Roads and Bridges Development Corporation of Kerala Ltd (RBDCK) is an autonomous body under the
Government of Kerala
The Government of Kerala (abbreviated as GoK), also known as the Kerala Government, is the administrative body responsible for governing the Indian States and territories of India, state of Kerala. The government is led by a chief minister, who ...
which manages construction of roads and bridges in the state of
Kerala
Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...
,
India
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
.
RBDCK.com
/ref> In contrast with the Kerala Public Works Department
Kerala Public Works Department (KPWD) is a department under the Government of Kerala, government of the state of Kerala, India. It manages the construction and maintenance of civil structures owned by the government viz; government buildings, g ...
, RBDC is an autonomous body which mobilises its own fund for its operations. The public work minister is the Chairman of the company. The head office of RBDCK is at Kochi
Kochi ( , ), List of renamed Indian cities and states#Kerala, formerly known as Cochin ( ), is a major port city along the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea. It is part of the Ernakulam district, district of Ernakulam in the ...
, with regional office at
Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram ( ), also known as Trivandrum, is the Capital city, capital city of the Indian state of Kerala. As of 2011, the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation had a population of 957,730 over an area of 214.86 sq. km, making it the ...
.
History
RBDCK is a corporation established and fully owned by the Government of Kerala and has been incorporated as a limited company under the Companies Act 1956 on 23 September 1999. RBDCK mainly deals with the properties and assets comprising movables and immovable including land, road projects, railway over bridge projects, toll collection rights and works under construction. RBDCK is a company under the Public Works Department of Government of Kerala.
Major functions of the Corporation are
To construct, maintain, operate and manage Highways, Roads, Bypasses, Bridges, Over-bridges etc., entrusted to and vested with the Company by the Government of Kerala or any other Government/ Governmental agencies/ Organisations including improvement, strengthening and rehabilitation of road network identified as core network and to regulate and control the use of the roads vested in, or entrusted to it.
To undertake construction and maintenance of such facilities for and on behalf of any Government, Governmental agencies and Organisations on Turn-Key, Build-Own-Transfer, Build-Own-Operate and Transfer or any other basis and to collect tolls, user charges and such other revenues for the use of such facilities from the public, Government and other agencies.
To raise funds subject to the provisions of the Companies Act 2013 and Reserve Bank of India guidelines issued from time to time for construction, maintenance, improvement and operation of such facilities etc. or by market borrowing, issue of shares, debentures, bonds or by way of loans, grants and borrowings from Government, Financial institutions including International Financial institutions.
See also
* Kerala Public Works Department
Kerala Public Works Department (KPWD) is a department under the Government of Kerala, government of the state of Kerala, India. It manages the construction and maintenance of civil structures owned by the government viz; government buildings, g ...
References
https://web.rbdck.com/index.php/staff-profile/
{{Kerala State Highways Network
State agencies of Kerala
Bridges in Kerala
Roads in Kerala
Transport organisations based in India
1999 establishments in Kerala
Construction and civil engineering companies established in 1999
Government agencies established in 1999