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Indore Smart City and Surat Smart City CEOs Sandeep Soni and Chaitanya Y Bhatt are on the move in making their cities smarter. Recently, Indore and Surat have jointly bagged the award for their overall development under the India Smart Cities Award Contest (ISAC) of the Union Ministry of Housin...

Indore Smart City and Surat Smart City CEOs Sandeep Soni and Chaitanya Y Bhatt are on the move in making their cities smarter. Recently, Indore and Surat have jointly bagged the award for their overall development under the India Smart Cities Award Contest (ISAC) of the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs for the year 2020. ISAC recognises the award-winning cities based on their pioneering city strategies, ideas and projects based on innovation, impact and replicability or scalability. Surat and Indore, among other cities, were also awarded a four-star rating and were in the top nine performing cities under the Climate Smart Cities Assessment Framework 2.0, which was launched in September last year to provide an overarching roadmap to formulate, implement and monitor urban climate actions in India. We wish Soni and Bhatt the best in making their respective cities smarter to achieve even more marvellous feats.

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India Installs Longest Rail Flyover Girder at Kalamboli

India鈥檚 freight transport infrastructure has reached a major milestone with the successful installation of its longest rail flyover girder by the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) at Kalamboli, Maharashtra.This significant engineering feat is part of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC), a 1,500-kilometre initiative designed to modernise the country鈥檚 logistics network. The girder, an open-web steel structure measuring 110.5 metres in length and weighing 1,500 tonnes, was installed without disrupting operations on the live Indian Railways track below..

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Mumbai Unveils Two New ROBs to Ease Traffic Congestion

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday inaugurated two key road overbridge (ROB) projects in Mumbai and its outskirts, aimed at easing traffic congestion and improving east鈥搘est connectivity in high-density urban areas.The Rs 2.73 billion Reay Road cable-stayed bridge and the Rs 1 billion Titwala ROB in the Kalyan-Dombivli region were both developed by the Maharashtra Rail Infrastructure Development Corporation (MahaRail). While the Reay Road bridge was opened in person, the Titwala bridge was inaugurated virtually at the same event.The Reay Road ROB, spanning 385 metres, is..

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Infrastructure Transport

Pimpri-Chinchwad to Widen NH-48 Service Roads to 24m

Pimpri-Chinchwad is set for a major urban infrastructure boost as the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) collaborate to widen service roads along National Highway 48 within the city limits.A recent high-level review meeting, chaired by PCMC Commissioner Shekhar Singh and attended by senior NHAI officials, was held to fast-track the project aimed at easing traffic congestion and improving vehicular flow in the industrial city.At present, the NH-48 service roads are 12 metres wide. The approved plan will double their width to 24 metr..

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