Infrastructure & Construction News Today

Karnataka will host its Global Investors Meet from April 20-22, 2027, aiming to boost state-wide industrial growth following previous commitments of Rs 10.27 lakh crore, with 65 percent already converted into projects.

UP RERA banned builders from taking blanket consent for building plan changes. Promoters must now disclose modifications in writing and obtain approval from at least two-thirds of allottees using a standard format.

ORERA granted eligible housing projects a fee-free four-month extension for registration and completion timelines due to supply-chain disruptions, impacting deadlines falling on or after February 28, 2026.

Odisha inaugurated 68 upgraded highway amenity centres across 25 districts, featuring free toilets, drinking water, resting facilities, and women-led food outlets, developed at a cost of Rs 24.9 crore.

Bengaluru expands its metro with the Pink Line becoming operational, recording high daily ridership. Experts emphasize improving last-mile connectivity, funding models, and accelerating future transit projects.

NHAI plans a Rs 635 crore safety upgrade project across 25 accident-prone spots on NH-44 and NH-785 in Tamil Nadu, featuring underpasses, foot-overbridges, service roads, and intersection redesigns.

Former CM Basavaraj Bommai stated that 60 to 65% of Namma Metro's project costs consist of loans repaid through passenger ticket fares, not the government treasury, with a 50:50 central-state share.

Private capital historically built India's early infrastructure, expanding railways from a 21-mile line in 1853 to 9,000 miles by 1880, proving private investment can successfully drive modern infrastructure development again.

Two India-funded bridges, Revidrang and Rolong, were inaugurated in Bhutan's Trashigang. Built at a cost of Nu. 76 million, they will improve road connectivity and traffic movement along the highway.

Tamil Nadu has strongly rejected Karnataka's claims regarding the construction of the Mekedatu dam across the Cauvery river, escalating the long-standing inter-state dispute as the legal case remains pending in the Supreme Court.