02 / Status of the Project (DPR/Ongoing/completed) / Completed
03 / Name of the Concessionaire / M/s. SVBTC Pvt. Ltd. (BOT) Concessionaire
04 / Name of the Independent Engineer / M/s. AYESA ingenieria & Arquitectura SAUIn Association with IES
05 / Contract price / Rs. 641.4 Crores
06 / Actual price / Rs. 620.00 Crores
07 / Date of Commencement / 31.03.2004
08 / Stipulated date of Completion / 31.03.2007
09 / Actual date of completion / 29.06.2007
10 / Commercial operation Date / 04.07.2007
11 / Concession Period / 30 Years commencing from the appointed date
12 / Progress (upto date ) / 100% (Completed)
13 / Brief details of the project
(a) / Length / 6.041 Km
(b) / MajorBridge / 1
Second Vivekananda Bridge (Nivedita Setu) Toll way Project on NH-2 in the State of West Bengal
The existing Vivekananda Bridge being 70-years old with inadequate width of carrigeways was found no longer capable of carrying increased NH traffic to the city of Kolkata and beyond. In 1993, the Ministry of Road Transport, Govt. of India decided to take up a Techno-Economic feasibility study for a new link adjacent to the existing Bridge. Accordingly, the Ministry entrusted the task to M/s. Consulting Engineering Services India Pvt. Ltd. through PWD, NH wing Govt. of West Bengal. Ultimately the project was transferred by the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways to National Highways Authority of India.
As there was no direct connectivity from NH-2/NH-6 system in the western bank of river Hooghly with NH-34/35 system in the East Bank leading further to North Eastern States as well as to Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh. The proposed new link was considered to include the Belghoria Expressway for connection with NH-34 near Kolkata Airport. The Consultant came out with a project report for a provision of state of the art 6-lane Bridge parallel to the existing Bridge with modern approach interchange system to establish and all round connectivity amongst the NH system of the State including the city connectivity. The Govt. of India in 1995 decided in favour of BOT funding for this large scale project and selected a multi national consortium of promoters and developers which in turn incorporated as Second Vivekananda Bridge Tollway Co. Pvt. Ltd. (SVBTC) as SPV for developing the Rs. 650 crores project under BOT concession for 30 years. The Concession Agreement between National Highways Authority of India and SVBTC Pvt. Ltd. was signed on 2nd Sept, 02 along with a tripartite state support agreement involving of Govt. of West Bengal for various local support. The project construction finally took up on 1st April, 2004 with target of completion in 36 months i.e. by 31st of March, 2007. Ultimately, the project completed on 30th June, 2007 and the commercial operation was started on 4th July, 2007. The strength of the Second Vivekananda Bridge Tollway lies in the fact that it is being made with the cable-stay profiles, matching the profile of the existing bridge. The short pylongs that do not impose on the spires of vulnerable Dakshineswar Temple are in tune with the environs of the area and do not cast a shadow on the sacred ambience.
The bridge has an extradosed cable-stayed multiple configuration with short pylongs. Segmental construction method, with by far the heaviest segments adopted in India, would be employed. The width of the Bridge is 29 m and for this width, only a single plane of stay-cables is provided. The unique design is being done perhaps for the first time. The brief details of the project are as follows: -
Main Bridge Span 7X110+2X55M / 880 M long – six lane / Cable supported extradosed with short pylons supported on 10 piers founded on 10 caisson wells. Superstructure – Pre-cast segments externally Pre-stressed & Cable supported.Howrah Approach / 3.67 KM / Includes 20-lane Toll plaza, high embankment (upto 11 M) with retaining walls (1.50 Km long), ROB & RUB and Via-ducts pre-cast segments on 22 RCC Piers over 174 nos piles.
Kolkata Approach / 1.56 KM / Including approach Via-ducts & six ramp interchanges and RUB. Superstructure – Pre-stressed, Pre-cast segments on 94 RCC Piers over 587 Nos 1 M dia Rcc piles.
Underpasses / Six Nos. / RCC Box structures of various sizes.
Rail Over Bridge / One No. – Four lane / Spans 2 X 14 + 1 X 35 M – Pre-cast PSC girders on RCC piers, Four lane extension to existing four lane ROB.
Rail Under Bridge / Two Nos. / One six-lane (53 M long) and the other two-lane (60 M long) RCC boxes Jack Pushed across CCR embankment at 45 degree.