Lok Sabha Question No. 2230 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-08
Subject: Maintenance of NH in Odisha
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: NAGENDRA KUMAR PRADHAN, RABINDRA KUMAR JENA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2230 ANSWERED ON 8 TH  MARCH, 2018

## MAINTENANCE OF NH IN ODISHA

## 2230.   SHRI NAGENDRA KUMAR PRADHAN: SHRI RABINDRA KUMAR JENA:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सडक़ परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of stretches entrusted to National Highways Authority of India(NHAI) for improvement  under  different  programmes  in  the  country  including  Odisha  along with the funds allotted for this purpose;
- (b) the details of National Highways where improvement work has been completed or in progress, State-wise;
- (c) the details of National Highways where improvement works are yet to be taken up; and
- (d) the  status  of  improvement  and  maintenance  of  the  stretches  Talcher-Chandikhol, Cuttack-Angul-Samalpur?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI MANSUKH L.MANDAVIYA)

(a) to (b) A total length of 36097 km of National Highways including 1462.34 km in Odisha has been entrusted to National Highways Authority of India as on 31.12.2017 for improvement. The funds allotted for this purpose in Financial Year 2017-18 is Rs 22567.69 crores.

The development and maintenance of NHs is a continuous process. The minimum desirable standards for NHs is of 2 lane configuration. The works on NHs, including those for  development  of  NHs  to  minimum  2  lane  NH  standards,  are,  accordingly,  taken  up depending upon inter-se priority, traffic density and availability of funds.   The Ministry has taken up development  of  NHs/  roads  under  various phases  of  National  Highways Development Project (NHDP), Special Accelerated Road Development Programme for the North East Region (SARDP-NE) including Arunachal Pradesh Package of Roads, Special Programme for Development of Roads in the Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected areas, National  Highways  Interconnectivity  Improvement  Project  (NHIIP),  National  Highways (Original) [NH (O)] scheme, etc.  Various phases of NHDP envisaged development of NHs to 4/6 lane and 2 lane NH standards, development of expressways, etc.

Development  of  most  of  the  roads/  NHs  under  other  schemes  envisages  their upgradation  to  2  lane  NH  standards.      During  2017-18,  progress  achieved  towards development of NHs to 2 lane and 4 or more lane NH standards were about 2,889 km and 1,399 km respectively upto the period ending December, 2017.

(c) The Ministry had taken up detailed review of NHs network with a view to develop the  road  connectivity  to  Border  areas,  development  of  Coastal  roads  including  road connectivity  for  Non-Major  ports,  improvement  in  the  efficiency  of  National  Corridors, development  of  Economic  Corridors,  Inter  Corridors  and  Feeder  Routes  along  with integration with Sagarmala, etc., under 'Bharatmala Pariyojana'. Under this proposal, the Ministry has identified stretches for development of about 26,200 km length of Economic Corridors, 8,000 km of Inter Corridors, 7,500 km of Feeder Routes, 5,300 km Border and International  connectivity  roads,  4,100  km  Coastal  and  Port  connectivity  roads,  1,900  km Expressways,  National  Corridor  Efficiency  improvement  by  development  of  ring  roads around  28  cities,  decongestion  of  about  125  choke  points  and  66  congestion  points, development  of  35  nos.  of  Multimodal  Logistics  Parks.      The  Cabinet  Committee  on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the proposal for investment approval for Phase-I of 'Bharatmala Pariyojana' during its meeting held on 24.10.2017.  'Bharatmala Pariyojana' Phase-I includes development of about 9,000 km length of Economic corridors, about 6,000 km length of Inter-corridor and feeder roads, about 5,000 km length of National Corridors Efficiency improvements, about 2,000 km length of Border and International connectivity roads, about 2,000 km length of Coastal and port connectivity roads, about 800 km length of Expressways and balance length of about 10,000 km of roads under NHDP. The programme is  targeted  for  completion in  2021-2022.    The  general principle  for upgradation of  roads under  Phase-I  of  Bharatmala  Pariyojana  includes  development  of  Economic  corridors primarily to 4/6 lane NH standards, Inter-corridor and feeder roads primarily to 4 lane NH standards and Border, International connectivity roads, Coastal and port connectivity roads primarily to 2 lane NH standards.

(d)           The development of Talcher - Chandikhol into three packages has been awarded by  NHAI  on  31.01.2018.  The  maintenance  work  in  the  existing  stretch  has  started.  The development  of  Cuttack-Sambalpur  has  been  taken  up  into  two  packages  i.e.  Cuttack  to Angul and Angul to Sambalpur. As regards the stretch of Angul-Sambalpur, the work  as well as maintenance has started by the contractor. For the stretch of Cuttack to Angul, it has been subdivided into two packages i.e. Manguli to Jhargadia and Jhargadia to Angul. The work of 4-laning of Manguli to Jharghadia has started, moreover,  contract agreement has been signed in the project of 4-laning of Jhargadia to  Angul. The repair & maintenance was being carried out through State PWD up to 2017.

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