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Projects Database: Pondicherry

Fact File:

 

Capital: Pondicherry

 

Area: 480 sq. km.

 

Population: 973,829

The Union Territory of Pondicherry is made up of 4 islands entrenched in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh. It consists of our separate geographical areas, viz. Pondicherry and Karaikal near Tamil Nadu, Mahe in Kerala and Yanam in Andhra Pradesh. While Pondicherry is the territorial headquarter, Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam are the regional headquarters of the respective regions. Karaikal is situated about 16 km north of Nagappattinam and Yanam about 870 km northeast of Pondicherry on the eastern coast of the Indian Peninsula. Mahe is almost parallel to Pondicherry, situated 647 Km away on the West Coast.

Projects Investment

According to the 24th Quarterly Survey of Projects Investments conducted by ProjectsToday, as of 30 September 2006, the Union Territory had 58 projects worth Rs.4,371 crore in various stages of implementation.

Although the YoY performance in projects investment saw a jump of 213.6 per cent, the union territory suffered from a very poor project implementation ratio of 11.4 per cent, extremely lower as compared to the national average of 44.0 per cent.

Top projects in Pondicherry

The Top Ten Projects currently underway in the state are below:

Promoter Project Industry

Government of Union Territory of Pondicherry

Pondicherry Port

Ports

Pondicherry Special Economic Zone Company Ltd.

Special Economic Zone (Sedarapet-Karasur)

SEZ/EPZ

Pondicherry Power Corpn. Ltd.

Karaikal Power  - Expansion

Gas Based Power

Government of Union Territory of Pondicherry

Minor Port (Karaikal)

Ports

Government of Union Territory of Pondicherry

Unerground Drainage Scheme (Pondicherry)

Water & Sewerage Pipeline & Dist

Jawaharlal Institute of P G Medical Edu. & Research

Trauma Care Centre (Gorimedu) - Renovation

Hospitals

Gamesa Pioneer Wind India Pvt. Ltd.

Wind Turbine

Turbines

Regency Power Corporation

Yanam Power

Gas Based Power

Chemplast Sanmar Ltd.

Ethylene Di-Chloride (Karaikal)

Ethylene

Government of Union Territory of Pondicherry

Women & Children Hospital (Pondicherry)

Hospitals

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