Lok Sabha Question No. 5352 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-06
Subject: Feasibility Studies for new Road Projects
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: RAJESH PANDEY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5352

ANSWERED ON 6 TH  APRIL, 2017

## FEASIBILITY STUDIES FOR NEW ROAD PROJECTS

## 5352.  SHRI RAJESH PANDEY:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS सडक परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to conduct feasibility studies for new road projects;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise particularly in Uttar Pradesh;
- (c) the  measures  taken  by  the  National  Highways  Authority  of  India  (NHAI)  to  mobilize funds for speedy completion of pending and incomplete projects; and
- (d) the  total  expenditure  incurred  during  the  last  three  years  to  execute  National  Highway projects under Public-Private Partnership across the country?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

- (a)  to  (b)    The  State-wise  details  of  DPR  (Detailed  projects  report)  of  newly  in-principle approved stretches including Uttar Pradesh  are given at Annexure.
- (c)  Mobilization  of  funds  is  a  project  specific  activity  which  depends  on  the  mode  of implementation of projects as in PPP (Public- Private Partnership) projects, fund mobilization is the responsibility of the concessionaire and, in public funded projects, payments are made as per achievement of project milestones.
- (d)  Total  private  sector  investment  of  about  Rs  71,517  Crore  have  been  made  to  execute  the National  Highways  under  Public-  Private  Partnership  during  the  last  three  years  across  the country.

ANNEXURE REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  5352  ANSWERED  ON  06.04.2017  ASKED  BY  SHRI RAJESH PANDEY REGARDING FEASIBILITY STUDIES FOR NEW ROAD PROJECTS.

## State-wise details of DPR works approved in-principle (Tentative)

| Sl. No.   | State / Union Territory   |   Total length (km) |
|-----------|---------------------------|---------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh            |             1654    |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh         |              348    |
| 3         | Assam                     |             1541    |
| 4         | Bihar                     |             2133.8  |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh              |             2032.6  |
| 6         | Delhi                     |                9    |
| 7         | Goa                       |              108.5  |
| 8         | Gujarat                   |              846    |
| 9         | Haryana                   |              851.23 |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh          |             4019.36 |
| 11        | Jammu &Kashmir            |              167    |
| 12        | Jharkhand                 |             2728.5  |
| 13        | Karnataka                 |             6206    |
| 14        | Kerala                    |              238    |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh            |             2967    |
| 16        | Maharashtra               |            11097.8  |
| 17        | Manipur                   |               90    |
| 18        | Meghalaya                 |              166    |
| 19        | Nagaland                  |              805.7  |
| 20        | Odisha                    |             1171    |
| 21        | Punjab                    |              678.19 |
| 22        | Rajasthan                 |             2774.1  |
| 23        | Sikkim                    |              534    |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu                |              730    |
| 25        | Telangana                 |             2636.05 |
| 26        | Uttarakhand               |              582.25 |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh             |             2715.78 |
| 28        | West Bengal               |              291.5  |
| 29        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands  |               90.7  |
| 30        | Economic Corridor         |             2482    |
| 31        | Left out of BHARAMALA     |             4788.4  |
|           | Total Length              |            57483.4  |

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