Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Government of India organised a National Symposium on Affordable Housing in July at New Delhi. Dr Girija Vyas, Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation was the chief guest at the event.
Asian Development Bank and the Government of India signed an agreement for $300 million in additional loan to upgrade 254 kilometres of severely deteriorated highways in northern and southern Bihar.
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways proposes to replace all level crossing (about 240) with road over bridge (ROB) on non- National Highway Development Projects (NHDP) section for smooth movement of traffic.
A consortium comprising Siemens Ltd., Siemens AG and Siemens China has won an order for a turnkey project worth approximately €70 million from IL & FS Rail Ltd.
Bitexco Group has been entrusted by the World Bank and the Government of Vietnam to execute public-private partnership (PPP) infrastructure project Dau Giay-Phan.