Every Saturday ProjectsToday brings together important project-related developments transpiring during the week, in the Weekly Round-Up. These developments are presented as information nuggets with relevant hyperlinks leading you to more details available in the sections -- Project News, Projects Information and Project Tenders. The entire compilation has been organized in subjects to facilitate reference. The following report pertains to the period 21 - 27 Feb 2010.

New Projects
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• Emami Biotech mulls edible oil plants in AP, Gujarat (more news)

Financial closure

• GMR raises debt for Hyderabad-Vijayawada highway (more news, project details)

Approvals, Clearances

• Tamil Nadu okays J K Tyres' project (more news)

• Orissa approves funds for tourism development (more news)

• DLF Home's industrial park in Punjab gets approval (more news)

• Ponnani port master-plan gets nod (more news, project details)

• CCI approves six road project in Jammu & Kashmir (more news)

MoUs signed

• BEML inks MoA with Kamaz Vectra (more news)

Commencement of work

• Work commences on Sikkim rail line (more news)

Project impediments

• West Bengal shelves SEZ within PCPIR (more news)

• KMP Expressway to be delayed (more news)

• NHPC's two hydel projects in Uttarakhand delayed (more news)

• Anrak Aluminium's project faces delay (more news)

• Sriperumbudur airport project may be shelved (more news)

• Uncertainty looms over Jet Airways' Bandra Kurla Complex plot (more news)

General developments

• Inderlok-Mundka metro line to open in March (more news)

• Mangalore seeks funds for infrastructure works (more news)

• RFQ for only one UMPP this fiscal (more news)

• India, Bangladesh ink deal for power project, transmission link (more news)

• Emaar Education setting up varsity in Jaipur (more news)

• ChPT may let out second container terminal (more news, project details)

• Cairn India carries out study in Ravva field (more news, project details)

• PFC Consulting forms SPVs for UMPPs in Orissa (more news)

• Thotapalli irrigation project to get funds (more news, project details)

• Biotor plans bio-refinery in Gujarat (more news)

• Maharashtra plans wellness centres at Mumbai hospitals (more news)

• Wearology's housing project to be launched in March (more news)

• L&T, KPCL sign JV deal (more news, project details)

• Southern Railway seeks funds for on-going projects (more news)

• Railways to set up fund for expansion projects (more news)

• Signature bridge project in Delhi back on track (more news, project details)

• RORO ferry service proposed in Gujarat (more news)

• Five new layouts for housing sites in Bangalore (more news)

• International organisations to rope in for feasibility study on offshore windmills (more news)

• Dheeru Powergen plan plant at Dhanras (more news)

• WaterHealth to provide community water systems in AP (more news)

• MCGM shortlists consultants for desalination plant (more news)

• Mir Realtors unveils Phase II of township project in Kerala (more news, project details)

• Haryana to spend on modernisation of village infrastructure (more news)

• Bharti Retail plans expansion (more news)

• Texmaco Engineering plans projects in Tamil Nadu (more news)

• DPR for Shivasamudram power scheme by June (more news, project details)

• TKM's Bangalore plant to roll out 'Etios' by December (more news)

• HealthCare Global plans to foray overseas (more news)

• Sterlite Technologies gets LoI from PFC (more news)

• Neesa Leisure coming up with three hotels (more news)

• PGCIL signs transmission pacts with private developers (more news)

Completion of projects

• Sejal's float glass plant goes on-stream (more news)

• Commercial complex at Sealdah inaugurated (more news)

• DMRC launches standard gauge maintenance depot (more news)

Envisaged completion of projects

• Renault-Nissan to open facility at Chennai in March (more news)

General Investment Plans

• MIOT Hospitals mulls expansion (more news, project details)

• Ambuja Cements plans capacity expansion (more news)

• Guardian Lifecare to open 200 stores (more news)

• NMDC to acquire stake in Ferrous Resources (more news)

• Indraprastha Gas plans major capex in three years (more news)

• Desun Hospital plans new hospital in Siliguri (more news)

• Aircel to expand operations (more news)

• PGCIL draws investment plan (more news)

• NALCO chalks out expansion plans (more news)

• Pioneer Alloy mulls capacity expansion (more news)

• Heidelberg Cement earmarks funds for expansion (more news)

• Eight entities pre-qualify for Hyderabad metro (more news, project details)

• PremjiInvest pumps in funds in Manipal Universal Learning (more news)

• Atul Auto plans four wheeler goods carrier plant in Pune (more news)

Project Financing

• Vedanta raises debt to fund Orissa project (more news)

Policy Developments

• Twelve FDI proposals cleared (more news)

• Railway Budget (2010-11) - Highlights (more news)

• Andhra Pradesh announce budget for 2010-11 (more news)

• Annual Budget: 2010-2011 (more news)

EOIs

• Cairn Energy invites EoIs for Rajasthan block (more news, project details)