Union Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan on January 8 said that there was no delay ‘even for a day’ in granting clearances from her Ministry. She dinied allegations that delay in getting a green nod is holding up road projects.
After GMR Infrastructure pulled out of the Ahmedabad-Kishangarh highway project, there were reports that delays in getting green clearance was one of the reasons behind the infrastructure firmÂ’s decision. Natarajan said that there was delay in considering GMRÂ’s application for granting clearance. The application was incomplete. How can the Ministry give clearance based on an incomplete application? Natarajan explained.
GMR Kishangarh Udaipur Ahmedabad Expressways , a subsidiary of GMR, terminated the concession agreement it had entered into with the National Highways Authority of India for six-laning the 555-km Kishangarh-Udaipur-Ahmedabad highway. A concession agreement is a document that sets out the terms and conditions of the contract.
Surces said that GMR terminated the contract on account of difficulties in taking up the project due to regulatory hurdles, including delays in environment clearance and land acquisition.
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