Toll system to be same on Samruddhi extensionto Gondia, Gadchiroli

Nagpur: Radheshyam Mopalwar, vice-chairman and managing director of Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation Limited (MSRDC), said the financial model — toll system — for extending the Mumbai-Nagpur super expressway to Gondia and Gadchiroli districts will remain the same.
State finance minister Ajit Pawar had announced extending the Hindu Hrudaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg in the budget on Friday.
Mopalwar told TOI that the model is “on engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) model in which MSRDC will pay contractors and recover amount by charging toll”.
On December 8, TOI reported that the MSRDC had floated a tender for appointing a consultant for the extension. “To expedite the project, we have divided the extension project into three packages — Nagpur to Gondia, Gondia to Gadchiroli and Gadchiroli to Nagpur. The estimated length of each package is 150km for a total length of 450km,” he said.
MSRDC floated a new tender last month for the appointment of a consultant who will prepare the feasibility study report, detailed project report (DPR), pre-tender activities and explore other financial models. The technical bids will be opened on April 4.
The extension project — Eastern Maharashtra Expressway — will touch Gondia via Bhandara.
Now, the total packages will be 19 and total distance 1,151 km. The alignment from city to Gondia and Gadchiroli is likely to cut through forests and mines.
Shivmadka on the outskirts of Nagpur was the zero point. The extension to Gondia and Gadchiroli is likely to start after 11 kms at Datala which has the first inter-change.