A month in the India Transport Sector May, 2011

FOCUS INTERVIEWS
MUMBAI METRO
FORD INDIA: “THE IMMEDIATE FOCUS IS
ON GETTING THE NEW PRODUCTS, ON
The agency responsible for the project, THE MARKET.”
(CIDCO) will invite tenders in this regard soon.
Talking to India
Speaking to ITP, Mohan Navane, Public
Transport Portal's,
Relation Officer said, “We will be starting out
Michael Boneham
first line from May 2011, which will be from Belapur – Taloja –
discussed the plan
Kalamboli - Khandeshwar Railway Project-New Airport.”
behind introducing the Fiesta in the
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“Ford will position the new Fiesta sedan

in the premium end of the B-Segment
It seems wait for Mumbaikars to travel on category.”
metro train is over, as MMRDA, the nodal
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to complete the project ahead of schedule.

”Speaking to ITP, Dilip Kawathkar, Joint Project

HARMAN S SIDHU: “TILL NOW, ROAD
Director (PR), MMRDA, said, “As of now, more than 80 per SAFETY HAS NOT BEEN GETTING THE
cent of work is complete and by October-November 2011, ATTENTION THAT IT DESERVED”
we will start operations. The structural work of metro will be
completed by March 2011.” Harman Singh Sidhu
has dedicated his life
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Safety and his work has
been recognised by
One of the much awaited projects of building various National and
a Rail over Bridge (ROB) over the Western International organisations like the
Railways Line and Western Expressway has got World Health Organisation and United
the clearance from the Railways. Nations.

The bridge will be about 183 meters strong “The market is not safety driven –
steel bridge and will cost about $9 million (Rs 35 crore). buyers are not bothered about the
safety features, don’t see any dramatic
It will be built in three phases and has been divided in 61 changes in the enforcement or
meters range and the overall weight will be about 1,200 awareness drives.”
tonnes.
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ROADS & INFRASTRUCTURES MEDIA PARTNERSHIP

INDIA TO SPEED UP BORDER ROAD CONSTRUCTION TYREXPO INDIA 2011

ALONGSIDE CHINA
July 5 - 7, 2011
To match with China’s aggressive road
construction programme on its border facing Chennai
India, New Delhi has decided to speed up the
road construction from its side too. PPP IN ROAD AND TRANSPORT
INFRASTRUCTURE
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NHAI AIMS AT HIGHER FDI

The National Highways Development Project is a

huge road development programmes. It June 15 – 17, 2011 – Delhi
involves widening, upgrading and rehabilitation
of about 54,000 km, entailing more than INR
LAND
3,00,000 Crore (USD 60 billion).
LAND ACQUISITION, NO PROPER
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RAIL DEVELOPMENT
GOVERNMENT ASKS ROAD ENGINEERS TO OPT FOR SAFE
ROAD DESIGN “Political interference
and non cooperation
Looking at the conditions of roads in the country from local people,
and fast development of infrastructure, the designing alterations
union minister for Road has asked engineers to and environment
opt only for design that take utmost care of clearances also add to the delay”.
safety for travellers.
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“COMMUNITIES HERE ARE
SUPPORTIVE OF MICHELIN
EVENTS COVERAGE FACTORY”: NICOLAS BEAUMONT

SURAT AUTO EXPO 2011 “Michelin has acquired

this land through due
Ajoy Bhattacharya, President, Southern Gujarat processes laid down by
Chamber of Commerce & Industries, discusses the government and
the success of the Surat Auto Expo and the way within full compliance of
ahead in an exclusive interview. the law. Tamil Nadu
State government officials have
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assured us that they have
Well-managed and attractive are the only scrupulously complied with court
words that can be used for the auto expo orders and legal procedures when
organised in Surat recently. All players were allotting the land to Michelin. In
overwhelmed from the kind of response that addition, the project has also been
the four-day long event attracted. endorsed by the Indian Ministry of
Environment and Forests.”
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COMPANIES RAILS, TRAIN & METRO

VOLVO CHARTS STEP-BY-STEP GROWTH PLAN FOR INDIA KATRA TO GET RAIL LINKED BY 2012

Compared to the German brands, Volvo's Northern Railways has

progress in the Indian market has been quite set a new target for
ordinary. They are yet to have a proper the completion of vital
dealer network, and many main cities are Udhampur-Katra rail
still to have a dealership. link, according to
which the prestigious
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railway line will be
completed by December 2012.
TATA MOTORS GLOBAL SALES TOUCHES 110,785 VEHICLES IN
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MARCH 2011

The March quarter of 2011 for Tata Motors

has seen a marginal growth in global sales WR TO CONVERT 106 NINE CARS
by one per cent. The company managed SERVICES TO 12 CARS
to sell more than 110,785 units that includes
Jaguar Land Rover, the growth was in To provide comfort and
green, which is one percent more than the convenience to
last fiscal same period. commuters travelling
on trains, Western
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more than 106 nine car
services to 12 car services from April
CONTINENTAL BUYS MODI TYRES
14, 2011. This surpasses to more than
1000 12 car services in operations
In order to spreads it stronghold in the
today.
growing Indian market, the international
automotive supplier and the world’s fourth More information on ITP
largest tyre manufacturer Continental has
signed an agreement with Modi Rubber
LTD. (MRL), for the acquisition of a 100 per cent shareholding
in Modi Tyres Company METRO RAIL SURVEY STARTS

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Corporation (DMRC)
executive director SD
WHY HERO SHOULD DEVELOP ITS OWN R&D BASE! Sharma and DMRC AGM
(traffic) D.
It has been almost three months since Honda Mukhopadhyay recently
formally announced that it will be exiting the visited capital Bhopal in
26-year old joint venture with the Hero Group. Madhya Pradesh to conduct a pre-
Hero Honda, that climbed up to become the feasibility survey of metro rail service
#1 player in the Indian two-wheeler segment in the city. After visiting Indore soon,
back in year 2000 has retained the position till they will submit their initial report to
date creating one of the most successful partnership in the DMRC MD E. Sreedharan.
history of Indian business.

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TRENDS SAFETY

INDIAN AUTO SALES UP BY 27% FOR 2010-11 ROAD SAFETY IN SCHOOL

CURRICULUM SOON
The year 2010-11 has brought cheers on the face of
automobile manufacturers, as growth has surpassed 27
To make citizens
percent for the period of April 2010-March 2011. The figure
understand the
includes sales across the
importance of road
board of automobile
safety, the Union
sectors, including
government is
two wheelers, passenger
contemplating to
vehicles, commercial
make road safety incorporated in the
vehicles and three
curriculum soon.
wheelers. According
to the Society of Indian More than 1,30,000 people die every
Automobile year in road accident, than killed in
Manufacturers (SIAM) figures, domestic car sales grew more terror attack across the country all
than 19 lakh unit till March 2011 from 15.3 lakh the same over the years.
period last year. This growth was attributed to small cars, new
model launches and also for cheaper loans available in the Speaking at the 12th Meeting of the
market. National Road Safety Council (NRSC),
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& Highways said, “Road Safety should
ELECTRIC TWO-WHEELERS ARE ON A ROLL! be incorporated in school education
curriculum all over the country at the
While the efforts of the government to boost the popularity earliest.”
quotient of Electric Vehicles (EVs) in the Union Budget for FY
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plans of many carmakers operating in the country, the
electric two-wheeler makers are very confident of a huge
growth in times to come.
In fact, since the government ABOUT US
announced the incentive
package for the electric-
vehicle makers in November last Indian Transport Portal is an online
year by cutting the price by news center covering the most
upto 20%, the electric two- critical industrial issues related to
wheeler makers are on a roll transport markets in India.
and the budget for next fiscal
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