Kundli-Manesar-Palwal expressway likely to miss May 31 deadline

In Haryana, the 135.6 km Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) expressway is likely to miss the deadline of May 31, 2013 set for completing the entire project. So far, the overall physical progress for the project is about 70 per cent, even as the priority stretch between Manesar and Palwal is 85 per cent complete. While HSIIDC says there is no such legitimate impediments exists as on today, the concessionaire, Darshan Singh Construction (DSC) company, claims unavailability of land as well as delay in approvals to implement change of scope for not completing the project on time.

KMP Expressways gave various reasons for the slow progress of the project. The KMP expressway is the concessionaire of which DSC is the main partner. The concessionaire had made the commitment at a meeting in Delhi on June 8, 2012 between 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.

The overall physical progress for the entire project is about 70 per cent. The approvals for the change of scope claims are still awaited and funds are yet to be released to the concessionaire which is causing some delay in the project.