ProjectsToday Weekly Round-up: 12 Dec 2009
Every Saturday, ProjectsToday brings together important project-related developments transpired during the week.
New Projects
MMRDA plans Goregaon-Mulund monorail
Cooum restoration project commences
Godrej Garden City project to be launched in January
First announcement
IHCL plans beach resort in Andaman & Nicobar
Approvals, Clearances
Gujarat okays Nirma's cement plant
Mobility hub at Vyttila gets in principle approval
NECL receives MoU clause waiver for Astaranga port
World Bank loan for Andhra Pradesh
CCEA approves OVL's participation in Myanmar natural gas project
MoUs signed
OVL, Sistema inks MoU for oil, gas interests in Russia
Project impediments
Ford's Ski Village project in doldrums
ABC Paper puts new plant plans on hold
OVL consortium bows out of exploration block in Sudan
ONGC puts plans for marginal fields on hold
Thermal power project in Madhya Pradesh hits a road block
General developments
OVL, OIL to bid for Halfaya field
IOC to decide on revival of LNG terminal at Ennore
IIT Kharagpur asked for prospecting of Tangarapada mines
JSW Energy to commission Kutehr hydel project by 2015
Essar acquires X-Cite chain of electronics stores
WR submits proposal to Gujarat for feeder rail service
Konanur-Virajpet-Makutta road work to begin soon
Itochu, Mitsui eye stake in OPAL
Va Tech Wabag eyes acquisition
Master planner for
V-K PCPIR soon
Godrej Properties mulls residential project near Chennai
Tripura plans 25 industrial training institutes
ITNL to raise funds through IPO
AP to undertake minor port development
Wipro to begin work on second campus in Rajarhat by 2011
Nitesh Estates to mobilise funds through private equity route
RAK lures Indian companies for FTZ project
Orissa yet to submit proposal for Mangrove Research
BHEL sends boiler components for Krishnapatnam project
Hindustan Copper to outsource processing copper concentrates
RIL in talks with IL&FS for stake sale in Haryana SEZ
Sistema to offload stake in JV
VA Tech Wabag lowest bidder for Chennai desalination
NPCIL to complete land acquisition for projects by June
Hindalco to raise funds for Utkal refinery
Aadyant Global Pre Schools on the anvil
Best Western Hotels plans expansion
Fortis in talks to buy Sri Lanka hospital chain
Two consultants bid for Gujarat tourist beach development
NTPC to launch Kudigi plant work by January
Completion of projects
Kisan Mouldings' Dewas unit goes on stream
Hilton Garden Inn opened in Delhi
ACC's Chikkaballapur project to be inaugurated
General Investment Plans
Essar plans investment in Kenya refinery
Micromax plans expansion at Baddi unit
Opto to invest for units in Visakhapatnam, Malaysia
Elysium, Martin Group plan affordable housing project
IISWBM plans two new campuses
Sun-Apollo to invest in Parsvnath Exotica project
CONCOR plans cold storage facilities
BHEL plans major investment in BHPV
Nagarjuna Agrichem plans expansion
PGCIL to invest on system strengthening
Shiradi Ghat road to be upgraded
Siemens Healthcare plans PET facilities
Government to award port projects by March 2012
Autoline mulls brownfield expansion
RINL, MOIL plan ferro-alloy plant in Andhra Pradesh
Mirah Group plans 'Citrus' hotels
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