₹6,600 crore (about $867 million) of debt financing for acquiring tolling rights of the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, which it won through a bidding process in February, said two people aware of the development.IRB's 15-year tolling contract for the Mumbai-Pune Expressway expired in August last year.
After multiple rounds of bids, IRB emerged as the winner for the 10-year contract for a consideration of ₹8,262 crore.The funds have been raised from a consortium led by the State Bank of India, said one of the people cited above, requesting anonymity.IRB will make a payment of ₹6,500 crore to the Maharashtra State Road Development Corp (MSRDC) today, the person said."The first tranche of payment of ₹6,500 crore will be made to MSRDC today.