Gujarat eyes Rs 150,000 crore infrastructure investment | INRnews
The sectors which could see more investment are energy, chemicals, petrochemicals and pharmaceuticals, agro and food processing, textiles and apparel, automobile and ceramic engineering, SEZ and port-led development, gems and jewellery, medical tourism, biotechnology, information technology, urban development and tourism.
The government has invited Rs 32,000 crore investments for the power sector, to be spread over nine new projects. Generation capacity in the state is about 9,288 Mw divided among 20 power stations. Of this 10 plants are owned by the Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Ltd, seven are owned by private players, while Central government utilities have shares in one unit. Generation capacity is targeted to be raised to 16,000 Mw by 2012 to meet peak demand. Some of the mega projects planned include a 1,000 Mw LNG-based plant at Vansi Borsi in Surat district at an investment of Rs 3,000 crore, a 1,000 Mw coal-based plant near Veera/Sangat at Kandla at Rs 4,500 crore, a 1,000 Mw coal-based plant near Pipavav at Rs 4,500 crore and another 1,000 Mw coal-based plant at Simar in Junagadh district for Rs 4,500 crore.
By INRnews Correspondent
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