Biggies vie to bag ₹46,000 cr super e-way contract

As many as 18 construction majors including Reliance Infrastructure and L&T have joined the race for the ₹46,000 crore Nagpur-Mumbai Super Communication Expressway project. Maharashtra State Road Development Corp (MSRDC), the nodal agency for the project recently opened the financial bids submitted by qualified contractors to construct 13 out of 16 packages of the 700-km long project, said official sources, that bids process for the remaining three packages is still under progress and will be announced later. The project will connect the state capital directly with a high-speed corridor to the second capital in eastern Maharashtra. The 18 eligible bidders include Reliance Infrastructure, Megha Eng & Infra Ltd., NCC Ltd., TPL CENGIZ JV, L&T Ltd., Sadbhav Eng Ltd., PNC Infratech Ltd., Afcon Infrastructure Ltd., BSCPL GVPR Jv, Navayuga Eng Co Ltd., APCO Infratech Pvt. Ltd., IL&FS Transportation Networks Ltd., KNR Constructions Ltd., Dilip Buildcon Ltd., Montecarlo Ltd., Ashoka Buildcon Ltd., Gayatri Projects Ltd., and Oriental Structural Eng Pvt. Ltd., they added.