Mumbai Aurangabad

PROJECT BACKGROUND

Development of high-density corridors and establishing high-speed connectivity has been on top priority of Government agenda. As a first step in this direction the Government of Maharashtra has decided to develop and strengthen the linkages and connectivity of major cities of state with Mumbai, the state capital.

Exploring the viability of one such connectivity of Nagpur with Mumbai, which includes links –Butibori-Wardha – Karanja – Aurangabad – Sinner - Ghoti alongwith link from Karanja – Loni - Nagzari corridor, was an endeavor in this direction.

IMPORTANCE OF THE PROJECT

i.	The length passes through backward regions of Vidarbha and Marathwada.
ii.	The distance from Mumbai to Nagpur will be reduced by 50 kms.
iii.	It will reduce travel time considerably and will be cost effective.
iv.	It connects Industrial places at Butibori, Amravati, Jalna, Chikalthana, Shendra, Waluj, Sinner.
v.	It connects Tourist places at Karanja, Lonar, Sindkhedraja, Verul, Shirdi.
vi.	It will boost employment through development of Industries in backward regions.

GOVERNMENT APPROVAL

The Government of Maharashtra has accorded its consent to this project in the meeting of Cabinet Committee for Infrastructure held on dated 23.12.1999.

The Government of Maharashtra had declared MSRDC as an “Entrepreneur” for this project vide its resolution-dated 15.06.2002.

DETAILS OF PROJECT

The total road length of proposed Nagpur – Aurangabad – Mumbai road is 700.00 Kms.

Sr.No	Name of Region	Length(approx.)
1.	Vidarbha	400 Km.
2.	Marathwada	160 Km.
3.	Rest of Maharashtra	140 Km.
	Total :	700 Km.

TOTAL SCOPE OF PROJECT

The approximate length is 700 Km & Estimated cost Rs.700.00 crore.

The corridor development is proposed to be National Highway Standard i.e.7.00 m. wide Carriageway and embankment width at top i.e. roadway of 12.00 m.

Sr.No.	Particulars	Scope
1.	New Road construction	128.43 Km.
2.	Improvement of existing road	560.30 Km.
	Total :	690.73 Km.

EXECUTION OF WORK

MSRDC has taken up the work of entire project in four main sections viz.

1)	Butibori to Karanja (188.66 Km.)
2)	Amravati – Nagzari – Kherda – Karanja – Malegaon – Mehekar (172.92 Km.)
3)	Mehekar – Sindkhedraja – Jalna – Aurangabad (121.39 Km.)
4)	Aurangabad – Vaijapur – Puntamba phata – Sinner – Ghoti. (202.37 Km.)

These four sections are further divided in Nineteen Packages for construction Package wise physical position of project is as below.

Package wise Position of Works (31/08/07) (Figure in lakh)

Pac No	Name of Package	Length in Km	Est. Cost	Expdtr.	Present Position
1	2	3	4	5	6
1	Buti Bori Wardha	42.60	2449.93	2255.17	34.40 Km. completed
1	Wardha Talegaon	56.30	4750.60	4690.25	Completed
2	Wardha Bypass	11.30	1492.14	1473.10	In progress.
3	Talegaon Shingnapur	31.93	3142.50	2216.58	In progress.
3	Shignapur Karanja	49.65	3936.57	3793.98	Completed
4	Bridges Bembala /Chandrabhaga Rivers	2 Nos	154.62	145.42	Completed
5	Bridge Wardha	1 Nos	320.95	320.95	Completed
6	Nagzari Karanja	49.90	2811.08	3333.33	In progress.
7	Karanja Malegaon	78.00	7621.71	5547.52	In progress.
8	Malegaon Mehkar	45.00	941.07	909.29	Completed
9	Mehkar Bypass Mehkar Sultanpur Sultanpur Dusarbid Dusarbid- Dist Border Bridges, CD works (Pck-IX) Bridge in Km 26/035 Bridge Khadkapurna Km27/460	07.40 09.00 29.40 29.40 0.00 1 Nos 1 Nos	988.65 532.20 121.00 1062.73 2191.00 52.85 51.84	0.00 584.89 122.32 1132.69 0.00 35.24 59.88	LA in process 2nd Priority Completed Completed Completed Tender stage In progress. In progress.
10	Buldhana Dist Border-Jalna	17.00	1620.00	1109.33	In progress.
	Jalna Bypass Part A & B	8.30	881.14	882.14	Completed
11	Jalna –A’bad –4 Bridges Shendra Chikalthana 4 Lanning Zalta Bypass Service Road Beed Bypass Paithan link	4 Nos 8.00 4.00 11.30 4.65	176.00 601.00 437.61 1085.49 984.00	18.00	The work proposed to be deleted as the work is being taken by PWD. Under BOT LA in process by CIDCO IRDP-Aurangabad work
12	Aurangabad-Lasur Station	28.93	2452.00	2403.12	Completed
13	Lasur Station-Vaijapur	27.97	3580.00	1705.00	In progress.
14	Vaijapur -Puntamba Phata	31.27	3919.12	3848.58	Completed except 210 M.
15	Godawari Bridge	-	370.00	376.68	Completed
	ROB @ Sawantsar	-	235.00	209.98	In progress.
16	Puntamba Phata-Sinner Zagde Phata-Sawli Vihir	49.00 06.00	4582.00	0.00	Tender Stage Second Priority
17	Sinner Bypass	8.34	3	3	LA in progress 2nd priority
18	Sinner Ghoti	50.00	3	3	Work Completed.
19	Ghoti Bypass & ROB	1.20	3	3	Tender stage.
	Total:	639.54	60393.58	45089.98

Physical Progress of the Project

Physical Progress of the Project
Presence scope of work and Cumulative Physical Progress
Total scope of work		Completed	In progress	To be taken
Road	668.69 Km.	494.15 Km.	68.60 Km.	105.94 Km
CD work	788	611	10	166
Slab drain	33	34	-	-
Sub way	6	5	-	1
Minor bridge	220	147	3	70
Major bridge	16	14	-	2
ROB	3	-	2	1

Project Management Consultant.(PMC)

Package No.	Name of Package	Name of the PMC
I, II, V	Butibori to Talegaon Wardha Bypass	M/s. Lea Associates South Asia Pvt. Ltd., India (LASA), New Delhi.
III & X	Talegaon to Karanja Buldhana Dist. Border	M/s. Gherzi Eastern Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai
VI, VII VIII	Loni – Karanja – Malegaon – Mehekar	M/s. CES (I) Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai.
XII,	Aurangabad to Lasur	M/s. Span Consultants, New Delhi.
XIII	Lasur to Vaijapur	M/s Technogem Consultants Mumbai
XIV, XV, XVI	Vaijapur to Sinner	M/s. Sungrace Engineering Projects, Pune
XVII, XVIII, XIX	Sinner to Ghoti	M/s. Frischmann Prabhu (I) Pvt. Ltd.
IV	Bridges	P.W.D.

Contributions from Government

The Government agreed to contribute to the extent of Rs.150.00 Crore. @ Rs.30.00 Crore per year for construction and Rs. 9.00 Crore for land acquisition. The contributions received up till now are as below: –


2000 – 2001	–	Rs. 22.95 Cr.
2001 – 2002	–	Rs. 12.46 Cr.
2002 – 2003	–	Rs. 05.17 Cr.
2003 – 2004	–	Rs. 03.08 Cr.
2004 – 2005	–	Rs. 03.07 Cr.
2005 – 2006	–	Rs. 0.00 Cr.
2006 – 2007	–	Rs. 2.49 Cr.
Total	–	Rs. 49.22 Cr.

Toll Stations

Total 13 toll stations are proposed in the throughout length at various locations. Out of these 13 toll stations collection of toll is started at 8 toll stations Remaining 5-toll stations toll collection is yet to be started.