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Published Fortnightly An NBM Media Group Publication Indian Infrastructure & Tenders Week NBM Media - Disseminates in Develop www.nbmcw.com NHAI unveils smart cities ADB approves $ 177-bn for NHAI plans Rs. 400-cr underpasses on Sakoli-Deori highway along Delhi-Mumbai highway rural road network ecks have been cleared for construction of lifted, said regional offi cer, NHAI, Naresh he government is contemplating of he Asian Development Bank (ADB) has Dfour wildlife underpasses on NH-6 between Wadetwar, adding that these four forest patches Sakoli and Deori with Regional Empowered connect seven vital tiger populations of Central building smart cities along the Delhi- recently approved a $177 million to India T T Committee (REC) of the MoEFCC fi nally Indian Tiger Landscape. These are corridors Mumbai Express Highway currently being to upgrade 450 km of state highways and giving a go ahead to the mega project, which connecting Melghat, Satpura, Pench (MP & built on a new alignment, Union Minister Nitin major district roads in Maharashtra State. The involved an investment of Rs. 400 crore. The Maharashtra), Kanha, Navegaon-Nagzira, Gadkari said, adding that a Cabinet note has roads to be upgraded link agricultural and already widened NH-6 cuts through vital wildlife Indravati and Tadoba-Andhari tiger reserves. been fl oated on this score. The Rs 1 lakh crore industrial areas and are critical to improving corridors as over 50.68 hectares of forest land The proposal includes three underpasses of fl agship Delhi-Mumbai Expressway project is access to markets, employment opportunities, will be diverted for the project that will enable 750 metres and one underpass of 700 metres scheduled to be completed within three years and services. The project will also fi nance animals to safely pass under the highway. length. The Patch 1 between Sirpur-Navatola and expected to cut down the travel time the development of a road maintenance The agency is fl oating fresh tenders as the is 700mt and , Patch 6 Maramjob-Dongargaon between Delhi and Mumbai to just 12 hours. planning system and build the capacity of underpasses were not part of the works when (750mt), Patch 8 Bamhni-Duggipar (750mt) In the project, the government has saved the Maharashtra Public Works Department the highway was widened. The construction and Patch 10 Sakoli-Mundipar (750mt) where about Rs 16,000 crore on land acquisition (MPWD). The growth in the agriculture sector work will start quickly after the lock down is all will have 5-metre height. front alone because of a new alignment and has been declining, compared to the industrial will pass through backward and far-fl ung tribal and service sectors largely due to poor roads areas of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana to ferry agricultural produce to the cities and BMRCL launches tallest elevated metro network and Rajasthan. A large number of roadside the improved roads will help the rural areas he tallest point of Bengaluru‘s elevated station and the average height of piers in Phase amenities and other projects can easily to integrate properly into the local economy. Tmetro network is being built at Jayadeva 1 is about 12m and the pier at Jayadeva once be taken up along the highways ushering Many state roads connecting urban and rural Interchange Metro Station. Currently, the highest completed will be one of the tallest pillars in the in development of the areas. The road areas in Maharashtra are congested, unsafe, point (23.3 metre above the ground) is near country. The gradient and slope of the road are construction activities have been planned at and of poor quality and now the project will Srirampura Metro Station along Green line in the main factors as between Srirampura and a higher pace now at least thrice the rate of improve major district roads and expand 425 Rajajinagar. In Phase 2, the Gottigere-Nagawara Kuvempu Roads there is a slope on the road construction earlier and projects worth Rs 15 km of state roads to the two-lane standard. (Pink Line) stretch will run 29.1m above the which could be a reason for the height of the lakh crore are being taken up in two years. Improvements will incorporate road safety road level at Jayadeva station and will soar pillar. Passengers travelling on the stretch will Most of the 406 stalled road projects worth Rs elements and environmental sustainability, over the RV Road- Bommasandra (Yellow line), get a breathtaking aerial view of the entire city. 3.85 lakh crore have been rolled out barring climate change adaptation features, and said, chief public relations offi cer BL Yashwanth BMRCL has begun demolishing the landmark Rs 40,000 crore worth of projects that had to measures to enhance social inclusion Chavan, elaborating that the tallest pillar of fl yover at Jayadeva Hospital junction to construct Phase 1 is at pier No. 195 near Srirampura be terminated. The minister said, adding that and safeguards. In the project, the state the new elevated road-cum-rail corridor. there are multiple opportunities in logistics government of Maharashtra will contribute parks, smart cities, smart villages, cold- $78.99 million equivalent toward the $255.99 storage, road construction where developers million, the total cost of the project. can and should focus and think of something innovative idea to start an economic activity. In addition, the ministry is also planning to DFCCIL awards Rs. 2,500-cr convert about 2,000 commercial places like contract to Larsen & Toubro bus stations into bus ports and stressed the nfrastructure major Larsen & Toubro (L & T) need for pre-cast bridges and constructions. Isaid that its railway strategic business unit of construction segment in consortium with Telangana fast tracks Rs. Kyosan Electric Manufacturing Company of Japan has won a signifi cant order in the 387-cr bridge project form of three packages from the Dedicated he work on the long-pending Balanagar Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd Tfl yover under the Strategic Road (DFCCIL) involving an investment of about Development Plan (SRDP) has been fast Rs. 2,500 crore. The design and build orders tracked and would be completed by August involve 2x25 kilovolt overhead electrifi cation, this year, said an offi cial spokesperson, signaling and telecommunication, and claiming that lockdown has helped the associated works at the Dadri-Khurja and authorities to expedite the work as there has Sahnewal-Khurja sections of the Eastern been no traffi c fl ow for the past one month. Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC). The The work on laying about seven foundations, works are spread across 442 route km which could not be laid earlier, has been and 638 track km. L & T Construction is completed now and the rest two would be laid already executing the electrifi cation and very shortly. Apart from this, land acquisition signaling system works contracts for the for road widening has been completed except Mughalsarai to New Sonnagar section and at small stretches. The HMDA has decided electrifi cation works of the Mughalsarai- to instruct the work agency to mobilize Bhaupur section of the EDFC. With this additional manpower to fi nish the work before win, L & T will be electrifying 1,000 out of the deadline. The fl yover from Balanagar to 1,346 km of the EDFC and that the orders Narsapur Crossroads is crucial to ease the have been fi nalized for the entire 1,465 km traffi c as well as to reduce the road accidents. of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor The total length of the fl yover is 1,130 m and from Dadri to Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust. the total cost of the project is Rs.387 crore DFCCIL is a special purpose vehicle of the (Rs.122 crore for construction and Rs.265 Indian Railways mandated to build dedicated crore for land acquisition), said an offi cial freight corridors. spokesperson. INDIAN INFRASTRUCTURE & TENDERS WEEK 1 MahaMetro resumes works on Pune Metro rail line Coal India secures funds for laying Rs. 4, 870-cr rail line month after the construction work oal India subsidiary — South Eastern Aon the Pune Metro rail came to a CCoalfields Limited (SECL) — has halt, Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation recently received a credit support of Rs 3,976 (MahaMetro) resumed construction activities crore from a consortium of banks, led by State on score of stretches of Paud Road recently, Bank of India, to facilitate laying rail line for said official sources, adding that the work will the evacuation of coal. A loan agreement has move ahead in a phased manner to other been signed between Chhattisgarh East West sections in the city, including the riverbed Rail Ltd (CEWRL) — a joint venture SECL and portion. The construction work has been banks — to provide credit to develop a 135km taken up as per the state government order of double line from Gevra Road to Pendra about 65mt coal every year from its mines. issued recently. MahaMetro is developing boring machines had started the tunnel Road in Chhattisgarh to evacuate coal from SECL has a 64 per cent holding in CEWRL, two lines in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad, excavations for the underground route. the mines at Gevra, Dipka and Kusuminda. while Ircon, a rail ministry undertaking, holds both split into four sections. The 16.59km- The elevated stretch will have nine stations The project has a debt to equity ratio of a 26 per cent stake. The rest 10 per cent long Line 1, connecting PCMC to Swargate, whereby five stations will be underground. 80:20 wherein the promoters are required to of the stake is held by the State Industrial will be an elevated underground hybrid line.