Following delays, the total cost of NHPC´s Subansiri project in Assam is likely to be around Rs 12,000 crore, nearly double than envisaged initially. The original cost of the project was Rs 6,285 crore. NHPC is executing the 2,000-mw Subansiri hydel plant in Assam. Sources in NHPC said that local issues, contractual issues, geological surprises, delay in decision making and poor risk-taking assessment have impacted the progress on the Subansiri project.
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Big projects to miss deadlines
For the current financial year, the government will not meet its infrastructure investment target as hardly any progress made in five of the nine projects identified by the Planning Commission in consultation with the Prime Minister´s Office (PMO). In this background, the PMO has been suggested to review the infrastructure targets set in June based on the progress on each of the identified projects.
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Big projects to miss deadlines
For the current financial year, the government will not meet its infrastructure investment target as hardly any progress made in five of the nine projects identified by the Planning Commission in consultation with the Prime Minister´s Office (PMO). In this background, the PMO has been suggested to review the infrastructure targets set in June based on the progress on each of the identified projects.
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Mumbai coastal road
The 35 km Mumbai coastal road project worth Rs 8,000 crore is likely to be put on the fast track and work on the ambitious road project is expected to begin by December next year. The road will run from Nariman Point to Kandivli, and aimed at easing the traffic congestion in western Mumbai.
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GVK ties-up for Java airport project
To build a second airport in Yogyakarta of Java city in Indonesia, GVK Power & Infrastructure is joining hands with the Indonesia´s State-owned infrastructure firm PT Angkasa Pura I. Angkasa Pura will fund the project through loans or equity. GVK, the Indian infrastructure major and the first foreign firm allowed to own a stake in an Indonesian airport, will have a major share in the $700 million project.
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Noida’s NH-24 to get an underpass
To construct an underpass at the crossroads of the highway with Noida, tender process has been initiated by the Noida Authority. The Authority's move follows approval of budget estimates of Rs 113 crore for the proposed project from IIT-Delhi.
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Noida’s NH-24 to get an underpass
To construct an underpass at the crossroads of the highway with Noida, tender process has been initiated by the Noida Authority. The Authority's move follows approval of budget estimates of Rs 113 crore for the proposed project from IIT-Delhi.
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Road widened with retaining wall in Kohima
In Nagaland's capital Kohima, the much awaited project for widening of road and construction of retaining wall at mission compound, near Ura Academy Kohima village, taken up in the month of August 2013, has been completed in last September.
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Our upgraded technology will be a handy reference for IR
The genesis of the DFCs could be because taking care of the two requirements of passenger and freight is a difficult task for Indian Railways. RK Gupta, Managing Director, Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd (DFCCIL), talking with Sumantra Das, says new technology that the DFCs are adopting will be pilot projects for the Railways.
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Steel sector not to be hit by cancellation of projects
The decision of global steelmakers ArcelorMittal and Posco to scrap their India projects will not upset the demand supply equilibrium in the country in the short to medium term, according to some top domestic steelmakers. With economic growth in India slowing, the consumption of the alloy, a key input for industries such as infrastructure, automobiles and consumer goods, is exp