Tata Housing to invest Rs 600 crore on new Bahadurgarh project

Tata Housing to invest Rs 600 crore on new Bahadurgarh project

By PTI | 8 May, 2015,T

NEW DELHI: Realty firm Tata Housing will invest about Rs 600 crore to develop a new residential project at Bahadurgarh, Haryana.

The company has tied up with a local developer, who owns 21.7 acres of land, to develop this housing project comprising 800-1,000 units.

Tata Housing subsidiary Tata Value Homes said in a statement it has entered into Delhi-NCR's affordable housing market with the launch of this project in Bahadurgarh. The apartment price starts from nearly Rs 50 lakh.

Tata Housing did not mention the total investment to develop this project, but sources said it would be about Rs 600 crore.

The company has received all the necessary approvals to develop this project and construction works would start soon, they added.

Tata Housing MD & CEO Brotin Banerjee said: "Situated in close proximity to both Gurgaon and New Delhi, Bahadurgarh has the potential of being the hub for the value and affordable housing segment in the NCR area."

Tata Housing is a closely held public limited company and a subsidiary of Tata Sons Ltd, which holds 99.86 per cent stake in the realty firm.

It has 70 million square feet under various stages of planning and execution and an additional 19 million square feet in the pipeline.

At present, Tata Housing is developing three projects in Gurgaon.

DMRC starts work on Metro to Bahadurgarh

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DMRC starts work on Metro to Bahadurgarh

The town of Bahadurgarh is all set to become the third in Haryana to be connected with Delhi via the metro rail. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) recently commenced preparatory activities for the construction of a Metro corridor that would connect Bahadurgarh with west Delhi’s Mundka.

DMRC officials said once the corridor is inaugurated - scheduled for March 2016 as of now — the distance between Bahadurgarh and Mundka would be covered in just 20 minutes.

“To complete the ambitious project with other Phase III corridors, we have started work at a brisk pace,” said a spokesperson of DMRC. The foundation stone for the project was laid in February.

The soil tests necessary for carrying out construction work have already been completed and the process of identification of utilities is in progress.

The tenders for the construction of the viaduct as well as the seven Metro stations (see box) have already been floated and are expected to be finalised in a couple of months.

The contractors are expected to be mobilised by August, officials said.

According to them, the work has been divided into two parts — from City Park to MIE in Haryana and from Tikri Border to Mundka in Delhi. As per Detailed Project Report (DPR), the expected daily ridership by the year 2016 would be 1.42 lakh.

The numbers are likely to shoot up to close to 2 lakh by 2021.

The existing Metro depot at Mundka will cater to the requirements of this corridor. Another new Metro depot will also come up near the Modern Industrial Estate Metro station in Haryana.

The travel time from Bahadurgarh (City Park) to Mundka will be around 20 minutes. The travel time from Bahadurgarh (City Park) to Inderlok will be around 45 minutes while a journey from Bahadurgarh (City Park) to Kirtinagar will take around 50 minutes.

Bahadurgarh Master Plan 2031

BAHADURGARH MASTER PLAN 2031

Foundation Stone of Bahadurgarh Metro with Delhi Laid

Saturday, February 02, 2013

Foundation Stone of  Bahadurgarh Metro with Delhi Laid

Bahadurgarh is all set to become fourth National Capital Region (NCR) town and third city of Haryana to be connected with Delhi through Metro rail.

Union urban development minister Kamal Nath and Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Saturday laid the foundation stone of Mundka (Delhi)-Bahadurgarh metro rail link at sector 9 in Bahadurgarh.

The project having a route length of 11.182 Kms would be completed by March, 2016 with project cost of Rs 1991 crore. Haryana would contribute Rs 787.96 crore.

There would be seven stations- Mundka industrial area, Ghewra, Tikri Kalan, Tikri border (all in Delhi), Modern industrial estate, bus stand and city park Bahadurgarh (in Haryana) from Mundka to Bahadurgarh.

The travel time from Bahadurgarh (city park) to Mundka would be 20 minutes while it would take 45 minutes upto Inderlok and about 50 minutes upto Kirti nagar in Delhi, an official release said.

An agreement regarding the same was also signed between Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA).

Principal secretary, town and country planning Haryana SS Dhillon and director (works) DMRC Jitender Tyagi signed the agreement on behalf of the two organizations.

Nath said that this metro link was needed to connect Haryana on this side through metro and it would help change habits of the people.

He lauded the role played by Rohtak MP Deepender Singh Hooda in bringing this project to Haryana and said that Deepender took keen interest and never missed the opportunity to put forward the demand whenever he got the chance.

Hooda said that the metro link would be helpful for people of Haryana. Referring to Bahadurgarh, Hooda said that growth was witnessed on three sides of Delhi- Faridabad, Gurgaon and Noida but this side of Bahadurgarh remained neglected.

He said that he has a map of development of this town which would make it equal to Gurgaon in coming five to seven years in terms of development if the people keep on supporting him.

Earlier, Rohtak MP Deepender Singh Hooda said that it took three years to get the project through. He said that Delhi was reluctant for construction of metro rail in its territory after Mundka, saying that it was sparsely populated.

He said that now he would try to get electric train approved between Bahadurgarh and Delhi during February.

Bahadurgarh Inc Grows on Liberalization Spark

Bahadurgarh Inc Grows on Liberalization Spark

BAHADURGARH: In the past two decades, especially after liberalisation, Bahadurgarh has witnessed signs of industrial growth. Today, there are around 2,500 units based here clocking a turnover of around Rs 6,500 crore employing 50,000 people. Jitender Singh, AGM of HSIIDC, Bahadurgarh said, "The city's economy has grown at 20 percent CAGR (compounded annual growth rate) since past 20 years."

ROUGH BEGINNING

"Initially, during the regime of Pratap Singh Kairon (first CM of Punjab province), a majority of units that arrived here were micro-sized units. The city failed to attract giant units and thus most units continued to remain as vendors," said Vipin Bajaj, president of Bahadurgarh Chamber of Commerce and Industries (BCCI).

He said that the government bodies tried hard to bring it to the level of Faridabad by introducing Modern Industrial Estate (MIE) through Haryana Urban Development Authority (Huda) in 1973. But, it didn't work.

LIBERALIZATION SPARK

"It's true that Bhadurgarh failed to grow as it was envisioned, but after liberalisation, industries like plastic moulding, machinery fabrication, PVC moulding, tool room for wire and cable moulding, rubber moulding, tile manufacturing etc settled in Bahadurgarh," said Bajaj. They grew without the support of any large unit and diversified the economy of the city.

BCCI general secretary Praveen Garg said, "Faridabad had giant players like Escorts and Eicher, which had the capacity to provide lifeline to around 300 MSMEs. Apart from this, larger units enhanced the liquidity flow in the market with the aggressive marketing strategy, while in case of small units; they needed to work on a lower profit margin."

"The emergence of Bahadurgarh as a plastic hub resulted in growth of the footwear industry. Many footwear units relocated themselves here in the past decade. The Haryana government also instituted a footwear park in Bahadurgarh which is contributing around Rs 2,000 crore per annum to the city's economy," said Garg. He added that the Haryana government was instrumental in attracting larger units to the region in its industrial estate, which contributes around Rs 3,000 crore — around 40 percent of the city's turnover.

CURRENT POTENTIAL

"Now, there are around 30 giant players, including Hindustan National Glass and Industries Ltd, Hindware, Surya Roshni Lighting, Action Shoes, Diamond Industries, Relaxo, Parley G etc. However, they are largely self reliant. They don't outsource much business to feed small enterprises as in the case of Maruti or Escorts. Apart from footwear, rest of the industries are still not enough to garner that much of business from the existing giant players," said Garg.

Elaborating on the industries operating in Bahadurgarh, Garg said, "Today, there are around 500 units of footwear in Bahadurgarh contributing around one-third of the net turnover of the city. Apart from this; there are iron and steel fabrication, plastic industry, rubber industry, machinery fabrication, auto components, wires and cable manufacturing industry, pharma, sanitary, ceramics, medical equipment manufacturing industry etc." Â

Garg was of the opinion that such a diversification and emergence of footwear industry in the region was due to the massive expansion in the consumer durable items and its consumption.

On annual turnover of Bahadurgarh, Vipin Bajaj said, "As per the income tax and revenue department, they have garnered around Rs 300 crore from the industries operating here. So, net turnover of the city would be around Rs 6,000 crore. Apart from this, there are some (large) units that file I-T returns in Delhi, though they have unit(s) in Bahadurgarh. Therefore, the net annual turnover of Bahadurgarh would be near Rs 7,500 crore."

EXPORT BIZ

Bahdurgarh units are in exports also. "As per BCCI records, Bahadurgarh-based units have exported to nearly 70 countries in the past year mostly to the US, Canada, Europe and West Asia," said Bajaj of BCCI. "These units generated around 10 percent of the net revenue through exports. Therefore, net export of the city is around Rs 750 crore per annum. Major export items are footwear, pharmaceuticals and medical equipment, sanitary and ceramics, auto components etc."

"The city remained to lag behind because of lack of industrial innovation," added Garg. On the job creation front, "The region has created 25,000 direct jobs and the same number of indirect jobs. However, for such a large workforce there is no fully equipped hospital," concluded Garg of BCCI. 

Finalize shifting of auto market from metro route: HC

 Dec 28, 2012,

GURGAON: The Haryana government has been ordered by Punjab and Haryana high court to finalize the land for shifting of the proposed automobile market from Sector 9 to make sure that the work on the Delhi- Bahadurgarh Metro line doesn't suffer any hiccups.

On December 18, the double bench of Justice Jasbir Singh and Justice Rameshwar Singh Malik had taken up the petition and had given the order to expedite the shifting of the market to the new place.

After the announcement of the ambitious Metro project, it was found that at one station, the state had earmarked land in Sector 9 to set up an automobile market for which a foundation stone was laid in 2004. Now, the proposed land has to be given for Metro project.

Upset with the development, the Bahadurgarh Automobile Association had moved the court seeking direction to the state government to resolve the issue of allotment of land and shifting of the market to the other place. The court also found no justification in delaying the shifting of the market and held that it is in interest of the public if all the auto dealers are made to work at one place.

The petitioners submitted in the court that the land in Sector 9 was acquired and the process of setting up the market had started in 2004. Later, the petitioners came to know that the land is required for extending the Metro Line of the DMRC from Delhi to Bahadurgarh.

The state government council had informed the court a high-level committee, is working on the project of developing a Transport Nagar in Sector 17 by the HSIIDC.

The council also submitted that the process of acquiring land in the new place is pending for past one year.The court gave three months to the state government to finalize the land and shift the automobile market.

Footwear R&D Center in Bahadurgarh

Footwear R&D Center in Bahadurgarh

BAHADURGARH: (Jan 25, 13) To solve the skilled labour crisis in footwear industry, Bahadurgarh-based footwear unit owners plan to establish a research and development (R&D) centre at the Footwear Park in Bahadurgarh Industrial Estate, spread across 2 acres of land. The centre would become operational by March 2014 and would cost around Rs 15 crore -with Rs 10.5 crore coming from ministry of MSME and government of Haryana as subsidy.

Jitender Singh, AGM, HSIIDC, Bahadurgarh Industrial Estate said, "The HSIIDC has approved 2 acres of land for developing R&D Centre to aid the footwear industries based in Bahadurgarh and outside the city."

MONEY MATTERS

Raj Kumar Gupta, president, Footwear Park at Bahadurgarh and managing director of Action Shoes said, "The entire footwear industry in India is facing a skilled labour crunch. To fill this gap, we needed an R&D centre."

Elaborating further on the cost, he added, "We are getting a government subsidy of Rs 10.5 crore. While the cost of buying and installing machines - Rs 9 crore - would be borne by ministry of MSME, the construction cost (Rs 1.5 crore) would be borne by the government of Haryana. Industry players, who are members of our organisation, would pay the rest of the amount that is, Rs 4.5 crore."

WHAT'S ON OFFER

The centre would train around 10,000 workers every year and the courses offered in this centre would span from one week to one year, depending upon the need of the industry and requirement of the training for the applicants, informed Subhash Jagga, general secretary, Footwear Park, Bahadurgarh.

Asked about the course fee, Jagga, who is also a member of the Bahadurgah Chamber of Commerce and Industry ( BCCI) said, "The course fee would vary from Rs 500 to Rs 10,000 depending upon the time frame of the course."

Jagga is optimistic about the centre. "Bahadurgarh is home to around 500 footwear units, which create direct job opportunities for around 50,000 people. Apart from this, there are about 1 lakh indirect jobs. So, the students of the R&D Centre would easily get a placement in the units."

REASON FOR R&D CENTRE

The proposed R&D centre will not be the only institute dedicated to footwear. Twenty five kms away in IMT Rohtak is the Footwear Design and Development Institute (FDDI).

"The footwear park in Bahadurgarh will enjoy the benefits of various services offered by FDDI, including industrial consultancy in the field of design, productivity improvement, quality control, man and machine utilisation, inventory control etc.," said Rajeev J Lakhara, managing director, FDDI.

The 1992 batch Indian Revenue Service further added that the footwear industry based in and around Rohtak would reap the benefits of the research and development carried out at FDDI. The training of active industry professionals is one of the most pivotal services of the institute.

But Gupta opined that FDDI would have aided more had it been nearer to Bahadurgarh. To this, Jagga added: "The centre will train recruits which will help units inside and outside the Bahadurgarh Industrial Area."

WHAT NEXT

The units now await a 132 KVA power sub-station. "When it becomes operational, there will be ample power supply for the 375 units in Bahadurgarh Footwear Park," said Subhash Jagga. The units include, footwear giants such as, Action Shoes, Lakhani, RelaxoBSE -0.18 %, Lancer Shoes, Welcome, Diamond, etc.

Once operational, the park would become 100 percent production efficient. "On an average, one unit does business worth Rs 4 crore to Rs 5 crore per annum. The figure can head further north, once the power sub-station becomes 100 percent operational," said Jagga.

Jitender Singh of HSIIDC informed that the substation would become operational by the end of March this year. 

OPDs at AIIMS Jhajjar to begin from Monday

OPDs at AIIMS Jhajjar to begin from Monday

New Delhi : The out-patient departments at the second campus of AIIMS at Badhsa village in Jhajjar, Haryana, will be functional from Monday Nov 26, 2012.

Inaugurating the new campus on Saturday, Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said the outreach campus will also house the country’s national cancer institute, built at a cost of Rs 2,100 crore.

Azad said the new campus was completed four months after the foundation stone was laid in May.

“In 2011 alone, our main AIIMS campus saw 26 lakh OPD patients. This is a huge load and the infrastructure at AIIMS is bursting at its seams. As a result, patients have to wait for long periods for various procedures and services. We expect to treat around 25,000 OPD patients at the Jhajjar campus every month,” he said.

AIIMS director Dr R C Deka said the new campus initially will have OPDs in paediatrics, gynaecology, medicine, surgery, orthopaedics and ophthalmology. “In the long term, it will be expanded to a full-fledged super-specialty teaching and research institute,” he said.

AIIMS will outsource the laboratory tests at the Jhajjar campus to HLL Lifecare Limited, a public-sector unit of the Health Ministry.

In another first, the outreach campus pharmacy will provide free generic medicines in 194 drug categories to all patients for a month. The pharmacy has also been outsourced to the same company.

The 300-acre campus was donated free of cost by the Haryana government. It will also house a proposed national cardiac care centre. “We have asked for expression of interests (EOIs) from international consultants to draft the master plan for the campus. The cancer institute will have 600 beds. Once various departments are completed, the entire hospital will have 2,000 beds,” Azad said.

The centre will be manned by doctors from AIIMS from 9 am to 1 pm on weekdays. “We will refer patients who need advanced care to government hospitals in Gurgaon and Bahadurgarh. If further specialisation is needed, we will refer them to the AIIMS main campus,” Dr Shakti Gupta, medical superintendent of the outreach OPD, said.

Haryana government officials said the the top priority will be to improve connectivity to the campus, which is 17 km from Gurgaon.

Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said, “The Gurgaon-Badli Road will be made four-lane. The new campus will benefit patients from Haryana and states like Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.” 

BHEL commissions another 500 MW unit at Jhajjar power plant

BHEL commissions another 500 MW unit at Jhajjar power plant

November 09, 2012,

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd today said it has executed the commissioning of another 500 MW unit at Indira Gandhi Super Thermal Power Project in Jhajjar, Haryana, which is jointly run by NTPC and two other entities.

The plant is owned by Aravali Power Company Pvt Ltd -- a joint venture of NTPC, Haryana Power Generation Corp and Indraprastha Power Generation Corp. The plant is located in Jhajjar, Haryana.

In a statement, BHEL said it had earlier commissioned two 500 MW units at the project, which has a total capacity of 1,500 MW.

The Boiler and Turbine Generators were manufactured at BHEL's Trichy and Haridwar plants, respectively.

Green signal for two new rapid rail transit links Delhi-Bahadurgarh-Rohtak-Hisar,

Green signal for two new rapid rail transit links Delhi-Bahadurgarh-Rohtak-Hisar,

Fri Nov 30 2012, 03:00 hrs

New Delhi : NCR Kamal Nath announces Delhi-Bahadurgarh-Rohtak-Hisar,

Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath on Thursday announced that two new regional rapid transit system (RRTS) corridors — Delhi-Bahadurgarh-Rohtak-Hisar and Delhi-Shahdara-Baraut — will be built to improve connectivity between Delhi and states such as Haryana and UP.

“We have approved two rail corridors, Delhi-Rohtak up to Hisar and Delhi-Shahdara-Baraut,” Kamal Nath said after a meeting on the RRTS for the NCR. These corridors will be taken up in addition to the proposed Delhi-Gurgaon-Alwar, Delhi-Sonepat-Panipat and Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut links.

Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said: “While the north, south and east sides of Delhi have been taken up in the first phase of RRTS, the west side, which extends up to Hisar-Rohtak, had been left out. We urged the Urban Development Minister to consider taking up another corridor, extending it till Hisar as it is a counter-magnet town and will serve the purpose of NCR planning.’’

Stressing on the need to develop such corridors, Kamal Nath said: “The population of Delhi is increasing and there was consensus that means of transport have to be developed from the small towns to Delhi. This meeting on RRTS was called to fast-track these projects.’’

According to Urban Development Ministry officials, such corridors will help create economic opportunities and provide a fast mode of travel for people coming from UP, Haryana to work in Delhi and vice-versa.

While the feasibility study for three corridors — Delhi-Panipat (111 km), Delhi-Alwar corridor (180 km) and Delhi-Meerut (90 km) — has been completed, a detailed project report will now be prepared for them. The budget for the three corridors will be around Rs 72,000 crore, officials said.

“Reports are being prepared and we believe that work on these three corridors is likely to start in another two years,’’ Kamal Nath said. These high-speed trains will run at a speed of 160 km per hour.

Bahadurgarh Industrial Estate expansion to create business opportunities worth Rs 3,000 crore

Bahadurgarh Industrial Estate expansion to create business opportunities worth Rs 3,000 crore

Nov 22, 2012,

BAHADURGARH: Bahadurgarh Inc is expecting a boom in the industrial sector on account of the development of new sectors in the industrial estate by the Haryana State Industries and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC).

With 121 operational units and another 387 units to become operational by mid 2013, HSIIDC is expected to create business opportunities worth Rs 3,000 crore annually and jobs for nearly 75,000 people in the local economy. The industrial estate is spread in 555 acres of land, which is expected to give home to around 600 units.

There are 121 units, which are operating in the Bahadurgarh Industrial Estate developed by the HSIIDC and 235 more units would become operational in Sector 17 by January 2013, while 152 units would become operational by July 2013," said Gulshan Kumar, DGM, HSIIDC, Industrial Estate, Bahadurgarh. He said that Sector 17 is completely devoted to the footwear park, while sector 16 will have general industries.

REVENUE GENERATION

Talking about the investment, the HSIIDC official said, "The total cost of land and infrastructure development is estimated at Rs 100 crore. Apart from this, an investment of Rs 1,008 crore is expected from the industrialists for setting up their plants and required machinery in the region."

Subhash Jagga, general secretary of the Bahadurgarh Footwear Park and member of the Bahadurgarh Chamber of Commerce and Industry said, "On an average, one unit in the region would generate around Rs 5 crore per annum business. Hence, the estate is expected to add nearly Rs 3,000 crore in the industrial revenue generation of the city." However, Jagga reminded that the figures would be a reality only when the 132 KVA power sub-station becomes operational in the Bahadurgarh Industrial Estate.

LAND MANAGEMENT

The entire estate is spread in around 555 acres of land, where size of plots range from 450 square metres to 4 acres in Sector 16. In Sector 17, plots range from 450 sq m to 2.5 acres,"said Jitender Singh, AGM, HSIIDC, Bahadurgarh.

According to Singh, the major allottees in the industrial estate are Relaxo Footwear, Welcome Footwear, Diamond Footwear, Sumanglam Impex, Rinder India, Shri Bankey Bihari Embroidery, Ambika Forging, Hemstich India, Prudent Metal etc. The HSIIDC officer further added, "The industrial estate would generate around 28,000 direct job opportunities in the region."

When you count job creations, you need to count the indirect job creations as well, pointed out Subhash Jagga of Bahadurgarh Chamber of Commerce and Industry. "The units here in Bahadurgarh create around 1.5 to two times of their direct jobs. Therefore, net job opportunities being created by the Bahadurgarh Industrial Estate would be around 70,000 to 75,000," said Jagga.

 FURTHER EXPANSION

In view of the overwhelming response from the entrepreneurs, the HSIIDC has further acquired about 177 acres of land for the Industrial Estate in Sector 4B, Bahadurgarh. Total 46 plots have been carved out in this new sector, whereas 25 acres of land has been allotted to Yokohama India Private Limited," said Jitender Singh of HSIIDC. Singh further added, "Yokohama is a prestigious project for us as it involves investment of around Rs 965 crore and job opportunities for nearly 900 people."

Other big units in Sector 4B are Neolite, ZKW Lightings, Adlec Systems etc. Total project cost at Sector 4B for providing infrastructural facilities including a water treatment plant (WTP) and disposal of storm water drainage is Rs 85 crore," said Jitender Singh. He said that around 65 percent of the developmental work would be completed by March 2013

It’s a long, long wait for KMP Expressway

Aditya DevOct 16, 2012, 08.03AM IST

GURGAON: Even as the Haryana and Delhi governments have set May 2013 the fresh deadline for completing the 135-km Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway, the project has made an overall progress of just about 70% so far.

The private concessionaire developing the expressway, KMP Expressways Ltd, on the other hand claims that the 53-km priority stretch between Manesar and Palwal is scheduled to be completed by November 2012 and will open to public by December. Over 85% work on the stretch has been completed, with all the 83 major structures ready and already connected to the main carriageway.

The major structures on the stretch include 14 small and big bridges, 8 cattle crossings, 12 agriculture vehicle underpasses, 23 pedestrian crossings, 21 underpasses and 5 box culverts.

At present, the final layer of dense bituminous macadam, the commonly used bituminous paving mixes in India, is being laid and has been done for up to 48 km of the total stretch of 53 km. The rest would be completed soon, said a spokesperson.

Completion of KMP Expressway will help de-congest traffic in the city as vehicles coming from Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh and going to Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra will use it to avoid Delhi and Gurgaon.

The concessionaire made the commitment at a meeting held on June 8 2012 in Delhi between the chief ministers of Haryana and Delhi, to open the Manesar-Palwal section for tolling within the next 90 to 120 days and complete the expressway by May 31 2013.

Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda had told TOI, "Decidedly, the progress on the project is slow and the concessionaire has been asked by various authorities including the high powered committee (expressway) Haryana, monitoring committee constituted by the Supreme Court, chairman/ EPCA for NCR, besides HSIIDC and an independent consultant, to speed up the work. The HSIIDC has already imposed damages on the concessionaire for delay in meeting the commercial operation date to the extent of 0.1 per cent of the total project cost per week or part hereof since July 30 2009 till the commercial operation date is met."

According to the chief minister's office, as per the latest progress report received from the concessionaire, the physical progress achieved up to July 31 2012 is 67.76 per cent (Rs 1,003.54 crore) with monthly physical progress of 0.03 per cent (Rs 0.39 crore). The concessionaire has intimated that the gross financial progress achieved up to July 31 2012 is 76.56 per cent (Rs 1262.04 crore) with monthly financial progress of 0.02 per cent (Rs 0.30 crore).

The concessionaire, on the other hand, blames a litigation case and difficulty in getting clearances from various agencies for project delay. "Right at the beginning of the project there was a delay of 18 months due to litigation by one of the consortium partners. The project got further delayed due to much time taken in getting clearances and approvals from specific authorities. These included delays in getting clearances for crossing Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. pipelines, relocation of high tension overhead transmission lines and land acquisition issues," said the spokesperson.

There were delays in getting the final design change approvals for the railway over bridges, grade separators and design changes done in the original design to address the concerns of the local villagers.

Najafgarh to get 3 flyovers

With an aim to initiate development projects in Najafgarh sub-city in Outer Delhi, Public Work Department (PWD) has decided to construct three flyovers at vital link roads at Najafgarh chowk. These flyovers will connect the areas with Gurgaon, Jhajjar and Bahadurgarh and also provide hassle-free traffic movement at this stretch.

Talking to The Pioneer, PWD Minister Raj Kumar Chauhan said that PWD had decided to construct three flyovers at Najafgarh chowk connecting Sai Dham Temple to Dhansa road, Dichaon Kalan depot to Dhansa road on Nangloi road and Haibatpura extension to Dhansa road to provide commuters hassle-free journey on this stretch. “The PWD has been directed to appoint consultant to conduct detailed drawings and traffic feasibility report for this purpose. This is the only stretch, which connects Gurgaon, Jhajjar and Bahadurgarh to Najafgarh chowk in Delhi. It is now important to decongest Najafgarh chowk in view of another proposal which is being ready between Jhajjar and Dwarka,” said Chauhan.

According to Chauhan, the proposed flyover between Sai Dham Temple and Dhansa road and Dichaon Kalan depot to Dhansa road via Nangloi will be two kilometre long while flyover from Haibatpura extension to Dhansa road will be about 0.700 kms long. The Najafgarh sub-city chowk in west Delhi is heavily crowded from four directions. The chowk is surrounding by thousands of villages in west Delhi, hence large number of pedestrians also use this chowk for reaching nearest bus stands — Delhi Gate, Chhawla, Dhansa, Nangloi, Sai Dham Temple and Bahadurgarh bus stand. Beside this, there are four schools located near Najafgarh chowk also use these roads as footpath. PWD officials say the traffic volume during the peak hours are very high at this stretch and traffic jam is a routine affairs at Najafgarh chowk.

Northern Railway set to add new features on EMU trains between Delhi-Bahadurgarh-Rohtak

The Northern Railway is all set to add new features on trains especially on suburban routes of national capital for the convenience of daily commuters.

These include inauguration of the newly electrified track on the Delhi-Bahadurgarh-Rohtak section and stainless steel coaches with advance audio-visual facilities like destination indicators and announcements about approaching stations as in the Delhi Metro. According to railways officials, electrification of Delhi-Bahadurgarh-Rohtak is complete and will soon see Electrical Multiple Unit, EMUs plying on the route.

The officials said, beginning of EMU services on this route will see improvement of traffic between Delhi-Bahadurgarh-Rohtak. The northern railway is also planning to increase the number of coaches from 12 to 16 and from 16 to 20 in the suburban routes, especially during peak hours.

Bahadurgarh railway station to run on solar energy

Bahadurgarh railway station to run on solar energy

Aimed at tapping more non-conventional energy, the Delhi division of Northern Railway is developing Bahadurgarh railway station, on the outskirts of Delhi, as a 'green' station.

While the energy requirement of the station would be met with solar energy, a water harvesting system is also being developed at the station premises for optimum utilisation of the resource.

Railway officials said solar panels would be installed on the station building and other suitable places.

“Solar power panel with a capacity of 20 KW is going to be installed at the station within the next two months. The power that is generated would be enough to for the power requirement of platforms, circulating area, booking office and the service buildings,” a senior Northern Railway official said.

A stand-alone solar light will also be provided at platforms to reduce electricity requirement from the main grid, the official added.

Officials said apart from harnessing alternate sources of energy, emphasis would also be on conservation of energy.

“The existing energy consuming lights will be replaced by energy efficient LED lights in the station building, circulating area and at the platforms.  All such efforts will help in drastically reducing  the power consumption. It will also result in substantial saving of revenue for railway,” the railway official said.

The expense in making the station green will be funded by the Indian Railway Finance Corporation Ltd.

While Bahadurgarh is one of the important and fast growing localities of neighbouring Haryana, its close proximity to the Capital has only spiked the rate of development in the city.

The city is located 19 km from the capital and it will be connected with Delhi Metro in its later phases. Officials said footfall at the station is likely to increase — from the current footfall of around 32,000 people per day — if the pace of development of the area.

“The station is being initiated as a pilot project. More stations in the division are likely to be developed on similar lines,” the official said.

Bahadurgarh industries in trouble due to poor law & order situation and lack of infrastructure

BAHADURGARH: Bahadurgarh industries find themselves in a cesspool of reasons threatening to blunt their market edge and in some instances even their force them to move out.

Achyut Bhardwaj, director of Chemi Kleen, a Naraina Industrial Area-based company, started from Bahadurgarh said, "Our distillation unit for manufacturing perfumes is in Bahadurgarh. However, issues like broken roads, absence of sewage lines and law and order have hit growth."

Now, they use the distillation unit there on a need-to basis. The state of shambles ensured realty prices here remained low. A reason why Chemi Kleen cannot profit in moving to a higher realty priced area. Bhardwaj said, "We cannot shift out because we would not profit from selling our land and factory here. Compared to areas in Noida, Gurgaon and Faridabad, we are left behind."

Pradeep Doot, assistant sales manager of Ruhil Developers said, "Property rate in Bahadurgarh is around Rs 2,255 per sq ft whereas in Gurgaon and Noida it is around Rs 5,000 per sq ft." Ruhil Developers has been in Haryana for the last 15 years and is a major realty player. It has clients like Radico, Jindal and Haryana Institute of Technology etc.

Transport, Sewage Issues

Pointing towards the transportaion, Bhardwaj said, "We cannot take our own trucks or vehicles to transport goods because the union there, acting like goons by stopping our trucks, want us to use their trucks."

Rakesh Pahuja, owner of New Leather, based out of Bahadurgarh Industrial Area also concurred. He said, "The unions want monoply. If a company spends Rs 1,200 for transporting goods through their own truck, the union charges double."

Apart from this, Pahuja also said that there are no sewage lines. "This is one of the biggest issues. The water overflows on the roads and the situation worsens with the monsoon. The government has not started the repair work," he complained.

Official Take

Gulshan Kumar, deputy general manager of Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) said, "There are no problems plaguing the industry here." Putting the onus on the proprietors he said, "Those who want to work, they make their own arrangements like using digisets, making sure that their work goes on. We have met the Industrial Association of Bahadur-garh and plan to set up a 132 Kv power plant which should be up in 5 months."

Due to electricity shortage, AH Brothers shifted out of Bahadurgarh. The owner explicated the decision by pointing to the endemic power cuts which were disrupting operations.

Vipin Bajaj, President, Bahadurgarh Chamber of Commerce and Industries said, "Small players barely survive due to tough competition from Chinese goods, imported cheap. Moreover, since these small industries are subject to stringent taxes and in the absence of a single tax authority, they are forced to bear costs of preparing reports and running to multiple authorities."

He also said that corporate firms of Gurgaon are the driving force behind the city whereas Faridabad is an auto ancillary hub. However, Bahadurgarh does not even have auto ancillary companies, which are a big source of employment generation.