UP Steers Clears Rs. 1.3 Lakh-Cr Road & Highway Projects NHIDCL Floats
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Published Fortnightly An NBM Media Group Publication Indian Infrastructure & Tenders Week NBM Media - Disseminates in Develop www.nbmcw.com UP steers clears Rs. 1.3 lakh-cr road & highway projects NHAI connects Amritsar on Rs. 60,000-cr Delhi-Katra e-way n an attempt to make up for the time lost due he National Highways Authority of expressway was supposed to divert 60 km Ito covid-19, the Uttar Pradesh government TIndia (NHAI) has included Amritsar in ahead of Amritsar city through Kartarpur (near has restarted roads, highways and bridge the amended alignment of the Delhi-Katra Jalandhar). The land acquisition process projects involving a staggering investment of high-speed expressway. The authorities for the project has already started in parts over Rs. 1.3 lakh crore. To start with the state are now re-evaluating the alignment on the of Malwa and Majha. Once executed, the has fast tracked projects worth Rs 31,400 directions of the Ministry for Road Transport traveling time span between Amritsar and New crore under the ambit of the UP public works and Highways, Union Transport Minister Delhi will be curtailed to half. It will tentatively department (PWD) and UP Bridge Corporation Nitin Gadkari, said elaborating that Amritsar be just a four-and-a-half-hour drive to New and Rajkiya Nirman Nigam (RNN, deputy has been included in the project and an Delhi and three-hour drive to Katra. Apart from chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya said, amendment is being introduced accordingly. promoting tourism, the e-way project is aimed adding that the projects will not just improve On this score, modalities are being worked at promoting religious tourism by connecting the economic activities across the state but three mega expressway projects with more out so that the alignment touches Manawala, two major shrines — the Golden Temple in also provided employment opportunities to than Rs 42,500 crore viz. 340 km Purvanchal about 17-18 km from Amritsar city, before tilting Amritsar and Mata Vaishno Devi at Katra in laborers, especially migrants. The state PWD Expressway, 296 km Bundelkhand towards Gurdaspur. In the last alignment, the Jammu and Kashmir. department accounts for 1,539 projects worth Expressway and 91 km Gorakhpur Link Rs 13,660 crore followed by RNN with 241 Expressway, which are estimated to cost Rs NHIDCL floats tender for Rs. 750-cr Z-Morh-Zojila tunnel projects involving Rs 13,260 crore investments 23,000 crore, Rs 15,000 crore and Rs 4,600 and that the remaining projects fall under crore respectively. Besides, UP Expressway n its quest to build trouble free road and rail construction of twin tube unidirectional tunnel at the purview of the UP Bridge Corporation. Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) Inetwork in the tough terrain of the country, Nilgrar on Srinagar-Leh section of the National However, the process of resuming the stalled has also launched another mega expressway the National Highways & Infrastructure Highway-1 in Ganderbal district of Union projects was set rolling from April 20 in phases projects like 628 km long Ganga Expressway Development Corporation (NHIDCL) has Territory of Jammu and Kashmir (Package- by conforming to the distancing protocols. worth Rs 21,000 crore and Rs 9,000 crore recently floated tenders for carrying out works 2B of Z-Morh-Zojila section). The construction Meanwhile, the state CM has also expedited respectively, he added. on Z-Morh-Zojila tunneling section, said an work of the project will be completed in a period official spokesperson, claiming that the scope of 30 months involving a staggering investment of work in the project in question envisages worth Rs 750.82 crore, he added. Triupati railway station gets ISGEC Engineering bags Rs. Rs. 510-cr upgrades 163-cr BMRCL’s metro contract he Noida-based ISGEC Heavy TEngineering has turned out to be the lowest bidder for constructing the Kothanur metro depot, meant for expediting stabling & maintenance of trains which move on the Gottigere to Nagawara section of Phase-II of the project involving an investment of Rs. 163.44 crore. The construction work included building Metro rail depot structures, site he Rail Land Development Authority development works & internal roads in 33-acre T(RLDA) has decided to inject Rs.510 depot area at Kothanur for Reach six-section crore for the redevelopment and giving Tirupati that concluded both underground & elevated railway station a world-class upgrade in Andhra corridors and will be completed by 2024. The Pradesh and the work is set start very shortly. firm, that is selected as the lowest bidder, The RLDA in a recent move has successfully quoted Rs 150.83 crore that is Rs 12.61 crore conducted an online pre-bid for the project, less than the BMRCL‘s appraisals. The 2nd which was attended by major infra builders lowest bidder Lisha Engineers a UP-based including GMR, Oberoi and Ambience. The company missed the competitive bid as they station is to be built through the public-private quoted just Rs 88 lakh more than the lowest partnership (PPP) mode on the Design, Build, bidder. Among the 9 companies in the fray, Finance, Operate, Transfer (Model). The cost at least 3 companies had quoted more than of the Tirupati station development portion is the BMRCL‘s appraisals. Officials announced Rs 230 crore but the project needs more space the work order would be issued shortly after for administrative infrastructure including making a few procedures with the bank security and station operation staff area and guarantees submission to the Namma Metro. miscellaneous technical area requiring land acquisition. Indian Railways aims to re-develop the Tirupati station in three years, and the tenders are being opened next week itself. The re-developed Tirupati Railway Station would also be equipped with amenities like hospitality, executive lounge, food court and dormitories, Vice-Chairman of RLDA Ved Parkash Dudeja said, elaborating that with the city‘s rich cultural heritage and the numerous educational institutions, the re-development of the station would facilitate commercial development and will inject a big boost to tourism. INDIAN INFRASTRUCTURE & TENDERS WEEK 1 Gujarat floats tenders for Rs. 593-cr water infra projects BRO connects challenging Chamba tunnel in Uttarakhand he Gujarat Water Infrastructure Department of about Rs. 363 crore with a completion he Border Roads Organisation (BRO) troops can easily move from depth areas to Thas floated tenders for Chavand Bulk period of 20 months. The second tender Trecently achieved a breakthrough and a ― forward areas. The construction of the tunnel Pipeline Project involving an investment of involves design, construction and operation for perfect linkup connecting the north and south was a challenging task due to issues in land Rs 593 crore. The scope of work involves Gadhada to Chavand (Package-2, NC-40) bulk portals of the Chamba tunnel in Uttarakhand. acquisition, weak geology and continuous design, construction and operation for Navda pipeline including ROU, construction of RCC The tunnel will be opened for traffic by the water seepage. There was also a dense built to Gadhada (Package-1, NC-39) bulk pipeline U/G sump, pump house, SITC of pumping end of this year about three months before its up area above the tunnel, which increased including ROU, construction of RCC U/G sump, machinery and ancillary works at Gadhada and scheduled date of completion. Located below the chances of it sinking in. The BRO started pump house, SITC of pumping machinery and Chavand Pumping Station, including 10 years the densely populated Chamba town on the work on the tunnel‘s north portal in January ancillary works at Navda Pumping Station comprehensive operation and maintenance Rishikesh-Dharasu road, the tunnel is a part last year, but work on the south portal could including 10 years comprehensive operation under Navda to Chavand Bulk Pipeline Project of the Char-Dham Pariyojana, a project worth commence only after October when issues and maintenance under Navda to Chavand for a period of 20 months costing of Rs 230.68 about Rs 12,000 crore to improve and develop regarding land compensation and safety of Bulk Pipeline Project entailing an investment crore. 889 km of national highways to provide all houses above the tunnel were resolved to weather connectivity to the four holy places in the satisfaction of all stakeholders with active LDA awards Rs. 277-cr construction contacts Uttarakhand- Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath support from the state government, said and Badrinath. The project will also provide Director General Border Roads Lieutenant he Lucknow Development Authority recently acquisition and removal of encroachments. better connectivity to troops to the Line of General Harpal Singh, claiming that the latest Tawarded contracts for five construction and There will be 300-400 flats in each project, said Actual Control. By using the tunnel, troops, Austrian technology has been used in the developmental projects, including three housing vice chairman Shivakant Dwivedi, adding that artillery guns and vehicles will be able to construction of the 450 m long tunnel worth projects for building 1,000 flats involving an the projects are in Gomtinagar extension, Rae quickly reach important places along the Rs 88 crore. The development comes in the investment of Rs. 277 crore. These housing Bareli road and Sultanpur road of the city. The border with China such as the Nelong Valley, backdrop of the Chinese objecting to Indian projects involved Rs 162 crore and Rs 40 crore authority has launched these projects despite said official sources. The tunnel is on the road road construction along Pangong Tso and investments, respectively. Among others, the the fact that about 3,465 flats in five LDA which leads to Bhaironghati from Dharasu on another road that is linked to the strategic projects included providing facilities like the housing projects are still lying unsold for 2-3 and then to Nelong Valley ensuring that DarbukhShyok-DBO road built last year.