【MUMBAI】Larsen & Toubro (L&T) is gearing up to bid for the government’s ambitious bullet train project, its Executive Chairman A. M. Naik, said on the 22nd August.
“We will certainly participate in the bidding of the bullet train project. We are already in talks with global bullet train manufacturers and technology suppliers for tie-ups. We will be much ahead than others when the project comes for bidding. We will target that project,” Mr. Naik told shareholders at the company’s 69 annual general meeting (AGM) here. He was responding to a shareholder’s query.
○Odisha plans metro, signs contract for preparation of project report
【Bhubaneswar】The Odisha Government on the 23rd August signed an agreement for preparation of a detailed project report (DPR) for metro rail services between Cuttack and Bhubaneswar.
The agreement was signed between Secunderabad-based Balaji Railroad System Ltd and the State’s Housing and Urban Development Department. The agency would prepare the DPR of the mass rapid transit system (MRTS) covering the 30-km distance between Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. The consultant agency would get Rs. 2.52 crore for preparation of the DPR within a period of 10 months. The project financing structure involves 50 per cent funding by the Centre under the Urban Transport Planning scheme and the remaining 50 per cent by the Odisha Government.
○South Western Railways to launch Wi-Fi facility
【Mysore】The Railways will launch Wi-Fi facility on four popular intercity trains in the Mysore Division on a pilot basis.
This was revealed on the 22nd August by South Western Railway Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) Rajkumar Lal at a meeting with Railway catering contractors.
【News source】
L&T to bid for bullet train project
Odisha plans metro, signs contract for preparation of project report
South Western Railways to launch Wi-Fi facility
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