In the first week of December 2012, the state government awarded a Rs 2,184-crore gas-based electricity project to Alstom, Switzerland. The company will set up the facility at Bidadi. The company will be responsible for the engineering, procurement and construction of the 700-mw project.
But it is ironical that the company has been debarred by the World Bank. On February 22, 2012, the World Bank had said: “The World Bank group today announced the debarment of Alstom Hydro France and Alstom Network Schweiz AG (Switzerland)—in addition to their affiliates—for a period of three years following Alstom’s acknowledgment of misconduct in relation to a bank-financed hydropower project.”
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/wb-blacklisted-firm-bags-mega-project
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/chethan-kumar
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/deccan-herald-bangalore
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/karnataka
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/electricity
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/hydroelectricity
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/world-bank
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bharat-heavy-electricals-ltd-bhel
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/power-industry
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/energy