It seems the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC), executing the Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway, is finding no takers for construction of the E-way in Nashik-Thane district. Nashik and Thane both have seen strong protests from farmers and landowners against land acquisition in the area. Owing to this, the MSRDC on Wednesday floated bids for the third time for the same patch to have competitive bidders. However, the MSRDC claims that the companies that had bid for construction do not have the required experience and it is because of that reason they have to re-float the bids. An MSRDC official, said, “We have re-floated bids for the three packages between Kasara and Bhiwandi but that has no relation to the opposition of landowners.

Source: dna January 18, 2018 01:18 UTC