The Hindu Business Line : Friday, January 03, 2003

Fog blankets Delhi; flights delayed
LIFE in the Capital was thrown out of gear on Thursday with a thick fog cover affecting normal life. Airline and train operations were the worst affected, with both trains and planes arriving and departing well past their scheduled ... More

Korean airlines keen on daily flights to India
IN an effort to expedite trade and investment links between India and Korea, the Government is considering a proposal for increasing air connectivity between the two countries. Official sources told Business Line that an official ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

GAIL pipeline in AP to be ready by March
THE 600-km long LPG pipeline being laid by GAIL India Ltd between Visakhapatnam and Secunderabad is likely to be wrapped up by March this year, six months ahead of schedule. Authoritative sources told Business Line that the laying of the ... More

Cabinet to take up metro airports leasing today
The Union Cabinet, at its scheduled meeting tomorrow, is likely to consider a proposal for leasing of the four metro airports. The Government was likely to invite expression of interest (EoI) from interested parties this month itself. More

SHIPPING

Box movement to ports — Shipping lines may take stake in Rlys project
Under the National Rail Vikas Yojana, the Ministry proposes to increase rail connectivity to ports by strengthening the existing routes and laying tracks along new alignments. More

Vizag to scrap throughput clause for land leases
THE Visakhapatnam port has proposed to do away with the minimum guaranteed throughput (MGT) clause in the existing cases of land leases, with the lessees failing to meet this condition owing to a downslide in the movement of their respective ... More

RAILWAYS

Magnetic train makers may explore new markets
The Transrapid consortium, comprising Siemens, Thyssen Krupp and the German Government, has high stakes riding on the Chinese maglev train as it hopes to introduce the technology in the US and other markets. More

ROADWAYS

Bengal Govt, HM in talks on LPG taxi issue
THE West Bengal Government has initiated talks with Hindustan Motors Ltd (HM) for facilitating conversion of taxis that run on diesel into auto LPG-operated ones. Talks in this regard have also been initiated with trade unions which represent ... More

LPG carriers to await oil cos' response
THE general body meeting of the Southern Region Bulk LPG Transport Owners Association has empowered the office-bearers of the association to decide on the date of going on strike after talking to the three PSU oil companies on the tariff ... More

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