Haryana decides penalty, orders completion of KMP by December 2012 -end

Haryana decides penalty, orders completion by December-end

MUKESH BHARDWAJ Posted: Apr 20, 2012 at 0326 hrs
Chandigarh Irked by the long delay in the construction of the much touted Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway, which was scheduled for completion by July, 2009 after construction commenced in July, 2006, the Haryana government has now put its foot down and has asked the concessionaire to complete the work by the year-end.

It has also asked it to start the Manesar-Palwal section by April 15 as per the revised programme after a recent inspection conducted by Rajiv Arora, Managing Director of Haryana Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) — the executing agency for the project.

Taking a serious view of the slow progress of the expressway, the government has decided to take action against the concessionaire by imposing penalties for the delay at the rate of 0.01 per cent of the total project cost per week or part thereof in accordance with the provisions under the agreement.