Work order for the Ennore Manali Road Improvement Project (EMRIP) will be issued by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) before the end of next month, said Union Shipping Minister G.K. Vasan here on Saturday.
Speaking to reporters after officials of the Chennai Port Trust and Ennore Port Limited handed over cheques for Rs.19 crore and Rs.5 crore for EMRIP to NHAI officials, Mr. Vasan said the Chennai Port Trust had contributed Rs.48 crore already and Ennore Port, Rs.8 crore.
There were 13 participants in the bidding for the EMRIP work, of which eight qualified.
Technical evaluation of the eight bidders is on and the project is expected to be completed by the first quarter of 2013. The actual contribution for the project by the Chennai Port Trust is Rs.238 crore. So far, the Chennai Port Trust had given Rs.67 crore. As for Ennore Port, its contribution was Rs.34.2 crore and so far it had given Rs.13 crore
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