The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has issued Letter of Award (LOA) for development of Gurdaspur national highway project in Punjab on EPC Mode under Bharatmala scheme.
We already mentioned in an article that PWD ordered the DPR for new Gurdaspur National Highway Project. The work of two-laning with hard shoulder / Four-Laning of Ramdas to Gurdaspur section of NH-354 (old SH-21) has been awarded to M/s. Ceigall India Ltd–Inderjit Mehta Constructions Pvt. Ltd. (JV) at a cost of Rs. 149.49 crore.
The length of the stretch is 47.492 km. After generating $1.6 billion from nine highway projects, the Central Government is expecting revenue of about $3 billion by monetising 25 more National Highways stretches.
The Ramdas –Gurdaspur section is part of Border Roads designated to NHAI under Bharatmala scheme. The objective of this work is to provide good road network access and undertake development of border areas. The project comprises of development of 1.5 km of project length to 4-lane and 45.992 km to 2-lane with paved shoulder in which Flexible Pavement is 37.182 km and Rigid Pavement is 10.31 km. The contract period is 550 days, including Operations & Maintenance period of 4 years.The project will have 1 main bridge, 13 minor bridges, an ROB, Realignment of 1.22 Km and 23 bus bays & Shelters
Source : PIB