WNA Globe

World News by Wild Rose

#Infrastructure ร—

Noida airport to begin flights from June 15 after CEO change

BCAS clearance follows appointment of Indian CEO; foreign citizenship issue had delayed launch

Mysore-bound express train flagged off from Kakinada

Traffic curbs at Panjagutta till May 20 for stormwater drain works

Hyderabad Metro Rail divestment unlocks capital for core engineering, tech-led businesses: L&T CMD

Hyderabad Metro is one of the largest Public-Private Partnership (PPP) metro rail projects in the world

Bengaluru airport handled 44.47 million passengers during FY 2025โ€“26

Vaishnaw flags off Jammu-Srinagar Vande Bharat, services from May 2

The direct train services between Srinagar and Jammu will reduce travel time between the twin capitals of Jammu and Kashmir and boost tourism, besides providing an all-weather surface transport link

Minister sets 100-day target for six lakh PM Surya Ghar connections for SC, ST households

Plan to complete 11 key irrigation projects in North Andhra in two years, says Nimmala

Full support to proposed high-speed rail corridors: Komatireddy

Will Mexico City's airport be ready for the World Cup?

The BBC takes a closer look at major renovations at Benito Juรกrez International Airport aimed at boosting capacity ahead of the 2026 World Cup.

Amaravati-Hyderabad bullet train to cut travel to 70 minutes; Vaishnaw unveils south India rail plan

A new high-speed corridor will cut Amaravati-Hyderabad travel to 70 minutes and link the major cities of the south as a single economic region, Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said

Canada's Carney launches a sovereign wealth fund. What is it?

The fund - which Canadians can invest in directly - will help pay for major infrastructure projects in the country, the prime minister says.

Three years on, โ‚น13.43 crore project meant to augment water supply to Kondagattu hill shrine remains in cold storage

Civic body moves to address issues at mofussil bus stand

Trial run commences on section of Chittoor-Thatchur National Highway

WRD restores key irrigation tank that remains major water source for Vellore Corporation

WRD officials said that the rejuvenation of the tank was done under the Rehabilitation and Restoration of Twin Lakes scheme at a cost of โ‚น19 crore

Rahul Gandhi plans Great Nicobar visit, clearance awaited

The Union government is planning a โ‚น92,000-crore mega infrastructure project in Great Nicobar Island amid tribal communitiesโ€™ concerns that they will be displaced and lose their rights over the forests there

Mumbai-Pune Missing Link project to be inaugurated on May 1

The project will reduce travel time by half an hour; according to Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation officials, the road will bring relief to commuters from congestion at Khandala Ghatย 

Railways to build underpass at Chinabhogili near Parvatipuram, says MLA Vijaya Chandra

Waltair Divisional Railway Manager Lalit Bohra has assured that a new underpass will be built at Chinabhogili in Parvatipuram-Manyam district, TDP MLA Bonela Vijaya Chandra said on Sunday

Naidu directs officials to develop Amaravati into revenue-generating growth hub

Chairing the 60th meeting of Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority, the Chief Minister emphasises that the capitalโ€™s infrastructure should reflect Telugu culture while featuring iconic, high-rise structures

MTR Corp unveils HK$300 million wheelset centre, boosting efficiency by 80%

Hong Kongโ€™s MTR Corporation has unveiled its first wheelset maintenance centre, set to open in the coming months, cutting the time for the labour-intensive process from more than three days to 10 hours. The rail giant said on Thursday that the new HK$300 million (US$38.3 million) Integrated Wheelset Maintenance Centre, located at the Ho Man Tin siding, would be capable of processing 1,500 wheelsets annually through automation. The capacity is designed to meet growing service demands on the Tuen...

Pilot project fails to reassure residents: Mundamveli apartments continue to leak

Residents say that the pilot project addresses only bathroom leaks and not the larger problem of water seepage during rains caused by structural flaws

Residents demand regular water supply for irrigation, job creation in Chengam

Voters said that desilting and deepening of waterbodies, especially irrigation tanks in Assembly constituency by Water Resources Department and DRDA, has been a long-standing demand of residents in the region

Centre directs DPR revision for Keralaโ€™s semi-high-speed rail to align with broad gauge standards

The K-Rail has been advised to revise the DPR in consultation with Western Railway

Uttar Pradesh implements advanced unified command system under Jal Jeevan Mission

The system, managed through the Unified Command and Control System (UCCS), will enable real-time monitoring and control of water supply systems, covering parameters related to water quality, distribution efficiency, and asset performance across rural areas.

Union Cabinet approves new railway lines at a cost of โ‚น9,889 crore in Andhra Pradesh

The 198-km-long third and fourth lines between Rajahmundry and Visakhapatnam is expected to improve connectivity to major ports, boost access to tourist destinations, and lead to an additional freight traffic of 29.04 million tonnes per annum

KKCCI urges government to build multi-level parking at Kalaburagi Super Market

Telangana CM seeks greenfield steel plant in Bayyaram, EV battery manufacturing hub in Hyderabad

Minister inaugurates Shashtripuram Road Over Bridge

Are special laws a quick fix for speeding up Hong Kongโ€™s Northern Metropolis?

Travelling from Hong Kongโ€™s commercial heart to the site of the San Tin Technopole, a planned innovation hub under the Northern Metropolis megaproject, is an exercise in endurance. The roughly two-hour trek from Causeway Bay requires taking trains on two lines, navigating two transit interchanges and catching a ride on a public minibus. Upon arrival, visitors are not greeted by gleaming skyscrapers or shopping centres, but by a quiet patchwork of fish ponds, villages, scattered squatter homes...

Residents demand boost for small industries and water supply for agriculture in Jolarpet

As per estimates, around 40,000 persons, mostly women, were directly engaged in 550 clusters of incense stick-making units

Deputy CM inaugurates Puligundala Eco-Tourism Project in Khammam district

Koyilandy harbour project remains incomplete

Finally, streetlights start functioning on NH 150 stretch in Yadgir

All these years, there was absolute darkness at night on the stretch from the government degree college to the Deputy Commissionerโ€™s office

Handur-N.R. Pura bridge in Chikkamagaluru inaugurated by Karnataka CM

Before the bridge was built, residents of Handur had to take a circuitous route to reach the taluk headquarters at N R Pura

Chandrababu Naidu meets Godavari River Board chairperson, discusses Pedda Vagu project repairs

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu emphasises collaborative efforts with Telangana to enhance flood management strategies and ensure the resilience of the Pedda Vagu project following last seasonโ€™s damaging breach

โ€˜Demand for professionals in core engineering fields growing withย govt. thrust on infrastructure, EVsโ€™

Bhogapuram Airport will act as a growth engine for Vizianagaram district, says Collector

KSEB forms technical panel to study replacement of penstocks, butterfly valves at Poringalkuthu hydel project

New bridge to be built at Kumbabhishekam fish landing point in Kakinada

KHB invites bids for 80,000-seat stadium in Anekal amid push for larger venue

The project, estimated at โ‚น943.46 crore, will be executed on an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC Mode-1) turnkey basis through a two-bid system via the Karnataka Public Procurement Portal, the tender notification said.ย ย 

Does this Kenyan rail project provide a model for Chinese and Western firms in Africa?

Western governments and financiers increasingly avoid infrastructure projects that involve a Chinese presence as their geopolitical and economic rivalries intensify. Yet the Nairobi Railway City project stands as a rare exception. It combines British financing with Chinese construction and labour to build a major new public transport hub in the Kenyan capital. At the heart of the project is the proposed new Central station and a 172-hectare (425-acre) district that includes new businesses, homes...

Relief for Bengaluru commuters as Silk Board flyover set to open fully, but new bottleneck looms

The Bengaluru Traffic Police has revealed a likely bottleneck at Aravind Junction, and planned interventions such as increasing signal pass time and closing two left turns after the down ramp during peak hours.

Bengaluru: Wide roads, narrow chance?

After years of failing to widen roads, the five city corporations have announced a renewed push for these projects this year. But with land losers still resisting compensation through TDR, and the corporations in no position to pay cash, will the projects take off or will the impasse continue, checks Chetan B.C.

Anaicut: Predominantly tribal constituency long plagued by neglect of basic infrastructure

Civic amenities such as bitumen roads, water supply, electricity connection and government hospital still remain a distant dream for residents of many tribal hamlets in the hills

Chitrakoot node of Defence Industrial Corridor gains impetus, BEL gets 75 hectares of land

Endowments Minister launches desilting works at Kanigiri reservoir

Pithapuram railway station upgrade cleared at โ‚น37.25 crore under ABSS, says Pawan Kalyan

Poor roads irk voters at Kavundampalayam constituency

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw flags poor condition of Hosur Road; NHAI responds

Palluruthy continues to reel under water scarcity

Fund crunch hits Secunderabad Cantonmentโ€™s infrastructure plan, โ‚น20-crore aid sought from Centre

Bengaluru needs 25 more underpasses, 35 flyovers, 101 skywalks to ease congestion: BTP report

Deadline for completing three regional packages under electricity efficiency scheme extended

The Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) is meant for reducing losses and improving power supply; as per the original agreements, the date of completion for all three packages was January 31

Drowning in monsoon, dreaming of growth: recurring monsoon flooding in Warangal

Warangalโ€™s double reality is hard to miss. Recurring monsoon flooding continues to expose civic deficiencies even as a wave of big-ticket projects signals a push for growth. A 24-storey multi super-specialty hospital, the Kakatiya Mega Textile Park, Railway Manufacturing Unit, Mamnoor Airport and a newly sanctioned underground drainage system together reflect an infrastructure- and industry-led transformation under way in this key north Telangana city, reportsย P. Laxma Reddy