As Reliance Industries and its partner BP plc of the UK are working together, they may have been able to arrest the steep decline in output from their main gas field in the eastern offshore KG-D6 fields. Sources in the Union Oil Ministry said that it was anticipated that the production from KG-D6 will drop to about 11 million standard cubic meters per day by October but that is not happening. The output is around 13.4 mmscmd and is unlikely to drop below 13 mmscmd, the sources added.
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Govt earmarks Rs 74,000 cr for ports development
In this current 12th Five Year Plan (2012-2017), the Union Shipping Ministry has decided to earmark Rs 73,793.95 crore for port sector to develop various projects. India has a total of 187 minor ports and 13 major ports spread across its nine maritime states.
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Sagar Island seaport’s phase I to start from 2017
Chairman of Kolkata port RPS Kahlon has said that
construction work on the Rs 8,000-crore Sagar Island seaport in West Bengal would begin in two years and the first phase operations would commence from 2017. Once the port commence operations, cargo handling at the existing Kolkata port would be stopped and the place could be used as anchoring for barges, Kahlon said.
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Chennai Port: 9 parties keen to turn coal berths into containers
Nine parties have expressed their interest to convert Chennai Port's existing three coal berths at Jawahar Dock (East) into a container terminal. Five parties of the nine have expressed keen interest to develop container terminal and four parties for modernising the terminal. The pre-bid meeting along with site inspection was held recently to elicit response from the prospective clients, say media reports.
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Kerala proposes to set up maritime board, earmarks Rs 20 cr
For setting up Kerala Maritime Board (KMB), the Kerala government has submitted a proposal to the Union government. The proposed Board is intended to initiate all port-related activities and maritime cargo businesses in the state. The proposed KMB will come up at Maradu in Kochi with an initial investment of Rs 20 crore and will look at all possible avenues for port-related activities.
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Odisha gives priority to SHDP
Odisha government has directed its Works Department to prioritise the State Highway Development Programme (SHDP) to push up infrastructural development in the state. The State Chief Secretary Jugal Kishore Mohapatra has asked Department to give priority to road projects in LWE districts in the state.
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Aundh-Ravet road in Pimpri Chinchwad to get underpass
In Maharashtra, the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) is to build an underpass at the busy Y-junction where Wakad Road meets Aundh-Ravet Road, which would make the junction free of traffic signals. The civic body is to spend Rs 14.27 crore on the construction of the underpass.
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Varanasi roads may get a face-lift by Oct
In Uttar Pradesh, the Varanasi district administration has given the UP Jal Nigam (UPJN) a deadline of this month of September-end to complete its road digging and pipeline laying works in Varanasi city to facilitate road works to be done by Dussehra festival, which will commence from October 5.
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Contractors asked to repair re-laid roads in Chennai
The re-laid roads in the past three years in Chennai city have already been damaged. Three years is the guarantee period of the contractors concerned and the re-laid roads are damaged within the guarantee period. Residents are complaining that when the north-east monsoon arrives in the city, condition of such damaged roads would be much worse. The Chennai Corporation has asked many contractors concerned to repair the roads that have been damaged. Patullas Road, which was completed in July 2012,
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NGT asks govt if gas can be supplied to Assam tea units
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on September 19 has asked the Union government, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation and Assam Gas Company to clarify it whether natural gas can be supplied to tea industries around Kaziranga which have been ordered to shut down for using wood and coal for their operations.