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05/06/2026

05/06/2026

Construction of NCDC Branch Centre and BSL -3 Lab Building at UCHC Campus, Shivpur, Varanasi on Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) Basis.

28/05/2026

The Rs.18.05 lakh penalty was imposed by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on January 14, 2026, against the concessionaire Patel Sethiyahopu - Cholapuram Highway Private Limited (a special purpose vehicle of Patel Infrastructure Ltd.). This action followed the failure of Earth Retaining Structures (RE Walls) and inadequate geotechnical investigations on the NH-36 (now NH-45C) project in Tamil Nadu.

Project Context & Action Taken Project Name: 4-laning of the Sethiyathope- Cholapuram section (km 65.960 to km 116.440) on Hybrid Annuity Mode (HAM).

Defect Details: Sections of the Reinforced Earth (RE) wall failed, detaching from geogrids and collapsing, linked back to insufficient baseline geotechnical investigations.

NHAI Action: The statutory penalty of Rs. 18.05 lakh was recovered. The concessionaire is required to reconstruct the collapsed and defective sections at their own expense in accordance with stricter NHAI quality mandates.