Reforms will ease developer cash flows, but could also lead to hyper-competition in the sector as contractors bid aggressively for projects at the cost of their own profitability
Road Transport and Highways Ministry has set an ambitious target of building 15,000 km of roads and award another 25,000 km projects in this fiscal, which is about two-and-a-half times higher than last year's.
PNC Infratech expects the total orderbook to be Rs 8,000 crore by FY1-end, said the MD, Yogesh Jain.
The company has been declared the lowest bidder for the project of four laning / two laning with paved shoulders of Dausa-Lalsot-Kauthun section of NH-11 A (extension) in the state of Rajasthan under NHDP IV, on hybrid annuity model for a bid project cost of Rs 881 crore.
The government has allowed developers to exit highway projects two years after their construction post completion, with this the developers can now unlock significant investment which will be available for re-investment, says a report by Care Ratings.
The pace of awarding road projects and their execution under the new Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM) is expected to rise over the period with the increase in developers' participation, says CARE Ratings
The erstwhile Planning Commission has developed the first version of the Model Concession Agreement for roads in 2006.