Lok Sabha Question No. 2673 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-02
Subject: Completion of Projects
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: KAVITHA KALVAKUNTLA, SUNIL KUMAR SINGH, OM PRAKASH YADAV, RAM CHARITRA, PROF. RAM SHANKAR, SANTOSH AHLAWAT, SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI, P.K.SREEMATHI TEACHER, JAYADEV GALLA

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has set any new target to complete the construction of 300 National Highways in the country by 2019;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  ,  State  and  National  Highway-wise  including  Jharkhand  and Rajasthan;
- (c) whether the Government has  any list of National Highways which are running behind the scheduled time limit due to different reasons;
- (d) if so, the details thereof, State and national highway-wise;
- (e) whether the Government has formulated any action plan to complete these highways as early as possible;
- (f) if so, the details thereof; and
- (g) if not, the reasons therefor?

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2673

ANSWERED ON 2 ND  AUGUST, 2018

## COMPLETION OF PROJECTS

2673.   SHRIMATI KAVITHA KALVAKUNTLA: SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH: SHRI OM PRAKASH YADAV: SHRI RAM CHARITRA NISHAD: DR. RAM SHANKAR KATHERIA: SHRIMATI SANTOSH AHLAWAT: SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARSWATI: SHRIMATI P.K. SREEMATHI TEACHER: SHRI JAYADEV GALLA:

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

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI MANSUKH L. MANDAVIYA)

(a) to (b) The State-wise details of major projects which are about to get completed unhindered by the end of March 2019 is given at Annexure-I.

(c) to (d) The  details  of  the  delayed  projects  are  given  at  Annexure-II.    National  Highway projects are delayed mainly due to land acquisition, utility shifting, non-availability of soil/aggregate, poor  performance  of  contractors, environment/forest/wildlife  clearances, ROB  &  RUB  issues  with Railways, public  agitation  for  additional  facilities, arbitration/contractual  disputes  with  contractors etc.

(e) to (g) In order to ensure timely completion of the projects, regular meetings are held with project  developers,  State  Governments  and  contractors. To  expedite  completion  of  these  projects various  steps  are  also  taken  which  include  streamlining  of  land  acquisition  &  environment clearances, premium re-scheduling, close coordination with other Ministries, revamping of dispute resolution mechanism, frequent reviews at various levels etc.

ANNEXURE REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2673 FOR ANSWER ON 02.08.2018 ASKED BY SHRIMATI KAVITHA  KALVAKUNTLA,  SHRI  SUNIL  KUMAR  SINGH,  SHRI  OM  PRAKASH YADAV, SHRI RAM CHARITRA NISHAD, DR. RAM SHANKAR KATHERIA, SHRIMATI SANTOSH AHLAWAT, SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARSWATI, SHRIMATI P.K. SREEMATHI  TEACHER  &  SHRI  JAYADEV  GALLA  REGARDING  COMPLETION  OF PROJECTS.

State-wise details of the major projects which are about to get completed by March 2019

| S No   | State/UTs           |   Numbers of Projects |
|--------|---------------------|-----------------------|
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh      |                    17 |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh   |                     9 |
| 3      | Assam               |                    18 |
| 4      | Bihar               |                    16 |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh        |                    15 |
| 6      | Goa                 |                     2 |
| 7      | Gujarat             |                     7 |
| 8      | Gujarat/Maharashtra |                     1 |
| 9      | Haryana             |                     9 |
| 10     | Haryana/UP          |                     3 |
| 11     | Haryana/Rajasthan   |                     1 |
| 12     | Himachal Pradesh    |                     4 |
| 13     | Jammu &Kashmir      |                     2 |
| 14     | Jharkhand           |                     2 |
| 15     | Karnataka           |                    18 |
| 16     | Kerala              |                     3 |
| 17     | Madhya Pradesh      |                    17 |
| 18     | MP/Maharashtra      |                     1 |
| 19     | Maharashtra         |                    31 |
| 20     | Meghalaya           |                     2 |
| 21     | Mizoram             |                     3 |
| 22     | Odisha              |                    21 |
| 23     | Punjab              |                     8 |
| 24     | Rajasthan           |                    18 |
| 25     | Sikkim              |                     2 |
| 26     | Tamil Nadu          |                     6 |
| 27     | Telangana           |                     7 |
| 28     | Tripura             |                     2 |
| 29     | Uttar Pradesh       |                    34 |
| 30     | Uttarakhand         |                     3 |
| 31     | Uttarakhand/UP      |                     1 |
| 32     | West Bengal         |                    12 |
|        | TOTAL               |                   295 |

ANNEXURE REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (c)  TO  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2673 FOR ANSWER ON 02.08.2018 ASKED BY SHRIMATI KAVITHA  KALVAKUNTLA,  SHRI  SUNIL  KUMAR  SINGH,  SHRI  OM  PRAKASH YADAV, SHRI RAM CHARITRA NISHAD, DR. RAM SHANKAR KATHERIA, SHRIMATI SANTOSH AHLAWAT, SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARSWATI, SHRIMATI P.K. SREEMATHI  TEACHER  &  SHRI  JAYADEV  GALLA  REGARDING  COMPLETION  OF PROJECTS.

Details of the Delayed projects

| S No   | State/Scheme/Agency   |   Number of Delayed Projects |
|--------|-----------------------|------------------------------|
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh        |                            2 |
| 2      | Assam                 |                           11 |
| 3      | Bihar                 |                            5 |
| 4      | Chhattisgarh          |                            7 |
| 5      | Goa                   |                            1 |
| 6      | Gujarat               |                            7 |
| 7      | Haryana               |                            1 |
| 8      | Jammu &Kashmir        |                            3 |
| 9      | Himachal Pradesh      |                            9 |
| 10     | Jharkhand             |                           11 |
| 11     | Kerala                |                            4 |
| 12     | Madhya Pradesh        |                            4 |
| 13     | Manipur               |                            1 |
| 14     | Meghalaya             |                            6 |
| 15     | Nagaland              |                            2 |
| 16     | Odisha                |                            7 |
| 17     | Punjab                |                            1 |
| 18     | Rajasthan             |                            9 |
| 19     | Tamil Nadu            |                            6 |
| 20     | Telangana             |                            3 |
| 21     | Uttar Pradesh         |                            7 |
| 22     | Uttarakhand           |                            4 |
| 23     | West Bengal           |                            7 |
| 24     | LWE                   |                           43 |
| 25     | SARDP-NE (PWD)        |                           32 |
| 26     | NHDP-IV A             |                           47 |
| 27     | VRC                   |                            5 |
| 28     | NHIIP/EAP             |                            8 |
| 29     | CHARDHAM              |                            1 |
| 30     | NHAI                  |                          138 |
| 31     | NHIDCL                |                           22 |
|        | Total                 |                          414 |

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