al Highways Authority of ‘ (Miniatry of ond Tearapor ane bighornysn, Gow af lst eteattarsry weraterroerrsy oer, FTeEreT ee soerectesss sieeerren (ovens errerey even, 220) roren tmereCenen ery baet ives a aaa (hearetZ) am a Viigge ont. Moremara(Nent Sanyarn Surviog, Ganire) ESmnall !—“piueasarama@pnhval-ora Rhaisaaaramedgmallcorn NHAI/PIU-SSM/SOMA/LNM/2024/ 530 Ce 1. Team Leader M/s LN Malviya Infra Project Pvt. SP Jain Collage Road, Sasaram, 2. Authorised Signatory M/s Soma-Indus Varanasi-Aurangabad Tollway Pvt. Ltd Village Akhri- Amra Bypass (BHU) Near- Institute of Fine Arts/Sangam Dhaba District-Varanasi (UP)-221001 Sub: Six laning of Varanasi - Aurangabad Section of NH-2 from Km 786.000 to Km 978.400 in the State of UP/Bihar on Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (The ‘DBFOT") Toll Basis under NHDP Phase-V- Minutes of Meeting held during Site Inspection of 02.03.2024 under the Chairmanship of Chairman along with ‘Member(P), NHAI-Reg. Ref: GM —(T)-Bihar, NHAl_ HQ Letter, -—_NHAI/PIU-Sasar/Var-Aur insp. /Chairman/2024/efile-243398/ 100 dated 09.04.2024 Sir, Please find enclosed herewith the above referred Minutes of Meeting of Site Visit of subject cited project held on 02.03.2024 by Chairman, NHAI. In view of above, it is requested to take necessary action as per direction issued vide above minutes and submit Action Taken Report. Encl: As above. Yours Sincerely, ers pale Manager\Tech.) wa erates : SHS wa 6 Face-10, area, =E fereH- 110075, Head Office : G-5 & 6, Sector- 10, Dwarka, New Delhi- 110075 FEUTI/Phone : + 91-11-25074200 tharH/Fax : 91-11-25093607 / 25083514, Website : wwww.nhal.orgarate at TsTart orfeepeer Sire cuore Faery, Seer eH) National Highways Authority of India Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India) 68, Baee-10, ater, AE Fe - 110 075 © G-5 & 6, Sector-10, Dwarka, New Deli-110075 EA/Phone : 91-11-25074100 1 25074200 4-5 0 NHAU/PIU- Sasar/Var-Aur/Site insp./Chairman/2024/efile-243398)/s° Date: 09.04.2024 To, | Regional Officer - Patna Flat No. 101 to 104, Shivmitra Apartment, Vivekanand Marg. Boring Road, Patna (Bihar) - 800001 Sub: Six Laning of Varanasi Aurangabad Section of NH-2 from Km 786.000 to km 978.400 in the State of UP/Bihar_on Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (DBFOT) Toll Basis under NHDP Phase-V- Minutes of Meeting held during Site Inspection of 02.03.2024 under the Chairmanship of Chairman along with Member(P), NHAl at Patna. sir, Please find enclosed herewith Minutes of Meeting held by Chairman, NHAI during site visit of subject project on 02.03.2024. It is requested to take further necessary action as per Minutes at the earliest. This issues with the approval of Competent Authority. Yours faithfully, } on oul cS (Lokesh Singh Rajpurohit) General Manager (T)-Bihar‘Name of Project: Six Laning of Varanasi Aurangabad Section of NH-2 from Km 786.000 to_km 978.400 in the State of UP/Bihar_on Design. Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (DBFOT) Toll Basis under NHDP Phase-V. ‘The inspection of Varanasi - Aurangabad Section of NH-2 was carried out by Chairman, NHAI on dated 02.03.2024 along with Member (P), CGM (T)-Bihar Division, RO, PD and representatives of IE/Concessionaire as per list mentioned below: Shri Anil Chaudhary, Member (P), NHAI Shri LP Padhy, CGM (T), Bihar Division, NHAI HQ Shri YB Singh, Regional Officer, NHAl, RO-Patna Shri AK Rai, Project Director, PIU-Sasaram Shri Ricky Anand, Manager (Tech.), PIU-Sasaram Shri Rajesh Kumar Singh, Acting TL, Independent Engineer, M/s LN Malviya Pvt Ltd 7. Shri PR Rao, Authorized Representative, Concessionaire, M/s SIVATPL 8, Shri Priyaranjan, Authorized Signatory, Concessionaire, M/s SIVATPL Se keRS The issues discussed during the aforementioned site inspection and instructions conveyed to all concerned is tabulated below: Si] Issues] Discussion held | Decision Taken/ Direction Issued | Action to be s taken by Slow + Project |The Concessionaire has been) Concessionaire/ Progress Director __ [instructed to complete the work in}lE/PD/RO/CGM(T| apprised that! respect by June-2024. )/ Member(P) length It was instructed to send a team constructed from Ha in May-2024 to assess the| in the lprogress and take further action as current FY is ber concession agreement in case| 13.20 km of defautt by the Concessionaire in] against completion of committed target. targeted length 33.23 RO/PD/IE were instructed td km. There is [iaison with local administration for slippage of faking. the remaining hindrance| Zo oskm {free stretch available to the| from the (Concessionaire at the eartiest. committed target. PD further apprised that| Extension of Time up to 30.06.2024 has been agreed in- principle by HQ. «TheConcessionai re submitted that all out efforts shall be made to recover this slippage and work is under progress at all unhindered stretches. Concessionai re further committed to complete the work in all respect by June- 2024, 2. cos proposals It was The Concessionaire & IE werel apprised that}instructed to submit the} at multiple locations, Concessionai re has not taken up the work for want of COS order although instruction have already been conveyed by komprehensive COS proposal: fithin 10 days incorporating all l-Ive & (+)ve COS without fail. ith regard to the pending works} t critical locations as apprised, it} fe decided in principle that the| roposed work at _ following! locations may be carried out at site| land simultaneously to submit] ‘omprehensive proposal of COS| \(+)ve and (-)ve within 15 days for the consideration of Competent] the AuthorityAuthority, without any delay: during various site visits and review meetings. PIU apprised that the Concessionai re has not submitted Concessionaire/ IE/PD/RO/CGM(T| )the Chainage /COS instructions given] comprehensi ve COS late+115 tolihe work of at} proposal _|818+625;841+980 grade six-laning i leading to fte82600; kobe delay in {(Construction offexecuted in these jat-grade) locations wherein approval. lunderpasses had However, Jbeen de-scoped, the [The same should Concessionai be taken up by re may be [concessionaire fithout further instructed to expedite the elay, IE/PIU to assess work at \(-)ve and (+)vel below kcope and prepare mentioned the net COS} locations Jproposat which are jaccordingly. critical for completion of project: [Chainage] Cos [318+115 [Construction] Io Jof at-grad. Ib18+625 fin the de-(833-713 [The coped (Retaining _walllConcessionaire stretch FETE further detay. Retaining all and] lapproach road for the| laccess _off861+500;962+000 Ivillage road Jand 967+650 _. |concessionaire tol [341+980 |Construction|(Shifting of PUP) |take up the worh lo Jof at-grad lat relocated} location without} further detay. HE/PIU to asses I-ive and (+) J842+660 fin the de [scoped [361+500 proposal cordingly. 102000 [918385 [Rubble Masonry retaining all_in_lo289540 [962-000 Jp67+650 [ying area [L-shaped Retaining Iwall due land constraints onstruction} f ontiguous pte to} lcompensate| the height variation lbetween th ISR & MCW. Ishifting 0 PUP fro \962+180 to] 162+000 hifting 0 PUP from] lo67+790 te 1967+650. Pp02-000 J to examine the] (Outer drain) existing scope and lr required, outer ltrain may — be| constructed and Isubmit cos} [proposal laccordingly. Iconcessionaire ,h] lowever, has to} lcomplete hel balance work al this Location hwithout further lieiay. pre385 fire |(RudbIe_masonry|Concessionaire RW); Imay take up and] 928-540 complete the| u-shaped Rw) work without lrurther delay. [937-888 [Does not qualify |(Contiguous pile) |for Cos. |The design part i responsibility of the IConcessionaire as there is no change} jin site condition] las per CA; Thel Iconcessionaire lhas to complet the work witht lagreed timeline. The Concessionaire was strictly| linstructed to complete the work at| laforesaid location latest by June- 2024. |E/PD/RO/HQ were instructed to] Jexamine and submit the| ‘omprehensive COS — proposals} limmediately[shifting of] lservice roads ldrains Concessionai re apprised that due to land constraints at various locations, construction of Service Road & Drain is not feasible. IE apprised that at various locations, the Service Road & drain are not provisioned in CA but required as per site conditions. Accordingly, SR & drains may be shifted as per project/site requirements| |The Concessionaire, IE & PD havel been instructed to jointly visit the| ite & make the — requisite| reallocation as per site condition. Concessionaire? IE/ PD .|Maintenanc| _« e & Road Safety Ttwas observed that the condition of maintenance of project including drains & shoulders etc. is very poor. The condition of road safety measures + The Concessionaire must expedite the maintenance activities parallel to the construction. Construction of shoulders should be expedited in the line with MoRTH specifications. «Immediate attention to be given to end treatment of MBCB and replace the damaged one. «Place the reflective tapes Concessionaire/ IE/ PD/ ROincluding signages, reflective marking, safety during construction etc. along the stretch especially from Karmanasha to ‘Aurangabad is highly unsatisfactor y. No proper attention has| been given by the concessionair| e. It was observed that there were distressing, rutting, undulations, cracks etc. in top surface in majority of section of project highway. Concessionai re committed to maintain all the surface defects by using SMA in wearing course in rutted section latest by April-2024. on MBCB & Kerb stones to enhance the safety measures, ensure the installation of blinkers at all the bottle necks in working condition within 7 days. IE/PD/ RO to ensure that maintenance of the stretch especially in Sasaram Bypass & between Mohania Toll Plaza to Karmanasha and installation of road safety| signage, safety during construction etc. has to be completed by April 2024 throughout the stretch failing which strict action shall be initiated as per CA. The rehabilitation/reconstruc tion work with SMA at rutting sections has been inspected. The Concessionaire was instructed to expedite the maintenance of remaining rutted stretches immediately and also devise a mechanism to verify efficacy of the methodology adopted for the purpose. The Concessionaire & IE were strictly instructed to ensure the construction and maintenance of all the diversions properly at site| as per specifications with immediate effect.‘Most of the diversions are constructed substandard which are not as per IRC specification s. Inadequate road safety signages observed at diversions, Requiremen tof additional Major Bridges at km 803+050) (on Ganga River) & km] 1935+500 (on| Son River) It was observed that no widening/ new construction has been proposed for Major Bridges at km 803+050 (on Ganga River) & km 935+500 (on Son River) and only rehabilitatio nand maintenance of existing 4- lane bridges are in the scope of existing agreement. This leads to traffic congestion at the existing bridges during peak hours. It was instructed to explore the feasibility/requirement of construction of new 3- lane bridges adjacent to the existing bridges on River Ganga (at km 803+050) & River Son (at km 935+500) and accordingly, proposal to be submitted to engage a DPR consultant. HQ7-[Misceltaneo + IE&PlUtoexplore the | Concessionaire/ us Issues, possibility and assess the | IE/ PD/ RO requirement of re- scoping of eartier de- scoped stretches (8.98 km) keeping in view safety requirement at site and based on availability of land. ‘© The progress of works of underpasses and flyovers are extremely slow. Concessionaire to complete the ongoing flyovers at km 868+030, km 908+722, 928+400 & 931+030 & 9574871 expeditiously. «Inadequate mobilization was observed at site especially at structures. Concessionaire has to increase the mobilization of resources and complete the balance activities including structures by June-2024 without fail. © The quality and workmanship of various items viz. retaining wall of underpasses, DBM, BC, PQC, drains etc. needs to be reviewed and ensured by IE. © The Concessionaire has to] immediately start Avenue, Plantation with native variety of trees and ‘Median Plantation in the completed stretch as per provisions of CA & IRC guidelines. «It was observed that due to non-maintenance & non-cleaning of drains in built-up sections, regular water logging takes place, which is not at allacceptable. The Concessionaire has to ensure that cleaning of drains is done on regular basis. * The maintenance and upkeep in and around Mohania & Sasaram Toll plaza are not satisfactory. The Concessionaire has been instructed to maintain highest standards in terms of maintenance, hygiene, cleantiness etc. ina stretch of minimum 1 km length on both sides of Toll Plazas.