Toll for light vehicles (cars) for one-way trip in the Samruddhi RS 55,000-crore corridor that connects Nagpur and Mumbai will be around RS 1,100, said Maharashtra State Development Corporation (MSRDC) President Director of Anilkumar Gaikwad, on Friday.
The Minister of Public Works Eknath Shinde also announced that the revised deadline for the stretch of Nagpur to Shirdi now was December 2021, and for up to Thane was December 2022.
He ruled out the escalation of costs due to the delay in the eight lane project.
Shinde, Gaikwad, Additional Collector of Nishikant Sukhe, Ramtek MP Krupal Tume, Ramtek Mla Ashish Jaiswal, Sena leaders included Kiran Pandav and others checked the package-i from the 701km project on Friday.
Gaikwad said, “Tolls will be in accordance with the guidelines issued by the Central Government in 2008.
Light vehicles will be charged RS1.65 per km.
The toll will be right for the right km used on the freeway.
Victims for heavy vehicles will be three times Fold for lightweight vehicles.
“He also said,” the financial progress of this project is 64%, while physical progress is 79% on the stretch of Nagpur-Shirdi and 70% for the entire project.
The deadline is 36 months since the initial stages, and will be achieved if Someone considers the date of work starting.
“Gaikwad said 40% of workers left work because Covid-19.
“Now, everything has been simplified; 35,000 are working on the project and 5,500 engines are engaged,” he said.
During his visit last December, Minister of Uddhav Thackeray’s chairman had set a May 1 deadline to complete the work from Nagpi to Shirdi.
Shinde, also the minister of urban development, said efforts were made to meet deadlines but could not be possible because of a pandemic.
Shinde said three-four jobs from 20 nodes (cities) had begun.
“This project is very important and will be a game-changer for the country.
The toll road will also be connected to JNPT and the area does not fall in the corridor like Conkan through various ways.
This will encourage industry and other sectors to come to Vidarbha and Marathwada.
Sector -Sectors such as textiles, tourism, IT and agriculture will be encouraged by developing 20 nodes, “he said.
Shinde said the plan was to build a 250MW solar power plant along the corridor.
“We have planned to plant more than 11 lakh trees.
This is besides the existing greenery,” he said.
Shinde said there would be no quality consisting of quality.
“We are developing a project so that the vehicle will operate at a speed of 150 km per hour.
The travel time from Nagpur to Mumbai will decrease from 15 hours to 6-7 hours.