The Government of Uttar Pradesh (India) has received qualification documents for 5 road PPP projects and has launched a request for qualification (RFQ) for two other road PPP projects.

The road projects will be developed on a design, build, finance, operation and transfer (DBFOT) basis.

The RFQ has been launched for the following two projects:

• Allahabad - Foolpur - Mungrabad - Shapur road (SH-07). The total project investment is estimated at Rs3.8 billion (US$57.2 million). It involves the development of a 40.9 km road.

• Azamgarh - Dohrighat road (SH-66). The total project investment is estimated at Rs2.55 billion (US$38.4 million). It involves the development of a 38.7 km road.

Interested parties must submit their qualification documents on or before 30 September 2015.

See tender announcement: http://www.upsha.in/tenders/notice_100815.pdf

Qualifications documents were submitted on 31 August for the following roads:

• Pukhrayan - Ghatampur - Bindaki road (SH-46). The total project investment is estimated at Rs17 billion (US$256.2 million). It involves the development of a 83.66 km road.

• Garh - Meerut road (SH-14). The total project investment is estimated at Rs4.2 billion (US$63.3 million). It involves the development of a 36.5 km road.

• Meerut - Baghpat road (SH-14). The total project investment is estimated at Rs4.5 billion (US$67.8 million). It involves the development of a 40.1 km road.

• Chandausi - Badaun road (SH-43). The total project investment is estimated at Rs9 billion (US$135.6 million). It involves the development of a 164.17 km road.

• Bahraich - Gonda road (SH-30). The total project investment is estimated at Rs2.5 billion (US$37.7 million). It involves the development of a 56.07 km road.

Yesterday we reported that the Indian Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved 100 % equity divestment after two years of construction completion for all build-operation-transfer (BOT) projects, irrespective of year of award.

The approval would allow the concessionaires to use proceeds from the sale of divested equity to, among others, develop new projects and retire their debt to financial institutions.