As per information provided by the
Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board, 15 projects worth Rs.2,249 crore have
been implemented in the state, with private sector participation. Besides, 28
projects with total investment of Rs.36,535 crore have been awarded through private
sector participation, or as joint sector projects. Feasibility studies are in
progress on 39 more projects worth Rs.15,402 crore.
Some of the projects that have been
completed with private sector participation include the Pipavav port, Gujarat
Chemical Port Terminal, ROB near GNFC Bharuch, Vadodara Halol Road, Mahi
Bridge, Ahmedabad-Mehsana Road, Zadeshwar Bridge, Watrak Bridge, Mundra port -
Gandhidham railway missing link, GSWAN, and other small projects.
The 28 projects that have already been
awarded under private sector participation (or joint sector) include the Hazira
LNG Terminal being developed by Shell Gas BV at a cost of Rs.3,000 crore,
Chhayapuri ROB and the Surendranagar-Pipavav gauge conversion project worth Rs.270
crore.
The Gujarat Infrastructure
Development Board was set up in 1995 and has been made the nodal organisation
for implementation of Gujarat Infrastructure Agenda - Vision 2010, which was
developed in 1999. It has envisaged an investment of Rs.1,17,000 crore in 383
projects over the next ten years in sectors such as roads, rail, ports, power,
industrial parks, urban development and gas grid.