Mr. Jaipal Reddy, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, stated that deregulation of diesel rates was not possible with regard to government.

In an attempt to keep the capital’s pollution level in control, Delhi government’s transport department is about to introduce a new technology through which the pollution levels of vehicles can be checked without stopping them.

Mr. Arvinder Singh Lovely, State Transport Minister said that it was an initiative to develop pollution free transport system in Delhi without interrupting the motorists.

The new technology would use remote sensing to measure pollution levels of the vehicles.

Era Infra Engineering, a leading infrastructure development conglomerate, has announced that it has secured a contract worth Rs 1.99 billion for a power project promoted by the public sector-based Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) at Bawana in New Delhi.

The source close to the company said that the proposed contract has been awarded for the complete civil, structural and architectural works for main plant, balance of plant and various buildings including induced draft cooling towers at 2 x 759 mw Pragati - III combined cycle power project at Bawana.

Real estate firm Parsvnath Developers Ltd (PDL) has won a contract worth Rs 29.50 crore from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).

The project involves construction of station box at the Dhaula Kuan metro station that connects Connaught Place to the International Airport.

The latest order is one of the prestigious construction contracts of station building awarded to Parsvnath after successful construction of Azadpur and Akshardham Metro Stations, which were allotted on BOT basis by DMRC.

The project is scheduled to be completed with a period of just 15 months.