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Friday, January 27, 2012

[Bijapur] Construction work for the proposed mega thermal power project at Kudgi in Bijapur district is likely to start soon

Source: Deccan Herald

Construction work for the proposed mega thermal power project at Kudgi in Bijapur district is likely to start soon as the state-owned power producer National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has got the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) clearance for its stage one (3x800 MW) project.

File photoKudgi is the first plant to be set up in Karnataka by NTPC with a total installedLink capacity of 4,000 MW in two stages, with Phase 1 of 2,400 MW.
The Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board, nodal agency of the Karnataka Government to acquire land, had recently handed over 1,923 acres of land required for the main plant. Land acquisition for the rest 1,600 acres is in progress.

The NTPC Board of Directors recently cleared investment proposal to the tune of Rs 15,166 crore for setting up the project. NTPC would be awarding the main plant package and taking up other infrastructure development works shortly.

“The project will have super critical boilers and latest technology. Coal requirement will be met from NTPC’s own mine at Pakhri Barwadi in Jharkhand,” the statement said.

To meet the water requirement, Karnataka Government has approved 5.2 tmc of water per annum from the Almatti Dam, which is 18km from the plant site.

The proposed plant will have a capacity to generate 80 million units of power a day and 50 per cent of it will be supplied to Karnataka. The remaining units will be shared among other states like Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry through the Central Grid.

The MoU for the mega project was signed between the Karnataka government, NTPC and the state-held Power Company of Karnataka Ltd in January 2009. Though the company had planned to start the works by the middle of last year, getting environment clearances delayed it till now.

[Bijapur] Rs. 45-cr. proposal for drinking water project in Indi taluk

Source: The Hindu

In order to provide a permanent solution to the drinking water problem in 53 villages and 19 tandas of Indi taluk, the Panchayat Raj Engineering Division of Bijapur district has submitted a proposal to the State Government for taking up Rs. 45.Link83-crore multi-village project, Ramesh Jigajinagi, MP, has said.

He told presspersons here on Wednesday that it would be a “low-cost” project as water would be stored in the Arjanal tank from the Indi sub-canal through “gravity flow system”. The Arjanal tank's capacity is 80 million cubic meters (mcum) and the water required for the project would was only 2 mcum, he said. The project would be completed in 18 months.

Delegation

“As the proposal has been submitted to the Government, a delegation led by Indi MLA S.S. Bagali and Nagtan MLA Vittal Katakdond will be taken to the Chief Minister to seek early clearance for the project,” Mr. Jigajinagi added.

ZP developments

Mr. Jigajinagi said he was keen on making his elder sister, Kamalabai Mayavanshi, who represents Atharga, as president of the Bijapur Zilla Panchayat. He, however, added that the party leadership's decision would be final.

The BJP district core committee recently decided to seek the resignation of zilla panchayat president Shankrubai Chalwadi and vice-president Shrishailgouda Biradar to provide an opportunity to other BJP members to be at the helm of affairs in the panchayat for the remainder of its term. Ms. Chalwadi submitted her resignation on Tuesday.

On the differences between Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda, the former Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa and the State BJP president K.S. Eshwarappa, the MP said the leaders, who struggled for decades to come to power, should concentrate on development works and win the hearts of people.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Bidar may get HALs proposed chopper project

Source: http://ibnlive.in.com/news/bidar-may-get-hals-proposed-chopper-project/219033-60-119.html

BANGALORE: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), a Navaratna defence PSU and a top-ranked global defence aerospace company, which is looking for a location to house a production facility for its Advanced Utility Helicopter (AUH) project, could get land in Bidar for the project.

Bidar Lok Sabha member and former chief minister N Dharam Singh told Express that Union Defence Minister A K Antony had shown keen interest in establishing the unit at Bidar, where the Indian Air Force also has its base.

“Let us secure land for the proposed AUH programme and the Defence Ministry will� give a green signal to HAL to locate its production facility in Bidar,” Singh said.

He also said Karnataka Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda, with whom he had taken up the matter on Saturday, readily agreed to release land for the project.

“The CM’s response was encouraging and it will be the first major aerospace project in the entire Hyderabad-Karnataka region, considered the most backward in the state,” he said.

The new facility will set off huge economic activities in the region and also boost employment, he said.

According to HAL sources, the defence PSU had been on the lookout for a suitable location for the AUH project for the last two years.

Three to four locations in Karnataka had been considered but Bidar, situated at the northeastern tip of the state, seemed suitable, sources said.

Referring to the Union Defence Ministry’s proposal seeking land in Bidar, Karnataka State Infrastructure Department Secretary, Rajkumar Khatri said, “If the proposal materialses, it would help reinforce Karnataka’s leadership in aerospace.”

He said the state government would extend all cooperation to the Union Defence� Ministry in providing all necessary logistic support including land, water,� electricity� and manpower and added that Karnataka has already made a mark in� aerospace engineering activities. HAL has 16 production, three MRO divisions and 10 R&D centres across the country.

If sanctioned, Bidar would be developed as an exclusive hub for HAL’s helicopter manufacturing facilities, the sources said.