By March 2013, union shipping ministry expects to award all the 42 port projects targeted during 2012-13, Minister for Shipping GK Vasan informed reporters. Speaking to media persons, Vasan said most of these projects are for capacity addition, deepening of chan
Author: admin (Infratructure Today)
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Coal Seam Gas Production Balloons in Asia
Unconventional gas is becoming increasingly popular across the Asia-Pacific, as demand for natural gas grows throughout the regionÂ’s major industrialised nations, states a new report from business intelligence experts GlobalData. The new report* looks at Coal Bed Methane (CBM), otherwise known as Coal Seam Gas (CSG), which has similar properties to natural gas, is extracted from coal seams and represents an important unconventional source of gas.
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Contract opportunities in mining sector
As the size of the economy grows, so does the demand for mineral resources like iron ore, coal, manganese, copper. India produces around 89 minerals out of which four are mineral fuels, 11 are metallic, 52 are non-metallic and 22 are minor minerals. In order to boost mining output, the central government revised the National Mineral Policy in 1994 and allowed private domestic and foreign investors to explore and exploit iron ore copper, zinc,
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AP’s 11 State highways to become national highways
In Andhra Pradesh, the Union Ministry for Road Transport and Highways has notified/cleared 11 State roads as national highways spanning a length of 1,817 km. Of this bunch of approvals, five State roads are already notified as national highways and the rest of the six have been now cleared to be taken up as national highways.
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MBL Infra takes up road works in MP, Rajasthan
MBL Infrastructures has taken up contracts for stretches of Seoni-Katangi road in Madhya Pradesh and Bikaner-Suratgarh in Rajasthan. Toll collection has already begun on the Seoni stretch, though the project completion will take another 18 months.
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Widening of two roads in Arunachal is on: BRO
The broadening work on the Orang Kalaktang Shergaon Rupa Tenga (OKSRT) Road and the Balipara Bomdila Tawang (BBT) roads are on in full swing. The OKSRT Road will be fully operational by next year, the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has said.
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BMC toughens process for nod to road works
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), after being slammed by the Comptroller Auditor General (CAG) for allowing cost variations in road projects without following mandatory procedure, has decided to alter its permission-granting procedures for road works without taking any direct step toward tackling the larger issue of cost escalations.
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MP faces lack of funds for road maintenance
Sources in Madhya Pradesh bureaucracy complain that inadequate funds being provided by the Centre is a main reason for bad condition of roads in the state. On the development of national highways passing through the state Centre provide megre funds for their maintenance, official sources said.
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TN govt moves forward in L&T’s port project
In a move that signifies the early inauguration of the Rs 4,000-crore L&T port-cum-shipyard at Kattupalli in North Chennai, Tamil Nadu government held talks with the firm on the issue of jobs. Reports suggest that officials from various ministries of the state government held discussions with the c
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Odisha govt takes steps to develop minor ports
Odisha government is taking various steps to develop minor ports in the state. It may be noted that the state government received clearance from the centre for such projects. Consequently, the state government wants to engage Rail India Technical and Economic Services (Rites), which is the engineering and consultancy arm of India