A road block

Not a single public private partnership (PPP) bid for building highways was received last year. Not just that: Many projects awarded in 2011-12 and 2010-11 on a PPP basis have yet to take off. Not surprisingly, the Ministry has quietly dumped the much-touted PPP model. It will now hand out engineering procurement construction contracts (EPCs). This is the traditional way whereby the capital is fully supplied by the Government and the work is done by paid contractors.

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