The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, June 08, 2004

AIRLINES
Saras makes 2nd successful flight
SARAS, the indigenous multi-role small aircraft under development, on Monday made its second successful flight. Named after the graceful Indian crane, the first prototype of the turboprop flew for 20-minutes, the same duration that it did on ... More

Air Deccan to begin trunk route operations on July 16
THE era of low-cost flying on domestic trunk routes is set to dawn on July 16 this year. The country's only low-cost airline, Air Deccan, has fixed July 16 as the date for the launch of its operations on trunk routes. "We have frozen the launch ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE
Kalam lays stress on infrastructure
EMPHASISING the Government's thrust on creation of world-class infrastructure, the President, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, today laid stress on the "encouraging expansion of roads, ports, airports, railways, water supply and sanitation." ... More

SHIPPING
Pvt investments at major ports — Shipping Ministry proposes `two terminals-per-operator' cap
THE Shipping Ministry has drafted a policy that seeks to restrict one private operator to develop and run a maximum of two container terminals in a particular major port. This area has so far remained un-chartered in the existing policy on ... More

RAILWAYS
SAIL to focus on logistics facilities in various plants
The SAIL chief emphasised the need to study infrastructure development in view of the projected increase in traffic. More

ROADWAYS
SH 17 project second phase to be over in Nov 2005
SOMA Enterprises, which is involved in phase 2 of the four-laning of state highway linking silicon city Bangalore with heritage capital Mysore, is targeting project completion by November 2005, six months ahead of schedule. Some 49 km of the SH ... More

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