2. Background
Stakeholders
Public Institutions: National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)
Private Institutions: DS Constructions(49%) & Jaiprakash Industries Ltd(51%)
Independent Consultants: RITES Corporation
Government: Delhi Government and Haryana State Government
Users: Patrons
Salient Features
Length of Expressway: 27.7 kms
No of Flyovers & Overpasses: 11
3. Why adopt a PPP model?
Ensure the necessary investments into public sector and more effective public resources
management;
Ensure higher quality and timely provision of public services;
Private sector expertise and experience are utilized in PPP projects implementation;
Appropriate PPP project risks allocation enables to reduce the risk management
expenditures;
Greater Value for Money for Public Procurement;
Better Project Design & Implementation;
4. Key Obligations
NHAI:-
Responsible for land acquisition and providing RoW
Operation and maintenance of existing highway at its own cost
Environmental clearances, permits, etc
Concessionaire:-
Clearances, approvals, permits, etc from govt. agencies
Agreement with NHAI, GoNCTD and GoH
Recovery of investment
6. Development
Financial Closure in May 2003
Work commenced in Jan 2003
Jaiprakash Industries sold its stake to DS Cons and retained only 1.2%
Project commissioned on 25th Jan, 2008
Traffic Volume more than 1,80,000 PCU’s ,growing at 9% per year
7. Problems during Development
Issues over approvals
Land acquisition
Change in scope of work
Court cases, removal of trees, shifting of religious structures
Demands made by HUDA and DDA regarding connected projects
8. Involvement of Government
agencies/civic bodies
Delhi Jal Board
The Ministry of Defence
GAIL
BPCL
Delhi Development Authority
Haryana Urban Development Authority
GoH and GoNCTD
Haryana Tourism
Airports Authority of India, etc
9. Risk allocation framework
Risk Type Sensitivity Risk Period Primary Risk
A)Pre-Operative Risks
Delays in land
acquisition
High 0-5 years NHAI
Financing Risks Medium 0-5 years Private sector
Approvals Low 0-5 years Private sector
B)Construction Phase Risks
Design Risks High 0-5 years Private sector
Construction Risks High 0-5 years Private sector
10. Risk Type Sensitivity Risk Period Primary Risk
Bearer
C) Operations Phase Risks
Operations &
Maintenance
Medium Throughout Private sector
Market Risk Low Throughout Private sector
Financial Risks Medium Throughout Private sector
D) Handover Risks events
Handover Medium Last 3 years Private sector
Concessionaire
Event of default
Medium Throughout Priavte sector
NHAI’s Event of
default
Low Throughout NHAI
E) Other Risks
Change in Law low Throughout Both
Force Majeure Low Throughout NHAI
11. Efficiencies Achived
Particulars Earlier Now
Average travel speed 25.65 km/hr 660 Km/hr
Average travel time from
Delhi to Gurgaon
65 min 25 min
Capacity (in terms of lanes) 6 lane-5 Km
4 lane-22.7 Km
8 lane- 22.3
6 lane- 5.4 Km
Intersections 20 Intersections 10 Grade Separated
Intersections
12. Key Learning & Observations
Land Acquisition process
Support from Stakeholders for the project
Approval from multiple entities
Traffic Risk is lower in case of brown-field projects
Outdated traffic forecasts
Fee sharing requiring efficient contract management