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NBCC to construct AIIMS in Himachal Pradesh
N
avratna CPSE NBCC (India) has
bagged a prestigious project for
planning, designing & construction of
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
(AIIMS) at Kothipara in Bilaspur
District of Himachal Pradesh worth
Rs 1138 crore.
The Project has been awarded to
NBCC by the Ministry of Health &
Family Welfare, under the Pradhan
Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana
(PMSSY).
Spread over 205 acres, the proposed
institution will have a hospital with
capacity of 750 beds and ICU (Specialty
& Super Specialty) beds.
In addition, there will an
institutional block catering to around
100 MBBS students and 60 nursing
students apart from an Administration
Block, AYUSH Block, Auditorium,
Night Shelter, Guest House, Hostels
and Residential facilities which will
be equipped with modern amenities.
NBCC has been a prime mover in
Health Infrastructure sector of the
country and has been undertaking
several significant projects such as
ESIC Hospitals, Medical Colleges
& Hospitals of various State
Governments across the country.
9th round of bidding
for CGD license Open
G
overnment has opened 9th
round of bidding for city gas
distribution (CGD) licensing, in
another 86 GAs (Geographical Areas)
covering 174 districts.
Speaking at the ninth CGD Bid
Round here Petroleum Minister
Dharmendra Pradhan said this is
the largest ever round which covers 20
States and 2 Union Territories (UT) of
the country. After this round, India
will have CGD coverage in nearly 50
per cent of the total 640 districts in
the country and about 50 per cent (61
crore) of the population of the country.
The last day for bidding is July 10.
The round is likely to attract an
investment of Rs 70,000 crore. The
bid round is also aimed at meeting
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's
target of giving piped cooking gas
connection to 1 crore households,
roughly triple the current size, by
2020. CGD licences for Bhopal in
Madhya Pradesh, Ahmednagar
in Maharashtra, Ludhiana and
Jalandhar in Punjab, Barmer, Alwar
and Kota in Rajasthan, Coimbatore
and Salem in Tamil Nadu, Allahabad,
Faizabad, Amethi and Rai Bareli
in Uttar Pradesh, Dehradun in
Uttarakhand and Burdwan in West
Bengal are on offer.
Bidders have been asked to quote
the number of CNG stations to be set
up and number of domestic cooking
gas connections to be given in the first
eight years of operation.
In the new guidelines, maximum
weightage of 50 per cent has been
given to the number of piped gas
connections proposed in eight years
from the date of authorisation, as
compared to 30 per cent earlier.
Companies having a net worth of
not less than Rs 150 crore can bid for
cities with a population of 50 lakh and
more while the same for cities with
population of 20 lakh to 50 lakh has
been proposed at Rs 100 crore.
A Mini Gas Grid in North East
connecting all state capitals being
developed by a JV of 5 companies
will cover 1,500 kms is also being
developed.
16 | May 2018 | www.smartgovernance.in