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Gulbarga Chowdapur Dudhani Section of NH -150 (Extn) in the State of and to Two/Four Lane with Paved Shoulder Configuration (Package No. NH/IAHE/07)

1. Name of Project: Consultancy Services for Project Management Phase I including Preparation of Detailed Project Report for Upgradation of Chowdapur Afzalpur Dudhani Akkalkot Solapur Section of NH -150 (Extn) in the State of Maharashtra and Karnataka to Two/Four Lane with Paved Shoulder Configuration (Package No. NH/IAHE/07)

2. Description of Project: The Project road is located in state of Karnataka and Maharashtra. Road starts from Km 0 at Humnabad Junction of Gulbarga to Km 142197 of NH-150 (Extn) (covering length 142 KM) upto Solapur in Maharashtra.

3. The project road passes through the district namely GULBARGA of Karnataka and SOLAPUR in Maharashtra. Within these districts Five tehsil including two at Karnataka namely Gulbarga and Afjalpur Tehsil and remaining three Tehsils including Akkalkot, Solapur South and Solapur North are traversed.

4. The project road passed through total 27 villages and 6 Towns in Project area. Out of that 11 Vilages and 2 towns are situated in Karnataka Part and remaining 16 Villages and 4 towns are in Maharashtra part. Some of the main settlements are Gulbarga, Chowdapur, Afzalpur, Maindergi, Akkalkot,Valsang and Solapur.

5. Existing Right of way of NH-150 Ext is 30 metre and proposed Right of way is also 30 metre within Existing alignment and propsed bypass at 45 m RoW. For Chowdapurr Bypass ( From km 35.900 to 38.700 ) 45 metre Right of way is proposed for which 9 Ha Land has to be acquired, For Afzalpur Bypass from km 58+250 to 61+775) for 45 m Right of Way is propsed for which 10 Ha Land has to be acquired, for Belurgi Bypass ( Km 69+400 to 72+700) 45 M Row Bypass 15 ha land has to be acquired in Karnataka Section. Further for Dudhani Bypass( Km 76+700 to 80+525) 45 m ROW 19 ha land has to be acquired, for maindergi Bypass (Km 91+200 to 95+250 ) 45 M RoW 16 Ha land has to be acquired and finally for Akkalkot Bypass (km 104+600 to 108+700) 45 M ROW total 19 ha land has to be acquired. For some curve improvement 2.975 Ha land is required and total 90.975 ha land has to be acquired.

6. Total 90.975 Ha of Land is proposed to be acquired on for entire road, out of which partial is Govt land and partial is private land. There is no Forest land. About 90% of the Land is agriculture Land and 10% is non agricultural Land.

7. About 5700 trees are in the proposed ROW, out of which all are less than < 30 cm girth size trees are to be cut in existing alignment for upgradation of road and very few trees are to be cut in bypass areas.

8. There is no wild life sanctuary and reserve forest area in the proposed alignment on both Karnataka and Maharashtra stretch.

9. There is no Major Bridge to be constructed on existing Alignment. Only two existing Major Bridge at location Km 90.500 widening has proposed and another at 106.100 km at Bori River widening of total length 84 m has been proposed. Two major Bridges at km 22.900 at Kotonal River and km 42+300 railing have to be replaced.

10. Minor Bridges: The details of minor bridges are given hereunder:

a) Reconstruction of Existing Bridges :- Three minor bridges are located at km 81+180, Km 129+000 and km 139+800 b) Widening of Existing Minor Bridges : Narrow Bridges shall be widened at km 61.400, km 88.000, km 89.800, km119.800, km126.900, 142.000 c) Additional New Minor Bridges have been propsed:- at Humnabad Y Junctio (Km 0+0000 to km 8.800), Chowdapur Bypass, Afzalpur Bypass, Belurgi Bypass, Dudhni Bypass, Maindergi Bypass and Akkalkot Bypass. d) Repairs of Railing in Minor Bridges are at km 11+7000, 19+050, 25+800, 29+300, Km 47+600, 49+850, 55+800, 60+800, 110+900, 113+100, 114+300 ans 114+800.

11. One no. ROB at 79+737 km at Akkalkot to Solapur Section has been proposed.

12. At km 106+080 one vehicular underpass is to be retained.

13. No pedestrian/ cattle underpass exists on the entire stretch.

14. There exists no flyover in the entire stretch.

15. 32 No. of Bus-Bays / shelters are proposed on the entire stretch of the road along with TOILET BLOCKS including 17 no in Karnataka Section and remaining 15 in Maharshtra Section.

16. 2 No. Truck lay bye are proposed (at km 74+200 at LHS alongwith Traffic Aid Post & Medical aid post and another at km 40+000 at RHS is proposed.

17. Total estimated Environmental Budget is about Rs. 8.00 Crores

18. Total Civil cost of the Project is Rs. 560 Crores