Sudhir Krishna, Secretary of the union urban development ministry informed that the Delhi Airport Metro Express (DAMEPL) will have to bear the debt till the concession agreement is terminated. DAMPEL is the joint venture between Reliance Infrastructure and Construccionesy Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles, SA (CAF) and it operates the metro rail corridor connecting Delhi airport. The joint venture firm recently submitted termination notice to Delhi Metro Rail Corp
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Centre considers metro rail proposal of Assam govt
The central government is said to be considering request from the Assam government for implementing metro rail project in the north eastern state. Metro rail projects are becoming popular across many cities in the country. The union urban development ministry has to clear a proposal to set up metro rail system in the country as it is partly financed by th
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Govt clears 3 parking lot projects
Under the revised parking floor space index (FSI) policy, the Maharashtra government approved three parking lot projects for over 1,300 vehicles. The new lots are at Altamount Road (behind Jaslok Hospital), and in Ghatkopar and Mulund (LBS Marg).
According to media reports, the lots would be a huge relief for people as parking space in the city
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New location found for Rs 372 bn project of HPCL
A 15-member task force identified new location about 6 km away from Pachpadra in Barmer district of Rajasthan for the proposed Rs 37,230 crore refinery cum petro-chemical complex to be set up by Hindustan Petroleum Corporation. The new location is found to be qualitatively better than Leelala which was proposed earlier and the former is most suitable as per HPCL's Techno Commercial, Tech
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Firms respond to RfQ for Rs 80 bn terminal project
Several firms have responded to the request for qualification (RfQ) sought by the Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT) for the Rs 8,000 crore fourth container terminal project. The port authority would soon conduct a pre-bid meeting for the project, after which the number of actual bidders would be known. Among the firms responded to the RfQ are DP World, Dubai, APM Terminals, Adani Group. It may be recall
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Chief secy suggests master plan for metro extension
During a meeting of the Special Task Force (STF), the Andhra Pradesh State Chief Secretary PK Mohanty suggested Hyderabad Metro Rail to prepare a master plan for future rail extensions. In order to meet the future needs of fast expanding city, Mohanty suggested the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority Commissioner NK Prasad and Hyderabad Metro Rail Managing Director NVS Reddy to develop a Master Plan for future Metro Rail extensions.
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Cabinet approves Rs 231 bn Mumbai metro line project
The Rs 23,136 crore Mumbai Metro line-3, which would link Colaba, Bandra, Santacruz Electronics Export Processing Zone, received approval from the union cabinet recently. The cabinet also approved the plant to set up a joint venture between the centre and Maharashtra government with equal shareholding between them. In line with the Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai and Kochi metro projects, the present special purpose vehicle (SPV), calle
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IOC expects Paradip project to be over by October
M Vijaywargiya, Executive Director of Indian Oil Corporation's (IOC) Paradip refinery project informed reporters that 93.2 per cent work on the Rs 29,777-crore project has already done. He said the Rs 29,777-crore project is scheduled to be commissioned in Sepetmber-October this year. More than 500 engineers and officers of IOC are toiling round the clock at the project site, he said adding the refinery would be the most modern export-orientated processing unit and IOC'
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IOC to lay pipeline for city gas distribution
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) would lay pipeline from Rajpura in Punjab to Chandigarh to transport cooking gas to city homes. Besides Chandigarh, the pipeline would also be laid across Ambala in Haryana and the piped gas line will cater to Mohali, Panchkula, Baddi, Parwanoo and Nalagarh. The administration will facilitate in execution of the plan to ensure that general public does not face inconvenience during its
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Chennai port may restructure terminal project
According to source-based information, the board of trustees of the Chennai Port decided to restructure the Rs 3,686 crore container terminal project as it failed to attract bidders for the project in the current form. The port planned to invest Rs 561 crore on the project and attract the remaining Rs 3,125 crore investment from private sector. The port trust shortlisted seven bidders for the proposed terminal with a capacity to load 4 million stan