Neelam Mathews

Billions of dollars in work is expected, ranging from airports and vertiport facilities to sustainable aviation fuel infrastructure.

Immediate concern is labor mainly from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal, with crews that are traditionally 90–95% expatriates not easily replaced by locals.

The Mumbai facility, slated to open in fall, is spurring adjacent developments.

Some $2 billion in work is ongoing, and China has pledged another $11 billion toward infrastructure investments.

New forces drive major drinking water and wastewater treatment investment in the big cities of Mumbai and Delhi.

Complex, set to finish in 2027, will develop 20 GW of clean energy projects and produce 1,500 tons per day of green hydrogen and 7,500 TPD of green methanol.

Construction is more than halfway complete on $3-billion worth of new lines in the Delhi region.

With 43 new airports to be added by 2025 and 200 more planned over the next 20 years, India is seeing a massive aviation infrastructure build-out.

The 22-km crossing links the island city of Mumbai with its satellite city on the mainland, Navi Mumbai.

Floodwater diverted from Beijing has caused major damage in the Hai River basin, but no official damage cost or detail has yet been released as China’s government said it has allocated $124 million for immediate post-disaster relief and reconstruction.