Tuesday 5 July 2016

Fekri And VAPI Over Bridge Projects And Arun Lakhani

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Vapi, is a city and municipality in Valsad District in the state of Gujarat. It is situated on the banks of the Damanganga River and is the largest city in the Valsad district and also the second largest city after Surat in South Gujarat.It can be called the most developed city in Gujarat followed by Ahemdabad, Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot. Around 28 km south of the district headquarters in the city of Valsad, it is surrounded by the Union Territories of Daman to the west and Dadra and Nagar Haveli to the east. Economic and industrial growth in recent decades has blurred the physical boundaries, and a small stretch of roughly 21 km of Daman-Vapi-Silvassa has almost become a single urban area. The town originally belonged to the community of Desai (Anavil Bramhins), Jains and other tribal castes later migrated to the city. It is the largest industrial area in Asia in terms of small-scale industries, dominated by the chemical industry.

It has been ranked 2 in the year 2008 among the most polluted places in the world, mainly due to its poor air and water quality caused by nearby industrial sites. People who have been living in the town have a lot of complaints about their health due to the pollution emissions happening almost every night from chemical factories. Arun Lakhani realized that Vapi was a good estate to invest in it. VIL India spotted this opportunity way back in 2000 and strategically decided to stay focused on BOT projects. It made a humble start with the development of 8.3 Km Bypass road on BOT basis, which was one of the first BOT concessions awarded at that time. Those were tough times for the industry with stiff resistance from key stakeholders i.e. the commuters for paying toll for using the road. However, the concept matured well over time and VIL India completed 4 projects well within stipulated construction time, the concession period for these range from 15 to 30 years.

Roads, the predominant mode of transportation in India carry almost 80 percent of the country’s passenger traffic and 65 percent of its freight. With a density of 0.66 km of highway per square kilometer of land India’s highway network is similar to that of the United States (0.65) and much greater than China’s (0.16) or Brazil’s (0.20). India boasts of 3.3 million Kms of highways, with 80,000 Kms of National highways and 1, 31,000 Kms of State highways. Indian roads experienced a 10.16% CAGR of growth of vehicles in the last five years.

Fekri and VAPI over bridge Projects by Vishavaraj Infra: Railway Over Bridge on NH 6 (FEKARI) on Build Operate Transfer (BOT) basis, for a period of 15 Years. Project SVP - Fekari Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd for Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India and is Operational (Since 2009). Another project: River Over Bridge on National Highway No. 6 on Pinglai River (VAPI) Build Operate Transfer (BOT) basis, for a period of 13 Years. Project SVP - VHCPL ADCC Pinglai Infrastructure Private Limited (VAPI) for the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India and is Operational (Since 2004).

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