
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on Friday inked a pact with Government of India for providing Rs 1,350 crore assistance for a highway project in Bihar which falls under the Buddhist circuit. "JICA here today signed a Japanese ODA loan agreement with the Government of India to provide JPY 22,903 million (about Rs 1,350 crore) for the Bihar National Highway (NH) Improvement Project," JICA said in a statement. ...

02:56 PM, Feb 22, 2013

Kochi: A 10-member fact-finding mission from the Japan Investment Corporation Agency (JICA) will arrive here on Wednesday to discuss various issues relating to the Kochi Metro Rail project, including planning and technology updating. The team will have two-day meetings with officials of the Kochi Metro Rail Ltd from tomorrow regarding the planning, evaluation of DPR, technology updating, procurement and package, implementation and preparation for repayment of loan. The Japanese team...

02:27 PM, Nov 28, 2012

Bangalore: The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), which has financed the IV Phase works of the Cauvery Second Stage drinking water project for Bangalore city, has shown inclination to support BWSSBs plan to provide water to 110 villages which have been merged with the BBMP some years ago. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Law and Parliamentary Affairs, Urban Development and BWSSB Minister S Suresh Kumar said that JICA has assured...

03:41 PM, Aug 08, 2012

Thiruvananthapuram: Fresh life is being pumped into the much-delayed work of establishing a distribution system for the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)-assisted water supply scheme in Thiruvananthapuram, and if things go as planned, the entire project should be over here by December this year. The technical bid of a prospective new contractor for the distribution system work was cleared on Tuesday. The financial bid will be opened next week, a...

01:31 PM, Jul 27, 2012