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The 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

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

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

infrastructure projects can see the light of day in a way that the taxpayers’ money doesn’t grow multi-fold.

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WB and land woes

Jhajjar power project raises Rs 3900 crore CLP 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.

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Snapshots� 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

State-run Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has

plans to implement ener-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.

IOC plans Rs 60k cr projects

� Scenic Vedic Village in Kolkata.

I nteraction

Logistics town Bhiwandi, north of Mumbai, has a new member to its large presence of warehouses: an 85,000 sq ft. centre.

S pecial Report

Vijay Naidu, Head-Sales, Portable Equipments, Xtech Equipment Pvt Ltd elucidates on his company’s growth

F eature

An update on wind power, which is beginning to figure in national energy plans, income and employment.

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SK Group, a pharmaceutical manufacturing and 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 and heavy commercial vehicles. The dock is fitted with 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.

SK Group opens large logistics centre

Interiors of the new warehouse.

The temperature controlled 4-tier warehouse.

Cold storage area of the warehouse.

A view of the warehouse.

SK Group's warehouse is the latest addition to Bhiwandi's existing logistics cluster.


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Ingersoll 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,

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.

Ingersoll to invest $100 mn in India

� Ingersoll Rand wants to more than double its sales to about $500 million.

The 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 II, Karnataka Watershed Development Project II and Karnataka Rural Water Supply and Sanitation

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).

Karnataka seeks $700 mn loan from WB

US 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.

US Pension Funds may invest in India roads

Shree 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.”

Shree Shubham signs MoU with Axis Bank

The 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).

WB to lend for road projects

Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) and Hindustan

Motors have separately tied up with Punjab National Bank 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 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

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 (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.

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.

M&M, HM tie up with PNB

Independent 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 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

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 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.

GIL acquires BP wind power

Kerala 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-

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.

Comm to assess local bodies


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ROADWAYS

Andhra 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

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.

World Bank aid for AP roads

The 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.

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.

Rs 4 bn for Mizoram roads

Bangladesh 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

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.

Tripura gets Bangla port access

According 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

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

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.

144 km rural roads a day in FY09

To 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

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

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.

EGoM set to speed up highway projects

India 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

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

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.

India needs $70 bn for road projects

The 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

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.

Min for shipyard divestment

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AIRPORTS

Uttarakhand to launch re-bidding for airport

R A I LW AY SAlstom plans coach facility in Sri City

Chhattisgarh invites EoIs for air connectivity Oprop 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

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.

The Uttarakhand State Infrastructure Development

Corporation Ltd (USIDCL) will 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.

Alstom 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-ite mouldings, is currently building a facility in the SEZ, to make inner linings for coaches.

BEML for metro cars BEML Ltd handed over the first set of indig-

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 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 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 The 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.

Airports 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.

With 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.

International airport JV for Chandigarh

Madurai terminal to be ready by March 2010

IR land acquisition by Oct The 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.

WFS 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.

Cargo terminal at Delhi Airport by Oct 2010

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Ansal to invest in 19 townshipsAnsal Properties &

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-

pany will invest about Rs 30,000 crore to Rs 35,000 crore over 10 years on developing these 19 townships”. Ansal has already

pumped in Rs 4,000 crore and will add another Rs 1,600 crore in the remaining part of this financial year.

� The townships vary between 100 and 2,500 acre in size.

CW Games Village flats by Oct Real 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 of the Games Village proj-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-

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.

Brigade to raise Rs 900 cr for hotels, township

Indiabulls starts luxury project Indiabulls 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,

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.

Bhubaneswar low-cost housing The 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

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.

Bangalore-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

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-

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.

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Hero 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

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

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.

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� Honda’s Rs 1,900 crore Haridwar facility will produce its mobikes.

The government has announced its plan for a

bulk procurement of power 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,

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

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.

Govt to source power equipment in bulk

Nissan 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

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.

Nissan sources parts from India

In 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-

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.

Pondy Oxide to set up EoU

The 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-

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.

7 auto-testing centres soon

Audi 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

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.

Audi plans showroom in Chennai

Communication Feature

POSCO 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

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

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.

POSCO ups automobile plate capacity


Clinton 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

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

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.

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$10 bn solar project in Gujarat

� The proposed solar energy park would be spread over 5,000 hectare.

Snapshots� 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

The 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

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

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.

Himachal invites tenders for 54 hydel projects The Department of

Information Technology 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-

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.

Breather for solar projects

Surat-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

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.

Nokoda setting up windfarm

Petronet 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

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.

Petronet plans power plants

PGCIL 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

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.

PGCIL's power evacuation plans


Adhunik Metaliks plans to invest Rs 3,350 crore in min-

ing and power over the next two years along with its subsidiaries Orissa Manganese & Minerals Ltd and Adhunik Power & Natural Resources. Orissa Manganese, the 100 per cent subsid-iary, is planning an iron ore beneficiation and pelletisation plant in Jharkhand, and a 30 mw power plant and 40,000 tonnes of ferro alloys. According to Adhunik’s MD Manoj K Agarwal, the total investment in the project would be Rs 700 crore. The iron ore beneficiation and pel-letisation plant would

be in Jharkhand while the power plant and the ferro alloys plant would be set up in Orissa.

Agarwal said that around 1,00,000 tonnes of iron ore was being mined a month, which would go up to 1.5-1.7 million tonnes by the year-end and 3 mn t, next year. Adhunik Power, the other subsid-iary, has lined up a 540 mw power plant at an investment of Rs 2,650 crore. The company has tied up debts to raise Rs 200 crore for the proj-ect internally, and was in an advanced stage of talks with private equity players to raise Rs 450 crore.

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Adhunik to invest Rs 3,350 cr in 2 yrs

� It is planning an iron ore beneficiation and pelletisation plant in Jharkhand.

Kerala, GAIL in pact for pipeline infraThe Kerala State Industrial Development

Corporation (KSIDC) and Gas Authority of India Ltd (Gail) will develop gas pipeline infrastructure for the state and thereby attract Rs 8,500 crore in investments. The pact is expected to kick off a gas pipeline project in the state for supply of re-gas-ified LNG from Petronet LNG’s terminal at Kochi, as well as promote city gas distribu-tion projects using natural gas. Petronet LNG will establish the LNG terminal at an estimated investment of Rs 4,000 crore to be commissioned by 2012. Gail proposes to develop the infrastructure across the state for natural gas to be supplied for various applications, including power generation, manufacture of fertilizer, and city gas distribution for domestic, automobile and commercial end users. Gail will facilitate two gas pipelines, a Kochi-Kanjirakode-Mangalore-Bangalore pipeline and a sub-sea gas pipeline from Kochi to Kayamkulam. The 1,114 km Kochi-Mangalore pipeline is to cost Rs 3,032 crore and the Kochi-Kayamkulam pipeline Rs 1,000 crore.

Two iron ore plants in BellaryThe 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

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.

Tata to push for K’taka steel plantTata 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

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.

TSIL mining project delayedProduction 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

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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Confederation of Indian Industries’ (CII) recently concluded annual conference in Mumbai, “Turnaround in the Downturn:

An Insight into the Current Real Estate Scenario”, was an important event. It was almost like an occasion to herald a turnaround in the real estate industry. However, it also brought forth several earthy realities that project managers, develop-ers and policymakers could ponder.

First, a white paper by CII-Jones Lang LaSalle Meghraj, released at the conference, estimates that the initial yield on real estate investments are likely to see a compression during 2010-11, while the rupees will probably appreciate. Capital values will stabilise or marginally appreciate over that period. Several CII panellists contended that greed was a threat to the industry, and while that may be only side of the issue, it is a harsh truth.

The slowdown should have been expected, yet it turned out that developers rode the boom wave right through until the first half of 2008 and bought up properties at rates that seemed almost unrealistic. Having done so, when the rates crashed in 2008-9, many of them have held steadfastly on to their overpriced property. Several developers, though, have been more adventur-ous. Recently, Bangalore real estate player Nitesh Estate Pvt Ltd actually halved prices on their property in Whitefield. From a premium price tag (and a name to match—Forest Hills, named after a posh suburb on New York’s Long Island), the apartments suddenly have a new target market—the Rs 20-30 lakh segment. (The apartments are now renamed Flushing Meadows, named after a less premium neighbourhood in New York’s Queens.) Builders are walking a tightrope walk, stuck between the threat of a potential decline in demand tied with any further increase in prices, and having to service their own loans and other commitments from past purchases of land.

The predictable part of the real estate slowdown was that in a large part, as most analysts agree, it was a price correction waiting to happen. Some customers have felt that the demand for super-premium properties may be more limited than the real estate estimates. The problem is in the term “affordable”. The industry has pegged it at Rs 30 lakh or less. Even premium players such as Hiranandani plan to enter this lucrative seg-ment. At one of the sessions of the CII confer-ence, however, that concept was in question. Are we categorising Rs 30 lakh as affordable because it is a good alternative post-slowdown? What does affordable housing mean to the consum-er? Although the conference itself did not offer concrete solutions, it is logical to expect that a) estimating the price of affordability is critical and commensurate with salaries, not with land purchase prices—especially in a market full of job losses and large-scale salary consolidation in critical market segments such as IT; b) much thinking needs to go in before builders brand property as “affordable”, so as not to lose the slightly more premium, brand-conscious buyer as well as a section of the middle-class segment that aspires to buy anything but “affordable” stuff.

Voices“We have identified three to four locations and will be finalising these in the next three to four weeks. About 5,000 hectares of land is required. We have been to many places where they talk and talk. Finally, we came to Gujarat, where people act. CCI is aiming to set up a solar park with a generation capacity of 3,000 mw, which could go up to 5,000 mw. The cost of the project would be about $8-10 billion for 3,000 mw and for 5,000 mw, it would be about $15 billion. The feasibility study will be over in 2010 and the plant will start in 2012. From the progress made so far, we feel the Gujarat project will be the first to come up. And this would be the world’s largest solar project.”

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• High Performance Hydraulic Rock Drill with Built in Compressor

• Surface Mining Equipments – Construction and Mining

The portable equipments are powered by portable/mobile hydraulic power units powered by diesel/petrol engines (They consume about 0.75 - 1 litre per hour) and electric motors.

What are the latest products added to the Xtech’s eclectic range?

The company has Darda Hydraulic Rock and Concrete Splitters which are being manufactured by Darda GmbH. These splitters are used for rock excava-tion, concrete demolition and pile cut-ting as they provide a powerful and cost effective alternative to other conven-tional demolition techniques. They are an alternative in cases where rock ham-mers produce vibrations and take time for pile cutting.

Can you elaborate on their (Darda Hydraulic Rock and Concrete Splitters) functioning?

Initially, a hole is drilled to a specified diameter and depth using an ordinary rock drill. Then the wedge set is inserted into the hole with the wedge in a retract-ed position. The hydraulic pressure then forces the wedge between the two coun-ter wedges, pressing them against the walls of the drilled hole. The effective splitting force of up to 413 tonne or 4048 KN breaks concrete and rock from inside, demolishing thinner iron rods at the same time.

How are the splitters used?The splitters are used for:

• Removal of overburden in natural stone industry – Granite, Marble, Sandstone etc.

• Precision splitting in the natural stone industry for production of marble and granite blocks.

• Demolition work in concrete and reinforced concrete like wall, bridges, foundations etc.

• Hard rock excavation. • Demolition of rocks for trenching,

tunnelling etc. • Enlarging work in underground

mines. • Underwater demolition.

• Secondary splitting of boulders.

Where does your company’s equip-ment find applications?

Our equipments are best suited for disaster management situations like earthquakes as they provide quick relief to victims trapped in buildings as compared to conventional methods of breaking, and are the best alternative at sites where blasting is prohibited. These equipments are also useful and effective tools in road projects, civil maintenance, breaking of boulders (landslides, mines), deconstruction, and demolition. They can also be used 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.

What are the future plans of the com-pany?

Xtech has grown very rapidly in last three years and intend to grow at a very fast rate in the next two years. Our pres-ence in the market has grown consider-ably with presence in each and every state. We have been more aggressive in the market for the last few years, our market penetration has increased with appointment dealers in Nepal and Bhutan.

“We specialise in highquality hydraulic equipment”

“Our equipments are best suited for disaster management situations like earthquakes as they provide quick relief to victims trapped in buildings as compared to conventional methods of breaking.”

Vijay Naidu, Head-Sales,

Portable Equipments,

Xtech Equipment Pvt Ltd


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Contracts awarded

BHEL bags Vallur power project orderBHEL 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.

� BHEL will supply and install boiler, turbine and generator for the Vallur project.

Nimoo-Bazgo to be ready by Aug 2010

� The Nimoo-Bazgo project will have three units of 15 mw each.

NHPC’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.

Concor depot to be functional by March 2010Container 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

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

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.

The 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

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.

Kajauli water project DPR ready

Nahar awaits land at MandideepA 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

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.

Ghat highway to be concretedWork 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

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.

The 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

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.

HP to invite tenders for 54 hydels The 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

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.

U'khand to re-invite airport bids Alstom signals for Namma MetroAlstom 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.

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

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.

L&T sub to make offshore jacket

Petron 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

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.

Petron bags power project orders

Areva 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

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.

Areva to build substation


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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 cum Consultants who have completed “at-least three works costing not less then Rs 50 crores each or 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

Contact: Project Engineer-III, 9, Institutional Area, Pankha Road, Janakpuri, New Delhi-110058, Delhi. Tel: 011 2852 2281, 285 25232. Fax: 011 2852 2085

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 for four lanning to Surat Dhule section of NH-6 in km. 360/00 to 520/600 (length 160 km with nine fly overs).

Contact: The Executive Engineer, National Highway Division Jalgaon, Bandhakam Bhavan Compound, Opposite Collector Office, Jalgaon - Maharashtra. Tel: 0257 232 322

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-dor-2 (including viaducts at Ashok Nagar - KK Nagar and SIDCO stations but excluding 600m of viaducts at Alandur station) for a length of 4562m. Completion of work: 24 months

Contact: Officer on Special Duty, 11/6 Seethammal Road, Alwarpet, Chennai : 600018, Tamil Nadu. Tel: 044 2431 0171. Fax: 044 2431 2320

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 welding resurface machine. Qty: 1 set.

Contact: Chief General Manager (MM), SECL Material Management Wing, Kusmunda Area, Korba, 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 IS:455, qty: 1800 mt (Material code: M0325600006). Tender documents will be issued to prospec-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.

Contact: Sh. Binay Mallik, Manager (C&M), Talcher Thermal, Angul, Orissa 75910. Tel: 067 6024 6110

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 leaky roofs of staff quarters in type-I quarters.” Sabarmati (new colony). Period of completion: 3 months

Contact: Divisional Railway Manager, Engineering Department, Ahmedabad : 380025, Gujarat Tel: 079 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 additional and 14 nos. replacement.

Contact: Chief General Manager (MM), SECL Material Management Wing, Kusmunda Area, Korba, 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 boundary wall and wicket gate at Thapaka Refinery-II.

Contact: NA, Rajahmundry Asset, Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh. Tel: 088 3243 1570, 72, 27160222

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 Petrochemical complex.

Contact: AGM (C&P), BPCL Projects, EI Annexe, 2nd floor, 1 Bhikai Cama Place, R K Puram, New Delhi : 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) and 132 KV single circuit transmission line between Imamganj and Sherghati GSS (route length 25 kms. approx) on turnkey basis. Time of completion of works: 18 months. Tenders are invited from established qualified and experienced firms.

Contact: Chief Engineer (Transmission), Vidyut Bhawan, 3rd floor, J L Nehru Marg, Patna: 800021, Bihar. Tel: 0612 2504 655. Fax: 0612 2504 655

11 Godavari Marathwada Irrigation Development Corporation

Nanded Maharashtra 60,00,000.00 60,000.00 / 2,000.00 27/10/2009 27/10/2009 / 27/10/2009

Details: 01 of 2009-2010: Construction of parapet wall pitching and catch water drain of Limboti dam @ upper manar medium project Tq. Loha Dist. Nanded. Time limit: 6 calendar months. Class of registra-tion: Class IV & above.

Contact: Executive Engineer, Medium Project Division, Nanded, Maharashtra Tel: 022 4822 20436

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-I/Cuttack’s jurisdiction of Khurda road division.

Contact: Divisional Railway Manager, Khurda Road, Orissa Tel: 0674 2303 106

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 including fencing and other improvement works and construction of storm water drain work in Velachery 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

Contact: The Superintending Engineer, Storm Water Drain Department, Ripon Building, Chennai : 600003, Tamil Nadu. Tel: 044 2538 1580


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(Rs)EMD / Doc Cost

(Rs) Document Date Submission / 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

improvement work in Chennai City under JNNURM project (1) Kolathur water shed (2) Virugambakkam

& Arumbakkam water shed (3) Velachery water shed.

Contact: Superintending Engineer / Executive Engineer, Storm Water Drain Department, Chennai, Tamil

Nadu. Tel: 044 2538 1580

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

standard type II (TS) qrs and 12 units over-aged semi-pucca type-III (SS) qrs by standard type-III (TS)

qrs. Date of completion: 365 days

Contact: Sr Divisional Engineer/C, Maligaon-11, Assam.

Tel: 0361 2572 794 2572 779 / 257 0761/ 257 3852

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

HSIIDC complex Barhi Distt. Sonipat Haryana. Time limit: 36 months. Tenders are invited from the

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.

Contact: Er. Naresh Kumar Gandhi, H.No. 2191-92 Sec-28, Faridabad, Haryana.

Tel: 0129 227 6030

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

HSIIDC complex Barhi Distt. Sonipat Haryana. Time limit: 36 months. Tenders are invited from the

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.

Contact: Er. Naresh Kumar Gandhi, H.No. 2191-92 Sec-28, Faridabad, Haryana.

Tel: 0129 227 6030

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:

construction of building portion with w/s & SI). Time limt: 1 year 6 months.

Contact: Executive Engineer, Public Works Department, Himachal Pradesh

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).

Time limit: 1 year.

Contact: Executive Engineer, Public Works Department, Himachal Pradesh

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

BRTF (Malpur complex) under project Sampaark in J&K State. Completion period: 24 months

Contact: Chief Engineer, HQ CE (P) Sampark C/O 56 APO, Jammu & Kashmir

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

Chamaraj nagar in Chamaraj nagar fist. under DC work. Tenders are invited with Class-I registered

contractor of State PWDs/Central/MES/Govt. undertakings.Period of contract including monsoon: 12

months.

Contact: Executive Engineer Contracts, No. 59, Richmond Road Bangalore-560 025, Karnataka

Tel: 080 2558 4102 Extn: 317 / 329 Fax:080 2294 2219

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

Angul station of Khurda road division.

Contact: Divisional Railway Manager, Khurda Road, Orissa

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

(Barapani) section of NH-40 from km 0.000 to 61.800 in the states of Assam and Meghalaya on

DBFOT pattern under SARDP_NE on build, operate and transfer (annuity) basis (project reference no.

NHAI/SARDP/20081)-

Contact: Mr Pawan Kumar, G-5 & 6 Sector-10, Dwarka, New Delhi : 110075, Delhi

Tel: 011 2507 4100 2507 4200 Extn : 2230. Fax: 011 2509 3508

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

pas at ch. km 45.900 & ch.47.475 and other associated works between Koderma to Hazaribagh in con-

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.

Contact: Chief Administrative Office/Construction, Mahendrughat, Patna, Bihar

Tel: 0161 2268 3409. Fax: 0161 2268 3409

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

Ch.27.400 from Bellary city to Andhra Pradesh (AP) border to 4 (Four) lane2, undertake construction

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.

Contact: Project Director, PIU, KSHIP, K R Circle, Bangalore- 560 001, Karnataka.

Fax: 080 2229 666.

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

( BM & Carpet) Tal.Malshiras Dist.Solapur

Contact: The Executive Engineer,, Akluj, Maharashtra Tel: 0218 5227 490


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India 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

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-

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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driven by market forces, and high interest rates often do not allow for the accumulation of inventory. Thanks to new mar-ket entrants, it is expected that the annual production capacity will rise to 5,000 mw per year by 2015.”

Companies operating in this segment in India include Suzlon, Vestas Wind Tech, RRB Energy, Enercon, Vestas, GE, Gamesa, Siemens, ReGen Power Tech, LMGlasfiber, WinWinD, Kenersys and Global Wind Power. These companies are manufacturing in India either through a joint venture under licensed production as subsid-iaries of foreign companies or as Indian companies with their own technology.

The report indicates that the capital cost of producing wind

turbines has fallen steadily over the past 20 years as tur-bine design is now largely con-centrated on the three-bladed upwind model with variable speed and pitch blade regula-tion. Also, optimised manu-facturing techniques, mass production and automation have resulted in economies of scale. A graduated assumption estimates the costs of Rs 5.35 crore/mw (as per 2008 prices) to decrease to Rs 5.00 crore/mw by 2010, then stabilising at that level. The reason for this graduated assumption is that the manufacturing industry has not yet gained the full benefits of series production, especially due to the rapid up scaling of products. Neither has the full potential of the latest design optimisations been realised.

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 financial crisis have reversed this upward trend, and accord-ing to New Energy Finance, the newly launched Wind Turbine Price Index shows an 18 per cent decrease in contract prices for delivery in H1 2010. As financ-ing for new projects became harder to come by, difficulties in previous supply chains were overcome. In addition, decreas-ing raw material prices also helped bring prices down. As a result, since late 2008, global turbine prices have dropped by 18 per cent for turbines to be delivered in the first half of

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

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 & DevelopmentThe 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.

Sl. No.

State Gross Potential (mw) (a)

Technical Potential (mw) (b)

Installed Capacity (mw) (c)

1. Andhra Pradesh 8275 1920 121.1

2. Gujarat 9675 1780 667

3. Karnataka 6620 1180 847

4. Kerala 875 605 2.0

5. Madhya Pradesh 5500 845 58

6. Maharashtra 3650 3040 1485

7. Orissa 1700 780 2

8. Rajasthan 5400 910 470

9. Tamil Nadu 3050 1880 3460

10. West Bengal 450 450 1.6

11. Other States - - 0.5

Total 45195 mw 13390 7114 mw

POSSIBLE GENERATIONper mw ( in lakh units )

Tamil Nadu 16 - 20

Maharashtra 14 - 16

Karnataka 14 - 20

Gujarat 12 - 14

Andhra Pradesh 12 - 16

Madhya Pradesh 12 - 14

Items Wheeling Banking Buy-back Third party-sales Other Incentives

Penalty on kVARh consumption

Andhra Pradesh

2% of energy - Presently Rs.3.37w.e.f 1 April 2004(frozen for 5 years)

Allowed as per E.Act 2003 subject to APERC Regulations

NOT AvailableNEDCAP

Van Drawal 0.10p/unit.To Give 10 Lakhs / MW to APTransco1 lakh /to NEDCAP

Karnataka 5% of energy +1.15Kwh ascross subsidy for 3rd party sale

2% every month for 12 months

Rs 3.40 / kwh no ecalationfor 10 years

Allowed to HT con-sumers

same as for other industries

No generatin tax for 5 yearsVan drawal 0.40p/unit

Kerala To be decidedby SERC

- 3.14 for20 years

- 15% (max Rs 5 lakh)

-

Uttar Pradesh

2% of energy 12 months Rs 2.25/kwh (5% Esc.95-96 ) Allowed same as for other industries

-

West Bengal 2% of energy 6 months to be decided on case to case basis

Not Allowed - -

Gujarat 4% of energy 6 months Rs 3.37/kwh Not Allowed - R.P.<10% energy0.10 P.>10% 0.25p

Madhya Pradesh

2% of energy +Transmission charges by SERC

Not Allowed Present Rs 3.97p/kwh coming down to Rs 3.30 from the 5th year to 20th year

Allowed same as for other industries

27 paise per kVARh

Maharashtra 2% of energy+5% T&D loss

2% for 12 months

Rs 3.50/kwh with escalation of 15 p per unit/year for 13 years

Allowed 30% (max Rs 20 lakh per proj-ect )

Sales tax (Exemption for 6 years subject to a minimum PLF of 20%)

Rajasthan 2% of Energy 2% for12 months

present Rs 3.32/kwh

Allowed - Details Contact IWTMA

IWTMA’s wind energy outlook scenarios� Three different scenarios for wind energy development in

India are set against two electricity demand projections. The Reference Scenario is based on the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) predictions for the power mix in India in 2030, resulting in a minimal increase in wind power in this time frame from the current 10 gw to 27 gw. This would also be reflected in a negligible impact on investment, employment and CO2 savings by wind energy.

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

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

� Re-powering with larger turbines will add to reaching such capacities. The outlook for India as done for others globally upto 2030 is a projection that is achievable.

* Courtesy : MNRE


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Garv 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.

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.

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Kool 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 27 acre in Mohammadwadi,

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-

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.

Garv to develop township

Adani 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

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.

Adani calls bids for thermal plant

Ramky 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

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.

Bidders for waste mgt project

Punjab 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

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.

Punjab's low-cost homes project

The 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-

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.

RLDA invites bids to develop properties

� Phase I will include 300 flats on 6 acre.

Kool Homes launches four projects in Pune


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20 |News Forward Projects Info | 21 - 27 September | 2009 Alstom, Dow dedicate CCS pilot plant in USAlstom 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

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-

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.

GACL plans Rs 98 crore expansion at Dahej Gujarat 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-

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

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.

Rs 50,000 crore to revive fertiliser units The 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-

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.

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.

Bharat Petroleum (BPCL) is planning to close a unit

that reduces sulphur content in gasoline and diesel for an upgrade to produce fuels that

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.

BPCL may shut Sulphur unit

JSW 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-

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.

Barmer power unit sync-ed

� page 1for 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,

“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.”

Jhajjar power project raises Rs 3,900 crore


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