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A Jamshhedpur MP urged a Rs 4,820 million plan to accelerate rail infrastructure around Jamshedpur and Tatanagar, including surveys for new lines and a satellite station development.

The partners aim to replicate the model internationally, expanding the flow of standardized building data into broader city-scale applications.

The alliance will integrate IFC-based openBIM construction data with DataKaveri’s Intelligent Universal Data Exchange (IUDX), a platform deployed across 55 Indian smart cities for mobility, utilities, environment, and public services.

A joint collaboration between India’s IISc-backed DataKaveri Systems and Japan’s ONESTRUCTION Inc. aims to unlock underutilized construction data for AI-driven urban development.

Under the MoU, the partners will explore IFC-IUDX data integration, develop AI use-cases for smart cities, and pursue bilateral funding and development opportunities.

In Mozambique-bound freight, Banaras Locomotive Works completed an export programme, with the final batch of two 3,300 HP locomotives reaching Maputo, marking the end of the shipment and the contract with the Mozambican rail authority.

Separately, the Indian government is reviewing duty relief under MOOWR for battery storage imports, signaling potential changes to customs duty and GST deferment for renewable energy imports.

ONESTRUCTION emphasizes that standardized building data becomes valuable when integrated with mobility, environment, and utilities datasets.

ONESTRUCTION’s involvement is highlighted alongside Fujitsu and Indian LLM developers BharatGen and Sarvam, indicating broad industry engagement.

Lucas Haywood of ONESTRUCTION described the move as a way to make standardized building data more useful when combined with other urban datasets like mobility, environment, and utilities.

Lucas Haywood of ONESTRUCTION reiterated the goal of leveraging standardized building data in conjunction with other city datasets such as mobility, environment, and utilities.