The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the setting up of two major ports, one each in West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh. The ports would be set up in at Sagar Island, West Bengal and at Dugarajapatnam in Andhra Pradesh on Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode. According to a government press release, the existing port facilities at Kolkata and Haldia are riverine ports and are f
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CCEA may clear Andhra, West Bengal port projects
The cabinet committee on economic affairs (CCEA) is likely to clear the two major port projects in Andhra Pradesh's Ramayapatanam and West Bengal's Sagar. The two projects are part of the centre's plan to award as many as 30 ports worth Rs 24,600 crore during the current year and enhance the cargo handling capacity by 288.48 million tonne
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Andhra CM clears Rs 12 bn worth road projects
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy cleared Rs 1,200 crore worth road projects in and around Hyderabad at a recent official-level meeting. The Rs 1,200 crore project involves development of 16 radial roads with a combined length of 195 km to connect the inner ring road and outer ring road in the city
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Shiv-Vani says its contract is not banned by ONGC
In a press release, Shiv-Vani Oil and Gas Exploration Services clarified that ONGC cancelled the process of banning its contract as the latter is satisfied with the former's performance at the site the Kakinada processing facility. It may be noted that there were rumours that ONGC banned the contract given to Shiv-Vani Oil and Gas to install and operate one compressor along with one s
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Vizag port gets court notice on modernisation project
Visakhapatnam Port Trust received a notice from the Andhra Pradesh High Court, which is hearing a petition filed by the workers union against the port's plan to rope in a private party for modernisation and upgradation of facilities at the ore handling complex (OHC). It may be noted that the port invited global tenders for the project, which it intends to implement on design, build
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Panel issues directives to AP govt
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Andhra Pradesh government asked the state government to conduct a socio-economic survey in the areas where ports are proposed to be set up. Specifically, the committee wants the government to study the kind of dislocation that might cause to the local people because of port projects and if rehabilitation was
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AP govt to add 4 gw generation capacity to meet demand
By the end of the financial year 2013-14, the Andhra Pradesh government aims to add at least 4,000 mw of power production capacity in order to meet the shortage of electricity. The state government's power generation firm AP Genco is said to be in the advanced stage of commissioning at least three projects, including two units
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AP has 6,759 km of national highway: Satyanarayana
The Union Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Sarvey Sathyanarayana told the Lok Sabha on April 22 that Andhra Pradesh has 30 national highways having a length of 6,759 km.
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Widening work on Kakinada-Rajahmundry road begins
In coastal Andhra Pradesh, the extension works of the canal road between Kakinada and Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage at Dowleswaram have commenced. The 62-km length of the canal road will be widened to 10.5 metre from the existing eight metre. Transstroy Company is executing the Rs 298-crore works. Gravel track on both sides of the road will also be laid.
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Andhra govt, railways to implement Rs 650 cr project
Andhra government and Rail Vikas Nigam are in the process of jointly implementing a Rs 650-crore phase II multi-modal transport system project in Hyderabad. Both the entities would set up a special purpose vehicle to implement the project and the cost would be shared by them in the ratio of two-thirds (Andhra Pradesh government) and one-third (south central Railw