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The West Bengal Highway Development Corporation Ltd (WBHDC) has invited financial bids from the short-listed infrastructure companies for four-laning of the Dankuni-Chandannagar section of State Highway-13.
According sources, infrastructure majors such as Gammon India, HCC, IVRCL and Nagarjuna Construction are in the fray to participate in the project.
The highway connects NH-2 at Dankuni to NH-34 at Barajaguli in Nadia district. In the first phase, WBHDC plans to widen some 20-km stretch from Dankuni to Chandannagar on Delhi Road. To be developed on a turnkey contract model, the Rs 500-crore project is planned to be commissioned in two phases – Dankuni to Chandannagar (Hooghly district) and Chandannagar to Barojaguli (Nadia district).
“We have called for financial bids from the interested infrastructure companies. They can submit the bids till July 12. A pre-bid meeting with them has also been scheduled on July 12,” Manoj K. Agarwal, MD, West Bengal Highway Development Corporation Ltd (WBHDC), told Business Line .
According to him, of the 13 infrastructure firms that participated in the preliminary bidding, 12 have been short-listed.
Agarwal added that WBHDC is expecting works to begin for the first phase after August 15, once the panchayat election process in the State gets over.
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