Lok Sabha Question No. 206 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-02
Subject: Time Overrun of Highway Construction Projects
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: VEENA DEVI

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether a number of highway construction projects are still incomplete;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise along with the amount spent till December, 2016, project-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has proposed to restart the construction work on these projects; and
- (d) if so, the time by which the said projects are likely to be completed?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

(a)  to  (b)    There  have  been  delays  in  some  of  the  projects  mainly  due  to  problems  in  land acquisition, utility shifting, non-availability of Soil/Aggregates, Poor performance of contractors, Environment/ Forest/Wildlife Clearance, ROB & RUB issue with Railways, Public agitation for additional facilities,  Arbitration/contractual disputes with contractors etc. Details of delayed projects, state wise are enclosed as Annexure-I.

- (c) to (d) These projects are under implementation and are likely to be completed by Mar 2018.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 206 ANSWERED ON  2 ND  FEBRUARY, 2017

## TIME OVERRUN OF HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

## 206. SHRIMATI VEENA DEVI:

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

ANNEXURE REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 206 ANSWERED ON 02.02.2017 ASKED BY SHRIMATI VEENA DEVI REGARDING TIME OVERRUN  OF HIGHWAY  CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

The State / Union Territory-wise details of delayed projects

|   S No | State/UTs/Scheme   |   Nos | Length (km)   |   Cost (Cr) |
|--------|--------------------|-------|---------------|-------------|
|      1 | Assam              |     6 | 92.252        |    388.7    |
|      2 | Bihar              |     7 | 88.5          |    415.82   |
|      3 | Chhattisgarh       |     2 | Bridges       |     22.72   |
|      4 | Goa                |     6 | Bridges       |     22.76   |
|      5 | Gujarat            |     2 | 48.6          |     58.84   |
|      6 | Haryana            |     1 | 3             |      8.27   |
|      7 | Himachal Pradesh   |     6 | Bridges       |     29.64   |
|      8 | Jammu &Kashmir     |     1 | 4.97          |     13.56   |
|      9 | Jharkhand          |     4 | 2             |      7.75   |
|     10 | Karnataka          |     6 | 195.6         |    572.29   |
|     11 | Kerala             |     9 | 38.4          |     83.74   |
|     12 | Madhya Pradesh     |    10 | 11.6          |     31      |
|     13 | Maharastra         |     2 | 236.9         |     18.47   |
|     14 | Meghalaya          |     5 | Bridges       |     17.3723 |
|     15 | Mizoram            |     5 | 5.318         |      2.13   |
|     16 | Odisha             |     5 | 127.9         |    690.1    |
|     17 | Puduchery          |     1 | 13.3          |     11.77   |
|     18 | Punjab             |     4 | 4.5           |     26.02   |
|     19 | Rajasthan          |    12 | 272           |    765      |
|     20 | Tamil Nadu         |     6 | 108.5         |    226.8    |
|     21 | Telangana          |     4 | 2             |    125.7    |
|     22 | Uttar Pradesh      |    10 | 131.09        |    376.1    |
|     23 | Uttarakhand        |    14 | 16            |    116.11   |
|     24 | LWE                |    51 | 2188.75       |   3953.86   |
|     25 | NHDP-IV A          |    14 | 1507.01       |   6302.85   |
|     26 | NHIIP/EAP          |     4 | 320           |   1045.68   |
|     27 | SARDP BRO          |    15 | 274.194       |   1165.28   |
|     28 | SARDP-NE(PWD)      |    33 | 1290.675      |   7491.19   |
|     29 | NHAI               |   105 | 9577.51       |  89404.4    |

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