GMR Infrastructure has won the country's first mega road project for widening the 555 km long Kishangarh-Udaipur-Ahemadabad highway, estimated to entail an investment of Rs 5,387 crore. The Bangalore-based group won the first highway project in Western India through international competitive bidding at Rs 636 crore annual premium for 26 years. GMR Group has emerged as the selected bidder through international competitive bidding, for six laning of 555 km long Kishangarh–Udaipur–Ahmedabad highway, the first brownfield mega highway project of the country.
The highway section, which is a part of Delhi-Mumbai (Golden Quadrilateral) corridor, will be implemented through the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model on Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (DBFOT) model. The stretch goes through the newly announced Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) which has a very high growth potential for commercial and tourist traffic. The company has received the letter of award and the concession agreement will be signed soon. GMR Group entered the Highways business in 2001 by winning 2 projects with benchmark annuity offer. It received early completion bonus from NHAI for completing Tambaram – Tindivanam project ahead of schedule. The Group has a portfolio of 4 annuity projects and 6 toll projects (they have already commenced operation), totalling 3,352 lane km across the country. The global infrastructure major has interests in Airports, Energy, Highways and Urban Infrastructure.
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Dreamfolks Services | 419.70 |
GMR Airports | 79.09 |
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