Nov 20, 2020 TMT Bars Plant in Burdwan The construction material producer plans to double its capacity to manufacture billets and TMT bars by April 2021. After the completion of the expansion work, the billet making capacity in its plant in Burdwan district of West Bengal will be five lakh tonne and four lakh tonne for TMT bars.
Nov 05, 2020 Bagdogra Airport Expansion The Bengal government cleared the decks for the expansion of Bagdogra airport and handed over 104 acres of land to the AAI for the project. The rise in the passenger count had prompted AAI to draw up plans for the expansion of the terminal building and allied infrastructure.
Nov 05, 2020 Methanol Plant in WB CIL has floated a global tender for setting up the country’s first coal to methanol plant in West Bengal at an investment of Rs. 6,000 crore. The company is in dialogue with Indian Oil Corp and other government-owned oil companies for long-term tie up for marketing of the methanol.
Nov 05, 2020 10 MW Solar Power Project on Turnkey Plans to set up a 10 MW grid-connected floating solar project at the existing Sagardighi Thermal Power Project in Murshidabad. This includes design, engineering, manufacture, procurement, supply, installation, and commissioning of the 10 MW solar project on a turnkey basis, with five years of operation and maintenance.
Nov 05, 2020 Titagarh Wagons to Install Solar Power Plant TWL has signed a power purchase agreement with Fourth Partner Energy to procure 4.8 MW of solar power for its wagon and steel foundries at Titagarh and its passenger coach and propulsion unit at Uttarpara, to effectively replace approximately 25 per cent of its current annual electricity demand with clean energy.
Nov 05, 2020 Aurionpro wins order worth RS 8 cr The company has won an order from Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd for the supply, installation and maintenance of the smart mobility system for Phase I, covering two metro stations of the Kolkata Metro. The order is valued Rs. 8 crore.
Nov 05, 2020 Keventer Agro plans expansion The firm, which operates two dairy brands, Metro Dairy and Keventer Milk, is looking to ramp up production capacity by over 30 per cent to close to six lakh litres per day from the current 4.5 lakh litres a day in the next one year. The plans include setting up plants in Siliguri, Asansol and Durgapur in West Bengal.
Nov 05, 2020 Sivok-Rangpo (44.96 km) new line project IR has launched the Sivok-Rangpo (44.96 km) new line project. Of this, 41.55 km is in West Bengal and 3.41 km in Sikkim. The latest anticipated cost of the project is Rs. 4085 crore. An expenditure of Rs. 682 crore had been incurred up to March 2020 and an outlay of Rs. 607 crore has been provided for financial year 2020-21.
Oct 05, 2020 EV Charging station in Kolkata Lithium Urban Technologies and Fourth Partner Energy in collaboration with HIDCO will set up an EV charging station at New Town, Kolkata under the new brand Powerbunk. The company claimed that this will be Indias largest public charging station.