22 - 28 November | 2010 | Projects Info


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IL&FS bags four laning project of Chenani-Nashri I


L&FS Transportation Networks Ltd has bagged the project of National


Highways Authority of India (“NHAI”) for rehabilitation, strengthening and four laning of Chenani-Nashri section of NH-1A from Km 89.00 to Km 130.00 (New Alignment). The works also includes 9 km long tunnel (2 lane) with parallel escape tunnel. The project will be imple- mented on BOT (Annuity) basis, on DBFO Pattern, in Jammu & Kashmir. The Concession Agreement was signed on 28 June 2010. The Project is on Annuity basis with a conces- sion period of 20 years includ- ing construction period of 1825 days. The estimated cost of the


project is Rs. 2,519 crore. The company will receive a semi-annual annuity of Rs. 317.52 crore for the project. The company has achieved the


financial tie-up and the loan agreements have been executed on 15 October with the consor- tium of banks with State Bank of India acting as a lead bank.


Rlwys to provide 40% acquired land to DFCs R


ailway minister Mamata Banerjee announced that


the Railways was able to pro- vide about 40 per cent of the area from its land bank and through aligning the corridors with existing tracks out of the 39,000 acres of land required for the dedicated freight cor-


ridors (DFCs). This would save Rs 800 crore for the Railways. Out of 39,000 acres, it has acquired 12,000 acre from the Railways land bank and 2,500 acres from the alignment sur- vey. In the first phase of build- ing DFCs across the country, Dedicated Freight Corridor


Ramesh, a total of 276 schemes including 38 sewage treat- ment plants were completed in 21 towns of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi and 753.25 million litre per day (mld) of sewage treatment capacity has been created under clean- ing of river Yamuna. Of this , 401.25 mld in Uttar Pradesh, 322 mld in Haryana and 30 mld sewage treatment capacity is in Delhi. The government of India is implementing Yamuna Action Plan (YAP) with assis- tance from Japan International Cooperation Agency,


Cleaning river Yamuna 276 schemes completed A


s per minister for environ- ment and forests, Jairam


Land acquisition for Madurai airport runway progresses


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he process of land acqui- sition for extending


of Madurai airport was in advanced stages and is expect- ed to be completed soon. The runway area of the airport is 7,500 feet and it has been pro- posed to extend it to 12,000 feet which will enable bigger air- craft to operate at the airport. For this purpose, 614 acres of


land is required. The Airports Authority of India has assured to commence expansion work as soon as the state govern- ment handed over the property. According to the Collector C. Kamaraj land has been identi- fied for the purpose and though there are apprehensions from locals over speedy acquisition of land for runway expansion.


NTPC to foray into cement making, fails to atract partners


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Corporation of India (DFCCIL) will be constructing two cor- ridors – the Western DFC and Eastern DFC — spanning 2800 km. The Eastern Corridor, start- ing from Ludhiana in Punjab will pass through Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and terminate at Dankuni.


TPC plans to foray into cement making on its own as it failed to attract any part- ner for the new venture which will help it utilise and monetise huge amounts of polluting ash generated by its coal-fired proj- ects. It was in the process of finalising a proposal that will allow it to source technology for cement manufacturing which will be put to use by NTPC engi- neers for setting up commercial cement production units. NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam (NVVNL), the subsidiary failed in find- ing joint-venture partners for the cement foray. It had invited expression of interest (EoI) for cement manufacturers in March this year to form a 26:74 joint venture to set up plants at its six


coal fired projects. The last date for EoI was extended twice in the absence of suitable partners. As per the plan, NTPC will set up small cement manufactur- ing units near all its coal-fired plants. Initially the proposal is to start the venture at the compa- ny’s coal-fired projects at Korba, Ramagundam, Dadri, Simahdri, Singrauli, Sipat, Vindhyachal, Badarpur, Barh, Rihand, Talcher- Kaniya and Bongaigaon. The 21 coal-fired power sta- tions of NTPC together produce close to 60 million tonne per annum of fly ash. Roughly half of this or about 28 mtpa of ash is safely utilised by the company through sale to cement units, mine filling, land development and exports.


Government of Japan in a phased manner to supplement the efforts of state governments in addressing the problem of pollution of river Yamuna. The works taken up under YAP include interception and diver- sion of raw sewage, setting up of sewage treatment plants, creation of low cost sanitation facilities, setting up of electric/ improved wood crematoria and river front development. The interceptor sewer project has recently been approved by CCEA under JNNURM at a cost of Rs. 1357 crore. These works are envisaged to be completed in a phased manner.


Essar to expand Vadinar oil refinery capacity


refinery in Jamnagar in Gujarat to a total of 20 million tonne per year (MTPA) by undertak- ing an optimisation project at an estimated cost of Rs 1,700 crore. The project will be com- pleted by September 2012. The optimisation project entails the revamp of six refinery units: FCCU (Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit), DHDS Unit, SWSU (Sour Water Stripping Unit), DHDT (Diesel Hydrotreater), VGO-HDT (Vacuum Gas Oil Hydrotreater) and DCU


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ssar Oil has plans to enhance the capacity of its Vadinar


(Delayed Coker Unit). The refinery’s current name- plate capacity is 10.5 mtpa and it is consistently operating at a throughput of 14 mtpa, or three lakh barrels per stream day (bpsd). At present, it is imple- menting a project to expand this capacity to 18 MTPA (3.75 lakh bpsd), as part of the Phase- I expansion of the refinery. As of end-October, the Phase-I expan- sion was 72 per cent complete and is on track for mechanical completion by March 2011, with the exception of two units that are delayed by a quarter.


an order worth Rs 36.00 crore for design, engineering, manu- facturing, testing, inspection and supply, of equipment with


Elecon bags `36 crore order E


ssar Projects (India) has awarded Elecon Engineering


all the auxiliaries / accesso- ries for complete installation and commissioning of mate- rial handling equipments for Paradeep coal berth terminal project.


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