220 NATIONAL HGHAYS AUTHORITY OF INDIA (Ministry of Road Transport & Highways) Government of India Independent Engineer Services for Two Laning of Muzaffarpur —Sonbarsa Section of NH-77 (km 2.8 to km 89.00) in the State of Bihar under NHDP Ill on Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (DBFOT)Basis. COMMENTS OF INDEPENDENT ENGINEER ON THE MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT OF CONCESSIONAIRE FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER- 2014 Ms Intercontinental Consultants and Technocrats Pvt.Ltd. @& A-8, Green Park, New Delhi-110016, India © Project Office: Muhalla+P.S-Ahiyapur , P.O- Bhikhanpur Dist-Muzaffarpur (Near Shiv Parvati Banquet Hall) Bihar-842001 Tel: 0621-2232022 Email-muzaffarpur@ictonline.comIE COMMENTS’ OCTOBER 2013, Two Laning of Muzaffarpur ~ Sonbarsa Section of NH-77 (km 2.8 to km 89.00) in the State of Bihar under NHDP i on Design, But, Fl 1d Transfer (DBFOT) Annuity basis. [E COMMENTS ON CONCESSIONAIRE’S MPR October 2014. A.GENERAL A.1 Required tests on Pre COD as per Schedule | of CA: 2.1, Visual and physical ‘Test: ‘The Independent Engineer shall conduct a visual and physical check of Two-Laning to de rovisions of this A\ Test drive: The Independent Engineer shall undertake a t rmine that all works and equipment forming part thereof conform to the sment td mine that the quality of service confor ve of the project Highway by a Car to the provisic and by a fully loade: Truck to det the Agr 3. Riddl of ment ality Tes:. Ridi z quality of each lane of the of the carriageway shall be checked with the help of a calibrated bump int. ess for purpases of ator and the maximum permissible roug this shall be 1,800(one thousand and eight hundred) mm for each kilomete 24, Pavement Composition Test The thickness and composition of the pavement structure shall be checked on a sample basis by diggin, pits to determine conformity of such pavement structure with Specifications and Standards. The sample shall consist of one pit in each direction of trave ‘0 be chosen at random in each stretch of 5 (five) kilometers of the Project Highway. The first pit for the sample shall be selected by the Independence Engineer through an open draw of lots and every fifh kilon er from such first pit shall from part of the sample for this pavement quality Cross-section test: The cross-section of the Project Highway shall be checked on a sample basis through physical measurement of their dimensions for de mining the conformity thereof with Specifications and Standards. For the road portion, the sample shall consist of one spot to be ich stretch of 1 (one) kilometer of the Project Highway, The first spot for -the sample shall be selected by the Indepen lence Engine an open draw of lots and the spots located at every one kilometer from such first sport shall from part of the Independence F 2.6, Structural Test for bridges: All major and minor bridge constructed by the Coneessionaire shall in each-span of the bridge be subjected to the Rebound Hammer and Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity tests, to be conducted ir ial Report No. 17: 1996 of the IRC Hi Research Board on Nondestructive Testing Techniques, at two sports in every span, of 15 accordance with the procedure describe in Spe ({ifteen) meters or more shall also be subjected to load test Other Tests: The Independent Engineer may require the Concess ermining the be carried additiona! Tests, in accordance with Good Industry Practice, for det compliance of the Project Highway with Specification Standards, Environmental audit; The In pendent Engineer shall carry out a check to determine conformity of the Project Highway with the environmental requirement set forth in Applicable Laws and Applicable Permits, 2.9. Safety review: Safety audit of the Project Highway shall have been undertaken by the Safety Consultant as set forth in Schedule-L, and on the basis of such audit, the In shall determine conformity of the Project Highway with the provisions of this Agreement. rats Pv Ltd Page..10f.3IE COMMENTS’ OCTOBER 2013, Two Laning of Muzattarpur ~ Sonbarsa Section of NH.77 (km 2.8 to km 69.00) inthe State of Bihar under NHOP I on Design, Bull, Finanes, Operate and Transfer (OBFOT) Annuity basis. B. PRECONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES Nil C. PROGRESS OF WORK C.1 Physical Accomplishmest as on August 2014. Description Previous Month During the Month Cumulative 1. Achieved 90.41% 0.47% 90.88% Time Elapsed = 100.00 % (Original Completion Date: 25 November 2013) The cumulative accomplishment from the Concessionaire’s MPR is 94.32 %. Note: IE amended the request for EOT from 240 days to 370 days hence the new proposed Completion Date is 30.11.2014 D. SAFETY ARRANGEMENT: D.1 Accident on highways. The following are extracted from the monthly highway accident records: Month Fatal Accident Grieve Injury Accident Jan, 2014 3 nil Feb. 2014 1 nil Mar. 2014 5 nil Apr. 2014 1 nil May 2014 nil 2 June 2014 4 1 July 2014 nil nil August 2014 nil nil September 2014 nil nil October 2014 4 7 D.2 Road Safety Audit The Safety Consultant submitted the Pre-opening Road Safety Audit Report that was conducted on 16: 17 October2014. This report is a requisite for Pre-COD as required from the Section 2.9, Schedule | of CA. The report was submitted to the Concessionaire for compliance on 17.11.2014, Ref. ICT/NBHL/NH 77/5/0788. E, MAINTENANCE OF EXISTING ROADS 1, With the occurrence of rain daily, the Concessionaire is requested to execute the road maintenance of the diversion road at ROB 1, existing road of Bedaul Asli, 1.5 km, and the existing road at Kwahari Village, 1.0 km. Although the diversion road of ROB 1 and Bedaul Asli were maintained lately, the Concessionaire is requested to maintain the road periodically to make it motorable all the time. F. Status of Plantation of the Project. The NHAI required the IC to submit the report on the status of plantation of the project every fortnia starting on the month of October 2014 as per NHAI letter Nos. 33017/06/2006/NHAI/PIU/MUZ/1848 dated 27.10.2014 and IC letter No. ICT/NBHL/NH-77/MS/0770 dated 10.10.2014. It has been six months ago that the Concessionaire executed the first plantation at 1100 pcs of plants out of the total requirement of 16,374 nos. with a record of survival at 15 % only. Since then, the Concessionaire has Invercontinental Consunants andl Technocrats Pvt Li Page..1-0f-3