Lok Sabha Question No. 7 (STARRED), answered on 2017-02-02
Subject: Development of National Highways
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: N.K. PREMACHANDRAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 7 ANSWERED ON 2 ND  FEBRUARY, 2017

## DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

## *7. SHRI N.K. PREMACHANDRAN:

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

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to develop the National Highways so as to meet international standards and if so, the action taken thereon;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  seek  private  participation  in  the  development  of  the National Highways and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the present status of construction of Kollam Bypass project and the expected date of completion thereof;
- (d) the details of the action  taken  by  the  Government  for  the  development  of  KollamThirumangalam National Highway; and
- (e)  the  details  of  proposed  development  and  amount  sanctioned  for  the  development  of  National Highways, especially in Kollam?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

- (a) to (e) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

(a) The  development  and  maintenance  of  National  Highways  (NHs)  is  a  continuous  process. The works on NHs are accordingly taken up from time to time as per inter-se priority, traffic density and availability of funds to keep the NHs in traffic worthy conditions.

The Ministry has taken up development of NHs 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), etc.

There  are  two  National  Expressways  (NE)  at  present.  NE-1  (Ahmedabad-  Vadodara Expressway), having 93.4 km length, was developed as 4 lane Expressway in 2004 and is under operation;  works  for  construction  of  NE-2  (Eastern  Peripheral  Expressway  in  the  States  of  Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, connecting NH-1 and NH-2), of about 135 km length, have been awarded in August,  2015  and  is  targeted  for  completion  in  March,  2018.    The  details  of  ongoing  /  planned projects  for  development  of  Expressways,  sanctioned  cost  of  ongoing  projects,  along  with  their current status is annexed.

(b) Public  Private  Partnerships  (PPP)  continue  to  be  the  preferred  model  for  developing highways  today,  leveraging  the  advantages  of  private  sector  involvement  by  way  of  harnessing overall  managerial  prowess,  operational  efficiency,  sector  specific  expertise,  investment  potential and opportunity for appropriate allocation of risks between the partners. However, Highway Sector had  witnessed  a  steep  decline  in  PPP  participation  in  2012-13  and  2013-14  with  many  viable projects unable to attract even a single bid.

The  comparatively  lower  response  to  PPP  mode  in  the  recent  past  is  due  to  economic reasons, non-availability of equity with the concessionaires and other construction, land acquisition and  regulatory  clearances  related  issues.  Under  such  a  situation,  the  Government  takes  up  road projects  under  Engineering,  Procurement,  Construction  (EPC)  mode  and  Hybrid  Annuity  Model (HAM), when the project is not found viable on PPP under Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) (Toll) mode.  HAM  is  sometimes  preferred  as  it  enables  achievement  of  greater  length  of  highway construction as compared to EPC mode due to its lower initial capital investment requirements.

While, BOT (Toll) mode continues to be the default mode, other modes are chosen when any project is not found viable on BOT (Toll).

(c) The scheduled date of completion of ongoing project of construction of Kollam Bypass is 26.11.2017.

(d) and (e) The preparation of Detailed Project Report (DPR) has been taken up for development  of  Kollam-Thirumangalam  section  of  NH  208  (new  NH  744)  in  state  of  Kerala. Development of NH 47(new NH 66)  passing through Kollam Constituency to 4-lane NH standards is  included  under  NHDP  Phase-III  and  its  DPR  preparation  has  been  taken  up.  The  work  of preparation of DPR for development to two lane with paved shoulder of Kollam to Anjilimoodu section  of  NH  220  in  the  Kollam  Constituency  has  also  been  taken  up.  Resurfacing  works  from Kadambattukonam to Krishnapuram of NH 47, from Kollam to Anjilimoodu of NH 220 (new NH 183) and from Ezhukone to Punalur of NH 208 (new NH 744) passing through this constituency have been completed recently for sanctioned costs of about Rs. 46.35 crore, Rs. 34.09 crore and Rs. 8.66 crore respectively.

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 7 ANSWERED ON 02.02.2017 ASKED BY SHRI N.K PREMACHANDRAN REGARDING DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

## (I) Details of ongoing projects for development of Expressways: -

| Name of Expressway                              | Exp. Way /NH No.   | Name of Stretch           |   Length (km) | Sanctioned cost (Rs in crore)   | Date of award   | Scheduled date of completion   |
|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|---------------|---------------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------------|
| Eastern Peripheral Expressway (Package-I to VI) | NE-II              | EPE                       |       135     | 5,763.10                        | August, 2015    | March, 2018                    |
| Delhi-Meerut Expressway (Package-I)             | NH-24              | Delhi- Delhi/UP Border    |         8.716 | 701.12                          | January, 2016   | May, 2019                      |
| Delhi-Meerut Expressway (Package-III)           | NH-24              | Delhi/UP Border to Dasana |        22.27  | 1,081.57                        | January, 2016   | June, 2019                     |

## II) Details of projects planned for development of Expressways: -

| Name of Expressway                                                        | Expressway/ NH No.   | Length (km)   | Current Status                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|---------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Delhi-Meerut Expressway Pkg-II                                            | NH-24                | 19.284        |  Financial Bids opened on 08.11.2016  One bidder has filed CWP in Hon'ble High Court of Delhi  The Hon'ble High Court has reserved its judgement in its hearing on 06.12.2016 and the judgment is awaited. |
| Delhi-Meerut Expressway Pkg-IV                                            | New Alignment        | 46.056        | Bids invited on EPC Mode and the bid due date is 16.02.2017                                                                                                                                                   |
| Vadodara-Mumbai Expressway                                                | New Alignment        | 473.062       | DPR preparation taken up                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Bangalore-Chennai Expressway                                              | New Alignment        | 264.278       | DPR preparation taken up                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Delhi-Jaipur Expressway                                                   | New Alignment        | 226.67        | DPR preparation taken up                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Delhi-Ludhiana- Amritsar-Katra with connectivity to Chandigarh Expressway | New Alignment        | --            | Bid invited for taking up Feasibility Study                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Kolkata- DhanbadExpressway                                                | New Alignment        | --            | DPR preparation taken up.                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Nagpur-Hyderabad- Bangalore Expressway                                    | New Alignment        | --            | Bid invited for taking up Feasibility Study                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Hyderabad-Vijayawada- Amravathi Expressway                                | New Alignment        | --            | In first call no bidder qualified. Then bid with modified documents being reinvited.                                                                                                                          |
| Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway                                                 | New Alignment        | --            | Bid invited for taking up Feasibility Study                                                                                                                                                                   |