Archive for December 10th, 2007
APHB auctions 18.75 acres for Rs 272.8 crore
Monday, December 10th, 2007The Andhra Pradesh Housing Board (APHB) on Monday auctioned off a prime piece of land at Hydernagar on the outskirts of the city for Rs 272.8 crore. The housing board sold off the 18.75-acre plot adjacent to the Malaysian model township at Rs 14.55 crore per acre, which means each square yard costing about Rs […]
Bus plan falls flat on Huda
Monday, December 10th, 2007Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (Huda) has failed to implement the much publicised bus terminus-cum-business centre project at old Gandhi Hospital in Secunderabad.
Iffco plans multi-product SEZ in Nellore
Monday, December 10th, 2007Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (Iffco) is planning to set up a multi-product SEZ with a focus on agri and food processing industry on 2,700 acres in coastal district of Nellore in Andhra Pradesh.
Lower Tank Bund road gets ready
Monday, December 10th, 2007Relief at last: Bulldozers at work at the service road alongside the Telugu Talli flyover on the Lower Tank Bund.
Photo Courtesy: The HinduÂ
After a decade of protests, disputes, discussions and dilly-dallying, the slip road alongside the Telugu Talli flyover on the Lower Tank Bund seems to be nearing completion.
Caparo seeks land to set up units in Andhra
Monday, December 10th, 2007The UK-based Euro 1-billion Caparo group has recently made a formal request with the Andhra Pradesh government for allotment of about 1,500 acres of land to set up auto and aerospace component manufacturing units in Nellore district.
Hyderabad hotels may stay open till midnight
Monday, December 10th, 2007If serious thinking in the Government translates into an order, residents of the twin cities will be able to go to hotels till midnight.
Taj GVK to expand operations
Monday, December 10th, 2007Taj G V K Hotels and Resorts Ltd, a joint venture of the Tata Group’s Indian Hotels Company Ltd and Hyderabad-based G V K group, has embarked upon a Rs 315-crore expansion plan to increase its room strength from the existing 550 to 1,000 in Hyderabad by 2009-10.
Andhra to buy 25% power from Hindujas
Monday, December 10th, 2007The Andhra Pradesh government is considering to buy 25 per cent power from the 1,040-Mw coal-based merchant power project proposed to be set up in Visakhapatnam by the Hinduja Group.
Retail management academy for Vizag
Monday, December 10th, 2007Vizag will soon have a retail management academy in the private sector offering post-graduate courses, accredited by the Andhra University (AU), announced Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Chairman (Southern region) Pradipta K. Mohapatra here on Monday.
Norms to regularise Illegal buildings
Monday, December 10th, 2007Buildings constructed illegally or those which deviated from plans from January 1, 1985, can be regularised under the ‘compulsory disclosure scheme’ announced by the government.
State move on regularisation opposed
Monday, December 10th, 2007The Forum for Better Visakha (FBV) has strongly opposed the State Government’s proposed move to issue an ordinance to regularise unauthorised constructions which it felt would ‘negate the public interest’ and regularising an illegality would reward the law-breakers and penalise the law abiding citizens.
Court ‘no’ to work on Health City
Monday, December 10th, 2007Justice N.V.Ramana of the A.P. High Court on Monday directed the authorities to take steps to ensure that no constructions take place in the area alienated in favour of Health City, Vishakhapatnam.
Huda to speed up land purchase for township
Monday, December 10th, 2007Hyderabad Urban Development Authority will speed up the construction of integrated townships along the Outer Ring Road to decongest the core city. Huda has decided to adopt public-private partnership for land acquisition and the development of the townships as has been done in Ahmedabad, Pune and Chennai.
Metro rail developers to be finalised
Monday, December 10th, 2007Selection of developers for the proposed metro rail project will be completed by March, 2008. The Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMR) Limited has decided to invite financial bids from the prospective developers in the first week of January, 2008 and complete the process within two months.
Apache`s SEZ appeal in rural Andhra
Monday, December 10th, 2007It is an impromptu court at Tada, a village in the Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh. A group has collected on the sidewalks of the highway connecting Chennai with Kolkata, between vast expanses of paddy fields on either side.
Late-night flight operations likely
Monday, December 10th, 2007The Eastern Naval Command (ENC), which controls the commercial flight operations in the Visakhapatnam airport, through its INS Dega, is likely to consider a request from the airlines to allow night operation up to 0030 hours by splitting the present operation timings.
Japanese method to cleanse Hussainsagar
Monday, December 10th, 2007The Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (HUDA) will implement the best practices in waste water treatment and lake conservation adopted in Japan to treat polluted Hussainsagar lake.
Integrated IIITs to start functioning from next year
Monday, December 10th, 2007It’s good news for students and parents as well. Three IIITs, which would provide six-year integrated course after SSC, would start functioning in State from the next academic year.
BJP plea on MMTS
Monday, December 10th, 2007To ease the traffic problems faced in the city and suburbs, State BJP president Bandaru Dattatreya has demanded taking up of the second phase of MMTS and encompassing more areas under the metro rail project.