Infrastructure Stories
Why Delhi wants to shift Tihar, India's largest prison complex
It’s India’s largest prison complex, but is now jam-packed. Cramped spaces are an issue for inmates and jail management alike. Threat of violence and jailbreak compound problems in a facility surrounded by residential neighbourhoods. The BJP government in Delhi is looking for a new address for it on the city’s outskirts
India gets 300 sunny days a year — so why is solar power falling short?
An IIT Delhi study finds that rising air pollution is cutting into India’s solar energy potential, shrinking usable land and dimming irradiance. With just 29.3% of land now viable, the country is losing solar capacity every single year
- Team TOI Plus
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
Parwanoo to Shimla in 90 minutes: HP plans world’s longest ropeway
A proposal to link Shimla to Parwanoo could reduce traffic on the lone highway that connects the two cities and could also give tourists a far more scenic ride to the state capital.
- Bhavika Jain
- TNN
From shoddy ops and sorry state of buses, UP govt carrier's remarkable turnaround
Stinking buses, broken seats. Who would take such a bus? But then UP shifted gears to focus on comfort, punctuality and profits. The result is for all to see
- Neha Shukla
- TNN
Explained: Can Heathrow nightmare hit Indian airports?
Relying on a single power source is a recipe for disaster for any airport. Ensuring uninterrupted operations though is increasingly a complex task in the clean energy era
- Manju V
- TNN
Mumbai: Solution Is The Problem
India’s most celebrated metropolis is a textbook case of how fancy transport projects can create more urban snarl. It’s driven people to nostalgia for simple BEST days
East to West in 10 minutes? Mumbai’s boldest tunnel project explained
A ₹7,765-crore tunnel promises to slash travel time between Mumbai's P D’mello Road and Marine Drive from the current 30 minutes to just 10. But can the project overcome engineering hurdles, delays and cost overruns?
- Bhavika JainManthan K Mehta
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
How the world's largest peacetime redevelopment project is shaping Mumbai
Over 2,000 redevelopment projects have been launched in Mumbai since 2020, roughly 55% of them in the western suburbs
- Nauzer BharuchaNamita DevidayalVaishnavi Chandrashekhar
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
10 crore sq ft, 1.4 lakh units - A blueprint for revamped Dharavi
While the Dharavi Notified Area is spread over 590 acres, only 35-40% of the land mass will be available for redevelopment. The project may require an investment of ₹2-3 lakh crore
- Clara Lewis
- TNN
Revolution on wheels is arriving in Mumbai
The 9.8-km stretch of Mumbai Metro Line 3 from BKC To Acharya Atre Chowk (Worli) will open this month with seven stations and a train every 7 minutes. This could change how commuters access some of the areas in South Mumbai along some of the most congested routes
Explained: Why the bridge Modi inaugurated makes India proud
On April 6, PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the new Pamban sea bridge, which provides a rail link between the mainland and the Rameswaram island. Here’s what we know of this engineering marvel
- Manthan K MehtaBhavika Jain
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
Why the 4.0 Delhi earthquake felt like a 7.0
The earthquake felt like a bridge collapsing, sounded like a train passing by next door. And as it turns out, it wasn't actually caused by tectonic activity at all. What was so different about this Delhi tremblor?
How India will soon have the world’s 2nd largest metro network
The metro system has expanded rapidly since 2014 – from 248 km across 5 cities a decade ago to 1,000 km across 21 cities today
- Bhavika Jain
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
Navi Mumbai airport opens in May, 150 flights per day from Oct
With Mumbai airport's T1 closing for redevelopment in October this year till 2029, some flights will shift to the new airport. After having just one airport with one operational runway at a time for decades, here's what the Navi Mumbai airport means for the region
- Manju V
- TNN
34.33 minutes for 10km: Why Kolkata is India’s slowest city
Even Mumbai will let you cover 10km some five minutes faster, according to the latest edition of the TomTom Traffic Index
Why China’s Planning A Super Dam. What India Must Do
Producing hydropower from lower reaches of Yarlung, which becomes Brahmaputra in Arunachal, is either a part of Beijing’s grand energy security goals or a scare tactic to soften up New Delhi on border talks. Either way, New Delhi should seriously upgrade water management in Northeast via a 3-point strategy
Can Delhi impose congestion fee like New York to fight pollution?
New York’s congestion charge will come into effect in January 2025, Delhi’s border tolls to follow. While promises of less traffic and cleaner air sound good, it is worth asking whether drivers will pay up or push back
In Chennai, how a road became a rage
From coconut trees to high-rises, the growth of this stretch marked the urban transformation of the city
532 flats, all unsafe: How this colony in Gurgaon became a lesson in how not to build homes
Nine towers of a Gurgaon housing society are set to be demolished around a decade after they were built. The reason for its demolition is a cautionary tale for all construction project
Is this China’s new defence strategy: peace on land, war with water?
China’s move to build the world’s largest dam on the Brahmaputra has sparked concerns in India. The $137bn dam will allow China to flood Assam if it so wishes or turn off the tap and run it dry
- Jayanta KalitaRajesh Sharma
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM