Vizhinjam Tender - 5 consortiums bid
The list of consortiums announced are as follows.
1.M/s Zoom Developers + Portial Management Services, UK + Peter Fraenkel & Partners, UK
2. M/S Lanco Infratech Pvt Ltd + Lanco Power + Pembinaan Redzai Sdn Bdh
3. M/S D.S Constructions + Apollo Enterprises Ltd + KGL Ports International, Dubai
4. M/S Nagarjuna Construction Company Ltd + Maysta Infratech + OPM, Singapore
5.M/s Videocon Industries Ltd + Gammon India + Gammon Infra + Sical Logistics.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Ensure Central aid for Vizhinjam project: Janapaksham
Ensure Central aid for Vizhinjam project: Janapaksham
T'PURAM: Janapaksham, Thiruvananthapuram, has urged the State Government to ensure Central aid for the proposed deepwater container transshipment hub at Vizhinjam as the cut-off date for submitting tenders is nearing.
Central aid is imperative for the Vizhinjam Port since road and rail connectivity had to be developed for it, the executive committee of Janapaksham, which met here on Sunday, reminded the government.
The Centre had earmarked Rs 500 crore for developing ports under the State Governments.
The fund is used to develop rail and road connectivity to the ports and is issued through State Maritime Boards, Janapaksham general secretary Swaminathan said in a statement.
Since Vizhinjam is planned as the first mother port in the country, it should be accorded special consideration by the Centre, he said. Janapaksham president Elias John presided.
The State Government had fixed January 31 as the final date for submitting bids for the Rs 5,328-crore project.
In fact, the cut-off date is the fourth one fixed by the government after the companies sought more time.
Because of this, the schedule for the project set in April last year has been chucked into the bin.
According to the schedule, the construction of the port should begin in December 2008. Now it is almost sure that it is not going to happen.
T'PURAM: Janapaksham, Thiruvananthapuram, has urged the State Government to ensure Central aid for the proposed deepwater container transshipment hub at Vizhinjam as the cut-off date for submitting tenders is nearing.
Central aid is imperative for the Vizhinjam Port since road and rail connectivity had to be developed for it, the executive committee of Janapaksham, which met here on Sunday, reminded the government.
The Centre had earmarked Rs 500 crore for developing ports under the State Governments.
The fund is used to develop rail and road connectivity to the ports and is issued through State Maritime Boards, Janapaksham general secretary Swaminathan said in a statement.
Since Vizhinjam is planned as the first mother port in the country, it should be accorded special consideration by the Centre, he said. Janapaksham president Elias John presided.
The State Government had fixed January 31 as the final date for submitting bids for the Rs 5,328-crore project.
In fact, the cut-off date is the fourth one fixed by the government after the companies sought more time.
Because of this, the schedule for the project set in April last year has been chucked into the bin.
According to the schedule, the construction of the port should begin in December 2008. Now it is almost sure that it is not going to happen.
CPM calls for rethink on blacklisting Chinese cos
EW DELHI: After Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s China visit, the CPM has revived its demand for a rethink on blacklisting certain Chinese companies. The party, which is still peeved over the government’s decision to close doors to a Chinese consortium from investing in the Vizhinjam Port Project, said the bilateral trade figures, despite security considerations, show “tremendous potential” of economic co-operation between the two countries.
“There is now bound to be a serious rethink in India on the question of visa restrictions and the blacklisting of certain Chinese companies, given that they have qualified global tenders as it happened in the offshore agencies in Kerala,” polit bureau member Sitaram Yechury said in an editorial in the CPM mouthpiece, People’s Democracy.
To drive home the point, the CPM also drew attention to the relations between China and Taiwan. “The People’s Republic of China having succeeded in reintegrating Hong Kong and Macau with the mainland is seeking to do so with Taiwan, which it considers as an integral part of China. In spite of this position and its consequent irritants in political, diplomatic and military spheres, Taiwan remains an important economic partner, both in terms of trade and investment with China,” Mr Yechury said.
The UPA government had decided against allowing Chinese companies from investing in or managing any Indian port citing security reasons. After Hong Kong-based Hutichison Port Holdings, which had bid for building container terminals for Mumbai and Chennai, it was a Chinese consortium to which the Rs 4,000-crore Vizhinjam project was awarded that fell target to the government’s decision.
The Left parties had opposed the government decision to ban Chinese companies from entering the port sector and sought a level-playing field for all countries.
With India and China announcing a new trade target of $60 billion during Mr Singh’s recent tour of the country, the CPM viewed the recognition that “stronger economic relationship between India and China could well move the centre of economic gravity of the world towards Asia” as the most important aspect of the visit.
Mr Yechury said this in itself will go a long way in the movement towards “global multi-polarity”.He said the visit was “highly successful” which has taken forward both the improvement of bilateral relations and the joint role that both the countries ought to play in international affairs. “It is clearly in the mutual interests of both India and China to carry forward this process,” he said.
On the border dispute, he said the two sides seem to have converged on the understanding that co-operation in other fields should proceed and be strengthened. Mr Yechury also recalled that it took China more than seven decades to resolve its border dispute with the former USSR.
“There is now bound to be a serious rethink in India on the question of visa restrictions and the blacklisting of certain Chinese companies, given that they have qualified global tenders as it happened in the offshore agencies in Kerala,” polit bureau member Sitaram Yechury said in an editorial in the CPM mouthpiece, People’s Democracy.
To drive home the point, the CPM also drew attention to the relations between China and Taiwan. “The People’s Republic of China having succeeded in reintegrating Hong Kong and Macau with the mainland is seeking to do so with Taiwan, which it considers as an integral part of China. In spite of this position and its consequent irritants in political, diplomatic and military spheres, Taiwan remains an important economic partner, both in terms of trade and investment with China,” Mr Yechury said.
The UPA government had decided against allowing Chinese companies from investing in or managing any Indian port citing security reasons. After Hong Kong-based Hutichison Port Holdings, which had bid for building container terminals for Mumbai and Chennai, it was a Chinese consortium to which the Rs 4,000-crore Vizhinjam project was awarded that fell target to the government’s decision.
The Left parties had opposed the government decision to ban Chinese companies from entering the port sector and sought a level-playing field for all countries.
With India and China announcing a new trade target of $60 billion during Mr Singh’s recent tour of the country, the CPM viewed the recognition that “stronger economic relationship between India and China could well move the centre of economic gravity of the world towards Asia” as the most important aspect of the visit.
Mr Yechury said this in itself will go a long way in the movement towards “global multi-polarity”.He said the visit was “highly successful” which has taken forward both the improvement of bilateral relations and the joint role that both the countries ought to play in international affairs. “It is clearly in the mutual interests of both India and China to carry forward this process,” he said.
On the border dispute, he said the two sides seem to have converged on the understanding that co-operation in other fields should proceed and be strengthened. Mr Yechury also recalled that it took China more than seven decades to resolve its border dispute with the former USSR.
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