Infrastructure

As many as 1,300 workers and 300 engineers are part of the dedicated workforce who have been working round-the-clock on the site.

From proper walled compounds to the installation of urinals and water tank, one government school in Vellore had its share of refurbishment recently, all thanks to the school’s headmaster.

The Dhola-Sadia bridge in Assam, inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi, promises better connectivity in the North-east region and opens new avenues for Sadiya where it is located.

Pamkhuila Shaiza is a 24-year-old trying to rebuild a battered road in her hometown of Ukhrul in Manipur.

The Chenani-Nashri tunnel in Jammu & Kashmir cost ₹3,720 crore to build and is located at a height of 1,200 metres.

Built by the Public Works Department in Palghar district, in collaboration with a Mumbai firm, the road is made of waste pinewood pulp cellulose.

Thiruvananthapuram’s Karimadom Colony is notorious for poor living conditions and many anti-social elements. However, an organisation hopes to change the lives of the colony’s residents by giving them new housing with better working environments.

Launched by a former pilot, the campaign promises to make all Indian roads pothole-free. All it takes is a text to the number +91814 POTHOLE.

Open defecation continues to be a major problem in India. Governments and other agencies are constructing toilets in huge numbers to combat this issue, but overlooking certain basic issues which may make adoption very slow. Balaji Gopalan looks at one such key issue – toilet design.

Villagers in a remote hilly corner of Assam have decided not to wait for the government but build a road themselves this December.