SKIL close to getting Mumbai sea project

Mukesh Ambani-controlled Sea King Infrastructure Ltd (SKIL)-ILFS consortium today inched closer to bagging the project for the Rs 6,000-crore, 22-km Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) between Sewari and Nava Sheva.

The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC), the nodal agency for the project, has decided to recommend to the state government that one of the options for taking the project forward is to ask the SKIL-IL&FS consortium to submit a fresh tender. The consortium was left as the sole bidder after Anil Ambani-led RELINFRA-Hyundai consortium pulled out of the race last week.

The MSRDC board today discussed various options at a meeting that lasted for more than three hours, said sources close to the development. "The MSRDC board decided to tell the state government that the bid by the Anil Ambani-controlled consortium is no longer valid as it has not submitted the letter for extension of the validity of the bid and that it should direct the corporation what action should it take," said MSRDC Chairman and state PWD Minister Anil Deshmukh.

"We will also inform the government that there are three options