Jammu and Kashmir Governor NN Vohra signed the Ordinance which would allow state government to acquire land for the Rs 880 crore Bhatinda-Srinagar gas pipeline project. The project, which involves laying of the 750-kilometer gas pipeline from Bhatinda in Punjab to Srinagar via Jammu, is scheduled for completion in three years. Gujarat State Petronet Limited (GSPL) received contract for the project in June 2011
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JNPT, ministry discuss Rs 8 bn project
Union Shipping Ministry and the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) are discussing the hurdles in implementing the Rs 800 crore container terminal project at the port. Last year, Dubai Ports World (DP World) was awarded the contract for setting up the terminal which will have a capacity to load 800,000 containers a year. DP World agreed to share 28.09 percent of its annual reve
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Panel proposes 50% funding from centre for metro project
Uttar Pradesh government-appointed panel has proposed to implement the Rs 1,800 crore metro rail project in Lucknow by securing 50 percent funding from the central government. The state government appointed a high-level committee headed by Chief Secretary Jawed Usmani to work out the details of the project
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Odisha CM wants Posco to begin work on project
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has reportedly asked Posco India to begin work on the much-delayed 8 million tonne per annum (mn tpa) steel project in Jagatsinghpur district. However, the Indian arm of the South Korean steel maker faces two key problems for the proposed steel project. They are land and environment clearance
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VPT to rope in consultant for Bheemili port project
Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT) plans to rope in a Delhi-based consultant firm, Aecom, for preparing a detailed feasibility report (DFR) for the proposed satellite port at Bheemili. In 6 months time, the consultant firm may submit its report after studying topographical, hydrological and other relevant aspects like projected traffic after two decades
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Odisha has 2nd largest share in completed PPP projects
As on April 30, 2013, Odisha had about 17 per cent share, in value terms, among all the completed public-private partnership (PPP) port projects across the country. This is the second highest share, after Gujarat, in the completed port projects across the country. Odisha had two completed port projects worth over Rs 4,100 crore under PPP as on April 30, 2013, a report from Assocham show
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IL&FS arm signs pact for highway projects
In a communication to the stock exchange, IL&FS Transportation Networks said it signed Concession Agreements with the concerned authorities for the following projects: (i) Kiratpur Ner Chowk section of NH 21 of 90.175 km in Punjab and Himachal Pradesh. (ii) Beawar Gomti section of NH 8 of 88 km of the total 116 km (capacity augmentation) in Rajasthan. (iii) Sikar Bikaner section of NH 11 of 237.57 km in the Rajasthan
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Kerala govt to build 22 new roads
The Kerala State Cabinet on June 12 gave its approval to an ambitious project to develop 22 new roads/flyovers in various parts of the state and the State capital Thiruvananthapuram. Flyovers will be built at Palarivattom, Vytilla and Kundanoor on the Edapally-Aroor stretch of the National Highway and at Kalamaserry Apollo junction, as part of the project. The Cabinet also sanctioned Rs 5 crore to the Horticulture Department for intervening in the open market to contain the rise in prices of ess
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Steel production capacity rises 36% to 90 mn t
Union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma informed that capacity of steel production in the country has risen from 66 million tonne (mn t) in 2009 to about 90 mn t in 2012, which is a 36 per cent growth. He said this during a meeting of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee attached to his ministry. Steel output in the country expanded 4.3 per cent in 2012, he informed members of the committee
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Ennore port may allow bidder to decide on project
Media reports indicate that Ennore Port may give liberty to the the winning bidder for the proposed container terminal project to decide on whether to build the entire terminal in one go or in phases. Based on market condition, the winning bidder may decide how to implement the Rs 1,270 crore project and the port authority may not intervene in this, reports suggest