Consultancy Services for preparation of DPR for DRAFT DPR development of Economic Corridors, Inter Corridors VOLUME-I and Feeder Routes to improve the efficiency of freight INTRODUCTION movement in India under Bharatmala Pariyojana – (KOHMARA-GONDIA) MAHARASHTRA – LOT – 5/PACKAGE II 1.0 Introduction 1.1 General The National Highway Authority of India (herein after referred to as the “Authority” or “NHAI”) is engaged in the development of the National highways in the state of Maharashtra. As A part of this endeavor, NHAI has decided to upgrade the existing National Highways and few State Highways/MDR in the state of Maharashtra to National Highway standards. It was also decided to take up the preparation of DPR for these highways, which are being upgraded to National Highway Standards under Bharatmala Pariyojana. The Consultancy services for preparation of DPR for Development of Economic Corridors, Inter Corridors, Feeder corridor and Coastal roads to improve the efficiency of freight movement in India as a part of Bharatmala through Public Private Partnership (PPP) on Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer(DBFOT) basis or Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) mode or Hybrid Annuity Mode (HAM) was awarded to Aarvee Associates. The Letter of Award (LoA) was issued vide Letter No NHAI/Bharatmala/DPR/Lot-5/Package-2/2017/110605 on 28.12.2017 for 8 project stretches. The Commencement of Services (CoS) was issued vide Letter No. NHAI/Bharatmala/ DPR//Lot-5/Package-2/2017/115195 on 26.03.2018. As per ToR, the scope comprises of 2 Economic Corridors (EC), 3 Inter Corridor Routes (ICR) and 3 Feeder Routes (FR) and the details are furnished in Table-1.1. Table 1.1: List of the stretches awarded under Bharatmala Pariyojana S. Road Road Category Length Corridor Name Stretch Name No Classification Old New (km) Inter Corridor NH-161 junction 1 Nanded-Nirmal NH-222 NH-61 11 (ICR-31) -Barad Inter Corridor Barad–MH/TS 2 Nanded-Nirmal NH-222 NH-61 49 (ICR 31) Border Economic Hyderabad- Watur–Jintur- 3 MSH-2/61 NH-752I 139 Corridor (EC-23) Aurangabad Nanded Feeder Route Dugiphar (on NH- Kohmara- 4 MSH-275 NH-753 43 (FR-29) 53)-Balaghat Gondia AA/HD/2158 1-1 Consultancy Services for preparation of DPR for DRAFT DPR development of Economic Corridors, Inter Corridors VOLUME-I and Feeder Routes to improve the efficiency of freight INTRODUCTION movement in India under Bharatmala Pariyojana – (KOHMARA-GONDIA) MAHARASHTRA – LOT – 5/PACKAGE II S. Road Road Category Length Corridor Name Stretch Name No Classification Old New (km) Inter Corridor Agra–Mumbai to Visarvadi- 5 MSH-5 NH-752G 38 (ICR-35) Surat-Nagpur Devmogra Feeder Route Solapur- Siddewadi- MSH- 6 NH-965C 68 (FR-5) Ahmednagar Karmala 210 /202 Economic Solapur- Akkalkoti– MSH- 7 NH-548B 22 Corridor (EC-37) Mahabubnagar MH/KN Border 211/230 Feeder Route Vadkhal (on NH- 8 Vadkhal-Alibag NH-166A NH-166A 23 (FR-98) 66) - Alibag Total Length (Km) 393 During the reconnaissance it was observed that few corridors given in the scope are being up-graded or DPR proposals in progress. The details are given below. a) Preparation of the DPR for up-gradation of feeder route between Vadkhal and Alibag section of NH-166A (Corridor No. 8) was already completed and the bids have recently been invited by NHAI b) Preparation of the DPR for up-gradation of Inter corridor Visarvadi – Devmogra section of NH 752G (old MSH 5) (Corridor No. 5) was already completed. Consultants have already informed the Authority in various meetings regarding the above development proposals taken up by MSRDC/PWD (NH). Subsequently, the authority have decided to foreclose the above corridors vide NHAI letter no. NHAI/Bharatmala/DPR/Lot-5/Package-2/2017/117729 on 17.05.2018 and further, NHAI has entrusted the DPR work for Akkalkot- Karnataka/Telangnana Border stretch (Greenfield corridor which is a part of Surat-Chennai corridor) to M/s Aarvee Associates Engineers & Consultants Pvt. Ltd. in lieu of Akkalkot–MH/KN Border section as a variation to existing contract of Lot-5/package-2 vide letter no. NHAI/Bharatamala/DPR/Lot-5/Package-2/2017/124320 on 28.09.2018. The details of revised scope are furnished below in Table-1.2. AA/HD/2158 1-2 Consultancy Services for preparation of DPR for DRAFT DPR development of Economic Corridors, Inter Corridors VOLUME-I and Feeder Routes to improve the efficiency of freight INTRODUCTION movement in India under Bharatmala Pariyojana – (KOHMARA-GONDIA) MAHARASHTRA – LOT – 5/PACKAGE II Table-1.2: List of Revised Project Stretches S. Road Road Category Length Corridor Name Stretch Name No Classification Old New (km) Inter Corridor NH 161 junction - 1 Nanded-Nirmal NH-222 NH-61 11 (ICR-31) Barad Barad – MH/TS NH-222 NH-61 49 Inter Corridor Border 2 Nanded-Nirmal (ICR-31) MH/TS Border- NH-61 NH-61 60 Nirmal* Economic Hyderabad- Watur–Jintur- 3 MSH-2/61 NH-752I 149# Corridor(EC-23) Aurangabad Nanded Feeder Route Dugiphar (on NH 4 Kohmara-Gondia MSH-275 NH-753 43 (FR-29) 53) - Balaghat Feeder Route MSH-210 NH- 5 Solapur-Ahmednagar Siddewadi-Karmala 68 (FR-5) /202 965C Greenfield Akkalkoti–KN/TS 6 Surat-Chennai 204 Corridor Border Total Length (Km) 584 * Additional Scope # As per TOR, length of the project corridor is 139 km, but the existing road length of the corridor is 149 km. The present report provides the information regarding Kohmara-Gondia stretch of Feeder Route -29. 1.2 Location of the Project The Existing project corridor is part of Feeder Route (FR-29) connecting Dugiphar in the state of Maharashtra and Balaghat in the state of Madhya Pradesh. Under this project, the existing road starts near Kohmara at Km 0.000 of NH-753 (In junction with NH-53) and ends near Gondia at Km 43.000 of NH-753 has been considered for upgradation under Bharathmala. The start point of the Proposed Project Highway is near Chikhali village on NH-353C (Armori-Bhandara Highway) at Km 0.000 (design chainage) and ends at Km 44.223 (design chainage) near Fulchur where proposed highway intersects with the bypass which had already been proposed by K&J Consultants. AA/HD/2158 1-3 Consultancy Services for preparation of DPR for DRAFT DPR development of Economic Corridors, Inter Corridors VOLUME-I and Feeder Routes to improve the efficiency of freight INTRODUCTION movement in India under Bharatmala Pariyojana – (KOHMARA-GONDIA) MAHARASHTRA – LOT – 5/PACKAGE II The entire project stretch falls in Gondia district of Maharashtra. The location map of the project stretch is furnished in Figure-1.1. The proposed corridor from Kohmara to Gondia is designed in such a way to maximise the utilization of the existing road thereby providing bypasses for the built up locations and realignments for the locations where geometric improvements are required. The proposed highway starts near Chikhali at Km 0.000 (on existing Armori to Bhandara highway of NH-353C) and continues till Km 5.900 as bypass for Kohmara and Sadak Arjuni. Avoiding the builtup locations near Dawwa, Pindakepar Rithi and poor geometrics, bypass has been proposed from Km 7.900 to Km 16.950. Bypass has been proposed from Km 30.800 to Km 44.223 for Goregaon, Tumkheda Bk., Fulchur and Gondia. The details of Project stretch is furnished in below Table-1.3. Table-1.3 Details of Project stretch Geographic Coordinates Start Chainage End Chainage Type (Km) (Km) Start End 0.000 Km on Existing 43.000 on NH- 21.07985° N, 21.449903° N, NH-753 at Road 753 at Gondia 80.150812° E 80.200524° E Kohmara 0.00 Km near Proposed 44.223 Km 21.063846°N, 21.433511°N, Chikhali on NH- Road near Fulchur 80.136923°E 80.211748°E 353C AA/HD/2158 1-4 Consultancy Services for preparation of DPR for DRAFT DPR development of Economic Corridors, Inter Corridors VOLUME-I and Feeder Routes to improve the efficiency of freight INTRODUCTION movement in India under Bharatmala Pariyojana – (KOHMARA-GONDIA) MAHARASHTRA – LOT – 5/PACKAGE II Figure-1.1: Representation of Project Corridor AA/HD/2158 1-5 Consultancy Services for preparation of DPR for DRAFT DPR development of Economic Corridors, Inter Corridors VOLUME-I and Feeder Routes to improve the efficiency of freight INTRODUCTION movement in India under Bharatmala Pariyojana – (KOHMARA-GONDIA) MAHARASHTRA – LOT – 5/PACKAGE II 1.3 Scope of the Study The scope of the services to be rendered essentially involves detailed designs based on field visits and engineering surveys. As per ToR, the scope of the current study is listed here under: VVV Engineering Surveys and Investigations VVV Highway & Structural Design VVV Environmental and Social Impact Assessment VVV Estimation of Project Cost VVV Economic & Financial Analysis VVV Preparation of Feasibility Study Report and Detailed Project Report VVV Preparation of Land Acquisition Plans VVV Preparation of Bid Documents VVV Obtain necessary Forest/ Environmental clearances, if any etc. VVV Submission of utility relocation plans and verified estimates for utility shifting The Consultants conducted detailed reconnaissance. Identification of possible improvements maximizing the use of the existing alignment and bypassing congested locations with alternatives, evaluation of different alternatives comparison on techno- economic and environmental considerations and recommendations for the most appropriate option. The Consultants shall furnish land acquisition details as per the maps collected from revenue department after processing further. While carrying out the development proposals for the proposed corridor, if any development works by the government bodies were established or has been in progress due care will be taken to minimize the loss to such public utilities. If any such case is found it will be brought to the notice of the authority through the reports or drawings.