Work on metro to begin next year

NAGPUR: Work on Nagpur metro railway is likely to begin next year if everything goes as per schedule. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation(DMRC) has told Nagpur Improvement Trust(NIT) that it will submit the detailed project report (DPR) in September.

NIT chairman Pravin Darade said DMRC had completed the surveys and was now preparing the report. "Once we get the report, we will send it to state and central governments for approval. Then we will start the tender process," he said.

Darade added that NIT had signed the agreement for preparing the DPR with DMRC in February and given it a target to do the job in eight months. "DMRC has assured us that it will meet deadline," he said.

The DMRC had conducted five type of surveys junction, screen line, outer cordon, parking and door-to-door surveys.

The junction survey was done at prominent squares and
traffic junctions. The screen line survey was done at railway over bridges (ROBs), flyovers, railway under bridges (RUBs), nullah crossings, etc. In the outer cordon survey DMRC agents studied the traffic movement in areas near municipal limits. Availability of parking spaces was noted down and the agents went to many residences at random and asked them about their vehicular movement patterns.TOI

Reliance synchronizes 300MW unit at Butibori plant:

NAGPUR: One of the units at Reliance Power Limited's thermal power project at Butibori was synchronized with the grid on Tuesday. Synchronization of a power plant is similar to trial runs before starting full-fledged operations.

Reliance, which has formed a separate company, Vidarbha Industries Power Limited ( VIPL), for the project is coming up with a 600MW power plant, having 2 units of 300MW each at Butibori. A press release issued by the company says that the synchronization will take total generation capacity of Reliance Power to 1,540MW. The unit which was synchronized within a period 21 months has come up at a cost of over Rs 3,600 crore. The project spread over 275 acres is dubbed as one of the most compact power plants.

The power generated through this plant will mainly be supplied to industrial units and distribution companies of the state. The second unit of the plant is expected to be ready by the end of the year, said the press release.

The unit synchronized on Tuesday is expected to be fully operational soon, said an official of the company. However, as far as supply to industrial units in the region is concerned, not much demand has been generated in Butibori industrial estate, said president of Butibori Manufacturers Association ( BMA) Hemant Ambaselkar.TOI