BHUBANESWAR: The aluminium major NALCO today signed a memorandum of understanding with the State Government for establishment of an aluminium park at Angul.

The proposed park will be a joint venture of the NALCO and the Orissa Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO) and it will be close to the smelter plant. The estimated project cost of the aluminium park is Rs 75 crore.

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INSPIRED by former President A P J Abdul Kalam, a group of college students here has formed an association to uplift villages in the district. Around 1,000 students from 50 colleges across the city are members of Kalam Students Foundation, which will focus on improving the infrastructure facilities at villages.

The first and much-waited auto cluster project of the state is on the tech track.

Adityapur Auto Cluster Limited (AACL)

ANGUL: Coal transportation in Talcher coalfield area, which supplies coal to seven states, has been hampered due to lack of infrastructure facilities. Millions of tonnes of coal stocked at various colliery pit heads could not be evacuated due to poor and dilapidated roads, according to sources.

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An illegal make-over of the ambitious Bengaluru Mysore Corridor leaves slumdwellers on the road and the Supreme Court toothless.

MUMBAI: The National Capital Region may soon emulate lessons on infrastructure development from Mumbai. Delhi Lt-Governor Tejendra Khanna held discussions with officials of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) about using the public-private partnership (PPP) model for developing projects in the capital.

To give a facelift to the State