L&T subsidiary opens Gujarat state highway 25 for operations


The L&T Rajkot Vadinar Tollway Limited (L&T-RVTL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of L&T  Infrastructure  Development  Projects  Limited (L&T-IDPL) has started commercial operations of the four-laned 132km stretch of SH-25 from February 1, 2012.

The newly opened Rajkot-Jamnagar-Vadinar road of the Gujarat State Highway 25

The project is between Rajkot & Vadinar (via Jamnagar) in Gujarat and is for The Gujarat State Road Development Corporation (GSRDC).

The road traverses through the towns of Rajkot, Dhrol and Jamnagar and provides better connectivity to the industrial hubs of Vadinar and Jamnagar. This four-laning project is expected to accelerate the development and growth prospects in this region. The cost of the project is INR 10.96 billion, and the concession period for the project is 20 years (including the construction period). L&T-RVTL is entitled to collect toll from the users of the project highway during the concession period.

L&T-IDPL is building in three highway projects for GSRDC with a total investment of Rs 39 billion.

L&T-RVTL is the first to start toll operations, the other two projects Halol-Godhra-Shamlaji  and  Ahmedabad-Viramgam-Maliya  are  expected  to  start  commercial  operations shortly.

With the completion of this project, L&T-IDPL currently has 8 operational projects in its roads portfolio, 8 projects under implementation, and 1 project in development stage. The portfolio of 17 projects is one of the largest in the country cumulating to a length of 7200 lane km, and a total project book size of Rs 170 billion.

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