Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik informed that the state would focus on developing critical infrastructure mainly electricity, roads and water to ensure faster and balanced socio-economic development. He said this after meeting Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia to finalise the annual plan outlay for the state
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Punjab govt to spend Rs 14 bn in 6 districts
Punjab government decided to spend Rs 1,433.97 crore on upgrading basic civic amenities like road, water, sanitation and social infrastructure facilities in six districts falling in the border areas. Specifically, the amount would be spent on improving these facilities in 18 blocks of Amritsar, Ferozepur, Fazilka, Gurdaspur, Pathankot and Tarn Taran districts in the
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Govt spends Rs 26 bn under JNNURM in Faridabad
Under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, Rs 2,679 crore is being spent for the development of Faridabad, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said. He said this at a function organised by Faridabad Industries Association (FIA) in the town. The National Highway-2 was being widened and an Industrial Model Town
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JN Port to take steps to kickstart Rs 8 bn project
The board of the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) would soon take a decision to break the deadlock on the Rs 800 crore container loading facility project to be developed by DP World. The proposed facility, with a capacity to load 800,000 standard containers a year, is key to JN PortÂ’s expansion plans
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Some experts support splitting Rs 82 bn project
Even as the board of the Jawaharlal Nehru port (JNPT) decided to award the Rs 8,200 crore container terminal project through a single tender, some experts support the earlier decision of splitting the project. The earlier decision to split the contract into two was supported by the trade, terminal operators and consultants alike. They felt that splitting the project into two
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Mumbai Port closes Hay Bunder
Mumbai Port Trust will ensure from this month there is no docking at Hay Bunder and barges are re-routed. Hay Bunder has been inactive because a lot of vessels heading there do not comply with security requirements. Hay Bunder has been used extensively by vessels transporting chemicals and fertilisers
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Mormugao Port to develop as cruise terminal
Mormugao Port Trust is holding discussion with various cruise liners to call at the port as Goa is also a popular holiday destination. The port is making attempt to develop cruise tourism as it would serve as an alternate source of revenue at a time when the iron ore cargo volume declined following the ban on mining
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Large container ship calls at Mundra Port
The ultra-large container ship MSC Valeria, having a capacity of 14,000 twenty feet equivalent unit (TEUs), recently called at the new container terminal of the Mundra port. TEUs, or twenty feet equivalents, are the standard units for quantifying cargoes at the container ships. The ship has an overall length of 365.5 metre (1,199.2 feet) and Mundra port is said to be the first in the country to handl
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Commissioner welcomes inclusion of port under industrial zone
Andhra Pradesh Industries Commissioner welcomed the central government's move to include Krishnapatnam port in the international industrial zone. The zone is planned along the Chennai-Bangalore railway corridor. The move is expected to boost industrial deve
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Govt forms group to monitor stalled projects
Rajiv Takru, Secretary, Financial Services department of the union finance ministry informed that the government formed a special group headed by an officer in the Cabinet Secretariat to monitor each of the stalled projects. He exuded confidence that the economy will recover from the current slowdown in the next three-six months. Owing to reasons like administrative delays, lack of environment clearances, 215 projects are stalled at vario