India’s first pod taxi, or Personalised Rapid Transit (PRT), which will connect the upcoming Noida International Airport with the proposed Film City, is gaining momentum with tenders likely to be invited soon. A presentation of 18 functional and proposed PRT projects in different countries was made before YEIDA.

State-owned airport operator Airport Authority of India intends to offer airport management services in order to ring fence its future profits. Since the government intends to lease the top 25 AAI-owned airports to private businesses, diversification has become imperative.

Global power technology major Cummins Inc has signed a definitive agreement with Tata Motors to manufacture a range of low-to zero-emissions technology products in India over the next few years.

Naveen Jindal-led Jindal Steel & Power (JSPL) is laying the groundwork to add about 15 million tonne of integrated cement capacity to its existing steel and power businesses.

Anticipating increased demand for power in the coming summer, Indian Railways has created a roadmap to use nearly 600 freight trains per day only to transport coal to thermal power projects by June

The Andhra Pradesh government would set up 100 more battery charging stations in a year’s time. The state aspires to become a model for e-mobility and a knowledge hub for renewable energy.

German luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz plans to launch four new electric vehicles in India in the next 8-12 months to accelerate its electric mobility drive.