Lok Sabha Question No. 3681 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-23
Subject: National Ropeways Development Programme – Parvatmala
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Vinod Kumar Sonkar, Rajveer (Raju Bhaiya) Singh, Sukanta Majumdar, Raja Amareshwara Naik, Bhola Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3681

ANSWERED ON 23 RD   MARCH, 2023

## NATIONAL ROPEWAYS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME - PARVATMALA

3681.         SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR:

SHRI RAJVEER SINGH (RAJU BHAIYA):

DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR:

SHRI RAJA AMARESHWARA NAIK:

SHRI BHOLA SINGH :

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

be pleased to state :

- (a)   whether the Government has proposed eight new ropeway projects of 60 Km. length in the country to be undertaken during the year 2023 under  National  Ropeways  Development  Programme -Parvatmala  on Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) mode;
- (b)   if so, the details thereof; and
- (c)   the  other  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  in  this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  &  (b)  Yes  Sir.  National  Highways  Logistics  Management  Limited (NHLML), 100% owned SPV of NHAI has been mandated by MoRT&H for implementation of Ropeways in the Country. Based on list of projects received from various states the detailed feasibility studies have been completed for 08 projects till date. The status of these 08 projects is given in Annexure -I.

(c)      Ministry  of  Road  Transport  &  Highways  has  approved  Model Concession  Agreement  (MCA)  for  Hybrid  Annuity  Mode(HAM),  a  PPP mode, after due consultation with Inter-Ministerial Committee. Further, the  bidding  documents  on  HAM  mode  has  been  approved.  Based  on above  approved  documents  the  bids  for  these  projects  have  been invited.

ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO PART (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3681 ANSWERED ON 23.03.2023 ASKED BY SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR, SHRI RAJVEER SINGH (RAJU BHAIYA), DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR,  SHRI RAJA AMARESHWARA  NAIK  &  SHRI  BHOLA SINGH REGARDING ' NATIONAL ROPEWAYS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME -PARVATMALA'

|   S. No. | Name of the Project                                  | State             |   Length (in Km) | Status                                                                                                      |
|----------|------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Varanasi Cantt. to Godowalia Chowk                   | Uttar Pradesh     |            3.85  | Awarded                                                                                                     |
|        2 | GauriKund - Kedarnath                                | Uttarakhand       |            9.7   |                                                                                                             |
|        3 | Govind Ghat - Ghangaria - Hemkund Sahib              | Uttarakhand       |           12.4   | Tender Received.                                                                                            |
|        4 | Railway Station to Mahakaleshwar Temple, Ujjain      | Madhya Pradesh    |            2.115 | Tender Invited. However, based on the request made by the State Govt, the tender has been annulled recently |
|        5 | Phool Bagh Square to Gwalior Fort                    | Madhya Pradesh    |            1.861 | Tender Invited                                                                                              |
|        6 | Nature's Park (Mohal) to Bijli Mahadev Temple, Kullu | Himachal Pradesh  |            2.334 | Tender Invited                                                                                              |
|        7 | Ransoo Bus Stand to Shivkhori Cave                   | Jammu and Kashmir |            2.016 | Tender Invited                                                                                              |
|        8 | Dhosi Hill, Narnaul                                  | Haryana           |            0.88  | Tender Invited                                                                                              |

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