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Nagarjuna Construction Company (NCC)

• Sikkim govt scraps Teesta-I hydel project

  In a setback to NCC Limited, formerly Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited, the Sikkim government is believed to have cancelled the proposed Teesta-I hydel power project that was bagged by the company. According to a senior official of the Sikkim government, the state home department has issued a notification cancelling the 280 MW power project. "The project was cancelled for two reasons. Firstly, continuous opposition from locals on the project and secondly, environmental issues.

  • 07/07/2012

  • Business Standard (New Delhi)
  • • Construction Industry
    • Teesta
    • Hydroelectricity
    • Dams
    • Environment
    • Dams/ Irrigation
    • Sikkim
    • Nagarjuna Construction Company (NCC)

• Tribunal Cancels Green Nod to NCC’s Sompeta Power Project

  The National Green Tribunal, under the aegis of ministry of environment and forests, on Wednesday cancelled the environmental clearances granted to the 2,640MW coal-fired power project of Nagarjuna Construction

  • 24/05/2012

  • Economic Times (New Delhi)
  • • Environment
    • Energy
    • Srikakulam (D)
    • Andhra Pradesh
    • Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)
    • Construction Industry
    • Environmentalists
    • Nellore (D)
    • Thermal Power Plants
    • Nagarjuna Construction Company (NCC)

• Zeroing Ground

  Earlier this year, sustained protests brought nationwide attention to the 2,640 MW thermal power plant proposed on precious wetlands in Sompeta in the coastal district of Srikakulam. Last month, the Andhra

  • 18/07/2011

  • Outlook (New Delhi)
  • • Andhra Pradesh
    • Thermal Power Plants
    • Wetlands
    • Srikakulam (D)
    • High Court
    • Nuclear Power
    • Nuclear Power Corporation Of India (NPCIL)
    • Land Acquisition
    • Nagarjuna Construction Company (NCC)

• High Court stays land allotment for NCC's power project in AP

  The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Thursday suspended the operation of the Government Order allocating 972.69 acres of land alienated in favour of NCC Ltd (formerly Nagarjuna Construction Company Ltd) for setting up of a thermal power plant at Sompeta in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh. Mr Justice N.

  • 24/06/2011

  • Business Line (New Delhi)
  • • Thermal Power Plants
    • Land Acquisition
    • High Court
    • Farmers
    • Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)
    • Srikakulam (D)
    • Nagarjuna Construction Company (NCC)

• Pushing For Power

  * At least seven thermal power plants have been proposed in and around Srikakulam district * The companies say they are on wasteland; but many of them are in fact on fertile wetland * Two protestors were killed on July 14 in Sompeta * The location, with access to coal, is attracting many groups The controversial environmental clearance of the Nagarjuna Construction Compan

  • 15/08/2010

  • Outlook (New Delhi)
  • • Andhra Pradesh
    • Srikakulam (D)
    • Environment Impact Assessment (EIA)
    • Land Encroachments
    • High Court
    • Ecology
    • Nagarjuna Construction Company (NCC)

• Nagarjuna upbeat on reviving Sompeta power plant despite green hurdle

  Ajay Sukumaran, BV Mahalakshmi Hyderabad/Sompeta: Nagarjuna Construction Company (NCC) on Tuesday said it is confident of reviving the controversial thermal power plant in Sompeta, Srikakulam, despite the National Environmental Appellate Authority (NEAA) quashing the clearance granted to the project.

  • 21/07/2010

  • Financial Express (New Delhi)
  • • Environment Impact Assessment (EIA)
    • Wetlands
    • Thermal Power Plants
    • Industry
    • Andhra Pradesh
    • Srikakulam (D)
    • Nagarjuna Construction Company (NCC)

• Nagarjuna power project plan faces green hurdle

  Hyderabad: The National Environmental Appellate Authority (NEAA) on Thursday quashed the environmental clearance given to Nagarjuna Construction Company for setting up of a thermal power plant at Sompet, Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh. Further course of action is expected to be decided on the receipt of the certified copy of the judgement from the authorities.

  • 16/07/2010

  • Financial Express (New Delhi)
  • • Environment
    • Industry
    • Andhra Pradesh
    • Srikakulam (D)
    • Nagarjuna Construction Company (NCC)

• HC rap over water project delay

  Ranchi, March 31: Jharkhand High Court today directed the state government and Nagarjuna Constructions, a private company, to furnish a status report on laying of pipelines in Giridih for supply of drinking water.

  • 01/04/2010

  • Telegraph (Ranchi)
  • • Drinking Water
    • Urban Water Supply
    • Water Supply
    • High Court
    • Giridih (D)
    • Jharkhand
    • Nagarjuna Construction Company (NCC)

• Andhra casts funds loose to water irrigation projects

  IVRCL, Nagarjuna Construction & Lanco Have Orders Worth Rs 8k Cr Trushna U & Sai Deepika Amirapu HYDERABAD JUST two days after returning to power, Congress government in Andhra Pradesh has started releasing funds to infrastructure companies implementing big-ticket irrigation projects in the state, valued at over Rs 1.2 trillion.

  • 20/05/2009

  • Economic Times (New Delhi)
  • • Irrigation
    • Construction Industry
    • Andhra Pradesh
    • Infrastructure Development
    • Nagarjuna Construction Company (NCC)

• Nagarjuna Const sees big biz on SEZs

  Nagarjuna Construction Company, the Rs 2,900-crore infrastructure major, sees big business opportunities in the large number of Special Economic Zones, expected to come up in the country. Being among the few companies with capabilities to provide complete solutions for water and environment management, the company is well prepared to take on the challenges for SEZs. Already, it has bagged a major contract for the textile SEZ being developed by Sri Lanka's Brandix in Visakhapatnam, according to Mr V. Radha Krishna, Associate Director and Head (Water and Environment). On the anvil

  • 05/04/2008

  • Business Line (New Delhi)
  • • Construction Industry
    • Special Economic Zones (SEZ)
    • India
    • Andhra Pradesh
    • Vishakhapatnam (D)
    • Nagarjuna Construction Company (NCC)