Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia proposed that the government must pay penalty in case of delay in granting statutory clearances to infrastructure projects. This will create an incentive not to delay clearance, he said while addressing a Ficci conference. Several infrastructure projects in the country are delayed because of lack of statutory clearances like envir
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Planning Commission faces flak for delays in road sector
Planning Commission has reportedly been criticised by members of the parliamentary committee on road transport for causing delay in decision making by NHAI and the Union Highways Ministry by raising objections to contract conditions.
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Govt may complete work on Permude cavern by year end
Government has completed 95 per cent work on the Permude underground rock caverns for crude oil with a storage capacity of 2.5 million metric tonne of crude oil, media reports indicate. The project was originally slated for completion in September last year, but it is expected to be completed by the end of 2013. From May, government would begin work on laying a 12-km pipeline from Thokur to Perm
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Ministry may fail to meet road project award target
Union Road Minister CP Joshi informed a news agency that the ministry cannot attain the target of awarding 9,500 km highways projects in 2012-13 because of several issues. The main issue cited by the minister for missing the target is the impediments in financial closure. Road devel
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Apex court allows work on road projects with only green nod
In a move that may benefit 25 road projects, the Supreme Court clarified that road developers can begin work on a project once it gets environment clearance, irrespective of whether forest clearance is granted or not. The court clarified this while hearing a case involving Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) and road regulator National Highway Authority of India (NHAI). In the
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DSP commissions coke oven battery
Recently, Durgapur Steel Plant, which is part of Steel Authority of India (SAIL), commissioned a coke oven battery (No 2) at its unit. The company completed rebuilding of the 4.45-metre tall battery with 78 ovens and advanced pollution control systems after a delay of about two years. This is part of the Rs 3,000-crore modernisation cum expansion plan for DSP. Two other components of the gran
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Pace of execution of highway projects slows down
Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Sarvey Sathyanarayana informed Lok Sabha that the pace of execution of national highway projects has slowed because of various hurdles. The hurdles include delay in land acquisition, shifting of utilities, environmental and forest clearances, the minister informed. He also pointed to the shortage of skilled and semi-skilled manpower and economic slowdown as further road
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Tata Steel expects phase I of Kalinganagar project in 2014
Anand Sen, Vice President, Tata Steel informed reporters that the Kalinganagar integrated greenfield steel plant would begin production in the second half of 2014. The 6 million tonne plant is being constructed in two phases of 3 mn t each, The first phase includes a 3 million tonne steel capacity unit and the common facili
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Ministry to discuss setting up of regulator
Union road ministry would soon discuss the proposal to form a regulator for the road and transport sector. After internal discussion, the road ministry would approach the cabinet for approval. The initiative in this regard is restarted in the wake of the recent move by some private companies exiting the projects on account of delay in
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Minister expects East-West Corridor to be ready by end 2014
Union Transport Minister CP Joshi informed media persons that work on 431 km of the 670-km East-West Corridor in Assam is over and the entire project would be completed by December 2014.He said the project is in progress against many odds like law and order problem, unfavourable weather conditions