NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY OF INDIA (MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS) (Government of India) FOUR LANING OF GOA/KARNATAKA BORDER TO KUNDAPUR SECTION OF NH - 17 FROM KM 93.700 TO KM 283.300 IN THE STATE OF KARNATAKA UNDER NHDP PHASE IV ON DESIGN, BUILD, OPERATE, TRANSFER (DBFOT) TOLL BASIS. MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT MARCH & APRIL 2014 Independent Engineer AECOM RODIC CONSULTANTS PVT.LTD. Concessionaire IRB WESTCOAST TOLLWAY PRIVATE LIMITED Principal EPC Contractor IRB INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPERS LIMITED Associate EPC Contractor MODERN ROAD MAKERS PVT. LTD Page 0 MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT – MARCH& APRIL 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 Location Plan ............................................................................................................................................... 2 2.0 Salient Features of Project .......................................................................................................................... 3 3.0 Executive Summary ..................................................................................................................................... 4 3.1 General............................................................................................................................. 4 3.2 Project Location ................................................................................................................ 4 3.3 Area Terrain and Geology .................................................................................................. 5 3.4 Climate and Environment .................................................................................................. 5 3.5 Existing Right of Way ........................................................................................................ 5 3.6 Pavement Condition of the time of award………………………………………………..6 3.7 Existing Structures………………………………………………………………………….6 4.0 Scope of Work……………………………………………………………………………………….6 4.1 Broad Scope of Work & Current Status…………………………………………………………..6 5.0 Project Milestones ............................................................................................................................................. 7 5.1 Project Completion Milestones:......................................................................................... 7 6.0 Physical Progress and Financial Progress……………………………………………………………………………………… 8 6.1 Physical Progress………………………………………………………………………………….8 6.2 Financial Progress…………………………………………………………………………………9 7.0 Design & Engineering and Mobilization of Independent Engineer ............................................................. 10 8.0Mobilization Status of Plant & Machinery ………………………………………………………………………………10 9.0 Safety Measures …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..10 10.0 Weather Report ........................................................................................................................................ 11 11.0 Project / Site Organization ........................................................................................................................ 11 12.0 Drawing & Design Status ........................................................................................................................... 11 13.0 Event Diary ................................................................................................................................................ 11 14.0 Progress Photographs ............................................................................................................................... 13 15.0 Correspondence with IE & NHAI ................................................................................................................ 19 16.0 ROB Status ................................................................................................................................................ 19 17.0 Issues Concerned with NHAI...................................................................................................................... 19 Appendices Appendix ‘A’ ------ Weather Report for the month of March and April,2014 Appendix ‘B’ ------ Progress Strip Chart - Highway Appendix ‘C’ ------ Progress Strip Chart – Structure Appendix ‘D’ ------ QA and QC Test Summary – Structure Appendix ‘E’ ------ Details of Source of Material Appendix ‘F’ ------ Site Organization Chart (Concessionaire & EPC) Appendix ‘G’ ------Manpower Status Appendix ‘H’ ------Drawing & Design Status Appendix ‘I’ -------Correspondence with IE & NHAI Appendix ‘J’ -------Environmental Mintigation Report Measures Appendix ‘K’ -------Issue Raised with NHAI (LA and Utility Shifting) Appendix ‘L’ -------Event Diary IRB WestcoastTollway Pvt. Ltd. Page 1 MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT – MARCH& APRIL 2014 1.0 Location Plan IRB WestcoastTollway Pvt. Ltd. Page 2 MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT – MARCH& APRIL 2014 2.0 Salient Features of Project SR. NO. PARTICULARS 1. Name of Project 2. Total Length of Project 3. Contract / Phase 4. Client / Authority DERSCRIPTION Four laning of Goa/Karnataka Border to Kundapur Section of NH-17 From Km. 93.700 to Km. 283.300 in The State of Karnataka Under NHDP Phase IV On Design, Build, Operate, Transfer (DBFOT) Toll Basis. 187.240 kms. (Design Length) NHDP Phase-IV. National Highways Authority of India. (Ministry of Road Transport & Highways). 5. Concessionaire M/s IRB WestCoastTollway Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai - 400072 6. Independent Engineer M/s. AECOM Asia Company Ltd., in Association with RODIC Consultants Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon 7. Principal EPC Contractor M/s. IRB Infrastructure Developers Ltd., Mumbai 8. Associate EPC Contractor M/s Modern Road Makers Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai. 9. Total Project Cost INR 1655.01Cr. 10. Date of signing of Concession Agreement 25th March, 2013. 11. Appointed date 3rd March, 2014. 12. Construction Completion Period 910 days from Appointed date 13. Construction Completion date 28/08/2016 14. Concession Period 28 Years commencing from Appointed date (including construction period of 910days) IRB WestcoastTollway Pvt. Ltd. Page 3 MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT – MARCH& APRIL 2014 3.0 Executive Summary 3.1 General The existing 2-lane National Highway No. 66 (formerly NH-17) starts from Panvel in Maharashtra and passes through Karnataka on west coast before reaching to Edapally (near Cochin) in Kerala. The project road starts from Goa - Karnataka border (km 93.700) and ends at Kundapur (km 283.300).The total length of project road is 189.600 km based on existing km stones. The project highway alignment is located between Arabian Sea coast and Western ghats in Karnataka. At few stretches the highway is close to the Arabian Sea (within 500m). NH: 63 from Gootyjoins the project road near Ankola at km 135.450 and NH: 206 from Tumkurjoins at Honnavar at Km 195.450. Land use along the highway is predominantly for agriculture. Majority of the land is being used for wet crop viz, Paddy, Cashew plantation. There are number of settlements all along the road. The settlements are for Residential, Commercial, Schools, Hospitals, Petrol stations, Religious structures etc. Major settlements are close to the existing highway at number of locations, i.e. Karwar port from Km 108.300 to Km 108.800 (500m), Seabird compound wall from Km 109.000 to Km 115.800 (7.800 km length) and Navy Fence on either side of project road approx. from Km 132.050 to Km 135.000 (2.950 km length). The project consists of Design, Build, Finance, Operation and Transfer of National Highway. Development of project consists of Four laning of Goa/Karnataka Border to KundapurSection of NH–17 from Km 93+700 to Km. 283+300 [ Design Length – 187. 240 Km ] in the State of Karnataka. 3.2 Project Location The project highway alignment is located between Arabian Sea coast and Western ghats. At few stretches the highway is close to the Arabian Sea (within 500m). The project road from Goa - Karnataka border passes towards South through number of congested locations vizKarwar (km 106.700), Karwar port (km 108.800), Navy’s Sea bird project, Amadalli (km 122.950), Kumata (km 174.400), Haladipura (km 186.600), Honnavara (km 194.500), Kasarakod (km 197.850), Shirali (km 227.450), Bhatkal (km 232.350), and other villages in Karawar and Udupi districts before reaching to Kundapur (Km 283.300). IRB WestcoastTollway Pvt. Ltd. Page 4 MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT – MARCH& APRIL 2014 3.3 Area Terrain and Geology Terrain is classified by general slope of the country across the highway alignment. Based on this criterion the highway passes through Plain terrain for 120.130 km length, Rolling terrain for 45.670 km length and Mountainous terrain for 24.200 km length. The project highway alignment is located between Arabian Sea coast and Western Ghats in Karnataka. At few stretches the highway is close to the Arabian Sea (within 500m). The project road passes towards South from Goa-Karnataka border through number of congested towns/villages vizKarwar (km 106.700), Karwar port (km 108.800), Navy’s Sea bird project, Amadalli (km 124.000), Kumata (km 174.400), Haladipura (km 186.600), Honnavara (km 194.500), Kasarakod (km 197.850), Shirali (km 227.450), Bhatkal (km 232.350), Shirur (km.245.000), Byndur (km.250.000), Maravanthe (km. 266.000), Tallur (km.279.500)and other villages in Karawar and Udupi districts before reaching Kundapur (Km 283.300). 3.4 Climate and Environment The climate along the road is generally hot and humid as it is along the coast line of Arabian Sea. The average annual rainfall along the project road is greater than 3,000 mm. The project road receives very high rainfall during June to August. Annual rainfall and temperature details @ Karwar and Kundapur regions are given in table below. Place Rainfall (mm) Temperature Temperature (º C) Actual Normal Minimum Maximum Kundapur 2540 3556 15º C 34º C Karwar 4027.5 4042.8 27º C 34º C The climate along the project road is generally categorized as: Month Season March, April & May Summer season June, July, August & September Rainy season October November, December, January & February Pleasant & Cool 3.5 Existing Right of Way Existing Right–of–Way along the project road varies from approx 11 m in mountainous terrain to approx 51 m in plain terrain. IRB WestcoastTollway Pvt. Ltd. Page 5 MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT – MARCH& APRIL 2014 3.6 Pavement Condition at the time of Award The existing pavement condition based on visual observation varies from Very poor to good. 3.7 Existing Structures There are 660 nos. of CD structures present in 189.6 km stretch of project road. These include 13 nos. major bridges, 41 nos. minor bridges and 606 nos. culverts. Out of 13 major bridges, one major bridge located @ km 196.200(across SharavathiRiver) is retrofitted. Existing major/minor bridges and culverts are of 2-lane width. 4.0 Scope of Work The broad scope of project is as below: i) Construction of the Project Highway as described in Concession Agreement. ii) Operation and Maintenance of the Project Highway in accordance with the provisions of Agreement; and iii) Performance and fulfillment of all other obligations of the Concessionaire in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. 4.1 Broad Scope of Work & Current Status Sr. No Description Unit Proposed Facility Existing Facility 1 Widening from 2 Lane to 4 Lane. Km 165.31 - 2 Realignment Km 21.93 - 3 Service Road (Km) Km 61.262 - Both Sides 4 Longitudinal Drain Km 61.262 - Both Sides 5 Major Bridges Nos. 14 13 6 Flyovers Nos. 04 - 7 Vehicular Underpass Nos. 03 02 8 Cattle underpass Nos. 06 - 9 Pedestrian underpass Nos. 13 - 10 Minor Bridges Nos. 39 41 IRB WestcoastTollway Pvt. Ltd. Remarks Page 6 MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT – MARCH& APRIL 2014 Sr. No Description Unit Proposed Facility Existing Facility 11 ROB Nos. 02 02 12 RUB Nos. 01 04 13 Box Culverts Nos. 66 - 14 Slab Culverts Nos. 122 128 15 Hume Pipe Culverts Nos. 385 478 16 Twin Tunnel Tubes (02 Nos.) Km. 1.144 - 17 Toll Plazas Nos. 03 - 18 Rest Area No. 03 - 19 Bus Bays& Bus Shelter Nos. 53 - 20 Truck Lay Byes Nos. 04 - Remarks New Construction 26 No’s Reconstruction, 96 No’s Widening 304 No’s Reconstruction, 81 No’s Widening 5.0 Project Milestones 5.1 Sr. No. 1 2 Project Completion Milestones: Milestones Milestone– I Milestone – II Period from Appointment date 180 days 400 days IRB WestcoastTollway Pvt. Ltd. Scheduled date of Milestone Criteria for achievement of Milestones Aug 8 , 2014 Concessionaire shall have commenced construction of Project Highway and expended not less than 10% of the total capital cost set forth in the Financial Package. April6 , 2015 Concessionaire shall have commenced construction of all bridges and expended not less than 30 % of the total capital cost set forth in the Financial Package. Page 7 MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT – MARCH& APRIL 2014 Sr. No. Period from Appointment date Milestones 3 Milestone – III 4 Scheduled Four-Laning date Scheduled date of Milestone Criteria for achievement of Milestones 650 days Concessionaire shall have commenced construction of project facilities and December1 expended not less than 70 % of the total 2 , 2015 capital cost set forth in the Financial Package. 910 days August. 28 , 2016 Concessionaire shall have completed FourLaning in accordance with the Concession Agreement. 6.0 Physical Progress & Financial Progress. 6.1 Physical Progress Item No. Item Description Weightage (in %) Cumulative Physical Progress (in %) 1 Site Clearance 0.208% 0.011% 2 Earth Work 8.132% 0.145% 3 Granular Sub-base Course & Base Course (Non Bituminous) 7.194% 0.000% 4 Bituminous Course 26.630% 0.000% 5 Toll Plaza 2.711% 0.000% 6 Traffic Signs, Road Marking & Other Road Appurtenances 3.146% 0.000% 7 Flyover 5.355% 0.385% 8 ROB, RUB 0.824% 0.077% 9 Major Bridges 17.952% 1.795% 10 Minor Bridges 2.735% 0.400% 11 Underpasses 3.643% 0.682% 12 Vehicular Underpasses 1.313% 0.108% 13 Culverts 5.548% 0.000% 14 Drainage and Protective Works 5.240% 0.000% IRB WestcoastTollway Pvt. Ltd. Page 8 MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT – MARCH& APRIL 2014 Item No. Item Description Weightage (in %) Cumulative Physical Progress (in %) 15 Retaining Wall & Toe Wall 0.000% 0.000% 16 Repairs & Rehabilitation of Bridges 1.072% 0.000% 17 Maintenance of Roads 0.488% 0.000% 18 Electrical and Other Works 2.447% 0.000% 19 HTMS 0.440% 0.000% 20 Other & Miscellaneous Works 1.002% 0.000% 21 Tunnelling 1.987% 0.000% 22 Extra Items 1.933% 0.224% 100% 3.826% TOTAL PHYSICAL PROGRES = 6.2 Financial Progress Month Mar-14 Apr-14 Achieved Progress Monthly % of Cumulative % of Financial Financial Progress Progress 17.05% 17.05% 1.51% 18.56% May-14 Jun-14 Jul-14 Aug-14 Sep-14 Oct-14 Nov-14 Dec-14 Jan-15 Feb-15 Mar-15 Apr-15 May-15 Jun-15 Jul-15 Aug-15 Sep-15 Oct-15 IRB WestcoastTollway Pvt. Ltd. Page 9 MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT – MARCH& APRIL 2014 Month Achieved Progress Monthly % of Cumulative % of Financial Financial Progress Progress Nov-15 Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 b) S-Curve See Appendix - M 7.0 Design & Engineering and Mobilization of Independent Engineer 7a) Design & Engineering The Associate EPC Contractors M/S Modern Road Makers Limited, have retained the services of M/s L&T-Ramboll Consulting Engineers Limited and M/s Aarvee Associates architects engineers & consultants Pvt. Ltd. for Design and Engineering of this project. 7b) Mobilization of Independent Engineer (IE) M/s. AECOM Asia Company Ltd., in Association with RODIC Consultants Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaonhas been appointed by NHAI, ref: NHAI letter no. 12019/1/2012/PIU(Mnglr)/37 dated 27.03.14 as the Independent Engineer for the project. M/s AECOM RODIC Consultants Pvt. Ltdhas mobilized their Key Staff (Team Leader Cum Senior Highway Engineer, Resident Engineer, and Bridge/Structural Engineer at Site, on18thMarch, 2014. They are functioning fromtheir office at Kundapur. 8.0 Mobilization Status of Plant & Machinery Sl.No. Category Capacity Deployed at Site 1 Excavator with Bucket 60 - 80 Cum/Hr. 02 2 Excavator with Breaker 60 - 80 Cum/Hr. 01 IRB WestcoastTollway Pvt. Ltd. Remarks Page 10 MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT – MARCH& APRIL 2014 Sl.No. Category Capacity Deployed at Site 0.23 – 1.0 Cum 03 1.75 Cum 01 10 T 01 10 KL 01 10 MT 04 3 JCB (3DX) 4 JCB (Wheel Loader, 430 Z) 5 Soil Compactor 6 Water Tanker 7 Dumper 8 40 KVA D.G. Set - 02 9 25 KVA D.G. Set - 02 Remarks 9.0 Safety Measures Safety measures taken during the month that is at all the locations of NH- 66 (Formerly NH-17), adequate safety measures i.e. barricades, warning signs, cautionary signs etc. at structures locations and barricades, gunny bags, safety ribbons and cautionary boards etc. at excavated locations of NH-17 as per stipulation of IRC as well as additional boards are also provided as desired by NHAI/IE during site visit. 10.0 Weather Report See in Appendix-A 11.0 Project / Site Organization 11.1 11.2 Site Organization Chart (Concessionaire & EPC) – See in Appendix-F Manpower Status – See in Appendix-G 12.0 Drawing & Design Status See in Appendix-H 13.0 Event Diary Sr. No. Date Officers Visited / Meeting Conducted IRB WestcoastTollway Pvt. Ltd. Designation Organization Remark Page 11 MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT – MARCH& APRIL 2014 1 19.03.20 Shri Ram Mishra 14 Project Dirctor NHAI Shri K. M. Hegre Manager (Tech.) NHAI Shri. K. Sriniwasrao Team Leader IE Shri. J.P.Nandi Dy. Project Head IRB WTPL Sh. B.R.Suresh General Manager (Projects) IRB WTPL PD’s Site Visit 2 03.04.14 Shri Ram Mishra Project Dirctor NHAI Shri K. M. Hegre Manager (Tech.) NHAI Sh. B.R.Suresh General Manager IRB WTPL (Projects) Meeting held at PIU- office, NHAI, Mangalore. Points discussed: See in Appendix L Site visit for verification of Utility Shifting i.e. Electrical& Water Supply Shifting. See in Appendix -L Meeting on 23.04.2014 3 23.04.2014 Shri Ram Mishra Project Director NHAI Shri K. M. Hegre Manager (Tech.) NHAI Shri. Srinivasa Rao. K Shri. A.K.Singh Team Leader Resident Engineer GM(Project) IE IE Shri. B.R.Suresh IRB WTPL Shri. PramodSawalkar General Manager IRB WTPL Shri. R. Acharya General Manager IRB WTPL (Liaison) Shri. Prasad Joshi EDP Incharge IRB WestcoastTollway Pvt. Ltd. Meeting held at PIU- office, NHAI, Mangalore. Points discussed: See in Appendix L IRB WTPL Page 12 MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT – MARCH& APRIL 2014 14.0 Progress Photographs Testing for Foundation at Aghanashini River km. 169+360 Testing for Foundation at Aghanashini River km. 169+360 IRB WestcoastTollway Pvt. Ltd. Page 13 MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT – MARCH& APRIL 2014 Testing for Foundation at Haladi River km. 278+530 Testing for Foundation at Haladi River km. 279+540 IRB WestcoastTollway Pvt. Ltd. Page 14 MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT – MARCH& APRIL 2014 Testing for Foundation at Kollur River km. 272+840 Testing for Foundation at Sharavathi River km. 194+515 IRB WestcoastTollway Pvt. Ltd. Page 15 MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT – MARCH& APRIL 2014 Cleraing and grubbing (C&G) Stared at Ch. 255.750 to 256.100 IRB WestcoastTollway Pvt. Ltd. Page 16 MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT – MARCH& APRIL 2014 Marking for Clearing and Gurbering work at at Ch. 255.750 to 256.100 Work in Progress for Culvert Work IRB WestcoastTollway Pvt. Ltd. Page 17 MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT – MARCH& APRIL 2014 Work in Progress for Culvert Work Maintenance work (Potholes reparing) at Chainage 276+800 IRB WestcoastTollway Pvt. Ltd. Page 18 MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT – MARCH& APRIL 2014 Maintenance work (Potholes repairing) at Ch. 272+840 15.0 Correspondence with IE & NHAI See Appendix –I 16.0 ROB Status: The ROB alternative proposal is under consideration by IE, which would be forwarded to KRCL Subsequently. 17.0 Issues Concerned with NHAI See Appendix-K IRB WestcoastTollway Pvt. Ltd. Page 19