Tata Power on Thursday said its wholly- owned subsidiary TPGEL has bagged an order to develop a 225 mega watt?hybrid renewable power project. “Tata Power Green Energy Ltd (TPGEL), the company’s wholly owned subsidiary, received a letter of award from Tata Power Mumbai Distribution on July 13, 2020 to develop a 225 MW hybrid renewable […]
Day: July 16, 2020
NHPC Retenders a 40 MW Solar Project in Odisha
NHPC Limited has invited fresh bids from engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractors for a 40 MW solar power project. The project will be developed at Landeihil village in Ganjam district of Odisha. This is a retender of the capacity that was floated in April last year. The scope of work includes the design, engineering, […]
Lack of social distancing by other passengers a top concern among flyers: IndiGo survey
Lack of social distancing by other passengers is a top concern among flyers, stated a survey by IndiGo on Thursday that was conducted online between June 20 and June 28 among 25,000 travellers. The survey found that air transport is considered the safest form of travel by a wide margin for inter-city travel — 68 […]
Do not allow unapproved charter flights from UAE to land in India: DGCA in a letter to AAI
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has told Airports Authorities of India (AAI) to not allow charter flights from the UAE if they do not have approval from the State government to land here. “It has been noticed that some of the charter flights from UAE to India did not have requisite Indian state […]
Dharmendra Pradhan invites US oil, gas firms to invest in India; eyes this much investment in 5 years
Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan invited the US companies and investors to engage and invest in India, ahead of the second ministerial meeting of India and the US Strategic Energy Partnership scheduled tomorrow. Dharmendra Pradhan said that India will see an investment of over $118 billion in the oil and gas sector in the next five […]
A flurry of infrastructure cheques from China put Pakistan back in the Belt and Road game
China’s Belt and Road program has found new life in Pakistan with $11 billion worth of projects signed in the last month, driven by a former lieutenant general who has reinvigorated the infrastructure plan that’s been languishing since PM Imran Khan took office two years ago. The nations signed deals on June 25 and July […]
Covid halts Kullu bridge repair
The repair work on the concrete Bhootnath Bridge at Sarwari in Kullu, which was closed for vehicular traffic on January 6 last year after it developed cracks, has been delayed due to the Covid outbreak. The tender for the repair work was awarded to Freyssinet, a French company, in December last year and the repair […]
Discom losses due to different accounting procedures: Probe
A four-member committee constituted by the Haryana Government to look into the unusually large losses incurred by the two power distribution companies nearly a decade ago has found out that nothing was amiss and the accounting was done in keeping with the present policy.
Unapproved flights from UAE must not be allowed to land: DGCA to Airports Authority of India
NEW DELHI: Charter flights coming from the UAE that do not have approval from the state government concerned in India must not be allowed to land here, aviation regulator DGCA told the Airports Authority of India (AAI) on Wednesday. “It has been noticed that some of the charter flights from UAE to India did not […]
Madras HC dismisses plea challenging TANGEDCO’s ‘unfair’ power charges during lockdown
CHENNAI: In a major disappointment to lakhs of domestic electricity consumers, a division bench of the Madras High Court dismissed the case filed against Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited (TANGEDCO) that called the entire power consumption calculation methodology by the authority during the lockdown period unfair. The petitioner ML Ravi, an advocate, submitted […]
Delhi Airport handled over 20 million pieces of essential medical supplies during lockdown
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Airport remained functional during the COVID-19 lockdown and handled more than 20 million pieces of essential medical supplies from April to June, the GMR group said in a statement on Wednesday. According to the GMR group, these imported medical kits were distributed across the country. “During April to June 2020, the […]
15 APSP cops deployed at Vijayawada airport contract coronavirus
VIJAYAWADA: At least 15 Andhra Pradesh Special Police (APSP) constables, who were deployed at Vijayawada airport, reportedly tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday. As many 88 personnel of APSP 12th battalion, based out of Visakhapatnam, had recently come to the city. According to Gannavaram circle inspector Kagitha Srinivas, more constables might test positive as their […]