BANGALORE ELEVATED HIGHWAY FROM SILK BOARD TO

ATTIBELE (KM 8/765 TO KM 33/130) of NH - 7

BRIEF REPORT OF THE PROJECT

Introduction:

The Government of India through Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has
authorized NHAI to Implement a project for Construction of Elevated Highway Project from
Silk Board Junction to Electronic City Junction (km 8.765 to km 18.750) section of NH-7 and 6
laning from km 18/750 to Km 33/130 of NH-7 on Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) basis
through a Concessionaire. A Consortium of M/s Soma, NCC and Mytas formed a SPV called
BETL has been selected to execute the work of Bangalore Elevated Highway from Silk Board to
Electronic City (Km 8/765 to Km 18/750) including the road at grade up to electronic City also.
M/s BETL completed the construction of Elevated highway and at grade. While the road atgrade
from Electronic City to Attibele was completed by M/s GVR.

The Concessionaire has completed the construction work and the project facilities are
opened to traffic on 06/04/2010 and Tolling started. As per Concession Agreement the
Concessionaire has to maintain the entire Project Highway from Silk Board to Attibele. NHAI
has appointed M/s CDM Smith India Pvt Ltd Bangalore, Consultants as Independent Engineer
(IE) for Elevated Highway Project from Silk Board Junction to Electronic City junction (km
8.765 to km 18.750) section of NH-7 and 6 laning from km 18/750 to km 33/130 of NH-7 during
Operation and Maintenance period in March 2012.

Salient Features:

Owner National Highways Authority of India

Concessionaire Bangalore Elevated Toll way Limited

Date of Agreement 25 – 01 - 2006

Scheduled Construction Period 24 Months

Appointed Date 25 - 07 - 2006

Provisional Completion Date 06 – 04- 2010

O&M Period 18 Years

Revised Project Cost (Approved) Rs. 990.36 Crores

Equity of Promoters (Approved) Rs. 420.36 Crores

Lender to BETL Punjab National Bank

Term Loan to BETL Rs. 570 Crores

DPR Consultant Span Consultants Private Limited, Bangalore

Proof Check Consultants: Electronic City Tandon Consultants & Pragati Consultants (JV)
Section New Delhi

1.Soma Enterprise Limited, Hyderabad

EPC Contractors: Electronic City Section 2.Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited, Hyderabad

3. IL&FS Engineering & Construction Company

Independent Consultants: (Construction Renardet S.A (Switzerland) in Association & CEG limited
Period)
Independent Consultants: Operation &
M/s CDM Smith India Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore.
Maintenance from March 2012

Lender’s Engineer Secon Private Limited, Bangalore

Electronic City Section (Elevated & Atgrade)

Project Scope – 9.985 Km (Km 8.765 to Km 18.750)
Hosur Section – 14.38 (Km18.750 to Km 33.130)
Nos. of Major Junctions: 6

Nos. of Piles: 1108

Nos. of Piers: 247

Viaduct
Nos. of Segments: 2853

Nos. of Spans: 246

Piers: 53

Voided Slab Span: 28

Interchange
I Girder Spans: 21

Ramps: (E-city: 6, Bommanahalli: 1)

1. Bommasandra Flyover – KM 22
2 Ramps + 3 Spans of Cast –In Situ Box Girder

2. Chandapura Flyover – KM 24
Over Passes
2 Ramps +11 I-Girder Spans

3. Attibele Flyover – KM 31
2 Ramp +10 I-Girder Spans

Electronic City Section

Pipe Culvert – 10

Box Culvert – 16

Road Furniture Bus Stops – 2 X 8 = 16

Pup – 4

Hosur Section

Pipe Culvert – 8
 Box Culvert - 8

Bus Stops – 2 X 10 = 20

Pup – 4

Nos. of Toll Plazas: 5 (E-City – 4, Attibele – 1)

Toll System
Nos. of Toll Lanes: 35 (E-City – 23, & Attibele – 12)

Closed circuit Television(CCTV – 11 Location)

Emergency Communication System (12 Locations)

Highway Traffic Management System Variable Message Signs (VMS – 7 Location)

(HTMS) Meteorological Sensors (2 Location)

Automatic Traffic Counter – Cum –Classifier (2 Location)

Mobile communication System

Present Status:

The Project was completed and Provisional COD issued on 06/04/2010. As per
Concession Agreement M/s BETL started Tolling also. M/s BETL has to maintain the Project
Highway for the Concession period of 18 years from Silk Board to Attibele including Elevated
Highway. The Project is in the 4th year of operation.

Elevated Portion – Km 9/500 to Km 18/574 = 9.074 Km (4 Lane)

Ground Level:

Electronic City section – Km 8/765 to Km 18/750 = 9.985 Km (6 Lane)

Attibele section – Km 18/750 to Km 33/130 = 14.380 Km (6 Lane)

Traffic and Fee Collection:

The current Fee collected as Toll for different category of vehicle is given below.

Elevated Section:

Monthly Pass for

Fee for single Fee for Multiple
Category of Vehicles frequent journeys in
Journey Journey in a day
a month
Two Wheelers 15 25 500
Car/Jeep/Van 40 65 1250
LCV 60 90 1750
Truck/Bus 115 175 3505
HCM/EME 235 350 7005

Attibele Section:

Monthly Pass for

Fee for single Fee for Multiple
Category of Vehicles frequent journeys in
Journey Journey in a day
a month
Two Wheelers 00 00 00
Car/Jeep/Van 25 40 750
LCV 40 65 1250
Truck/Bus 85 125 2500
HCM/EME 175 265 5255

The Concessionaire is collecting Toll through 5 Toll Plaza as shown below.

Down Ramp – 4 Lanes (Km 18/700)

Up Ramp – 6 Lanes (Km 18/000)
Electronic City Phase I – 10 Lanes (Km 17/850)
Electronic City Phase II – 3 Lanes (Km 18/050)
Attibele – 12 Lanes (Km 32/900)

Electronic City:

The Average Monthly Total Traffic = 1253182

The Average Monthly Tollable Traffic = 1241063

The Average Monthly Fee Collection Rs. 37827055

Attibele

The Average Monthly Total Traffic = 956893

The Average Monthly Tollable Traffic = 733815

The Average Monthly Fee Collection Rs. 43791568

Average Total Traffic per Month = 2210075

Average Total Fee Collection per Month Rs. 81618623

HTMS/Toll:

For monitoring the Traffic and Tolling following equipments are installed in the project

Variable Message Signs (VMS):

Sl. No Chainage Location

1 9/200 LHS GL – Roopena Agrahara
2 12/631 Elevated RHS Lay Bye Area
3 12/733 Elevated LHS Lay Bye Area
4 EC-1 - At Start of Electronic City Phase1 Plaza on RHS @GL
755
5 18/757 RHS Near Veerasandra Signal
6 22/900 RHS Near Narayana Hrudhalaya
7 31/500 LHS Near Old Check Post, Attibele Flyover

Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) Surveillance camera:

Sl. No Chainage Location

1 9/686 LHS Elevated, A1 , Near Bommanahalli Signal
2 11/258 RHS Elevated, P48 , Near Garvebhavipalya Bus Bay
3 12/830 LHS Elevated, P96 , Near Lay Bye, Honda Show Room
4 14/402 RHS Elevated, P144, Near Hosa Road Bus Bay
5 15/947 LHS Elevated, P191, Between Hosa Road & Nice Road
6 17/546 RHS Elevated, P240, Near Electronic City Up Ramp
7 20/750 GL, SKF India Ltd, Bommasandra Flyover
8 24/120 GL, Chandapura Flyover
9 27/067 GL, Canara Bank Near Neraluru Bus bay
10 29/067 GL, Bharath petroleum Near Yadavanahalli
11 31/960 GL, Attibele Flyover
Emergency Communication Boxes (ECB):

Sl. No Chainage Location

1 9/686 LHS & RHS Elevated, A1, Near Bommanahalli Signal
2 11/782 LHS & RHS Elevated, P64, Near Garvebhavipalya
3 11/782 Central Median GL, P64, Near Garvebhavipalya
4 13/878 LHS & RHS Elevated, P128, Near Singasandra
5 13/878 Central Median GL, P128, Near Singasandra
6 15/974 LHS & RHS Elevated, P192, Between Hosa Road & Nice Road
7 15/974 Central Median GL, P192, Between Hosa Road & Nice Road
8 18/067 LHS & RHS Elevated, R8, Electronic city Near Bangalore Up Ramp Toll Plaza.
9 18/067 Central Median GL, R8, Electronic city Near Up Ramp Toll Plaza.
10 20/067 Central Median GL, Near BIOCON
11 22/067 Central Median GL, Bommasandra Flyover Ramp End.
12 24/065 LHS & RHS Flyover, Chandapura
13 26/067 Central Median GL, Near Maini Mature Movements, Next to Hale Chandapura.
14 28/067 Central Median GL, AVS Ready Mix, SRI-PARSAWA-SUSHIL-DHAM
Temple (Opening)
15 30/067 LHS & RHS Flyover, Attibele
16 30/067 Central Median GL, below Attibele Flyover

Automatic Traffic Counter – Cum – Classifier (ATCC):

Sl. No Chainage Location

1 10/400 Near P22 Bommanahalli (Elevated)
2 30/900 Near Sale Tax Check Post, Attibele

Meteorological Sensors:

Sl. No Chainage Location

1 18/757 Near Hosur Down Ramp Toll Plaza
2 31/500 Near Sale Tax & RTO Check Post, Attibele
Road Safety Measures:

Pedestrian Sub: ways has been provided in the following places for Road Crossing

Sl No Name of Sub: Ways

1 Bommanahalli (Km 9/925)
2 Garvebhavipalya (Km 11/320)
3 Kudlu Gate (Km 12/150)
4 Singasandra (Km 13/480)
5 Huskur Gate (Km 19/300)
6 Hebbagodi (Km 20/520)
7 Kithigana Halli (Km 23/300)
8 Yadavanahalli (Km 29/500)

Zebra Crossing:

Existing Proposed

Sl No Location Sl No Location
1 Roopena Agrahara (Km 9/150) 1 Hosa Road (Km 14/700)
2 Kudlu Gate (Km 12/100) 2 Konappana Agrahara (Km
3 Electronic City (Km 17/800) 16/640)

Bar Marking at Black Spots

Sl No Location Chainage
1 Singasandra 13/640
2 Hebbagodi 20/500
3 Narayana Hrudhalaya 22/800
4 Hale Chandapura 25/100
5 Neraluru 27/200
6 Old Check Post 30/500
7 Yadavanahalli 29/550
Proposals:

1. Foot Over Bridge proposed at Heavy Pedestrian crossing points.

Sl No Location Chainage
1 Roopena Agrahara 9/150
2 Narayana Hrudayalaya 22/800
3 Old Chandapura 25/200
4 T.G.Halli 26/400
5 Neraluru 27/300
6 Gudatti Gate 28/170

2. High Raised Median Fencing from Silk Board to Electronic City to prevent crossing the
Highway.
3. Lighting proposed beyond Electronic City to Attibele.

M.M. Davy
Team Leader