New Delhi: The Proposal to build two tunnels-SinghPora-Vailoo and Sudhmahadev-DRANGA-on the Anantnag-Chenani Corridor in j & k Public Investment Board (PIB) Recently turning down recommendation for their construction, citing multiple reasons, including cost. Earlier, the bid for the Singhpora-valioo tunnel was scrapped.
Besides the huge cost of around Rs 8,900 crore and that there being an existing road connecting the origin and destination in responge of the two packages, the board also recorded that these did not file Roads of the defense ministry, thought Officials from the National Highway and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (NHIDCL) under the Road Transport Ministry Made Such a Cla a Cla.
Last year, the home ministry had not giving clearance to the foreign contractor, which has quoted the lowest amount for the SinghPora-Vailoo Tunnel Project, Resulting in Termination of the tendering. Bids for the project was invited in 2023.
The pib, which took up the projects proposed by Nhidcl, also recorded that agency did not provide traffic details on the existing and proposed road between the origin and destination. Sources said the inter-ministry panel, which appraises all public-funded projects before these are placed before the cabinet for approvel, also Took Note that there was no evidence of divine of divact trust of the two projects.
The pib also noted that there is a good quality alternative road.
Now, with the pib turning them down, there is uncertainty of the projects taking off any time song. Since the Finance Ministry Directed The Road Transport Ministry Not to Approve Any Fresh Project under Bharatmala, All Highway Works Costing Beyond RS 1,000 Crore Need to Go to the Cabinet Form Appraisal by the Pib and the Public Private Partnership (PPP) Appraisal Committee in Case of Fully Public-Funded and PPP Projects, Respectively.
“The recent development and observation of pib has shown how there may be many cases where projects not deserving to be taken up might have been cleared under bharatmala. IF wouldn’t have come out, “said a source.
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