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ProjectsToday Weekly Round-up: 1 Mar 2008

Every Saturday, ProjectsToday brings together important project-related developments transpired during the week.  

New Projects
(To view new projects added during the period 24 February - 01 March 2008, click here)

• MMRDA plans high-speed monorail trains (more news)

• Omaxe plans theme township (more news, project details)

• Bengal Danpuri plans truck terminals in West Bengal (more news, project details)

• Sinosteel plans integrated steel plant in Jharkhand (more news)

• Today's Writing to open 500 retail outlets (more news)

• Euro Group plans pelletisation plant in Madhya Pradesh (more news)

• Xindia Steels plans iron ore pellet plant in Karnataka (more news)

• Shriram Pistons plans manufacturing facility in Rajasthan (more news)

• Ministry of health plans hospitals in six locations (more news)

Appointment of partners

• Ramky appointed as contractor for Kamothe sewage treatment plant (more news, project details)

• Contractor appointed for CIDCO's mass housing scheme project (more news, project details)

• Sorath Builders, Anand is appointed as contractor for Gujarat State Police Housing Corporation's institutional campus project at Karai in Gandhinagar district of Gujarat. (project details)

• Srisatya Saibaba Constructions, Latur is appointed as a contractor for Government of Maharashtra's arogya sankulan in Latur district of Maharashtra. (project details)

Approvals, Clearances

• World Bank approves six road tunnel projects in Himachal Pradesh (more news)

• Gayatri Projects board approves new subsidiary for BOT projects (more news)

• ECS approves Cairn India's pipeline project (more news)

• ONGC board clears three investment proposals (more news)

• BoA grants 10 formal approvals (more news)

MoUs signed

• Vizag Steel signs MoU with RITES (more news)

Foundation stone laying

• Foundation stone laid for MIHAN road terminal project (more news)

Commencement of work (Actual)

• Ground breaking ceremony performed for Parsvnath Preston (more news, project details)

Commencement of work (Envisaged)

• Ennore mega container terminal to start construction by September (more news)

• Work on Zojwalla Housing & Properties' IT park at Ghatkopar (East) in Mumbai is expected to commence by August 2008. (project details)

• Work on Sinosteel's West Bengal steel plant to begin by April (more news)

Project impediments

• Shree Cement's Madhya Pradesh project delayed (more news)

General developments

• Around 50 per cent work on Himachal Pradesh Housing & Urban Development Authority's college building project at Dharamshala in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh is completed. (project details)

• SAIL, JAL sign agreement for cement plant in Bokaro (more news)

• Kerala plans expansion of airports (more news)

• Around 35 per cent work on Thane Municipal Corporation's construction of flyover project from bus stand to Jamblinaka in Thane district of Maharashtra is completed. (project details)

• Around 50 per cent work on Thane Municipal Corporation's Rs.6.32 crore road over and flyover bridge project, opposite Mumbra Railway Station on Old Mumbai-Pune Road in Thane district is completed. (project details)

• Foundation stone today for Koderma thermal power project (more news)

• Around 90 per cent work on Moraj Finaz Corporation's housing complex 'Palm Paradise' at Sanpada in Navi Mumbai is completed. (project details)

• New fund for power reforms announced (more news)

• Implementation agreements signed for micro-hydel projects (more news)

• Autoline Industries, SCIDC inks pact with Autoline Industrial Parks (more news)

• NTPC ties up with NIB for Rs.410.56 crore loan (more news)

• France Telecom finalises JV with Moser Baer (more news)

• Unitech bags two real estate projects in Hyderabad (more news)

• SRDC to undertake pre-feasibility study for skywalks (more news)

• Allcargo Global Logistics and Container Corporation of India formed a joint venture company (yet to be named) for establishment of the formers' Rs.21 crore inland container depot at NCR, Delhi. (project details)

• Godawari Power to foray into thermal power (more news)

• Ashok Leyland doubles investment in Uttaranchal by Rs.1,000 crore (more news)

• APRDC plans road upgradation in Kadapa (more news)

• NTPC, UPRVUNL signs JV agreement for Meja power plant (more news, project details)

• Site leveling work for Hema Sri Power Projects' Rs.65 crore waste based power project at Vibhalapuram in Nalgonda district of Andhra Pradesh is underway. Financial closure for the project was expected by March 2008. (project details)

• Changi to prepare master plan for airport at Durgapur Aerotropolis (more news)

• RIL makes its eight gas discovery in Mahanadi Basin (more news, project details)

• Civil work for Public Works Department, Orissa's high level bridge over Ramachandi River at 3rd km on Pravakarpur-Kharanasi Road in Kendrapada district of Orissa is underway. (project details)

• Land acquisition for Phase I of KVK Nilachal Power's Rs.2,580 crore 2x300 MW coal based power project either in Cuttack district of Orissa is in progress. Financial closure for the project is expected by June 2008. (project details)

• MRPL to open 25 retail outlets by end 2008 (more news)

• Bids submission date of MMRDA's FOBs along express highways extended (more news)

• Around 50 per cent work on Phase II of Marathon Realty's shopping mall-cum-commercial complex christened 'Marathon Max' at Mulund in Mumbai is completed. (project details)

• Bhushan Steel signs two JV with Australian firm (more news)

• Work on two slabs of Rizvi Builders' residential complex at Mahim (West) in Mumbai is completed. (project details)

• Fiat, Tatas to be equal partners in joint venture (more news)

Completion of projects (Actual)

• City & Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra's solid waste management project at village Chal, Taloja MIDC in Navi Mumbai is completed. (project details)

• Sarovar Hotels' launches Grand Sarovar Premiere in Mumbai (more news)

• PEDA commissions eight bagasse based power projects (more news)

• National Highways Authority of India's Rs.48 crore Guna Bypass on NH-3 from km.321/2 to 332/6 around Guna town in Madhya Pradesh is completed. (project details)

Completion of projects (Envisaged)

• Work on Thane Municipal Corporation's Rs.3 crore subway project in Thane district is scheduled for completion by September 2009. (project details)

• Work on Phase I and Phase II of Shri Hiranyakeshi SSK Niyamit's Rs.138 crore 52 MW co-generation power unit at Sankeshwar in Belgaum district of Karnataka is scheduled for completion by April 2008 and November 2008 respectively. (project details)

• Work on Ennore Coke's Rs.43 crore two lakh tpa metallurgical coke unit at Haldia in Midnapore district of West Bengal is underway with completion scheduled for December 2008. (project details)

• Around 80 per cent work on City & Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra's 25 MLD sewage treatment plant at Kharghar in Navi Mumbai is completed with full completion expected by April 2008. (project details)

• Around 95 per cent work on City & Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra's Rs.23.56 crore road upgradation project at Kharghar in Thane district is completed with completion scheduled for end-March 2008. (project details)

• WSIL's multi-product SEZ to be operational by June 2008 (more news)

• Government of Haryana's court complex in Panipat district of Haryana is scheduled for completion by August 2009. (project details)

Organic Indian Investment Abroad

• Apollo Bramwell Hospital in Mauritius to be operational by end 2008 (more news)

General Investment Plans

• Railway ministry to fund dedicated rail freight corridor project (more news)

• Centre released funds for water supply schemes in Assam (more news)

Policy Developments

• New airport infrastructure policy by end March (more news)

Minor & old orders

• Shriram EPC bagged the contract worth Rs.46 crore for design, manufacture, supply, erection, testing, commissioning coal dust injection system on turnkey basis in blast furnace No.2 & 3, part of Steel Authority of India's Rs.7,000 crore Bokaro steel expansion project. (project details)

• Shriram EPC bagged the contract for OPG Power Generation's Rs.310 crore 77 MW coal based power plant at Gummidipoondi in Thiruvarur district of Tamil Nadu. The project is scheduled for completion by October 2008. (project details)

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