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India is home to several bad roads be it the metropolitans, the cities or the villages. Bad road conditions are nothing new to India and the problem is being addressed since the last 30 years. However, of lately, many road projects have been sanctioned by the government and are up for bidding.
This week, the largest chunk of orders was from the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) worth more than Rs 1,450 crore. Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) witnessed three projects—to the tune of Rs 900 crore—up for grabs. The submission date for of tenders for all these projects is 6 February 2014.
The Nashik (Maharashtra) order from MoRTH is for the rehabilitation and upgradation of NH-222 to two lanes with paved shoulder under NHDP phase-IV on engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) mode. This project is worth Rs 160 crore. The New Delhi order is worth Rs 320 crore.
Apart from MoRTH, the other large project up for bidding is from the Road Construction Department of the Government of Jharkhand. The project is worth more than Rs 90 crore and is for the widening and strengthening of Simdega-Sewai-Kinkel-Kurdeg-Kutumakachhar up to Chhattisgarh border road. The submission date of tenders is 6 February 2014.
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