Essar Infrastructure will carry out the engineering, procurement and construction activity with an investment of Rs 176 crore to develop Roll-On, Roll-Off service across the Gulf of Khambhat between Ghogha near Bhavnagar in Saurashtra and Dahej in Bharuch district in central Gujarat. The service by Gujarat Maritime Board, will be used for the movement...
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Paramount Printpackaging to set up Rs. 31.94 plant in Vapi
Mumbai-based Paramount Printpackaging Ltd (PPL) plans to expand its manufacturing capacity by setting up new facility at Vapi in Gujarat using the proceeds of its forthcoming initial public offer (IPO). The company has identified the land for the plant which is likely to become operational by the end of fiscal year 2011-12. The comapny...
Rs 1,145.45-crore to be invested by private players in six-lane Bagodara-Tarapur highway
The Gujarat State Road Development Corporation, under the Roads & Buildings Department, has signed a concession agreement with GVK Development Project Ltd to convert the 101.9-km long three-lane Bagodara-Vasad-Tarapur into a six-lane road with the latest infrastructure facilities on Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) basis as a Public-Private Participation (PPP). The project connecting south Gujarat with Saurashtra...
Kakrapar nuclear power station resumes operations
The first unit of Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS-1) which was under Renovation & Modernization (R&M) since July 1, 2008 was synchronized with the western grid on January 12, 2011 at 16:54 hours, after clearance by Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB). The significant works carried out during the R&M campaign at KAPS-1 were En-masse...
Bees bring sweet business for Gujarat’s farmers
This report published in German website is about Gujarat’ Bee farmers. The story is about a company ‘Under the Mango Tree(UTMT)’ that trains southern Gujarat’s village people to increase farm income through beekeeping. Interesting report can be reached through this link – click here UTMT website
Jordan’s Hikma Pharma plans to buy 30% in Unimark Remedies
Jordan-based Hikma Pharmaceuticals is planning to buy 30% stake in Mumbai-based API maufacturing firm Unimark Remedies Limited according to DealCurry report. Unimark has two active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) plants at Vapi and Bavla, in Gujarat, both USFDA approved, and a third one in Khopoli, Maharashtra. The total investment on the units is approximately $66...
Vadodara-Dahisar 6 lane by August 2011, Ahmedabad-Rajkot after that
In reply to a question about six laning of a road in southern Gujarat region, Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Shri R P N Singh informed Rajya Sabha today that 6 laning between Vadodara and Surat section of NH-8 has already been completed. The six laning between Surat and Dahishar is...
Construction of nuclear power plant begins at Kakarapar
Construction of a state-of-the-art indigenously designed nuclear power plant unit began on Monday in Gujarat, an official said here. The first pour of concrete, signifying the zero date (the official start of construction) was achieved at the Kakrapar 3 and 4 atomic power plant, near Surat. Both the reactors have been designed by the...
Central Enviornment ministry lifts 10-month long moratorium on Vapi
Central Enviornment and Forest ministry has lifted moratorium on environment clearance to any industrial project in southern Gujarat industrial town Vapi. However moratorium on Ankleshwar and other industrial estates is extended to 31 March. For last ten months, no new industrial project was permitted, and no expansion was allowed in Vapi due to central...
Gujarat ships first consignment of banana to Africa
Gujarat Agro Industries Corporation(GAIC) exported first consignment of banana to Egypt from Gujarat from its newly commissioned banana pack house facility at Jhgadia in southern Gujarat district of Bharuch. The consignment contained 25 tonnes of banana. Gujarat already exports banana to middle east countries, but Egypt has opened a new African market according to...
L&T Mitsubish JV power equipment production facility functional
Larsen & Toubro(L&T) this week commenced production of turbine generators and boilers at Hazira in Gujarat, being manufactured under a joint venture with Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation. Each of the two newly-erected facilities at Hazira has capacity to produce 4,000 MW of power generating equipment annually. This makes L&T the...
“Moratorium on Vapi will be lifted in a month, we want it to become a model”
By Japan K Pathak Principal Secretary of Gujarat’s Forest and Enviornment department Shri S.K.Nanda today in exclusive talk with Gujarat Money said that central government’s ban on setting up new industry and expansion of present units in southern Gujarat industrial town Vapi will be lifted by middle of next month. Nanda, however added that...