Jisha Surya
February 10, 2014
Thiruvananthapuram: In a significant move, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has issued request for proposal for bidders selected for widening of NH bypass from Kazhakkoottam to Mukkola. The five bidders selected by NHAI will be given time till March 21 to submit proposals.
Five companies - KNR Constructions Ltd., Dileep Build Con Ltd., RDS PNC (joint venture), IL&FS Transportation Ltd. and Oriental Structural Engineers Pvt. Ltd.- have been shortlisted by the NHAI after initial screening for construction of the stretch on build-operate-transfer (BOT) basis.
NHAI officials said that the announcement of Lok Sabha elections will not impede the tender process as the project has already been sanctioned by the Union government.
The company, which wins the bid, will have to develop the stretch through public private partnership (PPP) on design, build, finance, operate and transfer (DBFOT) basis. The scope of work includes upgradation and widening of the existing carriageway to four-lane standards. The width of carriageway will be 45 metre.
Recently, the public private partnership approval committee (PPPAC) under the department of economic affairs cleared the proposal for Rs 577-crore project. The PPPAC meeting gave approval for viability gap funding worth Rs 231.18 crore for the project. In VGF, Union government will bear a share of the total project cost. The bidders will be selected based on who needs the least VGF support.
NHAI officials said the entire time period for completion of projects is 36 months.
The widening of Kazhakkoottam-Mukkola stretch has been stuck since 1969. The land acquisition is not a hurdle on the first stretch till Mukkola as the land was acquired for 45 metre widening around 45 years ago.
The NHAI proposal is to develop 43km from Kazhakkoottam to Karode. Though tender process for widening first half of the NH bypass is progressing, land acquisition for next half from Mukkola to Karode is stuck. The decision of state level empowered committee to reject the value fixed by district level purchase committee has become a setback for the land acquisition process on Mukkola-Karode stretch. In protest against the SLEC decision, the NH Bypass action council has staged a protest meeting in front of the secretariat on Friday.
February 10, 2014
Thiruvananthapuram: In a significant move, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has issued request for proposal for bidders selected for widening of NH bypass from Kazhakkoottam to Mukkola. The five bidders selected by NHAI will be given time till March 21 to submit proposals.
Five companies - KNR Constructions Ltd., Dileep Build Con Ltd., RDS PNC (joint venture), IL&FS Transportation Ltd. and Oriental Structural Engineers Pvt. Ltd.- have been shortlisted by the NHAI after initial screening for construction of the stretch on build-operate-transfer (BOT) basis.
NHAI officials said that the announcement of Lok Sabha elections will not impede the tender process as the project has already been sanctioned by the Union government.
The company, which wins the bid, will have to develop the stretch through public private partnership (PPP) on design, build, finance, operate and transfer (DBFOT) basis. The scope of work includes upgradation and widening of the existing carriageway to four-lane standards. The width of carriageway will be 45 metre.
Recently, the public private partnership approval committee (PPPAC) under the department of economic affairs cleared the proposal for Rs 577-crore project. The PPPAC meeting gave approval for viability gap funding worth Rs 231.18 crore for the project. In VGF, Union government will bear a share of the total project cost. The bidders will be selected based on who needs the least VGF support.
NHAI officials said the entire time period for completion of projects is 36 months.
The widening of Kazhakkoottam-Mukkola stretch has been stuck since 1969. The land acquisition is not a hurdle on the first stretch till Mukkola as the land was acquired for 45 metre widening around 45 years ago.
The NHAI proposal is to develop 43km from Kazhakkoottam to Karode. Though tender process for widening first half of the NH bypass is progressing, land acquisition for next half from Mukkola to Karode is stuck. The decision of state level empowered committee to reject the value fixed by district level purchase committee has become a setback for the land acquisition process on Mukkola-Karode stretch. In protest against the SLEC decision, the NH Bypass action council has staged a protest meeting in front of the secretariat on Friday.
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