Project record

Hooghly four-location floating passenger-jetties package

Participation
Not assessed
Project facts checked

Two lots were signed on 16 August 2024 for Tamlipara, Chinsurah, Metiabruze and Pujali; the June 2026 World Bank ISR says Metiabruze remains under implementation but its results table says all 45 project jetties are complete

Project sources

West Bengal Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation signed two works lots under IN-WBTIDCL-379989-CW-RFB 2ND CALL 2LOTS for four Hooghly River passenger-jetty locations. The supplier-contract dataset names P.G. Enterprise for Tamlipara and Hooghly Ghat at Chinsurah at USD 1,272,585.60, and Patra Shipping Private Limited for Metiabruze and Pujali at USD 1,450,810.61. The latest implementation report contains conflicting closeout evidence, so package acceptance remains unconfirmed.

Floating passenger jetty and steel gangways on the Hooghly River at Babu Ghat in Kolkata

Biswarup Ganguly, Floating Jetty and Gangway at Babu Ghat, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0; Hooghly system context, not evidence of four-location package progress

Location

India / Asia Pacific

Segment

Inland-waterway floating jetties, gangways and passenger facilities

Phase

Construction / Confirmed

Last checked

5 August 2026

Coverage

Related sectors

Inland-waterway floating jetties, gangways and passenger facilities is the primary work classification. Related sectors connect this record to adjacent marine delivery and market coverage.

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Project anatomy

Contract scope and delivery roles

Client / authority
West Bengal Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited under the World Bank-financed P166020 programme
Delivery parties
P.G. Enterprise - Lot 1 contractor for Tamlipara Ghat and Hooghly Ghat at Chinsurah, Patra Shipping Private Limited - Lot 2 contractor for Metiabruze Jetty Ghat and Pujali Ghat, Fabrication, piling, marine-plant, electrical, passenger-facility, testing and other subcontractors - not identified in the reviewed public records
Contract route
WBTIDCL used an open-national, post-review Request for Bids with a single-stage two-envelope process. The July 2026 procurement plan retains the two-lot package as Signed, records the 16 August 2024 actual signature and shows a USD 2.8 million estimate. The World Bank supplier dataset separates the result into two lot awards and does not disclose the bid field, amendments or lower-tier awards.
Execution window
The current procurement plan shows a planned contract-completion date of 23 October 2025. A 22 June 2026 implementation report then says upgrades were complete at 44 of 45 project locations and identifies Metiabruze as the one jetty still under implementation, while the same report's indicator table says all 45 were complete as of 22 May 2026. The project record currently closes on 30 September 2026; a second extension to September 2027 was proposed as contingent, not automatic.
Works package
The procurement plan describes design, fabrication, installation and commissioning of floating passenger jetties with passenger facilities and amenities at four Hooghly River locations. The award titles describe construction or reconstruction of gangway-cum-pontoon jetties at Tamlipara and Hooghly Ghat/Chinsurah in Lot 1 and Metiabruze and Pujali in Lot 2. Public records reviewed do not disclose pontoon dimensions, gangway spans, piling schedule, passenger-building quantities, electrical scope or acceptance criteria.
Marine interfaces
Delivery combines tidal-river pontoon and gangway interfaces, shore-side civil works, passenger access and amenities, live ferry operations, vessel approach, mooring, fluctuating water levels and statutory shipbuilding requirements. The project safeguards framework also identifies waterside foundations, temporary passenger disruption, contractor EHS controls and accessibility as recurring interfaces, but it does not prove this package's field completion.
Commercial evidence boundary
The two World Bank committed supplier amounts total USD 2,723,396.21, approximately USD 76,603.79 below the procurement-plan estimate. That comparison is a tender baseline only. It is not evidence of final savings, paid value, variations, retention release, defects closeout or equal physical progress across the four locations.

Project timeline

Material developments

Dated events that changed scope, counterparties, delivery, commissioning or operating status.

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Latest procurement plan still lists the two-lot package as Signed

The current STEP export preserves the 16 August 2024 signature and 23 October 2025 planned completion but does not publish a package-completion or acceptance date.

Source

World Bank ISR reports incompatible jetty-completion states

The key-decisions narrative identifies Metiabruze as the remaining jetty under implementation, while the results table says all 45 project jetties were complete by 22 May.

Source

WBTIDCL signed both four-location package lots

P.G. Enterprise took Lot 1 at USD 1,272,585.60 and Patra Shipping Private Limited took Lot 2 at USD 1,450,810.61 under the same contract reference.

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Evidence gap

What remains unverified

Outstanding evidence

  • World Bank or WBTIDCL reconciliation of 44 completed locations versus the 45-complete indicator
  • Metiabruze physical completion, commissioning and owner acceptance
  • Location-level acceptance for Tamlipara, Chinsurah and Pujali
  • Pontoon, gangway, pile and passenger-facility as-built scope
  • Fabricator, piling contractor, marine plant and electrical subcontractors
  • Tidal access, live-ferry sequencing, vessel approach and mooring tests
  • Final lot values, variations, payments, retention and defects obligations
  • Any September 2027 project extension and its effect on unresolved contracts

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Reporting status

Project phase
Construction
Evidence confidence
Confirmed
Last checked
5 August 2026
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