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21 - 27 September | 2009 | Vol. 4 No. 8 India’s First & Only Infrastructure Weekly www.projectsinfo.in

WB and land woes

SHASHIDHAR NANJUNDAIAH
Mumbai Snapshots
infrastructure projects can see
the light of day in a way that

T
he West Bengal gov-
ernment, which had
announced that its
ambitious Vedic Village IT and
BPO township was scrapped,
announced last Friday that
it was, in fact, in a position
to offer 45 acre (instead of
the initial offer of 90 acre) of
alternative land at Rajarhat
on Kolkata’s outskirts, where
the Vedic Village is situated,
to each of the IT giants—
Infosys Technologies an Wipro
Technologies—who are the
key vendors in the project.
Although Wipro has in prin-
ciple agreed to go ahead with
establishing itself in the state,
Infy is not so sure and has
said it will “review” it. Sources
say that it will tread carefully
especially in the shadow of a
global recession. Infosys and
Wipro had initially expected
to hire about 5,000 employees
for their Vedic Village projects.
But the state’s IT department
informed Infosys and Wipro on
September 7 about its inability
to provide 90 acre each to them
at the proposed IT township.
Only in March this year,
the West Bengal government
looked serious about reviving
infrastructure projects and

Land is increasingly
becoming a major
issue in Bengal's
infrastructure proj-
ects

On Sept 7, the gov-
ernment pulled the
plug on the IT and
BPO township in
Rajarhat

Infosys will go slow
on that project now  Scenic Vedic Village in Kolkata.
surging ahead to capitalise
on its well-known intellectual
capital. But clearly, one of the
major bottlenecks is land. Last
year, the government had paid
at the controversially low rate
of Rs 14 lakh per acre to facil-
itate the doomed Tata Nano
factory at Singur. This year, it
paid nearly Rs 3 crore per acre
in compensation for land in
Dankuni, about 20 km north-
east of Kolkata. Although the
government had not shown
much optimism at that time
that it would be in a position
to offer any alternative land,
Infy later went on record to
reiterate that it would not be
actually moving out of Bengal
but would go slow on invest-
ing there.
Even as far back as 2005, the
the taxpayers’ money doesn’t
grow multi-fold.
Bengal government had failed
to provide requisite 900-acre
land to Tata Metaliks for a steel
plant. It has come as a bless-
ing for Karnataka, whom Tata
Metaliks has approached for
the plant. West Bengal (along
with Jharkhand) has been a
bastion of the iron and steel
industry due to the abundance
of coal and ore availability in
the Chhota Nagpur plateau.
Karnataka has similar resourc-
es in the Malnad hills and near
Bellary. The West Bengal gov-
ernment is being cautious after
the political and law and order
problems it faced at Singur.
Experts say state governments
need to work out a quick, per-
manent and workable solution
on the issue of land compen-
sation, so that forward-looking
Inside
S pecial Report
pg 2
Logistics town Bhiwandi,
north of Mumbai, has a new
member to its large presence
of warehouses: an 85,000
sq ft. centre.
I nteraction
pg 11
Vijay Naidu, Head-Sales,
Portable Equipments, Xtech
Equipment Pvt Ltd elucidates
on his company’s growth
F eature
pg 16
An update on wind power,
which is beginning to figure
in national energy plans,
income and employment.

Jhajjar power project raises

Rs 3900 crore
C LP India has signed agreements with a consortium
of 15 banks for their 1,320 MW (2x660 MW) power
project in Jhajjar, Haryana. The project has received sanc-
tions worth Rs 3900 crore in the form of loans. The power
project is to be completed in two phases, out of these, the
first unit would be commissioned by December 2011 and
the second unit by May 2012. The loan for the project
was granted by major banks led by IDBI Bank and other
banks and financial institutions such as Power Finance
Corporation (PFC), Rural Electrification Corporation (REC),
Infrastructure Development and Finance Corporation
(IDFC), India Infrastructure Finance Company (UK) Ltd
(IIFCL), Bank of India, United Bank of India, Allahabad
Bank, Dena Bank, Bank of Baroda, State Bank of Patiala,
State Bank of Travancore, State Bank of Mysore, Oriental
Bank of Commerce, and PTC India Financial Services.
Rajiv Mishra, Managing Director, CLP India said, “Our
ability to conclude financing arrangements
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IOC plans Rs 60k cr projects

S tate-run Indian
Corporation (IOC) has
plans to implement ener-
Oil
gy projects amounting to
Rs 60,000 crore. With invest-
ments of over Rs 20,000 crore
in three world-scale plants
and more projects on the anvil,
petrochemicals are expected
to be a major driver for IOC’s
future growth.
The investment is part of the
corporation’s efforts at aug-
menting production capacities
and upgrading technologies
to meet the increasing ener-
gy demands of the country.
The current outlay includes a
grassroots refinery at Paradip,
Orissa. For 2009-10, IOC has
planned a capital outlay of Rs
15,000 crore. Apart from this,
they have also entered into an
agreement with Nuclear Power
Corporation of India (NPCIL)
for forging a joint venture
company for building nuclear
power plants in the country.
IOC plans to invest about Rs
1,000 crore in this venture.

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2|Special Report Projects Info | 21 - 27 September | 2009

SK Group opens large

logistics centre

Interiors of the new warehouse.

S
K Group, a pharmaceutical manufacturing and The temperature controlled 4-tier warehouse.
distribution company, have completed work on
their latest offering – a logistics project in Bhiwandi,
north of Mumbai. The warehouse is spread over 85,000
sq ft. Out of the total area it has an air-conditioned cool
room storage area of 50,000 sq ft, an ambient store area of
30,000 sq ft and a cold room storage area of 5,000 sq ft.
The centre offers the following services:
• Warehousing Trading Stock: Receipt – Storing – Picking
/ Packing, Shipping, Delivery
• Promotional Material Handling: Receipt – Storing
– Re Packaging, Direct Dispatching to field force/
C&F
• Clinical Trials Material Handling: Receipt – Storage
– Dispatch – Record Keeping
• Importer Services: Letter of Credit – Custom Clearance
– Storage – Payment/ Credit Management
The structure is a pre-engineered building, the roof
cladding and the side cladding of the structure is a com-
bination of colour coated galvanised metal alloy known
as galvalum. The height of the plinth ranges from 0.75
m to 1.2 m and is designed for handling light, medium Cold storage area
and heavy commercial vehicles. The dock is fitted with of the warehouse.
high-density rubber fenders to protect the platform from
damage.
The main features of the project include a four-tier
storage arrangement and modern material handling
systems and technology. The systems are SAP enabled IT
systems. The warehouse is insulated with polynum and
EPS material. There is double-level electricity backup
to ensure 100 per cent full time temperature control
and maintenance of goods. Battery-operated stands on
stackers are used for quick put away and pick from stor-
age racks.
The key features of the centre include a four-tier stor-
age arrangement, which is a new level in Indian Pharma
Warehousing, a completely insulated warehouse with
specifically imported polynum material, modern mate-
rial-handling systems and technology, and SAP-enabled
IT management system, and double-level electricity
backup to ensure 100 per cent full time temperature con-
trol and maintenance of goods.
A view of the warehouse.

SK Group's warehouse is the latest addition

to Bhiwandi's existing logistics cluster.

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21 - 27 September | 2009 | Projects Info Finance |3

M&M, HM tie up with PNB
Ingersoll to invest M ahindra & Mahindra
(M&M) and Hindustan
Motors have separately tied
up with Punjab National Bank
company said. For passenger
vehicles, loans will be available
at a rate of 10.5 per cent (for up
to three years) and 11 per cent

$100 mn in India
for vehicle finance. Following
the tie-up, M&M said PNB
will be a preferred financier
for Mahindra vehicles . “A low
rate of interest is just one of
(for more than three years).
The extent of the loan will be
up to 90 per cent of the vehi-
cle’s on-road price for a tenure
of seven years, it added.

I
ngersoll Rand plc is plan-
ning to invest about $100
million in its Indian opera-
tions during the next three years
and expects to source prod-
ucts and services of an equal
amount. “We want to double
the size of the company in three
years,” said Herbert L Henkel,
Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer, Ingersoll Rand. He said
the diversified industrial group
wants to more than double its
sales to about $500 million in
three years in India. The com-
pany’s security solutions for
both individual homes as well
as business establishments
could lead to huge savings in
electrical costs as well as ensure
better security. The current size
of the security solutions mar-
ket in India is about $1 billion,
Henkel said. Venkatesh Valluri,
Karnataka seeks $700 mn loan from WB

Ingersoll Rand wants to more than double its
sales to about $500 million.
President, Ingersoll Rand
International (India), said the
company was in talks with the
government on providing secu-
rity solutions for the unique
identification number project
headed by former Infosys co-
chairman Nandan Nilekani.
the benefits of opting from the
PNB as a preferred financier.
The bank’s network of 4,685
branches will also help us fur-
ther strengthen our presence
in India’s hinterland,” said
Arun Malhotra, Senior Vice-
President (Sales and Customer
Care) Automotive Sector, M&M.
Under the terms of the MoU,
customers can avail loans of
up to 90 per cent of any com-
mercial vehicle’s on-road price
with a tenure of five years at
a rate of one per cent Below
Prime Lending Rate (BPLR), the
GIL acquires BP wind power
I ndependent power produc-
er Green Infra Ltd (GIL) has
acquired the wind power assets
of energy major BP Energy
India Pvt Ltd in India. The move
now makes GIL, the country’s
largest IPP in the green energy
space with 124 mw. Although
Hindustan Motors Ltd has
signed a three-year MoU with
PNB to provide financing for its
new mini truck HM – Shifeng
Winner. Under the MoU, PNB
would provide easy and attrac-
tive finance schemes for three
years to customers purchasing
Winner. According to Rattan
Singh, Chief General Manager,
Sales & Marketing (Vehicles),
the mini truck is the first light
commercial vehicle in the
country with a CNG with BSIV
version and a powerful four
cylinder 1,800 cc engine.
equity. Axis Bank will provide
working capital to the firm. BP
Energy has two capacities are
located in Maharashtra (40 mw)
and Karnataka (60 mw), while
Green Infra has a 25 mw capac-
ity in Tamil Nadu. In the next
three years, the company aims

T he Karnataka Government
has sought a loan ofa $700
million from the World Bank
for three new projects. The
Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa
who held a meeting with the
World Bank Caountry Director,
Roberto Zagha, and his team,
said the new projects lined up
for bank funds are Karnataka
State Highway Improvement
Project
Watershed
II, Karnataka
Development
Project II and Karnataka Rural
Water Supply and Sanitation
US Pension Funds may invest in India roads
Project II. The state govern-
ment has also urged the World
Bank to release a pending loan
amount of $475 million for
early implementation of six
ongoing projects in the state,
besides discussing various
proposals submitted to the
bank. Yeddyurappa said that
the bank had sanctioned a
loan of $857 million for six
state projects. “Out of this
amount, $475 million is yet to
be released. “The six projects
for which the World Bank’s
loan is pending are Karnataka
Municipal Reforms ($216
million), Karnataka Urban
Water Sector Improvement
($39.5 million), Karnataka
Community Based Tank
Management ($137.8 million),
Karnataka Rural Water Supply
and Sanitation ($136.6 mil-
lion), Karnataka Health System
Development and Reform
(KHSDR-II) ($141.8 million)
and Karnataka Panchayats
Strengthening Project ($120
million).
the size of the deal has not
been disclosed, IDFC Private
Equity has disbursed Rs 200
crore of the Rs 360 crore it has
committed to the deal, which
is a combination of debt and
Comm to assess local bodies
K erala Cabinet decided
to constitute the Fourth
Finance Commission with emi-
nent economist Prof Oommen
as its chairman to evaluate the
financial position of local bod-
ies in the state on September 16.
Principal Secretary (Local Self-
at adding 300 mw to its capac-
ity and to start work on 300 to
500 mw projects. The genera-
tion verticals will also include
small hydro, biomass, energy
efficiency and solar power.
Government) SM Vijayanand
and Finance Secretary
(Expenditure) Ishita Roy will be
the members. The commission
will review the finances of the
local bodies in the state and rec-
ommend measures to improve
their financial position.

U S pension and private

equity firms say they
are excited about financing
India’s $80 billion programme
to build roads and express-
ways, according to Minister for
Road Transport and Highways
Kamal Nath. The US funds’
level of interest signals mon-
ey will flow in as guidelines
are set, with overseas inves-
tors likely to provide $10 bil-
lion over the next three years,
Nath said. Buyout firms may
finance road building, while
pension funds would prob-
ably invest in the post-con-
struction period. “The projects
are not only viable, but profit-
able,” Nath said. US investors
“are now not looking at real
estate, not looking at equities;
they’re looking at infrastruc-
ture.” India will need $1.7 tril-
lion to build infrastructure
over the next decade to boost
economic growth, according to
a recent Goldman Sachs Group
report. Foreign and Indian pri-
vate companies are expected
to contribute $45 billion of
the total $80 billion projected
investment for the roads and
highways programme over five
years, according to Nath. The
Indian government is study-
ing the feasibility of setting up
“mega projects”, which would
involve individual bids of at
least $1 billion, to attract big
companies with the best tech-
nology, Nath said.

Shree Shubham signs MoU with Axis Bank

S hree Shubham Logistics
Ltd (SSLL) has signed a
MoU with Axis Bank to work
together in the area of ware-
house-based receipt financ-
ing. The agreement is aimed
at bringing the two institu-
tions together, with the bank
extending finance against
warehoused commodities and
inventories, and under the col-
lateral management structures
of SSLL, providing end-to-end
solutions to all the commod-
ity stake holders in the agri-
cultural and non-agricultural
segment with a pan India pres-
ence. SSLL, managing a com-
plete commodity value chain
at its own Agri Logistics Parks
(ALPs) at more than 10 loca-
tions in Rajasthan and Gujarat
and expanding its footprint
by setting up 17 ALPs in next
one to two years in Madhya
Pradesh and Maharashtra, has
plans to develop 41 ALPs across
the country in the near future.
Aditya Bafna, Executive Director,
Shree Shubham Logistics Ltd,
said, “We will jointly work to
provide liquidity to farm-
ers against their produce and
thereby enable them to time
their sale for best returns. We
see warehouse receipt financ-
ing as a great opportunity and
we will be an aggressive player
in this business.”

WB to lend for road projects

T he World Bank has agreed
to lend $3 billion (approxi-
mately Rs 14,400 crore) loan to
India for developing national
highways. The bank assistance
will be utilised for converting
6,372 km of one-lane highways
to two-lane, out of the total of
19,702 km of single lane high-
ways in the country. Kamal Nath,
Minister of Road Transport and
Highways, said that the bank will
be willing to fund the viability
gap funding and also fund 50 per
cent of annuity projects. Nath
also announced the construc-
tion of 18,000 km of expressways
in the country. The total project
costs for 2009-2010 is estimated
at $20 billion (approximately
96,000 crore). Both debt equity
and pension funds are being
invited to participate in this pro-
gramme. The share of private
sector investment in this is likely
to be about $12 billion (approxi-
mately Rs 57,600 crore).

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World Bank aid
for AP roads
A
ndhra Pradesh Roads
and Buildings Minister G
Aruna Kumari said that
the state would undertake road
sector projects with an outlay of
Rs 2,980 crore, including a World
Bank loan of Rs 1,600 crore and
the state government’s share
of Rs 1,380 crore. The project
comprises widening and devel-
opment of seven roads at a cost
of Rs 1,302 crore and long term
performance based road con-
tracts worth Rs 1,230 crore. Rs
458 crore will be provided under
the five-year road maintenance,
institutional strengthening and
Rs 4 bn for Mizoram roads
T he Ministry of Rural
Development has released a
grant of Rs 4 billion to Mizoram
for construction of rural roads
under the Pradhan Mantri Gram
Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), a 100
per cent centrally sponsored
scheme to provide road con-
nectivity in the rural areas of
the country. This is the second
instalment of Phase V of grants
in aid to the Mizoram Rural
Roads Development Agency.
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road safety policy. The pro-
posal for converting five state
highways, Hyderabad-Nandyal,
Guntur-Kodur, Adilabad-
Vodarevu, Sironcha-Renigunta
and Kakinada-Suryapet, into
national highways was pending
with the Planning Commission.
The state government would
save Rs 400 crore annually if
these roads were converted
into national highways. Land
acquisition is complete for
four-laning the Rs. 1,470 crore
Hyderabad-Vijayawada nation-
al highway, and work will start
in December this year.
MRRDA is the state level auton-
omous agency responsible for
implementation of works under
the Pradhan Mantri Gram
Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in the
state. This scheme envisages
connectivity through good and
all weather roads to all habita-
tions with a population of 500
persons and above in the rural
areas, and above 250 persons
and above in the hill states, trib-
al and desert areas.
ROADWAYS
144 km rural roads a day in FY09
A ccording to a government
report, 144 km of rural roads
were built every day last year
(2008-09) and the target this
year (ending March 2010) is
to increase this to 151 km per
day. This is in stark contrast to
the pace of construction of the
national highways, which had
slowed down to about four km a
day. Union Road Transport and
Highways Minister Kamal Nath
wants to scale this up to 20 km a
EGoM set to speed up highway projects
T o fast-track highway devel-
opment projects, the gov-
ernment has decided to form an
empowered group of ministers
(EGoM). The proposed EGoM
will help resolve issues related
to bidding process. The prog-
ress of road sector projects is
India needs $70 bn for road projects
I ndia needs investments of
US $70 billion in the next
three to four years to meet a
target of building 7,000 km
(4,350 miles) of roads each
year. According to reports,
private companies are expect-
ed to invest about $45 billion
Projects Info | 21 - 27 September | 2009
day. A typical rural road is built
for low volume of traffic and
therefore easier to construct. It
could cost anywhere from Rs 15
lakh to Rs 40 lakh a km, whereas
national highways cost Rs 6-10
crore per km. These rural roads
are being constructed under the
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak
Yojana (PMGSY), which aims
at linking all habitations with
a population of 500 or above
(250 or above in some priority
very slow due to various policy
bottlenecks. Of the proposed 60
highway projects to be award-
ed in 2008-09, nodal agency
National Highway Development
Authority (NHAI) could award
only eight, spending only
about 30 per cent of its total
of the money. The govern-
ment is considering the fea-
sibility of taking up several
mega road projects of 500 km
in length, which have a total
project cost of more than $1
billion each.
Earlier in September, Road
PORTS/SHIPPING
Tripura gets
Bangla port access
B
angladesh govern-
ment has given access
to Ashuganj port in
Brahmanbaria district of
Bangladesh to north-east
India to boost connectivity.
The agreement on providing
access to Ashuganj port was
reached in New Delhi during
the recent visit of Bangladesh
Foreign Minister, Dipu Moni.
Ashuganj port is a mere 30
km from Agartala, the capi-
tal of Tripura. The access to
Ashuganj port removes a defi-
ciency that the industry of the
region faces, lack of proper
connectivity with the main-
land, which deprives it of mar-
ket linkages. “This is a very
positive development for the
North-East,” said ML Debnath,
President, Tripura Chamber
of Commerce and Industry
(TCCI). The state government
also hopes to come up with an
export promotion park. Access
to the port materialises will
enhance economic activity for
the state as the transportation
bottlenecks to export products
Min for shipyard divestment
T he Shipping Ministry has
supported the Department
of Economic Affairs’ move to
divest government equity in
state-run Cochin Shipyard,
the largest shipping and ship
repair yard in India. About
20 public private partnership
schemes would be signed this
year for port projects, while
the Ministry is also working
on a better taxation regime
for Shipping companies to
states) with all-weather roads.
“Various measures have been
taken to expedite the construc-
tion of rural roads and bring it to
the current level. The bid docu-
ments are standardised. There is
an objective formula to decide
the depth and the strength of
the road to be built. Timelines
for completion of road con-
struction are also fixed at the
outer limit of 21 months,” the
report added.
expenditure budget of nearly
Rs 32,000 crore. Members of
the proposed EGoM is likely to
include Planning Commission
deputy chairman Montek Singh
Ahluwalia and finance minis-
ter Pranab Mukherjee and road
transport minister Kamal Nath.
Transport and Highways
Minister Kamal Nath took
a ‘roadshow’ to Britain to
attract British investment
into India, and said that India
will build more roads than
any other country over the
next two years.
would diminish. According to
Debnath, products like rubber
and bamboo, and the food pro-
cessing industry are expected
to reap the maximum bene-
fits from this port of entry. He
added that some Bangladesh-
based companies were “keen”
to invest in Tripura. One
such investment proposal in
the food processing sector
had already been finalised.
Movement of heavy and “over
dimensional consignments”
(ODC) for big projects has
always been a problem in the
north-east due to its hilly ter-
rains. Access to Ashuganj port
would mean a faster and reli-
able mode of communication
with mainland India to import
raw materials, machineries
and export finished goods.
In another gesture, India
agreed to provide at least 100
mw to Bangladesh on a priori-
ty basis. For this purpose, India
will undertake a feasibility
study on power grid inter-con-
nectivity for transmission lines
from India to Bangladesh.
boost maritime trade. Cochin
Shipyard, which attained
Category 1 miniratna status in
July 2008, posted 70 per cent
increase in net profit at Rs 160
crore for 2008-09 financial
year and declared a dividend
of Rs 19.66 crore for 2008-09.
Profit levels of the yard had
resulted in an increase in net
worth from Rs 429.42 crore in
2007-08 to Rs 566.49 crore in
2008-09.
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IR land acquisition by Oct
T
he Indian Railways (IR) is plan-
ning to complete land acquisi-
tion by October 2009 for con-
structing about 60 km out of the
total 95 km of railway line between
the present Dallia-Rajhara iron ore
mines and the proposed Raoghat
iron mines to be developed in
Chhattisgarh to meet the increased
iron ore requirement of SAIL’s
Bhilai Steel Plant. The SPV between
SAIL, the IR and the Chhattisgarh
Government, formed to execute
the Raoghat iron ore mines project,
has entrusted Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd
(RVNL) with the implementation of
the railway project to be complete
with construction of tracks over a
stretch of 95 km, stations and the
merry-go-round system. The South
East Central Railway (SECR) has
been given the responsibility of
acquiring the land for handing over
to RVNL. SECR has reportedly nearly
completed land acquisition belong-
ing to the state government, includ-
ing some belonging to SAIL, and has
handed it over to RVNL. The land so
acquired will help RVNL construct
about 18 km of railway track.
On the other hand, the process
of acquisition of revenue land, suf-
ficient for construction of another
40-42 km of railway track, accord-
ing to railway sources, is in final
stage and, most probably, will be
over by October. A 35 km long rail-
way line is expected to pass through
forests, of which 25 km through
259 hectare of reserve forest and
another 10 km through 83 hectare
of revenue forest. SECR has been
unable to receive clearances by the
environment and various statutory
authorities. The cost of construct-
ing railway lines and creating other
rail-related facilities for Raoghat
iron ore mines project is expected
to cost more than Rs 650 crore. The
targeted date of completion of the
project is December 2012.
R A I L W AY S
Alstom plans coach
facility in Sri City
A lstom is planning to set up a metro rail coach
factory at the upcoming industrial township,
Sri City, 40 km north of Chennai, within the borders
of Andhra Pradesh. Investment details have been
kept under wraps. As several cities such as Chennai,
Hyderabad and Bangalore are building metro rail
systems for intra-city public transportation, there
is a growing business for Metro rail coaches. After
Bombardier, whose €33 million plant has become
operational, Alstom will be the second major foreign
investment in the metro rail coach building area
when it works out its plans. Meanwhile, it is learnt
that a German company is investing in a railway
wheel plant in the Sri City SEZ, although officials are
tight-lipped about the name of the company or the
investments. BFG International Pvt Ltd of Bahrain,
which makes fibre reinforced polyester and compos-

AIRPORTS ite mouldings, is currently building a facility in the

SEZ, to make inner linings for coaches.

Chhattisgarh invites EoIs BEML for metro cars

B EML Ltd handed over the first set of indig-

for air connectivity

enously-built standard gauge metro cars to the
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. BEML has received
four stainless steel air-conditioned cars of the total
156-car order, worth Rs 1,140 crore for the second

O
prop aircrafts. The depart-
ment plans to begin opera-
tions by October. “The state
government will underwrite seats
per flight if schedule routes are
unviable,” a senior official in the
department said, adding that the
Uttarakhand to launch re-bidding for airport
government would permit its offi-
cials to travel by air within the state.
Under SOPs offered for the opera-
tors, they will not have to pay the
landing and parking charges. The
operators will have to pay the secu-
rity arrangement fee to the respec-
tive district administration as per
actual basis. The operator will have
to establish their base at Raipur or
any other place within the state
along with a guarantee to the gov-
ernment for operating the daily
flights as per published schedules.
phase of the Delhi Metro. With this, BEML enters
the global metro car makers’ club with a distinct
price advantage, the Defence PSU said. The local
makes are said to cost 10-20 per cent lower than the
imported cars. Apart from competing for upcoming
metro car bids in Tier II and III cities, BEML will bid
for global projects and also top it up with spares
and services for metro players. The cars are made
at BEML’s Bangalore complex under licensing from
South Korean major, Rotem. BEML is also work-
ing on metro trains in the six-car formation. BEML

T he Uttarakhand
Infrastructure Development
Corporation Ltd (USIDCL) will
State
soon initiate the re-bidding pro-
cess for hiring a consultant for the
modernisation and expansion of
the Naini-Saini airport at the hilly
Pithoragarh district. The move
came after USIDCL, a state govern-
ment enterprise, which received a
lacklustre response to the bidding
process due to hiring a consul-
tancy firm early this year. Only one
bid was received and this forced
the Civil Aviation Department to
initiate the process all over again.
Besides, the expression of inter-
ests (EoIs) were also invited for
expansion and strengthening of
the runway and upgrade of asso-
ciated operational infrastructure
and terminal facilities at the air-
port, which has been gathering
dust for the past several decades.
A couple of EoIs in this regard have
been received and the officials are
pursuing them. The government
intends to invest Rs 45 crore for
the upgrade and modernisation
of the Naini-Saini airport. In order
to promote atourism., the govern-
ment wants the airport to be devel-
oped under public-private part-
nership (PPP) mode. Significantly,
the Naini Saini airport hit a road-
block last year too, as the govern-
ment cancelled the tender process
for hiring a consultancy firm on
technical grounds. So far, Rs 22-24
crore is spent for acquiring 17.8
hectare for the Pithoragarh airport,
where a total of 85 people were
given compensation at the rate of
Rs 1,200-1,300 per nali. Under the
modernisation plan, the airport
is being upgraded to facilitate the
landing of 70-72 ATR aircraft. The
airstrip of the airport will be 1650
m long and 60 m wide. A separate
terminal building will also be con-
structed.
has bagged the Rs 1,672-crore order to supply 150
cars for the Bangalore Metro, trials for which will
be delivered by October 2010. It further expects an
order of 60 cars for phase three of the Delhi metro.
Min denies land seizures
T he railway ministry, headed by Mamata Banerjee,
does not plan to seize private land for new proj-
ects, and would also review past land seizures,
mostly from farmers. The ministry needs land to
proceed with a $5.8 billion project to connect Indian
regions. Banerjee has opposed government efforts
to enact laws on land acquisition. The move blocks
industrialisation efforts of the Congress party-led
government, denying reforms like easier land acqui-
sition and privatisation of state-run firms.

International airport JV for Chandigarh

W ith the signing of an agree-
ment for the formation of a
joint venture company (JVC), titled
Chandigarh International Airport
Private Limited, on September 17,
Mohali near Chandigarh will get an
international airport.
The partners in the project will
include the Airports Authority of
India (AAI), Greater Mohali Area
Development Authority (GMADA)
and Haryana Urban Development
Authority (HUDA). AAI Chairman
VP Aggrawal, GMADA Chief
Administrator VP Singh and HUDA
Chief Administrator TC Gupta
inked the JV Agreement. According
to Punjab Civil Aviation Secretary
Vishwajeet Khanna, apart from
housing international and domes-
tic terminals, the airport will also
include a cargo hub. This will pro-
vide a huge economic boost to the
northern region. The project will
come up on a 300-acre land at
Jheourheri village in Mohali and is
expected to be ready in two years.

Madurai terminal to be ready by March 2010

A irports Authority of India (AAI)
is expected to complete work
on the new integrated terminal
building of Madurai airport in
Tamil Nadu, by March 2010. So
far, AAI has completed work on
construction of the main terminal
building and an additional elec-
tricity sub-station. Electrical equip-
ment such as transformers and die-
sel generator sets had been put in
place. Currently, roofing and car
parking works is on. AAI has placed
orders for baggage carousels and
other systems. The new integrated
terminal building to be spread over
17,560 sq m is likely to be a central-
ly air-conditioned building with 20
immigration counters, 27 customs
counters and two aerobridges. It is
expected to handle 250 arriving and
as many departing passengers as
against the total capacity of just 150
passengers in the existing building.
Besides, AAI had planned to extend
the runway from the existing 7,500
m by another 3,000 m. Currently,
land acquisition is underway for
around 600 acres by the Tamil Nadu
Government.

Cargo terminal at Delhi Airport by Oct 2010

W FS India, a joint venture
between Worldwide Flight
Services and the Bird Group,
which recently launched ground
handling at Delhgi and Kochi,
has won a 25-year concession
to build and operate a state-of-
the-art Cargo Terminal at Delhi
Airport which is scheduled to
open in the 3rd Quarter of 2010.
Combined with the planned open-
ing of the new Terminal 3 at Delhi
International Airport in the second
quarter of 2010 and the upcoming
Commonwealth Games in October
2010, WFS India will develop into a
comprehensive Ground Handling
Organisation that provides cargo,
passenger and ramp handling for
international carriers operating to
and from Delhi Airport.

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 6|Real Estate
Ansal to invest in
19 townships
A
nsal Properties & of the Games Village proj-
Infrastructure said it will
invest up to Rs 35,000
crore over the next 10 years to
develop 19 township projects.
“We are the largest township
developer. We are currently
developing 19 townships in
North India. These townships
are spread over about 7,000
acre of land,” said Ansal API’s
Vice Chairman and Managing
Director Pranav Ansal. He said
the size of the townships vary
between 100 acre and 2,500
acre, and added that the com-
pany would rather focus on the
Northern region, rather than
achieve a pan-India presence.
“From fiscal 2010-11, the com-
Brigade to raise Rs 900 cr for hotels, township
B angalore-based Brigade
Enterprises expects
to raise funds about Rs 900
crore through private equity
to expand its hospitality verti-
cal and to develop a 120 acre
township. The Rs 500 crore
publicly held company has
mandated JP Morgan to raise
the funds. CMD MR Jaishankar
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The townships vary between 100 and 2,500 acre in size.
pany will invest about Rs 30,000
crore to Rs 35,000 crore over 10
years on developing these 19
townships”. Ansal has already
confirmed these plans and
added that he expects funds
to be tied up by end of the cur-
rent fiscal. Brigade’s hospital-
ity subsidiary will build 1,000
hotel rooms across Bangalore,
Mysore, Kochi and a few other
cities. The company will use
the funds also to develop a 1.5
million sq ft integrated town-
pumped in Rs 4,000 crore and
will add another Rs 1,600 crore
in the remaining part of this
financial year.
ship in Bangalore. Brigade's
projects cover 6.74 million sq
ft of developable area, and is
set to launch 8 to 10 million sq
ft more. The company is also
set to join the budget housing
bandwagon during 2010, and
is looking to launch projects in
Bangalore and Mysore to build
Rs 20 lakh per dwelling unit.
Projects Info | 21 - 27 September | 2009
CW Games Village flats by Oct
R eal estate developer Emaar
MGF, which is building
the Commonwealth Games
Residential Complex at the
Games Village in east Delhi,
said it will complete 32 flats
next month. A senior urban
development official who
conducted an aassessment
ect said the flats that needed
to be completed early were
on track. “Officials from the
Commonwealth Committee
will stay in those flats to find
out whether they adhere to
the required standards or not,”
he said. An Emaar spokesper-
Indiabulls starts luxury project
I ndiabulls Real Estate Ltd
has launched Indiabulls Sky,
a residential high-rise project
with managed private residenc-
es in Lower Parel. These resi-
dences will be privately owned
and according to the company,
Bhubaneswar low-cost housing
T he Bhubaneswar Devel-
opment Authority (BDA)
finalised three locations in
the city for developing 800
dwelling units in its low-cost
housing projects: four acre
at Subudhipur, three acre at
Kalinganagar and two acre at
Paikraipur. BDA plans to invest
Rs 80-100 crore on developing
son informed the media that
Tower 9, which comprises 32
apartments of three- and five-
bedroom configuration will
be ready by next month for a
complete dry run of the fit outs
and operations. . The residen-
tial complex, spread over 27
acre, is comprised of 34 tow-
ers with configurations of 2 to
5 BHK homes. Price for these
flats ranges from Rs 1.8 crore
to Rs 5.5 crore. According to
an urban development minis-
try estimate, 56 per cent of the
Games Village project was com-
pleted by mid-August and it will
be fully ready by April 2010.
will be serviced by a dedicated
butler, who will be on-call 24x7,
in a style comparable to the
best in world hospitality. The
available options are 3BHKs,
duplexes and penthouses on
the 65th floor.
1,000 dwelling units, which are
likely to be a mix of 1, 2 and 3
BHK flats. The architects have
submitted their plans for the
mass housing projects, and
tenders for construction are
set to be floated in a month.
Construction is expected to
begin in early 2010 and likely to
be commissioned by end 2011.
Valid upto 31st October 2009
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 21 - 27 September | 2009 | Projects Info
Honda to expand
Haridwar facility
H
ero Honda has decided
to expand its Haridwar
manufacturing facility
and has deposited Rs 32.5 crore
as land premium to retain its
hold over the 94 acre of vacant
land, after resolving issues
with the State Infrastructure
and Industrial Development
Corporation of Uttarakhand Ltd
(Sidcul) on the same. Barring
a minor dispute over 22 acre,
most of the concerns have been
resolved with Hero Honda, offi-
cial sources said. Uttarakhand
Principal Secretary (Industries)
PC Sharma confirmed that Hero
Honda had deposited Rs 32.5
crore to expand its Haridwar
unit. Sharma said the company
would carry out considerable
expansion at its Haridwar unit,
which would create vast oppor-
tunities for employment in the
state. Sidcul, the state govern-
ment’s nodal agency for indus-
trial development, had allotted
265 acre to Hero Honda for set-
ting up a manufacturing facility
at Haridwar in 2006. According
to Sidcul’s latest notice, the
group set up its facility on only
Govt to source power equipment in bulk
T he government
announced its plan for a
bulk procurement of power
has
equipment through public-pri-
vate participation (PPP). “Large
companies, such as Bharat
Heavy Electricals, L&T, Bharat
Forge and GB Engg, that have
formed joint ventures with
overseas companies, are plan-
ning to commission produc-
tion capacities that would sup-
ply equipment for generating
about 25,000 mw by the end of
2011,” said Bharatsinh Solanki,
POSCO ups automobile plate capacity
P OSCO said that it will estab-
lish an automobile plate
processing centre in Nagoya
with an annual capacity of
150,000 ton, aimed at expand-
ing the process capacity of auto
steel in Japan as well as improv-
ing the sales quota in high-end
steel market and overseas.
POSCO owns an auto plate pro-
cessing centre in Kyushu, where
Toyota, Nissan and Daihatsu all
have production plants. Early
Asota AFC and MCP are the latest generation of fibres in fibre concrete
Manufactured from virgin
polyolefin polymer, Asota AFC
adds to concrete and helps in fire
safety. The residual humidity in
concrete causes explosion type
flaking on the surface. This is trig-
gered by vapour pressure.
Asota AFC cavities promote
the pressure compensation in hot
concrete, up to 200°C. Asota
AFC liquefies at nearly 170°C but
offers sufficient clearance and
vapour permeability for pressure
compensation. This is achieved by
the cavities that are spun length-
wise. The polymers decompose
* This write-up is based on publicity material provided by the company. Asapp Media Pvt Ltd cannot be held responsible for the contents.
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Honda’s Rs 1,900 crore Haridwar facility will produce its mobikes.
119-120 acre and kept around
50 acre for its vendors, the land
premium for which has been
paid to Sidcul. For the remain-
ing 94 acre of land, Hero Honda
paid Rs 32.5 crore against Sidcul’s
earlier estimate of Rs 50 crore.
Hero Honda Motors Ltd and its
Union minister of state for
power. “Equipment for at least
11 units of 660 mw will be avail-
able within four months,” he
added. India has plans to add
power generating capacity of
around 78,000 mw by 2012. The
total estimated investment for
power equipment for 660 mw
units is estimated to be around
$ 8 billion (over Rs 39,000 crore
as per current exchange rates),
Solanki said. The country plans
to adopt bulk procurement of
equipment for supercritical
this year, POSCO established
the steel processing centres in
India and Thailand with the
annual capacity of 120,000
tons respectively into produc-
tion. Earlier, the auto plate pro-
cessing plant in Mexico with
400,000 tons of annual capac-
ity also started production. In
order to satisfy the increasing
steel demand in the global auto
manufacturing and local elec-
tronic manufacturing, POSCO
Cracking - without Asota AFC
from approximately 250°C. This
frees the channels near the sur-
face and promotes the pressure
balance. Asota MCP improves
properties of concrete. During
hardening or curing, concrete
develops micro cracks that widen
ancillaries have already invested
Rs 1,900 crore in the manufac-
turing facility. The state-of-the-
art plant, which went on stream
on 8 April, 2008, has scaled up
rapidly and is already producing
more than 4,000 two-wheelers
per day.
power projects, which typically
use technology that increas-
es efficiency and reduces
emission output. While the
minister did not elaborate on
the source of funds for the
projects, it is widely-believed
that the PPP model would be
used. Also, in the Union Budget,
the finance minister said that
the Indian Infrastructure
Finance Company would pro-
vide Rs 6,000 crore for infra-
structure projects that also
include power projects.
increased the establishment
of steel processing plants in
overseas, except Japan, India,
Thailand and Mexican, the auto
processing centre of POSCO in
Malaysia has also completed.
It also intends to set up an auto
steel plate processing plant in
Vietnam with the annual capac-
ity of 100,000 tons. The process-
ing centre in Shenyang is also
set to establish with 170,000
tons of annual capacity.
Cracking - with Asota AFC
out due to shrinkage. Asota MCP
takes the stress and provides a
balanced level of humidity in the
matrix due to greater retention
ability. Less water collects on the
surface and this leads to ‘internal
after treatment’ of concrete.
Engineering |7
Pondy Oxide to set up EoU
I n order to support its
total business target of
Rs 500 crore by 2011-12,
Chennai-based Pondy Oxide
& Chemicals Ltd is planning
to set up an export-oriented
unit. The company is planning
to foray into new countries
like Japan, Vietnam, Malaysia
and Bangladesh to increase
the export business. Its cur-
rent export order size is about
$ 2.5 million to be executed
in the next two months. The
proposed unit would mainly
cater to these new and current
export markets. The invest-
7 auto-testing centres soon
T he ministry of heavy indus-
tries is setting up seven
Auto Testing Centres to make
India an auto hub, according to
Ambuj Sharma, Joint Secretary
in the heavy industry ministry.
He said cars would be tested
in these centres before they
are rolled out on the roads.
In these auto-testing centres,
car manufacturers belonging
to Indonesia,
Malaysia and Thailand
would be allowed to test their
products as part of the govern-
Audi plans showroom in Chennai
A udi India is all set to open its
first showroom in Chennai
in 2010. The Bangalore-based
Jubilant Motors Private Ltd
is setting up a service centre
and a showroom in Chennai,
investing about Rs 15 crore.
Anil Reddy, Head of Sales,
Audi India, said in addition to
Chennai, the company is set-
ting up sales outlets in Kolkata
Nissan sources parts from India
N issan will source compo-
nents worth $ 20 million
in 2010 from India for its plants
in Thailand, China and Japan,
which will double to $ 40 mil-
lion by 2012. The parts include
engine pistons, clutches,
starter motors and discs, said
Kiminobu Tokuyama, Chief
Executive Officer, Nissan Motor
India, on the sidelines of the
launch of the new Teana sedan
and X-Trail sport utility vehicle.
For the moment, 94 vendors
are associated with the Nissan
project in Chennai. The com-
pany is investing $ 13 million in
the Renault-Nissan Technology
Communication Feature
MCP is harmless and does not
enter human lungs as asbestos. It
has fireproof concrete qualities
and therefore is used in tunnel
construction. The explosion type
flaking and pieces of concrete
falling down due to excessive heat
can be almost avoided. The con-
sequently reduced maintenance
expenditure can be offset against
slight extra costs. Good results
can also be achieved by adding
it in grouting compounds, joint
adhesives, etc.
Asota AFC and MCP are
chemical resistant, environ-
ment in the project would be
Rs 40 crore, which will be fund-
ed through debt and internal
accruals. “The company has
units in and around Chennai
and one in Puducherry with a
total capacity of 28,800 tonnes
per annum, which would be
increased to 60,000 tonnes
by 2010-11,” said Anil Kumar
Bansal, Managing Director,
Pondy Oxides & Chemicals.
The company, which is into
metals, metallic oxides and
plastic additives, is planning
to manufacture aluminum
and value-added products.
ment attempt to invite more
foreign direct investment par-
ticipation in the automobile
sector. Car manufacturers cur-
rently have to go to Europe
and the US for testing their
products, and this is for the
first time that India is setting
up such centres with fully
government-aided funds of
Rs 1800 crore. These centres
would become operational by
September 2011 in Manesar,
Pune, Ahmed Nagar, and
Raibarelli, among others.
and Ludhiana. Through nine
sales outlets, the company cur-
rently sells three sedans – A4,
A6 and A8 assembled at its
sister concern – Volkswagen’s
facility in Pune. Besides, it
imports and sells TT, R8, Q5
and Q7. In India, Audi sold
1,128 units till August this year
growing by more than 60 per
cent over last year.
and Business Centre India,
which employs 1,200 techni-
cians, and plans to raise this
number to 1,500 by 2010. The
centre carries out advanced
research, product develop-
ment, design, and global
sourcing for both Renault and
Nissan. Tokuyama reiterated
that of the total ¥ 350 billion
earmarked globally, Nissan’s
single largest investment this
year would be in India.
Production in the Chennai
plant will begin in May 2010
with an installed capacity of
200,000 units; it can be doubled
to 400,000 units.
ment-friendly, corrosion resistant
and do not rot. Their applica-
tions include tunnels, founda-
tions, RCC slabs, bridges, cement
floors, roadways, fire walls, pre-
cast products, cellars, subways,
swimming pools, etc.
For further information on
these products contact:
Stuti Exports Pvt Ltd, C-3, Shiv
Krishnadham Soc, LBS Marg,
Mulund West, Mumbai – 400
080, Maharashtra, India
Tel: 022 2592 2212 / 13
Fax: 022 2592 6701
Email: info@stutiexports.com
9/19/2003 9:51:21 PM
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8|Energy
$10 bn solar project in Gujarat
C Snapshots
linton Climate Initiative
(CCI) is planning to set
up a solar power proj-
ect in Gujarat with an invest-
ment of nearly $10 billion (Rs
50,000 crore). A memoran-
dum of understanding (MoU)
was signed recently by S
Jagadeesan, Principal Secretary,
State Energy Department, and
Ira Magaziner, Chairman of
the Clinton Climate Initiative
(CCI), in the presence of the
Chief Minister, Narendra Modi.
The park would be spread over
5,000 hectares, likely to be
made available by the govern-
ment in Banaskantha, Patan,
Surendranagar and Kutch dis-
tricts. These selections reflect
a bid to harness the otherwise
infertile desert land for devel-
oping energy security. CCI is
Breather for solar projects
T he Department
Information Technology
of
is likely to grant an additional
two-three months for financial
closure to applicants that have
received in-principle nod for
solar photovoltaic projects. The
applications were filed under
the Special Incentive Package
Scheme (SIPS). While none of
the 12 applicants has achieved
full financial closure – the ear-
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 Clinton Climate Initiative to
partner with Guj govt on
solar parks
 Project will help harness arid
land
 5000 hectare land has been
identified to develop the
parks in four districts
 CCI is talking with ADB and
other sources for funding
 CCI is also considering simi-
lar parks in US, S Africa and
Australia
considering similar parks in the
United States, South Africa and
Australia. It is in talks with com-
panies from across the world to
invest in the project, Magaziner
said. CCI is also negotiating
lier deadline for which was
August 31 – some have reported
back with partial financial clo-
sure or tied up commitment for
funds higher than the thresh-
old investment limit stipulated
under SIPS. “About six-eight
companies have made substan-
tial progress, and these compa-
nies may be given an extension,”
said R Chandrasekar, Secretary,
Department of IT.

The proposed solar energy park would be spread over 5,000 hectare.
Himachal invites tenders for 54 hydel projects
T he Himachal Pradesh gov-
ernment has asked the state-
run company Himurja (state
energy development agency) to
invite open bids from private
players to execute 54 identified
small projects ranging from 0.40
mw to 5 mw capacity, aggregat-
ing 134 mw capacity. This deci-
sion was taken by the state cab-
inet on 16 September 2009. It
also approved allotment of the
Projects Info | 21 - 27 September | 2009
149 mw Sacha pass hydel proj-
ect to L&T Power Development
Ltd. The 13 mw Suil project was
bagged by MBD Ltd, a state
government spokesperson said.
Himachal Pradesh is now set to
venture into thermal and gas
sectors by generating 2,000 mw
of additional power. According
to another decision, 1500 mw
will be generated by getting
coal blocks in the name of the
Nokoda setting up windfarm
S urat-based drawn yarn man-
ufacturer Nokoda Textiles
is setting up a windfarm at
Tiruneveli in Tamil Nadu at an
investment of Rs 41 crore. The
company said it would finance
the project through inter-
nal accruals and term loans.
The plant, expected to com-
mence operations by the end
of this month, will have nine
turbines of 750 mw each. The
entire power generated form
the plant would be supplied
Petronet plans power plants
P etronet LNG is expected
to set up two power plants
and is planning a rights issue
to part-fund the project. PLL is
expected to set up two power
plants of 1,200 mw each, next
to its two LNG terminals in
Dahej and Kochi at a total cost
of Rs 7,000 crore.
The company is already in
the process of mopping up a
PGCIL's power evacuation plans
P GCIL is planning to invest Rs
9,000 crore for improving the
power evacuation infrastructure
in Orissa. The proposed inter-
state transmission plan, already
approved by CEA, is expected to
provide the much needed infra-
structure for power evacuation
to the IPPs projects in Orissa.
The plan includes setting up of
three 765/400 kV substations,
the ring link among the sub-sta-
tions and construction of two
power corridors. While the west-
ern corridor is likely to connect
Jharsuguda to Dharmanjaygarh
in Chhattisgarh, the northern
corridor is expected to be set
up from Angul to Barnala in
Punjab. The three 765/400 kV
substations are likely to be set
with the Asian Development
Bank (ADB) and fund houses
to raise money at lower inter-
est rates to bring down the unit
cost of electricity in the next
five-six years. Under the MoU
signed with the CCI, the State
Government would facilitate
identification of land and cre-
ate the infrastructure for set-
ting up the solar power plants
in co-ordination with CCI. It
would invite national and
international developers to
set up these plants on charge-
able basis for the infrastructure
created. The power produced
by these plants would be pur-
chased by the State power utili-
ties. CCI is a programme of the
William J. Clinton Foundation,
set up by former US President
Bill Clinton.
state government. The remain-
ing 500 mw would be generated
through share under ultra mega
power projects besides tie-ups
with gas-based companies. The
cabinet also decided that the
Gypsa and Khab hydel projects
would be developed under the
state sector and an effort would
be made to declare the Khab
project as a project of national
importance.
to the Tamil Nadu Electricity
Board (TNEB). Babubai Jain,
Chairman and Managing
Director, Nokoda, said, being a
green energy project, the com-
pany would also be eligible for
carbon credits. The project will
be company’s entry into clean
power, he added.
The company has acquired
turbines from Global Wind
Power Ltd, promoted by the
Reliance ADAG Group, Nokoda
said in a statement.
debt of about Rs 5,000 crore
while the balance Rs 2,000 crore
is likely to be raised through
a rights issue. The company
will prepare a detailed feasi-
bility and technical feasibility
report along with a financial
model which is to be ready by
January 2010. The power plants
are likely to be commissioned
by 2012-13.
up at Angul, Dhenkanal and
Jharsuguda which are expect-
ed to be connected through
two circuit of 765 kV line. The
IPPs will get connected to this
network, which will help in
the evacuation of the surplus
power to be generated in the
state. Meanwhile, Ind-Barath
Energy (Utkal), Visaka Thermal
Power and Sahara India Power
Corporation have signed the
PPA with Grid Corporation of
Orissa (GRIDCO) for the IPP
projects. Arati Steel is likely to
ink the agreement shortly. Eight
IPPs including these three com-
panies had signed the MoU
with the Orissa Government
for setting up power projects in
February 2009.
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21 - 27 September | 2009 | Projects Info
Construction
Adhunik to invest
Rs 3,350 cr in 2 yrs

It is planning an iron ore beneficiation and pelletisation plant in Jharkhand.
Two iron ore plants in Bellary
T he Bellary based iron ore
mining company MSPL
said it will set up two iron ore
beneficiation plants in Bellary,
Karnataka. Both the plants,
which are likely to have 1.2 mil-
lion tonne capacity each, will be
set up with an estimated outlay
of Rs 650 crore. The company
is likely to raise funds from the
financial institutions and inter-
nal accruals to finance the proj-
ect. The state high level clear-
ance committee has already
approved the new invest-
ment proposal and the water
Tata to push for K’taka steel plant
T ata Metaliks is planning
for a 3-5 million tonne
steel plant in Karnataka. Tata
Metaliks posted a loss after tax
of Rs 148.7 crore for the year
ended 31 March 2009 and the
company is not making any
major investments this year.
The company is seeking a 900
acre allotment. The land allot-
ment is yet to happen. The
TSIL mining project delayed
P roduction from the Utkal-E
coal block, allotted to Tata
Sponge Iron Ltd will be delayed
because of problems in land
acquisition process. Coal pro-
duction from this block is now
likely to resume only in early
2011 instead of the current year.
Two hundred hectares of gov-
ernment land is yet to be hand-
ed over to the company for the
Rs 500 crore coal mine project
though the state government
had earlier signed a memo-
randum of understanding with
the company. The coal mine
project was being taken up by
Tata Sponge Iron in association
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Ne
ws
Kerala, GAIL
in pact for
pipeline infra
T he Kerala State Industrial Development
Corporation (KSIDC) and Gas Authority
of India Ltd (Gail) will develop gas pipeline
A
dhunik Metaliks be in Jharkhand while infrastructure for the state and thereby
plans to invest Rs the power plant and the attract Rs 8,500 crore in investments. The
3,350 crore in min- ferro alloys plant would pact is expected to kick off a gas pipeline
ing and power over the be set up in Orissa. project in the state for supply of re-gas-
next two years along with Agarwal said that ified LNG from Petronet LNG’s terminal at
its subsidiaries Orissa around 1,00,000 tonnes Kochi, as well as promote city gas distribu-
Manganese & Minerals of iron ore was being tion projects using natural gas. Petronet
Ltd and Adhunik Power mined a month, which LNG will establish the LNG terminal at an
& Natural Resources. would go up to 1.5-1.7 estimated investment of Rs 4,000 crore to
Orissa Manganese, the million tonnes by the be commissioned by 2012. Gail proposes
100 per cent subsid- year-end and 3 mn to develop the infrastructure across the
iary, is planning an iron t, next year. Adhunik state for natural gas to be supplied for
ore beneficiation and Power, the other subsid- various applications, including power
pelletisation plant in iary, has lined up a 540 generation, manufacture of fertilizer,
Jharkhand, and a 30 mw mw power plant at an and city gas distribution for domestic,
power plant and 40,000 investment of Rs 2,650 automobile and commercial end users.
tonnes of ferro alloys. crore. The company has Gail will facilitate two gas pipelines, a
According to Adhunik’s tied up debts to raise Rs Kochi-Kanjirakode-Mangalore-Bangalore
MD Manoj K Agarwal, 200 crore for the proj- pipeline and a sub-sea gas pipeline from
the total investment in ect internally, and was Kochi to Kayamkulam. The 1,114 km
the project would be Rs in an advanced stage Kochi-Mangalore pipeline is to cost Rs
700 crore. The iron ore of talks with private 3,032 crore and the Kochi-Kayamkulam
beneficiation and pel- equity players to raise pipeline Rs 1,000 crore.
letisation plant would Rs 450 crore.
required for the plants from
Almatti dam across Krishna
river. The company will estab-
lish the plants at an area spread
over 500 acre at Waddarahalli
and 450 acre at Nandibanda
villages near Hospet, and is in
the process of acquiring land
from Karnataka Industrial Area
Development Board (KIADB). It
is also expected to open a mine
it acquired from Dalmia Group
at PK Halli in Bellary district.
MSPL plans to extract 2.5 mil-
lion tonne additional iron ore
every year.
company had planned a unit
in West Bengal. However, the
state government could not
acquire land for the project,
despite an assurance made
in February 2005 by the chief
minister. The steel project
is also subject to availability
of iron ore mines. For a 3 mt
unit, the ore required would be
250-300 mnt.
with two other private players,
Scaw Industries of Dhenkanal
and SPS Sponge Iron Limited of
Sundergarh. Ujjwal Chatterjee,
General Manager, Tata Sponge
Iron, said the coal mine project
needs about 1000 hectare of
land out of which 600 hectare
is privately owned, while the
remaining is forest and govern-
ment owned in Chhendipada
tehsil. He said 6(1) notification
under the Land Acquisition Act
has been issued and 7(1) noti-
fication is in the process. The
company has deposited Rs 64
crore with the state government
for private land acquisition.
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Caution on ‘affordable’ ! Market Index

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onfederation of Indian Industries’ (CII)
Published by
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21 - 27 September | 2009 | Projects Info Interaction|11

“We specialise in high

quality hydraulic equipment”
Vijay Naidu, Head-Sales, Portable Equipments, Xtech Equipment Pvt Ltd elucidates on his company’s
growth, product range and future plans to PROJECTS INFO.
Pune-based Xtech Equipment Pvt Ltd established in associate partnership with Darda
Systemtechnik GmbH, Germany, manufacture a range of hydraulic tools and equipment to cater to
the needs of the construction and mining industry in India and neighbouring countries. Xtech sells
hydraulic portable equipment. This equipment is used in rock demolitions, breaking of concrete,
etc. They also serve the mining industry; they are especially useful where blasting is prohibited due
to high environmental concerns. Xtech specialises in bringing equipment to the Indian market with
after sales service backup by qualified engineers.
What is your hinterland of operation?
We have our presence in each and
every state of India. Apart from India, we
are also present in Nepal, Bhutan and
Sri Lanka.
“Our
equipments
Please elaborate on your product
range. are best suited
The products introduced by us in the for disaster
market are unique and are exclusive-
ly designed for specialised works. Our management
product range includes:
• Hydraulic Rock and Concrete Splitters situations like
- Rock and Concrete Breaking
• Portable hand held Hydraulic
earthquakes
Breaking / Cutting Equipments – as they provide
Concrete
• Construction Chemicals – Water quick relief
Proofing and Leak sealing
• High Performance Hydraulic Rock to victims
Drill with Built in Compressor
• Surface Mining Equipments –
trapped in
Construction and Mining buildings as
The portable equipments are powered
by portable/mobile hydraulic power compared to
units powered by diesel/petrol engines conventional
(They consume about 0.75 - 1 litre per
hour) and electric motors. methods of
What are the latest products added to breaking.”
the Xtech’s eclectic range?
The company has Darda Hydraulic Vijay Naidu,
Rock and Concrete Splitters which are Head-Sales,
being manufactured by Darda GmbH. Portable
These splitters are used for rock excava- Equipments,
tion, concrete demolition and pile cut-
ting as they provide a powerful and cost
Xtech Equipment
effective alternative to other conven- Pvt Ltd
tional demolition techniques. They are
an alternative in cases where rock ham-
mers produce vibrations and take time
for pile cutting. How are the splitters used? • Secondary splitting of boulders. What are the future plans of the com-
The splitters are used for: pany?
Can you elaborate on their (Darda • Removal of overburden in natural Where does your company’s equip- Xtech has grown very rapidly in last
Hydraulic Rock and Concrete Splitters) stone industry – Granite, Marble, ment find applications? three years and intend to grow at a very
functioning? Sandstone etc. Our equipments are best suited for fast rate in the next two years. Our pres-
Initially, a hole is drilled to a specified • Precision splitting in the natural disaster management situations like ence in the market has grown consider-
diameter and depth using an ordinary stone industry for production of earthquakes as they provide quick ably with presence in each and every
rock drill. Then the wedge set is inserted marble and granite blocks. relief to victims trapped in buildings as state. We have been more aggressive
into the hole with the wedge in a retract- • Demolition work in concrete and compared to conventional methods of in the market for the last few years,
ed position. The hydraulic pressure then reinforced concrete like wall, bridges, breaking, and are the best alternative our market penetration has increased
forces the wedge between the two coun- foundations etc. at sites where blasting is prohibited. with appointment dealers in Nepal and
ter wedges, pressing them against the • Hard rock excavation. These equipments are also useful and Bhutan.
walls of the drilled hole. The effective • Demolition of rocks for trenching, effective tools in road projects, civil
splitting force of up to 413 tonne or tunnelling etc. maintenance, breaking of boulders
4048 KN breaks concrete and rock from • Enlarging work in underground (landslides, mines), deconstruction,
inside, demolishing thinner iron rods at mines. and demolition. They can also be used
the same time. • Underwater demolition. in cramped areas where mobilisation
of heavy equipments like dozers, exca-
vators and compressors takes time,
and in many instances it is difficult to
deploy such equipments in congest-
ed areas due to their inaccessibility.
Xtech’s equipments are easy to operate,
portable and economical.

Who are your major clients?

Currently more than 700 of our equip-
ments are operational. Our major custom-
ers include L&T, Tata Group, HCC, Konkan
Railway, Delhi Metro Project, BARC along
with other road and civil contractors.

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21 - 27 September | 2009 | Projects Info
Nahar awaits land at Mandideep
A patch of land has yet to
be transferred to Ludhiana
based Nahar Group for its Rs
300 crore project at Mandideep
near Bhopal in Madhya
Pradesh, after a state apex
committee approved the trans-
fer a year ago. The project, to
be called Nahar Poly Films,
is to make Biaxially-Oriented
Polypropylene films near its
existing yarn manufacturing
unit. The apex committee has
already cleared the matter but
Ghat highway to be concreted
W ork on the concretisation
of the Shiradi Ghat stretch
on the Mangalore-Bangalore
NH-48 is expected to begin
in November 2009 and will be
completed by May 2010.
Union Ministry of Road
Transport and Highways has
revised the cost of concreting
the 26-km stretch from Rs 115
crore to Rs 118.58 crore. Bids
for the project are expected to
be invited shortly. The central
Concor depot to be functional by March 2010
C ontainer Corporation of
India (Concor) is setting up
a Rs 53 crore (estimated) inland
container depot (ICD) for the
Himachal Pradesh Government
at Sheetalpur in Baddi district.
Concor has started the work
for Phase I and the platform
is expected to be functional
by March 2010. Work is on to
develop warehouses, admin-
istrative buildings and basic
BHEL bags Vallur
power project order
B
HEL has bagged an order
worth Rs 1,300 crore
from NTPC-Tamil Nadu
Energy Company Ltd (NTECL)
for the supply and installa-
tion of the boiler, turbine and
generator (BTG) package as
an extension of its upcoming
Vallur thermal power project at
Ennore in Tamil Nadu, involv-
ing one unit of 500 mw. NTECL
is a JV company of NTPC and
Tamil Nadu Electricity Board.
BHEL’s scope of work will
include design, engineering,
manufacture, supply, erection
and commissioning of steam
turbine, generator, boiler and
associated auxiliaries, besides
state-of-the-art controls and
instrumentation system. The
company is already executing
a contract for the 2x500 mw
greenfield Vallur power project
of NTECL.
HP to invite tenders for 54 hydels U'khand to re-invite airport bids
T he Himachal Pradesh Energy
Development Agency will
invite open bids from private
companies to execute 54 identi-
fied small hydro-electric projects
ranging from 0.40 to 5 mw capac-
ity, aggregating 134 mw capacity.
The state government has allotted
the 149 mw Sach Pass hydel proj-
ect to L&T Power Development
Company while the 13 mw Suil
project was bagged by MBD. The
state also plans to venture into
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the district administration
needs to speed up the process.
Works on right of way, diver-
sion of land and works pertain-
ing to electric lines are yet to be
facilitated to the company. The
company needs to compensate
farmers for obtaining a right of
way so that the power line can
reach the unit. The new unit is
expected to have a manufac-
turing capacity of 30,000 tpa
and the work is likely to be
completed within a year.
government is providing addi-
tional funds are being provid-
ed by the Union Government
to cover the cost of construc-
tion of culverts and protection
walls. Additionally, stretches on
NH-17 between Thokkottu and
Talapady, between Padubidri
and Mulky, and Sasthana and
Santhekatte will be asphalt-
ed at a cost of Rs 2.45 crore,
Rs 5.75 crore and Rs 4.5 crore
respectively.
infrastructure facilities. The
state government has trans-
ferred about 86 bigha (about 18
acre) of government land, val-
ued at about Rs 16 crore, to the
company at a nominal lease of
Re 1 per acre per year for a peri-
od of 95 years. The government
is also negotiating with farmers
to acquire land for widening
of roads leading to the depot.
The extension of railway link

BHEL will supply and install boiler, turbine and generator for the
Vallur project.
thermal and gas sectors by gen-
erating 2,000 mw of additional
power. Additionally, 1,500 mw
will be generated by obtaining
coal blocks in the name of the
state government. The remain-
ing 500 mw is to be generated
through share under ultra mega
power projects and tie-ups
with gas-based companies. The
Gypsa and Khab hydel projects
will be developed under the
state sector.
Nimoo-Bazgo to be
ready by Aug 2010
N
HPC’s 45 mw Nimoo-
Bazgo hydroelectric
project in Jammu &
Kashmir (J&K) is expected to be
completed by August 2010. The
project, located at Alchi, about
70 km from Leh, harnesses the
hydel-power potential of river
Indus, and is being constructed
at an outlay of Rs 611 crore.
The project’s three units will
produce 239.33 million units
of power annually. NN Vohra,
Governor, J&K, laid the founda-
tion stone of 66/11 kV, 6.3 MVA
electric sub-station at Bazgo.
The sub-station will be one of
the six being constructed in
the area under the RGGVY. The
work on all the six sub-stations
has started, and is scheduled to
be completed by October 2010.
to Baddi will further facilitate
the import-export process.
UNtil that time, the depot will
function as a container freight
station. An already approved
33.75 km long Chandigarh-
Baddi new Rs 750 crore broad
gauge link projecthas run into
land acquisition problems on
the original route, and now the
railways ministry is studying an
alternate route for the project.
T he Uttarakhand State
Infrastructure Development
Corporation Ltd (USIDCL) is
likely to re-invite bids shortly
from eligible consultants for
the modernisation and expan-
sion of the Naini-Saini airport
in the hilly Pithoragarh dis-
trict. Previously, USIDCL had
received only one bid, forcing
the civil aviation department to
reinitiate the process. The state
government intends to invest Rs
Project update|13

The Nimoo-Bazgo project will have three units of 15 mw each.
Kajauli water project DPR ready
T he Municipal Corporation
of Chandigarh has prepared
a detailed project report (DPR)
for Phase V and VI of the Kajauli
water project, and will be sent
to the Union Territory admin-
istration for approval before
Contracts awarded
L&T sub to make offshore jacket
L &T Modular Fabrication
Yard, a subsidiary of L&T, has
received an order from ONGC to
fabricate a massive jacket struc-
ture at a cost of $ 925 million
(approximately Rs 4,440 crore).
The jacket weighing in excess of
10,000 million tonne will be the
biggest single-piece structure
to be fabricated in the entire
Gulf region. Work on the jacket
Petron bags power project orders
P etron Engineering Constru-
ction has bagged two
orders cumulatively valued at
Rs 154.42 crore from Powergen
Infrastructure for erection and
associated works of boiler and
Areva to build substation
A reva T&D has bagged an
order from Haryana Vidyut
Prasaran Nigam Ltd (HVPNL)
valued at Rs 76 crore for turn-
key design and construction of
a World Bank-funded 400 kV air
insulated substation at Nawada
45 crore for the upgradation and
modernisation of the airport to
promote tourism, and wants the
airport to be developed under
PPP mode. The government has
acquired 17.8 hectare for the
airport. EoIs were also invited
for expanding and strengthen-
ing the runway and upgradation
associated operational infra-
structure and terminal facilities
at the airport, pending over sev-
eral decades.
seeking the Union Ministry of
Urban Development's approv-
al and funding. The two phases
will supply 40 million gallons
per day. The project, estimated
to cost Rs 198 crore, is expected
to finish in three years.
is scheduled to begin in January
2010 at L&T’s waterfront fabri-
cation yard within the Port of
Sohar in Oman. The 60 metre-
high structure is a key compo-
nent of an offshore facility for
ONGC’s Mumbai High North
field. A special skid-way will also
be built at the Sohar yard on top
of which the ultra-large jacket
structure will be fabricated.
auxiliaries, and from Adani
Power Maharashtra for the
work of TG auxiliaries of Units
1 and 3 out of 3 x 660 mw Tiroda
Thermal Power Project at Tiroda
in Gondia, Maharashtra.
near Faridabad, including sup-
ply of 2x315 MVA power trans-
formers, high voltage circuit
breakers and other t&d prod-
ucts. Areva T&D is also con-
structing HVPNL’s 400 kV sub-
station at Kirori near Hissar.
Alstom signals for
Namma Metro
A lstom Projects India Ltd said
the firm, along with consor-
tium partners, won a contract to
supply signalling equipment and
services to the Bangalore Metro
Rail Corporation worth Rs 5.63
billion. The consortium com-
prises of Alstom Projects India
Ltd, Alstom Transport SA, Thales
Security Solutions and Services
and Sumitomo Corporation.
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14 |Tenders Projects Info | 21 - 27 September | 2009

Sl. Tender Value EMD / Doc Cost Submission /

Organisation Location State Document Date
no. (Rs) (Rs) Opening Date

ARCHITECTS/INTERIOR WORK/CONSULTANCY
1 Delhi Agricultural Marketing Board Khampur Delhi 700,00,000.00 NA / NA 16/11/2009 16/11/2009 / 16/11/2009

Details: 103-2009--: Development of a modern wholesale fruit market at Tikri Khampur. The Architects Contact: Project Engineer-III, 9, Institutional Area, Pankha Road, Janakpuri, New Delhi-110058, Delhi.
cum Consultants who have completed “at-least three works costing not less then Rs 50 crores each or Tel: 011 2852 2281, 285 25232. Fax: 011 2852 2085
two works costing not less then Rs 75 crores each or one work costing not less then Rs 125 Crores” for
planning & designing of the projects excluding the housing projects during last seven years may apply
alongwith a certificate of having completed the work, issued by the client with details of work done area
achieved and cost of the project etc. Cost of the land is not to be included in the project cost
2 Public Works Department Surat Gujarat NA NA / 1,000.00 30/10/2009 04/11/2009 / 04/11/2009
Details: 3/1 for Year 2009-2010: Appointment of technical assistant for preparation of feasibility report Contact: The Executive Engineer, National Highway Division Jalgaon, Bandhakam Bhavan Compound,
for four lanning to Surat Dhule section of NH-6 in km. 360/00 to 520/600 (length 160 km with nine Opposite Collector Office, Jalgaon - Maharashtra. Tel: 0257 232 322
fly overs).
3 Chennai Metro Rail Ltd Chennai Tamil Nadu 153,00,000.00 NA / 20,800.00 16/10/2009 22/10/2009 / 22/10/2009
Details: ECV02-02: Design and construction of elevated viaduct from ch:15738m to 20900 m on corri- Contact: Officer on Special Duty, 11/6 Seethammal Road, Alwarpet, Chennai : 600018, Tamil Nadu. Tel:
dor-2 (including viaducts at Ashok Nagar - KK Nagar and SIDCO stations but excluding 600m of viaducts 044 2431 0171. Fax: 044 2431 2320
at Alandur station) for a length of 4562m. Completion of work: 24 months

BUILDING MATERIAL/EQUIPMENT
4 South Eastern Coalfields Ltd Korba Chattisgarh 15,00,000.00 30,000.00 / 2,000.00 20/10/2009 20/10/2009 / 20/10/2009
Details: SECL/BSP/MMW/SEC.III(B)/WS ITEM/09-10/91: Supply of portable boring machine with Contact: Chief General Manager (MM), SECL Material Management Wing, Kusmunda Area, Korba,
welding resurface machine. Qty: 1 set. Chattisgarh Tel: 077 5224 6320 Fax: 077 5224 6332
5 Talcher Thermal Power Station Angul Orissa NA 1,12,000.00 / 850 01/10/2009 01/10/2009 / 01/10/2009
Details: NIT No. TTPS/C&M/2009/259; 26.08.2009: Supply of portland slag cement (PSC) as per Contact: Sh. Binay Mallik, Manager (C&M), Talcher Thermal, Angul, Orissa 75910.
IS:455, qty: 1800 mt (Material code: M0325600006). Tender documents will be issued to prospec- Tel: 067 6024 6110
tive bidders against deposit of requisite tender fee and application for bid document. The qualifying
Requirement status will be examined during the process of evaluation of tender submitted by them.
Credentials are required to be submitted with bid only. Tender documents submitted by agencies will not
be returned back.

CEILING/FLOORING/PLASTER/PAINTING
6 Western Railway Sabarmati Gujarat 16,80,000.00 33,600.00 / 2,000.00 05/10/2009 05/10/2009 / 05/10/2009
Details: DRM/ADI/122 of 2009-2010: Work of “Sabarmati (new colony). Providing leak proof work on Contact: Divisional Railway Manager, Engineering Department, Ahmedabad : 380025, Gujarat Tel: 079
leaky roofs of staff quarters in type-I quarters.” Sabarmati (new colony). Period of completion: 3 months 2294 0858, Fax: 079 2294 0858

DRILLING WORKS/EQUIPMENT
7 South Eastern Coalfields Ltd Korba Chattisgarh 17,00,00,000.00 10,00,000.00/ 5,000.00 08/10/2009 08/10/2009 / 08/10/2009
Details: SECL/BSP/MMW/PVB/160MM DRILL (Global)/89: Supply of 160mm drills - Qty : 3 nos Contact: Chief General Manager (MM), SECL Material Management Wing, Kusmunda Area, Korba,
additional and 14 nos. replacement. Chattisgarh Tel: 077 5224 6320. Fax: 077 5224 6332

EPC/CIVIL WORKS/FENCING/WALL WORKS

8 Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd Thapaka Andhra Pradesh NA NA / 500.00 26/10/2009 26/10/2009/ 26/10/2009
Details: KC11C03037: Civil works for Tatipaka Refinery in island area of E.G. Dist. Construction of Contact: NA, Rajahmundry Asset, Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh. Tel: 088 3243 1570, 72, 27160222
boundary wall and wicket gate at Thapaka Refinery-II.
9 Engineers India Ltd Bharmaputra Assam NA NA / NA 06/10/2009 17/10/2009 / 17/10/2009
Details: 6907/T-064/09-10/3PL/65: Civil and structural works of LLDPE/HCP unit for Brahamaputra Contact: AGM (C&P), BPCL Projects, EI Annexe, 2nd floor, 1 Bhikai Cama Place, R K Puram, New Delhi
Petrochemical complex. : 110066, Delhi. Tel: 011 2676 2091, 26767074. Tel: 011 2616 7664, 2619 5714
10 Bihar State Electricity Board Gaya Bihar 27,70,00,000.00 NA / 10,000.00 19/10/2009 19/10/2009 / 19/10/2009
Details: 191/PR/BSEB/09: Construction of 2x10 MVA, 132/33 KV grid sub-station at Imamganj (Gaya) Contact: Chief Engineer (Transmission), Vidyut Bhawan, 3rd floor, J L Nehru Marg, Patna: 800021, Bihar.
and 132 KV single circuit transmission line between Imamganj and Sherghati GSS (route length 25 kms. Tel: 0612 2504 655. Fax: 0612 2504 655
approx) on turnkey basis. Time of completion of works: 18 months. Tenders are invited from established
qualified and experienced firms.
11 Godavari Marathwada Irrigation Development Nanded Maharashtra 60,00,000.00 60,000.00 / 2,000.00 27/10/2009 27/10/2009 / 27/10/2009
Corporation
Details: 01 of 2009-2010: Construction of parapet wall pitching and catch water drain of Limboti dam Contact: Executive Engineer, Medium Project Division, Nanded, Maharashtra Tel: 022 4822 20436
@ upper manar medium project Tq. Loha Dist. Nanded. Time limit: 6 calendar months. Class of registra-
tion: Class IV & above.
12 East Coast Railway Khurda Orissa 16,30,400.00 32,610.00 / 2,000.00 05/10/2009 05/10/2009/ 07/10/2009
Details: DRM/Engg/KUR/15/09, Dt. 21.8.2009: Provision of R.C.C. pale fencing at L.C.s under ADEN- Contact: Divisional Railway Manager, Khurda Road, Orissa Tel: 0674 2303 106
I/Cuttack’s jurisdiction of Khurda road division.

PLUMBING/DRAINAGE/SANITARY WORKS
13 Corporation of Chennai Chennai Tamil Nadu 40,67,00,000.00 40,67,000.00/ 16,875.00 21/10/2009 23/10/2009 / 23/10/2009
Details: SWDC No. B4/2192/2009: Providing re-sectioning and concrete lining to Raj Bhavan canal Contact: The Superintending Engineer, Storm Water Drain Department, Ripon Building, Chennai :
including fencing and other improvement works and construction of storm water drain work in Velachery 600003, Tamil Nadu. Tel: 044 2538 1580
water shed, Chennai. Period of completion: 24 months. The bidder should be well established and reputed
civil engineering contractor, registered as a legal entity in India for a minimum period of 5(Five) Years,
five) years. and having experience of minimum 5

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Sl. Tender Value EMD / Doc Cost Submission /
Organisation Location State Document Date
no. (Rs) (Rs) Opening Date

PLUMBING/DRAINAGE/SANITARY WORKS
14 Corporation of Chennai Chennai Tamil Nadu 1,142,300,000 NA / NA 23/10/2009 23/10/2009 / 23/10/2009
Details: S.W.D.C.NO.52/2181/2009: Construction of various sizes of storm water drains and canal Contact: Superintending Engineer / Executive Engineer, Storm Water Drain Department, Chennai, Tamil
improvement work in Chennai City under JNNURM project (1) Kolathur water shed (2) Virugambakkam Nadu. Tel: 044 2538 1580
& Arumbakkam water shed (3) Velachery water shed.

BUILDING MATERIAL/EQUIPMENT Residential/Commercial Buildings

15 Military Engineer Services Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh 4,82,00,000.00 3,91,000.00 / 2,000.00 20/10/2009 20/10/2009 / 20/10/2009
Details: Provision of civil works for housing technical buildings at technical area at RCI, Hyderabad. Contact: Dala Rambabu, CE R&D, Picket, Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
Tel: 040 2784 7664, Fax: 040 2784 7664
16 Northeast Frontier Railway Guwahati Assam 3,32,02,789.00 3,16,015.00 / 10000 07/10/2009 07/10/2009 / 08/10/2009
Details: 20 of 2009: At Guwahati - Replacement of 35 units overaged semi pucca type-II (SS) qrs by Contact: Sr Divisional Engineer/C, Maligaon-11, Assam.
standard type II (TS) qrs and 12 units over-aged semi-pucca type-III (SS) qrs by standard type-III (TS) Tel: 0361 2572 794 2572 779 / 257 0761/ 257 3852
qrs. Date of completion: 365 days
17 Housing Board Haryana Faridabad Sonipat Haryana 2094,00,000.00 5,00,000.00 / 4,500.00 08/10/2009 16/10/2009 / 16/10/2009
Details: Construction of stilt + 10 storeyed 160 type-A flats including internal P.H & E.I services at Contact: Er. Naresh Kumar Gandhi, H.No. 2191-92 Sec-28, Faridabad, Haryana.
HSIIDC complex Barhi Distt. Sonipat Haryana. Time limit: 36 months. Tenders are invited from the Tel: 0129 227 6030
contractor currently enlsisted in the appropriate category with central government, any state government,
MES, public sector undertakings or any organisation that has undertaken construction of similar works
of not less than Rs 20 crores during each of the last three years.
18 Housing Board Haryana Faridabad Sonipat Haryana 2468,00,000.00 5,00,000.00 / 4,500.00 08/10/2009 16/10/2009 / 16/10/2009
Details: Construction of stilt + 10 storeyed 240 type-B flats including internal P.H & E.I services at Contact: Er. Naresh Kumar Gandhi, H.No. 2191-92 Sec-28, Faridabad, Haryana.
HSIIDC complex Barhi Distt. Sonipat Haryana. Time limit: 36 months. Tenders are invited from the Tel: 0129 227 6030
contractor currently enlsisted in the appropriate category with central government, any state government,
MES, public sector undertakings or any organisation that has undertaken construction of similar works
of not less than Rs 20 crores during each of the last three years.
19 Himachal Pradesh, Public Works Department Mandi Himachal Pradesh 1,63,31285.00 1,95,900.00 / 1,250.00 05/10/2009 08/10/2009 / 08/10/2009
Details: Construction of government degree college at Lambattach Tehsil Thunag Dist. Mandir HP (sh: Contact: Executive Engineer, Public Works Department, Himachal Pradesh
construction of building portion with w/s & SI). Time limt: 1 year 6 months. Tel: 0190 5224 850
20 Himachal Pradesh, Public Works Department Mandi Himachal Pradesh 16,66,978.00 32,500.00 / 315.00 05/10/2009 08/10/2009 / 08/10/2009
Details: Construction of P.H.C Building at Thachi (sh: construction of building portion i/c w/s & s/1). Contact: Executive Engineer, Public Works Department, Himachal Pradesh
Time limit: 1 year. Tel: 019 0522 4850
21 Border Roads Organisation Sampark Jammu & Kashmir 225,00,00,000.00 3,00,000.00 / 2,000.00 31/10/2009 31/10/2009/ 31/10/2009
Details: CA NO CE (P) SPK/2009-2010: Construction of married accommodation (type-II) at HQ 13 Contact: Chief Engineer, HQ CE (P) Sampark C/O 56 APO, Jammu & Kashmir
BRTF (Malpur complex) under project Sampaark in J&K State. Completion period: 24 months
22 Karnataka State Police Housing Corporation Ltd Chamaraj Karnataka 214,00,000.00 2,14,000.00/ 10,400.00 03/10/2009 12/10/2009 / 13/10/2009
Details: PHC/Contracts/Mys/TND/2009-10/463: Construction of seating gallery to dist. stadium at Contact: Executive Engineer Contracts, No. 59, Richmond Road Bangalore-560 025, Karnataka
Chamaraj nagar in Chamaraj nagar fist. under DC work. Tenders are invited with Class-I registered Tel: 080 2558 4102 Extn: 317 / 329 Fax:080 2294 2219
contractor of State PWDs/Central/MES/Govt. undertakings.Period of contract including monsoon: 12
months.
23 East Coast Railway Khurda Orissa 21,91,100.00 43,820.00 / 3,000.00 05/10/2009 05/10/2009 / 07/10/2009
Details: DRM/Engg/KUR/15/09, Dt. 21.8.2009: Construction of crew lobby cum crew booking office at Contact: Divisional Railway Manager, Khurda Road, Orissa
Angul station of Khurda road division. Tel: 0674 2303 106

ROADS/ROAD OVER BRIDGE/BRIDGES/FLYOVERS/HIGHWAYS

24 National Highways Authority Jorbat Assam NA NA / 50000 14/10/2009 14/10/2009/ 14/10/2009
Details: NHAI/BOT/11019/9/2003/53: Request for qualification for four laning of Jorbat-Shillong Contact: Mr Pawan Kumar, G-5 & 6 Sector-10, Dwarka, New Delhi : 110075, Delhi
(Barapani) section of NH-40 from km 0.000 to 61.800 in the states of Assam and Meghalaya on Tel: 011 2507 4100 2507 4200 Extn : 2230. Fax: 011 2509 3508
DBFOT pattern under SARDP_NE on build, operate and transfer (annuity) basis (project reference no.
NHAI/SARDP/20081)-
25 East Central Railway Patna Bihar 71,080,000 505,400.00/ 10,000.00 06/10/2009 07/10/2009 / 09/10/2009
Details: 28 of 2009-10 (Open)/South: Construction of cut & cover protal bridge ( 2x6.25m) for elephant Contact: Chief Administrative Office/Construction, Mahendrughat, Patna, Bihar
pas at ch. km 45.900 & ch.47.475 and other associated works between Koderma to Hazaribagh in con- Tel: 0161 2268 3409. Fax: 0161 2268 3409
nection with construction new a BG rail line from Koderma to Ranchi. Time of Completion after issue of
LOA: 12 Months. Tender package no. KH-05.
26 Government of Karnataka Bellary Karnataka 276,59,00,000.00 NA / NA 26/10/2009 26/10/2009 / 27/10/2009
Details: Request for proposal for Development of state highway No. 132 commencing from Ch.0.000 to Contact: Project Director, PIU, KSHIP, K R Circle, Bangalore- 560 001, Karnataka.
Ch.27.400 from Bellary city to Andhra Pradesh (AP) border to 4 (Four) lane2, undertake construction Fax: 080 2229 666.
of wayside amenities and improvements of the existing carriageway on the available right of way extending
from km 0.000 to km 3.4000 from Andhra Pradesh border to Chatra Gudi in the state of Andhra Pradesh
on a design-build-operate-transfer (DBOT) basis through e-procurement.
27 Public Works Department Akluj Maharashtra 1,08,55,000.00 1,08,000.00 / 5,000.00 30/10/2009 6/11/2009 / 06/11/2009
Details: 22 for Year 2009-2010: Improvements to Mahad Pandharpur road SH 70 Km.171/00 to 174/00 Contact: The Executive Engineer,, Akluj, Maharashtra Tel: 0218 5227 490
( BM & Carpet) Tal.Malshiras Dist.Solapur

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16 |Feature
Wind power: Energy of the future
Wind power has emerged as an important energy source worldwide, and is beginning to figure in
national energy plans, income and employment. A report by PROJECTS INFO on the recent devel-
opments in the sector.
I
ndia has long played an important
role in the world’s wind energy mar-
ket established in the 1990s. Since
the mid-seventies, when work began in
earnest on harnessing wind, the devel-
opment of wind energy technology
has made significant progress. Modern
wind turbines are highly sophisticated
machines built on aerodynamic prin-
ciples, which were developed from
the aerospace industry, incorporating
advanced materials and electronics.
Modern wind turbines are designed to
deliver energy across a range of wind
speeds. The technical feasibility of using
wind as a major source of energy has
now been established, and wind energy
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today ranks as one of the most promis-
ing renewable technologies for generat-
ing electricity. The technology, its re-
powering, untapped off-shore potential
and furthering wind resource assess-
ment could play a key part in the nation’s
effort to provide energy to its ever grow-
ing economy, which will then boom and
combat climate change.
After a lull last decade, wind energy has
experienced a re-emergence for electric
power generation in the grid-connected
mode. The positive development of wind
energy in India has been driven by pro-
gressive state level legislation, including
policy measures such as renewable port-
folio standards and feed-in-tariffs. The
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
(MNRE) has placed a vital role in framing
the policies, which have had a consider-
able impact. Some states with Renewable
Portfolio Standards (RPS) or other poli-
cies to promote wind generation have
introduced feed-in-tariffs (tariffs higher
than conventional electricity rates to
offset cost disadvantages in producing
alternative energy forms) for wind gen-
eration. Also, the Electricity Act of 2003
is a step forward to protect the interest
of the generator, the transmitter and
the consumer. The National Renewable
Energy Portfolios, set up by the Central
Regulatory Authority will complement
or supplement existing portfolio stan-
Projects Info | 21 - 27 September | 2009
dards at state level. Such a dynamic
national standard level will have mini-
mum stipulated purchase obligations.
The government also provides fiscal and
other benefits to promote private invest-
ment in all renewable energy sectors,
including wind energy. The major incen-
tives are provided as per the Income Tax
Act, under Section 32 Rules 5 and Section
80. Such benefits help the developers
of these projects to reduce the capital
investment. However, it does not have
direct bearing on the tariff rates. As there
are other major factors which effect cost
of generation of a wind power project,
such as plant load factor, capital cost,
interest on borrowing etc., the above tax
benefits result in a marginal reduction
in the cost of generation. These benefits
are intended to promote investment in
renewable energy sector and increasing
green power generation.
The Ministry is fast pushing the intro-
duction of generation based incentive
(GBI). This will attract domestic and for-
eign direct investment (FDI) and IPPs
to come to India and set up large wind
farms instead of existing in retail mar-
ket conditions. Indian Wind Turbine
Manufacturers Association (IWTMA) has
requested that the two investment port-
folios, one for accelerated depreciation
(AD) and the other for GBI (Non-depre-
ciation customers), must co-exist leav-
ing the option to the investor. The pro-
posal is under consideration now. MNRE
is implementing the world’s largest wind
resource assessment programme, which
forms the backbone of their wind exploi-
tation efforts. Preliminary estimates
indicate a potential of about 20,000 mw.
Scientific surveys are being intensified
to identify specific viable and potential
sites. A recent study undertaken to re-
assess the potential, places it at about
45,000 mw. Assuming a grid penetra-
tion of 20 per cent, a technical potential
of about 9,000 mw is already available
for exploitation in the potential States.
160 sites have so far been identified
in 13 States, while survey work is in
progress in 24 States / UTs. The States
of Rajasthan, Gujarat and West Bengal
have also shown wind potential recently.
Today, the country has a wind pow-
er installed capacity of 992 mw, out of
which about 940 mw is accounted for
by commercial installations. About 3.5
billion units of electricity have been fed
in to the grid so far. A good local produc-
tion base for wind turbines now exists
in the country, with 15 manufacturing
companies active in this sector.
A recent report on the wind energy
industry in India reveals that turbine
prices have always been lower than
the global average, due to lower labour
and production costs in the country.
More than a dozen international com-
panies now manufacture wind turbines
in India. “Over the past few years, both
the government and the wind power
industry have succeeded in injecting
greater stability into the Indian market.
This has encouraged larger private and
public sector enterprises to invest in
wind,” stated the report published by
the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC)
and IWTMA.
The report states, “It has also stimu-
lated a stronger domestic manufactur-
ing sector; some foreign companies now
source more than 80 per cent of the
components for their turbines in India.
The current annual production capac-
ity of wind turbines manufactured in
India is about 3,000-3,500 mw, includ-
ing turbines for the domestic as well as
for the export markets. However, the
actual number of turbines produced is
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Now, the industry has entered
the “commercialisation phase”,
thereby lowering the cost of
wind turbine generators during
the last few decades. The costs
are expected to be reduced
further by increasing the local
manufacturing of all turbine
components in India and
substituting imports of more
expensive parts from interna-
tional markets.
Rising raw material prices
and shortages in the supply
chain for turbine components
caused a marked increase in
the price of new wind turbines
globally in the years 2006 to
2008. Ramifications of the
driven by market forces, and turbines has fallen steadily financial crisis have reversed
high interest rates often do not over the past 20 years as tur- this upward trend, and accord-
allow for the accumulation of bine design is now largely con- ing to New Energy Finance, the
inventory. Thanks to new mar- centrated on the three-bladed newly launched Wind Turbine
ket entrants, it is expected that upwind model with variable Price Index shows an 18 per cent
the annual production capacity speed and pitch blade regula- decrease in contract prices for
will rise to 5,000 mw per year tion. Also, optimised manu- delivery in H1 2010. As financ-
by 2015.” facturing techniques, mass ing for new projects became
Companies operating in production and automation harder to come by, difficulties
this segment in India include have resulted in economies of in previous supply chains were
Suzlon, Vestas Wind Tech, RRB scale. A graduated assumption overcome. In addition, decreas-
Energy, Enercon, Vestas, GE, estimates the costs of Rs 5.35 ing raw material prices also
Gamesa, Siemens, ReGen Power crore/mw (as per 2008 prices) helped bring prices down. As
Tech, LMGlasfiber, WinWinD, to decrease to Rs 5.00 crore/ a result, since late 2008, global
Kenersys and Global Wind mw by 2010, then stabilising at turbine prices have dropped
Power. These companies are that level. The reason for this by 18 per cent for turbines to
manufacturing in India either graduated assumption is that be delivered in the first half of
through a joint venture under the manufacturing industry has
licensed production as subsid- not yet gained the full benefits Sl. State Gross
iaries of foreign companies or of series production, especially No. Potential
as Indian companies with their due to the rapid up scaling of (mw) (a)
own technology. products. Neither has the full 1. Andhra Pradesh 8275
The report indicates that the potential of the latest design
capital cost of producing wind optimisations been realised. 2. Gujarat 9675
3. Karnataka 6620
4. Kerala 875
IWTMA’s wind energy outlook scenarios
5. Madhya Pradesh 5500

Three different scenarios for wind energy development in
India are set against two electricity demand projections. 6. Maharashtra 3650
The Reference Scenario is based on the International Energy 7. Orissa 1700
Agency’s (IEA) predictions for the power mix in India in 2030,
resulting in a minimal increase in wind power in this time frame 8. Rajasthan 5400
from the current 10 gw to 27 gw. This would also be reflected 9. Tamil Nadu 3050
in a negligible impact on investment, employment and CO2
savings by wind energy. 10. West Bengal 450

The Moderate Scenario is based on an estimation. This could 11. Other States - -
result in a total installed capacity of 142 gw by 2030, which
would produce 341 TWh of electricity and satisfy 12.6 - 14.2 Total 45195 mw
per cent of India’s demand. The impact on annual investment
(Rs 336 billion) and employment (142,000 jobs) would be POSSIBLE GENERATION
considerable, and 323 million tons of CO2 could be saved
every year. per mw ( in lakh units )

The moderate scenario and the following advanced scenario Tamil Nadu 16 - 20
is a vision statement of the future considering the enormous
capacity of power demand of India and possible untapped Maharashtra 14 - 16
wind resource. The potential of off-shore is not even estimated Karnataka 14 - 20
but one cannot play down the 7000 km of coastline.

Re-powering with larger turbines will add to reaching such Gujarat 12 - 14
capacities. The outlook for India as done for others globally Andhra Pradesh 12 - 16
upto 2030 is a projection that is achievable.
Madhya Pradesh 12 - 14
2010. Today, the capital cost of
wind power projects cost Rs 6.5
crore per mw on turnkey basis.
The government has intro-
duced a package of incentives
which include tax concessions
such as 100 per cent acceler-
ated depreciation, tax holidays
for power generation projects,
soft loans, relief from customs
and excise duty, liberalised for-
eign investment procedures,
etc. IREDA is also playing a
significant role in promoting
renewable energy projects,
wind energy projects in par-
ticular.
Companies across business
domains are turning to this
environment friendly energy
source for captive or commer-
cial utilisation. DLF had invest-
ed Rs 1500 crore on wind ener-
gy. Major black-energy firms
such as ONGS, BPCL, HPCL,
IOC and British Petroleum have
together purchased wind tur-
bines that can produce 150 mw
of power investing over Re1,000
crore. Reliance, Tata and Bajaj
are increasingly investing into
wind power for captive and
commercial use. The Indian
Railways too has set up wind-
mills. Several large hospital-
ity firms are currently in talks
Technical Installed
Potential Capacity
(mw) (b) (mw) (c)
1920 121.1
1780 667
1180 847
605 2.0
845 58
3040 1485
780 2
910 470
1880 3460
450 1.6
0.5
13390 7114 mw
with domestic and foreign wind
energy solution providers, as
going green gives them a USP.
Industry experts say lack of
awareness is a major set back
to implement such initiatives.
Fear of whether the system
will work, how efficient it will
be and maintenance cost are
some of the factors that restrain
consumers from opting it out.
Maintenance costs tend to be
very low, and wind energy can
be a powerful energy source.
Research & Development
The Ministry supports R&D
projects through C-WET and
through research institutions,
national laboratories, universi-
ties and industries. Subgroups,
consisting of experts in vari-
ous fields of wind energy, have
identified thrust areas for
research on new and alterna-
tive material for construction
of wind turbine components,
hybrid systems, models for
forecasting of wind power and
human resource development.
A working group consisting of
experts from different organi-
zations has been constituted to
examine the feasibility of off-
shore wind farms in India. A
proposal has been formulated
by C-WET to set up measure-
ment systems at two offshore
locations in Tamil Nadu.

Items Wheeling Banking Buy-back Third party-sales Other Penalty on kVARh consumption
Incentives
Andhra 2% of energy - Presently Rs.3.37 Allowed as per E.Act NOT Available Van Drawal 0.10p/unit.
Pradesh w.e.f 1 April 2004 2003 subject to NEDCAP To Give 10 Lakhs / MW to APTransco
(frozen for 5 years) APERC Regulations 1 lakh /to NEDCAP
Karnataka 5% of energy +1.15Kwh as 2% every Rs 3.40 / kwh no ecalation Allowed to HT con- same as for No generatin tax for 5 years
cross subsidy for 3rd party sale month for for 10 years sumers other industries Van drawal 0.40p/unit
12 months
Kerala To be decided - 3.14 for - 15% (max Rs 5 -
by SERC 20 years lakh)
Uttar 2% of energy 12 months Rs 2.25/kwh (5% Esc.95-96 ) Allowed same as for -
Pradesh other industries
West Bengal 2% of energy 6 months to be decided on case to case Not Allowed - -
basis
Gujarat 4% of energy 6 months Rs 3.37/kwh Not Allowed - R.P.<10% energy
0.10 P.>10% 0.25p
Madhya 2% of energy +Transmission Not Allowed Present Rs 3.97p/kwh coming Allowed same as for 27 paise per kVARh
Pradesh charges by SERC down to Rs 3.30 from the 5th other industries
year to 20th year
Maharashtra 2% of energy 2% for Rs 3.50/kwh with escalation Allowed 30% (max Rs 20 Sales tax (Exemption for 6 years subject
+5% T&D loss 12 months of 15 p per unit/year for 13 lakh per proj- to a minimum PLF of 20%)
years ect )
Rajasthan 2% of Energy 2% for present Allowed - Details Contact IWTMA
12 months Rs 3.32/kwh
* Courtesy : MNRE

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RLDA invites bids to develop properties
T he Rail Land Development
Authority (RLDA) has
invited bids for the com-
mercial development of two
properties in Vijayawada and
Visakhapatnam in Andhra
Pradesh. The authority has
invited tenders in a single stage,
two-packet bidding system to
develop the properties on long-
Kool Homes launches four projects in Pune
K ool Homes has launched
four tech-savvy residen-
tial projects in Pune com-
prising 1,000 homes with an
investment of Rs 150 crore.
A township is planned on
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Phase I will include 300 flats on 6 acre.
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whose Phase I will include
300 flats on six acre. The
other projects, in Bavdhan,
Balewadi and Kondhwa, will
include 250 units each on two
or three acre land. Units will
be 2 and 3 BHK homes cover-
term lease basis. The properties
located at Poornanandampet,
Vijayawada, and at Ambedkar
Circle in Visakhapatnam, are
surplus railway lands. A pre-
bid conference will be held at
the RLDA office in New Delhi
on 10 October. The last date
for the submission of bids is 27
October.
ing 1,200 and 1,490 sq ft with
a price of Rs 50 and Rs 60 lakh
respectively. The flats will be
equipped with ultra-modern
amenities such as exhibition-
style modular kitchens, moto-
rised curtain controls, etc.
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Garv to develop township
G arv Buildtech, a subsid-
iary of Omaxe, has entered
into a MoU with Lucknow
Development Authority for
the development of a hi-
tech township on a proposed
area of 2,700 acre in the city.
Adani calls bids for thermal plant
A dani Mining Pvt Ltd (AMPL),
an SPV of Adani Group, has
invited tenders in two part
bidding system from potential
developers for its 1,080 mw
(8x135) thermal power project
at Udaipur in Surguja district
Bidders for waste mgt project
R amky Enviro Engineers
has emerged as the lowest
bidder for the integrated sol-
id waste management project
to maintain the 60-acre fruits
and vegetables wholesale mar-
ket at Koyambedu in Chennai.
The Chennai Metropolitan
Punjab's low-cost homes project
P unjab Chief Minister Parkash
Singh Badal launched a low-
cost housing project developed
by his government in collabo-
ration with Ambuja Cement
Foundation. The project has an
outlay of Rs 2.2 crore and devel-
oped over an area of seven acre
at village Gaggar in Muktsar
district. An official release said
that the project was equipped
with all civic amenities for the
News
The proposed township is
strategically located at the
Lucknow Ring Road, in close
proximity to Lucknow Airport.
The project is to be executed in
phases over a period of five to
seven years.
of Chhattisgarh.
AMPL is likely to set up
the proposed power project
based on CFBC boiler using
coal washery rejects on EPC
basis. Last date of submission
for tenders is 27 October.
Development Authority invit-
ed the bid for maintaining the
fruits and vegetables market,
which houses over 3,000 shops.
A final decision on the award of
the contract is to be taken after
a negotiation meeting later this
month.
houseless scheduled caste and
backward class families. Badal
said that after the successful
completion of this prestigious
housing project for the lower
strata of the society, several
other companies of national
repute have evinced keen inter-
est to join hands with the state
government for such projects
to accommodate more such
deserving beneficiaries.
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Jhajjar power project raises
Rs 3,900 crore

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for the Jhajjar Power Plant in
just eight months from its foun-
dation date under such difficult
financial market conditions,
reflects the inherent strength
of CLP and the confidence of
the lending community in the
Company.” He further added,
Barmer power unit sync-ed
J SW Energy Ltd said it has
synchronised the first unit
of 135 mw lignite-based
power project in Barmer,
Rajasthan, where the compa-
ny’s wholly owned subsidiary
Raj WestPower Ltd (RWPL)
expects to commence com-
mercial operation of the first
unit of 135 mw in October
2009 and the entire project by
October 2010. The total invest-
ment is Rs 5,000 crore for the
power project and approxi-
BPCL may shut Sulphur unit
B harat Petroleum (BPCL)
is planning to close a unit
that reduces sulphur content
in gasoline and diesel for an
upgrade to produce fuels that
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“Once completed and commis-
sioned in time, Jhajjar project
will contribute significantly
towards improving the power
situation in Haryana State and
will also help the state’s employ-
ment status by providing jobs
for about 250 staff directly and
thousands indirectly.”
mately Rs 702 crore for the lig-
nite mining. The entire power
will be sold to Rajasthan State
Electricity Distribution com-
panies. To part finance various
projects including the power
plant and lignite mining proj-
ects at Barmer, JSW Energy is
proposing to enter the capital
market with an initial public
offering of equity shares aggre-
gating up to Rs 3,000 crore and
has filed its Draft Red Herring
Prospectus with SEBI.
meet Euro III and Euro IV
specifications. It will be man-
datory to sell Euro III and Euro
IV fuels from April 1, so the
plant's function is obviated.
Alstom, Dow dedicate CCS pilot plant in US
A lstom and The Dow
Chemical Co have dedi-
cated a pilot plant to capture
carbon dioxide (CO2) from the
flue gas of a coal-fired boiler at
the Dow-owned facility in West
Virginia. The pilot plant uses
proprietary advanced-amine
GACL plans Rs 98 crore expansion at Dahej
G ujarat Alkalies & Chemicals
Ltd (GACL) has taken up
expansion of its hydrogen perox-
ide project at its Dahej Complex
to increase the capacity by
14,000 tpa for an investment of
Rs 98 crore. After commission-
ing of expansion project, GACL
is poised to be the largest pro-
Rs 50,000 crore to revive fertiliser units
T he Board for Reconstruction
of Public Sector Enterprises
(BRPSE) has proposed to the
government a revival of five
sick fertiliser units, which will
involve an investment of more
than Rs 50,000 crore.
Instead of reviving the units
with private partners, BRPSE
has proposed reviving the
units through government
funding, mainly from rev-
enue raised from the ongo-
Projects Info | 21 - 27 September | 2009
technology jointly developed
by Alstom and Dow to capture
approximately 1,800 metric
tons of CO2 annually. The pilot
will operate for the next two
years, generating data that can
be used to optimize the tech-
nology for use at other coal-
ducer of Hydrogen Peroxide in
the country, according to com-
pany sources. The company had
commissioned its first hydrogen
peroxide plant in 1996 at Baroda
and second plant at Dahej in
2007. The total existing capac-
ity of both plants is 25,080 mta,
which shall go up to 39,080
ing disinvestment drive. “The
revival would involve almost
rebuilding the units, as all of
them have been based on out-
dated technology. Also, it will
reduce dependence on naph-
tha, as the units would run on
gas-based technology,” said
Nitish Sengupta, Chairman,
BRPSE. The units include
Sindri in Jharkand, Talcher in
Orissa and Rupnarayanpur in
West Bengal.
fired power plants. In 2008,
the two companies entered
into a Joint Development
Agreement to develop this
technology. In March 2009, the
companies announced their
plans to design and construct
the plant.
mta. The company has roped
in Chematur Engineering AB of
Sweden as a technology partner.
The project is expected to be
on stream during Financial Year
2010-11. GACL is considering a
Rs 2600 crore investment over
the next three years in green-
field and other projects.
While each unit would
require an investment upto
Rs 10,000 crore, the Union
Fertiliser Ministry would
decide the revival package and
source of funding, Sengupta
said. Additionally, Namrup-II
and III units of Brahmaputra
Valley Fertiliser Corporation
Ltd have been already been
revamped. Commercial pro-
duction of Namrup-II started
in 2005.
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