CHENAB BRIDGE
Location: Reasi, Jammu and Kashmir
Budget: INR5.13 billion
Schedule: 2003-2016
Project: Expected to rise 359 meters ( 1,178 feet) above the
Chenab River, the Chenab Bridge—part of a larger rail project
to connect Jammu and Kashmir to the rest of India—will be the
world’s highest rail bridge. Concerns about seismic and terrorist activity halted construction in 2008, but to get the project
back on track, team members redesigned the bridge to ensure
it can function even if a supporting column is lost.
Across the Subcontinent: 7 Ambitious
GULBARGA REGIONAL AIRPORT
Location: Gulbarga, Karnataka
Budget: INR1.86 billion
Schedule: Launched in 2008, no confirmed completion date
Project: Developed through a public-private partnership with
the government of
Karnataka, the airport
project—the first in this
region—was initially
scheduled to be opera-
tional in May 2012, but
legal action between
partners in the joint
venture company be-
hind the project halted
construction with 75 percent of the 1,900-meter-long ( 6,234-
foot) runway complete. In April 2014, however, Karnataka’s infra-
structure minister said the parties had reached a resolution and
Gulbarga’s airport would proceed to completion “soon.” After
completion, the joint venture company, Regional Airport-Hold-
ings International Ltd., hopes to develop the surrounding land; an
international aviation university has been proposed for the site.
WELSPUN SOLAR
MP PROJECT
Location: Neemuch,
Madhya Pradesh
Budget: INR11 billion
Schedule: May
2012-February 2014
Project: The
130-megawatt
project is the largest
solar power plant
in India. It’s also
Welspun Energy’s
second large-scale
photovoltaic plant to
be completed on or
ahead of schedule in
a project landscape
mired in delays and
setbacks. Company
execs pointed to the
early acquisition of
land and rights of
way as central to the
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