Indian conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has broken through on India’s longest railway tunnel, linking Devprayag and Janasu in the northern state of Uttarakhand. The 14.5km-long Tunnel Number 8 forms…

The Indian Institute of Technology has worked with the Indian Army on what they say is the “world’s highest on-site” print in the Himalayas. The military bunker in Leh, in…

Maharashtra-based JSW Energy has started building a 1.6GW coal power plant and industrial park in the Indian state of West Bengal, in part to capitalise on the global economic chaos…

Nitin Gadkari, India’s minister of roads and highways, has said the ill-fated Goa to Mumbai highway is due to be completed in June. Work on four-laning the 580km route began…

A breakthrough is expected today on the 4.5km-long Silkyara Bend-Barkot road tunnel in the Himalayan mountains in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand as excavation teams meet in the middle.…

Two rail projects have been inaugurated in Anuradhapura, northern Sri Lanka as part of the India-Sri Lanka development partnership. The 128km Maho-Omanthai railway has been funded with $91m from India,…

Australian contractor Leighton Asia has been chosen to construct six high-rise residential towers in Mumbai for local developer Godrej Properties. In all, the 44-storey towers will provide almost 500,000 sq…

India’s construction equipment market is set to double in size over the next five years, according to a report by Pune-based industrial consultant Maximise Market Research (MMR). It will reach…

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will lend $520m for a 47km expansion of Delhi’s metro The money will fund extensions of lines 1 and 5, and the development of…

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi opened a vertical-lift rail bridge in the southern state of Tamil Nadu yesterday. The 2km New Pamban Bridge connects the mainland with the town of…

The moribund project to build “Amaravati”, a brand new capital for the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, is showing rare signs of life with a $1.3bn loan agreed last month,…

The Indian government has agreed to provide around $4.6m for the construction of 10 healthcare, education, and cultural facilities in Nepal. The so-called “High Impact Community Development Projects”, or HICDPs,…

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi hopes to improve relations with Sri Lanka by launching a joint-venture solar project near the city of Trincomalee, in the northeast of the island, the…

iPhone-maker Foxconn is expanding its manufacturing base in India as it gears up to double the number of the Apple gadgets it makes in the country. The Taiwanese contract manufacturer…

A three-day rescue effort in the north Indian state of Uttarakhand has saved 46 construction workers who were stranded by a Himalayan avalanche. Eight workers were killed in the disaster,…

Authorities in the Indian state of Haryana have invited detailed project proposals for two new metro lines in the tech hub-city of Gurgaon (officially Gurugram), 30km southwest of Delhi. The…

India’s government has announced it will investigate local media reports that three labourers drowned in Kolkata after inhaling toxic gas. The incident took place on 2 February, when Suman Sardar,…

India and France have agreed to develop small modular reactors (SMRs) together after Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, The Indian Express reports. India’s foreign ministry…