Existed: 2010 – present Length 119 km | States: Maharashtra Constructed 2010 | |
Outer Ring Road (ORR) with a length of 119 km is set to complete. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has issued work orders for execution of remaining stretch of 61 km. The value of work orders is Rs 1,170 crore making it the biggest ongoing road project in and around the city. After Pardi flyover, it would be second to be executed since city MP Nitin Gadkari became union minister for road transport and highways under which NHAI is functioning.
Gadkari had approved developmental projects worth over Rs 7,000 crore in and around the city. NHAI is executing all these projects. For speedy completion, the NHAI divided the stretch of 61 km into two parts. Mumbai-based MEP Infrastructure Pvt Ltd has bagged both the contracts worth Rs 531 crore and Rs 639 crore. NHAI issued letter of acceptance to MEP Infrastructure on March 31. Agreement will be signed soon after which the actual work will begin.
Dattatray Mhaiskar is chairman of MEP Infrastructure as per its website and also other documents. Mhaiskar is director in the company as per Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) data. He is better known for another company IRB Infrastructure, while Mhaiskar led Global Safety Vision Pvt Ltd had given a loan of Rs 164 crore to Gadkari-led Purti group in March 2010. Give Gadkari's preference for cement roads, the entire 61-km stretch of ORR will be of concrete.
NHAI project director Shriram Mishra told TOI, the project will be developed under NHAI's hybrid annuity system. "Construction is to be done in two and a half years. NHAI will pay 40% of total cost to the contractor during the construction period. Remaining 60% will be paid in three instalments over 15 years from the date of completion with a fixed rate of return," he said. The project is first project in the state, and second in the country, to be developed under hybrid annuity system.
NHAI will levy toll to recover the project cost. Toll will be recovered by NHAI through a private agency other than one executing the project.
Under this project, NHAI will construct a new 40-km cement concrete, four-lane road from Gondkhairi on Amravati road to Bhilgaon-Sirpur on Kamptee-Jabalpur road via Fetri on Kalmeshwar-Katol road, Bharatwada, Panjara on Koradi-Chhindwara road. It will also widen 21 km stretch Gondkhairi to Gavasi Manapur on Wardha road from existing two-lane to four-lane and convert it to concrete road.
NHAI will construct five railway overbridges, 20 minor bridges, 15 underpasses etc under the project. Once the ORR is complete, the number of heavy vehicles on Inner Ring Road - from Wadi via Dhaba, Mankapur, Nari to Automotive Square on Kamptee Road - will reduce considerably. Heavy vehicles coming from three national highways and three state highways will bypass the city. The ORR will also boost the proposed metro region.