LOGISTICS
AIRLINES
Clear IA, Air India fleet expansion soon: Panel
THE Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture has recommended that all necessary clearances and approvals for the fleet expansion plans of both Indian Airlines (IA) and Air India (AI) should be granted at the earliest. ...
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INSIGHT
Railway finances Heading towards a crisis
With margins under pressure and a growing backlog of unfinished new projects announced in earlier years, the Railway Minister, Mr Nitish Kumar, has put in jeopardy the long-term financial viability of the system, says S. D. Naik.
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INFRASTRUCTURE
Great Eastern Energy plans to transport gas thru pipeline
GREAT Eastern Energy Corporation Ltd, which has struck coal bed methane gas (CBM) in West Bengal, is examining the option, among others, of having the gas transported by pipeline to the nearest consumption point. "We can lay the pipeline on ...
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SHIPPING
Vizhinjam port investors meet put off to Feb 28
THE proposed investors meet in connection with the development of the Vizhinjam port, near here, has been put off to February 28. The meet was originally scheduled to be held on February 16, and it has been postponed in view of the forthcoming ...
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Tuticorin port submits paper on proposed SEZ
A CONCEPT paper prepared by the Tuticorin Port Trust on developing a port-based special economic zone (SEZ) has identified proximity to a port, climate and location as advantages for locating industries in agro and food processing, logistics, ...
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RAILWAYS
Checking speed
The Delhi Chief Minister, Ms Shiela Dikshit, inspecting the progress of the Delhi Metro Rail project at a maintenance depot in the Capital on Thursday.
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