ABANDONED PROJECTS

Project Name

Agency

Sector

Cost (Rs. Mn.)

Structure

Tender

Reason for abandonment

Andhra Pradesh

Development of Special Transport Corridor

APIIC

Roads

Not available

BOT

Not Applicable

The project is connected with SEZ development and will take off only after SEZ development

Sewage , Urban Road Management, Water Supply Management

Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation

Urban Infrastructure

Not available

BOT

Not Applicable

Change in the Commissioner (the lead implementing position)

Krishna Water Supply Project

HMWSSB

Urban Infrastructure

8,200

Not Applicable

Domestic

Private operator offered much higher price (Rs42/k. litre) while the price of HMWSSB was about Rs. 3/ k. litre domestic and about Rs. 10/ k.litre for industrial customer at that time

Gujarat

Maroli Port

GMB

Ports

10378

BOOT

ICB

LOI has been forfeitted. The port has been put up for rebidding and EOI has been invited. Local agitations be fishermen created problems for the project

Dholera Port

GMB

Ports

7500

BOOT

Not Applicable

No good offers received in 2004

Simar

GMB

Ports

20720

BOOT

ICB

No good offers received in 2004

Mithivirdi

GMB

Ports

5034

BOOT

ICB

No good offers received in 2004

Vansiborsi

GMB

Ports

2749

BOOT

ICB

No good offers received in 2004

Bedi

GMB

Ports

29050

BOOT

ICB

No good offers received in 2004

Jamnagar - Vadinar Road

GSRDC

Roads

2200

BOOT

Domestic

None submitted bid. Due to RPPL deciding to transport using pipelines, the liquid cargo traffic was gone. Along with economic recession, this proved disadvantageous to the project.

Bharuch - Dahej Road

GSRDC

Roads

2400

BOT

Domestic

Private developers found it non profitable

Savli ROB

GSRDC

Roads

130

BOT

Domestic

Concession period quoted in the range of 21.5 years to 23 years, which was found to be too high. Therefore, bidding cancelled and project development to be explored again when traffic level goes up.

Karnataka

Elevated Light Rail Transit System

BMRTL

Urban Infrastructure

25,000

BOOT

ICB

Project not functional - UB Transit Systems Team has been asked to opt for VRA

Punjab

Privatisation of Superrspeciality facilities in Amritsar and Bhatinda

Executing Government Agency

Health

Not available

BOT

ICB

Lack of political support and agitation from the public led to withdrawal of two bidders.

West Bengal

Vivekanand Flyover Project

Department of Transport, Govt. of West Bengal

Roads

650

BOT

Domestic

Problem in evacuating the land below the flyover which in the concession agreement was to be given to the operator for development