ProjectsToday Weekly
Round-up: 12 April 2008
Every Saturday, ProjectsToday brings together important project-related developments transpired during the week.
New Projects
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- DHBVN to set up 59 substations of
33 kV
- India Land Ventures, KGISL plans
tech park
- Toyota Kirloskar plans car unit in
Bangalore
- Ascendas, IREO to develop
integrated project in Coimbatore
- PEDA to set up 10 MW biomass
project in Punjab
- ProLogis, K Raheja in JV to develop
warehouses
- Avantha Power to build two power
plants
- Russian company plans real estate
project at Gurgaon
- IMFA Group plans power plant at its
Orissa manufacturing facility
- Essar Group plans polypropylene
unit in Gujarat
- Essar Group plans steel plant in
Bangladesh
Approvals, Clearances
- Railway Board sanctions Rs.86 crore
for Chittaranjan locomotive works
- Phase II of Ahmedabad bus project
cleared
- Finance ministry approves Rs.50,000
crore for power transmission
- SEL Manufacturing board approves
technical textile unit
- MoEF accorded
clearances for the Airports Authority of India's Rajasansi international
airport renovation project in Amritsar
- MoEF grants clearance to Mangalore
SEZ
- Electronics Corporation of Tamil
Nadu's software technology park project at Madurai is awaiting necessary
approvals from government.
MoUs signed
- PTC, IREDA signs MoU for renewable
energy projects
- Haryana signs MoU with NHAI for
Delhi-Rohtak road
Foundation stone laying
- Bhoomi pujan performed for Nanded
pharma SEZ
- Stone laid for fashion institute of
technology
- Foundation stone soon for Koshlaya
Dam in Haryana
General developments
- Deadline for Dharavi rehabilitation
bids extended
- Essar Steel to expand retail
network
- Reliance Retail, M&S to sign JV
pact by May
- Lehman Brothers picks 40 per cent
stake in Hyderabad IT park
- Global tender soon to study
feasibility of high-speed trains
- RIL discovers oil at Yemen
- RIL, BHEL plans JV for solar fab
units
- Cochin Port likely to cancel
tenders for capital dredging
- Tata Steel, MMTC to acquire mining
rights
- Mantri Realty, IL&FS plans IT
SEZ at Nagpur
- LoI received for Dolphin Offshore's
shipyard project
- PEDA shortlist firms for solar
photovoltaic power projects
- DLI Power India implementing two
hydro projects in Maharashtra
- Citigroup picks up 40 per cent
stake in BPTP's SEZs
- ONGC to buy back Cairn's stake in
Cambay Basin
- Kenersys gets funding from First
Reserve Corporation
- Civil works completed for Havell
India's electric motors unit
- RIL plans to sell 10 per cent stake
in KG block
- OVL to sign agreement with
Petroleos de Venezuela
- GMR Infrastructure incorporates oil
& gas subsidiary
- Tamil Nadu government, AMR
Constructions signs pact
- Hyundia-Caparo JV in talks with
Andhra government for commercial vehicle unit
- ONGC successfully completed 28
exploration discover
- Atlas Copco acquires stake in two
Hyderabad-based drilling companies
- Independent regulator for aviation
sector to be appointed soon
- Uttarakhand to invite bids for 50
hydro power projects
- Orient Craft plans JV with European
company
- Navi Mumbai Skywalks: Contractors
to finalise by May
- JK Tyre acquires Mexican
company
- TVS Logistics plans to float IPO
- NTPC, NSE-NCDEX to float separate
power exchanges
- Machinery supplier for Saharanpur
paper expansion project by May
General Investment Plans
- India Land Ventures
plans
major investment
- Power ministry plans outlay for
2008-09
- IOC to invest Rs.800 crore in
retail outlets
- JK Tyres to invest Rs.480 crore in
2008
Policy Developments
- Orissa government to soon announce
new agriculture policy
- New hydropower policy finalised for
N-E states
- Power ministry amends tariff
policy
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