Unit I of Essar Energy’s Mahan Thermal Power Plant commissioned

Essar Power on December 26, 2012 commissioned the 600 Mw unit I of Mahan Thermal Power Project in Madhya Pradesh. Unit II of the 1200 Mw power project is expected to be commissioned in 2014. The entire project is expected to cost Rs 6,600 crores.

Essar Energy Ltd : Essar House, Keshavrao Khadye Marg, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai

 

Essar Port’s Paradip dry bulk terminal becomes operational

Essar Ports Ltd on November 24, 2012 commissioned its Dry Bulk Terminal at the Paradip Port in Odisha. The 16 million tpa facility is designed to handle iron ore & dry bulk cargo. The terminal will help achieve better handling rates, improve efficiencies with faster turn around time for ships and will benefit the Paradip Port and its customers.

Paradip Port Trust : Paradip, Odisha

 

 

Essar Steel commissions Phase I of Jagatsingpur Integrated Steel Plant in Odisha

Essar Steel in November 2012  commissioned Phase I of its Integrated Steel Plant in Jagatsingpur district of Orissa.  The project is spread over 1,500 acre entailing an investment of Rs 10, 000 crore. Work on phase II of the six million tpa plant is underway with completion scheduled for March 2013. 

Essar Steel Ltd : Essar House, Keshavrao Khadye Marg, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai

 

Luxury Five Star Hotel Shangri-La opens in Mumbai

Phoenix Mills Ltd has opened the doors of its luxury five star hotel Shangri-La, Mumbai. The hotel features 390 spacious and elegantly appointed rooms, including 32 suites, with stunning views of the city, race course and the Arabian Sea. The hotel offers guests 7 restaurants and lounges.  Shangri-La, Mumbai has been developed by Pallazzio Hotels & Leisure Ltd, a subsidiary of Phoenix Mills Ltd.

Phoenix Mills Ltd :   R R Hosiery Building, Shakti Mills Compound, Dr. E Moses Road, Mumbai

 

Hyatt Place Hampi begins operations

Hyatt Hotels Corporation and Chartered Hampi Hotels Private Limited have opened Hyatt Place Hampi in Bellary district of Karnataka. The 115 room Hyatt Place Hampi hotel is located at Vidyanagar Township, Tornagallu, in close proximity to the business centres of Bellary and Hospet. UNESCO world heritage site at Hampi is 27 kms away from the hotel.

Hyatt Hotels Inc : Hyatt Center, Chicago, USA

 

WORK-IN-PROGRESS

Panasonic India will soon start the production of air conditioners, washing machines and power tools  from its new manufacturing unit at Dadri Toy in Jhajjar district in Haryana.

 

ITC has begun construction of a Rs 150 crore 2 lakh litres per day milk processing plant in Munger district of Bihar.

 

Hi-Rel Power Electronics, a subsidiary of Hitachi is setting up a Rs 100* crore power electronics product plant at Sanand II near Ahmedabad.

 

GMR Group is ready to synchronize Unit I of (2x300 Mw) thermal power plant at Warora, near Nagpur.

 

GAIL India is likely to commission its Dabhol liquefied natural gas terminal by February 2013.

 

Royal Enfield is setting up a new manufacturing plant coming up in Oragadam near Chennai.