Lok Sabha Question No. 3005 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-16
Subject: Road Projects
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Pritam Gopinath Munde

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3005 ANSWERED ON 16 th DECEMBER, 2021

## ROAD PROJECTS

3005. DR. PRITAM GOPINATHRAO MUNDE: SHRI RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE: SHRI GIRISH BHALCHANDRA BAPAT:

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

## be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the Government has proposed to construct 36,500 km roads in three years;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (c) the details of these projects including road widening projects in Maharashtra and Odisha;
- (d) the time by which these projects are likely to be completed; and
- (e) the extent to which cost of these projects has been escalated due to delay in completion of work?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

(a) to (c) Development of National Highways (NHs) is a continuous process  and  the  Ministry  takes  up  NH  projects  based  on  the requirements  of  traffic  density,  inter  se  priority,  requirements  of connectivity  and  the  availability  of  resources.  As  a  part  of  this ongoing development process, the Ministry plans to construct about 36,500 km of National Highways in the next three years from 2021-22 to 2023-24, it has fixed a target of 12,000 Km for construction in the Country during the current financial year, to be met from the ongoing NH projects in different States/UTs. Details of ongoing NH projects in the  Country  including  road  widening  projects  in  Maharashtra  and Odisha are placed at Annexure-I.

(d) A time limit of 2-3 years is generally kept for completion of NH projects. (e)The cost of ongoing projects may increase due to site/local/project specific factors or other factors including price escalation during the project time cycle. In BOT projects, there is no cost overrun due to time overrun as escalation cost is absorbed by the Concessionaire. In other projects, if delay is attributable to the Contractor, damages are imposed and price escalation is not paid. If delay is attributable to  the  Project  Authority,  price  escalation  is  paid  as  per  contract conditions, and the actual amount of price escalation and inter-alia the actual increase in project cost, if any, is known only on actual completion of the project and final settlement of bills.

ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  to  (c)  OF  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 3005 FOR ANSWER  ON 16.12.2021  ASKED  BY  DR.  PRITAM  GOPINATHRAO  MUNDE  AND OTHERS REGARDING ROAD PROJECTS

The details of ongoing NH projectsas on 30 th Nov, 2021

| S.N.   | State             | No.   | Length(In Km)   | Cost (Cr)   |
|--------|-------------------|-------|-----------------|-------------|
| 1      | A&N Island        | 12    | 327             | 1992        |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh    | 109   | 2912            | 44782       |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh | 47    | 1287            | 16488       |
| 4      | Assam             | 78    | 1496            | 23908       |
| 5      | Bihar             | 107   | 3333            | 62905       |
| 6      | Chhattisgarh      | 59    | 2378            | 16681       |
| 7      | DD&DNH            | 4     | 17              | 137         |
| 8      | Delhi             | 8     | 79              | 12876       |
| 9      | Goa               | 27    | 219             | 5232        |
| 10     | Gujarat           | 77    | 2024            | 49788       |
| 11     | Haryana           | 53    | 1452            | 46036       |
| 12     | Himachal Pradesh  | 52    | 621             | 18645       |
| 13     | Jammu and Kashmir | 45    | 921             | 45423       |
| 14     | Jharkhand         | 48    | 1417            | 15606       |
| 15     | Karnataka         | 107   | 3654            | 55759       |
| 16     | Kerala            | 48    | 1119            | 41750       |
| 17     | Madhya Pradesh    | 90    | 3348            | 37602       |
| 18     | Maharashtra       | 368   | 11323           | 154114      |
| 19     | Manipur           | 61    | 1270            | 13205       |
| 20     | Meghalaya         | 26    | 282             | 3661        |
| 21     | Mizoram           | 38    | 1049            | 17371       |
| 22     | Nagaland          | 52    | 1010            | 11661       |
| 23     | Odisha            | 72    | 3096            | 28027       |
| 24     | Puducherry        | 4     | 11              | 50          |
| 25     | Punjab            | 59    | 1574            | 42119       |
| 26     | Rajasthan         | 94    | 4052            | 51988       |
| 27     | Sikkim            | 35    | 446             | 7659        |
| 28     | Tamil Nadu        | 115   | 3467            | 46469       |
| 29     | Telangana         | 57    | 2169            | 23348       |
| 30     | Tripura           | 26    | 447             | 5129        |
| 31     | UT Ladakh         | 12    | 230             | 2368        |
| 32     | Uttar Pradesh     | 97    | 4384            | 91332       |
| 33     | Uttarakhand       | 115   | 1716            | 20154       |
| 34     | West Bengal       | 81    | 1537            | 27215       |
|        | Total             | 2283  | 64667           |             |
|        |                   |       |                 | 1041479     |

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