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Kundli expressway in 3 years

136-Km, 4-Laned Highway To Host High-Speed Traffic, Have Tourist Spots
Dipak Kumar Dash | TNN

Gurgaon: Finally, there’s some good news for the harassed drivers jostling for space on Delhi’s roads. Construction of the 136-km Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway is to begin next month and has to be completed within three years. This is expected to rid Delhi of at least half the traffic from other states passing through the city for other destinations.

The last hurdle was cleared with the Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation (HSIDC) holding public hearings for environmental impact assessment of the project in Gurgaon and Faridabad on Monday and Tuesday. HSIDC officials said the deadline has been set for November 2009 and sources at KMP Expressway, the developers, said they would try to complete it even earlier than that. ‘‘We have already moved machinery in order to complete the project ahead of the deadline,’’ said an official.

The HSIDC has already acquired land in a width of 100 metres along the alignment of the proposed expressway. It will take off from NH-1 near Kundli and intersect NH-10 at West Bahadurgarh and NH-8 near Manesar, finally joining NH-2 near Palwal. The expressway will be a dual carriageway with four lanes with a provision for widening it to six lanes. Hence, major traffic coming from Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan will no longer need to enter Delhi.

The expressway had been proposed following Supreme Court orders, on December 16, 2001 and July 15, 2002, that no heavy, medium and light goods vehicles on interstate routes would ply through Delhi. It had also ordered that there could be no corridor or bypass joining different national highways through the Capital.

The expressway will have grade separators at intersections. To keep this stretch exclusively for high-speed traffic, no slow moving or pedestrian traffic will be allowed on it.

At a later stage, land along the expressway will be acquired and tourist spots developed along the stretch. ‘‘These complexes won’t be visible from the main expressway as on highways in European countries. There will be indicators for food plazas and resting places for commuters. Roadside dhabas will not be allowed,’’ said a senior HSIDC official. As per the environment impact assessment report prepared by RITES for environmental enhancement along this stretch, greenery and water bodies will be developed. Truck parks, bus stops, rest areas and cultural properties will be created.

HURDLES CLEARED

Construction of 136-km expressway to begin next month
To be completed by November 2009
Land acquired and environmental impact assessment done
Dual carriageway with four lanes, provision for adding two more lanes
Only for high-speed traffic, provided with grade separators
Tourist spots to be developed along the stretch
Will reduce pollution, accidents in Delhi


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more news on KMP expressway via HT Delhi Oct28th

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KMP Expressways achieves financial closure of BOT project (http://www.moneycontrol.com/india/news/pressnews/kmpexpresswaysspecialpurposevehicle/kmpexpresswaysachievesfinancialclosurebotproject/market/stocks/article/260449)

KMP Expressways Ltd., the Special Purpose Vehicle executing the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway, today announced that it has achieved the financial closure for the Kundli - Manesar – Palwal Expressways Project awarded by Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructural Development Corporation (HSIIDC). The KMP Expressway, also known as the western peripheral expressway is the largest expressway project in the country on Build Operate Transfer (BOT) basis. Out of the total cost of Rs.1915 crore, the SPV has tied up a debt of Rs. 1149 Crore, through a consortium of 12 banks/financial institutions led by IDBI Ltd. The arrangers for the debt are SBI Capital Markets Ltd. and IDBI Ltd.


KMP Expressway project on BOT basis envisages construction of the 135.6 Km, access controlled expressway from NH-1 near Kundli (Sonipat) crossing NH-10 at west of Bahadurgarh, crossing NH-8 at Manesar (Gurgaon) and joining NH-2 near Palwal (Faridabad). The work on the project has already begun and is scheduled for completion by July 2009.

Mr. Deepak Chatterjee, Senior Vice President, SBI Capital Markets Ltd. added “We are pleased to be associated with India’s largest BOT expressway project and one of the most significant in the PPP infrastructure development sector, as the lead arranger for the debt. The strengths built up into the SPV company in engineering construction, project management and the expertise to handle the challenge of complex infrastructure development and its ability to invest helped us get an overwhelming response for more than the debt requirement from 12 leading banks/Institutions including IDBI, SBI & Associates and IIFCL, among others.”

Making the announcement of the Financial Closure, Mr. H.S. Kohli, Chairman, KMP Expressways Ltd. said, “This project promises a huge growth potential for the entire region and will trigger prosperity along the expressway. We are proud to be the concessionaires of this prestigious project, which is in consonance with our Government’s dream called PURA - Providing Urban amenities to Rural Areas.”


“KMP Expressway project will match international standards of quality infrastructure. We have deployed state-of-the-art equipment with emphasis on aesthetics. We are confident that once completed, the expressway will create a benchmark in the pleasure of driving/commuting experience for years to come”, Mr. Kohli added.



Progress on the project


More than 98% of the land has already been acquired by HSIIDC and handed over to KMP Expressways Ltd. The Concessionaire has also put in place its Project Team. Topographical surveys, Sub-soil investigations, detailed Design of Highway and Structures, the Project Camp sites, etc. have already been completed. 95% progress has been achieved for the Survey and Center Line Marking. Required permissions from various departments have been obtained/ are being obtained. The execution of the project has been divided into 3 packages of 45 km each to be supervised by a Senior Project Manager. Earthwork and cross drainage work is in progress. More than Rs. 100 crores has already been invested into the project by the concessionaire.


Mr. Rajeev Arora, MD, HSIIDC present at the occasion said, “HSIIDC is proud to be the implementing agency of the largest expressway project in India. The Corporation envisages the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway to metamorphose the state of Haryana. Our vision is to replicate industrial and economic development in entire region on International standards. The expressway will provide high-speed link to Northern Haryana with its Southern districts such as Sonipat, Jhajjar, Gurgaon & Faridabad, thereby giving boost to the local economy.”

On the benefits accruing from the KMP Expressway to the state, Mr. Arora opined, “The State Government has been promoting public and private sector initiative for establishing world class infrastructure in Haryana. The development of this Global Urban Corridor along Kundli - Manesar – Palwal (KMP) Western Peripheral Expressways will give impetus to Real Estate, Special Economic Zones (SEZ), Independent townships/cities, Industrial Model Townships (IMT) Food Processing Units, Medicity, Financial Hubs, Tourist Resorts, Education City, Satellite Dwelling Units (SDU), etc. This will not only boost investor confidence but also provide world-class living and commuting experience. The Expressway will prove to be the backbone for the entire Industrial and Residential hubs coming up in the region.”

Five flyovers (interchanges) to come up on KMP Expressway (http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=232638)

Gurgaon, April 20: Five flyovers (interchanges) have been proposed on the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway to decongest a stretch that cuts across NH1, NH2, NH8 and NH10.

The 135 km-expressway also hopes to propel economic growth in this mainly agrarian region, besides ensuring smooth traffic flow.

Seven overpasses and nine underpasses have been proposed at state highway and major district road crossings on the expressway.

Unlike the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway, which does not have any pedestrian crossings so far, 62 pedestrian crossings have been proposed during the initial stage for the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway.

Keeping in mind the villages along the expressway, 32 agricultural vehicular underpasses have been planned in addition to 27 underpasses proposed at crossings of village roads and four railway overbridges.

Approval has been sought from the Ministry of Railways for the general arrangement drawings. 31 cattle crossings will be constructed and the expressway will also have two truck parking lots and four bus bays for better traffic movement.

“We received clearance from the Ministry of Environment and Forests for the project,” says H S Kohli, chairman, KMP Expressways. So far, 38 lakh cubic metres of earthwork has been done on the expressway. “We want to complete the project ahead of schedule, which is July 2009,” adds Kohli.

“The Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructural Development Corporation (HSIIDC) is considering design changes on NH1,NH2, NH8 and NH10 for better upgrade interchange,” said an HSIIDC official.

The project has also received a no objection certificate (NOC) from the Haryana State Pollution Control Board. The requisite permissions from the PWD (B&R), Haryana State Agriculture Marketing Board, BSNL, Irrigation Department, etc have been obtained for the project, according to KMP Expressways Limited.

Till date, the HSIIDC has transferred 3,330 acres of land out of a total of 3,354 acres to KMP Expressways Limited. :) “The remaining 24 acres of land is in the process of being acquired and transferred,” said the HSIIDC.

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Video presentation of the KMP expressway [165MB] can be downloaded from this link
http://dsconstructions.com/downloads/kundli-manesar-palwal.zip

I skimmed though the video the other day and its pretty descent. It shows more about the developments around the expressway than of the actual road DSC plans to build.

And this video [200 MB] is of the Delhi-Gurgaon expressway. Its Slightly better and shows the some work done around the 2005-06 time frame.
http://dsconstructions.com/downloads/Delhi-Gurgaon-Presentation.zip

I requested some pics from DS ltd,the company building the KMP expressway. The pics are a little old,but its good to see work is in full swing :okay:

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fakarpur :lol:,Gurgaon dist
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patli,Gurgaon dist
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Kundli Manesar Palwal Expressway

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The idiot who made the video screwed NE India on the map[9:32(counting down)]

KMP Expressway design upgraded


THE HARYANA State Industrial & Infrastructure Devel- opment Corporation (HSIIDC), which is constructing the Kundli Manesar Palwal (KMP) Expressway on a build-op- erate-transfer (BoT) basis, has upgraded the design of the project. It has decided to construct interchanges on all the four intersections where the expressway crosses National High- ways 1, 2, 8 and 10. Earlier flyovers were planned at these four points. The HSIIDC and National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) have also approved the final design of the inter- changes, which will be constructed along with the clover- leaf loops. The interchanges will come up at intersections at NH-1 (Kundli), 8 (Manesar) and 10 (Bahadurgarh). The highways authority will be constructing the interchange at NH-2 (Palwal) on the expressway The NHAI is constructing the eastern peripheral ex- pressway, western and eastern peripheral expressways to- gether to make a ring around Delhi and offer an alternative corridor to long-route traffic.

Dec 25: Kundli-Ghaziabad-Palwal Expressway project set to roll by mid-2009 (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Delhi/Kundli_project_set_to_roll_by_mid-2009/articleshow/3888182.cms)

NEW DELHI: After extending the deadline for submission of tenders twice, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has finally received a tender for Kundli-Ghaziabad-Palwal (KGP) Expressway. The 136-km expressway, to be built at the cost of Rs 2,676 crore, is expected to decongest Delhi roads as it will provide a bypass to trucks that use Delhi roads to go to Uttar Pradesh and Haryana.

According to NHAI sources, Reliance Infrastructure has emerged as the sole bidder for the green field project, popularly known as Eastern Peripheral Expressway.With transport secretary Brahm Dutt ruling out any further extension to complete the bidding process, it is expected that the final bidder will start the work by mid 2009. The project is expected to be completed by mid 2012. Sources said over 80% of land acquisition for the project has been completed.

The project involves construction of a six-lane expressway with access control highway connecting Faridabad, Noida, Gaziabad and Sonepat. It will also act as bypass to Delhi with a concession period of 20 years. The expressway is specifically designed to decongest the city traffic under Delhi High Court instructions.

The project takes off from NH-1 in Kundli , crosses Yamuna near Mawikalan, Hindon river near Sharfabad, NH-58 near Duhai, NH-24 near Dasna, NH-91 near Beelakbarpur, Kasna-Sikandrabad road near Sirsa, re-crosses Yamuna near Fajjupur Khadar, Atali-Chinsa near Maujpur and meets NH-2 beyond Palwal. It will pass through Sonipat and Faridabad in Haryana and Baghpat, Ghaziabad and Gautam Budh Nagar in Uttar Pradesh.

NHAI officials said the speed limit on the expressway will be 120 kmph. The project includes construction of three major bridges two across Yamuna and one across Hindon river besides 43 other bridges over canals and drains. Also, there will be 59 underpasses for pedestrians. For locals, the developer will construct service roads of about 90 km, which will provide connectivity between different areas along the expressway.

The 135.6km Western Peripheral Expressway (Kundli-Manesar-Palwal) is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2009. The two expressways will allow trucks to reach industrial townships in Haryana and Uttar Pradesh without entering Delhi. The KMP expressway is being built at the investment of Rs 1915 crore excluding the cost of land amounting to Rs 630 crore.

The second spell of Bhupinder Singh Hooda government in Haryana seems to be pushing the development of 13 theme cities along the 136km-long Kundli-Manesar-Palwal expressway.

The directorate of town and country planning (DTCP) will notify land patches earmarked for these future cities as controlled areas for the specific use.

These proposed theme cities include cyber city, bio-science city, medical city, fashion city, entertainment city and leisure city. Deepender Singh Hooda, the MP from Rohtak, said on Sunday that out of these 13 theme cities, three would come up in Bahadurgarh on NH-10
and along the expressway.

For Gurgaon district, the state government has proposed five theme cities — fashion city, entertainment city, world trade centre, leisure city and retail merchandiser warehouse centre. Similarly, Sonepat district will have specialized activities like the Rajeev Gandhi Education City, Sonepat-Kundli multifunctional urban complex. This apart, the Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation (HSIIDC) is contemplating an industrial model township at Kharkhoda on the lines of Manesar.

Likewise, a leisure and a leather city have been proposed for Mewat, Palwal district will get a dry port city.

State government officials said that the development of these theme cities is a part of the plan to develop the areas along the KMP expressway as a global corridor. ‘‘A consultant engaged by the state government had proposed creation of sector-specific parks and sub-cities to ensure that economic activities are developed in a systematic manner,’’ said a senior DTCP official.

He added the time-frame for developing these cities has not been fixed by the state and would largely depend on foreign investment and investment from private players in the state. ‘‘All this will happen only when the expressway becomes functional. The work has already been delayed,’’ the official said.

Officials said the spatial plan of the corridor will be developed around a number of specialized economic activities and each activity is envisaged to be the focus of a selfsustaining cluster city. Sources said that the threshold population required for sustaining the physical and social infrastructure will govern the development of cluster cities.

Times of India

Hows construction coming along on this?

Hows construction coming along on this?

dlont you see the images being posted

They're a couple of years old...

Hows construction coming along on this?

It will be completed by the end of this year. A part of it (I guess Manesar-Palwal) will open earlier in mid-2010.

Interchange with GT road at Kondli

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u/c pic from June 2009

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Some part opened to traffic

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:cheers:

^^ What's the source ? The road does not looks new looking at the divider.

Found it here by googling
http://www.gurgaonscoop.com/section/Roads_In_Gurgaon/6

The link of the image says KMP as well.

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Found it here by googling
http://www.gurgaonscoop.com/section/Roads_In_Gurgaon/6


I could not find anything about KMP in this link

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Indian Express

I cannot understand the need for having so many street lights on an expressway or an highway. It would be cheaper to line the lane markings with reflectors and maybe have street lights every 50 m or so.

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That's the Noida-Greater Noida expressway, not the KMP expy.

post #6 fakar pur. !!:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

Noida Greater Noida Expressway has the cement and wire rails which are missing here. + the road looks newer than the Noida Greater Noida Expressway.

Noida Greater Noida Expressway has the cement and wire rails which are missing here. + the road looks newer than the Noida Greater Noida Expressway.

Opening of a section of KMP would have made a big news IMO. Plus see the divider of the road, it doesn't looks new.

kMP is not operational yet. They will open Palwal Manesar stretch by end of this year, and the remaining will take two years from now.

Noida Greater Noida Expressway has the cement and wire rails which are missing here. + the road looks newer than the Noida Greater Noida Expressway.

It is the Noida-Gr. Noida expressway. I can vouch for that because I along with IR and Abhishek drove on it 3 weeks ago. Have a look at the following videos and see the similarity

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYwPE9FDT-I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCLI6Eo4KBA

Besides, the KMP expressway will initially be 4 laned.

kMP is not operational yet. They will open Palwal Manesar stretch by end of this year, and the remaining will take two years from now.

As per the recent news Palwal-Manesar stretch will open in mid 2010 and Manesar-Kundli in Dec 2010 but the company will try to finish work by CW games.


Besides, the KMP expressway will initially be 4 laned.

Yep.

^^ Sorry for the mix up guys. I googled and found it.

Even the url says KMP. That's why I posted it.

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I have created a thread for Eastern Peripheral expressway (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=50330855#post50330855). We can continue all related discussion here. Hopefully we will see its construction this year.

The 50 km Manesar-Palwal stretch is going to open in July -


KMP expressway to open partially in July
Stretch between Manesar and Palwal near-ready; toll rates announced

Three and half months from now, in July, the 135.65-km Kundli-Manesar- Palwal (KMP) Expressway one of India's longest will start functioning partially when its 50-km arm between Manesar (NH-8) and Palwal (NH-2) opens for commuters. The complete 135.6 km stretch of the Western Peripheral Expressway as it also known is expected to open only in December.

The toll rates for the expressway have been announced.

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For the first time in India, commuters (four-wheelers) will pay toll for the distance they have traveled on this 4/6 lane access-controlled signal-free expressway under the unique closed loop tolling system.

In contrast, the Gurgaon Expressway uses the open loop tolling system and commuters pay only if they cross toll plazas but not otherwise.

This Rs 1,915 crore Greenfield project connects India's four busiest national highways NH-1 near Kundli (Sonepat), NH-10 at near Bahadurgarh, NH-8 at Manesar (Gurgaon) and NH-2 near Palwal (Faridabad).

The KMP Expressway was envisaged in public-private partnership by the Haryana government to ease pressure on Delhi's roads and to provide direct access to vehicles to UP and Rajasthan without cross- ing the national capital. The Haryana State Industrial & Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) had awarded the contract of constructing the road to KMP Expressway Limited on a build- operate-transfer basis.

The targeted date of completion was July 2009. But because of litigations and other hurdles, the deadline was extended till December 2010.

H.S. Kohli, chairman KMP Expressway Limited, told Hindustan Times that the concessionaire agreement permitted the company to open the stretch partially and charge toll tax for this leg. "The toll rates have been calculated on the basis of the wholesale price index and com- muters would have to pay for the kilometres they travel on the stretch between Manesar and Palwal which we are going to open in July," Kohli said. "Vehicles that take a long detour while traveling between Manesar and Palwal through Delhi and Gurgaon will save on the distance, time and fuel, and the journey will be comfortable."

On rest of the KMP stretch, Kohli said that it was likely to be thrown open in December.

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I don't think closed loop toll system can be implemented for a long time here. Till now it has only few intersections (only with highways), so it is easy to have a toll plaza at every entry and exit. But in future, when all this area would be urbanized/industrialized because of expansion of Delhi metropolitan area and the SEZs coming here, it will require and entry and exit every few kms. It won't be feasible to add a toll plaza at every km then.

For the first time in India, commuters (four-wheelers) will pay toll for the distance they have traveled on this 4/6 lane access-controlled signal-free expressway under the unique closed loop tolling system.

This is definitely not the first time, NE1 aka Ahmedabad-Baroda Expressway is already using this toll system.

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Hindustan Times

A major change in the alignment of the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) expressway will leave over 2,000 people jobless and cause closure of over a dozen industrial units operating in Kundli in Sonipat district. The industrial units have alleged that the take-off point of the expressway was changed due to Haryana government’s pressure and they have now got a stay order against land acquisition for construction of an elevated stretch over National Highway No-1.

‘‘The government claims that land acquisition for the intersection has suffered because of our court case but it must also accept that the government is responsible for the entire crisis,’’ said one of the affected industrialists. The matter is now in Punjab and Haryana high court and the next date of hearing is May 10.

The twin expressways around Delhi — KMP and Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE) — being built to shift the trucks and unwanted traffic from Delhi roads take off from Kundli.

The claims of industrialists are based on official documents accessed by them which they have submitted in high court. In fact, the minutes of the meeting of the Supreme Court-appointed monitoring committee for the project mentions that earlier both the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and Haryana government had agreed to construct the intersection at a point that would not have disturbed any human settlement.

The minutes of the meeting held on December 10, 2005, mentions that then member (technical) of NHAI, Nirmaljit Singh, had submitted that the starting point for both EPE and KMP Expressway had been decided ‘‘jointly with HSIIDC (Haryana Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation)’’ at km 39.725 on NH-1 and that Haryana had promised its concurrence by December 13, 2005.

However, the Haryana Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation wanted the location to be shifted to km 36.3. Interestingly, the NHAI had stated that the change would mean that the EPE would have to pass through an inhabited area and that could pose a problem besides necessitating rehabilitation measures.

Following these observations, it was recommended that the original km 39.725 should be fixed as the starting point for both expressways. However, minutes of the committee meeting held on March 11, 2006, mentions that Haryana reopened the issue. It said that the concession agreement for the project had been signed on January 31, 2006, and the state had already acquired about 940 acres of land at km 36.083. Finally, giving in to Haryana’s pressure, the committee decided to change the take-off point for both expressways from km 39.725 to km 36.083.

The petition has cited how the same government pitched for change of location of the take-off point on NH-2 (Palwal) to avoid inhabited areas.

Times of India

Any further update on KMP. The last I read was M-P strech to open in Dec-10 and K-M strech in May-11. Does anyone else has any new info/updates on this ?

KMP e-way to open by June 2011 (http://www.hindustantimes.com/KMP-e-way-to-open-by-June-2011/Article1-587793.aspx)


The company constructing Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway (also known as Western Peripheral Expressway) on Monday assured the Haryana Government that the project would be completed in June 2011. It also assured that the partial 50-km stretch between Manesar and Palawal would be opened in February 2011.
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"Some of the land is still to be transferred to us following litigation issues. We are going to have enough skilled manpower soon and this will speed up work. Skilled labour had been diverted for CWG and T3 projects. We have sought permission to open partially in February 2011 and fully in June 2011," Kohli said.

:cheers:

When is the KMP expressway likely to be operational?

The first phase of the 135km expressway between Manesar and Palwal will be opened for traffic by this year-end. Rest of the stretch would be made operational in the next 8-10 months.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgoan/New-gurgaon-will-be-better-than-old-CM/articleshow/6550275.cms

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/KMP-Expressway-to-miss-third-deadline--needs-a-year-more/713340/

Senior Haryana officials have claimed that the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway, also known as the Western Peripheral Expressway, will need another year to become fully operational. The third deadline for the project, touted as India’s longest signal-free expressway, will expire on December 31.

What the <beep>

:bash:

Source (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/KMP-Expressway-gets-a-new-deadline/articleshow/6972282.cms)
The Haryana government has set a new deadline for the opening of the first phase of the ambitious Kundli-Manesar-Palwal expressway between Manesar and Palwal. According to the new deadline, the expressway should start functioning from 2011 March-end.

Once this 53-km stretch opens for traffic, Delhi roads would be able to get rid of the huge number of trucks passing through the capital.

Admitting that the project has missed several deadlines in the past, principal secretary to state chief minister, Chhatar Singh said the private developer has mobilized more manpower for completion of the stretch.

After the completion of the Commonwealth Games infrastructure projects, the developer has pushed its man and machinery to expedite the completion of the remaining work. There is deployment of almost 40% more manpower, Singh added.

A spokesperson of KMP Expressway Ltd also claimed that the stretch would be ready for opening since there is no technical hurdle and the work is at an advance stage.

Though the opening of Manesar-Palwal stretch would bring partial relief to Delhi and other parts of the NCR, sources said that the entire corridor is likely to miss the third deadline of December 2010. The work on construction of rail over bridges (RoBs) between Kundli and Manesar has not yet started and it will take not less than a year to complete them. The deadline has to be extended again, said a senior Haryana industry department official.

However, when CMs principal secretary was asked whether the government would impose fine on the developer for the delay in completion of the project, Singh said they have not yet taken a decision. We are concerned about the delay and are putting pressure on the developer to complete the work fast, Singh said. The 135.65-km project, costing Rs 1,915 crore, was originally scheduled to be completed by July 2009, but was given two more extensions till December 2010. Now the state chief secretary, Urvashi Gulati, has asked the Gurgaon administration for a weekly progress report of this stretch.

The KMP project was cleared by the Supreme Court as a part of the project constructing a Ring Road around Delhi that will take off the huge number of trucks plying on inter-state routes via Delhi roads. The work on the other half of the Ring Road, the Kundli-Ghaziabad-Palwal (KGP) expressway, has not yet begun. The NHAI will execute the work on this 135 km expressway stretch.

Source (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/Govt-plans-stone-industry-hub-along-KMP/articleshow/6972283.cms)Haryana government has identified 150 acres of land between Gurgaon and Mewat, along the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway (KMP), which will be developed as a hub of stone finishing and polishing industry.

The location we have identified will have the best connectivity with the KMP becoming operational in near future. This hub will attract major players in this sector. We are finalizing the plan and it would come up in the next few years, Haryana industry secretary Y S Malik told TOI on Monday.

He added that truck loads of stones from different parts of Rajasthan pass through the state and mining of stones also happens in the nearby regions. Once the hub is developed, we will get the best investors in this sector, Malik claimed.

Sources in the industry department said that already there is a slate polishing industry hub in Kund near Rewari, which is run by small scale entrepreneurs. Presently, these small players sell the mined material to big players, who subsequently export them. The raw material is used for manufacturing roof tiles and other materials, an industry department official said.

Meanwhile, officials added that the plan to develop a stone polishing and furnishing industry is a part of the overall development of industrial estates in the region.

We have already prepared the master plan for development of another Industrial Model Township (IMT) spread over 1,700 acres at Roz-ka-Meo. Already several big players have shown interest in this region, said Rajiv Arora, managing director of Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation ( HSIIDC).

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/Ahead-of-CMs-visit-DC-to-take-recce-of-KMP-Expressway/articleshow/6978267.cms#ixzz16AM1Qq7e

GURGAON: With the repeated delay in the completion of the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal expressway becoming an embarrassment for the Haryana government, the district administration has now decided to conduct a regular monitoring of the project. Gurgaon deputy commissioner R K Kataria said that he would take a tour of the stretch in the next few days.

Katarias visit comes ahead of the expected aerial survey of the progress on this 135-km stretch by the state chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. Despite the state giving the necessary land and required clearances, the concessionaire, DSC Ltd, has continuously missed several deadlines. This exercise is to identify any hiccups that might be interrupting the speedy completion of the expressway, Kataria said.

http://www.bhaskar.com/article/har-har-his-attitude-of-contractors-will-complain-1673441.html

http://abclive.in/news/component/content/article/88-north-india/648-bhupinder-singh-hooda-kmp-expressway-progress-.html

Ready by Aug-11 ??...doesn't look like.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/KMP-Expressway-deadline-stretched-again/articleshow/7159790.cms


In a high-level meeting held in Chandigarh, it was decided that the deadline for the development work on the 53-kilometre stretch between Palwal on NH-2 and Manesar on NH-8, will be stretched by another 30 days. This was confirmed by the government sources. Earlier, March 31, 2011, had been fixed as the final deadline date.

The chief minister has also assigned a deadline of November 1 (Haryana Day) for the completion of the full 135.6-km long, Rs 1,900 crore-project.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/Haryana-gives-go-ahead-to-feasibility-study-for-Pod-taxis/articleshow/7300035.cms


Responding to questions on the already delayed KMP expressway, the chief minister said, One section of the express will be operational from November 1 this year and the agency and authorities have been told to hurry completion. The 135-km expressway has failed to meet several deadlines in the past.

Originally, the project was supposed to be completed by July 2009. But the deadline was extended to December 2010 and now it looks that by November 1 only one section of the KMP project would be operational. Hooda did not comment on the reasons for the delay in this project.

http://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/7611226.cms

^ first they say dec then in dec march and now in march april :ohno:

^ first they say dec then in dec march and now in march april :ohno:

before dec it was july...:) ... but the delay time kept shrinking lesser and lesser every time they delayed

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/KMP-E-way-goes-into-slow-motion-not-before-July/articleshow/7740316.cms

MANESAR: The first stretch of the already-delayed Kundali-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) expressway is likely to miss its April end deadline as well. After reviewing a progress report on Friday, Gurgaon DC P C Meena said that the Manesar-Palwal stretch would only be reaKMP.TIMGiven the pace at which the work is being carried on, I doubt whether the stretch can be finished by July, he said

:bash:

disgusting!!

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/State-govt-steps-in-to-speed-up-KMP-E-way/articleshow/7835933.cms

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Manesar-Palwal-e-way-delayed/articleshow/8022914.cms

NEW DELHI: Now it's official that the opening of the first patch of KMP expressway between Manesar and Palwal will be delayed by at least 15 days.

This means the priority patch, which the private concessionaire has been claiming to open `soon' for the past two years, could be opened to traffic only by May end.

Talking to TOI at his New Delhi residence on Monday, chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said the state was seriously after the developer to make the first stretch operational. As of now the Haryana government has set April 30 as the deadline for this stretch.

"There are chances that a couple of more weeks will be needed before this portion of the expressway is opened for traffic. There are a few minor issues, which are holding back the completion, including high tension wire, fuel pipeline and forest clearance for a small patch of land. We are resolving all these issues soon," Hooda said.

Though the state seems to be justifying the delay, in the past two years, the private concessionaire, KMP Expressway Ltd, has announced several deadlines for this stretch. "If there were so many problems coming in the way of completion of this stretch, then how could the developer set such deadlines?" asked a senior government official.

At a recently held meeting to review the progress of the project, a senior HSIIDC official had highlighted that the developer raised these issues whenever it failed to meet the deadline. The developer had also submitted before the high-level meeting held under the chairmanship of the chief secretary that it would come out with a fresh deadline after assessing the ground situation. Sources in the HSIIDC said so far it has not rescheduled the expected date of inauguration.

"couple of weeks"=can be equal to 2 months also..

"couple of weeks"=can be equal to 2 months also..

DS constructions is the biggest peice of crap ive ever seen

the way they manage DGE .. omggggg

its horrible

DGE is a goldmine for them still the bastards use fickkin TRACTORS to water the green belt in median ... and if thats not it .. when it comes to cleaning the expway, all they have is 10-15 labourers equipped with jhaadus roaming on tractors to clean the expway:bash::bash::bash::bash:

only once in my life ive seen them using automated cleaning trucks

and dont even mention patrol cars ... marshal jeeps :puke:

i saw toyota corrola's as patrol cars in the paki subforum for their motor ways/ring roads

why cant we have them .. or just like hyundai donated 50 accent's to chennai police, i guess we'll have to wait for maruti to donate ggn some dzire or SX4


STILL .. after all this , KMP's contract was given to DSC again

:ohno::ohno::ohno:

Yes DS constructionn are shit.

What abt the road quality guys??

Yes DS constructionn are shit.

They also constructed Barapullah elevated road.

What abt the road quality guys??

Road quality for DS Constructions? Of their operational projects, I only know DGE which has one of the finest road quality I have ever seen. Also all the flyovers are designed for very high speeds with smooth gradients. You do not feel any bump at the start or end of the flyover because of change in gradient (which usually can be felt in flyovers in city).

Ya.. I meant for DS Constructions! Thanks for that!

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They also constructed Barapullah elevated road.



Road quality for DS Constructions? Of their operational projects, I only know DGE which has one of the finest road quality I have ever seen. Also all the flyovers are designed for very high speeds with smooth gradients. You do not feel any bump at the start or end of the flyover because of change in gradient (which usually can be felt in flyovers in city).

road quality , engineering etc is of very high quality no doubt .. its the management part which sucks ,, even DGE was delayed by 2 years but then they had all the reasons like one long flyover @ palam crossing in delhi instead of 2 short ones (request of delhi govt-change in plans @ later stage)

and KMP as we all know is SUPER delayed

I was just waiting for this news...

http://www.hindustantimes.com/KMP-Expway-may-miss-deadline-again/Article1-692566.aspx

The monthly progress of the upcoming Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway has dropped down during the first three months of this year. At the present pace, it is unlikely that the concessionaire will be able to complete the project by November 2011, the latest deadline committed by it. K MP Expressways Ltd, the concessionaire, has already missed the April 30 deadline for opening traffic on the priority section of Manesar to Palwal.

“In light of the dwindling progress it is certain that the concessionaire is not going to keep up to his commitment again,” said a senior official.

The monthly progress of the 135.65-km-long expressway went down to 1.06%, 0.88 % and 0.91% during January, February and March respectively.

As per the latest bulletin, the concessionaire has achieved a physical progress of 61.32% (R908 crore) till March 31, 2011 against the original commercial operation date (CoD) of July 29, 2011 and revised CoD of December 31, 2010.

“The monthly progress of the project had been continuously much below the targets fixed by the concessionaire and in view of the slow progress of the work, secretary, Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, who is the chairman of the monitoring committee has expressed dissatisfaction on the project,” said an official, who attended the April 5 review of the project conducted by the High Powered Committee (Expressways).

Though the chairman of the Centre’s monitoring committee has asked Haryana to take appropriate action as per the concession agreement, it seems the state government is not too keen on invoking the penal clauses of the agreement.

Group chairman of KMP Expressways, HS Kohli, on the other hand, has expressed reservations regarding the proposed penal action as per the minutes of the April 5 meeting

Again :nuts:

Why are they reluctant to take against the company?

Why are they reluctant to take against the company?

money!

That is on expected lines KMP and other similar projects are marketed beyond their value and worth and time

Yes

"...it seems the state government is not too keen on invoking the penal clauses of the agreement."
Typical nexus between government and contractor.

KMP expressway to miss its deadline for like 20th time ....

The 135-km Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway project, which was to be thrown open to the public in 2009, to ease congested roads in Delhi, continues to linger on till date. Moreover, the Haryana government has extended the partial opening of the 53-km stretch between Manesar and Palwal slated for May 31, 2011, by three more months.

According to the original detailed project report (DPR), in 2009, over 7,000 trucks, 60,000 cars and 700 buses were to use the Expressway on daily basis. The number of vehicles might have increased by now.

Even two aerial surveys conducted by chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda could not speed up the work.

This project, also known as Western Peripheral Expressway, was conceived in 2005 by the state government. As per the requirements of NCR planning board, it was designed to form a ring around Delhi by connecting with the Eastern Peripheral Expressway in Uttar Pradesh. The project was awarded to KMPEL in 2006.

Rajiv Arora, managing director, Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) said, “Besides certain issues related to clearances from the Central government, there were issues like unrest in Libya where KMPEL has many projects. I think that trouble is now over.”

However, KMPEL spokesperson said, "We are confident of completing the project in three months' time, after the Chief Minister directed his officials to expedite work on May 19, 2011."

KMP expressway to miss its deadline for like 20th time ....

Lol, I guessed what the news was going to be even before coming to this page and I was right. :lol:

WTF!!

Lol, I guessed what the news was going to be even before coming to this page and I was right. :lol:

+1. Eastern one has not even started.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/Flyover-to-connect-NH-8-with-KMP-e-way/articleshow/8971601.cms

GURGAON: After the national capital got a number of signal-free junctions, now it's the turn of Gurgaon.

The first such junction will come up near Pachgaon in Manesar where the under-construction KMP Expressway crosses over the National Highway 8 (NH-8). Once completed, this will improve the connectivity between NH-8 and the expressway and commuters will have the option to move along in any direction seamlessly.

According to NHAI sources, the interchange design was prepared by the Haryana State Industrial & Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) and later approved by the authorities after some necessary changes were incorporated.

The interchange design was reworked considering the expected increase in traffic flow and vehicular movement at this junction.

NH-8 between Gurgaon and Jaipur is now being widened to six lanes. HSIIDC officials said that the revised project, with an estimated investment of Rs 100 crore, will have four clover leaves that will ensure swift movement of traffic from NH-8 to the expressway and vice versa.

"Work will start soon as we plan to complete this interchange by the time the expressway becomes operational. It will be an urban infrastructure marvel with proper landscaping," said a HSIIDC official.

A rainwater harvesting unit is also being planned along with the interchange. He added that while the main flyover across NH-8 will be of six lanes, the four clover leaves will be of two lanes. Sources said since the interchange would not be completed before the opening of the first stretch between NH-8 (Manesar) and NH-2 (Palwal), which is likely in the next couple of months, a traffic light would be installed on the highway temporarily.

"We expect a lot of traffic heading towards NH-2 from Jaipur to take a right turn from here. But the red light is temporary and would be removed later," said an official.

The 135-km-long KMP expressway has already missed several deadlines. Only recently, the Haryana government had extended the deadline for the first phase. The expressway touches four national highways – NH-1, NH-10, NH-8 and NH-2. The interchange will be a crucial point considering the fact that HSIIDC plans to develop a huge convention centre and exhibition hall near it.

NH-8 also acts as the sole link between the industrial township of Manesar and the devoloping region of Bawal near Rewari. The planned convention centre is being projected as the future Pragati Maidan of NCR. This is likely to attract huge number of domestic and international visitors.

^^
6 lane flyover with 4 clover's :banana::banana::banana::banana:

TOI image said it would be just like mukarba chowk interchange in delhi,

finally ggn gets its first interchange :rock:

http://in.jagran.yahoo.com/news/local/haryana/4_6_8074649.html

निर्माणाधीन पुल का बड़ा हिस्सा गिरा
Jul 26, 09:44 pm

22 सौ करोड़ रुपये की लागत से बनने वाले कुंडली-मानेसर-पलवल एक्सप्रेस-वे के निर्माणाधीन पुल का बड़ा हिस्सा गिरने से निर्माण कार्य सवालों के घेरे में आ गया है। सोमवार की रात मंडकोला के समीप गुड़गाव केनाल पर बनाए जा रहे इस पुल का बड़ा हिस्सा ढह गया। पुल की लंबाई 30 मीटर बताई गई है। आनन- फानन में निर्माण एजेंसी के अधिकारियों ने मलबे को मौके से हटाने का काम शुरू कर दिया है। असल में निर्माण एजेंसी के अधिकारी मामले को छुपा रहे है। इस घटना में किसी के घायल होने की सूचना नहीं है।

कुंडली-मानेसर-पलवल एक्सप्रेस- वे की लंबाई 135 किलोमीटर के लगभग है। इसका निर्माण कार्य 2007 में शुरू हुआ। सूत्र बताते हैं कि पुलों के निर्माण में एजेंसी घटिया सामग्री का इस्तेमाल कर रही है। जानकारी के मुताबिक सोमवार की रात को पुल पर लगाए जा रहे गाटर गिर गए। इससे काफी नुकसान की खबर है। निर्माण एजेंसी के सीनियर मैनेजर महेद्र सिंह पुल का बड़ा हिस्सा गिरने को कोई बड़ी घटना नहीं मानते।

उपायुक्त आरसी वर्मा का कहना है कि वे बुधवार को मौके पर जाकर देखेंगे। मामले में उचित कार्रवाई की जाएगी। क्षेत्र के लोगों ने निर्माण कार्य की जाच की माग की है।

I used google earth to see the status of the KMP expressway. I was shocked to see that hardly any bridges/ flyovers have been completed on the stretch from pawal to manesar. The images were of early 2011. You can use the time tool of goole earth.

Looking at this status I don't think that this stretch will be completed any time before next summers.

I have myself seen the interchange between NH-8 and KMP. It won't be complete before mid 2012.

FINALLY ....
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Partial-access-to-KMP-Expressway-from-Sep-1/Article1-732374.aspx


Commuters travelling between Gurgaon and Palwal will be able to escape the busy traffic of the city roads by using the bypass route, KMP Expressway, which is expected to open partially from September 1. According to the concessionaire company, the motorists would have a direct connectivity between the two places through National Highway 8 with the opening of the 53-km stretch of the 135-km Expressway.

The motorists may not have to pay the toll charges for sometime as the route would still not be ready for toll collection.

The KMP Expressway, which is aimed at easing traffic pressure on Delhi roads by providing direct access to vehicles from Haryana to Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan without crossing Delhi, is already delayed for about two years as it was initially scheduled to open in 2009.

Though there is no information on the completion time of the rest of the stretch, the spokesperson of KMP Expressways Limited said that all the pending approvals have been cleared from the concerned authorities.

“These pending approvals included relocation of high tension overhead transmission lines, permission for crossing of existing pipelines, clearances related to change of scope and acquisition and handing over of additional land required for this stretch. As most of these issues have now been dealt with and clearances have been given by the concerned authorities, we are aiming to complete this stretch by August end,” the spokesperson said.

The partial opening of the 53-km stretch between Manesar (Gurgaon) and Palwal (Faridabad) was scheduled to open by May 31 but the date was extended for three more months by the state government.

Rajiv Arora, the managing director of the Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Corporation Limited (HSIIDC), said that it was still to be seen whether KMPL has kept its promise of completing the Manesar-Palwal stretch in time by August 31.

“If the stretch is ready it would just be made motorable for the traffic between Manesar and Palwal as the company is yet to achieve commercial operation date (COD) and would not be in a position to charge toll from the commuters. However, it would be in the interest of the company to achieve the COD fast and start charging toll for this limited stretch,” Arora said

:cheers:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/State-govt-not-worried-about-deadline-only-if-project-will-be-over/articleshow/9753610.cms



Gurgaon: The KMP expressway project's private developer missing a dozen deadlines in building a 53-km stretch of the 135-km expressway has left the Haryana government with no deadline for the entire project.

A senior government official said that they were not setting any deadline now since it has lost all meaning in the light of numerous extensions of the KMP project in the past two years.

"What deadline are you asking about? As and when it gets completed, we will be happy. Things are not happening the way we had expected them to. The developer had assured that the entire project could be completed by the Commonwealth Games so that the entry of trucks on Delhi roads could be curtailed Now, we have serious doubts whether the entire project would be completed even by 2012," said the official on condition of anonymity.

Officials overseeing the project work said that some of the crucial civil works including rail and road overbridge works were far from completion. "However, we are not acting tough with the developer since some of the outstanding issues need to be resolved. But the pace of work is dismal," said an official.

This is the situation despite the chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda having personally inspected the progress on the entire stretch.
The Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) officials said that they want the work to be completed at any cost.

However, the only consolation that the Haryana government has is that the other 135-km expressway - Kundli-Ghaziabad-Palwal - has not yet been awarded by the NHAI. The highways authority is waiting for a go-ahead from the minister to award this project, though it has pre-qualified 21 bidders.

All these delays are happening despite the two projects were planned after the Supreme Court directed Delhi, Haryana, UP and the Centre to construct a ring expressway around Delhi that will work as a bypass for the national capital.

The two expressways, once built, will reduce the number of trucks entering Delhi roads. This is likely to reduce road fatalities in the national capital and will help reduce pollution.

"The developer had said earlier that it would be ready by CWG. Now we have serious doubts whether the entire project would be over even by 2012"

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/KMP-e-way-delay-Banks-threaten-action/articleshow/9753607.cms

GURGAON: The KMP Expressway project seems to be heading for bigger trouble with the latest August-end deadline set to be missed again. The consortium of 11 banks for this project has written to the Haryana government that action might be initiated against the concessionaire if it doesn't expedite the work.

According to the concessionaire, the 53-km "priority stretch" between Manesar and Palwal will now be completed by November.

This is the 12th deadline for the first stretch. However, looking at the progress, officials in the Haryana government feel that even if construction is put in top gear, the first phase might get completed only by December.
The unprecedented delays and innumerable missed deadlines despite the state and the client - the Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) - extending all possible support have caused worry for the bankers.

It is equally bad for the private developer - KMP Expressway Ltd, a subsidiary of DSC Ltd. According to estimates, the concessionaire is incurring a daily loss of several lakhs on account of interest during construction (IDC). Moreover, the delays could push the project cost to Rs 3,000 crore by 2013. The present cost is about Rs 2,000 crore.

The concessionaire is also facing problems on the ground because of issues related to non-payment of bills to its contractors and their sub-contractors for a few months now. Also, several minor and major structures are yet to be completed all along the 53-km stretch.

About the reasons behind the delays, the concessionaire said that these were primarily due to "certain clearances from third parties like the IOCL for pipeline clearances, local agitation from villagers wanting additional structures (beyond the original scope), finalization of the change of scope items and the heavy monsoons".

It also said, "With all the clearances more or less under control and the monsoon abating we are quite confident of making the stretch between Manesar and Palwal trafficable by end October/ early November..."

According to DSC Ltd, delays will only adversely affect their revenues since the project had been awarded to them on a build-operate-transfer (BOT) basis for 33 years. "As a concessionaire operating on a BOT basis it is in our interest that the project gets completed on time or with minimum delay, as delays lead to additional fixed overheads, interest on loans, depreciation of plant and equipment and loss of toll revenues. Due to certain issues which are being solved there is a slight delay in starting the stretch between Manesar and Palwal," said a spokesperson.

According to the Gurgaon deputy commissioner, P C Meena, the concessionaire has promised speedy action in the coming days. "We are keeping a tab on their promised progress. The district administration has decided to write to the state to initiate strict action if they fail to live up to the expectations," said Meena.
The project has been planned on a unique and first-of-its kind closed-loop tolling system, wherein the user pays toll as per the distance used/ covered on the expressway.

The toll rates fixed in June 2010 show that while cars would have to pay about Rs 0.75/km, light motor vehicles would pay Rs 1.25/km. Light commercial vehicles would be charged Rs 2.60/km and multi-axle vehicles including buses and trucks would have to pay Rs 4.15/ km.

The concessionaire said that the toll rates would be fixed only at the time of completion. This could, in other terms, mean that in order to incur losses, the prices could be escalated (according to NHAI rates) to cover the time lost in completion by the concessionaire.

Some pictures from different sources. The road looks substandard and the overall execution is dismal. This is the same company that built the Del-Ggn expressway.

June 2009 - Source (http://www.gurgaonscoop.com/story/2009/6/10/14533/4283)
http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/7506/tatabye.jpg

October 2010 - Source (http://somemoments.wordpress.com/page/4/)
http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/3370/policemans.jpg

http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/4081/thecountrymachine.jpg

March 2011 - Source (http://blog.propertynice.com/kmp-expressway-to-be-operational-soon/)
http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/2154/28957365.jpg

September 2011 - Source (http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110906/harplus.htm#1)
http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/5066/harplus1.jpg
^Manesar interchange with NH8

^^ If that's the final layer of asphalt, then quality of this road sucks.

^^ If that's the final layer of asphalt, then quality of this road sucks.

yeah .. hope this isnt the final layer , BTW i saw the haalat of interchange of KMP @ sonepat (NH1 in aug) .. i dont even want to talk about it:bash::bash:

^^ how many lanes will the peripheral expressway bne?

Thanks for this info. Now I recall that Noida-Greater Noida expressway will become a part of Yamuna expressway when the latter is complete. So there will be 186 km of expressway with a 3 km spur.

After Eastern peripheral expressway is complete, peripheral expressway will become the longest expressway in NCR and surrounding region with 270 km length.

bhae dont know how the eastern one turns up .. but the western one (KMP) is more of a decent highway .. it isnt access controlled i believe .. only thing that separates it form a normal highway os that it has culverts at regular intervals for cattle crossing/villege population apart from flyovers ..

^^ how many lanes will the peripheral expressway bne?

Designed for 8 lane but Western will start with 4 lanes and Eastern is supposed to start with 6 lanes.

bhae dont know how the eastern one turns up .. but the western one (KMP) is more of a decent highway .. it isnt access controlled i believe .. only thing that separates it form a normal highway os that it has culverts at regular intervals for cattle crossing/villege population apart from flyovers ..

WPE is very much an expressway. In fact is far more access controlled since its every single entry and exit with have a toll plaza (there will be no toll plaza on the main carriageway. This type of tolling is called closed loop tolling and it is the first project in India to have such kind of toll system.

Read here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ticket_system) to know more about this type of tolling vis-a-vis the other (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_toll_collection) generally followed system.

Designed for 8 lane but Western will start with 4 lanes and Eastern is supposed to start with 6 lanes.



WPE is very much an expressway. In fact is far more access controlled since its every single entry and exit with have a toll plaza (there will be no toll plaza on the main carriageway. This type of tolling is called closed loop tolling and it is the first project in India to have such kind of toll system.

Read here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ticket_system) to know more about this type of tolling vis-a-vis the other (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_toll_collection) generally followed system.

thanks for the info bhae ... i know KMP has tolls on exits rather than on the main carriageway.. i dont think KMP has fencing. barriers on its sides , also they should have started it with 6 lanes minimum considering the fact that it would divert a huge load of traffic coming from chandigarh side and goin to japipur via delhi-ggn

PS: i am very eager to see how much traffic gets reduced on DGE toll when KMP opens .. i do know a majority of cars are bound for ggn office goers .. but DGE also carries a huge load of jaipur bound people ..

thanks for the info bhae ... i know KMP has tolls on exits rather than on the main carriageway.. i dont think KMP has fencing. barriers on its sides

They might install crash barriers at a later stage, otherwise anybody can enter and leave the expressway at any point and without paying any toll.

PS: i am very eager to see how much traffic gets reduced on DGE toll when KMP opens .. i do know a majority of cars are bound for ggn office goers .. but DGE also carries a huge load of jaipur bound people ..

Most of the traffic on DGE is urban traffic between Delhi and Gurgaon. Interstate highway traffic is not much proportion-wise. Also there is a ban on trucks entering Delhi in day time so anyways there are no trucks during daytime on DGE. So the effect won't be as much during the daytime, however we may see considerable reduction in commercial traffic on NH-8 and other major roads and NHs in NCR during night time.

http://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/10608465.cms


फिर मिस हुई केएमपी की डेडलाइन
5 Nov 2011, 0400 hrs IST

जिन विकास योजनाओं के जल्द पूरा होने का इंतजार लोगों को है , उनमें से अधिकांश अपनी डेडलाइन मिस कर चुके हैं। उन्हीं में शामिल है , कुंडली - मानेसर - पलवल एक्सपे्रस वे। यह एक बार फिर अपनी डेडलाइन मिस कर चुका है। 1 नवंबर को केएमपी का मानेसर और पलवल के बीच का हिस्सा शुरू होना था , लेकिन नहीं हो पाया। अधिकारियों के अनुसार यदि पूरी रफ्तार से काम किया जाए , तो मार्च 2012 के अंत तक मानेसर और पलवल के बीच का काम पूरा हो सकता है। जल्द सर्दियां शुरू होने , छोटे होते दिन और कोहरे की वजह से काम के रफ्तार से होने की उम्मीद कम ही है।

क्यों हो रही है देरी

केएमपी के एक अधिकारी ने नाम न छापने की शर्त पर बताया कि कार्य पूरा होने में कई बार लैंड एक्वायरमेंट में परेशानी आई थी। पलवल से कुछ किलोमीटर दूर एक गांव के लोगों ने विरोध जताकर काम को प्रभावित किया था। हाइवे में कुछ चैंजिंग को लेकर भी देरी हुई है। बारिश के कारण भी कार्य गति नहीं पकड़ सका। अगर कार्य पूरी गति से होगा , तो संभावना है कि पलवल से मानेसर तक हाइवे को मार्च 2012 तक शुरू किया जा सकता है। इसे लेकर एचएसआईडीसी के एमडी और चीफ इंजीनियर भी पलवल से मानेसर तक का दौरा कर चुके हैं। उनका भी प्रयास है कि जल्द से जल्द इसका काम पूरा हो।

कितना बकाया है कार्य

केएमपी का काम अभी काफी बाकी है। पलवल के पास बनने वाले टोल प्लाजा का काम भी अभी पूरा नहीं हुुआ है। पलवल से करीब 5 से 10 के दायरे में कहीं सड़क बन गई है , तो कहीं सड़क बनी ही नहीं है। केवल रोडियां ही पड़ी हैं। अंडर पासों का काम भी पूरा नहीं हुआ है। हाइवे के बीचोंबीच फुटपाथ भी नहीं बना है। हाइवे के दोनों ओर मिट्टी डालने का काम भी पूरा नहीं हुआ है।

क्या - क्या थी डेडलाइन

केएमपी का काम पूरा करने की तारीख दिसंबर 2010 रखी गई थी , लेकिन कार्य पूरा न होने पर इसे मार्च 2011 कर दिया गया। इस समय तक भी काम पूरा नहीं हुआ। फिर नई डेडलाइन जून 2011 तय की गई। लेकिन इसके भी मिस हो जाने पर पलवल से मानेसर तक के हिस्से को हरियाणा दिवस यानी 1 नवंबर को शुरू करने की योजना बनाई गई। पर अफसोस यह भी मिस हो गई। अब अगली डेडलाइन क्या है , इस पर कोई बोलने को तैयार नहीं है।

क्या होगा फायदा

केएमपी एक्सप्रेस - वे जब पलवल से मानेसर तक शुरू हो जाएगा , तो सबसे ज्यादा फायदा गुड्स कैरियर को होगा। बडे़ व्यापारिक वाहन पलवल से होते हुए सीधे मानेसर कम समय में पहुंच सकेंगे। लोगों को अब जहां डेढ़ से दो घंटे लगते हैं , वहीं एक्सप्रेस - वे शुरू होने के बाद करीब 45 मिनट ही लगेंगे। जयपुर , पलवल , गुड़गांव , कुंडली आदि तक लोग आसानी से अपने वाहनों में सफर तय कर सकेंगे। उन्हें समय की बचत के साथ - साथ वाहनों की स्पीड भी बेहतर मिलेगी।

WPE is very much an expressway. In fact is far more access controlled since its every single entry and exit with have a toll plaza (there will be no toll plaza on the main carriageway. This type of tolling is called closed loop tolling and it is the first project in India to have such kind of toll system.

Read here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ticket_system) to know more about this type of tolling vis-a-vis the other (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_toll_collection) generally followed system.

The type of tolling (closed loop) that you have discussed above is already under implementation in Hyderabad ORR, the main carriageway of the ORR will not have any toll plaza, expect the branch line, part of the ORR, connecting the gacchibowli area (hyderabad) to the main ORR. All the toll plazas will come up at the intersection/interchange points only.

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/a-long-and-winding-road-the-end-not-yet-in-sight/874083/

In an effort to salvage “public confidence” in the much delayed Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway project, the constructing company will open a small, ready stretch for traffic to try out this month.

The 135.6-km expressway circumventing Delhi was commissioned in 2006 and was to be opened in 2009 but has missed several successive deadlines. The 53-km “priority” stretch between Manesar and Palwal, which was to open this August, is now expected to be ready only in March 2012 while the complete project, which was to start commercial operations this month, will not be ready before 2013.

Under tremendous pressure from the Haryana government, the construction company will now give motorists what will essentially be joyrides over a ready stretch. K V Rao, chief operating officer, KMP Expressway Ltd, said the public would be allowed to begin using the first 10 to 15 kilometres from the Palwal end. “This will give the public a taste of the facility as also give us an opportunity to understand if commuters face any problems,” Rao said.

Conceived following orders of the Supreme Court on a litigation by environmentalist M C Mehta, the project was taken up by the Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC). Its implementation is being monitored by the Environmental Protection Control Authority (EPCA).

The C-shaped road, also called the Delhi Western Peripheral Expressway, is aimed at easing the load on highways leading into Delhi (see map). It will cross NH-1 (from Amritsar) near Kundli, NH-10 (from Fazilka) near Bahadurgarh, NH-8 (from Mumbai) at Manesar and NH-2 (from Kolkata) near Palwal. Apart from cutting several hours off the trips to Delhi from, say, Agra or Jaipur, it will also provide a vital link between Faridabad and Gurgaon through Palwal and Manesar.

The Rs 1,200-crore project was tendered out to a consortium of three private companies, KMP Expressway Ltd, on a build-operate-and-transfer basis. However, problems in the DSC Construction-led collaboration delayed the project for over an year from 2007-08. Construction began only when the partnership was settled afresh, an HSIIDC official said.

As of today, there has been only 64 per cent physical progress with construction going on simultaneously on many stretches. The project involves over 300 major and minor structures including flyovers, cloverleaf intersections, underpasses, railway over-bridges and toll plazas, many of which are yet to be completed.

“We have been monitoring the project’s implementation constantly. While there have been many unavoidable bottlenecks, there have been avoidable delays as well. The construction company has not given its best to the project,” said Randeep Singh Surjewala, Minister for Industries and PWD (Bridges & Roads).

One cause of delay was a change in the original plan midway through the project. Initially, the entire expressway was to have four lanes, for which the government had acquired right of way to 3,354 acres, which it handed over to the construction company. However, it was later decided that there would be six lanes at the interchanges where toll plazas would be considered. Additional land had to be acquired and owners objected at several places, leading to litigation.

The company attributes the delays to “extraneous constraints” including shortage of construction material due to a ban on mining in Haryana. “This is forcing us to procure aggregate from Rajasthan. Due to a shortage of aggregate, not only us but the entire construction industry in the region has been affected as resources are limited but demand is very high. There are so many other projects under way in and around Delhi,” Rao said.

“Then there are a host of other time-consuming issues which have to be resolved by the government constantly. For the 53-km stretch between Manesar and Palwal for instance, we are awaiting an IOCL pipeline clearance, a masjid area clearance... (there is) also a pending litigation for disputed land. There were several other issues which have been already been resolved by the government. These too are expected to be taken care of in the coming weeks and this stretch should begin operations in two-three months,” said Rao adding that construction had to be slowed down during the monsoon.

“The project is ambitious. And it is natural that there would be several issues on the ground once the construction begins. Though we appreciate that some delay could be because of litigation due to land acquisition and other bottlenecks, the entire blame cannot be attributed to us. We have reason to believe that the construction company could have performed much better than it did,” said Surjewala

Earlier this year, the HSIIDC warned the company of penalties if the project is delayed further. EPCA chairman Bhure Lal held a review meeting in June and expressed his displeasure at the progress.

“We were assured by the company that the priority stretch would be complete by August 2011 and the entire project by November 2011. But there has been very little progress. Now we are serious about the penalty,” the HSIIDC official said.

DGE by DSC was also delayed by more than 2 years
i dont see KMP being operational before next year and that too with OK OK kind of quality

DSC is not good company

DSC is not good company

they are very close to hooda , i think they have won 1 more project in haryana

They are JP of Haryana with good connections but of shit quality

They are JP of Haryana with good connections but of shit quality

DGE and Barapullah elevated road built by them have good quality.

Detailed info from a PDF (http://www.spanconsult.com/Profile%20Bridges%20&%20Elevated%20Structures.pdf) on Span consultants' website:

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/3696/89453643.png

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/4421/64157984nl.png

Interchange with NH10 (between Rohtak and Bahadurgarh)
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/7229/60471915.png

an old construction picture:
http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/6215/a14m.png

http://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/11688503.cms


हथीन।। हरियाणा सरकार की तरफ से बढ़े दबाव के चलते केएमपी (कुंडली-मानेसर-पलवल) एक्सप्रेस-वे के निर्माण कार्य में तेजी आ गई है। हरियाणा के पीडब्ल्यूडी मिनिस्टर रणदीप सिंह सुरजेवाला ने फोन पर हुई बातचीत में बताया कि सीएम केएमपी के निर्माण कार्य पर स्वयं नजर रखे हुए हैं। उन्होंने बताया कि निर्माण करने वाली कंपनी ने 31 मार्च से पहले काम पूरा करने का वादा किया है।

पीडब्ल्यूडी मिनिस्टर ने बताया कि हरियाणा सरकार चाहती है कि मानेसर-पलवल मार्ग को अपै्रल में खोल दिया जाए। मुख्यमंत्री ने इसके लिए गुड़गांव और पलवल जिले के डिप्टी कमिश्नरों की विशेष ड्यूटी लगाई है, जो एक्सप्रेस वे के कामकाज पर नजर रखे हुए हैं। केएमपी के निर्माण के बाद इसके दोनों तरफ हरियाणा में स्पेशल इकोनॉमिक जोन डिवेलप किए जाएंगे। हरियाणा स्टेट इंडस्ट्रियल डिवेलपमेंट कॉरपोरेशन लिमिटेड (एचएसआईडीसी) भी इस पर नजर रखे हुए है। एक्सप्रेस-वे के दोनों तरफ स्पेशल इकोनॉमिक जोन स्थापित करने के लिए एचएसआईडीसी से कई कंपनियों ने संपर्क किया है। मानेसर से मेवात का एरिया 28 किलोमीटर और मेवात से पलवल का एरिया 21.65 किलोमीटर का है। इन्हीं दो फेसों को पहले खोला जाएगा। उन्होंने बताया कि प्रोजेक्ट तैयार करते समय टोल का भी प्लान तैयार कर लिया गया है। उन्होंने बताया कि 75 पैसे प्रति किलोमीटर कार, पैसेंजर वैन और जीप से वसूला जाएगा, एक रुपये 25 पैसे प्रति किलोमीटर लाइट कमर्शल वीइकल से वसूला जाएगा, दो रुपये 60 पैसे प्रति किलोमीटर ट्रक, बस से वसूला जाएगा। उन्होंने बताया कि चार रुपये 15 पैसे प्रति किलोमीटर मल्टी एक्सल वीइकल से टोल वसूला जाएगा। एक्सप्रेस वे पर 120 किलोमीटर स्पीड लिमिट निर्धारित की जा रही है।

The quality of this road looks horrendous!

The quality of this road looks horrendous!

where ?

where ?

See the pictures at the top... They look bad.

Kundli interchange with NH1
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The Bahadurgarh-Kundli stretch will be the last stretch to open anyway, so they aren't finishing this off right now.

Map showing all the grade separators and other facilities:

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(http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/8613/20416745.jpg)

thanks :)

Google Earth updated south-west Haryana with sat. imagery from Nov 2011. A couple of screenshots:

Interchange with NH8:
http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/3874/77567494.jpg

note the frequent underpasses for cattle crossings and village roads
http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/1766/20592305.jpg

This pic appeared in an article (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-2123597/Dwarka-Gurgaon-gear-Expressway-opens.html) about the Dwarka Expressway but looks like the KMP expressway between Manesar and Palwal:

http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/5933/14734992.jpg

This pic appeared in an article (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-2123597/Dwarka-Gurgaon-gear-Expressway-opens.html) about the Dwarka Expressway but looks like the KMP expressway between Manesar and Palwal:

http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/5933/14734992.jpg

This top looks fine, doesn't it?

Definitely a lot better than what we've seen before. A proper washdown with lane markings and landscaping should make it more visually appealing.

btw this section is supposed to be opened by the end of this year.

I wonder why they didn't at least do double-trumpet interchanges at the major NH1 and NH8 junctions like they did at the NH10 junction. Cloverleafs are old school now - no one likes weaving.

A section of the Indian road designers still have to wake up to high speed interchanges. But if land acquisition was a possible issue, then a clover-stack interchange like this in Hyderabad would have worked perfectly

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/1740/6948996715dfb1ea1f7ab.jpg

Another thing missing is an interchange with NH2 at Palwal. It looks like they've left that crucial piece to the developers of the EPE (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1048195) to build it.

+1. They could have at least built a partial cloverleaf interchange with possibility of extension by EPE developer (like the Barapulla road interchange with ring road).

Almost six years since this thread was opened

Almost six years since this thread was opened

rabb da shukar hai kuch to ban gaya , EPE hasnt even started

its so frustating to see trucks taking over delhi - ggn @ nite
was coming from firoz shah kotla @ 12 am friday , trucks all over the ring road and DGE:bash::bash:

rabb da shukar hai kuch to ban gaya , EPE hasnt even started

its so frustating to see trucks taking over delhi - ggn @ nite
was coming from firoz shah kotla @ 12 am friday , trucks all over the ring road and DGE:bash::bash:

Hey, I was also there probably sitting somewhere near you ;) and returned back from same route. I frequently travel on NH-8 late night and more than half of the vehicles are trucks at 12 am and the ratio further worsens with time. They occupy all 8 lanes of the expressway and cars have to dodge them to overtake.

I recent years,mi have been to delhimonly during nights and too to n from from airport. Lt of trucks and SUVs from punjab

babaji drunk?

No man, typing on I pad is pain in the ass

Hey, I was also there probably sitting somewhere near you ;) and returned back from same route. I frequently travel on NH-8 late night and more than half of the vehicles are trucks at 12 am and the ratio further worsens with time. They occupy all 8 lanes of the expressway and cars have to dodge them to overtake.

hehe .. i know , saw updates on FB :D
dont tell me u went to comesum to have dinner , the place was full .. CP etc sab band tha

coming back to topic , eventhough KMP is not glossy and stuff , i cant wait to see these crappy trucks bypassing delhi - ggn

its crazy to see 4 trailers racing with each other in 4 lanes of DGE @ 40k/h:nuts:

I recent years,mi have been to delhimonly during nights and too to n from from airport. Lt of trucks and SUVs from punjab

SUV's are fine , they race @ 100+ , but these trucks .. OMG !!!!!
ring road ki maa behan kar dete hain ..

+1. Biggest relief will go to NHs and ring roads after KMP and EPE.

GURGAON: The Kundli-Manesar-Palwal global corridor (KMP) in Haryana will have orbital railway and 12 specialized hubs including world trade, fashion, entertainment, leisure and dry ports.

The development plan of the KMP global corridor was approved at the meeting of the State-Level Committee which was chaired by Chief MinisterBhupinder Singh Hooda on Tuesday.

The KMP Corridor passes through the districts of Palwal, Faridabad, Mewat, Gurgaon, Rohtak, Jhajjar and Sonipat of the state. Twelve specialized hubs including world trade, fashion, entertainment, leather, leisure, education, cyber, sports, bio-science and dry port hubs would be developed along the KMP Expressway, an official spokesman said.
The width of the Expressway Amenities Zone would be one kilometre and the remaining area would be kept as agriculture zone. As per the plan approved, the Right of Way (ROW) of Expressway would be 100 meters with green belt of 100 meters on either sides and 50 meter wide orbital rail corridor on Delhi side.
The Committee approved the Entertainment Hub, World Trade Hub and Fashion Hub would be set up in the district of Gurgaon.

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/haryana-slaps-penalty-on-kmp-concessionaire/945087/

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Punjab/Chandigarh/KMP-Expressway-Haryana-cold-to-concessionaire-plea-for-notice-withdrawal/SP-Article1-851663.aspx

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Cash-crunch-over-May-deadline-for-Kundli-Manesar-Palwal-expressway/articleshow/13943524.cms

NEW DELHI: The Haryana and Delhi governments have set next May as the new deadline for completing the 135km Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway. The road, which is 50% of the ring expressway coming up around Delhi, was planned to take the heavy vehicles load off Delhi roads.

After a two-hour meeting with the private developer KMP Expressway Ltd on Friday, Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit and her Haryana counterpart Bhupinder Singh Hooda claimed that all issues had been resolved. They said the developer had faced financial crunch, slowing down the project, but the problem had been solved.

The Haryana government, which awarded the project in 2006, earlier fixed December 2010 as the deadline but only 60% of the work has been completed.

The developer has now been asked to open the "priority stretch" of the expressway between Palwal and Manesar by mid-September or mid-October. A senior official who attended the meeting said Haryana had warned the developer that the contract would be terminated if it failed to meet the May 2013 deadline.

The meeting, which was held at the Delhi secretariat, was also attended by the Supreme Court-appointed Environmental Protection and Conservation Authority chairman, Bhure Lal, who is monitoring the ring expressway projects.

The developer's financial crunch was the main reason behind the delay, both CMs said, adding that the private player claimed that it now has enough finances to expedite the work.

The Delhi and Haryana governments, however, failed to sort out the issue of sharing the land acquisition cost for the project, sources said.

Due to the delays in the land acquisition, the liability on the Delhi government has increased to Rs 1,110 crore against the original estimate of Rs 167 crore. "The Delhi government can't be made to pay for this high escalation just on the ground that this expressway will reduce environmental pollution. There will be another round of meeting at the chief-secretary level where Haryana will submit how much land it acquired only for the road. How can huge public exchequer be doled out to Haryana when this project will bring huge economic prosperity only to Haryana?" asked a source in the Delhi government.

He added that though SC had fixed the criteria of sharing the acquisition cost, Delhi could not be made to take the burden of Haryana's inefficiencies.

The expressway will connect NH-1 at Kundli and NH-2 at Faridabad via NH-10 and NH-8

Google Earth updated south-west Haryana with sat. imagery from Nov 2011. A couple of screenshots:

Interchange with NH8:
http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/3874/77567494.jpg

These were shot 2 weeks ago. There hasn't been any progress since last year.

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Excerpt from an article (http://www.business-standard.com/generalnews/news/may-31-deadline-set-for-western-peripheral-expressway/18725/&&) covering the meeting between Sheila Dixit and Bhupinder Singh Hooda last month:
The meeting decided that 52 km-long stretch between Manesar and Palwal will be opened for vehicular traffic within next 100 days as 90 per cent of the work has been completed, they said.


...and hidden in the middle of a recent article (http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-14/delhi/32674512_1_haryana-chief-minister-bhupinder-singh-hooda-metro-corridor) on the proposed Bahadurgarh metro line is this:
On the construction of 135 km long Western Peripheral Expressway, also known as the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway Project, Hooda said: "We have been monitoring the progress and pursuing the matter with the Concessionaire to expedite the project. The Manesar Palwal section is expected to be ready in the next three-four months."

From what I've read on a prop discussion board, this section including the NH8 interchange would only be completed by Dec-Jan. Since work on the road section is in its final stage of completion, they might open it up in November without the interchange (pics in above post) being completed.

Today I travelled some distance in Manesar to locate the KMP expressway and clicked it. The road there looks complete but horrible, not better than even state highways. I hope this is not the final product.

http://imageshack.us/a/img841/7640/kmp1.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img4/5614/kmp2.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img228/7149/kmp3.jpg

The previous pictures of the E-way did look quite substandard.

[QUOTE=Abhishek901;95801405]Today I travelled some distance in Manesar to locate the KMP expressway and clicked it. The road there looks complete but horrible, not better than even state highways. I hope this is not the final product.

http://imageshack.us/a/img841/7640/kmp1.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img4/5614/kmp2.jpg

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I agree with shree vardhan GThe previous pictures of the E-way did look quite substandard.

Is someone even there to see the "haalat" of the expressway. The last time we saw pictures of this, they looked bad. This clearly is a sign that the expressway is not going to be of a good standard.

The last time we saw pictures of this expressway, they looked just as bad. If this is the same section of the expressway, I think it is proof that the expressway is not going to be of a good standard. I mean just look at the "haalat" of this shit. This actually looks like the haalat of the road between Srinagar and Gulmarg when I went there this holiday.

Today I travelled some distance in Manesar to locate the KMP expressway and clicked it. The road there looks complete but horrible, not better than even state highways. I hope this is not the final product.

http://imageshack.us/a/img841/7640/kmp1.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img4/5614/kmp2.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img228/7149/kmp3.jpg

Expressway or a pressway :lol: :lol:
Damn, I can see where all the money went.

^^ we have CHILD BEAR here also...

What is up with KMP expressway?

It is difficult to find any status coverage by India media. It should be easy to send journalists to five or ten different locations of this proposed expressway - such as in Kundli, Manesar, Palwal, etc - and get professional images every six months, to objectively compare progress versus promises, as well as the quality of progress. If bureaucracy from a govt department is alleged, the media should be able to interview an official from that govt department. The government and concessionaire should be accountable to the people.

The only news I find is around previously set deadlines. Year after year, DSC has been blaming lack of permits or some bureaucracy; giving new deadlines and failing to show verifiable evidence of real progress. In April 2012, DSC claimed it has all the needed permits etc., promising to open the so-called priority stretch in June 2012. That deadline too is long past.

See this (http://www.dsclimited.com/userfiles/Newsletter_Jan_2012.pdf) newsletter from 12 months ago, and this (http://www.dsclimited.com/userfiles/FINALNewsletter_April_2012_Low.pdf) from 9 months ago.

The concessionaire, DSC Limited, has been building this at a very slow pace. Six plus years is a long time to build 90 miles of an expressway.

Any updates as of January 2013?

I just saw the kundli-NH1 intersection of the expressway....and absolutely no progress...

Contractor needs to be kicked and replaced with another contractor through bidding.

The 135 km KMP Expressway made 0.91% physical progress between June and November 2012. That is a progress of 0.2 km per month, or 6 meter per day, in most recent 6 months.

The expressway claims to have made 4.46% progress between July 2011 and July 2012, or about 6 km worth of progress in 1 year before that (16 meters per day).

Full article (http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-02-08/gurgaon/36992400_1_kmp-expressway-gross-financial-progress-km-priority-stretch)

The contractor claims the expressway is 70% complete. At the current 0.91% per 6 month rate of progress, it will take another 15 years to reach 100%.

I am surprised they are not working on 5 or more zones at the same time, like the way some of our major freeways (e.g. Alaska) were built.

Those responsible should cancel the contract. Re-award it to contractors with management competence, construction expertise and a successful track record of building expressways.

I have been listening to various problems about KMP. But I am seeing it since last four years through NH1. There has been NO or only marginal progress on it... Deadlines and deadlines... I dont understand why dont Haryana Govt. take a hard step on concessionaire!!! :bash:

KMP is turning out to be...'Khadde Mein Project & Paaisa':ohno:

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With the company tasked with building the much-delayed Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway missing yet another deadline on May 31, the Haryana government is preparing the ground to cancel the nearly Rs 2,000-crore contract.
The government is also penalising concessionaire DS Construction Ltd for every lost day due to the delay. DSC, in turn, has dragged the government to arbitration and claimed damages of over Rs 900 crore.

"The project has been delayed considerably and we are exercising our rights under the agreement and have imposed damages on the company. They are yet to pay the penalty. We cannot comment on what we intend to do next," Haryana Industries Minister Randeep Surjewala said.

The KMP Expressway is a build-operate-transfer project being executed by KMP Expressway Ltd, a special purpose vehicle formed in 2006 with DS Construction in the lead. The Haryana State Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation's agreement with the company had set its commercial operation date for July 29, 2009.

It was considered a prestigious project for Haryana and aimed to ease traffic on the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway and also act as a Delhi bypass for traffic going north from Agra and Mumbai.

Seven years on, only 68 per cent of the 135.65 km road is complete and work has now virtually come to a standstill. Over the last one year, the project has made less than one per cent progress every month.

DSC has also run into trouble with its lenders and the Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA), which is assisting a committee of the Supreme Court monitoring the project.

The lead banks financing the project have told the Haryana government that equity infusion into the project by DSC has virtually dried up. While the banks claim that they have given the company a one-month ultimatum to infuse equity before they chip in afresh, the company says banks are "supporting" the project.

The EPCA, meanwhile, is ready with a hard-hitting report condemning the tardy execution of the project and recommending cancellation of the contract.

"The company has taken all of us for a ride. It has not done anything to complete the work for the past two years. We have suggested that the state government take over the project and complete it or replace the concessionaire. If we allow this concessionaire to work at the pace it is doing now, the road will not be completed in the next four years," EPCA chairman Bhure Lal said.

Lal also alleged that DSC was not interested in completing the project as its financial interests in the Delhi-Gurgaon toll plaza clashed with it. "This same company undertook the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway project and if this project is completed, traffic will be diverted from NH-8 where the company has its toll plazas," Lal said.

KMP Expressway Ltd denied the allegation. "No, there is no clash of interest between the two projects," a spokesperson for the company said in an email response to The Indian Express.

Source (http://www.indianexpress.com/news/kmp-set-to-lose-expressway-contract/1130003/0)

^^ This project is a real disaster!! Shame on DSC!!:bash: One look at google earth and even the stated progress of 70% odd seems hard to believe!

This company has created mess everywhere and this is their 3rd project which is facing cancellation after Delhi-Gurgaon expressway and Jaipur metro.