PICTURES OF DURGAPUR AEROTROPOLIS

IQ CITY UPDATE

IQ CITY Project which is a project of the SPS Group and the Remac group would be completed in 3 years from now.

CDE IRON ORE WASHING SYSTEM BY JAI BALAJI

One of India's leading steel producers is to install a CDE iron ore washing plant at their facility in Durgapur, West Bengal. With a capacity of 200tph, the plant for Jai Balaji Industries will be the largest installed by CDE in India.Jai Balaji Industries have introduced the CDE iron ore washing system to replace their existing mobile dry screening system as they seek to improve the final quality of their iron ore which is subsequently used in a number of their steel manufacturing operations. The washing of iron ore reserves is proven to have many advantages over dry screening, most importantly the removal of many contaminants which have a detrimental effect on the final quality of the iron ore. Another problem faced by Jai Balaji Industries was created by the rainy season in West Bengal. This left the stockpiles of iron ore very wet, which the existing dry screening operation was not able to handle. Jai Balaji Industries is one of the most well known steel manufacturing companies in Eastern India with manufacturing facilities in four states - West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Jharkland and Orissa. Jai Balaji have an extensive portfolio of products which includes sponge iron, pig iron, reinforcement steel TMT bars, Alloy & Mild Steel Billets, wire rods and Carbon, Alloy and Mild Steel Heavy Rounds. The introduction of the new CDE iron ore washing system will improve the final quality of the iron ore through an efficient and effective reduction in the levels of contaminants in the raw iron ore. These contaminants such as Alumica, Silica and fine silts and clays create inefficiencies in the steel production process and their effective removal can lead to substantial cost savings in production as well as allowing for the production of high quality steel products. In summary, this new 200tph iron ore washing plant will create better efficiencies in the steel manufacturing processes of the Jai Balaji Group by producing higher grade ores for use in in the kilns and blast furnaces while also providing high grade iron ore fines for use in the sinter plants.

REVIVAL PLAN FOR DURGAPUR DAIRY

Plans are a foot to privatise the Durgapur Dairy presently a state owned unit,it is under the plan which has been taken by the state government to revive the ailing units to sustain.

IFCA CENTRE

Institute of Finance and Computer Accounting has opened a new centre in Durgapur,the centre is near to Bengal Ambuja township.

DURGAPUR AEROTROPOLIS

Work in Durgapur Aerotropolis wil start very soon, the entire land for the airport wll come under the direct control of the company which is setting the project, in the month of June, as yet 18 thousand land owners have contributed their land at their will ,the land will be filled in the month of August and there will be a wall in the month of October.The airport will be the first of its kind in the entire country and related projects will be put up with the passage of time.

ESSAR INTERESTED IN FERTILIZER PLANT

Essar has already expressed interest in starting a fertilizer plant in Durgapur, it may use the closed HFC-Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation's land or it may see other land options.The investment amount will be Rs 5000 crore and it require 600 acres ,the production rate will be 13 lac metric tonne per year.

PLC TECHNOLOGY IN ASP, DURGAPUR

PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) system has recently been introduced in Durgapur's Alloy Steel Plant, the system has been installed in the engineering department of the continuous casting system, with the help of this system the departmental malfunctioning of several machineries will be quickly detected and the operation system will be more smooth, this system is a part of the modernization process going in the plant and steps are being taken to minimise the pollution level of the plant.

SUBWAY OUTLET

Subway India the leading sandwich chain which operates the wholly owned subsidiary-Subway Systems India wants to double its store presence in Eastern India, following this strategy it wants to enter Durgapur.The chain has recently recorded an 18 percent boost in sales, April this year.

CITY CENTRE PHASE 2, SOON BY BENGAL SHRISTI

Bengal Shristi will soon commence working on their City Centre Phase 2 project.Due to the positive report of their previous projects this decision has been taken.There are many BPO, KPO, disaster management centres and back offices that are coming to Durgapur so the projects with good infrastructure need a quick start.

SPARKLIN:NEW REAL ESTATE CUM COMMERCIAL PROJECT

BGA Realtors a Kolkata based real estate company is constructing a huge residential cum commercial project in Durgapur.The location chosen is Link Road ,Steel Township. The name of the project is SPARKLIN.The project is also having swimming pool,fitness zone and community hall.The commercial area is a huge mall with total 6 floors.

MODERN HOSTELS AND SERVICE APARTMENTS

ADDA(Asansol Durgapur Development Authority) is going to construct a modern students' hostel in Durgapur,the hostel will be for students who have come to Durgapur for education purposes from outside Durgapur, the hostel is going to come up 3km off the City Centre and 1km off the national highway in Lenin Sarani.The hostel will be equipped with all modern facilities like 24hr internet service, library, common room & cafeteria. There will be total 150 rooms, a private contractor will be awarded the contract to build the hostel.In addition to this project some service apartments are also coming up which will constitute 200 rooms and will be having modern facilities for employees of different private players in Durgapur,the service apartments will be having cafeterias and other entertainment centres.

DHANALAKSHMI BANK

Dhanalakhsmi Bank is all set to open a branch in Durgapur