NTPC’s Chhattisgarh unit begins commercial energy production

October 6th, 2009 RAIPUR - Bhilai Steel Plant, the flagship unit of the state-owned Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL), is facing a severe water crisis that could hit its production, an official said Tuesday. "It's a severe crisis.

September 16th, 2009 RAIPUR - Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh Wednesday justified the commercial tax department's decision Monday to attach a bank account of Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) to recover Rs.408 crore due as entry tax amount. "The government has right to levy entry tax and Bhilai Steel Plant should have abided by government decision," Singh told reporters here.

September 15th, 2009 RAIPUR - The Chhattisgarh government has frozen the bank account of the Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP), the flagship unit of the state-run Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL), for failing to clear tax dues. The Bhilai unit has to pay Rs.408 crore to the state in tax dues, government officials said.

July 23rd, 2009 RAIPUR - Power utility NTPC Ltd has agreed to provide 35 percent of the electricity produced at its upcoming 500 MW stage-III Korba project to Chhattisgarh, a government statement said Thursday. "NTPC (formerly National Thermal Power Corp) has agreed to provide 175 MW power to Chhattisgarh from its 500 MW stage-III Korba project that will begin generation by February 2010," the statement said.

July 11th, 2009 BHILAI - India's steel production will surge to 124 million tonnes (MT) per annum by 2011-12 from the current figure of 65 mt, Steel Minister Virbhadra Singh said here Saturday. "There is a massive expansion going on in the steel sector in country, both in the public and private sectors, that will see India becoming a major steel producer by 2011-12 when its steel production will be 124 mt from the present production of 65 mt," the minister said at a press conference here.

July 9th, 2009 RAIPUR - Two workers of a steel unit in Siltara industrial area on the outskirts of this Chhattisgarh capital were killed Thursday when they touched a live wire, police said. Raj Bihari and Rampal were electrocuted near a water storage tank of Ghankun steel plant.

June 26th, 2009 RAIPUR - Faced with a rare water crisis that could hit production, state-run steel manufacturing unit Bhilai Steel Plant is now seeking the Chhattisgarh government's help for making alternative arrangements for water. "It's a rare crisis.

March 3rd, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Birla Tyres, a unit of the BK Birla Group company Kesoram Industries, resumed production at its Orissa plant Monday, a company official said. The factory at Balasore town, some 200 km from here, was closed down temporarily Feb 16 for the third time on account of poor market conditions.

February 5th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Birla Tyres, a unit of the BK Birla Group company Kesoram Industries, will close down its Orissa plant temporarily for the third time in as many months from Feb 16 to Feb 28 on account of falling sales, a company official said Friday. The unit had shut down operations for about 15 days in December and 13 days last month.

January 18th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Birla Tyres, a unit of the BK Birla group company Kesoram Industries, Monday closed down its Orissa plant temporarily on account of falling sales, a company official said. 'The plant will be closed till January 31 because of falling demand,' a senior official at the unit told IANS on condition of anonymity because he is not authorised to speak to the media.

January 17th, 2009 RAIPUR - Chhattisgarh will start generating up to 700 MW power over the next three years using dust from coal washeries, Chief Minister Raman Singh said Sunday. Speaking at the two-day convention on 'Energy security from renewable energy sources' here, he said the country can narrow the widening demand-supply power gap by looking into options to generate power from non-conventional sources.

January 17th, 2009 RAIPUR - In an attempt to end the power crisis in Karnataka, Chhattisgarh will supply about 300 MW electricity to the southern state, an official said Sunday. 'We have formally approved the Karnataka government's request.

January 15th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Birla Tyres, a unit of the BK Birla group company Kesoram Industries, will shut down its Orissa plant once again on account of falling sales, a company official said Friday. 'We will shut down the plant from January 19 to January 31 because of falling demand,' a senior official at the unit told IANS on condition of anonymity because he is not authorised to speak to the media.

January 9th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - Boeing Co. announced Friday it will layoff nearly 4,500 workers at its commercial airplanes unit as part of a cost-cutting measure amid the weakening global economy.

December 31st, 2008 RAIPUR - The Chhattisgarh government Thursday announced that it has split the state electricity board into five entities - one holding company and four others to manage transmission, distribution, production and trading. The new companies are - Chhattisgarh State Power Transmission Co.