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Site visit was carried out on 15.11.2014 to see the construction activities for the
major
Pawana
River
underpass (VUP) at road chainage 861.040 on six laning of Pune Satara road
project (Section of NH-4) to be executed as Built Operate and Transfer (BOT)
(Toll) on Design, Built, Finance, Operate & Transfer (DBFOT) pattern under NHDP
Phase V.
About the Project :The VUP structure is a part of highway project which is executed on Built, Operate &
Transfer (BOT) (Toll) on Design, Built, Finance, Operate & Transfer (DBFOT) pattern under
National Highways Development Programme (NHDP) Phase-V. NHDP Phase-V project is a
prestigious project & is a part of golden quadrilateral connecting Mumbai to Bangalore. The
project is awarded to Concessionaire (Contractor) M/s. PSTRPL (Subsidiary company of M/s.
Reliance Infrastructure Ltd) for a period of 24 years i.e. up to 30 th Sept 2034. The
Concession Agreement for the said project was signed between National Highways Authority
of India (NHAI) & M/s PSTRPL on 10th March 2010. The appointed date is 1st October, 2010
and construction period is 30 months. M/s. Aarvee Associates, Architects Engineers &
Consultants Pvt. Ltd. has appointed as Independent Engineer (IE) (Consultant) and M/s.
HAKS, Chennai has appointed as safety consultant for the project. The six laning widening
project starts from Satara (Ch. 725.000) and ends at Dehuroad (Ch. 865.350), total length
of the project is 140.350 Kms. Estimated Project Cost is Rs. 1724.55 Crores.
This project is a Access Controlled Highway Project and in the entire construction period, the
highway is to be maintained by the Concessionaire at his cost from the appointed date.
Traffic Management and Safety of workers and the road users shall be ensured at all times
in accordance with the relevant Indian Road Congress (IRC)/IS Codes as stipulated in the
Concession Agreement. Concessionaire has to provide Road side furniture, Street Lighting,
Pedestrian Facilities, Landscaping & Tree Plantation, Highway Patrol Ambulance & Tow
Crane etc.
1. Pawana River Bridge ( Major strcture) at Ch. 860.350 :The silent features along with progress of work observed during the site visit are
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as below:
River Pawana: River Pawana is a perennial river. Continuous flow of water is
coming from the upstream end i.e. through Pawana dam. There are number of
K.T. Weirs constructed on the down stream side, due to which it was observed 67 m water depth maintained continuously. So construction of bridge in water is a
challenging task. For accessing the site & for equipment movement the
Concessionaire had constructed earthen embankment platforms, for which huge
quantity of earth filling was required. Concessionaire M/s PSTRPL has adopted
ii.
well foundation for the piers. There are two piers on both the bridges (LHS/RHS).
Existing Bridges: It was observed during site visit that two bridges, one on LHS
2 laned (PSC T girder work completed in 1970) & RHS- 3 laned (PSC Box
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of 30.52 m each.
Pile foundation: pile foundation was observed to be used for abutment
foundation work. Total 15 nos. piles (5x3 rows) were used. Av. depth for pile is
13.5 m upto cut off level. Permanent liner of 6 mm thk. was used for each pile.
Size of each circular pile is 1.0 m dia. and main reinforcement used is 25 mm dia.
and circular helical r/f of size 8 mm dia. was used as a distribution steel. Over the
group of piles, pile cap of 1.50m thickness & size 5.3 m x 6.3m is used. On the
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pile cap, there is a pier of size 1.7 m dia., which is yet to be constructed.
Well& Pier : A circular type well of dia. 7.00m & thickness 0.80 m was used. It
is observed that,
A. For RHS Bidge, the work of two wells, 5m above river bed level is completed.
Pier cap & pier is yet to be casted.
B. For LHS bridge, two wells above high flood level is completed. Pier cap is
already completed. Piers upto 5m ht. is also completed.
C. Main r/f used is 32 mm of dia. & for dist. is 10 mm dia. Concrete for well &
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The Vehicular underpass site is located on the Westerly Diversion to Pune city
road. The structure is located at Ch.861.040 to facilitate the local road users /
public for crossing cross road of Kiwale- Ravet. There is high rapid development
on both sides of the National Highway was observed. This vehicular underpass is
located at Ch. 861.040 (Near Ravet) to facilitate crossing of the local road users /
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is 5.00 m.
There are Left Hand Side (LHS) and Right Hand Side (RHS) main carriageway of
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length x 1.1 m depth (Tapering towards end). Six girder caps were casted in M 45
and girders were placed on the elastomeric bearings above the pedestal caps
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Photograph no.4- Well Foundation for A2 (LHS) completed 5m above river bed