The Union government, as part of its modernisation and upgradation of airports has constructed new terminal buildings of airports at Kolkata, Chennai, Ranchi, Raipur, Puducherry, Bhubaneshwar and Jaisalmer (Civil Enclave), said the Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation, KC Venugopal in the Lok Sabha on August 22.
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New terminal building at Port Blair Airport by Mar 2018
The Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation KC Venugopal recently told the Lok Sabha that the projected date of completion of new terminal building of Veer Savarkar International Airport at Port Blair is December, 2017 and is scheduled for commissioning by March, 2018.
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Nod given to Kannur geenfield airport project: Minister
The Union government has granted 'in-principle' approval for setting up of a greenfield airport at Kannur in Kerala. The project is to be implemented on Build Own and Operate (BOO) model, said the Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation, KC Venugopal in the Lok recently.
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RIL, BP announces new gas discovery in Cauvery basin
Reliance Industries and BP Plc on August 23 have announced that they have discovered a new gas condensate off the east coast of India in the Cauvery basin.
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Rs 8,000 cr to expand IOCs Koyali refinery
To expand its Koyali oil refinery in Gujarat, Indian Oil Corp (IOC) will invest about Rs 8,000 crore. The State-owned oil refinery wanted to expand the Koyali unit to 18 million tonne per annum by 2016-17. The expansion from 13.7 million tonne will lead to improvement in distillate yield thereby enabling production of more value added products from the refinery, a company statement said.
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Scindia seeks gas supply to power generation at lower rate
The Ministry of Power has submitted its views on the recently approved price formula for domestic gas, saying that a base price beyond 5$/mmbtu will be unviable for the power sector in the present context, said Minister of State for Power Jyotiraditya M. Scindia in a written reply in the Lok Sabha recently.
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Green nod kept in pending for Port Pipavav expansion
A fresh appraisal has been ordered by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on the proposed expansion of Port Pipavav in Amreli district of Gujarat. The NGT on August 22 kept in abeyance for six months the clearance granted for expansion of Port Pipavav and asked the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) and the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the State government to conduct a fresh appraisal of the project.
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Abandoned Kozhikode port building to be renovated
The hitherto abandoned 'Port Guesthouse and port office in Kozhikode, owned by the Port Department, which owns the plot and the building, is to renovate by spending Rs 40 lakh. Officials concerned said that a proposal to renovate the building has been sent to the government and it was yet to get a response. The project included converting the building to house the offices of the port conservator and internal vigilance officer and project monitoring officer of the department.
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Protests hit Gangavaram Port operations
Ongoing protests supporting united Andhra Pradesh affected the Gangavaram port operations on August 22. Agitators of 'Samaikyandhra', led by Minister for Infrastructure, Investment and Ports, Ganta Srinivasa Rao, Gajuwaka MLA Chintalpudi Venkataramaiah asked the Gangavaram Port to close its operations in expression of solidarity with the ongoing movement for keeping the State united.
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625 km double track rail corridor awarded at Rs 6,700 cr
In yet another important development in the implementation of the ambitious Dedicated Freight Corridor Project of Indian Railways, the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India (DFCCIL) has awarded a major contract for construction of 625 km of double track corridor from Rewari (Haryana) to Iqbalgarh (Gujrat) via Rajasthan at a cost of about Rs 6,700 crore.