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Lok Sabha Question No. 4112 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-12
Subject: Efficiency of Road Transport
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Pritam Gopinath Munde, Chandra Sekhar Sahu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4112 ANSWERED ON 12 TH   DECEMBER, 2019

## EFFICIENCY OF ROAD TRANSPORT

## 4112.   DR. PRITAM GOPINATHRAO MUNDE: SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU:

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

be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government is aware that ageing infrastructure, road congestion, growth in heavy vehicle traffic and insufficient maintenance have rendered the road transport system inefficient in the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof along with the reaction of the Government thereto;

(c)  whether  research  and  development  efforts  are  needed  in  the  theme  areas  such  as development of smart materials, innovative design and maintenance technologies;

(d) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto; and

(e) the steps taken by the Government to meet the challenges of developing long-lasting and low-maintenance pavements?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

(a)  to  (e)    Ministry  is  primarily  responsible  for  construction  and  maintenance  of  National Highways  (NHs)  in  the  country.  National  Highways  are  developed  as  per  Guidelines  / Standards  issued  by  Indian  Road  Congress  (IRC)  /  Ministry,  depending  upon  the  traffic requirement, availability of funds and inter-se-priority. National Highways are designed and constructed on the basis of life cycle cost analysis which includes appropriate maintenance and rehabilitation of roads/ structures during the design life. Research and Development is a continuous process and findings of the research are appropriately included in the Ministry/IRC  Guidelines/Standards.  Ministry  also  allows  use  of  new/alternative  materials, technologies and innovation in the design, construction and maintenance of NHs.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4111 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-12
Subject: Air Services from Bihar
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4111 (To be answered on the December 2019) 12th

## AIR SERVICES FROM BIHAR

## 4111. SHRI RAJIV RANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGH

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (0) whether the Government has recommended to start air services from Furnea  Bhagalpur; Darbhanga; Saharsa and Valmikinagar by selecting them for providing regional air services in Bihar; and
2. (b) if the details thereof with the time which air services are proposed to be started from these cities? S0, along by

## ANSWER

Minister of State (IC) in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Hardeep Singh Puri)

@and (): Government has launched Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) UDAN (de Desh ka Aam Nagrik) on 2i.10.2016 to stimulate regional air awarded the starting air services from Darbhanga in Bihar:

2. Delhi Darbhanga Delhi
1. Mumbai Darbhanga Mumbai
3. Bengaluru Darbhanga Bengaluru

The Selected Airline Operators (SAOs) are obligated to commence RCS flight operations on a RCS-route within & period of six months from the issuance of Letter of Award or within two months from the readiness of airport; whichever} is Jater; unless any extension is granted by the Implementing Agency: The RCS operations from Darbhanga can be commenced once the as submitted in the bid by the SAO. AAI has taken up the works for strengthening of the runway and construction of terminal building:

Purnea is Defence airport which is operate RCS UDAN flights No tairline has submitted any bid C and earlier rounds of unserved Airports/Airstrips in the version 4.0. If valid bid is country of RCS UDAN document of considered as pery sched bidcuneecived under bidding Valmikinagar bidding any

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4110 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-12
Subject: Facilities at Sea Ports
Ministry: SHIPPING
Asked by: Ravindra Kushawaha, Pratima Bhoumik

## GOVERNMENI'OF  INDIA MINISTRY OF SHIPPING

## LOK SABHA UNSTRARRED  QUESTION  NO. 4110

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## FACILITIES  AT SEA PORTS

- 41 10. SHRI RAVINDRAKUSHWAHAMS, PRATIMA BHOUMIK:

Will the Minister of SHIPPING  be pleased  to state 'n-dqfts6{'i*

- (a) whether the Government  has conducted  any study lo assess the facilities  available at sea ports of coastal States across the country'
- (b) if so, the details thereof,
- (d) the details of the action  taken by the Government  in this regard?
- regard during  the (c) the details of the proposals received  by the Government  in this last three  Years;  and

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF SIATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE) FOR SHIPPING (SHRi MANSUKH MANDAVIYA)

(a) & (b) Yes Sir, an analysis  of nation-wide end{o-end  logistics  flows of all key commodities(-85%ofallcommodities)atportswascarriedoutbaseclonwhichthe National  perspective  plan (Npp) for the sagarmara  programme was prepared in April 2016.

As a part of the NPP' a roadmap was developed  for increastng  lndian port capacity to 3300+ MTPA by 2025 Master  Planning  of 12 Major Ports  has been carried out and 95 capacityexpansionandportmodernizationprojectshavebeenidentified,Majorports capacityhasbeenre.ratedwithrespecttoglobalbenchmarksasperberthingpolicy 2016 and effective  capacity  has increased by 293 MTPA after re rating Global benchmarks  have been adopted to improve the efficiency and productivity Kp[s for ma.lor  ports, 1 16 initiatives have been identified to unlock 100 MTPA of capacity  at major  ports.

Further, an Action Plan for Coastal  Shipping has been prepared by Asian Development Bank (ADB) in September  2019' This action  plan gives recommendations with respect to infrastructure  creation  required  to increase the use of coastal shipping  in lndia.

(c) & (d) Ministry  of Shipping has approved 67 prolects (cost. Rs 5702 Crore)  under Sagarmala  Programme  for financial  assistance  of Rs 1'491 Crores for improving  port infrastructure  and  port conneciivity'
Lok Sabha Question No. 4104 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-12
Subject: National Highways in West Bengal
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Sajda Ahmed

be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of new  National  Highway  sanctioned  for  construction in the State of  West Bengal(WB);
- (b)  whether  the  Government  has  received  any  proposal  for  construction  of  new  NH  from  Pursura  to Deulti Bagnan in Uluberia (WB);
- (c) if so, the action taken thereon; and
- (d) the funds allocated and released for development and construction of NHs in WB during the last three years?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) 677 km length of new National Highways (NHs) has been declared in West Bengal since 2014-15.
- (b) & (c)  Ministry has not received any such proposal from Government of West Bengal for construction of new National Highways from Pursura to Deulti Bagnan in Uluberia (WB).
- (d) Funds allocated & expenditure incurred for development and construction of NHs in West Bengal during the last three years are as under.

| Year    |   Allocation (Rs. in Crore) |   Expenditure (Rs. in Crore) |
|---------|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
| 2016-17 |                     5043.82 |                      3025.3  |
| 2017-18 |                     4151.9  |                      4144.24 |
| 2018-19 |                     4354.5  |                      3064.53 |

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4104

ANSWERED ON 12 TH  DECEMBER, 2019

## NATIONAL HIGHWAYS IN WEST BENGAL

## 4104.    SHRIMATI SAJDA AHMED:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री
Lok Sabha Question No. 4103 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-12
Subject: Inclusion of Bhopal under Smart City Mission
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Pragya Singh Thakur

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4103

TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 12, 2019

## INCLUSION OF BHOPAL UNDER SMART CITY MISSION

## SADHVI PRAGYA SINGH THAKUR:

Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state

- whether Bhopal city Madhya Pradesh included
- (a) of has been under the Smart City Mission;
- (b) if so, the details of the Detailed Project Report (DPR) in this regard and the amount of budget released during the last four years;
- c) whether the utilisation certificate supported by audited statement of report of the said budget has been received and if
- So, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether the proposal to modify sanctioned DPR of Bhopal
- the smart city has been received and if SO, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

(SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

- (a) to (c) Yes, SirThe City of Bhopal was selected to be developed as Smart City in Round-I in January, 2016. For the Smart City of Bhopal, the Government of India have released Rs: 490 crore to the State Government of Madhya Pradesh out of which the State has transferred Rs. 360.28 crore to Bhopal Smart As against the requirement of contributing matching share, the State Government of Madhya Pradesh has released Rs. 200 crore to the Bhopal Smart City and as on 29th November, 2019, the Bhopal Smart City has reported utilization of Rs: 392 crore:
- (d) The Smart Cities Mission has not received any proposal for modifying the SCP of Bhopal Smart City-

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4102 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-12
Subject: Funds for Rural Water Supply
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Thalikkottai Rajuthevar Baalu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4102 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.12.2019

## Funds for Rural Water Supply

## 4102. SHRI T.R. BAALU :

- Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state: (a)  whether  the  CAG's  latest  audit  report  has  pointed  out  adversely  regarding  the action/measures being taken by the Government for ensuring the enhanced availability of required funds for rural water supply schemes to achieve the target of providing safe and adequate drinking water to all households; (b) if so, the details thereof; (c) whether funds were routed through State Water and Sanitation Missions (SWSMs) and if so, the details thereof; (d)  if  not,  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  enforce  routing  of  programme  funds, through SWSMs to implementing agencies and if so, the details thereof; and (e)  whether  the  Government  ensures  that  the  interest  earned  for  the  rural  water
- programme is depicted in the programme funds and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA)

- (a) & (b) It is stated in the report of the CAG on Performance Audit of National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) for the period 2012-17,that Ministry's expectations that States would be able to compensate for reduced Central allocation by increasing their own financial  commitment  to  the  scheme  taking  into  account  the  increased  devolution based on the recommendations of the 14 th Finance Commission,was belied.
- (c) As  per  the  NRDWP  Guidelines,  2009,  fund  was  released  to  the  State  Water  and Sanitation  Missions  (SWSM)  till  2013-14.  However,  from  2014-15  onwards,  funds  were being routed through the State Government with a stipulation that these funds including State share would be transferred to SWSM within 15 working days.
- (d) For  the  year  2019-20,  the  first  installment  of  fund  under  Jal  Jeevan  Mission (erstwhile NRDWP) was released to the StateGovernments with a stipulation that the same along  with  State  matching  share  would  be  transferred  to  State  nodal  account  within  15 working days.
- (e) Yes, Sir. State Governments are required to indicate the interestaccrued under the programme fund and the same is to be utilized to achieve the programme objective.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4101 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-12
Subject: Protection from Floods
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Sanghamitra Maurya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI, DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †4101 ANSWERED ON 12 .12 .2019

## PROTECTION FROM FLOO DS

## †4101. DR. SANGHMITRA MAURYA

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether there is any scheme to save the people of Budaun from flood waters by laying s banks of river Ganga before the monsoon instead of doing rescue works at the time of floods; (b) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI & SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA )

(a)  &  (b) The  flood  management  schemes  are  formulated  and  implemented  by  concerned  St Governments  with  their  own  resources  as  per  priority  within  the  State.  The  Union  Go supplements the efforts of the States by providing technical guidance and promotional financial assistance for management of floods in critical areas. The State Government of Uttar Pradesh has infor protection  of  District  Budaun,  6  numbers  of  embankments  with  total  length  of  91  km  h constructed on left bank of River Gan ga and are maintained by State Government. For maintenance of these structures and other anti - erosion works, various material like stone, geo - ub s, geo bags. procupines, etc. are used.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4099 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-12
Subject: National Highways in Bihar
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Mohammad Jawed

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4099

ANSWERED ON 12 TH  DECEMBER, 2019

## NATIONAL HIGHWAYS IN BIHAR

4099.  DR. MOHAMMAD JAWED:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS lM+d ifjogu ,oa jktekxZ ea=zh

## be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of National Highways (NHs) passing through the State of Bihar;
- (b) whether any four-lane NH has been constructed in the State and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether there is any proposal for construction of new NHs in the State; and
- (d) if so, the details and the present status thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) There are 55 number of National Highways (NHs) passing through the State of Bihar.
- (b) Yes, Sir. The details are at Annexure-I.
- (c) &  (d)  Ministry  hasdeclared  12  roads  passing  through  Bihar  in  2018  and  2019as  new National  Highwayson  which  preparation  of  Detailed  Project  Reports  (DPRs)  are  in progress.

## Annexure-I

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION 4099 FOR ANSWER ON 12.12.2019 ASKED BY DR. MOHAMMAD JAWED REGARDING NATIONAL HIGHWAYS IN BIHAR

## Length of 4 Lane NHs in Bihar State

| S.NO   | NH NUMBER   | STRETCH/Section                                                                                             |   LENGTH (IN KM) |
|--------|-------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|
| 1.     | NH-31       | Purnea-Dalkhola section                                                                                     |               41 |
| 2.     | NH-57       | Muzaffarpur-Darbhanga-Purnea section                                                                        |              310 |
| 3.     | NH-28       | U.P Border to Muzzafarpur Section                                                                           |              155 |
| 4.     | NH-30       | Patna-Bakhtiyarpur section                                                                                  |               51 |
| 5.     | NH-77       | Hajipur-Muzaffarpur sectionincluding Muzaffarpur bypass.                                                    |               46 |
| 6.     | NH-2        | U.P. border- Durgauti-Mohanaia-Sasaram - Dehri- Barun-Aurangabad - Dobhi - Chauparan(near Jharkhand Border) |              206 |
| 7.     | NH-98       | Anisabad-Bhusaula section                                                                                   |                7 |
| 8.     | NH-82       | Gaya -Nawada- Nalanda section                                                                               |               37 |
|        |             | Total                                                                                                       |              853 |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4097 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-12
Subject: Jal Shakti Proposals
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Dhal Singh Bisen

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI, DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †4097

ANSWERED ON 12 .12 .2019

## JAL SHAKTI PROPOSALS

## †4097. DR. DHAL SINGH BISEN

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the works likely to be undertaken by the Government pertaining to Jal Shak

(b)  whether  the  Government  had  received  any  proposals  related  to  the  works  of  Jal  Shakti Pradesh and if so, the details and the date on which these have been received; and

- (c) whether the said proposals are pending for approval and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI & SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA )

(a) to (c) The Ministry of Jal Shakti has been created by the Government in May, 2019 to deal issues in an integrated manner under a single umbrella. The Ministry includes two Departments namely, the Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation (DoWR, RD & GR) and the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DoDW & S).The mandate of DoWR, RD & GR includes development, conservation and management of water as a national resource; overall national pers water planning and coordination in relation to diverse uses of water and interlinking of riv formulation of general policy, guidelines and programmes for development and regul ation of the country's water resources; conservation, development, management and pollution abatement of rivers; regulation and developmen inter - State  rivers  and  river  valleys;  water  laws  and  legislations ;  assessment  of waterquality; and matters relat ing to rivers common to India and neighboring countries .

The mandate of DoDW & S includes rural water supply, sewage, drainage and sanitation relatin rural  areas;  international  cooperation  and  tec hnical  assistance  in  this  field;  p ublic  cooperation,  inc luding matters relating to voluntary agencies in so far as they relate to rural water supply, se and sanitation in rural areas; and c oordination with respect to matters relating to drinking water supp and issues which cover both ur ban and rural areas.

The Government has launched Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) to enable every rural household States and UTs to have functional household tap connection for providing potable water at ser litre per capita per day by the year 2024. Under JJM, an amount of Rs. 465.49crorehas been allocated to Madhya  Pradesh  for  the  financial  year  2019 - 20,  out  of  which,  an  amount  of Rs. 232.74 crorehas  been released to the State as first installment. Further, in a  letter  dated  05.11.2019  Madhya  Pradesh  had  se proposal  for  release of the second  instalment which  was  examinedin DoDW&S.  The  observations  of DoDW&S were conveyed to the State in a letter dated 22.11.2019 with a request to furnish requisite documentstocompletethe proposal .

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4096 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-12
Subject: Construction of Cargo Terminal at Airport
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Soni

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

(To be answered on the 12th December 2019)

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 4096

## CONSTRUCTION OF CARGO TERMINAL AT AIRPORT

4096.

SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SONI

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state: -

- (a) the details of norms fixed by the Union Government for construction of a Cargo Terminal at any airport;
- (c) if s0, the details of the decision taken in this regard?
- (b) whether any proposal from the Government of Chhattisgarh has been received for developing the old terminal of Raipur as Cargo Terminal; and

## ANSWER

Minister of State (IC) in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Hardeep Singh Puri)

- (a): The International Air Transport Association (IATA) in collaboration with Airports Council International (ACI) has developed the Airport Development Reference Manual (ADRM) which guides and promotes industry best practices in various areas, including inter alia, planning for new or upgrading existing air cargo air-side and city-side infrastructure: For planning the space allocation at general and express air cargo terminals these guidelines cover aspects such as cargo safety, security, regulatory and communication controls, design considerations, typical cargo flows, nature of cargo high risk; valuable, besides forecasting and sizing parameters. These norms and standards have been circulated by the Government to the public and private sector developers of air cargo facilities at airports.
- (b) and (c): The State Government of Chhattisgarh had conveyed interest in the development of the old passenger terminal at Raipur Airport as an air cargo facility: Airports Authority of India Cargo Logistics and Allied Services Limited (AAICLAS) has created the domestic air cargo facility by converting the old passenger terminal building in an area measuring 945 sqm, which is operational: However; so far the airport has not been Customs notified and international flights have not commenced operations, which are among the important criteria for creation of international air cargo facilities.