News, Updates, Construction Progress – WTC GIFT City, Gujarat

Overall Vision: Roads in GIFT Project will be of International class and it is planned in a manner which will GIFT a make zero accident zone in the city.

Current Status: Up gradation of Access Road and the construction of 5 Km of sub-arterial road is completed. Request for Qualification (RFQ) for construction of Arterial Road is completed. Request for Proposal (RFP) for construction of Arterial Road is under process.

Overall Vision: GIFT Project will be zero discharge city; water will be drinkable from any tap. Storage of surface run-off & rain water will be done and the water infrastructure will consist of next class Water Treatment Plant (WTP) and Sewerage Treatment Plant (STP).

Current Status: Construction of Raw Water Pumping Station (RWPS) and water supply transmission main pipeline to GIFT Zone from Narmada Canal–Completed. Works for WTP and STP have been assigned to M/s Voltas Limited. WTP (3 MLD) has been commissioned and STP (2.2 MLD) would get commissioned shortly. Consultancy work for framing Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for GIFT Water Infrastructure Ltd. is completed.

Overall Vision: GIFT Project ensures 99.999% power reliability, which means Outage of 5.3 minutes per annum.

Current Status: Construction power arrangement, works for street lighting on access road to GIFT Project, LED Street Lighting system for the sub-arterial roads have completed. 66kv Substation is commissioned by Blue Star. Consultancy work for framing of Standard Operating Procedures for the GIFT Power Company Ltd is completed. Techno-Economic Feasibility study for setting up Gas Based Power Generation Plant in GIFT City is awarded and same is under progress. Centralized Distribution Substation work has been awarded. Design, Supply, Installation, testing and commissioning of 2750kv, 11 kv Diesel Generator Set for backup power supply arrangement work has been awarded.

Overall Vision: Create leading-edge infrastructure, services and platforms and offer financial services & IT/ITeS enterprises a significant competitive advantage to operate regionally and globally.

Current Status: Overall concept, master plan, high design of ICT services including Data center is developed by British Telecom and to implement the same, a consortium consisting of reputed agencies including Tata Communications, Newgen ITeS services & Centios (JV of Korean Telecom & Cisco System) has been selected to provide ICT services within GIFT City. A state of art Tier IV Data Center with a capacity of 900 racks is being developed by the consortium, this Data center will provide advance IT services like cloud computing , managed services and readily available access to multiple financial gateways. As of now GIFT city has fibre optic based telecom connectivity from 3 major telecommunication services providers. The connectivity in GIFT is in from two diverse paths and laid in fault tolerant ring architecture. The fiber optic duct of length almost 40 KM has been laid within the city for connecting various existing & upcoming buildings along with support infrastructures. GIFT city has also rolled out pilot project of first of its kind City Control and Command Centre (C-4 ) , this is first of kind ICT platform which allows management of City's utility infrastructure monitoring/ management & City's surveillance from a single place.

Overall Vision: District Cooling System is introduced first time in India for any commercial use. The chilled water will be supplied till building level and it will reduce energy & maintenance cost, reduce noise & vibrations, improves air quality.

Current Status: Work assigned to ETA Engineers Pvt. Ltd. a reputed international agency from Dubai on EPC basis. First District Cooling plant to support Phase–I development is expected to get commissioned shortly.

Overall Vision: Automated Waste Collection System is one of the unique next class infrastructure planned in GIFT Project. It will maximize resource recovery/minimal emissions, minimize impact on environment, human intervention, space requirement, impact on hea lth hazard and with no waste visibility which will make city clean, green and healthy.

Current Status: Work assigned to Envac a reputed international agency from Sweden and construction work for Central Waste Handling Facility (CWHF) of 5 to 50 TPD capacity would get commissioned shortly.

Overall Vision: All utility services except gas and sewerage from plants to various buildings will be routed through utility tunnel only. GIFT is planned to develop Utility Tunnel throughout city including DTA & SEZ areas.

Current Status: For first phase, work awarded to M. S. Khurana Engineering Ltd for construction of Utility Tunnel of 2.4k.m. length in DTA is completed. MEP Tender awarded to Blue Star Ltd. Request for Qualification (RFQ) for construction of Utility Tunnel for Phase II (4.5 k.m) is under process.

Overall Vision: Artificial water body of 1.2km planned which will work as a 15 days water storage for the city and also use for the recreational and entertainment.

Current Status: RFP for selection of consultancy for Design, Proof Checking and Project Management Consultancy services (PMC) for Development of Master Balancing Reservoir (MBR) in GIFT City is awarded to TCE. Request for Qualification (RFQ) for construction of MBR (900 MLD) is under process. RFP for construction of MBR (900 MLD) is under preparation.

Overall Vision: Multi level car parks have been planned for systematic and efficient parking in the city. There are 14MLP's planned for facilitating 60000 car parks.

Current Status: GIFT City is planned to implement a MLP (capacity of 5400 ECS:estimated cost Rs. 350 Cr) on Design-Build basis. Tenders are prepared, selection of contractor is in progress and the construction is expected to commence shortly.

It is commercial tower located in Domestic Tariff Area (DTA) consists of 29 floor (122 mtrs). It is developed by ITUAL and constructed by L&T Ltd. The building consists of 12 high speed elevators and has next class building elevation & infrastructure. "GIFT ONE" was inaugurated by Hon'ble Chief Minister-GOG on January 10, 2013 and is operational with leading Public Sector Banks, IT & Finance Companies occupying space in the Tower.

It is commercial tower located in Domestic Tariff Area (DTA) consists of 29 floor (122 mtrs). It is developed by ITUAL and constructed by Al Nakra Constructions, Dubai (ANC).The building consist of 12 high speed elevators and will have next class building elevation & infrastructure. The building will be inaugurated shortly.

Sterling Addlife India Limited, a leading Corporate Hospital Chain is developing a state-of-the-art multispecialty Hospital of 200 beds in GIFT City. Design & Architectural Specification of the facility are under finalization, construction to commence shortly.

Narsee Monjee Education Trust of Mumbai is developing ICSE School. Admission process for academic year 2015 under progress, School to become operational from June 2015.

Skill Development & Training Centre planned at GIFT City will provide skilled manpower with adequate knowledge in the Financial & allied Services. Allotment has been made to Global Insurance Services (India) Private Limited for development of Skill Development & Training Centre at GIFT City. The Centre spread across 0.2 mn. Sq. ft. of BUA to bed eveloped at an estimated investment of Rs.100 crore will be providingt raining in the areas of Insurance & related activities. Design & Architectural features are under finalization.

Two Hotels (4/5star) are being planned in GIFT City currently and work for the same is expected to commence shortly. GIFT will also have India's first Business Club. Allotment for GIFT International Centre (Business Club) is made to West India Hospitality Ltd. Construction of the same is in progress.

A Driving range and 9 holes golf course is planned in GIFT Area.

Two Multi Service Fuel Stations are planned to be developed in GIFT City. First multi service fuel station developed by Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL) is operational.

Insync with the vision of GIFT City to develop India's first Global Financial Hub, State Bank of India, country's largest Public Sector Bank is setting up their operations at GIFT City. Allotment has been made to SBI for development of commercial facilities of around 0.2mn Sq. ft. of BUA at an investment of around Rs. 150 crore to support their International & Domestic operations from GIFT City.

Allotment made to BSE Brokers' Forum for Development Rights of around 0.5mn Sq.ft. of BUA for development of an Iconic BSE Tower for its members at GIFT City.

• GIFT Urban Development Authority (GIFTUDA) and GIFT Notified Committee constituted by Government of Gujarat (GoG) to act as single window clearance agency for the Project.
• Building height clearance up to 122 mtrs for the entire Project received from Airport Authority of India.
• Environment Clearance for the GIFT Project received from SEIAA.
• Approval received for the Development Plan with 3.65 global FSI for the Project.
• 30 MLD water allocated from Narmada Main Canal by SSNNL.
• Mutli-Service SEZ over 261 acres, notified by Government of India (GoI).
• Mutli-Service SEZ over 261 acres, notified by Government of India (GoI).

• GIFT Project is one of the 6 ventures of India that have figured in list of world's most innovative, impactful infrastructure projects by International Accounting Firm KPMG.
• GIFT City has won the "e-LETS" Award for its innovative City Control and Command Centre ( C-4 ) . GIFT City is the recipient of "Innovative solution for Smart Cities", an accolade that recognizes stand-out organizational contributions in driving change through technology.
• Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) was selected as one of the world's 'Strategic Top 100 Infrastructure Projects' in 2014 by CG/LA Infrastructure Inc, a 25 year old US-based firm and in that won the most prestigious award in the category of 'Green/New Infrastructure Project of the Year'.
• GIFT City has been conferred as "Smart City of Future" by Cisco Technology Award2014.
• Gujarat International Finance Tec-City Company Limited (GIFTCL) was awarded as the 'Outstanding Concrete Structure of Ahmedabad-2013' in the category of 'Commercial Building' for GIFT ONE Tower Project at the 'ICI (Ahmedabad) UltraTech Award'.
• Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) had got the Certificate of Achievement in 'Innovation in Utility Transmission & Distribution Infrastrucuture-2013' presented by 'Bentley Systems, Incorporation'.
• Gujarat International Finance Tec-City Company Limited (GIFTCL) won the most prestigious award in the category of 'Best Industrial Development & Expansion' at the 'Infrastructure Investment Awards-2012' organized by World Finance–A WN Media Group based in London.