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MTHL project: Three consortiums
shortlisted
Mumbai: Three consortiums have been shortlisted
for the six-lane Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) project.
The Rs4,000-crore project consists of building a 22-km
bridge from Sewri in Central Mumbai to Nhava in Navi Mumbai.
The
Maharashtra Government had recently appointed the Maharashtra
State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) as entrepreneur
to implement the project on a build-own-transfer (BOT)
basis. The MSRDC in turn invited pre-qualification bids
through global tenders. Of the six consortiums that submitted
pre-qualification bids, three consortiums have now received
approval.
They
are Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS),
SKIL and John Laing Construction (UK), Larsen and Toubro,
Gammon India Ltd and Sisterna Ltd (Russia) and Indian
Farmers Fertilisers Corporation (IFFCO), Skanska Cementation
and Italian Thai Development Company and MAEDA (Japan).
The
three pre-qualified bidders have now been issued request
for proposal (RFP) documents. The bids are expected to
be made by the shortlisted consortium's in the next three
months and the final award of contract is likely to be
made in December.
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Govt plans to computerise PDS network
at Rs222-cr
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Government plans to computerise
the public distribution system (PDS) network in the State
at a cost of Rs222.23-cr.
According
to the policy note on Food and Consumer Protection tabled
in the Assembly on Wednesday, a project report will soon
be submitted to the Centre for consideration under the
National e-Governance Action Plan. As per the proposal
the State Government would like to network the Civil Supplies
Department, the Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation
and the Co-operatives for more streamlined functioning
of the PDS.
The
PDS supplies essential commodities such as rice, sugar
and kerosene at subsidised rates. In Tamil Nadu, the PDS
provides universal coverage to the public as the State
does not discriminate between those above and those below
the poverty line.
For
2006-07, the food subsidy is estimated at Rs1,950 crore
up from Rs 1,200 crore in 2005-06. There are over 1.89
crore family cards which enable the public to buy the
commodities from the PDS outlets.
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