Lok Sabha Question No. 55 (STARRED), answered on 2021-07-22
Subject: Work on NH Projects
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Chandra Sekhar Sahu, Prataprao  Jadhav

## be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  been  providing  financial  assistance for  improvement  and  maintenance  of  National  Highways  (NHs)  in various States;
- (b) if so, the quantum of funds allocated, released and utilised during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (c)  the  details  of  the  criteria  fixed  for  allocation  of  funds  to  various States;
- (d) whether the progress of work of several stretches of NHs in various States which have been entrusted to National Highways Authority of India  (NHAI)  for  upgradation  to  four-lane  under  National  Highways Development Programme (NHDP) Phase-III has been very slow and if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor, State-wise;
- (e) the cost escalation due to such slow progress of work on the said stretches, State-wise; and
- (f) the details of corrective steps taken by the Government for timely completion of work?

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 55 ANSWERED ON 22 ND  JULY, 2021

## WORK ON NH PROJECTS

- *55.  SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU:

SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

## ANSWER (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (a) to (f) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (f)  OF  LOK SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  55  FOR  ANSWER  ON  22.07.2021 ASKED  BY  SHRI  CHANDRA  SEKHAR  SAHU  AND  SHRI  PRATAPRAO JADHAV REGARDING WORK ON NH PROJECTS

- (a) This Ministry is primarily responsible for  development  and maintenance of National Highways (NHs). The Ministry allocates funds for NHs entrusted with various agencies including State Governments / Union Territories (UTs).
- (b) State  /  Union  Territory  (UT)  /  Agency  -  wise  details  of  funds allocated  and  utilized  /  expenditure  incurred  for  development  and maintenance  and  repair  (M&R)  of  NHs  during  each  of  the  last  three years and the current year are at Annexure-I.
- (c) Development and maintenance of NHs is a continuous process. State / UT/ Agency-wise allocation of funds for development of NHs are made  keeping  in  view  the  committed  liabilities,  progress  of  works, inter-se priority, availability of funds, etc. Allocation of funds for M&R of NHs are made for States / UTs, on the basis of nature and extent of damages,  overall  condition  of  NH  stretches,  traffic  density,  inter-sepriority,  minimum  works  required  to  be  undertaken  to  ensure  traffic worthiness  of  NHs,  the  NH  stretches  under  Defect  Liability  Period (DLP) obligation or stretches under Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) / Operate, Maintenance and Transfer (OMT) Concessions, ongoing works on  NHs,  status  of  action  taken  up  for  new  developmental  works, availability  of  funds,  etc.  Works  on  NHs  are  taken  up  accordingly  to keep them in traffic worthy condition.
- (d) to (f) National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has completed NHs  Projects  in  about  9,000  km  length  under  National  Highways Development  Project  (NHDP)  Phase  III out of  about  11,500  km assigned to it. The approved target for completion of the programme was December, 2013. Ongoing works in about 2,411 km for upgradation  to  four  lane  NHs  standards  have  achieved  physical progress ranging from about 2% (percent) to 98%. These projects with initial  targets  for  completion  between  July,  2013  to  March,  2022  are

expected to be completed between July, 2021 to July, 2023; details of these ongoing projects are at Annexure-II.

Various  reasons  for  delay  in  implementation  of  these  projects  are delayed on account of delay in land acquisition/utility shifting/statutory clearances, non-availability of soil/aggregates in some parts of country, poor performance of contractors/ concessionaires, cash flow problems of the concessionaire/contractor, termination of some of the projects awarded on BOT mode, impact of Covid-19 pandemic, need for design review, change  of scopes, demands  of  local people for additional facilities, etc.

Most  of  the  projects  under  NHDP  Phase  III  are  on  BOT  model where escalation cost is absorbed by the concessionaire. In case of Engineering,  Procurement  and  Design  (EPC)  contracts, there  is  a provision for payment of escalation, which is limited to the increase in various  components  of  the  Wholesale  Price  Index  (WPI)  as  per  the contract  provisions.  In  case  the  project  is  delayed  due  to  reasons attributable to the contractor, liquidated damages are to be imposed and  no  escalation  is  paid  for  such  delay.  Exact  escalation  is  known only after completion of the project and final settlement of bills.

Corrective  steps  taken  by  the  Ministry  /  NHAI  to  remove  the hurdles affecting the construction of NH projects include streamlining of land acquisition and regulatory clearances, regular review meetings being held in Head Quarter by Ministry / NHAI with Regional Officers, concessionaires / contractors, close coordination with other Ministries, simplification and on-line approval of General Arrangement Drawings (GADs) for Road Over Bridges (ROBs) & Road Under Bridges (RUBs)  over  /  under  Railway  lines,  revamped  Disputes  Resolution Mechanism, One Time Fund Infusion  in  languishing  projects,  exit  for equity  investors,  premium  re-scheduling,  ensuring  award  of  projects only  after  availability  of  90%  land  in  case  of  EPC  and  Public  Private Partnership (PPP) Projects on BOT (Toll) Mode and 80% land for PPP projects on Hybrid Annuity Mode, rationalization of compensation for delays attributable to Authority, several measures taken for facilitating  /  easing  out  the  cash  flow  problems  of  Contractors  / Concessionaires under Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan.

## ANNEXURE - I

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 55 FOR ANSWER ON 22.07.2021 ASKED BY SHRI  CHANDRA  SEKHAR  SAHU  AND  SHRI  PRATAPRAO  JADHAV REGARDING WORK ON NH PROJECTS

The  State  /  Union  Territory  (UT)  /  Agency  -  wise  details  of  funds allocated and utilized /  expenditure incurred for development of NHs during each of the last three years and current year:-

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs/Schemes/ Agency   | 2018-19   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2020-21   | 2021-22 (Till 30.06.2021)   | 2021-22 (Till 30.06.2021)   |
|-----------|------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|           |                              | Alloc.    | Expd.     | Alloc.    | Expd.     | Alloc.    | Expd.     | Alloc.                      | Expd.                       |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh               | 2,260     | 2,054     | 1,809     | 2,011     | 1,846     | 1,922     | 1,425                       | 490                         |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh            | 90        | 89        | 81        | 81        | 142       | 150       | 54                          | 31                          |
| 3         | Assam                        | 414       | 421       | 430       | 428       | 420       | 420       | 185                         | 85                          |
| 4         | Bihar                        | 1,598     | 1,554     | 1,899     | 1,553     | 2,082     | 2,170     | 1,158                       | 555                         |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh                 | 1,831     | 1,342     | 709       | 697       | 683       | 791       | 303                         | 168                         |
| 6         | Goa                          | 940       | 973       | 1,004     | 976       | 1,062     | 726       | 458                         | 186                         |
| 7         | Gujarat                      | 392       | 390       | 545       | 719       | 730       | 828       | 410                         | 227                         |
| 8         | Haryana                      | 330       | 375       | 105       | 108       | 160       | 143       | 90                          | 22                          |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh             | 351       | 328       | 160       | 99        | 176       | 182       | 189                         | 91                          |
| 10        | Jammu & Kashmir              | 45        | 44        | 50        | 26        | 70        | 52        | 39                          | 17                          |
| 11        | Jharkhand                    | 320       | 320       | 163       | 182       | 330       | 301       | 185                         | 96                          |
| 12        | Karnataka                    | 1,630     | 1,561     | 1,361     | 1,293     | 1,210     | 1,224     | 614                         | 189                         |
| 13        | Kerala                       | 280       | 301       | 294       | 327       | 470       | 525       | 225                         | 100                         |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh               | 1,665     | 1,887     | 2,279     | 2,535     | 1,750     | 1,958     | 950                         | 365                         |
| 15        | Maharashtra                  | 7,051     | 7,445     | 10,341    | 10,998    | 9,849     | 9,226     | 5,222                       | 1,662                       |
| 16        | Manipur                      | 260       | 260       | 397       | 392       | 147       | 145       | 65                          | 36                          |
| 17        | Meghalaya                    | 71        | 58        | 35        | 20        | 17        | 19        | 8                           | 0                           |
| 18        | Mizoram                      | 80        | 80        | 85        | 85        | 91        | 89        | 38                          | 36                          |
| 19        | Nagaland                     | 200       | 200       | 445       | 414       | 355       | 308       | 176                         | 38                          |
| 20        | Odisha                       | 790       | 774       | 451       | 462       | 601       | 676       | 336                         | 191                         |
| 21        | Punjab                       | 786       | 808       | 883       | 1,020     | 820       | 675       | 475                         | 144                         |
| 22        | Rajasthan                    | 1,296     | 1,290     | 1,124     | 1,062     | 842       | 911       | 534                         | 169                         |
| 23        | Sikkim                       | 1         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 5         | 4         | 28                          | 0                           |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu                   | 870       | 884       | 530       | 423       | 716       | 618       | 365                         | 182                         |
| 25        | Telangana                    | 1,220     | 1,213     | 1,515     | 1,494     | 1,000     | 1,015     | 545                         | 188                         |
| 26        | Tripura                      | 50        | 50        | 65        | 62        | 105       | 100       | 52                          | 16                          |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh                | 2,040     | 1,996     | 1,838     | 1,765     | 1,715     | 1,798     | 1,050                       | 324                         |

Alloc. - Allocation; Expd. - Expenditure

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs/Schemes/ Agency                                                                                                            | 2018-19   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2020-21   | 2021-22 (Till 30.06.2021)   | 2021-22 (Till 30.06.2021)   |
|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | States/UTs/Schemes/ Agency                                                                                                            | Alloc.    | Expd.     | Alloc.    | Expd.     | Alloc.    | Expd.     | Alloc.                      | Expd.                       |
| 28        | Uttarakhand                                                                                                                           | 1,000     | 1,011     | 964       | 1,044     | 960       | 1,039     | 539                         | 155                         |
| 29        | West Bengal                                                                                                                           | 991       | 980       | 806       | 792       | 713       | 751       | 360                         | 113                         |
| 30        | A&N Islands                                                                                                                           |           |           | 0         | 0         | 1         | 0         | 1                           | 0                           |
| 31        | Chandigarh                                                                                                                            | 2         | 1         | 5         | 0         | 1         | 0         | 1                           | 0                           |
| 32        | Dadar & Nagar Haveli                                                                                                                  | 2         | 0         | 12        | 0         | 25        | 43        | 14                          | 5                           |
| 33        | Daman & Diu                                                                                                                           |           |           | 8         | 0         |           |           |                             |                             |
| 34        | Delhi                                                                                                                                 | 3         | 0         | 83        | 62        | 92        | 50        | 132                         | 25                          |
| 35        | Ladakh                                                                                                                                |           |           | 0         | 0         | 20        | 17        | 11                          | 0                           |
| 36        | Puducherry                                                                                                                            | 30        | 13        | 2         | 1         | 21        | 19        | 11                          | 1                           |
| 37        | Other projects under NH(O) / First come first served                                                                                  | -         | -         | 1,513     | #         | -303*     | #         | -                           | -                           |
| 38        | National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)- Cess $                                                                                   | 11,569    | 11,569    | 11,091    | 11,091    | 23,850    | 23,850    | 29,500                      | 15,000                      |
| 39        | NHAI- Toll $                                                                                                                          | 9,570     | 9,570     | 10,600    | 10,600    | 11,500    | 11,500    | 12,650                      | 6,325                       |
| 40        | NHAI- NH(O) $                                                                                                                         | 0         | 0         | 1,000     | 1,000     | 2,833     | 2,833     | 1,000                       | 1,000                       |
| 41        | NHAI-TOT $                                                                                                                            | 9,682     | 9,682     | 10,000    | 5,000     | 10,250    | 7,262     | 10,000                      | 0                           |
| 42        | National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. (NHIDCL) under NH(O)$                                                 | 1,000     | 1,000     | 2,165     | 2,165     | 6,568     | 6,568     | 1,000                       | 1,000                       |
| 43        | Border Roads Organization (BRO) $                                                                                                     | 135       | 135       | 356       | 354       | 502       | 500       | 403                         | 57                          |
| 44        | Special Accelerated Road Development Programme for North-East Region (SARDP- NE) including Arunachal Package$                         | 5,610     | 5,345     | 3,680     | 3,592     | 4,540     | 4,513     | 4,790                       | 2,383                       |
| 45        | Special Programme for development of Roads In Left Wing Extremism affected Area (LWE) including Development of Vijayawada-Ranchi Road | 905       | 552       | 475       | 409       | 425       | 378       | 332                         | 66                          |
| 46        | Externally Aided Projects - Head Quarters, NHAI,                                                                                      | 222       | 219       | 1,242     | 1,242     | 1,905     | 1,905     | 1,600                       | 1,600                       |
| 47        | NHIDCL $                                                                                                                              | 62,000    |           | 75,000    | 74,988    | 65,000    | 65,036    | 65,000                      | 9,897                       |
|           | IEBR / Borrowings by NHAI                                                                                                             |           | 61,217    |           |           |           |           |                             |                             |

Authorizations  were  made  to  incur  expenditure  on  purely  'First  Come  First  Serve'  basis  subject  to  the condition that total overall expenditure does not exceed total allocation made during that Financial Year to ensure that there are least surrender of funds. Therefore, expenditure for some States have been more than the allocation made during that Financial Year.

*-  Negative  allocation  is  reflected  as  funds  were  re-appropriated  from  NHDP-IV  (State  PWD)  to  NHAI. However the State/UT wise allocation was not reduced. #- Expenditure included in State/UT wise

$- State/UT wise allocations not made

The  State  /  Union  Territory  (UT)  /  Agency  -  wise  details  of  funds allocated  and  utilized  /  expenditure  incurred  for  maintenance  and repair  (M&R)  of  NHs  during  each  of  the  last  three  years  and  current year:-

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs/Agen cy     | 2018-19   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2020-21   | 2021-22 (Till June, 2021)   | 2021-22 (Till June, 2021)   |
|-----------|------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|           |                        | Alloc.    | Expd.     | Alloc.    | Expd.     | Alloc.    | Expd.     | Alloc.                      | Expd.                       |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh         | 87.98     | 20.61     | 89.60     | 65.37     | 147.44    | 113.91    | 117.92                      | 10.71                       |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh      | 34.10     | 15.97     | 28.72     | 25.27     | 78.76     | 111.39    | 45.27                       | 2.30                        |
| 3         | Assam                  | 48.33     | 11.33     | 28.49     | 3.28      | 130.68    | 73.19     | 77.09                       | 11.54                       |
| 4         | Bihar                  | 38.86     | 20.91     | 50.31     | 15.24     | 115.92    | 64.86     | 91.12                       | 8.50                        |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh           | 28.59     | 10.79     | 25.02     | 16.79     | 44.13     | 16.72     | 28.27                       | 0.00                        |
| 6         | Goa                    | 8.10      | 4.87      | 6.59      | 1.13      | 18.95     | 8.02      | 15.69                       | 2.46                        |
| 7         | Gujarat                | 80.30     | 64.49     | 100.23    | 91.43     | 186.28    | 114.78    | 155.58                      | 16.02                       |
| 8         | Haryana                | 0.80      | 0.26      | 0.50      | 0.02      | 3.00      | 0.00      | 0.50                        | 0.00                        |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh       | 55.45     | 43.01     | 37.90     | 28.34     | 83.40     | 73.98     | 67.02                       | 8.88                        |
| 10        | Jharkhand              | 44.31     | 32.25     | 26.83     | 26.07     | 39.71     | 23.13     | 39.00                       | 3.72                        |
| 11        | Karnataka              | 66.21     | 46.52     | 60.88     | 30.87     | 148.30    | 132.44    | 143.44                      | 25.35                       |
| 12        | Kerala                 | 81.95     | 29.93     | 77.19     | 64.27     | 127.06    | 178.97    | 92.93                       | 18.18                       |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh         | 40.59     | 11.23     | 25.11     | 14.80     | 102.05    | 28.11     | 63.84                       | 0.00                        |
| 14        | Maharashtra            | 387.90    | 352.83    | 125.25    | 42.48     | 281.53    | 157.14    | 228.51                      | 13.28                       |
| 15        | Manipur                | 34.94     | 21.67     | 7.10      | 2.38      | 26.11     | 22.89     | 12.07                       | 0.00                        |
| 16        | Meghalaya              | 121.29    | 67.35     | 70.36     | 39.15     | 61.66     | 45.64     | 45.07                       | 7.42                        |
| 17        | Mizoram                | 158.98    | 126.86    | 48.97     | 37.23     | 34.91     | 21.00     | 30.46                       | 10.90                       |
| 18        | Nagaland               | 63.33     | 50.65     | 42.42     | 32.73     | 62.14     | 46.24     | 50.59                       | 4.24                        |
| 19        | Odisha                 | 43.24     | 25.90     | 55.31     | 49.95     | 63.16     | 104.68    | 79.82                       | 14.00                       |
| 20        | Punjab                 | 33.20     | 10.62     | 10.74     | 5.43      | 34.72     | 27.81     | 27.85                       | 0.82                        |
| 21        | Rajasthan              | 52.73     | 18.23     | 51.90     | 40.02     | 125.86    | 78.02     | 110.01                      | 4.11                        |
| 22        | Sikkim                 | 16.00     | 17.30     | 11.94     | 10.36     | 5.88      | 6.85      | 4.87                        | 0.00                        |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu             | 52.77     | 42.68     | 36.85     | 16.21     | 92.68     | 92.18     | 68.08                       | 1.82                        |
| 24        | Telangana              | 37.34     | 22.73     | 82.60     | 59.55     | 128.43    | 72.54     | 93.30                       | 12.65                       |
| 25        | Tripura                | 47.94     | 47.35     | 25.71     | 14.54     | 16.68     | 12.13     | 8.03                        | 0.00                        |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh          | 73.07     | 40.12     | 116.22    | 73.54     | 139.57    | 90.81     | 105.63                      | 4.85                        |
| 27        | Uttarakhand            | 38.06     | 15.04     | 27.97     | 14.42     | 46.21     | 32.79     | 31.62                       | 3.18                        |
| 28        | West Bengal            | 32.27     | 28.54     | 41.66     | 38.03     | 51.50     | 34.89     | 37.86                       | 1.34                        |
| 29        | Chandigarh             | 0.10      | 0.00      | 0.20      | 0.00      | 3.11      | 2.03      | 9.30                        | 3.15                        |
| 30        | Dadar & Nagar Haveli ^ | 0.10      | 0.00      | 0.20      | 0.00      | 0.86      | 0.00      | 0.68                        | 0.00                        |

| Amount in Rs. crore   | Amount in Rs. crore    | Amount in Rs. crore   | Amount in Rs. crore   | Amount in Rs. crore   | Amount in Rs. crore   | Amount in Rs. crore   | Amount in Rs. crore   | Amount in Rs. crore       | Amount in Rs. crore       |
|-----------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| Sl. No.               | States/UTs/Agen cy     | 2018-19               | 2018-19               | 2019-20               | 2019-20               | 2020-21               | 2020-21               | 2021-22 (Till June, 2021) | 2021-22 (Till June, 2021) |
|                       |                        | Alloc.                | Expd.                 | Alloc.                | Expd.                 | Alloc.                | Expd.                 | Alloc.                    | Expd.                     |
| 31                    | Daman & Diu ^          | 0.10                  | 0.00                  | 0.20                  | 0.00                  |                       |                       |                           |                           |
| 32                    | Delhi                  | 0.50                  | 0.00                  | 0.50                  | 0.00                  | 0.25                  | 0.00                  | 0.20                      | 0.00                      |
| 33                    | Jammu & Kashmir $      | 33.48                 | 9.14                  | 2.02                  | 0.34                  | 9.37                  | 0.00                  | 4.11                      | 0.00                      |
| 34                    | Ladakh                 |                       |                       | 0.00                  | 0.00                  | 5.13                  | 3.39                  | 3.64                      | 0.00                      |
| 35                    | Puducherry             | 1.08                  | 0.99                  | 1.97                  | 0.09                  | 2.35                  | 1.98                  | 1.37                      | 0.00                      |
| 36                    | NHAI                   | 272.19                | 272.19                | 400.00                | 400.00                | 400.00                | 400.00                | 200.00                    | 200.00                    |
| 37                    | NHIDCL                 | 100.00                | 100.00                | 200.00                | 200.00                | 248.17                | 248.17                | 100.00                    | 100.00                    |
| 38                    | BRO                    | 115.00                | 114.81                | 142.00                | 134.23                | 220.00                | 219.78                | 170.00                    | 17.35                     |
| 39                    | First come first serve |                       |                       | -59.46*               | #                     | -632.04*              | #                     |                           |                           |

Alloc. - Allocation; Expd. - Expenditure

Authorizations  were  made  to  incur  expenditure  on  purely  'First  Come  First  Serve'  basis  subject  to  the condition that total overall expenditure does not exceed total allocation made during that Financial Year to ensure that there are least surrender of funds. Therefore, expenditure for some States have been more than the allocation made during that Financial Year.

- $- Erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir State before reorganisation
- ^- Erstwhile UTs before merger
- *-Negative  allocation is reflected  as  funds  were  re-appropriated  from  Maintenance  &  Repair  to development schemes. However, the State/UT wise allocation was not reduced due to sanction purposes.
- #- Expenditure included in State/UT wise

ANNEXURE - II ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (d)  TO  (f)  OF  LOK SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  55  FOR  ANSWER  ON  22.07.2021 ASKED  BY  SHRI  CHANDRA  SEKHAR  SAHU  AND  SHRI  PRATAPRAO JADHAV REGARDING WORK ON NH PROJECTS Details of the ongoing projects under NHAI for upgradation to four-lane under NHDP Phase III :-

| Sr. No.   | State             | Total Length (in km)   |
|-----------|-------------------|------------------------|
| 1         | Bihar             | 314                    |
| 2         | Himanchal Pradesh | 23                     |
| 3         | Jharkhand         | 164                    |
| 4         | Kerala            | 38                     |
| 5         | Madhya Pradesh    | 197                    |
| 6         | Maharashtra       | 294                    |
| 7         | Odisha            | 500                    |
| 8         | Punjab            | 78                     |
| 9         | Rajasthan         | 49                     |
| 10        | Tamil Nadu        | 204                    |
| 11        | Uttar Pradesh     | 158                    |
| 12        | Uttarakhand       | 93                     |
| 13        | West Bengal       | 300                    |
|           | Total             | 2,411                  |

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