Hyderabad-based construction major Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Limited (MEIL), which has been doing prestigious irrigation projects in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, including Polavaram and Kaleshwaram, has bagged yet another prestigious contract in the country.
The MEIL has emerged the lowest bidder in the most prestigious Jojilla pass tunnel project in Jammu Kashmir-Ladakh in Himalayan region.
National Highways and Industrial Development Corporation (NHIDCL) has opened the bids on Friday, and MEIL topped the list by quoting less than other companies.
The Rs 4,509 crore project will constructed in 2 divisions in two sections of about 33 kilometres. The first section is to develop by constructing the 18.50-kilometre road.
In the second section, the Zojilla Tunnel is to be built in the shape of a horseshoe shape of 14.15 km as a two-road lane of 9.5 meters wide and 7.57 meters high.
This project will have to carry out innovatively in the most critical conditions. The Government of India finally called for tenders to complete this long-pending road tunnel. The tenders called for the construction of 14.15 km of road for the Zojilla tunnel.
On July 30, three companies submitted the bids to NHIDCL, and the finance bids opened on 21st August.
The project, which MEIL has become L-1, will be constructed from the Z-Morh tunnel to Zojilla tunnel between Sonamarg-Kargil on national highway-1 in the Zojilla pass area.