Rating Rationale (DPJDRA or the ‘Company’)

Rating Rationale
Brickwork Ratings assigns ‘BWR A3’ for DPJ-DRA Tollways Pvt. Ltd.’s (DPJDRA or
the ‘Company’) Bank Credit Facilities of ₹ 21.60 Cr.
*Facility
Limits
(₹ Cr)
Non Fund Based
Bank Guarantee
21.60
Total
21.60
Tenure
Rating
Short Term
BWR A3
(Pronounced as BWR A Three)
INR Twenty One Crores and Sixty Lakhs only
Brickwork Ratings (BWR) has assigned the Ratings1 of ‘BWR A3’ for DPJ-DRA Tollways Pvt
Ltd.’s bank loan facilities of ₹ 21.60 Cr. The rating “BWR A3” stands for an instrument that is
considered to have moderate degree of safety regarding timely servicing of financial obligations.
Such instruments carry higher credit risk.
Outstanding Issues of DPJ-DRA Tollways Pvt. Ltd rated by BWR:
Issue*
Limits
(₹ Cr)
NCD
20.00
Total
20.00
Tenure
Rating
7 years
BWR BBB(Pronounced as BWR Triple B Minus)
INR Twenty Crores only
*Refer to the rationale dated 26th August, 2014 published in our website.
The rating has, inter alia, factored established track record of the sponsors in infrastructure
road projects, and the performance required under the Concession Agreement with NHAI,
which is only OMT (Operation, Maintenance and Transfer). NHAI has already transferred the
said project to the company, toll collection has already commenced, and there is a visible
revenue stream. The rating is however constrained by inherent risks associated with the tollbased revenue model, fairly large concession fee payable, and significant major maintenance
costs.
Background:
DPJ-DRA Tollways Private Limited is a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) Company incorporated
by DPJ and DRA on 23rd April, 2013. DPJ and DRA are the Promoters of the Project and both
have successfully positioned themselves in the road and civil construction industry.The
purpose of SPV is to undertake the Operation and Maintenance of Lalitpur – Sagar –
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Lakhnadon from Km. 99.005 to Km. 415.089 section of NH-26 on OMT basis in the states of
Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. The company has 4 directors, namely Mr. Girish Jain, Mr.
Dinesh Chandra R. Agrawal, Mr. Deepak Jain and Mr. Jagdish Chandra Agrawal.
Financial Performance:
As per Provisional figures for FY14, the company has achieved net revenue of Rs 25.94crs with a
PAT of Rs 1.84crs. Revenues are from toll collection figures from the 4 tolls under the purview of
DPJ DRA Tollways. The toll collection started on 06/10/13 and actual toll collection for 177 days
till 31/03/14 was Rs 25.94 Crs @ average of Rs 14.7 Lakhs per day, the company has also paid
concession fee of Rs 15.88crs for the same period. As per the concession agreement the
promoters have also provided performance guarantee of Rs 21.60crs towards NHAI.
Credit Risk Assessment:
As per the concession agreement, the SPV was required to provide bank guarantee/performance
guarantee of Rs 21.60crs to NHAI to ensure that the maintenance works are carried on within
stipulated time, in accordance with the provisions of the agreement. Since the SPV was not
having sufficient cash flows in the initial days, the promoters had arranged for the BG from their
bankers, on behalf of the SPV.
Since the project has been completed and toll collections have started, the said corporate
guarantee is being substituted by the bank guarantee/performance guarantee sanctioned by
Central Bank of India to the SPV itself. Hence carrying out the maintenance works, as scheduled
in the concession agreement is important. For this purpose, achieving toll revenues as per
projections will be the key. In the event of any shortfall, the company will have to look to the
promoters for support.
Rating Outlook:
The outlook is stable. The company’s ability to complete the project constructions without any
time/cost overrun and carryon the routine maintenance as well as major maintenace as per the
scheduled timelines mentioned in the concession agreement, achieve the projected revenue and
profitablity will be the key sensitivites.
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