BEML has signed a prestigious contract with Coal India for Rs 118 crore for supply of 01 number 20 CuM Rope Shovel valued at Rs 118 crore.

The Bengal Gas Company, a joint venture of GAIL and Greater Calcutta Gas Supply Corporation, is developing a City Gas Distribution Network (CGD) in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation area and parts of adjoining districts to provide eco-friendly and affordable greener fuel to CNG stations, PNG (piped natural gas) connections to domestic households, commercial and industrial units.

Maheshwari Mining awarded contract for planning design, engineering, construction,fabrication, supply,erection, installation,trial run,testing and commissioning of electrical drive unit with gearbox and driving pinion to match perfectly with drive spurgear to replace existing steam drive unit.

The construction of the country’s first underwater tunnel in the city of Kolkata under the Hooghly river is underway and will be made fully functional by the year 2023. This underwater tunnel will establish metro connectivity between Howrah and Kolkata. Of the 16.6 kilometre long east-west stretch, 520 metres long section will be under the river bed, according to an ANI report. The underwater tunnel corridor is developed 33 meters below the riverbed and will link Kolkata to Howrah. The Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Limited (KMRCL) is constructing the Kolkata East-West Metro Line and the underwater tunnel that will go beneath the Hoogly river. Mithun Ghosh, the site supervisor said that nearly 80 per cent of the development work of the East-west Howrah Metro station is already completed and the full-fledged service is expected to start in the year 2023. The metro station is being constructed under the Hooghly river at a depth of 33 meters. So far, 80 per cent of the construction work has been completed while 20 per cent of work is yet to be finished. By 2023, it will start functioning, he added.

Special Blast Ltd awarded contract for rate contract for procurement of 1000 mt high density ammonium nitrate hdan a in prills granules crystalline lump form on high sea sale basis

Kolkata Port will invest Rs 1,900 crore in various upgradation projects. The port has already invested around Rs 700 crore in past seven years, since the Sagarmala project was kicked off, to enhance port connectivity in the country.

L&T has secured an order from a prestigious client to expand a super-speciality hospital in Kolkata by 250 beds on design-and-build basis. The built-up area of the Kolkata hospital will be 2.61 lakh sq ft, comprising a basement and ground-plus-10 floors including a LINAC and PET CT facility.

The Kolkata Government has approved Rs. 122 crore water augmentation project at Jai Hind water treatment plant (Dhapa). KMC has invited a global tender for it. The construction work will begin in April with a deadline to wrap up the project by early 2024.

The Port is aiming to advance the implementation target of Rs. 2400 crore projects under the National Gati Shakti plan. This will make Kolkata a leading cruising centre of the eastern region and contemplates a Rs. 66 crore comprehensive project to develop three to four cruise terminals along with riverfront beautification and commercial development on a 31 acre plot at Khidderpore area in the city.