Lok Sabha Question No. 1380 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-07
Subject: North-East Connectivity Project
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: DHARMENDRA YADAV, Shrirang Appa Barne, SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL, ANANDRAO  ADSUL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL POLICY & PROMOTION

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1380. TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, THE 7 TH  DECEMBER, 2015.

## NORTH-EAST CONNECTIVITY PROJECT

1380.

SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO:

SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY be pleased to state:

## वाणिज् यवव द्यग ं ्री

- (a) whether the Government has expressed its objections to the grant of soft loan of Rs. 5000 crore from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for the first phase of North-East connectivity project;
- (b) if so, the reasons therefor along with the details in this regard;
- (c) whether the Government has called a meeting of all the concerned Ministries to resolve all the outstanding issues;
- (d) if so, the outcome thereof; and
- (e) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  ensure  that  the  plan  to  develop  the North  East  region  into  a  manufacturing  hub  with  Japanese  help  is  not dropped?

## ANSWER

## वाणिज् यवव द्यग ााज् यं ्रीस् वतं ््रभााा(स्रींतंरीिरंमलााीरीतंाांि( THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRIMATI NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)

(a) & (b): No,  Madam.    Five  sub-project  proposals  of  North  East  Connectivity Project  have  been  posed  to  Government  of  Japan  /  JICA  for  Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Official Development Assistance (ODA) loan for Rs.4923 Crore.  The details of the projects are as follows:

|   S.No. | Name of Project                                                       |   Loan amount ( Rs. In Crore) |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|       1 | Improvement of NH-54 ( Aizwal to Tuipand in Mizoram) Km.125 to Km.250 |                          1687 |

|   2. | Improvement of NH-51 ( Km.95 & Km.102 to 145 and construction of 2 land Tura bypass at Km.30 and Road over bridge of 150 mtr. at 97 Km. from Tura to Dalu   |   285 |
|------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|
|    3 | NH-54 ( 0-125 Kms.) part of North East Connectivity Project in Mizoram                                                                                      |  1661 |
|    4 | NH-54 ( 250-380 Kms) part of North East Connectivity Project in Mizoram                                                                                     |  1179 |
|    5 | Makru & Barak Bridge on NH-53 including approaches in Manipur                                                                                               |   111 |

JICA has appraised loan  for North   East  Road Network Connectivity Improvement   Project (Phase I) for Rs.3631 Crore.

- (c) to (e): The Government held meetings on 1 st December, 2014 and 30 th April, 2015 with stakeholders on the project.  The progress is monitored by the Government.

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