Global technology and services provider NTT Ltd is planning to lay a new submarine cable connecting Singapore, Myanmar and India.

Plans are under way for upgrading the Secunderabad– Nagpur corridor for semihigh speed rail services. The South Central Railway (SCR) has prepared the detailed project report (DPR) of the proposed Secunderabad– Nagpur High-Speed Rail corridor and the same has been submitted to Railway Board.

Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited (NLC) plans to invest more than Rs.17,000 crore for its thermal power projects and has embarked upon an afforestation programme inside and outside the coal mining area in Odisha.

The Central government is working on a scheme to salvage 24,000 MW of stressed gas-based power plants by importing natural gas and bundling the output with solar energy.

Indian Railways will be undertaking makeover of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) station in Mumbai on the public-private partnership (PPP) model in the next phase of India’s station modernisation plan.

The Bihar State Highways Project aims to rehabilitate and reconstruct about 820 km of state highways identified under the Bihar State Highway Development Program including the upgrading of existing roads to two lanes, strengthening culverts and bridges, constructing new bridges and cross drainage structures, and constructing structures for resettlement and rehabilitation.

The Uttar Pradesh cabinet has given the nod for the proposed Ballia Link Expressway project which is estimated to cost Rs.1,600 crore.

The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) is planning to add 10GW of solar energy generation capacity by 2022, which entails an investment of around Rs.50,000 crore, to be funded mainly by green bonds.

Waaree, India’s largest solar module manufacturer has started supply of modules under the PGVCL scheme. Waaree has completed supply over 6,000 modules, which will be used to solarise over 800 homes.