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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 May 2006.
New Projects
(To view new projects added during the period 21-27
May 2006, click here)
- Pratibha Syntex to expand capacity
(more news)
- Unitech bags largest land
development project (more
news)
- Sterlite Industries to invest
Rs.1,000 crore in Uttaranchal (more
news)
- NLC plans 1,500 MW power plant in
Gujarat (more
news)
- IOC plans Panipat-Jalandhar LPG
pipeline (more
news)
Response to tenders
- Around 17 companies submitted
pre-qualification bids for tender floated in November 2005 for Punjab
National Bank's Rs.40 crore office building project at Bandra-Kurla in
Mumbai. (project
details)
- Around 20 applicants for Coastal
Karnataka Power's Tadri power project responded to the EoIs including NTPC,
Larsen & Toubro, Reliance Energy and Tata Power . (project
details)
Appointment of partners
Approvals, Clearances
- Central nod for JNURM projects in
Maharashtra (more
news)
MoUs signed
- Hindalco signs MoU for mega
aluminium project in MP (more
news)
Commencement of work (Envisaged)
- Work on Supreme Yarns' Rs.220 crore
32,000 spindles cotton yarn expansion project in Ludhiana district of Punjab
is likely to commence commence by June 2006 with completion scheduled for
March 2008. (project
details)
- Work on Maharashtra State Road
Development Corporation's Rs.2,850 crore Worli-Nariman Point Freeway project
was likely to commence by April 2007 with completion scheduled by April
2011. (project
details)
Project impediments
- Tripura drinking water project
delayed (more
news)
General developments
- West Bengal to acquire 31,000 acres
land for new projects (more
news)
- The finalisation of contractors is
in progress and the contract is likely to be awarded by mid-June 2006 for
Raipur Development Authority's Rs.150 crore city centre cum multiplex in
Chhattisgarh. (project
details)
- The West Bengal government
assured Tata Metaliks that it would provide 315 acres of land in Kharagpur
for the former's 0.5 million tpa steel billet project before end-June 2006.
(project
details)
- Union ministry to approve SEZs
worth Rs.58,000 crore (more
news)
- Kolkata Metropolitan Development
Authority (KMDA) is likely to invite bids for the Rs.125 crore road widening
(VIP Road) project on turnkey basis instead of the earlier proposed BOT
basis. (project
details)
- Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh
is likely to lay the foundation stone by June 2006 for NHAI's Rs.263 crore
Jullandhar-Amritsar (NH-1) road project in Punjab. (project
details)
- Focus Energy strikes gas in
Rajasthan (more
news)
- The pre-feasibility study for
Gujarat Maritime Board's Khambhat Port project in Anand district of Gujarat
is expected to commence by June 2006 and will be completed in four months
time. (project
details)
- NPCIL to import 20 nuclear reactors
(more news)
- Equipment suppliers have been
finalised while the power unit consultant is yet to be appointed for Oudh
Sugar Mills' Rs.117 crore 1,300 tccpd Rosa sugar expansion project in in
Shahjahanpur district of Uttar Pradesh. The project is scheduled for
completion by end-2007. (project
details)
- The pilling work of Rashmi Metaliks'
steel project at Kharagpur in Midnapore district of West Bengal is in
progress with completion scheduled by March 2007. (project
details)
- Work on Hare Krishna Metalliks'
Rs.27 crore 200 tpd sponge iron project at Hirebaganal in Koppal district of
Karnataka is expected to re-start in November 2006. (project
details)
- Work on the project was suspended
in February 2006 for reasons unknown. PGCIL to sign agreements with private
cos. (project
details)
Completion of projects (Actual)
- It was learnt that work on Fem Care
Pharma's skin care project at Baddi in Solan district of Himachal Pradesh
was completed. (project
details)
- NEC's bridge in AP to be
inaugurated (more
news)
- Bharat Petroleum commissions LOBS
project (more
news)
- It was learnt that work on Airtex
India's Rs.5.35 crore 4.5 lakh metres per month synthetic fabrics project in
Bhilwara district of Rajasthan was completed. (project
details)
- Work on Noble Distilleries &
Power's 200 tpd sponge iron project at Sirivar in Bellary district of
Karnataka was completed. (project
details)
- Work on Wheels India's Rs.15 crore
1.25 million per year wheels facility project at Bawal in Rewari district of
Haryana was completed. (project
details)
- It was learnt that work on Themis
Medicare's drug formulations unit in Hardwar district of Uttaranchal was
completed. (project
details)
Completion of projects (Envisaged )
- Work on Tirupati Projects' shopping
complex 'Meridian Plaza' at Kolkata in West Bengal is scheduled for
completion by September 2006. (project
details)
- Work on T R Sawhney Shopping Malls'
shopping mall 'Heritage 23 Mall' at Rohini in Delhi is scheduled for
completion by April 2007. (project
details)
- Work on Parsvnath Landmark
Developers' residential complex 'Parsvnath Panorama' at Greater Noida in
Gautam Budh Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh is scheduled for completion by
November 2008. (project
details)
- Work on Shree Cement's Rs.170 crore
1.5 million tpa cement project in Pali district of Rajasthan is scheduled
for completion by March 2008. (project
details)
- Work on Parsvnath Landmark
Developers' residential complex 'Green Ville' at Sohna Road in Gurgaon
district of Haryana is scheduled for completion by November 2008. (project
details)
- Work on RNA Builders township
project at Mira Road in Thane district is scheduled for completion by August
2006. (project
details)
- Work on Shree Gopal Hi-tech's Rs.30
crore TMT bars and ingots project at Kanksa in Bardhaman district of West
Bengal is scheduled for completion by July 2006. (project
details)
- Work on first 10 buildings of
Parsvnath Landmark Developers' 'Parsvnath Prestige' at Noida in Gautam Budh
Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh is scheduled for completion by June 2006.
Works on the remaining buildings is scheduled for completion by December
2006. (project
details)
- Work on Shree Cement's Rs.300 crore
1.5 million tpa cement expansion project in Pali district of Rajasthan is
scheduled for completion by April 2007. (project
details)
- Work on Gem Sugars' Rs.40 crore
4,000 tccpd sugar expansion project in Bagalkot district of Karnataka is
scheduled for completion by June 2006. (project
details)
- Work on Aditya Builders'
residential complex 'Breeze Park' at Aundh in Pune is scheduled for
completion by November 2007. (project
details)
- Trial production of DS Group's
Rs.80 crore rubber thread project in Tripura is expected by end-June 2006
with commercial production expected by July 2006. (project
details)
- Work on Shree Cement's18 MW power
unit (a part of 0.4 million tpa cement expansion project) at Beawar in Ajmer
district of Rajasthan is scheduled for completion by March 2007. (project
details)
- Work on Suryajyoti Spinning Mills'
Rs.28 crore 7,500 spindles cotton yarn expansion project at Makthal in
Mahaboob Nagar district of Andhra Pradesh is scheduled for completion by
June 2006. (project
details)
- Work on Nandan Exim's Rs.200 crore
1.2 lakh metres per dey denim fabric expansion project in Ahmedabad district
of Gujarat is scheduled for completion by December 2006. (project
details)
- Work on Natural Sugars' Rs.22 crore
1,000 tccpd sugar expansion project at Ranjani in Osmanabad district of
Maharashtra is scheduled for completion by October 2006. (project
details)
- Work on Laxon Steels stainless
steel and carbon alloy steel project at Sanand in Ahmedabad district of
Gujarat is scheduled for completion by end-May 2006. (project
details)
- Work on Parsvnath Landmark
Developers' 'Mall Manhattan' at Main Mathura road in Haryana is scheduled
for completion by January 2007. (project
details)
- Due to inclement weather conditions
at Korba in mid-May 2006, Bharat Aluminium Co expects the full commissioning
of its 2.5 lakh tpa aluminium smelter expansion project to take place by
September 2006 as against the earlier targeted June 2006. (project
details)
- Work on Phase I of HM
Constructions' residential complex 'H M World City' at Uttarahali in
Bangalore is scheduled for completion by December 2006. Work on Phase II is
scheduled for completion by December 2007. (project
details)
- Work on Sona Okegawa Precision
Forgings' Rs.40 crore automobile ancillary project in Pune district is
scheduled for completion by February 2007. (project
details)
- Steelex Electrocast's Rs.5 crore
23,000 tpa steel ingots project at Durgapur in Bardhaman district of West
Bengal is scheduled for completion by August 2006. (project
details)
Inorganic Indian Investment Abroad
- East Timor awards contracts for
offshore fields (more
news)
General Investment Plans
- TVSIC to invest Rs.200 crore in
telecom (more
news)
- IOC plans Rs.8,325 crore capex in
FY07 (more
news)
Policy Developments
- Guidelines for hydropower projects
(more news)
Tenders for ongoing projects
- Bharat Heavy Electricals invited
bids for construction of all the civil, steel structure and architecture
works in main plant area and BOPs related to buildings and foundations
including supply of all materials except those proposed to be supplied for 2
x 125 MW units at Barsingsar thermal power project in Bikaner district of
Rajasthan. (tender
details)
- National Hydroelectric Power
Corporation invited bids for supply of 25000 tpa of Pozzolona portland
cement for Teesta-V hydroelectric project in East Sikkim. (tender
details)
- National Thermal Power Corporation
invited bids for erection, testing and commissioning of HT/LT electrical
package for units 4 & 5 of 2x500 MW Sipat Stage II project in Bilaspur
district of Chhattisgarh. (project
details, tender
details)
Expressions of Interest (EOIs)
- Gujarat Hira Bourse invited EoIs
for development of infrastructure facilities in proposed gems and jewellery
park at Surat in the state of Gujarat. (tender
details)
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