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10 SMART CITIES
With 61 per cent of the world population expected to live in
cities by 2030, we are in the throes of what is being called the
‘century of the city’. Back home in india, the urban population
is expected to reach 600 million by 2031, an increase of nearly
40 per cent from 2011. Rapid urbanization is bringing with
itself an extraordinary wave of challenges including a ordable
housing, water management, sanitation, health and building
climate change-resilient infrastructure
INTERACTION:
ASHAAD R SHARIFF, MD, Davanagere Smart City Ltd
MANGESH WADAJE, Dir. & CEO, Highbar Technocrat
HARISH KUMAR SHARMA, Chief Business O cer,
Rudrabhishek Enterprises
ROAD & ROAD CONSTRUCTION
EQUIPMENT
34 ON A SMOOTH ROLL
Around 60 per cent roads in
developed nations are multi-
lane expressways, national and state highways. The
corresponding number for India is a meagre 6 per cent
or 2,56,749 Km roads across the length and width of
the country. These figures reflect the growing need
for construction equipment and the innumerable
opportunities that the sector presents to the players in EVENT FOCUS:
the industry.
GUEST ARTICLE: Prof. Dr. T. N. Singh,and
Kunjjan Popat 74 CONCRETE TIMES
INTERACTION: Concrete has been an integral part of the
DEVENDRA JAIN, ED & CEO, Dilip Buildcon Ltd construction industry for decades. With players and
BAJRANG KUMAR CHOUDHARY, MD, BRNL equipment manufacturers coming up with newer
variants and hi-tech machines, the landscape is
SHALABH CHATURVEDI, Head Marketing, Case India, transforming in the country.
VIKRAM SHARMA, Advisor (India & South Asia),
EX-MD, Kobelco Construction Equipment India INTERACTION:
AMIT BANSAL, Director Sales & Marketing - Building PRALHAD MUJUMDAR, CEO – RMX & B2B
Construction Products, India Region Business, ACC Limited
ANIL BANCHHOR, MD & CEO,
SPOTLIGHT: RDC Concrete (India)
JCB India
CASE Construction Equipment
Wirtgen Group SPOTLIGHT:
Concrete Show India
CASE STUDY: Schwing Stetter India KYB Conmat India

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