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 09-15 April 2006.

New Projects
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• Falcon Tyres plans capex (more news, project details)

• Tata Steel plans ferro chrome capacity expansion (more news, project details)

• Camozzi Textiles plans textile unit in Andhra Pradesh (more news)

• DLF plans 100 MW power plant in Haryana (more news)

• Fortis to invest $500 mln to expand network (more news)

• Ambuja Cement plans Rs.800 crore capex (more news)

• Monnet upgrades Orissa power project (more news,  project details)

• Mega Food Park to come up in Punjab (more news)

• SkodaExport plans $1 bln port complex (more news)

• Shapoorji Pallonji plans Rs.1,500 crore township (more news, project details)

• Riddhi Siddhi plans capacity expansion (more news, project details)

• Grasim Industries plans capacity expansion (more news, project details)

• MSX Developers plans Rs.600 crore real estate projects (more news)

• Nicholas Piramal plans Rs.250 crore diagnostic chain (more news)

• SVIL's marble unit in Madhya Pradesh (more news)

Appointment of partners

• Pune-based Central Water & Power Research Station was appointed to conduct study to ascertain if the Paradip port would be affected by the proposed minor port project of Posco India. The report is expected to be complete in few months time. (project details)

• AML Steel appointed Hari Environmental Systems for civil construction and mechanical fabrication and erection works for the Rs.114 crore sponge iron project in Saraikela Kharsawan district of Jharkhand. (project details)

Approvals, Clearances

• KPT container terminal gets govt okay (more news, project details)

• Approvals for 69 SEZ (more news)

MoUs signed

• Gail ties up with Arrow for CBM exploration (more news)

• IOC, HSIDC ink MoU for Panipat petrochemical complex (more news)

Commencement of work (Envisaged)

• Work on JK Cement's 2 million tpa cement project at Mudhool in Karnataka is likely to commence by April 2007 with completion scheduled for October 2008. (project details)

• Work on Kewal Kiran Clothing's Rs.32.30 crore apparels project is likely to commence work by May 2006 with completion scheduled within six months. (project details)

Project impediments

• It was learnt that Sree Siddarameshwara Agro Industries' dropped its plans for setting up the 150 tpd solvent extraction expansion project in Nanded district of Maharashtra. (project details)

General developments

• Kolkata-Chennai airport modernisation to begin soon (project details)

• IIP for capital goods up 16.5pc in Apr-Feb (project details)

• Anil Sponge Iron has acquired land and is awaiting state government approval for the Rs.209 crore sponge iron project in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh. (project details)

• It was learnt that Spray Engineering Devices has not yet acquired land for the Rs.160 crore sugar and co-generation project in Haryana. (project details)

• It was learnt that Dharani Sugars & Chemicals' Rs.30 crore sugar expansion project at Polur in Thiruvannamalai district of Tamil Nadu is underway. (project details)

• It is learnt that Sakata Inx (India)'s Rs.35 crore 35,600 tpa printing ink project in Bharuch district of Gujarat is awaiting for government approval. (project details)

• AAI prepares development reports on non-metro airports (more news)

• MbPT offshore terminal project: Deadline extended further (more news, project details)

• It was learnt that the project cost of the upcoming Bangalore International Airport might escalate to Rs.1,860 crore due to certain additions to the project scope. (project details)

• It was learnt that Sanghavi Associates shopping mall 'V Mall' at Kandivali in Mumbai is still in the planning stage. (project details)

• It was learnt that on 1 September 2005 Aqua Plant Equipment India Pvt. Ltd. was awarded the contract for D M plant refurbishment package for Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam's Rs.618 crore Giral Lignite Power project in Barmer district of Rajasthan. (project details)

• It was learnt that in October 2005, D S Constructions was awarded engineering and electrical works contract for Rail Vikas Nigam's Rs.62 crore Attur-Salem BG Railway Line project in Tamil Nadu. (project details)

Completion of projects (Actual)

• On 10 April 2006, work on Powerlinks Transmission's 400 kV Bareilly-Mandola D/C line is completed three months ahead of schedule. (project details)

• It was learnt that K M Sugar Mills's successfully completed the expansion of sugar capacity from the existing 4,500 tccpd to 6,500 tccpd at Motinagar in Faizabad district of Uttar Pradesh. (project details)

• On 6 April 2006, Chief Minister of Uttaranchal, Shri Narayan Dutt Tiwari inaugurated Kirby Building Systems' Rs.86 crore pre-fabricated building materials project in Hardwar district of Uttaranchal. (project details)

• On 4 April 2006, the Associated Cement Co. begin commercial production at Gagal Unit-II in Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh. (project details)

• It was learnt that work on Soham Real Estate Development Corporation's residential cum commercial complex 'Parijat Gardens' at Ghodbunder road near Thane was completed. project details)

• THDC commissions two units of Tehri project (more news, project details)

• On 6 April 2006, VIP Industries' Rs.18 crore luggage project in Hardwar district of Uttaranchal began commercial production. (project details)

• On 10 April 2006, Ind-Swift's drug formulation project at Baddi in Solan district of Himachal Pradesh began commercial production. (project details)

• On 10 April 2006, inaugurated Utkal Manufacturing Sevices' Rs.600 crore ferro chrome furnace at Choudwar in Cuttack district of Orissa was launched at the hands of Minister for Industry RD & Law , Shri Biswabhusan Harichandan. (project details)

• It was learnt that work on Satyam Smelters' 200 tpd sponge iron project in Bardhaman district of West Bengal was completed. (project details)

• It was learnt that work on K S Oils' Rs.12 crore wind based power unit in Dewas district of Madhya Pradesh was completed in March 2006. (project details)

Completion of projects (Envisaged)

• Bharat Aluminium Co. commissioned its 540 MW (3x135 MW) power plant associated with the Korba Aluminium Smelter expansion project in Chhattisgarh. The smelter expansion is scheduled for completion by June 2006. (project details)

• Vedanta Aluminia's 1.4 mln tpa aluminia refinery at Langigarh in Orissa's Kalahandi district is scheduled for mechanical completion by September 2006. (project details)

• Work on Kerala Chamber of Commerce & Industry's Rs.20 crore commercial cum office complex 'Kerala Trade Complex' in Marine drive area of Kochi is scheduled for completion by December 2007. (project details)

• Work on Thiruvanathapuram Regional Co-op Milk Producers Union's Rs.12 crore dairy project in Pathanamthitta district of Kerala is scehduled for completion by December 2007. (project details)

• Work on Reckitt Benckiser's pesticides project at Samba in Jammu district of Jammu & Kashmir is scheduled for completion by December 2006. (project details)

• Work on Danteshwari Maiya SSK's Rs.9.64 crore sugar project at Karkabhat in Durg district of Chhattisgarh is scheduled for completion by September 2006. (project details)

• Work on One Source Integrated Design Build Services' Rs.6 crore 3 star hotel at Whitefield in Bangalore district of Karnataka is scheduled for completion by November 2006. (project details)

•  Selvaraaj Fabrics' 6 tpd cotton yarn project at Vadipatti in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu is scheduled for completion by April 2006. (project details)

General Investment Plans

• Dunlop to invest Rs.350 crore in TN & WB (more news, project details)

• IDFC to invest Rs.5,000 crore over five years (more news)

• ACC plans Rs.691 crore capex (more news)

• Tuticorin Port Trust: Long-term investment plan (more news, project details)

• BSNL targets 10 mln new connections in FY07 (more news)

• Gateway Distriparks to invest in container rail logistics (more news)

Project Financing

• Chevron picks stake in RPL: First FDI in refining sector (more news)

Response to tenders

• Good response to BSNL mega tender (more news)

• Four firms shortlisted for Hyderabad MRTS (more news)

Tenders for ongoing projects

• Engineers India on behalf of Gail invited bids for EPC contract including residual engineering, procurement, installation, testing and commissioning of pipeline and associated facilities for Panvel-Dabhol pipeline project in Maharashtra. (project details, tender details)

Minor & old orders

• It was learnt that on 31 March 2006, Tata Projects bagged the contract for the plate type heat exchangers package for the Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam's Rs.618 crore Giral Lignite Power project in Barmer district of Rajasthan. (project details)

• KNR Construction was awarded the contract for implementing Madhya Pradesh Road Development Corporation's 49 km. Sabalgarh-Shyampur Road project. Completion of the project is scheduled for March 2008. (project details)

• KNR Construction was awarded the contract for implementing Madhya Pradesh Road Development Corporation's 70 km. Morena-Sabalgarh Road project in Morena district. Completion of the project is scheduled for March 2008. (project details)

Expressions of Interest (EoIs)

• Cairn Energy (India) invited EoIs for civil fencing work for Mangala development project in Rajasthan. (project details, tender details)

• Kolhapur Municipal Corporation invited EoIs for preparing city development plan (CDP) at Kolhapur city in Maharashtra. (project details, tender details)

• Infrastructure of Andhra Pradesh invited EoI-cum-RFQ for institutional and residential development to design, finance, build and partly lease basis under public private partnership model in New Delhi. (tender details)

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