Reliance Infrastructure's arm Reliance Sealink one draws debt for Worli-Haji Ali sea link

18 Jul 2011 Evaluate

Reliance Infrastructure's arm Reliance Sealink One has tied up the entire debt of Rs 2,000 crore with ICICI Bank for Mumbai's Worli-Haji Ali sea link. The project may be delayed by another 2-3 months because of pending issues related to financial obligations of state authorities.

A joint venture between the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani group's Reliance Infrastructure and Hyundai Engineering , Reliance Sealink One, will take over the project only after sorting out these issues, particularly the viability gap funding, or financial support to make economically essential infrastructure projects commercially viable. The company was scheduled to start construction by July 3. The company is in all readiness to announce financial closure for the project but it will do so after the key issues are resolved. The company’s loan from ICICI Bank, includes an external commercial borrowing of $150 million, at an average rate of 10%.

Reliance Infrastructure will be investing Rs 1,200 crore into the equity of the project. The project will also get a viability gap funding of Rs 1,392 crore in phases over the next three years. The viability gap fund is at the core of the problem as the state government has declined MSRDC's request to pay the fund. Reliance Infra and MSRDC are in active discussion through government of Maharashtra to sort out all issues and achieve financial closure. MSRDC has been lending all possible cooperation and keen to sort out issues at the earliest.

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