KFDC is hoping to set up mega seafood parks in three coastal districts of Karnataka under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) scheme. It is looking for land close to the airport and port for the project. The park is expected to come up at Gangolli in Udupi district.

The Navi Mumbai Metro Rail project worth Rs. 7,633 crore is back on track with new deadlines. The Metro run for all three lines connecting various residential areas and the industrial hub of Taloja MIDC is scheduled for end-2024. Line IV of the Metro, the last point connectivity with the airport, has been kept in abeyance.

NREDCAP has invited bids for preparing a pre-feasibility report and a detailed project report for the proposed 6.3 GW pumped storage hydroelectric projects at various locations in the state. The draft DPR should be submitted within 12 months from the date of the approval of proceeding from NREDCAP.

TSREDCO’s plan to set up a rooftop solar power system on the reservoirs being maintained by the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) is now in the final stages. TSREDCO, the state’s nodal agency in implementing solar power projects, is planning to develop a 31.12 MW rooftop solar project.

BSEL has targeted setting up of solar plants on a 593-acre area identified by the UPSIDA in Lalitpur. Many entrepreneurs have also shown keen interest in setting up solar plants in other districts of Bundelkhand region.

The Centre has speeded up the Detailed Project Report (DPR) of the 13.5 km Shinku La Tunnel in Ladakh and Lahaul and Spiti districts of Himachal Pradesh.

The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to tap loans from licensed banking entities for funding the 628 km Ganga Expressway project, which is estimated to cost more than Rs. 36,000 crore. The mega project will be the world’s longest access-controlled expressway project.

BDA is mulling revision of the proposal of road widening of the Kudeshiya-Shahdana stretch from 12 metres to 24 metres to cater to heavy vehicular movement on the road. The road construction will likely be taken up by the Railway Land Development Authority (RLDA).

In order to create special economic zones and corridors in the untapped areas of the state, the UPSIDA has identified nearly 1,600-acre of barren land. This land bank would be made available to the Industry Department for inviting investments and setting up projects