KUALA LUMPUR: IJM Corporation Bhd has clinched the RM1.5 billion contract to build a 109 km highway in India. In a statement, the group said it has accepted a letter of award from the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) to develop the Solapur-Bijapur section of the new National Highway 52 between the states of Maharasthra and Karnataka. Connecting southern India with northern India, the tollway will serve as an alternative route to the North-South Corridor of the National Highways Development Programme (NHDP). “We are honoured that IJM has been entrusted by NHAI again with this important infrastructure project to develop the Solapur-Bijapur tollway,” said IJM chief executive officer and managing director, Datuk Soam Heng Choon. At RM1.5 billion, the Solapur-Bijapur tollway will be the largest Indian project undertaken by IJM in value.

Source: New Strait Times November 22, 2017 12:22 UTC