Lok Sabha Question No. 2895 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-04
Subject: Construction of Bridges over Brahmaputra
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: KAMAKHYA PRASAD TASA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2895 ANSWERED ON 04 TH   JANUARY, 2018

## CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGES OVER BRAHMAPUTRA

## 2895. SHRI KAMAKHYA PRASAD TASA:

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

be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  bridges  proposed  to  be  constructed  by  the  Government  over  River Brahmaputra along with the DPR prepared till date for such bridges;
- (b) the status of all the bridges to be taken up; and
- (c) the details of roads that are yet to be 4-laned in State of Assam and the progress of the 4laning of roads from Numaligarh to Jhanji along with the funds sanctioned for maintenance works in this regard?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS (SHRI MANSUKH L. MANDAVIYA)

- (a) & (b) Three number of bridges have been proposed for Construction by the Government over the River Brahmaputra.  Consultancy services for the preparation of Detailed Project Reports (DPR) for these bridges have been awarded. The detailed of these bridges are given at Annexure-I.
- (c) 1026 km of National Highways in Assam have been approved for four-laning, out of this 12km is  under  implementation  with  State  PWD,  Assam,  649km  with  National  Highway  Authority  of  India (NHAI)  and  365km  with  National  Highways  and  Infrastructure  Development  Corporation  Limited (NHIDCL) . Four laning  of  roads  from  Numaligarh  to  Jhanji  has  been  awarded  by  NHIDCL  in  two packages on EPC mode under which the concessionaire/contractor is responsible for maintenance works during construction.  Hence no separate fund is sanctioned for the purpose. The status of 4-laning from Numaligarh - Jhanji is given at Annexure -II.

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2895  TO  BE  ANSWERED    ON  04.01.2018  ASKED  BY  SHRI  KAMAKHYA  PRASAD  TASA

## REGARDING ' CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGES OVER BRAHMAPUTRA'

|   Sl. No | NH No.   | Location                                          |   Tentative Length (km) | Agency entrusted   | Status of DPR      |
|----------|----------|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|        1 | 127B     | Between Dhubri in Assam and Phulbari in Meghalaya |                      14 | NHIDCL             | Draft DPR prepared |
|        2 | 52& 37   | Between Gohpur on NH-52 and Numaligarh on NH-37   |                      12 | NHIDCL             | Under preparation  |
|        3 | 715      | Between Kaupati and Rowta                         |                      12 | PWD Assam          | Under preparation  |

ANNEXURE REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO.2895  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  04.01.2018  ASKED  BY  SHRI  KAMAKHYA  PRASAD  TASA REGARDING ' CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGES OVER BRAHMAPUTRA'

|   Sl. No |   NH | NHSection                                                                                                                                           |   Length (km) | Agency   | Progress                                                       |
|----------|------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|----------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 |   37 | Four Laning of Numaligarh to Jorhat section from Km. 402.500 to Km. 453.000 (Design Km403.200 to Km454.240) except Dergaon bypass (with Toll Plaza) |         39.72 | NHIDCL   | (i) Financial Progress - 16.09% (ii) Physical Progress - 8.97% |
|        2 |   37 | Four Laning of Jorhat to Jhanji section from Km. 453.00 to Km. 491.08                                                                               |         37.8  | NHIDCL   | Work awarded to M/s GDCL on 09.11.2017.                        |

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