Following the Uttar Pradesh government's mandate to develop road connectivity infrastructure across the state, the bid evaluation committee chaired by principal secretary, infrastructure and industrial development, Sanjay Agarwal held a pre-bid conference for potential bidders to develop 11 state highways.
The highways will be developed by Uttar Pradesh State Highways Authority (UPSHA) on the public-private-partnership (PPP) model. Among prominent routes for which the government offered pre-bid clarifications included the Shahjahanpur-Hardoi-Lucknow state highway, Basti-Mehendawal-Tamkuhi road, Akbarpur to Jaunpur, Mirzapur and Dudhi Road, Gorakhpur to Maharajganj Road and Muzaffarnagar to Saharanpur via Deoband Road.
The state government also replied to and clarified doubts forwarded by prospective bidders for the Agra to Lucknow greenfield expressway. The ambitious access-controlled Agra to Lucknow six-lane, ecofriendly green-field expressway is to be constructed on a minimum distance and minimal agricultural land formula through the PPP mode.
Earlier, the government hosted a pre-application conference for the project in new Delhi on April 24 where 15 prominent developers including GVK, GMR, ESSEL Infra and IL&FS Transportation, among others participated. The project will be developed at an estimated project cost of Rs 9,600 crore on Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) model, for a 30-year concession period.
Once constructed, the Agra-Lucknow expressway is expected to offer a smooth link between Greater Noida and Lucknow via Agra. Covering a distance of about 270 kms it is expected to reduce travel time between Lucknow and Agra by half.
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