Bangladesh is working to set up good land connectivity with the north-eastern part of India’s ‘Seven Sisters’ - an administrative division comprising eight states. At least seven land ports are being set up in collaboration with Assam, Meghalaya and Tripura, according to Bangladesh Land Port Authority officials.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has promised that a Rs. 1,300-crore project, with World Bank funding, for sustainable development and infrastructure for Tripura's Tribal areas would be cleared soon. Tribals form a third of the state's population.

The state government is expected to approve changes made in the Mann-Mhalunge town planning scheme by the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority. Nearly 8.4 hectares of the total 250 hectares of the scheme falls in the flood line, and the scheme has been stuck for the last four years.

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has said he will personally monitor the progress of mega projects in Bengaluru, and will dedicate the first working hour of his day to supervising them. He emphasised the importance of early planning, perfect planning, and perfect implementation of plans.

The largest-ever infrastructure project in the Maldives, funded under an Indian grant and line of credit, will commence soon. A contract between AFCONS and the Maldives government has been signed for construction of Greater Malé Connectivity Project, a 6.74-km bridge and causeway that will connect the capital Malé with adjoining islands.

India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed a $500 million loan agreement to expand the metro rail network in Bengaluru with the construction of two new metro lines totalling 56 km in length. The mostly elevated new lines will be along Outer Ring Road and National Highway 44.

National Investment and Infrastructure Fund is in advanced negotiations with Larsen and Toubro to invest up to Rs. 4,000 crore in Hyderabad Metro. The loss-making venture, L&T’s single-biggest investment in a project, has been hit by cost and time overruns and loss of traffic made worse by the pandemic.

The Uttar Pradesh government has allotted 1,100 plots to apparel and toy manufacturers along with micro, small and medium enterprises and other industries in the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) area, a UP minister has said.

The Andhra Pradesh government will release Rs. 1,124 crore as incentives to support micro, small and medium enterprises, textile and spinning mills. While MSMEs will get a Rs. 440 crore push, textile and spinning mills will be allotted Rs 684 crore.