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Rs 14.50 cr for bypass roads in TN's Kancheepuram area
In Tamil Nadu, Walajabad and Uthiramerur in Kancheepuram area will get bypass roads to relieve the towns of traffic congestion, the State Highways Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami said recently. Moving the demands for the department in the Assembly, he said that Rs.14.50 crore has been sanctioned for the projects.
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NHAI yet to be handed over land for road widening
In Kerala, more than Rs 20 crore has gone to waste in the name of land acquisition for widening of the Thiruvananthapuram-Cherthala stretch of NH 47. While the second deadline for the land acquisition notification lapsed last month, no land has been handed over to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for widening the highway.
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Sesa Goa confident of early nod for mining
Following the lifting of ban on mining in some areas in Karnataka by the Supreme Court, Sesa Goa hopes to secure forest clearance for its mine in Chitradurga district in some days. PK Mukherjee, Managing Director of the Vedanta group firm expressed hope that the company would secure the (forest) clearance in matter of days considering the ir
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Hindustan Zinc expands mining operation
Hindustan Zinc is in the process of expanding its mining operation in order to ramp up output and it is the fourth major expansion plan of the firm. The country's only integrated zinc producer is expanding operation at its Zawar and Dariba mines in a phased manner. It is also slated to develop two greenfield mines as part of its expansion
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SC allows mining in 63 blocks in Bellary
Considering the shortage of iron ore faced by steel makers, the Supreme Court allowed lease holders of 63 'B' category ore mines in Karnataka's Bellary district to resume mining operation. But the court maintained the suspension order for all mining along the Andhra-Karnataka border till the border dispu
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BHEL postpones delivery of power equipment
Delivery of power equipment worth Rs 600 crore has been put off by the Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) because of sluggish demand. The company's Executive Director-EDN, KC Ramamurthy said that due to sluggish economy, severe cash crunch to complete the project and non-availability of coal to run or to start power plants, many private power producers have sought postponement of equipment delivery.
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CIL to supply coal from Kaniha mine to NTPC
Power generation major NTPC is learnt to have installed the material handling system for transporting coal from the Kaniha opencast coal mine to its 3,000-mw NTPC Kaniha power station. Reports indicate that NTPC may source a major part of the 17-million-tonne fuel requirement for its Kaniha power station from the 10
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60 power plants sign FSA with Coal India
So far, 60 power plants have entered into fuel supply agreements (FSA) with the public sector miner Coal India (CIL). CIL is mandated to sign a total of 143 FSAs in respect of identified power projects of 60,000-mw capacity, which have been assured for coal supply, in the next five
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Minister calls for preventing mining in tribal areas
Union Minister for Tribal Affairs V Kishore Chandra Deo urged the Governors of various states to cancel the memorandum of undertakings (MoUs) signed by with companies for mining activities in tribal areas. The minister said in many cases, state governments had facilitated signing of MoUs with non-tribal entities for carrying out mining in Schedule V areas which has led to upsu
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Adani to supply coal from Chhattisgarh mine to RRVUNL
Adani Mining, the mine developer-cum-operator (MDO) of Parsa East-Kente Basin mine in Chhattisgarh, would supply the coal mined from the area to Rajasthan state power generation utility RRVUNL. In 2007, the block in Chhattisgarh was awarded to Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam (RRVUNL) and the company in turn roped in Adani Enterprises for operating the mine
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