Centre’s nod for CIDCO plan to invite bids from pvt players

village are still opposed to the rehabilitation package.”

CIDCO managing director Sanjay Bhatia said the agency would soon issue the RFQ and convene pre-qualification meetings with interested bidders. Hyderabad-based GVK Group,which built the Mumbai airport,has the first right of refusal. Other infrastructure giants such as Larsen and Toubro and Reliance Infrastructure have shown interest in bidding for the project. The project cost as per the RFQ is Rs 9,990 crore for the first phase to build an airport with a capacity to handle 10 million passengers per annum. “We are hoping to issue the RFQ in 15 days’ time. We have started the joint measurement

for land acquisition for all villages except the two villages where the project-affected persons are still

negotiating the rehabilitation package,” said Bhatia.

The first phase of the R14,574-crore Navi Mumbai airport project,which was first put on paper 27 years ago,is expected to be completed by the end of 2017,if the remaining private land is acquired by the government without hurdles.

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