Lok Sabha Question No. 1899 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-05
Subject: Construction of Highways
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: OM BIRLA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1899

ANSWERED ON 5 TH  MAY, 2016

## CONSTRUCTION OF HIGHWAYS

## 1899.   SHRI OM BIRLA:

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

be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  National  Highway  projects  that  are  still  under  construction  for  more then six years, State-wise;
- (b) the reasons for delayed completion of those projects; and
- (c) the  details  of  the  highway  projects  that  have  been  pending  for  environment  clearances along  with  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  coordinate  with  the  Ministry  of Environment and Forest for early clearances?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

- (a) and (b)  The projects have been delayed due to problems in land acquisition,  utility shifting, non availability of Soil/Aggregates, Poor performance of contractors, Forest/Wildlife Clearance,  ROB  &  RUB  issue  with  Railways,  Public  agitation  for  additional facilities, Arbitration/contractual  disputes  with  contractors  etc. The  details of projects under construction for more than six years are annexed.
- (c) Generally, environment  clearance is not the  cause  of  pendency  of  highway projects.   However,  one  project,  which  is  yet  to  be  awarded,  of  widening  and improvement  of  existing  highway  of  2-lane  to  4/6  lane  of  Bhavangr-PaparanPorbandar-Dwarka  section  of  NH-8E  in  the  State  of  Gujarat  is  pending  for environment  clearance.  The  requirements  for  prior  Environment  clearance  for highway projects have been modified and relaxed by the Ministry of Environment and Forests on constant pursuance by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and Ministry of  Road  Transport  and  Highways  (MoRT&H).   The  clearance proposals  are  pursued  by  NHAI  on  regular  basis.   The  Group  of  Infrastructure constituted under the Chairmanship of Hon'ble Minister (RTH) meets regularly to review the progress of clearance proposals.

ANNEXURE REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  AND  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1899 ANSWERED ON 05.05.2016 ASKED BY SHRI OM BIRLA REGARDING CONSTRUCTION OF HIGHWAYS

## Details of delayed projects which have pending for more than 6 years

|   Sl. No. | Name of the State / Union Territory   |   Length (km) Provisional 2 Lane |
|-----------|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|         1 | Bihar                                 |                                4 |
|         2 | Jharkhand                             |                                2 |
|         3 | Meghalaya                             |                                2 |
|         4 | Mizoram                               |                                2 |
|         5 | Uttarakhand                           |                                2 |
|         6 | NHAI                                  |                               22 |
|         7 | SARDP-NE                              |                                4 |
|         8 | BRO                                   |                                4 |

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