Central Minister of state for Railways K.M.Muniappa in an answer to a question raised in Rajyasabha yesterday said the Railway department is planing to provide mobile phone charger facility in all sleepar class comaprtments of Indian Railway in near future. He said such facility is already available in some sleepar class compartments of Gujarat...
Monthly Archives: July 2009
Perishable cargo export centre to come up at Ahmedabad Airport this year
Gujarat government run company Gujarat Agro-Industries Ltd is executing a project to set up a centre for perishable cargo at Ahmedabad Airport. The construction work is already on with a budgetary allocation of Rs 17 crore. Two packaging facilities under the Perishable cargo centre will also be set up at Naroda and Jhagadia. Dilip...
3M India's Ahmedabad plant trebles its capacity
Bangalore-based 3M India Limited, the Indian arm of San Francisco-based 3M Corporation, has increased the capacity of its Moraiya, Ahmedabad facility by three-fold at an investment of Rs 27 crore. The company has invested Rs 37 crore in the last five years in the Ahmedabad facility where it manufactures fusion bonded epoxy powder. The...
Surya Group's steel pipe plant is coming to Kutch, "thanks to Mundra & Modi"
30-year-old Surya Roshni Group Ltd has started setting up its new greenfield Steel pipe manufacturing project near Bhuvad village in Anjar taluka of Kutch district through its subsidiary Surya Global Steel Tubes. The 100 acre plant will produce steel pipes, primarily for the purpose of carrying water, sewerage, gas and oil. The plant will...
Essar Oil plans Rs 4600 cr expansion of Gujarat based Vadinar refinery
Essar Oil, part of the Ruis-promoted Essar Group, is raising Rs4,600 crore ($920 million) to fund the expansion of its 10.5 mtpa refinery at Vadinar in Gujarat to16 mtpa. The company said that it has received approval for the 10-year loan at a prime lending rate of 11.75 per cent from State Bank of...
Siemens to construct/upgrade three substations in Gujarat
Under the arrangement with Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL), Siemens Limited’s energy sector will construct a new 400/220 kV substation at Bachau and upgrade another two existing substations of GETCO at Limbdi and Ranchodpura in Gujarat. The project is a part of the Associated Transmission System for Ultra Mega Power Project (UMPP)...
Gujarat farmers to attend South Asia Organic Agri conference
Twenty farmers from Gujarat will attend the Regional (South Asia) Conference on Outstanding Organic Agriculture Techniques scheduled in Bangalore through Vadodara based Jatan organisation. Gujarat farmers will have an opportunity to interact with organic farmers from India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, Bhutan and Pakistan during the conference.
Gujarat govt to announce new Tourism Policy
The Government of Gujarat will soon announce a new tourism policy. State Tourism Minister, Jaynarayan Vyas, announced this in the assembly on Wednesday.Vyas said that the Gujarat Tourism Corporation has created the Gujarat Tourism Development Company in collaboration with Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited (IL&FS) company with Rs 25-25 cr(total 50 cr) fund....
Gujarat govt gives management of notified industrial areas to industry
In a major step, the govt of Gujarat has created Board of Management system for GIDC industrial notified areas. The state govt has given autonomy status to such boards. The Board will be free to govern, develop the notified area, under their purview. The boards are given authority to take decisions on notified area’s...
Bank of Baroda branch inaugurated in Kutch's Bidada village
A Bank of Baroda branch was inaugurated in Mandvi taluka’s Bidada village of Kutch district. Assistant Manager N.H.Mehta coming from Jamagar said, the bank is equipped with all modern facilities. Bidada Sarvoday Trust’s Bachubhai Rambhiya said, the new branch will help poor, middle class people and farmers.
Go Air connects Ahmedabad to Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore daily non-stop
Wadia grou’s Go Air has launched non-stop flights from Ahmedabad to Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore. There will be two Ahmedabad-Delhi flights, one Ahmedabad-Mumbai flight and one Ahmedabad-Bangalore flight daily. The airline also operates a flight from Ahmedabad to Cochin via Bngalore and Ahmedabad to Srinagar via Delhi. according to Rakesh Tivari, Vice-President, Commercial Operation....
Nano cars to be on roads of Gujarat next week
Tata’s Nano cars will be delivered to the chosen customers by the end of this month in Gujarat, possibly next week. According to sources, Trucks carrying Nano cars for Gujarat customers have already left Pantnagar factory and expected to reach Gujarat anytime during this week. It is likely that the first Nano car in...