Tanzania's ministry of finance signed a facility agreement with Standard Chartered Bank Tanzania for a $1.46 billion term loan financing to fund the construction of the standard gauge railway (SGR) project from Dar es Salaam to Makutupora.
Running approximately 550 kilometres long, the SGR project is one of the country’s biggest projects connecting Dodoma to Dar es Salaam via Morogoro and Makutupora. Once complete, the SGR Rail project will efficiently transport people and cargo to and from the existing Dar es Salaam Port.
The African Development Bank's (AfDB) has approved a $1.2 million grant to Ethiopia's government to finance a feasibility study for construction of a standard-gauge railway (SGR) link between Ethiopia and neighbouring Sudan.
The railway line will link Addis Ababa in Ethiopia to Khartoum in Sudan, with an extension to Port Sudan on the Red Sea.
The route, agreed by both governments, stretches 1,522 kilometres between Addis Ababa and Port Sudan.
Larsen & Toubro (L) is using the 3-D modelling softwares of Bentley Systems for the ongoing second phase construction of 128-kilometre rail between Rewari and Dadri of Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) that pass through the ecologically sensitive zone of Aravalli Hills.The second phase construction of corridor passes through the regions of Rewari-Alwar-Mewat-Gurgaon-Palwal-Faridabad and GB Nagar in the states of Haryana, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh and is expected to complete by March 2021.“Bentley software helped L achieve its vision of digitalization and implementation of Building Information Modeling (BIM) to enable designers, planners, and implementers to use a single repository for the free flow of accurate information and a collaborative way of working through the process of designing, delivering, and maintaining physical assets,” said Nikhil Jose, assistant engineering manager-civil, L https://www.itln.in/read-how-3d-softwares-help-delhimumbai-dfc-to-cut-through-aravalli-hills-railway