Infrastructure Today - March - April 2018

In this issue

COVER STORY
Smart Cities: Financing Challenges
In the next five years, special purpose vehicles (SPVs) will be spending around Rs.1,631 billion on projects conceived under area-based development and Rs.388 billion on pan-city development. But the question is how these funds are likely to be mobilised.

INTERVIEWS
Chandramauli Shukla, CEO, Bhopal Smart City.
Mahip Tejasv Chief Executive Officer, Gwalior Smart City Development Corporation
Th Harikumar Singh, Municipal Commissioner,Imphal Municipal Corporation.
M Nagarajan, Deputy Municipal Commissioner, Surat and Chief Executive Officer, Surat Smart City Development
Ashish Sable, Sr Vice President & Group Head,Debt Capital Markets, SBI Capital Markets.

FEATURE – METRO RAIL
India’s Metro Trail
The country, which is projected to be the world’s fastest growing economy, might well be on its way to becoming the world’s leading market in the metro rail segment by the end of the next decade

FEATURE - ROADS
Road Widening Under Progress
The last two decades witnessed highway infrastructure being developed on a massive scale in the country.

PERSPECTIVE - AAI
No-Frills Airports: Doing More With Less

Infrastructure Today Magazine Description:

Since 2003, our monthly magazine INFRASTRUCTURE TODAY (IT) has grown to a stature of leadership, and it is the most read magazine in India on the infrastructure sectors. IT partners in the nation's building process by offering valuable information, insights and analyses. Our current reader profile includes policymakers and public office bearers, town planners, investors, contractors, developers, consultants, utility providers, engineers, banks and financial institutions, educators and researchers, and decision makers in other organisations that provide products or services to the infrastructure sectors. The magazine covers physical infrastructure and related construction activities in Power, Oil & Gas, Roads, Railways, Ports, Airports, Water, Telecom and Urban Infrastructure. Each issue provides usable value for the reader: from business environment and financing options to models of contracts and industrial land creation. You will always find in IT top people and organisations sectors, through independent contributions, incisive interviews. The top institutional analysts contribute to IT as well. The magazine is present in high-power seminars and conferences, is referred to by business leaders, and displayed on many a corporate boardroom coffee table.