Contract value: Rs 230 crore Particulars: Civil and electrical works OM Metals Infraprojects has received a contract in JV with SPML Infra from Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam. The order is for designing, engineering, manufacturing, supplying and commissioning all civil, mechanical and electrical works on the Kutchh branch canal in Gujarat.
Bihar is likely to adopt open access for power as the state cabinet allowed the restructuring of Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB) by way of its division into five companies.
Consider this: Navi Mumbai is the only city to have achieved 85 per cent of the service-level benchmark prepared by the Government of India´s Urban Development Department! Developed by the City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra (CIDCO), the city is maintained by the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC).
The Central Government has launched an Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS)
Energy management firm Acme has signed a 25-year power purchase agreement with the Chhattisgarh power distribution company to supply power from its 30 MW solar plant to the state.
The government proposes to offer a lifeline to power projects languishing due to lack of fuel linkage. These projects will now be allowed to participate in the bids for supply of power to distribution utilities.
Haryana power utility Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN), the state-run power distribution company for south Haryana, has opposed the entry of private players in electricity supply in Gurgaon.
Palfinger North American has launched a new distribution firm - Paltec Truck Equipment Company, by merging Tiffin Loader Crane Company and Omaha Standard Distribution.
Toshiba Corporation will invest about $30 million in a power transmission and distribution business in India.
Oil firm Shell and GDF Suez will acquire 26 per cent stake each in GAIL India Ltd-Æs proposed floating LNG import terminal at Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh, while Andhra Pradesh Gas Distribution Corp (APGDC)
