Tekla India, as a part of its initiative to educate the upcoming and the existing breed of engineers and to provide quality talent pool to the construction industry recently got into a multi-year agreement with
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ONGC yet to decide on selling stake in Cambay block
State-run explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is yet to decide on selling its stake in the Mehsana block in the eastern flank of the Cambay basin of Gujarat to its partner Essar Energy. It is learnt that Essar, which owns 70 per cent stake in the block, wants to take full control of it. The government is learnt to have awarded the block prior to the
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Experts call for special policies, laws for towns
Experts who attended the recently held Institute of Town Planners India (ITPI) congress called for a series of legislations and policies for the development of towns. For example, the Chief town planner for Gujarat PL Sharma stressed on the need for special legislations in the w
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Gujarat govt seeks gas at equal price
During his meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi demanded provision of natural gas to the state at the same rate as places like Delhi and Mumbai. Both the Gujarat government and the central government are locked in a legal battle on allocation of natu
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Ministry sets up panel for 2nd major port in Gujarat
Union Minister of State for Shipping Milind Deora informed that his ministry set up a panel to study the feasibility of setting up another major port in Gujarat on the lines of Kandla Port. It is learnt that the committee will explore locations at which this second major port could come up. Gujarat alrea
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Suzlon's wind park in Kutch surpasses 1,000 MW
Suzlon Group's wind park in Kutch district of Gujarat has crossed 1,000 MW of installed capacity. This makes the company's Kutch wind park one of the largest of its kind in India. Suzlon currently has a total installed capacity of over 1,500 MW in Gujarat.Apart from Kutch, the company's other installations in the state are at Jamanagar, Porbandar, Rajkot and BhavÂnagar.
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Adani Group to strengthen presence in port sector
Adani Group, which operates Adani Ports in Gujarat, plans to strengthen its presence in the port sector by lining up greenfield projects and also by acquiring some port companies. As part of this strategy, the group is constructing ports in Hazira, coal berths in Mormugao and Vizag and a dry b
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Centre receives plea to remove custom duty on ship breaking
Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram received a request from the Gujarat government to reduce custom duty on import of ships being brought for breaking from 5 per cent to zero. Gujarat Finance Minister Nitinbhai Patel put this request at the pre-budget meeting convened by Chid
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Nalco mulls 1 mn t refinery in Gujarat
Aluminium major Nalco plans to set up a 1 million tonne per annum capacity alumina refinery in Gujarat at an investment of Rs 4,500 crore. The company is in the process of preparing a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for this purpose.
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Essar to spend Rs 100 bn on port projects in Gujarat
At the sixth edition of 'Vibrant Gujarat, Essar Group said it would invest an additional Rs 14,000 crore in the port sector and water supply projects in the state. The group is said to have already invested Rs 88,000 crore in the state. Of the proposed fresh outlay, the group plans to invest Rs 10,000 crore on developing ports in Hazir