Lok Sabha Question No. 51 (STARRED), answered on 2021-02-04
Subject: National Highway-516-E
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Margani Bharat

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  National  Highway  (NH)  -  516-E  has  been  declared  as  Green National Highway Corridor and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the present status of Rehabilitation and Resettlement (R&R) of the project along with the steps taken by the Government to release Rs.210 crores for R&R package;
- (c) whether the said corridor is going to be executed in three packages;
- (d) if so, the details of each package along with the expenditure involved for each  package,  length  of  road  covered  in  each  package  and  proposed acquisition of land, etc.; and
- (e) the details of land acquired so far ?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) to (e)  A STATEMENT is laid on the Table of the House.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.51

## ANSWERED ON 4TH FEBRUARY, 2021

## NATIONAL HIGHWAY-516-E

*51. SHRI MARGANI BHARAT:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) TO (E) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.51 ANSWERED ON 4TH FEBRUARY, 2021 ASKED BY SHRI MARGANI BHARAT REGARDING 'NATIONAL HIGHWAY-516-E'

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- (a) The  stretches  of  NH-516E  from  Koyyuru  -  Bhallaguda,  Araku  (length  183.95 km) and from Bowdara - Vizianagaram (length - 26.94 km ) have been taken  up  for  development  under  Green  National  Highways  Corridor  Project (GNHCP) scheme of the Ministry with the loan assistance of World Bank.
- (b) The Rehabilitation and Resettlement (R&R) activity of the project will be taken  up  by  Resettlement  Action  Plan  Implementing  Consultancy  (RAPIC) during implementation of the project.
- (c) to (e) The development will be done in six packages. The package wise details of the stretches and status of land acquisition are as under:

| Package   | Stretch/Chainage                                               | Length (km)   | Sanctioned Cost (Rs. in Cr)   | Proposed Land Acquisition (Hectare)   | Proposed Land Acquisition (Hectare)   | Proposed Land Acquisition (Hectare)   |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|           |                                                                |               |                               | Revenue                               | Forest                                | Status of land                        |
| I         | Koyyuru to Chaprathipalem (Km 120.000 to Km 165.500)           | 45.50         | 349.29                        | 20.47                                 | 30.53                                 | 3A completed                          |
| II        | Chaprathipalem to Lambasingi (Km 165.500 to Km 205.000)        | 39.50         | 311.22                        | 10.39                                 | 15.42                                 | 3A completed                          |
| III       | Lambasingi to Paderu (Km 205.000 to Km 253.430)                | 48.43         | 361.24                        | 13.96                                 | 23.31                                 | 3A completed                          |
| IV        | Paderu to Gondiguda (Km 2.400 to Km 27.480)                    | 25.08         | 222.61                        | 11.18                                 | 0.90                                  | 3D completed                          |
| V         | Gondiguda to Araku (up to Bhallaguda) (Km 27.480 to Km 51.772) | 24.29         | 296.66                        | 33.07                                 | 4.68                                  | 3D completed                          |
| VI        | Bowdara to Vizianagaram (Km 0.000 to Km 26.937)                | 26.94         | 127.91                        | 19.22                                 | 0.00                                  | 3D completed                          |
|           | Total                                                          | 209.74        | 1668.93                       | 108.29                                | 74.84                                 | 3D completed                          |