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Lok Sabha Question No. 1315 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-03
Subject: Research on Infrastructure Development
Ministry: SHIPPING
Asked by: MEENAKASHI LEKHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SHIPPING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1315 TO BE ANSWERED ON 3 RD  MARCH, 2016

## RESEARCH ON INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT

1315. SHRIMATI MEENAKASHI LEKHI :

Will the Minister of SHIPPING be pleased to state:

## पोतप�रवहनमंत्

- (a) whether  the    Transport  Research  Wing(TRW)  of  the  Ministry    has  undertaken  a research  on  the  infrastructure  development  with  respect  to  ports,  shipping,  ship repairing and inland water transport and developed a database of such information;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to create a web portal/website for dissemination of information collected by the TRW on various issues such as cargo traffic handled by the major and minor ports, latest development projects in the Indian shipping sector and latest developments in the ship building and ship repairing industry; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SHIPPING (SHRI  PON. RADHAKRISHNAN )

- (a)&(b):Yes,  Madam,  Transport  Research  Wing  (TRW)  collects  data  for  providing  policy research  support  with  respect  to  Ports,  Shipping,  ship  repairing  and  inland  water transport from concerned data source agencies and has developed a database of such information.
- (c)&(d):The compiled information is disseminated through following publications uploaded on the website of Ministry of Shipping at shipping.nic.in.

- i) Basic Port Statistics - Annual

- ii) Update on Indian Port Sector -Biannual

- iii)

- Indian Shipping Statistics - Annual

- iv) Statistics of India's Ship Building

- and Ship - Repairing Industry -Annual

- v) Statistics on Inland Water Transport - Annual

Besides,  time  series  data  sets  on  Ports,  Shipping  and  IWT  Sector  under  various Catalogues have been uploaded on the Open Government Data Platform at data.gov.in.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1314 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-03
Subject: State Pollution Control Board
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: G. HARI

## GOVERMNENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1314

ANSWERED ON 03 RD  MARCH, 2016

## STATE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

1314.   SHRI G. HARI:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

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be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  notices  have  been  served  by  State  Pollution  Control  Board  for  muck  disposal  to National Highway Authority of India (NHAI);
- (b) whether it is a fact that NHAI has disposed of muck at an unauthorized site while carrying out the work on NH-22;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether NHAI has asked its contractors to dispose of muck at the designated site; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof along with action taken thereon?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

- (a) to (e) No,  Madam.   However,  National  Highway  Authority  of  India  (NHAI)    has received letters from the Himachal Pradesh State Pollution Control Board regarding approval of dumping sites for the project of 4-laning of Parwanoo-Solan section of National Highway NH 22 (Now NH 5). NHAI has advised the contractor to select the dumping site and obtain the approval from Divisional Forest Officer, Solan and also to furnish the compliance report as sought by the Himachal Pradesh State Pollution Control Board. NHAI has not disposed of any muck at any unauthorized site while carrying out the work on NH-22.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1313 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-03
Subject: Change in Name of Chandigarh Airport
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: RAVNEET SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 1313 (To be answered on the March 2016) 3rd

## CHANGE IN NAME OF CHANDIGARH AIRPORT

## 1313. SHRI RA VNEET SINGH

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;

be pleased to state: -

- (a) whether the Government proposes to change the name 0f Chandigarh airport;
- (c) whether the State Governments 0f Punjab and Haryana have sent fresh proposals recently in this regard; and

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIA TION

(Dr Mahesh Sharma)

Sardar Bhagat Singh International Airport, Mohali"' was received from State Govt: of Punjab in 2009 In 2010, Chief Minister of Haryana had also proposed for naming Of the Airport as Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport; Chandigarh"' . In a subsequent letter dated 05.06.2015, Chief Minister I Of Haryana had requested to name the airport as Dr. Mangal Sein International Airport, Chandigarh The proposal was examined in consultation with the concerned Ministries and State Governments of Haryana and Punjab: However, due to non-consensus between State Government of Punjab and Haryana; the airport terminal could not be renamed.
Lok Sabha Question No. 1312 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-03
Subject: Pollution Level
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: VEENA DEVI, ANANT KUMAR DATTATREYA HEGDE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1312 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.03.2016

## POLLUTION LEVEL

†1312. SHRIMATI VEENA DEVI: SHRI ANANTKUMAR HEGDE:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  World  Coal  Association  has  submitted  that  India  could minimize pollution level while improving efficiency in coal based power generation projects by adopting high level modern scientific technology;
- (b) if so, the details in this regard;
- (c) whether the Government has considered the view expressed by World Coal Association; and
- (d) if so, the action taken in this regard?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR POWER, COAL AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

( SHRI  PIYUSH GOYAL )

(a ) & (b) : The report of World Coal Association (WCA) brings out that coal is likely to be the major source of capacity addition in the country and significant savings  in  CO 2   emission  are  possible  by  switch  over  from  subcritical  units  to super-critical and Ultra Supercritical technologies.

- (c) & (d) : The Government has already taken following actions for adoption of super-critical and Ultra Supercritical technology to improve efficiency of Thermal Power Plants :
- I. It has been decided that Coal fired capacity additions in 13 th  Plan shall be through supercritical units only.
- II. Ultra Mega Power Projects (UMPPs) are based on Super Critical technology.
- III. To promote setting up of supercritical units in place of old inefficient units, Government  has  approved  automatic  transfer  of  coal  linkage  from  old inefficient  power  plants  to  new  Supercritical  plants  subject  to  certain conditions.
- IV. An  Advanced  Ultra  Super  Critical  Technology  R&D  Project  has  been approved by Government at a cost of Rs. 1,500 Crore involving BHEL, NTPC and Indira  Gandhi  Centre  for  Atomic  Research  (IGCAR)  to  achieve  higher efficiency, reduce carbon-dioxide emissions and coal consumption for coal based power plants.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1311 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-03
Subject: Cochin Port
Ministry: SHIPPING
Asked by: JOSE K. MANI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SHIPPING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1311 TO BE ANSWERED ON 3 rd  MARCH, 2016

COCHIN PORT

1311. SHRI JOSE K. MANI:

Will the Minister of SHIPPING be pleased to state:

## पोतप�रवहनमंत्

- (a) whether Cochin Port with its proximity to the international Sea Route between Europe an the far East and Australia has the potential to attract large number of Container lines offering immense business opportunities, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether there exists a blue pivot elaborating way to exploit this potential;
- (c)if so, the details thereof; and

(d)the measures taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SHIPPING (SHRI  PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

- (a) The  Cochin  Port  which  is  located  around  50  nautical  miles  from  the  international shipping routes between (i) Europe and Far East /Australia and (ii) Gulf and Far East/Australia, has  the  potential  to  attract  international  transshipment.  Obviously,  transshipment  trade  can trigger  off  maritime  related  business  opportunities.  The  Cochin  Port  has  developed  the International  Container  Transshipment  Terminal  (ICTT)  at  Vallarpadam  under  Cochin  Port  in order to tap the opportunities. This is a Public Private Partnership (PPP) venture with Dubai Port World (DPW) as the private partner.  The first phase of the Terminal with 600 m of berth length became operational on 11.02.2011.

(b)to(d):In  order  to  make  the  Terminal  successful,  the  Government  has  created  supportive infrastructure;

- (i) A 17.2 km 4 lane road for container trucks to reach the terminal from the NH 47, and NH 17 without getting into the city roads.
- (ii) A 8.6 km long railway link line connecting the terminal to the national grid.
- (iii) The Govt. has also supported the capital dredging of the terminal to create 14.5 m draft.
- (iv) International Container Transshipment Terminal (ICTT) at Vallarpadam
- (v) LNG  Port and Terminal   at Puthuvypeen:
- The construction of LNG Port and Terminal at an estimated cost of Rs. 4150cr with a capacity of 5MMTPA was approved by CCEA and the project was awarded to M/s Petronet LNG Ltd in 2009.   The Gas pipe line net work being implemented by GAIL  is  held  up  due to issues related to land acquisition.  Therefore, the terminal is working at about 7% of its capacity.  Measures are being taken by Government of Kerala for resolving issues related to pipeline laying work.
- (vi) Multi-User Liquid Terminal  (MULT) at Puthuvypeen :
- The proposal is for development of MULT on DBFOT basis at an estimated cost of Rs. 240Cr. and  an  estimated  capacity  of  4.52  MMTPA  .    The  project  would  be  completed  by 15.5.2017.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1310 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-03
Subject: Bharat Mala Project
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: SRINIVAS KESINENI, KINJARAPU RAM MOHAN NAIDU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1310

ANSWERED ON 3 RD  MARCH, 2016

## BHARAT MALA PROJECT

## 1310.   SHRI KESINENI NANI: SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU:

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

be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  salient  features  of  the  Bharat  Mala  Pariyojana  along  with  the  budgetary  provision made thereunder;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  study  to  ascertain  the  feasibility  of  the project, if so, the details and outcome thereof;

(c) whether the Government has invited bids for undertaking the work under the project; and (d) if so, the details thereof along with the details of the roads constructed/ proposed to be constructed, State-wise and the steps taken by the Government to complete the project in the time bound manner?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

(a) to (d)   The Ministry has taken up detailed review of National Highways (NHs) network with  a  view  to  improve  the  road  connectivity  to  coastal  /  border  areas,  backward  areas, religious places, tourist places, construction / rehabilitation / widening of about 1,500 major bridges and 200 Railway Over Bridges (ROBs) / Railway Under Bridges (RUBs) on NHs, improvement  of  newly  declared  NHs  providing  connectivity  to  District  Head  Quarters, Connectivity  Improvement  Program  for  Char-Dham  (Kedarnath,  Badrinath,  Yamunothri  & Gangothri in Uttarakhand) under proposed Bharatmala Pariyojana.

The Ministry has assigned the tasks of preparation of detailed project reports (DPRs) for  about  17,200  km  length  of  roads  and  about  205  ROBs  /  RUBs  to  various  agencies  in anticipation  of  approval  of  the  programme;  besides,  the  Ministry  has  invited  bids  for preparation  of  DPRs  for  about  1,500  major  bridges  on  NHs.    However,  the  Bharatmala Pariyojana is yet to be formally launched.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1309 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-03
Subject: Diversion of Funds by DRDA
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: VIRENDRA  KUMAR, SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1309

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.03. 2016

## DIVERSION OF FUNDS BY DRDA

## 1309. DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR: SHRI SADASHIV LOKHANDE:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken note of misuse diversion of funds by certain Rural Development Agencies in the country during the last three years and the cur
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the remedial steps taken/being taken by the G in this regard, State/UT -wise;
- (c) the  details  of  the  review  of  the  functioning  of  the  District  Rural  Developmen (DRDAs) conducted during the said period St ate/UTwise including Maharashtra;
- (d) whether the Government has taken or proposes to take any steps to improve the fu of the DRDAs across the country; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof, State/UTwise including Maharashtra?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT ( SHRI SUDARSHAN BHAGAT )

- (a) & (b) : No    misuseor diversion  of  funds  by  District  Rural  Development  Agencies under DRDA Administrationscheme has come to notice of the Ministry of Rural Developmentduringlast three year sand current year.

(c) to (e) : In order to review the functioning of the DRDAs in the country, the Ministr up a Committee on Restructuring of DRDAs in November, 2010. The mandate of the Commit was to study the functioning of DR DAs and give suitable recommendations for its restructur The  Committee  submitted  its  report  in  January,  2012.  The  recommendations  made  b Committee have been accepted by the Department of Rural Development with some modificat Based on the rec ommendations of the Committee, a EFC note for restructuring the DRDAs prepared and meeting of EFC took place on 10/02/2014. The decision taken by the Govern restructuring of DRDAs will be applicable to the State of Maharashtra as well.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1305 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-03
Subject: RO/RO Service
Ministry: SHIPPING
Asked by: SAUGATA ROY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SHIPPING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1305 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03 rd  MARCH, 2016

## RO/RO SERVICE

## 1305.   PROF. SAUGATA ROY:

Will the Minister of SHIPPING be pleased to state:

## पोतप�रवहनमंत्

- (a) whether the Government proposes to set up water ports and roll-on/ roll-off services in the country to transport goods and vehicles; and;
- (b) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SHIPPING (SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

(a)&(b):Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) under the Ministry of Shipping, develops and maintains the waterways which are declared as National Waterways (NWs) for shipping and navigation. So far, five waterways have been declared as NWs which are  being  developed  and  maintained  with  fairways  of  targeted  depth  and  width, terminal facilities with mechanized cargo handling facilities and navigational aids.

As  part  of  development  of  NW-1,  multi-modal  terminals  are  planned  at Varanasi, Sahibganj and Haldia.   A Ro-Ro terminal at Dhubri (Assam) on NW-2 (river  Brahmaputra) is  being  constructed  for  movement  of  passengers,  goods  and vehicles.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1304 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-03
Subject: e-Boarding Facility to Domestic Air Passengers
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: VINOD KUMAR BOIANAPALLI

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CMVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: : 1304 (To be answered on the March 2016) 3rd

## E-BOARDING FACILITY TO DOMESTIC AIR PASSENGERS

## 1304. SHRI B. VINOD KUMAR

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIA TION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether the Government has a proposal for e-boarding facility covering all the boarding processes right from entry into the terminal building of the airport to boarding the aircraft;
- (c) the steps taken by the Government in this regard?
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Dr Mahesh Sharma)

(a) to (c): Trials for E-boarding facility have been conducted at Delhi; Mumbai; Bangaluru and Hyderabad Airport; Bureau of Civil Aviation Security(BCAS) has approved e-Boarding facility at Hyderabad Airport; The e-Boarding facilities at remaining airports i.e. Delhi, Mumbai and Bangaluru is under consideration of BCAS:
Lok Sabha Question No. 1302 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-03
Subject: Air India Flight Incident
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: NANABHAU FALGUNRAO PATOLE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 1302 (To be answered O the 3rd

March 2016)

## AIR INDIA FLIGHT INCIDENT

1302.

SHRI NANA PATOLE

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

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be pleased to state:-

- bound flight missed by & passenger to carelessness of the security personnels at the Indira Gandhi International Airport; Delhi; being owing
- (b) if s0, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the said passenger Was forcibly made to down of wheel chair and was also misbehaved with causing him emotional hurt, if the details thereof; get
- (d) whether the Government has taken/is any action against the persons; taking erring
- (e) if s0, the details thereof; and
- (f9 the steps taken by the Government to compensate the financial loss caused to the passenger and to ensure that such incidents do not recur in future?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

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(Dr Mahesh Sharma)

(0) to (9 One passenger with special needs reached Indira Gandhi International Airport; Delhi to travel to Colombo by Air India Flight Al-275 0 30th September 2015. The passenger was screened in consonance with the guidelines issued by Bureau of Civil Aviation Security and he Was offered & chair by the screening staff and necessary assistance was also provided to him; However; the passenger did not miss the flight: He boarded the Air India flight and was ailotted seat number ZC.
Lok Sabha Question No. 1301 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-03
Subject: Financial Assistance under IAY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: HARI MANJHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1301

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.03.2016

## FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER IAY

## 1301. SHRI HARI MANJHI :

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  maximum  amount/limit  of  financial  assistance  provided  to  the  beneficiaries  u AwaasYojana for construction of house;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to provide additional amount to the rural families unde so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether proposal of providing housing loan at lower interest rate than the rates of t banks is under consideration by the Government, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government received a proposal of several types of designs for the durable an afford construction of houses under the IAY, if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the action taken/being taken by the Government thereon?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI SUDARSHAN BHAGAT)

- (a): The Ministry of Rural Development isimplementing Indira AwaasYojana (IAY), a flagship sche throughout the coun try except Delhi and Chandigarh under which financial assistance of Rs.70,000/ -in plain areas and Rs. 75,000/ -in hilly/difficult areas including IAP districts, is provided to the rural BPL households for construction of a dwelling unit.
- (b): The  IAY  beneficiaries  are  entitled  to  Rs  12,000/ - ,  in  addition  to  the  assistance  received  und scheme,  as  financial  assistance  for  constructing  a  toilet  in  convergence  with  Swachh  B (Grameen). Further, an IAY beneficiary is entitled to wa ges for 90/95 days of unskilled labour for constr of house under convergence with MGNREGA.
- (c): At present, no such proposal is under consideration. However, as per existing provisions of IAYbelonging to SC/ST are eligible for loan up to Rs.20,000/ -under DRI scheme .
- (d)& (e): No Madam. However, the Ministry in collaboration with UNDP and IIT, Delhi has ini exercise  to  catalogue  locally  appropriate,  cost  effective  technologies  and  housing  typolog zones  in 18  states  of  India.  The  state  wise  compendiums,  which  have  designs,  drawings  and appropriate  to  each  region  are  being  developed  in  consultation  with  local  officials,  b Panchayati  Raj  functionaries  and  will  be  disseminated  through the  Rural  Housing  Knowledge  Network (RHKN) web portal upon finalisation.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1300 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-03
Subject: Road Construction under PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: ARJUN RAM  MEGHWAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1300 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.0 3.2016

## ROAD CONSTRUCTION UNDER PMGSY

## 1300. SHRI ARJUN MEGHWAL :

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to make use of ordinary soil instead of gravel to c roads under the Pradhan M tri Gram SadakYojana;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (c) whether the said proposa l is likely to have an adverse impact on the quality of the ro so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT ( SHRI SUDARSHAN BHAGAT )

- (a): The soil having desired physical properties indicated in the Code ofIndian Road Congress (IRC ) SP:20,Ministry of Rural Development 's (MORD ) Book of Specifications for Rural Roads published by IRC  and other relevant IRC guidelines isused in PMGSY roads. IRC has published guidelines for Stabilization techniques using lime, Fly Ash etc which can be used for st of  locally  available  materials  such  as  soil,  gravel,  murrumsetc  leading  to  prescribed proposed layer. IRC has al opublished 'Guidelines for the Design of Flexible Pavements for Low Volume Rural Roads' IRC:SP:72- 2015,which provides a design chart for Cement Treated Bases and sub bases in which soil can be stabilized for rural roads .
- (b) & (c): It has been prescribed in the Gui delines of the Ministry and the relevant IRC Codes that all rural roads should be designed for a minimum sub grade CBR of 5% (California Bearing Ratio or CBR is a measure of soil strength and quality). Where sub grade strength is less than 5%, variousmeasures of sub grade soil stabilization can be adopted to improve the sub grade strength to 5% or more. MoRD Specifications already provide relaxation in respect of grading of m for Granualar sub base layer. The use of soil with acceptable properties would not affect the quality ofrural roads .

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