Mumbai–Nagpur Expressway

Mumbai–Nagpur Expressway (officially Hindu Hrudaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg) is an under construction,[1] 701 km (436 mi) long, 8 lane expressway, connecting the two capitals of Maharashtra, Mumbai and Nagpur.[2] The expressway will run through 10 districts, 26 tehsils, and 390 villages in the state and is expected to cut travel time between the two cities to 8 hours.[3] The project is expected to cost ₹46,000 crores and requires the acquisition of 8,603 hectares of land.[4]

Mumbai–Nagpur Expressway
Hindu Hrudaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg
Route information
Length701 km (436 mi)
Major junctions
FromMumbai
ToNagpur
Location
StatesMaharashtra
Highway system

Project details

Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation is the nodal agency responsible for executing the project which comprises building a completely greenfield expressway, designed for speeds up to 150 km/h on flat terrain and up to 100 km/h on the mountainous terrain of the Western Ghats section.[5] The state government also plans to build 24 townships along the route which will include state-of-the art healthcare facilities, skill management centres, IT parks and educational institutions. A total of 20,820 hectares of land is to be acquired for the project across 10 districts, out of which 8,520 hectares will used for the expressway, while 10,800 hectares would be for building townships.[6] MSRDC will need a loan of ₹28,000 crore loan from banks for funding the project.[7] To expedite the pre construction work on the expressway, MSRDC decided to divide the project into five packages and hired a separate consultancy firm to prepare the Detailed Project Report for each package.[8] The civil work was further divided into 16 packages to be tendered separately.[9]

Project timeline
  • May 2016: Consultants appointed for making Detailed Project Report.[8]
  • January 2017: Request for Qualification (RfQ) bids opened for civil works.[9]
  • July 2017: Land acquisition process started.[10]
  • May 2018: MSRDC opened financial bids submitted by qualified contractors.[11]
  • May 2018: Maharashtra cabinet gave its official approval for Concession Agreement for the project.[4]
  • Jun 2018: Lowest bidders identified for thirteen packages, bidding for remaining packages to happen soon.[12]
  • Nov 2018: 90% land acquisition done. Work to be done in 16 packages, contractors for which are already identified. Work to start in December.[13][14]
  • Dec 2018: Prime Minister Narendra Modi performed ground breaking ceremony for the project on 18-December-2018.[15]
  • Jan 2019: Land acquisition complete, funding secured, expressway to be ready by December 2020. Road construction started.[16]
  • Sep 2019: Expressway to be ready by year 2022, says Maharashtra PWD minister Eknath Shinde.[17]
  • Nov 2019: 22% work completed.[18]
  • Mar 2020: 86% of land acquisition done. Road construction progressing.[19]
  • Jul 2020: 40% work completed. 623 Kms stretch between Igatpuri to Nagpur is expected to be ready and opened by December 2021 and remaining stretch between Thane and Igatpuri to take additional three or four months.[20]
  • Oct 2020: Nagpur to Shirdi stretch of 520 kms to become operational by May 2021, Nagpur to Igatpuri stretch of 623 kms to become operational by Dec 2021 and full expressway to become operational by May 2022.[21] [22]

See also

References
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  8. Mehta, Manthan K (11 May 2016). "Consultants appointed for Project Report for Mumbai-Nagpur communication highway". Archived from the original on 31 May 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  9. Sheikh, Ateeq (3 January 2017). "Bidding opens for Mumbai-Nagpur expressway work". DNA. Archived from the original on 31 May 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  10. Ghadyalpatil, Abhiram (14 July 2017). "Land acquisition for Mumbai-Nagpur expressway starts". Mint. Archived from the original on 13 July 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  11. "18 companies bid for Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway project". The Economic Times. 23 May 2018. Archived from the original on 31 May 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  12. "13 lowest bidders named for Samruddhi Mahamarg E-way". Free Press Journal.
  13. "Package 1". www.mahasamruddhimahamarg.com.
  14. Nair, Aishwarya (16 November 2018). "Samruddhi Mahamarg work to begin in December". The Asian Age.
  15. "PM Narendra Modi to lay foundation stone for Hinjewadi-Shivajinagar Metro rail on December 18 in Pune". Hindustan Times. 14 December 2018.
  16. "Work on Nagpur-Mumbai expressway begins in full swing | Nagpur News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  17. "Mumbai News: समृद्धि महामार्ग 2022 से पहले तैयार हो जाएगा: शिंदे - maharashtra samruddhi mahamarg will finish by 2022". Navbharat Times.
  18. "BJP's pet project, Mumbai-Nagpur expressway, likely to stay on track | Mumbai News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  19. "Land acquisition for Mumbai-Nagpur expressway still at 86% | Mumbai News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  20. "40 pc work on Samruddhi Corridor completed, 623-km stretch to be operational by Dec 2021". 29 July 2020.
  21. "Covid-19 Pushes Mumbai-Nagpur Highway Commissioning by 6 Months; No Cost Overruns". News18. 8 October 2020.
  22. Bureau, Our. "Mumbai-Nagpur expressway to become operational by May 2022". @businessline.
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