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31 Jan 2015 to 06 Feb 2015
Four global giants compete for Greenfield airport
Belapur: Four major national and
international players are competing
for the development of Navi
Mumbai Airport. Applications for
qualification have been received
from the Mumbai International
Airports Private Limited (MIAL),
the present developer and operator
of CSIA, GMR Airports Ltd. –
operating the airports at New Delhi,
Hyderabad and Mactan Chebu,
Philippines, Consortium of
Hiranandani Group and Zurich
Airport, Switzerland, an airport
ranked consistently in the top 10
airports of the world by Skytrax and
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MIA Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. a
company promoted by Vinci
Airports International SA, owners
and operators of airports in
Portugal including the Lisbon
airport and Tata Realty and
Infrastructure Limited.
As per the RFQ, the list of prequalified applicants is expected to
be declared before March 31, 2015.
The pre-qualified applicants shall
be eligible to participate in the bid
stage of the project.The global
tender notice inviting Request for
Qualification for the development
of the Greenfield Navi Mumbai
International Airport (NMIA) on
PPP was floated on February 5,
2014. The Ministry of Civil
Aviation (MoCA), in December
2014, approved the shared till for
NMIA at par with CSIA (Mumbai
Airport).
Auto drivers felicitated for outstanding
social services
Vashi: With an aim to motivate and
encourage auto drivers, RTO Navi
Mumbai, Fortis Hospital and Rotary
Club of Palm Beach felicitated them
and gave them certificates for their
commendable social services.
"The main aim was to
encourage auto drivers for their
calm and honest behavior with the
commuters. There have been
complaints from the commuters
regarding rude behavior of the auto
drivers. However, when they do
some good deed we forget to thank
them.
There have been so many
instances when the auto drivers
have provided free service to the
handicapped people and have also
returned back the jewllery and other
belongings. Hence, we felt the need
to felicitate them for their positive
behavior,“ said Assistant Regional
Transport officer D V Modak.
“This initiative would also
encourage other auto drivers to
adopt a friendly attitude towards the
commuters,” added Modak.
Santosh Gaiwad, Premnath
Mhatre, Shivshankar Shah,
Suryakant Mhatre were some of the
auto drivers who were felicitated for
providing free auto service to
people with disability. Sheshrao
Patil, Anand Narwade, Suryakant
patil, Arun Pawar were felicitated
for returning back valuable
jewellaries and money to the
commuters , while Balasaheb
Karkale was felicitated for helping
people who met with accidents.
Jyoti Sehi, Sunita Kapse,
Sangeeta Takalkar and Neeba
Suryavanshi were some of the
female auto drivers who were also
felicitated by the RTO for their hard
work.
Builders oppose unreasonable hike in cement prices
Va s h i : T h e b u i l d e r s h a v e
vehemently opposed the arbitrary
hike in cement prices announced by
the Cement Manufactures.
“The price of cement has gone
up from Rs. 270/- to Rs.348/- per
bag, an increase of almost 29% per
cent. An abnormal increase of 40%
in the price of cement in the last one
month has thrown construction
industry out of gear in
Maharashtra. The
Builders
Association of Navi Mumbai–
CREDAI will take a petition to the
Central Government of India
requesting for slashing the
increased rates in a week's time,
failing which, we would be forced
to halt the construction activities by
our all members,” remarks
president of BANM.
“The move by the cement
manufacturers to increase the price
of cement by Rs. 78/- is unjustified
as there is no change in taxes or any
significant increase in the cost of
inputs for cement and also the oil
price has reduced substantially.
Everything in reverse, this is not
real, it looks as if there has been
artificially created reasons for a
random, illogical increase in
cement prices,” remarks another
member.
“The present situation and
political scenario and the
upcoming season does not warrant
the need for such hike in cement
prices and requires a focus on
capacity utilization. The
Governments should take strict
action against the cement
manufacturers for cartelization to
increase the prices. The price
increase is grossly timed wrong,
when prices are generously
supposed to be on the downtick due
to the slowing of construction
pace,” he adds.
We demand an immediate roll
back of prices for cement and urge
the Governments to intervene and
resolve the issue. The focus of the
developers in the region is on
affordable housing.
The steep increase in the price
of cement in Maharashtra will add
to the cost of housing and thereby
increasing the burden on all
stakeholders. Considering the
current low prices for property this
increased cost will create negative
growth and escalate artificial
pricing. To avoid such a situation
we are insisting on an immediate
roll back of the price hike,”
remarked President, BANM.The
Governments should also take
cognizance of the fact that if the
real estate sector will stop
procurement it will create huge
revenue and tax losses to the
government. There is need for an
open dialogue with right
intervention by the governments to
bring decorum and discipline in the
operations of cement
manufacturers and will take all
appropriate measures to ensure that
the cartelization is broken, he
added.
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