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 07 - 13 Mar 2010.

New Projects
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• Supertech launched Eco Village in Noida (more news)

• Ajnara launches 'Daffodil' project (more news)

• Utsav retirement homes coming up at Lavasa (more news)

• 'Lodha Aristo' launched in Thane (more news)

• Gulshan Homz to launch 'Vivante' project soon (more news)

Approvals, Clearances

• ONGC's Dahej SEZ gets MoEF nod (more news, project details)

• Funds approved for Prakasam barrage modernisation (more news)

• Rio Tinto to get mining lease for Bunder project soon (more news)

• Funds sanctioned for veterinary college (more news)

• BoA approves denotification of 12 SEZs (more news)

• Three projects cleared in Orissa (more news)

• Two road projects approved in North East (more news)

• Patel Engg gets nod for coal linkage for power projects (more news)

• Funds sanctioned for grid-connected solar plants (more news)

MoUs signed

• REC signs MoU with NTECL (more news)

Foundation stone laying

• Taj Vivanta coming up in Guwahati (more news, project details)

Commencement of work

• Work commences on Gulf Finance House EDZ (more news, project details)

Expected commencement of work

• GAIL's Sinoi project to go on stream by April (more news)

Project impediments

• IOC turns down partnership offer for Barmer refinery (more news)

• Arshiya International's rail siding plan hits a road block (more news)

• Power projects in Maharshtra may be delayed (more news, project details)

General developments

• VE Commercial Vehicles plans expansion (more news)

• SAIL plans capacity expansion by 2014 (more news)

• MMRDA to develop Sewri-Nhava Sheva link (more news)

• Drinking water scheme to be launched in Mahabanunagar (more news)

• RIL may discover hydrocarbon in Cauvery region (more news)

• CCCL Infra may raise funds through PE route (more news)

• Expressway planned from Greater Noida to Kanpur (more news, project details)

• MARG signs pact with Virginia Tech University (more news)

• Adani Power in fray for 1,000-MW Kosovo project (more news)

• Belgian companies evince interest in railway projects (more news)

• Phase II of Wooded Glen Estates launched (more news)

• India Cements to raise funds for expansion (more news)

• SCCL plans power plant in Adilabad (more news, project details)

• Daimler to offload stake in Tata Motors (more news)

• Trial runs begin at Diamond Power's cable plant (more news)

• Jute park planned in Andhra Pradesh (more news)

• L&T Power plans 5,000 MW capacities by 2015 (more news)

• GUVNL rejects Adani’s technical bid (more news)

• Amari forms JV with Ten Hotels (more news)

• Thermax forms JV with Babcock & Wilcox (more news, project details)

• Binani plans IT Park in Thane (more news)

• Kendle's data centre at Mindspace SEZ (more news)

• Sanghi to raise debt for expansion plans (more news)

• Domino's plans more outlets in India (more news)

• Star Leasing plans power project in Chirala district (more news)

• New airports proposed by Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh (more news)

• Titanium sponge plant in Kollam to complete by July (more news)

• Alchemist Hotels plans property at Kufri hill station (more news)

• India, Russia ink atomic energy deal (more news)

• Wardha Power lowest bidder for power supply to GUVNL (more news)

Completion of projects

• Apollo's Bhubaneshwar hospital inaugurated (more news)

• Budge Budge III starts power generation (more news)

• IOC's naphtha cracker unit goes on stream in Haryana (more news)

• Vikram Solar's facility inaugurated (more news)

• Munirka flyover in Delhi inaugurated (more news)

• Pennar's new line at Isnapur unit commissioned (more news)

• IOC completes Haldia expansion (more news, project details)

Envisaged completion of projects

• The Park Hyderabad nears completion (more news)

• Work on two flyovers in Mumbai nearing completion (more news)

• Holiday Inn in Mumbai to open in April (more news)

General Investment Plans

• Kiswok Industries plans new facility (more news)

• Alpha G:Corp to invest further in 'AlphaOne' project (more news)

• SEL plans textile plant near Bhopal (more news)

• CESC to set up five thermal power plants (more news)

• Srithai to set up four plants (more news)

• Blackstone to acquire stake in Monnet Power (more news)

• Siva Group acquires stake in Norwegian company (more news)

• NMDC proposes pipeline (more news)

• Rama Paper plans thermal power plant (more news)

• Golf resort planned at Tannirbavi beach (more news, project details)

• ITC arm to expand Bhadrachalam paper plant (more news)

• NMDC draws major capex plan (more news)

• Aegis plans four campuses (more news)

• Cosmo Films to augment capacity (more news)

• Gujarat industrial estates to be upgraded (more news)

• Kansai Nerolac to augment capacity (more news)

• GEMS Education plans more schools (more news)

• Fortis acquires stake in Singapore's Parkway (more news)

• Ambuja Realty chalks investment plan (more news)

• DMICDC plans two gas based power plants in Maharashtra (more news)

• Speciality Restaurants to enter foreign lands (more news)

• NMDC consortium may buy mine in Australia (more news)

• Seven in fray for Upper Ganga Canal Expressway (more news, project details)

• Emaar MGF plans project in Gurgaon (more news)

• NSL to revive Aland sugar factory (more news)

Project Financing

• Banks loan for Technopark III (more news, project details)

• Funds for maritime varsity (more news)

• Gayatri Energy to raise debt for Krishnapatnam project soon (more news)

• PFC loan for Nabinagar power project (more news)

• India, Sri Lanka sign Line of Credit (more news)

Policy Developments

• New rules for projects under solar mission (more news)

• Rajasthan Budget for 2010-11 (more news)

• Haryana Budget 2010-2011 (more news)

• Himachal Pradesh raises annual plan outlay (more news)

• Annual plan outlay for Karnataka (more news)

EOIs

• NHAI invites EoIs for Karnataka road projects (more news, project details)

• Sarda Metal invites EoIs for Visakhapatnam plant (more news)

• EoIs invited for PPP projects in Suvarna Karnataka Development Corridor (more news)