Civil and Building works within EPL have formerly been carried out as part of other projects previously undertaken by EPL, particularly the mega projects. For example, within the Hazira project comprising steel plants, power stations, ports and jetties, factories etc,
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Category: Roads & Highways
Competition's fine, but competitors are few: Experts
The National Maritime Agenda 2020 envisages that all the Major Ports should have a draft of about 14 m. Two mega hub container terminals—one on the east coast and a second on the west coast are planned with a draft of about 17 m.
Govt can proceed with follow-on auction
Union Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal has indicated that the government could proceed further with a follow-on auction of spectrum.
K'taka inks $350 mn loan deal
Karnataka Government has signed an agreement last month with the Centre and World Bank for securing $350 million loan assistance for implementing roads development under K-SHIP-II project.
NHAI aims 7,300 km in 2011-12
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has set a target to award construction contracts for 7,300 km of roads in 2011-12.
Morgan Stanley-Isolux to invest in Indian roads
Morgan Stanley Infrastructure (MSI) and Spanish Group Isolux Corsan have decided to jointly invest $200 million each in Indian infrastructure, preferably highways.
120 transmission projects face roadblocks
Problems in acquiring land and forest clearÂance delays have grounded at least 120 power transmission projects according to CEA sources.
It is during the project execution stage that the boys will be differentiated from the men
Andhra Bank recently announced plans to focus on infrastructure lending. Although relatively modest in volumes, at Rs 12,650 crore, the bank has devoted approximately 19 per cent to infrastructure.
We have evolved many business policies for private investment
The Railways has been the most sluggish among infrastructure sectors in operationalisating private participation and corporatisation of its activities.
Expertspeak: Engineering measures for Forgiving Roads
It is only recently that concrete recommendations have been accepted by MORTH for enforcing safety measures.

