Lok Sabha Question No. 1668 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-28
Subject: Execution of Road Projects under Bharatmala Pariyojana
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: M.K. Vishnu Prasad

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1668 ANSWERED ON 28 TH   NOVEMBER, 2019

## EXECUTION OF ROAD PROJECTS UNDER BHARATMALA PARIYOJANA

1668.   DR. VISHNU PRASAD M.K:

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

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  construct  roads  along  India's  borders  and  other important  places  particularly  in  Tamil  Nadu  under  Bharatmala  Pariyojana  and  if  so,  the details thereof;
- (b) whether all the stakeholders especially farmers whose land is to be acquired have been taken into confidence and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether re-alignment is proposed where the road passes through fertile land and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the present status of progress of each project, State-wise along with the time frame set for completion thereof; and
- (e) the funds allocated for each project during the last two years and the current financial year?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) to (e)  The Government of India had approved Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase-I in October, 2017 with  an  aggregate  length  of  about  34,800  km  (including  10,000  km  residual  NHDP stretches) at an estimated outlay of Rs. 5,35,000.00 crores for 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.

A manual of guidelines on land acquisition for National Highways has been evolved which includes comprehensive policy guidelines regarding applicability of Right to Fair Compensation in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (RFCTLARR Act, 2013)  to  the  National  Highways  Act,  1956,  determination  of  market value  of  land,  multiplication  factor,  purchase  of  land  through  consent  of  land  owners, acquisition  of  land  for  missing  plot,  administrative  charges  for  land  acquisition  etc. Development  of  highway  stretches  is  taken  up  post  finalisation  of  alignment,  cost estimates, land acquisition requirement etc. based on outcome of Detailed Project Report (DPR)/ Feasibility Study, project viability, inter-se-priority and availability of funds.

Total  of  255  road  projects  with  an  aggregate  length  of  about  10,699  km  have  been approved till October, 2019 under Bharatmala Pariyojana with Total Cost as Rs. 2,64,916 crores  approximately.  State  wise  list  is  provided  at Annexure .  Bharatmala  Pariyojana Phase-I is targeted for completion by 2021-22.

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1668 FOR ANSWER ON 28.11.2019 ASKED BY DR. VISHNU PRASAD M.K. REGARDING ' EXECUTION OF ROAD PROJECTS UNDER BHARATMALA PARIYOJANA '

State-wise details of highway projects approved under Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase-I till October, 2019

| Sr. no.   | State             |   No. of Projects |   Length (in Km) |   Total Cost (Rs. in cr.) |
|-----------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |                13 |          506.42  |                  12766    |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |                 0 |            0     |                      0    |
| 3         | Assam             |                 3 |           82.05  |                   2325.84 |
| 4         | Bihar             |                 7 |          471.771 |                  10540    |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      |                 1 |           53.3   |                   1588.75 |
| 6         | Delhi             |                 5 |           41     |                   7958.44 |
| 7         | Goa               |                 0 |            0     |                      0    |
| 8         | Gujarat           |                10 |          386.96  |                  16107.5  |
| 9         | Haryana           |                19 |          575.721 |                  23783.7  |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh  |                 1 |           23     |                   1012.77 |
| 11        | Jammu &Kashmir    |                 2 |          100     |                   3852.21 |
| 12        | Jharkhand         |                 8 |          343.35  |                   6531.17 |
| 13        | Karnataka         |                12 |          634.34  |                  15760.2  |
| 14        | Kerala            |                 4 |           51.2   |                   3386.31 |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh    |                20 |          670.9   |                  18076.9  |
| 16        | Maharashtra       |                29 |          794.563 |                  21072.7  |
| 17        | Manipur           |                 0 |            0     |                      0    |
| 18        | Meghalaya         |                 0 |            0     |                      0    |
| 19        | Mizoram           |                 0 |            0     |                      0    |
| 20        | Nagaland          |                 0 |            0     |                      0    |
| 21        | Odisha            |                14 |          716     |                  11101.5  |
| 22        | Punjab            |                 3 |          120.31  |                    723.67 |
| 23        | Rajasthan         |                33 |         1769.86  |                  27765    |
| 24        | Sikkim            |                 0 |            0     |                      0    |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu        |                29 |         1208.98  |                  24430.6  |
| 26        | Telangana         |                 6 |          261     |                   5166.38 |
| 27        | Tripura           |                 0 |            0     |                      0    |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh     |                28 |         1572.4   |                  42402.6  |
| 29        | Uttarakhand       |                 3 |           80.06  |                    556.11 |
| 30        | West Bengal       |                 5 |          236.22  |                   8007.59 |
|           | Total             |               255 |        10699.4   |                 264916    |

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