TheGovt. of India had approved a plan for constructing 1000 km of Expressways under NHDP Phase-VI at the cost of Rs. 16,680 crore on DBFOT basis. Recently,the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs hasapproved the BharatmalaPariyojana Program under which Expressway projects (Ahmedabad-Dholera, Vadodara-Mumbai, Delhi-Meerut, Kanpur-Lucknow, Chennai-Bangalore, Delhi-Amritsar-Katra& Delhi-Jaipur) of aggregate length 1837 km. are envisaged to be developed.
Out of these, 800 km Expressways is to be implemented in Phase-I of BharatmalaPariyojana for which an outlay of Rs. 40,000 croreshas been approved. In addition to the above, the Govt. had also approved one more expressway, namely, Eastern Peripheral Expressway for a length of 135 km., the construction of which is in progress.
TheEastern Peripheral Expressway and Delhi-Meerut Expressway are currently under construction. The details of the Contractor/Concessionaire for the projects are as under:
(i) Eastern Peripheral Expressway
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Package
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Name of Contractor
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Pkg. I (km. 1 to Km. 22)
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M/s Sadbhav Engineering Ltd.
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Pkg II (km. 22 to Km. 46.50)
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M/s Sadbhav Engineering Ltd.
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Pkg III (km. 46.5 to Km. 71)
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M/s Jai Prakash Assoc. Ltd.
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Pkg IV (km. 71 to Km. 93)
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M/s AshokaBuildcon Ltd.
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Pkg V (km. 93 to Km. 114)
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M/s Oriental Structural Engineers Pvt. Ltd.
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Pkg VI (km. 114 to Km. 136)
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M/s Gayatri Project Ltd.
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(ii) Delhi-Meerut Expressway
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Package
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Name of Contractor/Concessionaire
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Pkg I (Km 0.000 to Km 8.360)
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M/s Welspun Enterprises Ltd.
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Pkg II (Km 8.360 to Km 27.740)
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M/s ApcoInfratechPvt. Ltd. & M/s Chetak Enterprises Ltd. (consortium)
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Pkg III (Km 27.740 to Km 49.346)
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M/s ApcoInfratechPvt. Ltd. & M/s Chetak Enterprises Ltd. (consortium)
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Pkg IV (New Greenfield, 27.740 to 59.983)
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M/s G R Infra Projects Ltd.
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This information was given by Union Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways, Shipping and Chemical & Fertilizers Shri Mansukh L Mandaviya in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
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