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When Safety Becomes the Standard
A highway can be longer, a machine more powerful and a project delivered
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Railways is approaching the same imperative through the infrastructure lifecycle. Creative Designer & Coordinator:
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21 km a day in FY27 from 25 km in FY26, with greater emphasis on executing and
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For equipment manufacturers, meanwhile, the outlook remains promising. ICRA
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The construction market is consequently being shaped by a more exacting
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India will continue to build at scale. Increasingly, however, the benchmark will the basis of information provided herein.
be not just how much or how fast it builds, but how safely and reliably that
infrastructure serves the country for years to come.
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