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Written By srinidhi - 3 May, 2010
BMIC Bangalore NICE Road Works Citizen Reports Transportation Infrastructure Yamuna Expressway
There was a recent comparison of the UP state Yamuna expressway and BMIC by the editor of Vijaya Karnataka news paper..
This by-far looks a neutral review/comparison of the projects. The salient points are as below:
BMIC
Yamuna Expressway
Location
Bangalore-Mysore
Noida-Agra
Length(in Kms)
111
165
Number of lanes
4 Lanes (expandable to 6)
6 Lanes (expandable to 8)
Number of Townships
5
5
Land granted
20,193 acres (4894 additional to be granted)
6,175 acres (4000 additional to be granted)
Apart from the above main points most of the other terms are more or less same. The facilities though seems to more detailed and a well documented list for the Yamuna expressway.
When Jaypee associates can plan profits even with the portion of land given to them for townships..why are we going overboard to give so much land to NICE?
The govt and courts need to open their eyes and take notice of this and take the right decisions which are best for the general public!
COMMENTS
srinidhi - 6 May, 2010 - 06:09
..will clear all hurdles for NICE..from TOI today:
Of the 20,193 acres, which was agreed upon by the government to give to NICE in 1997, the developers so far has received only 7,000 acres. With the Yeddyurappa committee clearing all hurdles, rest of the 14,000 acres will be transferred in next 12 months
What is going on? Doesnt he read news/reviews or is he too blind to everything?
Should there be more PIL's and court cases to get Govt's attention to look into what is good for the state and relook at what they are giving away and what they are getting in return?
silkboard - 6 May, 2010 - 07:54
Don't think Yeddy is acting unilaterally there. He may be a pro-NICE person, but push for transfer of lands is primarily coming from the Supreme Court.
From what we read (regularly in news papers), there seem to be enough petitions in SC on the subject.
Will be good to get hold of stats and arguments that are being used in these Supreme Court cases on NICE. One has to assume that SC is doing the "legally right" things.
3 times more land! But wait ...
silkboard - 5 May, 2010 - 04:08
Assuming that these facts are right, the stat about land granted is certainly an eye catching one.
In a PPP, participation from state may be in form of cash or kind (like land, or business benefits like tax holiday). If full details of the government side "investments" into the two PPPs are also listed for these two projects, that will make this comparison complete.
For BMIC, govt participation is via land.
Another thing needed is monetary value of land in Yamuna region vs here on Bangalore Mysore corridor, at the time of signing of these PPPs. And then would be nice to know what percentage of total project cost is the land value (or govt share in the project, via land).
It may that even after all the stats, it would come out that GoK gave more to NICE for BMIC PPP than GoUP did to JP Infra for Yamuna Expressway. But let us reserve the verdict till someone can dig out more stats.
I suspect all this is what would be getting discussed in BMIC related cases in Supreme Court.
srinidhi - 16 June, 2010 - 06:00
The officer who rejected has retired!
"The officer said land required for the construction of 41 km of peripheral road is about 800 acres. But the company had prescribed 2,193 acres keeping in mind all infrastructure and developmental activities."
"Agawane further revealed that the KIADB has notified 12,637 acres for the toll road against the requirement of 6,999 acres."
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/75551/nice-demand-776-acres-rejected.html
Lets see how the govt reacts to this now!
srinidhi - 15 July, 2015 - 00:21
NHAI notification for land acq for NH 209 expansion starting from Thalagatpura to TN border has been issued as of yesterday in the papers..so the Jaggernaut rolls now!
Bye Bye NICE road!
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