Reliance Infrastructure has won a Rs 200-crore arbitration award against the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).

“A three-member Arbitration Tribunal in its unanimous award on August 31, 2018, had asked NHAI to pay Rs 150 crore by November 29, 2018, to Reliance Infrastructure. NHAI will have to pay interest at the rate of 12 per cent per annum on the amount if they do not pay Rs 150 crore by the deadline,” the company said in a BSE filing today.

Reliance Infrastructure has also been awarded compensation at the rate of 13.5 per cent of the actual revenue for the loss of revenue suffered due to change in location of toll plaza, the filing added.

Reliance Infrastructure said this is payable from March 2017 till the end of concession period on January 14, 2038. Net present value of this future cash-flow is estimated at over Rs 50 crore.

Reliance Infrastructure said the need for arbitration arose due to a prolonged delay in providing land by the NHAI to TD Toll Road Pvt Ltd (TD Toll Road), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reliance Infrastructure, resulting in cost over-run during construction and change in the location of toll plaza.

The contention of TD Toll Road that the project was delayed resulting in cost over-run during construction and location of toll plaza resulting in loss of revenue was upheld by the Tribunal. TD Toll Road has designed, built and is operating the 87-km-long 4-lane National Highway (NH45) road connecting Tiruchi and Dindigul in Tamil Nadu.

Shares of Reliance Infrastructure were trading up 0.09 per cent at Rs 477.50 on the BSE.

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