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UP acquires 2,000 hectares for Agra-Lucknow expressway

So far 70% land required for Rs 10,000-cr project acquired

Uttar Pradesh government has acquired over 2,000 hectares from farmers and land owners for the proposed 301 km Agra-Lucknow expressway.
This together with around 121 hectares of government and Gram Sabha land makes up for 70 percent of total land required for one of the flagship projects of the Akhilesh Yadav government.
The project estimated to cost about Rs 10,000 crore would traverse 10 districts viz. Agra, Firozabad, Mainpuri, Etawah, Auraiya, Kannauj, Kanpur City, Unnao, Hardoi and Lucknow.
According to UP Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) sources, the government has so far acquired over 2,061 hectares of land from 22,525 farmers spanning 217 villages in these districts.
Additional land across 15 other villages is still to be acquired and negotiations with farmers were underway.
Interestingly, land acquisition has been lowest in pocket boroughs of SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav in Firozabad, Mainpuri and Etawah, where acquisition percentage have stood at merely 40 percent, 17 percent and 34 percent respectively.
Hardoi and Kannauj have clocked highest acquisition percentages at 100 and 95 percent respectively. Kannauj is the parliamentary constituency of Dimple Yadav, the wife of chief minister Akhilesh Yadav.
Meanwhile, UPEIDA has sought Rs 1,350 crore from the finance department for part payment to farmers. Almost Rs 5,000 crore would be needed for land acquisition payments and the project is expected to be completed in 30-36 months.
Initially, the expressway was planned on public private partnership (PPP) model. Since, it failed to garner investors due to economic slowdown. Subsequently, the government decided to adopt Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) route, wherein the state would fund the project.
The contract for the project, divided into five packages, has already been awarded to developers.
PNC Infratech has been selected for package 1 (Agra-Firozabad); Afcons Infrastructure for package 2 (Firozabad-Etawah); Nagarjuna Construction Company for package 3 (Etawah-Kannauj); Afcons Infrastructure for package 4 (Kannauj-Unnao); and L&T for package 5 (Unnao-Lucknow).
The expressway would cut travel time between Lucknow and Agra and spur economic development along the route with trade, agricultural and economic corridors proposed at different places. It would provide seamless travel between Lucknow and National Capital Region (NCR) via the functional Agra-Greater Noida Yamuna Expressway.





Govt reduces Lucknow-Agra Expressway deadline by 6 months

Written by Maulshree Seth | Lucknow | Posted: September 12, 2014 4:17 am
Following the high-level meeting on Wednesday, the government’s list of developers is all set to get the state cabinet’s nod next week.
With its stakes high in 2017 Assembly election in the state, the Samajwadi Party government has become desperate to complete its ambitious 302 km-long Lucknow-Agra Expressway project before the election arrives.
The government’s eagerness is clear from its decision to bring forward the project-completion deadline by six months — from 36 months to 30 months stating from the time it hands over the letter of intent to the developers this year – and introduce an incentive-based scheme whereby developers will be monetarily rewarded if they finish the project before the new deadline.
The CEO of Uttar Pradesh Expressway Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA), Navneet Sehgal said the monetary incentives could go up to Rs 6 crore, with each developer’s incentive to be calculated in terms of percentage (averaging 0.4) of the total cost of the package undertaken by it.
For the construction work of the expressway, which will be developed in five stretches, the state government has chosen its list of developers for each stretch.
“The deadline for the construction of each of these five stretch is 30 months and we would give incentives up to 0.4 per cent of the cost of the concerned package to the developers for early completion,” Sehgal told The Indian Express.
He added that different stages have been set for early completion and percentage of the incentive would be given depending on how early the concerned project is completed.
Following the high-level meeting on Wednesday, the government’s list of developers is all set to get the state cabinet’s nod next week. The state government has set the deadline to hand over the letter of intent to these developers by the end of this month and start the construction work from October onwards.
Simultaneously, the state wgovernment is also taking up the land acquisition process at a fast pace. Sources inform that about 50 per cent of the land required for the project (about 1,500 hectare) has already been acquired. Out of the 232 villages that would come under the project areas, agreement has been signed with farmers in almost 207 villages, leaving only 25 villages where the government is negotiating compensation rates as farmers are not yet satisfied with the rates offered.
Moreover, in another initiative to take forward the project, the state has decided to hire the services of a “professional engineering company” that would monitor the project on behalf of the UPEIDA.
- See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/govt-reduces-lucknow-agra-expressway-deadline-by-6-months/#sthash.VAAVuVX7.dpuf

Government shortlists lowest bidders for Rs 10,000 crore Lucknow to Agra Expressway

Man Mohan Rai, ET Bureau Aug 14, 2014, 05.36PM IST
LUCKNOW: The bidding process for Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav’s dream project, the 301 km long six lane Lucknow to Agra Expressway was completed on Wednesday. Senior officials shortlisted the lowest bidders and the final contract would be signed shortly.
UP Expressway Industrial Authority ( UPEDIA) Chairman and CEO, Navneet Sehgal said that financial bids had been submitted by various developers which were opened on Wednesday and the bid evaluation committee identified the lowest bidders.
PNC Infratech was found to be the lowest bidder for the Agra-Firozabad stretch, Afcons Infrastructure for Firozabad-Etawah stretch, Nagarjuna Construction Company for Etawah-Kannauj, Afcons Infrastrcuture for Kannauj-Unnao, and L&T for Unnao-Lucknow.
The Lucknow to Agra Expressway has been divided to five stretches or packages for handing out the construction contract of the access controlled way expressway would be of 6 lanes extendable to 8. The expressway will be built under the EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) model, and will be funded by the state government. The government is also purchasing land directly from the farmers for this project. Officials said that land has been acquired in most places and the construction is expected to be complete in 3 years.
Investment to the tune of nearly 10,000 crores is expected in the expressway which will also have several manufacturing zones and industrial clusters coming up alongside it. The expressway is expected to cut down the travel time between Lucknow to Agra to under 4 hours from the present 8 hours.
Modern agriculture Mandis and green belt is also planned along the expressway which will pass through Mainpuri, Etawah, Kannauj, Firozabad, Fatehabad, Unnao joining Lucknow to Agra. Along with the existing Yamuna Expressway which links Agar to Noida (Delhi) the tow expressways will connect the state capital with the national capital spurring economic growth through the entire region.

10 हजार करोड़ में पूरा होगा सीएम का सपना

राजेंद्र सिंह
गुरुवार, 14 अगस्त 2014
अमर उजाला, लखनऊ
मुख्यमंत्री अखिलेश यादव की सर्वोच्च प्राथमिकता में शामिल आगरा-लखनऊ एक्सप्रेस वे बनाने के लिए एजेंसियां तय कर ली गईं। पांच अलग-अगल पैकेजों में चार कंपनियां इस एक्सप्रेस वे को बनाएंगी। बताया जा रहा है कि इस प्रोजेक्ट में लगभग 10 हजार करोड़ की लागत आएगी।
बुधवार को बिड मूल्यांकन समिति की बैठक में विभिन्न निर्माण कंपनियों की ओर से डाली गई पैकेजवार बिड खोली गई। बैठक में बिड का मूल्यांकन कर एक्सप्रेस वे के पांच पैकेज का काम विभिन्न निर्माण एजेंसियों को देने का फैसला हुआ।
यूपीडा के मुख्य कार्यपालक अधिकारी नवनीत सहगल ने बताया कि बिड प्रक्रिया में पीएनसी इंफ्राटेक, एफकॉन्स इन्फ्रास्ट्रक्चर, नागार्जुन कंस्ट्रक्शन कंपनी, एलएंडटी, जेपी एसोसिएट्स के साथ भारत सरकार की इरकॉन इंटरनेशनल लिमिटेड के प्रतिनिधियों ने हिस्सा लिया।
इरकॉन इंटरनेशनल की बिड देर से मिली थी लेकिन समिति ने इस संस्था की बिड को भी खोलने का निर्णय किया। बिड मूल्यांकन के बाद न्यूनतम दर के आधार पर चार कंपनियों को अलग-अलग पैकेज का काम देने का फैसला हुआ।
कंपनी और निर्माण का दायरा
पैकेज का नाम–दूरी (किमी में)–कंपनी
आगरा-फीरोजाबाद–55.5–पीएनसी इंफ्राटेक
फीरोजाबाद-इटावा–62.0–एफ कॉन्स इंफ्रास्ट्रक्चर
इटावा-कन्नौज–57.0–नागार्जुन कंस्ट्रक्शन कंपनी
कन्नौज-उन्नाव–64.0–एफ कॉन्स इंफ्र ास्ट्रक्चर
उन्नाव-लखनऊ–63–एलएंडटी
सिर्फ चार घंटे की होगी लखनऊ-आगरा की दूरी
सहगल ने बताया कि 301 किमी लंबे एक्सप्रेस वे का निर्माण 10 हजार करोड़ रुपये की लागत से होगा। इसके बनने से आगरा व लखनऊ के बीच की दूरी सिर्फ चार घंटे में तय की जा सकेगी।
वहीं दिल्ली तक पहुंचने में भी समय की काफ ी बचत होगी। इसके साथ ही कृषि व अन्य व्यापारिक गतिविधियों को भी बढ़ावा मिलेगा।
यह एक्सप्रेस वे आगरा रिंग रोड से शुरू होकर लखनऊ के मोहान रोड पर खत्म होगा।

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