Keeping Company with the Nation on Move

Roads, the predominant mode of transportation in India carry almost 80 percent of the country's passenger traffic and 65 percent of its freight. With a density of 0.66 km of highway per square kilometer of land India's highway network is similar to that of the United States (0.65) and much greater than China's (0.16) or Brazil's (0.20). India boasts of 3.3 million Kms of highways, with 80,000 Kms of National highways and 1,31,000 Kms of State highways. Indian roads experienced a 10.16% CAGR of growth of vehicles in the last five years.

VIL spotted this opportunity way back in 2000 and strategically decided to stay focused on BOT projects. It made a humble start with the development of 8.3 Km Bypass road on BOT basis, which was one of the first BOT concessions awarded at that time. Those were tough times for the industry with stiff resistance from key stakeholders i.e. the commuters for paying toll for using the road. However, the concept matured well over time and VIL completed 4 projects well within stipulated construction time, the concession period for these range from 15 to 30 years.
VIL has recently signed a contract for four laning of 64 Km project highway with a project value of INR 6.8 Billion.