📋 Tender Overview
A delay can be expected in the construction of a four-lane bridge on Ganga parallel to Mahatma Gandhi Setu linking north and south Bihar as the tendering process which was in final stages has been cancelled by the Union ministry of road transport and highway MoRTH.On Sunday Nand Kishore Yadav Bihars road construction department RCD minister stated that cancellation of the tender has been done on technical reasons by the MoRTH on June 25. The project has been re-tendered he said without elaborating.Under the prime ministers special package to Bihar The MoRTH had sanctioned Rs 2927-crore bridge project which included building a 14.5-km-long approach road in Patna and Hajipur of Vaishali district.According to Senior officials in the RCD five out of seven firms which qualified for final bidding had Chinese partners. They said This is the first mega project in the state to get cancelled as the contractors had joint ventures with Chinese firms adding that the selected firms could qualify for fresh bidding if they changed their partners.Ashok Buildcon Dilip Buildcon and Tata Projects are among the five companies which had partnered with Chinese firms for technical and resource assistance. Other construction firms includes Afcons Infrastructure Gammon India LT and SP Singla.Principal Secretary of RCD Amrit Lal Meena said The MoRTH has invited fresh bids for the project. The bids are open till July 30.
