Counter affidavit on behalf of Chief Municipal Engineer, Patna Nagar Nigam in the matter of Saurav Narayan Vs Bihar Pollution Control Board & Others dated May 20, 2025. The report said that the corporation has been diligently performing its statutory duties within the limitations of the available resources and infrastructure. …
New Delhi The 12th Five-year Plan may end without any significant fresh gas-based power capacity being added in the country. The power ministry has issued a directive to all state governments and other central and state utilities asking them not to propose any new gas-based power project at least till …
Major power producers in the private and public sector, including Tata Power, NTPC, Torrent Power and Mahagenco, have opposed the proposal floated by the Association of Power Producers (APP) to pool domestic gas with RLNG (regasified liquefied natural gas). They have opposed the move on the ground that this would …
New Delhi Lack of assured coal linkages may drive 18 firms to open market As many as 18 upcoming power projects with an aggregate capacity of over 25,000 MW might be forced to violate their tariff commitments and seek a much higher price from consumers. This is because the coal …
New Delhi In what may come as a relief for power project developers, the coal ministry has directed state-owned coal companies to ensure uninterrupted fuel supply to plants commissioned till March 31, 2012, as well as those to be commissioned during fiscal 2012-13 even if they fail to sign fuel …
New Delhi The Uttarakhand High Court has ordered cancellation of the 200 MW Mapang Bogudiyar hydroelectric project awarded to a GVK-L&T consortium by the state government earlier, after it was found that the entity did not meet key eligibility conditions to bid for the project. The court has ordered the …
GMR Infrastructure has put the development of its Rs 7,000-crore power project at Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh, on the backburner, thanks to coal shortages. The company acquired this 1,370-Mw project from SKJ Powergen in 2009. It was to be commissioned in 2014. “Private power producers are so much bruised on Thursday, …
The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) has dismissed an appeal filed by the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) against an order of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) in a case relating to disputes over the power purchase agreement (PPA) between GMR Power Corporation Limited (GPCL) and the TNEB. …
New Delhi With the government preparing to rationalise gas distribution from RIL’s KG-D6 block in the wake of a drop in production, Lanco and GMR plants in Andhra Pradesh are a worried lot. Lanco’s Kondapalli power plant expansion and GMR Tanir Bawi power plants in Andhra Pradesh, which are earning …
FM to chair meeting on Feb 1 ten major projects stalled on fuel cost issues to be discussed With lending to some of the many stalled power projects becoming a major concern for financial institutions, the Union government has decided to review 10 major ones, involving an investment of Rs …
Andhra Pradesh government signed agreements for investments to the tune of a staggering Rs.1,00,000 crore on Thursday for different projects, including two oil refineries in the State. These Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) were signed in the presence of Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy on the opening day of the …
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat has taken a step forward to become India's solar capital. The state, which has signed power purchase agreements for 1,000 MW of solar energy, has become home to nation's largest solar power plant. Ahmedabad-based infrastructure major Adani group on Thursday commissioned a 40 MW solar plant in Kutch. …
When the Union environment ministry gave the GMR Group its go-ahead to the Alaknanda hydroelectric project in Uttarakhand three weeks ago, it invited suspicion from non-profit organisations about a possible underhand deal. For, the project was approved despite a recommendation against it by none other than a statutory body, the …
GMR Infrastructure is close to winning a Rs 1,500-crore highway project in Andhra Pradesh. The company, based in this city, is bidding aggressively for this 145-km project connecting Hyderabad with Sangareddy, a district headquarters to the northwest, on the route to Mumbai. According to senior officials of the National Highways …
Infrastructure major GMR Infrastructure Ltd is planning to set up solar power plants with a total capacity of 75 MW in Tamil Nadu, industry sources told Business Line. The company is planning to increase this to 100 MW in the next few years, and Tamil Nadu is the potential state …
Gujarat would house the largest solar energy park in Asia in two years, with a power production capacity of 500 Mw. This would be set up with an investment of around Rs 8,000 crore flowing from companies such as GMR and Lanco, which have been assigned generation capacities under the …
GMR Energy, the flagship power venture of the GMR group has started constructing a coal-fired power plant in Raikheda village near Raipur without obtaining environmental clearance. The public hearing for the proposed 1,200 MW thermal plant was held in January last year. The clearance is still under process. When an …
Casino Zone To Be Set Up Near Dholavira Rajiv Shah | TNN Gandhinagar: Dry Gujarat is all set to get its biggest watering hole in a desert. This could be a jackpot for a state struggling to boost its tourism. The Gujarat government is betting big on Casino Zone, replete …
Raghuvir Badrinath / Bangalore August 21, 2009, 0:16 IST GMR Infrastructure, the Rs 4,500-crore Bangalore-based infrastructure developer with a focus on power generation, airports development, highways and urban infrastructure, is understood to be initiating plans for an 800-Mw coal-fired power plant on the eastern coast of India. Industry sources indicated …
Private infrastructure company GMR will replace state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) in the proposed Rs 31,000-crore refinery and petrochemical plant at Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh. The exit follows the country's largest oil and gas producer's claims over the past year that the project was unviable. ENTRY STRATEGY # …
