HCC, India's leading construction and infrastructure development Company, in joint venture with John Laing Investment Ltd and Sadbhav Engineering Ltd has bagged the prestigious order from National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) to construct the 96.5 km highway from Maharashtra-Madhya Pradesh Border to Dhule on NH-3 on BOT basis.
The joint venture, known as 'HCC-Laing-Sadbhav Consortium', has been awarded the project in the ratio of 37:36:27. The cost of the project is estimated at about Rs 1415 crore.
Infrastructure conglomerate Jaiprakash Associates Ltd (JAL) has announced the results for the three month period ended December 31, 2008.
The flagship of Jaypee Group has posted a growth of six per cent (6%) in profit after tax (PAT) for the three month period, which stood at Rs 165.51 crore from Rs 155.8 crore the previous year.
There was an increase by 44.49 per cent to Rs 1,447.12 crore from Rs 1,001.57 crore the previous year in the total inclone of the company for the quarter.
Telecom infrastructure company, GTL infrastructure posted a net loss of Rs 1.4 crore in third quarter ended December 31, 08, which is less than total losses suffered by the company in the same period last year. The company had posted a net loss of Rs 16 crore in the third quarter last year.
Tax provisions and tight financial conditions impacted its business leading to decline in net profit. However, the company expressed satisfaction over its performance and said that it would chalk out new business strategy to improve its working efficiency.
BSEL Infrastructure Realty Ltd has sold its stakes in BW Highway Star Hotel project at Balewadi, Pune. The firm had 17 percent stake in BW project and it has informed the Bombay Stock Exchange about sell out.
1,058,824 shares of face value Rs 10 each has been sold to Kamat Hotels (India) for Rs 79,411,800 while remaining 941,176 shares to Unity Realty and Developers
(subsidiary of Unity Infraprojects) for Rs 70,588,200.
Experts believe that ongoing global financial crisis is a major cause that prompted BSEL Infrastructure Realty Ltd to get out of the project.