Tourism in Assam is set to get a boost with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) likely to include the State in its financial assistance programme for tourism infrastructure development.
The State Government has submitted a proposal to this effect to ADB.
Official sources told The Assam Tribune that the State Government took up the matter with ADB at its recent meet in New Delhi following which
The Asian Development Bank has made a pledge of $23 million to Bangladesh as technical assistance loan for a series of regional transport projects.
Under the proposed Sub-regional Transport Project Preparatory Facility, the loan will facilitate the scheme for cross-border routes identified in Saarc's Regional Multimodal Transport Study, ADB officials have said.
The project is likely to cost about ` 137.42 crore Mangalore, The Crisil Infrastructure Advisory Ltd presented report on the preliminary study on the implementation of 24X7 water supply in MCC limits at MCC hall here on Wednesday. Presenting the report, the official from the Crisil Infrastructure said that the 24X7 water supply project may cost Rs 137.42 crore.
KOLLAM: For almost 30 years a sewerage network laid for the western parts of Kollam city had been lying idle and forgotten. No one remembers the exact cost at which it was laid. But now, a scheme has been evolved to assess whether the network can be utilised. The Kerala Sustainable Urban Development Project (KSUDP) funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is promoting the revival scheme.
After a consistent rise in the past two weeks, food inflation dipped to 8.53 per cent for the week ending April 23 compared with 8.76 per cent in the previous week.
The fall has come on the back of a downward slide of 7.39 per cent in prices of pulses, which have been on the decline since April 2, 2011.
SRINAGAR, Asian Development Bank (ADB) Mission, currently on a 5 day visit to the State to finalize sub-projects to be taken up under the Tranche-2 of Loan-II (J&K Urban Sector Infrastructure Development Program - JKUSDIP) being executed by J&K Economic Reconstruction Agency (ERA), held extensive discussions here today with a team of ERA officers headed by Mr B.B Vyas, Principal Secretary to the
Pakistan is projected to have 335 million population by 2050 that is 81.4 percent more than the existing population, an Asian Development Report 'Asia 2050, Realizing the Asian Century' says. According to the report, Asia in 2050 will be heavily influenced by the relative demographic weight of South Asia.
