Lok Sabha Question No. 5405 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-04-03
Subject: Panchkula-Dehradun NH-7
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Shri Imran Masood

be pleased to state:

- (a) the  year  in  which  the  construction  of  the  Panchkula-Dehradun four  lane  National  Highway7  was  completed  along  with  the  per kilometre construction cost incurred thereupon;
- (b) the  estimated  life  span  of  the  said  four-lane  highway  in  the Detailed Project Report (DPR);
- (c) whether  demolishing  more  than  forty  kilometres  of  highway stretch from Gagalhedi to Ganeshpur constructed a few years ago only on the National Highway-7 to convert the same into a six-lane highway is a huge waste of public money, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the concerned engineers and officials had proposed to convert the said road into a six-lane highway in the near future, while preparing the DPR for four lane, if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether  collection of toll tax from  vehicles plying on  the completely damaged road of more than forty kilometres from Gagalhedi to Ganeshpur is rational or justified in any way,  if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5405

ANSWERED ON 3 RD  APRIL, 2025

## PANCHKULA-DEHRADUN NH-7

5405.   SHRI IMRAN MASOOD:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

## (a)      The  following  projects  fall  under  4/6-lane  Panchkula-Dehradun section:

|   S. No. | Project name                                                                                                                                           |   Length (in km) | Date of completion   |   Total Project Cost (in Cr.) |   Construction cost per km (in Cr.) |
|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|----------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|        1 | 4-lanning of Chutmalpur-Ganeshpur section of NH-307 and Roorkee- Chutmalpur-Gagalheri section of NH-344 in the state of Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. |           53.3   | 05/08/2020           |                       1432.98 |                               26.89 |
|        2 | 4-laning of Gagalheri- Saharanpur- Yamunanagar (UP/Haryana Boarder) section of NH-344 in the State of Uttar Pradesh.                                   |           51.455 | 31/10/2020           |                       1722.16 |                               33.47 |
|        3 | 4-Laning of Yamunanagar- Panchkula section of NH-7 (Package-1) in the State of Haryana                                                                 |           44.57  | 15/07/2018           |                        884.58 |                               19.85 |
|        4 | 4-laning of Yamunanagar- Panchkula section of NH-7 (Package-2) in the State of Haryana                                                                 |           41.79  | 10/06/2018           |                        822.1  |                               19.67 |
|        5 | 4-laning of Yamunanagar- Panchkula section of NH-7 (Package-3) in the State of Haryana                                                                 |           19.2   | 30/06/2020           |                        533.44 |                               27.78 |

(b) Panchkula-Dehradun section is designed with flexible/rigid pavement.  Design  life  of  rigid  pavement  is  30  years,  whereas  the design life of flexible pavement is 20 years. (c) The existing Saharanpur bypass to the Ganeshpur section is now part  of     6  lane  access  controlled  Delhi-Dehradun  Economic  Corridor which warranted widening of the existing 4-lane to  access-controlled 6-lane.  For  converting  brownfield  4  lane  section  to  fully  access controlled  section,  with  widening  of  existing  4  lanes  to  6  lanes additional structures for cross roads and service roads are  provided. At  structure  locations  &  approaches,  existing  4-lane  carriageway  is being regraded as per new profile. (d) Yes sir,  structures on existing highway were designed for 6-lane configuration, keeping in view the future widening to 6-lane. (e) The toll fee for 4-lane Chutmalpur-Ganeshpur section of NH-307 and  Chutmalpur-Gagalheri  section  of  NH-344  is  being  collected  at Sayeed Mazera toll plaza. Due to the upgradation of the existing road from 4-lane to 6-lane toll fee rates have been reduced w.e.f. 14.10.2023, as per Rule 4 of the National Highway Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection Rules, 2008). At the locations where additional structures are under  construction, traffic is diverted  from  main carriageway to the diversion road.

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