The upcoming Line 8 of Delhi Metro’s Phase-III with advance metro signaling system will be operated without drivers and its operations will begin June. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) awarded Japan based Nippon Signal Co Ltd, a contract worth around 3.7 million JPY for the signaling system.

Reiterating its prowess in the integrated automation solutions for the packaging domain, Omron Automation displayed a wide spectrum of its advanced and high-end range of factory automation solutions at Intelpack 2015. Known as India’s largest fair on the packaging sector, the exhibition, in its 14th edition, focused on cutting edge packaging technologies across the realm of manufacturing and processing industries.

In the last couple of years due to economic slowdown and fall in overall traffic, the build operate transfer (BOT) road projects have gone out of favour and EPC is preferred. As per road sector review in the Economic Survey 2014-15, the reduced revenue realization in case of BOT projects owing to low traffic has adversely affected debt servicing by concessionaires.

Four laning Maharashtra / Karnataka Border - Sangareddy Section of NH-9 (from Km.

The Tamil Nadu Public Works Department along with Chennai Corporation has launched a new road project to eliminate traffic bottleneck at Kathipara. The authorities plan to lay a 25 ft wide two-lane tar road covering 3 km on the bank of Adyar river starting from MIOT hospital to Jaffarkhanpet.

Plans to appoint technical advisor for carrying out techno-commercial feasibility studies for development of berthing facilities off Tekra near Tuna at Kandla port on BOT basis.

Independent Engineer (IE) services are invited for four laning of Solapur-Yedeshi Section of NH-211 from km 0.00 to km 100.00 (design length 100.00 km) in Maharashtra to be executed as BOT (Toll) on DBFOT pattern under NHDP Phase-IV. The project length is 98.717 km. The concession period is 29 years including 2.5 years of construction period.

NHAI plans four laning of Solapur-Yedeshi Section comprising 100 km length of NH-211 in Maharashtra. The project is planned to be executed as BOT (Toll) on DBFOT pattern under NHDP Phase-IV. Bids are currently invited.

The company received LOA from NHAI for 4-laning of Kaithal-Rajasthan border section of NH-152/65 from 33.250 km to 241.580 km in Haryana, and it will be executed as build-operate-transfer (BOT) on DBFOT pattern under NHDP-IV. The construction period is of 910 days and concession period is 27 years.