Lok Sabha Question No. 554 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-25
Subject: Delay in Completion of Highway Projects
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Dr. Mohammad Jawed, Shri Benny Behanan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO - 554 ANSWERED ON 25 th  JULY 2024

## DELAY IN COMPLETION OF HIGHWAY PROJECTS

554. DR. MOHAMMAD JAWED: SHRI BENNY BEHANAN:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  National  Highway  (NH)  projects  that  failed  to  be completed on scheduled time, since 2014, State-wise;
- (b) the reasons for the delays in NH Projects, especially NH-31;
- (c) whether there is any cost escalation due to such delays and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)  the  details  of  loans  availed  by  NHAI  for  various  projects,  since 2015, year-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) From amongst all the National Highway (NH) projects started since 1 st  April 2014, there are 697 ongoing projects that have spilled beyond their original completion schedule, without attaining any of the various stages  of  project  completion.  The  State/Union  Territory-wise  details are at Annexure-I.
- (b)  The primary reasons for delay in NH projects including NH-31 are issues / bottlenecks relating to land acquisition, statutory clearances / permissions,  utility  shifting,  encroachment  removal,  law  &  order, financial crunch of Concessionaire / Contractor, poor performance of Contractor /  Concessionaire,  and  Force  Majeure  events  like  Covid-19
- pandemic, heavy rainfall, floods, cyclone, landslides/avalanches, etc. (c)  Cost escalation is not incurred in all delayed projects. If delay is not  attributable  to  the  Contractor,  price  escalation  is  paid  as  per contract  conditions,  which  may  or  may  not  result  in  additional  cost, depending  upon  final  value  of  price  escalation  determined  on  actual completion of project and final settlement of bills. If delay is attributable to the Contractor, damages are imposed and there is no additional cost due to delay. (d) The year-wise details of availed loan and other borrowings by NHAI for  completion of projects / scheme entrusted with them since April,
- 2015 are at Annexure-II.

## ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 554 ANSWERED ON 25.07.2024 ASKED BY DR. MOHAMMAD JAWED AND SHRI BENNY BEHANAN REGARDING COMPLETION OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS PROJECTS

State/UT  wise  details  of  projects  spilled  beyond  their  original  completion schedule without attaining any of the various stages of project completion

| Sl. No.   | State/ UT                |   Number of projects |
|-----------|--------------------------|----------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh           |                   36 |
| 2.        | Arunachal Pradesh        |                   15 |
| 3.        | Assam                    |                   18 |
| 4.        | Bihar                    |                   32 |
| 5.        | Chhattisgarh             |                   24 |
| 6.        | Goa                      |                    3 |
| 7.        | Gujarat                  |                   31 |
| 8.        | Haryana                  |                   18 |
| 9.        | Himachal Pradesh         |                   21 |
| 10.       | Jharkhand                |                   13 |
| 11.       | Karnataka                |                   40 |
| 12.       | Kerala                   |                   11 |
| 13.       | Madhya Pradesh           |                   15 |
| 14.       | Maharashtra              |                   98 |
| 15.       | Manipur                  |                   28 |
| 16.       | Meghalaya                |                   10 |
| 17.       | Mizoram                  |                   13 |
| 18.       | Nagaland                 |                   12 |
| 19.       | Odisha                   |                   27 |
| 20.       | Punjab                   |                   15 |
| 21.       | Rajasthan                |                   19 |
| 22.       | Sikkim                   |                   13 |
| 23.       | Tamil Nadu               |                   29 |
| 24.       | Telangana                |                   24 |
| 25.       | Tripura                  |                    6 |
| 26.       | Uttar Pradesh            |                   31 |
| 27.       | Uttarakhand              |                   31 |
| 28.       | West Bengal              |                   23 |
| 29.       | Union Territories (UT's) |                   41 |
| Total     | Total                    |                  697 |

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY TO PART (d) OF LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 554 ANSWERED ON 25.07.2024 ASKED BY DR. MOHAMMAD JAWED AND SHRI BENNY BEHANAN REGARDING COMPLETION OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS PROJECTS

Details of  loans  raised  by  NHAI  in  the  form  of  Internal  &  Extra  Budgetary Resources (IEBR) year - wise since April 2015

| Year                      | IEBR (Rs. in crores)   |
|---------------------------|------------------------|
| 2015-16                   | 23,281                 |
| 2016-17                   | 33,118                 |
| 2017-18                   | 50,533                 |
| 2018-19                   | 61,217                 |
| 2019-20                   | 74,988                 |
| 2020-21                   | 65,036                 |
| 2021-22                   | 65,150                 |
| 2022-23                   | 798                    |
| 2023-24                   | 0                      |
| 2024-25 (till 31.05.2024) | 0                      |

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