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Realtors resume Govt grants security nod to Rs. 29,560-cr Intl. Airport Bombardier bags Rs. 2,577- construction work of 100 n a big boost to the country’s aviation cr rolling stock contract projects in NCR sector, the Central government has recently I ombardier Transportation has recently won given security clearance to Swiss fi rm Zurich Bthe rolling stock tender for the -Meerut Airport International AG for developing Rs. Regional Rapid Transit System, the National 29,560 crore Jewar international airport on the Capital Regional Transport Corporation, the western fringes of in the NCR company said in an offi cial statement. The region, Principal Secretary, Uttar Pradesh contact involved an investment of about Rs government, SP Goyal said, recalling that the 2,577 crore and it includes procurement as company had emerged as the highest bidder Rs 4,588 crore. The International well as maintenance of the train sets. The air- to build the Greenfi eld Airport in Jewar, on the Greenfi eld Airport project is being managed conditioned RRTS trains will have economy as well as business class (one coach per train) and a outskirts of the national capital. By becoming as well as operated by the Noida International ith renewed vigor and alacrity, real coach reserved for women passengers. The entire the highest bidder, Zurich Airport International Airport (NIAL), a special agency fl oated by estate developers have restarted rolling stock for the corridor will be manufactured W AG had outbid many infra building giants the government and now the government is construction work on over 100 realty projects in India, marking 100 per cent local manufacturing. like Adani Enterprises, DIAL and Anchorage eyeing to start the operations of the fi rst phase in the National Capital Region, after securing The train sets will be manufactured by Bombardier Infrastructure Investments Holding. It will of the by 2022-23. By the end of mandatory permissions from local authorities. Transportation India Private Limited at their Savli be the biggest airport in the country and the the fourth phase, the airport is likely to have plant in Gujarat under the "Make in India" initiative The builders are strictly adhering to the laid entire project will be spread over an area of six runways. The Jewar International Airport of the central government. The RRTS train will be down norms including social distancing and 5,000 hectares and the fi rst phase of the will be at a distance of 130 km from , 72 designed keeping in mind high acceleration and making provisions of isolation rooms for Jewar International Airport would be spread km from Delhi’s IGI airport, 40 km from Noida, high deceleration that the train needs to undergo, doctors and allied work force at project sites, over an area of 1,334 hectares and will cost and at a distance of 28 km from . given the maximum operational speed of 160 said, chairman of -based Signature kmph and stations at every 5-10 km. As per the Global Group, Pradeep Aggarwal, adding that terms, the delivery of the rolling stock will start in the builders have hand sanitizers in every BMC gives nod to 200 real estate projects in Mumbai 2022, the NCRTC, which comes under the Union offi ce entrance while manual spray sanitizers hortly after the Brihanmumbai Municipal permission is being given for projects where Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry, said that the and portable sanitizers have been pressed into Corporation (BMC) started giving labors are available on the site, but travel broad scope of work includes design, manufacture, S supply, testing, and commissioning of 30 train service by all contractors to sanitize machines, permissions to private real estate projects permission for supervisors, engineers on sets of six cars each for operating regional transit tools and metallic parts. The group has received in the city for carrying out pre-monsoon the site is becoming challenging owing to services and then train sets of three cars each for permission to restart work at seven projects in construction amid lockdown, the civic body approvals taking the more time, they said. operating local Meerut transit services. Gurgaon and one at Karnal in Haryana. The approved more than 200 projects out of the company has prepared a video message and total 350 applications it received. The pending detailed standard operating procedures have approvals are being scrutinized, and approval been put in place, said, chairman of Noida- will be given very shortly, chief engineer of the based Supertech group, RK Arora. The builder BMC‘s development plan department, Vinod has got approvals for projects in Noida and Chithore, said, adding that the local body Gurgaon. The Delhi-based Raheja group has has allowed resuming pre-monsoon works at also started work on Kathputli colony, an in-situ the constructed or under construction sites, project with the Delhi Development Authority. where works had commenced prior to March The company is deploying more manpower 14 and were left uncompleted due to the from Delhi and has requested for transfer of lockdown. Niranjan Hiranandani, managing skilled workers living in shelter camps, insisted, director of Hiranandani group, said, his Chairman Navin Raheja. company has resumed work at the ongoing projects in Powai, Thane and Panve across the three locations with over 3000 workers. UP pushes Rs. 25,000-cr big The site administration peculiarly takes all ticket infra projects the necessary prevention measures like fumigation, disinfectant, wearing mask and he state government in UP has recently gloves, staggered labour spread, sanitization fast tracked big ticket infra projects T to follow the best guidelines practice. These across the state involving an investment include the construction of retaining walls, of Rs. 25,000 crore, Deputy CM, Keshav work of shore piling to protect against Prasad Maurya, said adding that the process landslides, waterproofi ng of terraces and reactivating economic activities has already exposed areas, completion of basements and started, which has engaged large number of other sub-soil works. Also, several developers local and migrant labors. The construction have lamented that while construction work on as many as 1,300 projects is currently in full swing under the supervision of PWD and UP Bridge Corporation and Rajkiya Nirman Nigam (RNN). Of the total number of projects, PWD alone has taken up 1013 projects entailing a whopping investment of Rs 11,800 crore. The PWD projects alone are engaging 12,819 laborers. Similarly, the 88 projects of UP Bridge Corporation, costing over Rs 3100 crore with a total number of 1,896 workers and that RNN is also executing 199 projects worth over Rs 10,533 crore with strong work force worth 5,000 laborers. INDIAN INFRASTRUCTURE & TENDERS WEEK 1 Kerala kicks start construction of Rs. 658-cr tunnel project Telangana approves Rs. 996-cr Kaleshwaram Link-III project

he state government in Kerala has recently bridge over the Iranjipuzha river are part of he Telangana government has accorded for the correctness of the provisions made Tlaunched the construction work on the 6.5- the project. The Konkan Railway Corporation, Trevised administrative sanction to the and quantities in the revised estimate. The km long and the third longest tunnel in country which prepared the detailed project report, work of Kaleshwaram Project Link-III Package Engineer-in-Chief (Irrigation), Hyderabad, involving an investment of Rs. 658 crore. The will execute the project on a turnkey basis, involving an investment of Rs 996.013 crore. should ensure that necessary provision for this government has accorded permission for the Minister for Public Works G. Sudhakaran The project involves lifting of 11.635 TMC of works is made in the budget. As per the initial two-lane tunnel road in the Anakkampoyil- said, adding that the Kerala Infrastructure water in 120 days from mid Manair Reservoir revised approval, the estimate of cost of the Kalladi-Meppadi corridor that would run Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) has made at Sircilla (V) to Upper Manair Reservoir work was Rs 911.32 crore for Kaleshwaram parallel to the landslip-prone Thamarassery available funds for the tunnel road. In addition, at Narmal (V), Gambhiraopet (M) and Project Package No 09 excluding Malakpet pass that links Kozhikode to Wayanad. On the Cabinet has also given the nod for Rs RajannaSircilla district. The approval includes reservoir and including vehicle pocket of size completion, the tunnel will be the third longest 39.9-crore Perumon bridge across Ashtamudi tender premium subject to that the Engineer- 15 mtr x 10 mtr x five mtr and packing of 300 in the country. Kerala‘s longest is the 962-metre Lake in Kollam district. The proposed bridge in-Chief (Irrigation), Hyderabad, is responsible mtr and additional woks under re-engineering. tunnel at Kuthiran, between Thrissur and will link Perumon and Munrothuruthu and also Palakkad. The alternative subterranean road the Rs 34.39 crore Naluchira bridge across the would be 30-km shorter than the present Pampa river to link Thottappally and Naluchira Calcutta metro restarts works on Noapara-Airport line ghat road. Approach roads and a 70-metre in Alappuzha district also got the approval. etro Railway in Calcutta has resumed Permission also had to be obtained from the Mwork on the stretch between Noapara civil aviation ministry to set up the yard at the M Venkat Rao Infra wins Rs 368-cr twin bridge contract and the city airport that is scheduled to be airport. For this, Airports Authority of India commissioned sometime in 2021 and is being (AAI) had to shift certain utilities, which holds he state government in Crossroads- Saidabad and handled by Metro Railway while Rail Vikas up the project for nearly a year. Two flyovers TTelangana has given Indira ParkBaghlingampally. Nigam Ltd (RVNL) is in charge of all other used by Circular Railway trains to connect to clearance to GHMC to start The works included the ongoing projects in the city. The Noapara- the airport in the past are also being brought the construction of two steel construction of 2.610 km Airport link is crucial as it will not only have the down now and also PSC box girders of these bridges in the busy corridors 4-lane bidirectional elevated largest underground railway yard in the country flyovers were brought down recently and has of city including Nalgonda corridor from Indira Park to handle the trains from three directions but also successfully lowered box girders along a Cross Roads- Saidabad and to VST main road crossing connect to Barasat in the city‘s northeastern 20-metre stretch. Metro Railway is also holding Indira Park-Baghlingampally. NTR stadium junction, Ashok suburbs, said CPRO, Metro Railway, Indrani meetings with RVNL and other agencies The bridge would start from Nalgonda Cross Nagar Crossroad Junction, RTC Crossroad Banerjee, adding that the stretch, though not regarding the resumption of construction work Roads of Saidabad- IS Sadan- Owaisi Junction and Baghlingampally Junction and too long, had several challenges, including at other sites as apart from the projects in the Junction Corridor for which two bidders had construction of 3-lane bidirectional grade the removal of encroachers from railway land North-South corridor, work is also underway for bid for the construction of two bridges and at separator from Ram Nagar to Baghlingampally and demolition of structures along the way. Phase-II of the East-West one, he claimed. both the places the same bidder was awarded crossing VST main road junction at second the Rs 368.73 crore contracts. The two bidders level and passing through Indian Hume pipe who participated in the tenders include (M/s Co. Ltd and VST the works were allocated to NHIDCL invites bids for Rs. 182-cr road project M Venkat Rao Infra Projects Pvt Ltd and M/s the same bidder. The foundations and slabs o strengthen the road network across the connecting NH-39 (new NH-02), NH-150 (new NCC Limited). The committee approved the would be constructed using concrete mix, north and eastern fringes of the country, NH-02), NH-61 (new NH-29) and NH-39 (new price bid of M Venkat Rao Infra Projects Pvt pillars and girders made of steel and the T the National Highways & Infrastructure NH-02) from design 0.00 km to design 10.500 Ltd with a tender contract value of Rs 312.37 components would be pre-cast structures, Development Corporation (NHIDCL) km (design length 10.500 km). The project is crore, which is 4.65 per cent excess over the which would be manufactured at different has invited bids for the construction of a slated to be constructed on the engineering IBM value of Rs 298.48 crore for the Nalgonda locations. road project in Nagaland, said an official procurement and construction (EPC) model spokesperson, claiming that the project in under SARDP-NE (Package-I) and it will be question, entails scope of work including completed in a period of 18 months at an the construction of two-lane road with paved investment of Rs 182.44 crore, he added. shoulder of Kohima bypass road stretch

MMRDA launches works on 17-km long metro line in Mumbai

hortly after selecting two new contractors, Rs 348 crore contract however, just 75% of the SMumbai Metropolitan Region Development work has been completed and now, the contract Authority (MMRDA) has restarted the has been given to new contractors. J Kumar, construction works on metro line 7 covering which has received the contract, will work for a distance of 17 km between Dahisar and viaduct while NCC will focus on the station Andheri stretch. Prior to this, MMRDA cancelled work. The commuters now will have to wait for the contract of simplex infrastructure as it was three more months than what was scheduled to given a contract for the distance of 5.5 km from hope on a ride on Metro 2A (Dahisar-DN Nagar) Aarey junction on western Express Highway of and Metro 7 (Dahisar East -Andheri East). The metro line 7, Metropolitan Commissioner, RA two metro rail corridors were to be operational Rajeev, said adding that they were serious of by December this year but now MMRDA is completing the metro projects within stipulated looking at another three-month delay with the timelines. Simplex infrastructure was awarded migrant worker gone, he added.

NMDC on overdrive to offset adverse impact of Covid-19

n a bid to offset the adverse impact of NMDC has reduced iron ore rates by Rs 900 ICovid-19, which has already affected 40% per ton and those of calibrated lump ore by output, the country‘s leading miner, NMDC Rs 1,050 per ton within a month, Chairman has heightened mining activities and ramped NMDC. N Baijendra Kumar, said elaborating up production to full capacity, Sumit Deb, that the reduction in prices has given a lot director (personnel) NMDC, said in a media of relief to the steel companies and they statement. The director, who is due to take appreciated NMDC move at this difficult over as the next chairman, said that its biggest juncture. After the initial setback due to customer segment — the steel industry — has imposition of the lockdown when NMDC had been running at less than half the capacity to curtail production by 30-40% as its major due to low demand from end users in auto, steel industry customers cut back production construction and infra. NMDC expects by nearly half, NMDC‘s major customers like stocking of iron ore by steel companies in JSW Steel and AM/ NS India (erstwhile Essar the forthcoming monsoon period. With two Steel) have maintained their off take and that consecutive price cuts in April and May, it is also continuing with its exports to Japan and South Korea.

2 INDIAN INFRASTRUCTURE & TENDERS WEEK Govt implements Shekatkar Committee report on border roads CorpGini: Realtors need to re-align quickly to stay relevant

n a major boost to build strategic roads Procurement Contract (EPC) for executing all very real estate professional wants to estate marketing initiatives. This Virtual Ialong India‘s northern border with China, projects that cost more than Rs 100 crore. Egrow their business and marketing plays Panel Discussion organized by CorpGini the government recently implemented three Secondly, the government has accepted a vital role in reaching the right audience is an opportunity to collaboratively explore important recommendations relating to Committee recommendation that makes and leaving an impact on them. CorpGini in solutions,” she affirmed. border road infrastructure, recommended it easier to introduce modern construction association with BWW, Comezzo, Elegance CEO and Founder, Comezzo, Pawan Gupta, by the Shekatkar Committee in 2016. plant, equipment and machinery. For this, Enterprises and Go Smart Bricks curated a who moderated the session, stated. “The real The recommendations accepted aimed at the BRO‘s ―enhanced procurement powers Virtual Panel Discussion on ‘Re-thinking Real estate landscape is going significant changes speeding p road construction in remote areas for domestic and foreign procurements from Estate Marketing Considering the COVID due to COVID-19 and many of the changes of the border belt, providing easier access to have been increased from Rs 7.5 crore to Situation’, which presented the best of minds will be permanent; social distancing, work from the military and leading to socio economic Rs 100 crore. This is deemed essential, of real estate marketing. The objective was home, will become the new norm. It is vital development in the border areas. First, the with the BRO engaged in sophisticated to gather inputs and try to capture the mood for the real estate industry to re-imagine the government has implemented the Shekatkar road and tunnel construction projects, of industry leaders and evangelists alike, to current and post COVID scenario that would Committee recommendation ―to outsource such as the Atal Behari Vajpayee Tunnel help stakeholders come together, evaluate, influence the customer journey like never road construction work beyond optimal near Manali that underpasses the Rohtang plan ahead and discuss opportunities in what before. Identifying the important changes in the capacity of Border Roads Organization Pass; and the 80-kilometre-long road on the definitely are tumultuous times for the industry journey from discovery, selection to transaction, (BRO), which was aimed at bringing in private Kailash Mansarovar route from Dharchula at large. would be the key driver for communication sector road construction agencies and taking (Uttarakhand) to Lipulekh (China Border). Welcoming the panelists and participants, and marketing strategies going forward. the load off a heavily overstretched BRO For such projects BRO has recently inducted Neha Jain, co-founder, CorpGini, said, "We Accelerating the use of digital technology and struggling to maintain the existing network of Hot-Mix Plant 20/30 TPH for speedier laying bring you second series of AEC following the analytics is inevitable now. Digitization steps borders roads and highways and also building of roads, remote operated hydraulic Rock overwhelming success of the first series held such as virtual tours, enabling immersive new roads in areas that have remained outside Drills DC-400 R for hard rock cutting, a range earlier. Our goal is to help corporate in the real experience, chatbot, website information the road network since independence. To of F-90 series of self-propelled snow-cutters/ estate sector to make informed decisions. We architecture, online booking enablement are ensure oversight, the government has made blowers for speedier snow clearance,defence are not just restricted to having discussions, key in the current context. Builders need to re- it mandatory to adhere to the Engineering ministry said in an official statement. but also went ahead and identified solutions align and respond quickly to this new norm to by startups that would be relevant for real stay relevant,” he pointed out. NHIDCL floats tenders for Rs. 187-cr road project Calcutta gives go ahead to start metro projects n an attempt to build top class road network Iin the north eastern region, the National mong others Rail Vikas Nigam and sand or steel — can be procured from outside Highways & Infrastructure Development AKolkata Metro Rail Corporation have been and work has to be carried out with materials Corporation (NHIDCL) has recently floated granted permission to resume work on the New present at the site. The civic body official said tender for road works in Assam. The scope Garia-Airport Metro link and East-West Metro adding that it received applications for 265 of work in the project involves widening and strictly adhering to the guidelines related to projects and only the ones that are outside improvement of the existing road stretch into the Covid-19. Meanwhile Calcutta Municipal containment zones had been allowed to resume four-lane with paved shoulder from 113.300 Corporation has also cleared 129 infra projects work with a rider that in case any resident tests km to 131.500 km of Kwaram Taro village- to be executed within its jurisdiction. The civic positive for Covid-19, work has to be stopped Manja section (Package-6) of NH-29 under work of the road project work has to be body has directed builders that workers have to immediately and police have been empowered the Bharatmala Pariyojana, said an official completed in a period of 18 months involving stay at the construction site and cannot step out. to stop construction work if any contractor found spokesperson, claiming that the assigned an investment of Rs 187.66 crore. Also, no construction material — bricks, cement, violating the Covid-19 norms.

Stimulus sharpens HFCs fund raising potentials

he stimulus package of the government 5,000 crore. Non-banking finance companies Thelped lift the mood of debt investors as are slowly coming back to primary bond Housing finance companies (HFCs) manage sales with number of queries rising, said Ajay to generate Rs 5,475 crore collectively. The Manglunia, managing director at JM Financial, spread or differential between top-rated adding that market appetite is gradually going corporate bonds and government papers — a up for NBFC papers. Market awaits more barometer of calmness — narrowed to 80-90 clarification on NBFC package, he said. Tata basis points immediately after the government Housing mopped up Rs 200 crore after paying announced the relief package, compared with 9.1 per cent to raise the three-year money. 90-100 bps prior to this. The gauge went for a Indiabulls Housing Finance generated Rs drastic change as HDFC bonds with two-year 1,030 crore, offering 9.1 per cent with three- maturity fetched 7 per cent as it raised Rs year maturity.

Karnataka continues with Rs. 13,000-cr big ticket infra projects

he Karnataka government has decided to Tcontinue with key infrastructure projects despite its decision to reprioritize investment to take care of the adverse impact of Covid-19. The mega projects include irrigation projects, metro rail construction and other infrastructure ventures, Rakesh Singh, principal secretary, water resources, said adding that with at least 70% of unirrigated land, Karnataka sets aside adequate funds each year to increase to build the required infrastructure and to provide Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) said that water for drinking and farming purposes. The construction has begun in at most of the sites state CM has announced that at least Rs 7,200 and there is less than 10% labour shortage as crore has been earmarked this year's budget some of the migrant workers have returned including Rs 627 crore for micro irrigation, Rs home. There would be a sharp cut in schemes 500 crore for Kalasa-Banduri, Rs 1,500 crore and program of various departments and for the Yettinahole project and around Rs 5,000 key infrastructure projects that are part of its crore for a number of lift irrigation projects. capital expenditure will continue. Large private Even the much-delayed metro rail projects construction projects like the second terminal across Bengaluru will continue as planned. of the Bengaluru international airport also Similarly, senior officials from the Bangalore continues despite the shortage of labour. INDIAN INFRASTRUCTURE & TENDERS WEEK 3 IRCON- RZD International Telangana clears 57 real estate & mines projects Decks cleared for Rs. 1,968- inks MoU for joint cross- n a major relief to real estate developers and clearances by the SEIAA. Around nine proposals cr highway project Kerala country infra ventures Ithose engaged in quarry and mining sectors, for mining of sand at Kothagudem from the ecks have been cleared for the rcon International IRCON], a public sector the state Environmental Impact Assessment Godavari river were also given go ahead signal Dconstruction of the six-laning of the Ienterprises, has signed a Memorandum of Authority (SEIAA), issued clearances to as by the Telangana State Mineral Development National Highway 66 with the Standing Understanding with RZD International LLC, a many as 57 real estate and allied projects. Corporation. Most of the real estate ventures Financing Committee of MoRTH clearing subsidiary of Russian Railways Company to Most of the projects were lined up for the that were approved for environmental the first 39-km corridor from Thalapady to explore opportunities for joint development environmental clearances either regarding clearances were projects proposed in areas Chengala in Kasargod. Once the MoRTH of railway and allied infrastructure projects areas surrounding Hyderabad or stone and either Serilingampally mandal of the IT corridor issues the order, the National Highways in India, Asia, Africa and Latin America. The metal quarrying projects. A few steel units were area or in Medchal-Malkajgiri district, mainly in Authority of India (NHAI) can open tenders MoU, which was signed by Chief General also on the list and almost all the projects have Quthbullapur, Bachupally and Gandimaisamma and the formalities can be completed to Manager (Business Development), Ircon been approved for the issuing of environmental regions, claimed an official spokesperson. award the work. The six-lane corridor from the International, Parag Verma and Provisional Kerala-Karnataka border, with an RoW of 45 m Director General of RZD International LLC, Sergey Stolyarov, wherein both the parties AAI targets Rs. 13,000-cr investment in 12 airports and estimated to cost Rs 1,968.84 crore, will agreed to form a joint Indian – Russian be completed in two-and-a-half years, State ccording to Finance Minister Nirmala working group to look into ways of developing CM said elaborating that under MoRTH’s Sitharaman the Rs 20 lakh crore stimulus strong partnership to coordinate, plan and A Bharatmala Pariyojana project, hybrid annuity packages will bring in Rs 1,000 crore benefit subsequently implement projects in field of mode will be adopted for executing the works. to aviation sector per year as an additional railways and other infrastructure, not only in As much as 35.66 hectares of land will have investment of Rs 13,000 crore is being made in India but also in countries of mutual interest. to be acquired at a cost of Rs 683.09 crore. 12 airports auctioned in first and second rounds. Commenting on the MoU Chairman & The State will meet 25% cost of the land The move will not just bring in optimal utilization Managing Director, IRCON, S. K. Chaudhary, acquisition for the corridor and expressed his of airspace and reduce fuel costs and flying and street vendors. While the third round of the said, “IRCON has been constantly looking gratitude to Nitin Gadhkari for expediting the time, but also helps sectors like Coal, Minerals, stimulus package focused on agriculture and to establish strong partnership with the Defence Production, Airspace management, allied activities. This will be 10 per cent of the highway building across the state. The CM companies, so that we can mutually benefit MROs, Power distribution companies, country‘s Gross Domestic Product or GDP and had asked for the development of 521.81 km from our expertise. This MOU is a step towards Space sectors and Atomic energy. In the first the details of the package are being revealed in stretch of the national highway from Talapaddy building a long term business relationship two announcements, she had announced a phased manner, she added. to Kazhakootam in Thiruvananthapuram which will help us to enhance our presence in measures related to MSMEs, nonbanking covering the whole length within the state. different geographies’’. finance companies (NBFCs), migrant workers The state government has targeted to develop NHAI invites bids for Rs. eight projects that are aimed to be started this GNIDA starts construction work on flyover in NCR 99.72-cr flyover project year. The works of 18 km long Thalassery- Mahe bypass is in full swing and that starting he Greater Noida Industrial Development he National Highways Authority of India work on the 28.6 km of Kozhikode bypass, Authority (GNIDA) has recently resumed T(NHAI) has invited bids for the construction T of a flyover in Andhra Pradesh, said an official into six lanes, has already been started, the the construction work at a bridge across the spokesperson, adding that the scope of work in CM claimed. Hindon River, connecting areas of Noida and the project involves construction of three-lane Greater Noida in the NCR region. The bridge flyover on the western side including design is scheduled to come up with eight lanes with a length of 0.300 km [existing 1098.680 DMRC restarts construction with a width of 29 metres between Greater km (before Jyothi Mahal Junction)] and also of Phase-IV metro project Noida‘s 60 metre-wide road in Knowledge to design 2.770 km [existing 1096.210 km Park-III, which is an educational hub, and engaged daily wage workers who have been (beyond Ramesh Hospital Junction)] on NH-16 he Rail Corporation Noida‘s sectors 146/147, at an investment left jobless due to the shutting down of works in Andhra Pradesh. The project will be awarded T(DMRC) has recently resumed the of Rs 65 crore. The work on this project was across sites The nodal agency and contractors on the engineering, procurement, construction construction work of its much-delayed (EPC) model and that the project involves an started in January 2019 but the authority had are strictly adhering to Central guidelines in Phase IV project and the extension of investment worth Rs 99.72 crore and commands to suspend construction due to the clamping regards to coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, the Airport Express Line (AEL) and Grey a completion period of 18 months, he added. of a nationwide lockdown. The project has, said an official spokesperson. Line (Dwarka-Najafgarh). In the guidelines on lockdown measures, the work on the projects was allowed where workers are available on site and no workers required to be brought from outside. DMRC had prepared a detailed standard operating procedure for the resumption of construction work following the guidelines as workers were available at its sites. Currently, DMRC has about 3,500 workers available across five to six different sites in the city including actual work sites of Dhansa, Airport Express Line expansion work in Dwarka as well as sites and casting yards for Phase IV projects, an official spokesperson, said adding that DMRC‘s engineers are keeping a very close watch at the sites to ensure all norms are followed. Sources said that limited construction material and machinery are available at the sites for immediate resumption of work and adequate availability of all these materials in the long run may depend on further relaxation of lockdown guidelines. The 4.3-km-long Dwarka-Najafgarh section of Grey Line was opened to public in October last year and work is going on at its 1.2-km-long underground extension to Dhansa station. Construction work has also resumed extending AEL from Dwarka Sector 21 to exhibition-cum-convention centre at Dwarka Sector 25, he added.

4 INDIAN INFRASTRUCTURE & TENDERS WEEK Warehousing & Logistics Karnataka clears 164-km rail line to Western Ghats get industry status in UP he state government in Karnataka has of North Karnataka want development and jobs Trecently cleared Hubballi-Ankola 164.44 and this project will ensure both. This railway he Uttar Pradesh government has km long railway line, which is proposed to line was primarily planned to serve the freight Tdecided to accord industry status to be passing through the Western Ghats, a traffic and to link the west coast to the Karnataka warehousing and logistics sector in the UNESCO World Heritage Site. According to a hinterland for socio-economic development of state, a move that will help reduce the site inspection report submitted to the Ministry northern and Hyderabad-Karnataka region. The cost of setting up of parks and units by of Environment, Forest and Climate Change present mode of road transport is seasonal and a fair margin. On the new incentive for (MoEFCC), nearly 80% of the proposed railway is inaccessible for five months during monsoons. warehousing and logistics sector, state's line passes through the dense forest lands. The As per the project layout, the main reason for Industrial Development Minister Satish total land required is 995.64 hectares, including proposing a new broad-gauge line was for Mahana has reportedly said that the PNC Infratech wins Rs. 595.64 hectares of forest land, 184.6 hectares the transportation of iron and manganese ore CM has given consent to this proposal 1,412-cr highway contract of wetland, and 190 hectares of dry land. The from Bellary to Hospet region to the upcoming at a recent meeting as this sector had principal chief conservator of forests with the ports at Tadri (near Ankola) and Karwar on the immense potential to create enormous job NC Infratech has recently been declared Karnataka forest department and a member of western coast of Karnataka, and also to the opportunities required as migrant laborers Pas the L1 (lowest) bidder for a NHAI the KSWB, Sanjay Mohan, said that the people existing ports of Vasco and Madgaon in Goa. are returning from other states due to project commanding a length of 53.95 km, said COVID-19 lockdown. He further said that official sources, elaborating that the contract by granting industry status to the sector, involved the construction of a four-laning of NOIDA permits contractors to start construction work the state is on its way to establish itself as Meerut - Nazibabad section of NH-119 (New a favorable destination for investments. ccording to Chief Executive Officer of NH-34) from design chainage km 11+500 Infrastructure and Industrial Development Noida Authority, Ritu Maheshwari, about (Meerut) to 39.250 (Behsuma) and from km A Commissioner Alok Tandon said that this 30 construction and infra projects have been 79.500 (Bijnor) to 105.700 (Jalalabad), in will drastically lower the cost of setting given permissions to start work with around Uttar Pradesh under Bharatmala Pariyojana up units in Uttar Pradesh. As of now, 650 labour. Out of the total applications, on Hybrid Annuity Mode (HAM) for Rs. 1412.0 change of land use is charged at 150 1600 applications have been rejected so far crore. Four firms participated in the bidding per cent of circle rate from agriculture as they are ineligible and come under the and when the price bids were opened the to commercial land use, which will now containment zone. Sudhir Shrivastava, Vice PNC's bid turned out to be the lowest (L1) be only 35 per cent of circle rate as President, Noida Entrepreneur Association bidder. The project is to be constructed in 24 agriculture to industrial land-use change praised the effort of Noida Authority for this months and operated for 15 years after its will be applicable now industrial land-use permission. He also said that after more than and Delhi- borders are sealed, they commissioning. This is the eleventh hybrid charges will be applicable to Warehousing 40 days of lockdown now industries of Noida are facing issues of raw materials. R K Arora, annuity highway project secured by the and logistics sector units and parks in have started to resume their work, but it will Chairman, Supertech, and President Naredco company so far, he claimed. UP. Principal Secretary, Infrastructure & take some time to streamline the work. He Uttar Pradesh said that his company has got Industrial Development, Alok Kumar said also said adding that some factory owners the permission of some of their projects in that activities of warehousing and logistics who reside outside Noida are facing difficulty Bihar launches construction Noida and Gurugram. Supertech has around parks and units will be allowed for land- to enter in Noida due to sealing of Noida-Delhi of Rs. 1,216-cr JPNIA airport 28 project s running in Noida, Greater Noida, use of 'industrial land' of all industrial Border. He further said that the administration and Gurugram and that construction work development authorities in accordance onstruction work has resumed for a should take notice of this problem. He said that has already been started in these projects with the provision of 'UP Warehousing & new terminal building at Jay Prakash many factories in Noida bring raw materials C wherever his company got permission from Logistics Policy 2018'. Narayan International Airport at Patna in from Haryana, but as the Delhi-Gurugram local authorities. Bihar. Nearly 51% work on cargo complex, technical block, fire station, air traffic control YEIDA allots commercial tower and multi-level car parking is in full swing. These auxiliary buildings are likely space around Jewar airport to become operational by March 2021. Two n a bid to attract industries to invest floors of ground plus five multi-level car in a big way on land parcels near the parking have been completed. Apart from the I upcoming Jewar airport, the Yamuna new terminal building, work has also resumed Expressway Industrial Development on the extended areas of the existing terminal Authority (YEIDA), has initiated the building, which will have security area, check- in counters, X-ray baggage machines, frisking process of allotting industrial and booths, shopping outlets, retail segments and institutional plots near the upcoming lounge facility. The construction companies Jewar airport. By doing so, the agency have been asked to follow the standard wants to send a message to the industries operating procedure (SOP) based on that India is open to investment and UP guidelines issued by the Union ministry of is the best place. In coming days, it is home affairs. The project may get delayed by going to allot more plots, additional chief few months due to shortage of workers, days executive officer of the Yamuna Authority, lost due to lockdown and slow pace of work said Shailendra Bhatia, said adding that on account of social distancing. There might the process has already started as it also be some issues in procuring the materials interviewed applicants through video and equipment for the construction work. The conferencing, and based on various Airports Authority of India (AAI), Patna, has set the target of completing the construction parameters, allotment was carried out in the two-storey terminal building by 22 October a transparent way. Besides, it has also 2022 for which the Centre has already allotted two land parcels for institutional allocated Rs 1,216 crore for the new terminal purpose. The Uttar Pradesh government which will have the departure lounge on the has earmarked about 5,000 hectares of first floor and arrival area on the ground floor. land in Jewar on Yamuna Express for an aviation and transport hub. About 1,300 hectares of land will be handed over to Zurich Airports for the development of the airport in the first phase where the airport is expected to start operations around 2023-24, by when the existing airport is set to exhaust its capacity of more than 100 million.

INDIAN INFRASTRUCTURE & TENDERS WEEK 5