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Pre-bid meeting held for Tripura flyover: PWD set deadline for the submission of final bid on Feb 20
Jayanta K Das
Pre-bid meeting held for Tripura flyover: PWD set deadline for the submission of final bid on Feb 20
PHOTO : TIWN

AGARTALA, January 30 (TIWN): On yet another drive to gear up the preface work of the first ever flyover here in Tripura capital city the state Public Work Department (PWD) held a pre-bid meeting on January 28 with the shortlisted construction agencies remained present at the meeting, said PWD engineer in Chief Sunil Bhowmik talking to TIWN today.

Talking to TIWN today the PWD Engineer in Chief Sunil Bhowmik said that the pre-bid meeting was held on January 28 with the shortlisted construction agencies - L&T (Larsen & Toubro), ITD Cementation Ltd., and NCP constructions Pvt. Ltd. The meeting was scheduled to be held on January 29. The agencies requested the PWD department to extend the date of the submission of the Financial Bid (FB) report, following which the department has set a deadline for the agencies to drop their financial bid on February 20, Bhowmik told to TIWN.

The selected agencies were scheduled to drop the financial bid report to the PWD on January 9.

Bhowmik further added that as per the lowest financial bid agency will be selected and later after the approval of the Advisory Board and the state govt. the construction work will kick start. The construction work of the first ever flyover in Tripura will be taken up from Agartala Dropgate to Fire Brigade Chowmuhni via Battala.

However earlier talking to TIWN Bhowmik said that the department has finished its empanelment work by selecting at least three agencies - L&T (Larsen & Toubro), ITD Cementation Ltd., and NCP constructions Pvt. Ltd. for the construction work of the flyover here in Tripura from Agartala Dropgate to Fire Brigade chowmuhni via Battala.

Later asked about the benefit of the flyover here in the overcrowded capital city, Mr. Bhaumik said that the first ever 2-lane flyover in the capital city will lower the traffic jam by at least 40% to 45% and it will make a smooth fast track movement of the vehicles.

The estimated costs assigned for the introduction of the flyover is Rs. 205.22 crore.

The entire structure will be constructed on single-row pillars. As many as 100 pillars will cover the 2.5 km fly over. Once fly over is constructed, vehicles from the Nagerjala bus stand will continue to ply on the same path. It means the vehicles leaving Nagerjala will not be allowed to catch the fly over to avoid traffic congestion, said the officials.

 
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