Civil work on India Gateway Terminals'
(the Indian arm of Dubai Ports World) Vallarpadam International Transshipment
Container Terminal (VITCT) in Kerala will start by December 2007.
DP World has short listed six
companies, from India and abroad, for submitting the tender documents and is
planning to complete the tender filing process by August 2007. The contract is
expected to be awarded soon.
Meanwhile, the earth-filling work in
the project area has been completed and 2,75,000 cubic metre of earth has been
filled so far. The Rs.2,118 crore project, designed to be developed on a
build-operate-transfer basis is scheduled for commissioning by April 2009.
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Port: NTPC arm to prepare DPR, feasibility study (12-Jun-07)
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