9 Bidders for Nagpur – Chandrapur Expressway’s 6 Construction Contracts

9 civil engineering firms have submitted a total of 22 bids to construct the 182 km Nagpur – Chandrapur Expressway project on EPC mode in eastern Maharashtra after technical bids were opened on Friday.

This 4 lane access-controlled highway project by Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) will have its northern terminal at Seldoh village on the 701 km Mumbai – Nagpur Expressway (Samruddhi Mahamarg or ME-2). On the south-south it will include a 11.969 km spur to Chandrapur city, and eventually terminate at village Ghatkul.

Nagpur – Chandrapur Expressway with a 100 meter right-of-way (ROW) has been designed with a 120 kmph speed limit. It will be constructed via 6 packages: NC-01, NC-02, NC-03, NC-04, NC-05 and NC-06.

MSRDC had applied for Environmental Clearance in October 2023 and invited bids for civil construction in February 2024 with a 2.5 year construction deadline.

Bidders & Packages Bid For

• Afcons Infrastructure Ltd.: NC-01 & NC-02
• BSCPL Infrastructure Ltd.: NC-02, NC-03 & NC-06
• G R Infraprojects Ltd.: NC-01 only
• Gawar Construction Ltd.: NC-02, NC-03, NC-04, NC-05 & NC-06
• H.G. Infra Engineering Ltd.: NC-03, NC-04, NC-05 & NC-06
• Montecarlo Ltd.: NC-01 & NC-02
• NCC Ltd. – NC-01 only
• Patel Infrastructure Ltd.: NC-05 & NC-06
• PNC Infratech Ltd.: NC-03 & NC-04

Package Information: Chainage and Length

• NC-01: km 0+000 Seldoh Tq. Seloo to km 33+300 Lonhar Tq. Samudrapur Dist. Wardha (Length: 33.300 km)
• NC-02: km 33+300 Lonhar Tq. Samudrapur Dist. Wardha to km 63+150 Borgaon Deshmukh Tq. Warora Dist. Chandrapur (Length: 29.850 km)
• NC-03: km 63+150 Borgaon Deshmukh Tq. Warora to km 90+400 Chargaon Tq. Bhadravati (Length-27.250 km) with Chandrapur connector from km 0+000 Pandhar Kawada on MSH-6 to km 11+969 Datala Tq. Dist. Chandrapur (Length-11.969 km) (Total Length: 39.219 km)
• NC-04: km 90+400 Chargaon Tq. Bhadravati to km 118+600 Nandgaon Kh Tq. Korpana Dist. Chandrapur (Length: 28.200 km)
• NC-05: km 118+600 Nandgaon Kh. Tq. Korpana to km 150+350 Jogapur Tq. Ballarpur Dist. Chandrapur (Length: 31.750 km)
• NC-06: km 150+350 Jogapur Tq. Ballarpur to km 182+395 Ghatkul Tq. Gondpimpari Dist. Chandrapur (Length: 32.045 km)

The bids have now been sent for technical evaluation which will take a couple of months to complete. When that is done, the financial bids of the technically qualified bidders will be opened to reveal who’s the lowest bidder and most likely contractor for each package.

Nagpur – Chandrapur Expressway is expected to reduce the travel time between both cities to about 2 hours from the current 3-4 hour journey. Maharashtra’s government plans to develop an impressive 5000 km expressway network in the state, and Nagpur – Chandrapur Expressway is displayed by number 11 below:

MSRDC on Friday also opened bids for 127 km Nagpur – Bhandara – Gondia Expressway project. See details and a list of bidders over here.

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– TMRG