Vikram Solar has commissioned a 100 KW solar mini grid system at Bahal, Haryana. The mini-grid will help power six residential blocks consisting of 35 households in the village. These households have been connected at load end with auto changeover
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Forging ahead
Dedicated Freight Corridors are on the fast track with institutional finance from the World Bank and JICA. However, the roadmap for allied projects along the corridors is still not clear, writes Janaki Krishnamoorthi.
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Efficiency as precursor to greening
Although the concept of green ports is emerging as a necessary infrastructure solution for ports worldwide, India has to first step up its levels of cargo handling efficiency and logistics connectivity with the hinterland before it can match international standards in the 'greening' processes.
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Power: Satisfactory in parts
Hindsight: The electrical equipment industry, after experiencing a healthy growth since 2009-10, declined to -7.8 per cent in 2012-13.
However, the industry revived in the first half of current fiscal (H12014) and grew at 6 per cent mainly backed by rise in domestic demand.
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Building an ambitious global logistics hub
Managing logistics needs an innovative integration of international best practices and equipment, as well as comprehensive knowhow of local regulations, writes Adarsh Hegde.
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APM Terminals handles record containers in Feb
APM Terminals Pipavav set a record of handling 250 box rakes (both import and export) in February 2013, more than 224 box rakes handled in December 2012. The port management attributed this record to the commissioning of its 3 RMGC and the resumption of double stack operations besides the continued dedication of its workforce
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Kolkata Port’s Rs 17 bn project fails to attract pvt players
Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) did not receive must response from private players for its proposed Rs 1,700-crore project to build 4 berths at Salukhali. The company planned to execute the project under Public Private Partnership (PPP) model and had floated tender inviting Request for Proposal (RFP) from private play
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Mumbai Port takes steps to offload Lanco equipments
Reports indicate that Mumbai Port Trust is taking steps to auction boiler, turbine and generator (BTG) imported from China or Singapore by Lanco Infratech for its 1,320 mw Wardha power project in Maharashtra. It may be noted that the company had neither paid custom duty nor port charges towards the imported items for past many months, which had forced the port to take
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BHEL had order book of Rs 1.14 trillion at end Dec 2012
Weekly Insight learns that the order book of the state-run power equipment major Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) stood at Rs 1.14 lakh crore as at end December 2012, less than its order book of Rs 1.17 lakh crore at the end of 2008-09. The net profit of the firm declined 17.5 per cent to Rs 1,182 crore for the three months ended December 31, on the back of decline in
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ABG files SLP with SC against HC order
Against the earlier order of Calcutta High Court, ABG Ports has filed a special leave petition (SLP) with the Supreme Court (SC) seeking approval to remove its equipment out of Haldia Dock Complex (HDC) in Kolkata Port. Earlier, the Calcutta High Court ordered the firm not to take the equipment out of India, and also said that special officers, along with