The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, October 14, 2003

IWAI to develop six projects on Ganga, Brahmaputra
THE Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) will be taking up six projects related to development of varying stretches of waterways on the Ganga and Bhramaputra rivers for cargo movement through private participation. "We have already ... More

Work on Kochi LNG terminal likely after Dec
IF the current developments are any indication, work on the implementation and development of the proposed LNG terminal here, to be set up by Petronet LNG Ltd (PLL), is to begin after the commissioning of its Dahej terminal in Gujarat in ... More

`Services provided by minor ports in Karnataka brought under tax net'
THE Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise, Mangalore, Mr P. Karthikeyan, has said that minor ports and services provided by them have been brought under the service tax net with effect from July 1. Participating in an open house discussion ... More

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Concor to update Raxaul terminal
ENCOURAGED by the rising trend in the Nepal-bound traffic routed through Kolkata port, the Container Corporation of India (Concor) proposes to upgrade infrastructure at its terminal at Raxaul in north Bihar. "We will soon have a reach stacker ... More

RAILWAYS

Konkan Railway unveils Sky Bus Metro model
IN a major breakthrough in transportation technology, the State-owned Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd has come out with a modern prototype of an operational `Sky Bus Metro' mode of transportation, which promises to add a new dimension to the ... More

ROADWAYS

BOT, the norm now
LAST week was a pretty harrowing one for those Kochi residents who ventured to cross the new Mattancherry Bridge. Unless they were safely ensconced in the comfort of their own vehicles, they would have had to rely on something more fundamental to ... More

Independent agency to go into Mattancherry toll issue
A CABINET sub-committee assigned with the task of finding a way out of the stalemate over the toll collected by the service provider at the Mattancherry BOT bridge in Kochi has decided to refer the issue to an independent agency. A meeting of ... More

Survey on road traffic
Representatives of a private consulting firm conducting a traffic survey on the Old Mahabalipuram Road, near the Taramani-Sardar Patel Road junction. The survey includes questions on the number of trips a motorist makes and the origin of his ... More