Thursday 21 May 2009 - All stories compiled and edited by Bhaswati Das
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has finally awarded three road projects worth Rs 4,000-crore, after an interval of three weeks. It has signed three concession agreements for 4/6-laning nearly 244 km of highways on build, operate and transfer (BOT) basis. NHAI, which has been restructuring projects to bring down their cost and make them attractive to private players, has also agreed on a grant of about Rs 780-crore for two of these three projects.
The first has been awarded to the Isolux-Soma Consortium. It involves the 4-6 laning of 133 km of national highways of Gujarat/Maharashtra Border-Surat-Hazira Port. The total project cost is Rs 1,509-crore. NHAI has awarded the 4-laning of the Pune-Solapur section of NH-9 in Maharashtra on BOT basis. The concessionaire for the project, worth Rs 1,110-crore, is Navinya Buildcon and Atlantia SPA. The third project, worth Rs 795-crore, includes six-laning of 93 km long Kishangarh- Beawar Section of NH-8 and has been awarded to Soma Isolux Kishangarh Beaway Tollway.
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