Lok Sabha Question No. 287 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-03
Subject: Quality of Roads
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: C. R. Patil, Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Unmesh Bhaiyyasaheb Patil, Heena Vijaykumar Gavit, Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhepatil, Krishna Pal Singh Yadav, Aparupa  Poddar, Rajendra Dhedya  Gavit

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 287 ANSWERED ON 3 RD  FEBRUARY, 2022

## QUALITY OF ROADS

## 287.    SHRI C.R. PATIL:

DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

SHRI UNMESH BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL:

DR. HEENA GAVIT:

DR. SUJAY RADHAKRISHNA VIKHE PATIL:

DR. KRISHNA PAL SINGH YADAV:

SHRIMATI APARUPA PODDAR:

SHRI RAJENDRA DHEDYA GAVIT

:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) the steps taken by the Government to improve the quality of roads in the country;
- (b) the measures taken by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to increase the wages of daily wage labourers working under various road projects;
- (c) present status of work on Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridors; and
- (d) the details of land acquired by the Government for various road projects during last three years, project-wise?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) All  National  Highways  (NHs)  are  constructed  as  per  quality standards specified in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways/

Indian Roads Congress (IRC) specifications. To ensure that the works are executed  as  per  prescribed  specifications and  standards, Consultants are appointed by the Ministry and its agencies for day to day supervision of the works at site for the quality check of roads to ensure  its  construction  quality.  It  is  the  responsibility  of  such Consultants to ensure compliance of the provisions of the Concession / Contract Agreement in so far as quality of the work is concerned. Officials of Ministry / National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) / National Highways, Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL, Border Roads Organisation (BRO) and State Public Works Departments (PWDs) / State Road Construction Departments (RCDs), etc.,  also  carry  out  quality  checks  of  the  works  executed  either directly or through independent experts / agencies and deficiencies, if any, observed during such examination / inspection are brought to the  notice  of  the  Concessionaires  /  Contractors  for  taking  up necessary  corrective  measures.  In  case  of  any  defaults,  actions against the defaulting agencies are taken as per the provisions of agreements.

- (b) The Contractors / Concessionaires engaged by NHAI on various NH Projects are responsible for payment of daily wages of labourers as per relevant labour laws and affording them all their legal rights.
- (c) The  Ministry  is  primarily  responsible  for  development  and maintenance  of  NHs.  The  Government  approved  Delhi  Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) project in 2014-15. Details of these projects under DMIC and their progresses are given at Annexure-I.
- (d) State  /  Union  Territory  (UT)  wise  details  of notifications published under Section 3(D) of the NHs Act, 1956 for acquisition / vesting of land for NHs during last three years are at Annexure-II.

## 2.

Annexure-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 287 FOR ANSWER ON 03.02.2022 ASKED BY SHRI C.R. PATIL, DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE, SHRI UNMESH BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL, DR. HEENA GAVIT, DR. SUJAY RADHAKRISHNA  VIKHE  PATIL,  DR.  KRISHNA  PAL  SINGH  YADAV, SHRIMATI  APARUPA  PODDAR,  SHRI  RAJENDRA  DHEDYA  GAVIT

REGARDING QUALITY OF ROADS

Details of projects under Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) and their progresses:-

## 1. Dholera Special Investment Region (DSIR), Gujarat:

- DSIR has been planned over an area of approximately 920 sq. km and Phase I Activation area of 22.5 sq. km has been carved out wherein trunk infrastructure works are in advance stages of completion;
- GoI has approved the tender packages for various infrastructure components amounting to Rs. 2784.82 crore divided into five packages for activation area;
- 02 plots admeasuring 241 acres have been allotted with TATA Chemicals as anchor investor;
- 1,290 acres industrial land is readily available for allotment;
- Out of the 1000 MW of Solar Park, 300 MW awarded to Tata Solar
- Power Ltd.;
- Further,  as  part  of  regional  connectivity  to  DSIR,  external connectivity  projects  of  6-lane  greenfield  Expressway  from Ahmedabad to Dholera by NHAI, Dholera International Airport and Bhimnath Dholera Rail link have been taken up.

## Shendra Bidkin Industrial Area (SBIA), Maharashtra

- ·
- Part I of SBIA covers an area of 40.2 sq. km;
- For  Shendra  Industrial  Area,  GoI  has  approved  the  tender packages for various infrastructure components for Rs. 1,533 crore. Major trunk infrastructure packages have been completed;
- For Shendra, land allotment policy has been finalized and 126 plots admeasuring 332 acres have been allotted including one to HYOSUNG (100 acres) as the anchor investor. 15 companies have started their commercial operations as well;
- For Bidkin Industrial Area, GoI has approved the infrastructure packages worth Rs. 6,414.21 crore for development in 3 phases. The major trunk infrastructure works for Sector A (10.32 sq. km) have been completed
3. Integrated Industrial Township  Project,  Greater  Noida,  Uttar Pradesh
- Land admeasuring 747.5 acres has been transferred to the SPV of the project;
- GoI has approved the tender packages for various infrastructure components  amounting  to  Rs.  1,097.5  crore.  Major  trunk infrastructure works have been completed;
- Land allotment policy has been finalized and 06 plots admeasuring 160 acres have been allotted with HAIER (123.7 acres) as the anchor investor;
4. Integrated Industrial Township 'Vikram Udyogpuri' Proje ct, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh
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- State Govt. has transferred 1026 acres land to the SPV;
- GoI has approved the tender packages for various infrastructure components amounting to Rs. 749.1 crore. Major trunk infrastructure works have been completed;
- Land allotment policy has been finalized and 10 plots admeasuring 96 acres with AMUL as anchor investor
5. Khushkheda Bhiwadi Neemrana  Investment Region (KBNIR), Rajasthan
- State Govt. on 12th October, 2020 informed that Development Plan of KBNIR has been notified as Special Investment Region (SIR);

## 6.

## 7.

- RIICO (Rajasthan State Industrial Development and Investment Corporation)  has  been  appointed  as  Regional  Development Authority;
- Consultant for detailed master planning and preliminary engineering for an area of 558 Ha has been appointed in April, 2021;
- SHA/SSA for KBNIR & JPMIA approved by National Industrial Corridor  Development  and  Implementation  Trust  (NICDIT)  on 14th July 2021 and executed on 29 th  September, 2021. Target for completing the balance land acquisition of the two nodes (JPMIA & KBNIR) is by March 2022.

## Jodhpur Pali Marwar Industrial Area (JPMIA), Rajasthan

- State Govt. on 12 th  October, 2020 informed that Development Plan of JPMIA has been notified as Special Investment Region (SIR);
- Consultant appointed for detailed master planning and preliminary engineering in March 2021 for an area of 2659 Ha for development in two phases;
- 700 Ha out of 1459 Ha (Phase I) area is in possession of State
- Govt.

## Dighi Port Industrial Area (DPIA), Maharashtra

- In  Jan,  2021,  State  Govt.  confirmed  availability  of  2,402  Ha (5,935 acres) of land out of which 1,466 Ha (3,622 acres) is in possession of State Govt.
- Detailed Master planning and preliminary engineering works for the land parcels has been initiated.
- During  the  NICDIT  meeting  held  on  21.09.2021,  Decision  has been  taken  to  develop  the  entire  area  of  6327  acres  by Aurangabad Industrial Township Limited (AITL) for Dighi Port Industrial Area.

Annexure-II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 287 FOR ANSWER ON 03.02.2022 ASKED BY SHRI C.R. PATIL, DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE, SHRI UNMESH BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL, DR. HEENA GAVIT, DR. SUJAY RADHAKRISHNA  VIKHE  PATIL,  DR.  KRISHNA  PAL  SINGH  YADAV, SHRIMATI  APARUPA  PODDAR,  SHRI  RAJENDRA  DHEDYA  GAVIT REGARDING QUALITY OF ROADS

State /  Union  Territory  (UT)  wise  details  of  notifications  published under Section 3(D) of the NHs Act, 1956 for acquisition / vesting of land for NHs during last three years:-

| S. No.              |   State & Union Territories | Area (in Ha)             |
|---------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
| 1 Nicobar Island    |                        0    | Andaman &                |
| 2 Pradesh           |                     6390.62 |                          |
| 3                   |                        0    | Andhra Arunachal Pradesh |
| 4 Assam             |                      675.35 |                          |
| Bihar               |                     1689.79 | 5                        |
| Chandigarh          |                        0    | 6                        |
| 7 Chhattisgarh      |                     2697.72 |                          |
| DNH / Daman & Diu   |                        0    | 8                        |
| Delhi               |                      132.1  | 9                        |
| Goa                 |                       14.73 | 10                       |
| Gujarat             |                     3289.75 | 11                       |
| 12 Haryana          |                     6835.83 |                          |
| 13 Himachal Pradesh |                      475.29 |                          |
| 14 J&K              |                       90.46 |                          |
| 15 Jharkhand        |                      814.41 |                          |
| 16 Karnataka        |                     1827.62 |                          |
| 17 Kerala           |                      836.5  |                          |
| 18 Ladakh           |                        0    |                          |
| 19 Lakshadweep      |                        0    |                          |
| 20 Madhya Pradesh   |                     6273.21 |                          |
| 21 Maharashtra      |                     4534.66 |                          |

| S. No.          | State & Union Territories   | Area (in Ha)    |
|-----------------|-----------------------------|-----------------|
| 22              | Manipur 402.69              |                 |
| 23              | Meghalaya 0                 |                 |
| 24              | Mizoram                     | 517.03          |
| 25              | 0                           | Nagaland        |
| 26              | Odisha 1661.24              |                 |
| 27              | 19.7                        | Puducherry      |
| 28              | Punjab 5732.51              |                 |
| 29              | 11994.98                    | Rajasthan       |
| 30              | Sikkim 122.47               |                 |
| 31              | Tamil Nadu                  | 3806.96         |
| 32              | Telangana                   | 1878.79         |
| 33              | Tripura                     | 518.34          |
| 34              | Uttar Pradesh               | 3471.89         |
| 35              | Uttarakhand                 | 411.26          |
| 36              | West Bengal                 | 174.5           |
| Total 67290.402 | Total 67290.402             | Total 67290.402 |

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