Coal India seeks bids for 4 MW of rooftop solar power

07 Dec 2022 CW Team

The largest coal-producing division of Coal India, South Eastern Coalfields (SECL), has issued an RFP for the installation and commissioning of 4 MW of rooftop solar systems that are grid-connected at 14 separate sites under its control in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.

For five years, the project's operation and upkeep must be handled by the winning bidder.

The project is expected to cost Rs 195.57 million.

The deadline for proposal submissions is December 31, 2022. The opening date for bids is January 2, 2023.

The earnest money deposit amount is Rs 2.445 million and must be submitted by bidders.

After the letter of award is issued, the project must be finished in 180 days.

Bidders must have experience performing three works that are similar but cost no less than 20% of the project's estimated cost or two works that are comparable but cost no less than 25% of the project's estimated cost in order to participate in the process.

Alternately, they ought to have completed one similar job that cost at least 40% of the expected cost that was placed out to bid over the previous seven years.

Joint ventures could only participate if they submitted a bid for a project with a projected price of more than $50 million.

Also read:

By 2030, India to produce 1.5 billion tonne of coal

Rajasthan govt requests Chhattisgarh to make its coal blocks operational

Infrastructure Transport

15 Sep 2025

Cabinet Approves Key Highway and Rail Projects in Bihar Region

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the four-laning of the 84.2-km Mokama-Munger section of the Buxar-Bhagalpur high-speed corridor, a key industrial region in poll-bound Bihar. The Cabinet also sanctioned the doubling of the 177-km Bhagalpur-Dumka-Rampurhat railway line, which passes through Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal, at a cost of Rs 31.7 billion.The Rs 44.5 billion highway project will be constructed under the hybrid annuity model, a variant of public-private partnership. The Mokama-Munger stretch was the only remaining two-lane section of the 363-km Buxar-Bhagalpur corridor. Fou..

NGT Issues Notice on Bengaluru Twin Tunnel Project

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday issued notices in response to a petition filed by Bengaluru Praja Vedike and others, challenging the Bengaluru twin tunnel road project. Petitioners claim the project was “hastily announced” and bypassed mandatory environmental impact assessment procedures.Notices have been served to the Karnataka Government, Greater Bengaluru Authority, State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Bengaluru Smart Infrastructure Ltd (B-SMILE), the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, and project consultants.The 16.74-km twin-tube..

India’s Residential Sales to Dip Slightly in FY26

Residential sales in India’s seven major cities are projected to decline by up to 3 per cent year-on-year in FY26 to 620–640 million square feet (msf), amid a moderation in sales velocity, according to ratings agency Icra.In FY25, sales stood at 643 msf, down 8 per cent YoY, following a sharp contraction in new launches and moderated demand in the affordable and mid-income segments. This slowdown came after the sector posted a robust compound annual growth rate of 26 per cent in area sales between FY22 and FY24.Icra noted: “Having seen a strong upcycle, the sector entered an equilibrium ..