Banks’ new stipulation of 100 per cent land availability for highway projects, along with poor response from bidders and financial closure difficulties among concessionaires, have hampered the awards and implementation, says JN Singh, Member—Finance, NHAI, in an interview with Sumantra Das. Major reason behind this is the poor responses from the concessionaires and in some of our bids (about 7-8) we haven’t even find any bidder. Secondly, banks also are asking our 100 per cent land availability
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Delay in land acquisition stalls Rs 15k cr road projects
An official in the Union Road Transport and Highways Ministry has said that 16 major highway projects in four states entailing about Rs 15,000 crore investment
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New scheme to lure cos to highway projects
The government has drawn up a new scheme of ultra mega road projects (UMRPs), where firms will have the right to develop real estate alongside the stretches. This is to boost the viability of road products without adding to fiscal stress and attract big corporations into the sector. Each UMRP will be marked for its sheer size - Rs 20,000 crore each - and the resultant gain on cost efficiency.
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Morgan Stanley-Isolux to invest in Indian roads
Morgan Stanley Infrastructure (MSI) and Spanish Group Isolux Corsan have decided to jointly invest $200 million each in Indian infrastructure, preferably highways.