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project focus CHENANI-NASHRI TUNNEL PROJECT Location: Jammu & Kashmir Total Project Cost: `37,200 million Authority: National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) Developer: IL&FS Transportation Networks Ltd (ITNL) Concessionaire: Chenani Nashri Tunnelway Ltd (CNTL) Total Length of Tunnel: 9 Km long tunnel (2 Lane) with Parallel escape tunnel Concession Period: 20 years (including 5 years of Construction Period) Tunnel Excavation Method: New Austrian Tunneling Method (NATM) Toll Plaza: 02 Vehicular Cross Passages: : 08 Pedestrian Cross Passage: 21 Slope Protection Works at Valley Side: 1500 mts Slope Protection Works at Hill Side: 1760 mts Tunnel Control Centre (Building): 02 Schedule Project Completion Date (SPCD): May 23, 2016 Estimated Project Completion Timeline: May, 2016 has deployed advanced tunneling and On completion the project is expected to drilling equipment. In addition, the tunnel bring about the following benefts : project will be the frst in the country to • Te tunnel is expected to cut down implement Integrated Tunnel Control travel time between Chenani and Systems (ITCS) where ventilation, fire Nashri, and eventually from Jammu to control, signalling, communication and Srinagar by an hour and a half to two electrical systems will be automatically as the distance between the two points actuated and supported by a 3 tier power will reduce by 31 km backup. Te construction on a geologically • Benefts in terms of savings in Vehicle mountainous region, especially a challenging Operating Costs and fuel cost is one like the majestic Himalayas, posed a presently estimated to be around `2.70 serious hurdle to the project executioner. million per day However, to overcome these hurdles ITNL • Easy and efficient transportation has deployed and installed numerous state- of goods and passengers within the of-the-art technologies and machineries state and also to India’s other key in completing the excavation process. transportation networks Apart from unique sofware, high capacity • The project has already provided articulated trucks, concrete spraying employment for about 2000 unskilled, machines, batching plants, concrete pumps semi-skilled and skilled youth of and transit mixers which are being sourced Jammu & Kashmir from globally renowned players, ITNL has • Te project will also employ close to also deployed wheel loaders, truck mounted 200 workers during the Operation and cranes, hydraulically operated gantries and Maintenance phase formwork for Lining, Ventilation Slab and • Te project is expected to enhance the Partition Wall. Atlas Copco, Normat, state’s socio-economic and political Macons, GHH and Putzmeister are few of status not just on a national level but the key machinery providers involved in the also globally construction of the prestigious road tunnel Apart from its national importance, the project. project has also added a feather in the success cap of ITNL, which was formed as a wholly KEY BENEFITS owned subsidiary of Infrastructure Leasing Tis road tunnel will be an all-weather and and Financial Services Limited (IL&FS), reliable commutation passegway throughout who has been a major player in India’s the year. Apart from strengthening the inter infrastructure development and fnancing and intra state connectivity of the Jammu for the last 25 years. Te company is today a and Kashmir region, the project is expected market leader in the transport infrastructure to yield considerable economic benefts to sector and is one of the largest private sector the nation. BOT road operators in India. u sEPTEMBER 2015|construction opportunities 43