C Shivakumar
Chennai:
The much-awaited satellite bus terminus in Madhavaram will be built at a cost of Rs 94.16 crore after CMDA approved the tender by BNR Infrastructure Projects at a hurriedly convened authority meeting last month.
The civil engineering and contracting firm bagged the order after quoting the price which is 16.97 per cent higher than the value put to the tender.
The estimated value put to tender for bus terminus, which will cater to commuters going to neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, was Rs 80.5 crore based PWD schedule of Rate for the year 2014-15.
However, as per the authority meeting the revised estimate for the year 2015-16 works out to Rs 82.23 crore. “This works out to 16.97 per cent higher than the value put to the tender,” sources revealed.
While it could be a good news for Chennaites but then the plan for the bus stand has yet to be approved. Besides with the model of code of conduct being implemented, the project is likely to commence only after the elections.
As per the directive of Election commission to the state government, “No work shall start in respect of which work orders have been issued before the model code of conduct but work has actually not started in the field. These works can start only after the completion of the election process.”
The project will come up in the vacant site at the junction of GNT Road and Inner Ring Road, measuring about eight acres near the 100-acre truck yard
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Initially, the cost for
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