Lok Sabha Question No. 186 (STARRED), answered on 2016-03-10
Subject: Private Companies for maintenance of NHs
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: PRATAPRAO GANPATRAO JADHAV, SAKUNTALA LAGURI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO.  186

ANSWERED ON 10 TH   MARCH, 2016

## PRIVATE COMPANIES FOR MAINTENANCE OF NHS

- *186.  SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV: SHRIMATI SAKUNTALA LAGURI:

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

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government/NHAI engages private companies for maintenance and   repair work of the National Highways;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  and  reasons  thereof  along  with  the  criteria  laid  down  for  engaging  of  the private companies;
- (c) whether the Government has reviewed the functioning of these private companies, if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the steps being taken to ensure that the work entrusted to these companies is completed in the given time-frame?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (d): Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 186 ANSWERED ON 10 TH  MARCH, 2016 ASKED BY SHRI PRATAPRAO  JADHAV  AND  SHRIMATI  SAKUNTALA  LAGURI  REGARDING  PRIVATE COMPANIES FOR MAINTENANCE OF NHS.

(a) Yes, Madam.

(b) The maintenance and repair of road is carried out to keep the stretch in traffic worthy condition and ensure safe and smooth flow of traffic.

The  maintenance  and  repair  of  road  is  being  done  by  NHAI  through  OMT  (Operation, maintenance  &  transfer)  concessionaire  for  longer  period  (preferably  upto  9  years)  and through O&M (Operation & maintenance) contractor for shorter period (upto 2 years). The bids for OMT and O&M contracts is invited based on standard bid document for Operation and Maintenance of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.

For OMT projects, the Bidder is selected on the basis of the highest concession fee quoted for 1st year of concession period.

In  transition  period  between  the  completion  of  original  work  and  start  of  OMT contracts, O&M contractors are being engaged by NHAI for maintenance of roads.

The details of O & M projects awarded by NHAI is enclosed at Annexure-A . The details of OMT projects awarded by NHAI is enclosed at Annexure-B .

(c) Functioning of private companies are being reviewed regularly by Project Director/ Regional Offices of NHAI and also by NHAI Head quarter level.

(d) The progress of work is being monitored regularly by NHAI by inspecting the project site by PD/I.E/Consultant for ensuring timely completion of OMT project as per concession agreement.  Damages  are  levied  for  delay  in  completion  of  works  as  per  provision  of Contract.

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 186 FOR ANSWER ON 10 TH  MARCH,  2016  ASKED  BY  SHRI  PRATAPRAO  JADHAV  AND  SHRIMATI  SAKUNTALA LAGURI REGARDING PRIVATE COMPANIES FOR MAINTENANCE OF NHS.

Buildwell

| O&M Contracts Under Implementation   | O&M Contracts Under Implementation   | O&M Contracts Under Implementation                                                                       | O&M Contracts Under Implementation   | O&M Contracts Under Implementation   | O&M Contracts Under Implementation   | O&M Contracts Under Implementation   | O&M Contracts Under Implementation          |
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| S.No .                               | State                                | Name of Project                                                                                          | Length (in Km.)                      | Date of Start                        | Period (in Year)                     | Date of Completion                   | Name of Agency / Contractor                 |
| 1                                    | Uttar Pradesh                        | Agra-Makhanpur 199.60-250.50 UP of NH-2                                                                  | 50.9                                 | 25.08.2015                           | 1                                    | 24.08.2016                           | M/s JMC Constructions                       |
| 2                                    | Uttar Pradesh                        | Makhanpur-Etawah 250.50-323.00 UP of NH-2                                                                | 72.5                                 | 01.08.2015                           | 1                                    | 31.07.2016                           | M/s. Shobha Ram Sharma Contractor           |
| 3                                    | Uttar Pradesh                        | Chakeri (kanpur) to Kokhraj (Allahabad) from km 483.687 to 628.753 UP of NH-2                            | 145.066                              | 25.09.2015                           | 1                                    | 24.09.2016                           | M/s Alok Srivastava                         |
| 5                                    | Uttar Pradesh                        | Handia-Rajatalab from km 245.00 to km 317.389 UP of NH-2                                                 | 72.39                                | 01.10.2015                           | 1                                    | 30.09.2016                           | M/s Gopesh Sharma                           |
| 6                                    | Bihar / Jharkhand                    | Aurangabad-Gorhar from km 180.00 to km 320.00 BH/JH of NH-2                                              | 140                                  | 01.11.2015                           | 1                                    | 31.10.2016                           | M/s Shiva Build Tech. Pvt. Ltd.             |
| 7                                    | Jharkhand                            | Gorhar - Barwa Adda km. 320.00 to km. 398.750 JH of NH-2                                                 | 78.75                                | 01.01.2015                           | 1                                    | 31.12.2016                           | M/s BLA Pvt Ltd                             |
| 8                                    | Uttar Pradesh                        | Jhansi- Orai section from km. 140.400 and 187.500 of NH-25                                               | 135.00                               | 10.08.2015                           | 1                                    | 09.08.2016                           | M/s Azad Earth Mover                        |
| 9                                    | Bihar                                | Kotwa-Muzaffarpur- section from km 440.00 to km 520.00 of NH28 and 0 t0 37.5 of NH-57 BH length 117.5Km. | 117.00                               | 08.10.2014                           | 1                                    | 30.04.2016                           | M/s Shiva Buildtech Pvt. Ltd.               |
| 10                                   | Bihar / Wesh Bengal                  | Purnea -Dalkola 410.700 to 447.00 NH-31                                                                  | 37                                   | 28.04.2015                           | 1                                    | 27.04.2016                           | M/s. S&P Infrastructure Developers (P) Ltd. |
| 11                                   | West Bengal                          | Dalkola- Islampur- Siliguri 447.000 to Km551.000 of NH-31                                                | 104                                  | 01.01.2014                           | 1                                    | 30.04.2016                           | M/s Sincere construction                    |
| 12                                   | West Bengal / Assam                  | Salsabari- WB/Assam Border km 228.00 to km 254.50 of NH-31 C                                             | 26.5                                 | 01.01.2015                           | 1                                    | 31.03.2016                           | M/s IISKAM Infra                            |
| 13                                   | Uttar Pradesh                        | Ghaziabad-Hapur & Hapur Bypass 27.643 - 60.00 of NH-24                                                   | 32.35                                | 01.03.2014                           | 2                                    | 31.03.2016                           | M/s R.G Buildwell                           |

|   14 | Uttar Pradesh   | Hapur-Garhmukteshwar section of NH-24 from km. 58.00 to km. 93.00 of NH-24                                                       |      35 | 08.09.2014   |   2 | 07.09.2016   | M/s RG Build well                                         |
|------|-----------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|--------------|-----|--------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|   15 | Uttar Pradesh   | Garhmukteshwar to Moradabad km. 93.00 to 149.25 of NH-24                                                                         |  56.25  | 01.06.2015   |   1 | 31.05.2016   | M/s Shiva Build Tech. Pvt. Ltd.                           |
|   16 | Karnataka       | Hubli -Haveri Km 404 to Km 340 Karnataka of NH-4                                                                                 |  64     | 13.07.2015   |   1 | 12.07.2016   | M/s Inckah Infrastructure Technologies Pvt. Ltd.          |
|   17 | Karnataka       | Haveri- Dhavengiri (Km 340.00 to Km 260.00) of NH-4                                                                              |  80     | 17.07.2015   |   1 | 16.07.2016   | M/s KLR Constructions                                     |
|   18 | Karnataka       | Dhavengiri- Chitradurga (Km 260.00 to Km 189.00) of NH-4                                                                         |  71     | 11.06.2015   |   1 | 10.06.2016   | M/s A. Balram Reddy                                       |
|   19 | Karnataka       | Tunkur Bypass from Km 65 to Km73 of NH-4                                                                                         |  13     | 21.07.2015   |   1 | 20.07.2016   | M/s Veera Reddy                                           |
|   20 | Orissa          | Balasore-Chandikhole km. 80.99 to km. 218.135 of NH-5                                                                            | 137.145 | 16.07.2014   |   2 | 15.07.2016   | M/s Abhipsa construction                                  |
|   21 | Orissa          | Bhubaneshwar - Sunakhala Km. 285.335 to 363.464 of NH-5                                                                          |  78.13  | 24.08.2015   |   1 | 23.08.2016   | M/s Jitender Singh                                        |
|   22 | Andhra Pradesh  | Sunakhala - Icchapuram (Chainage Km. 513.624 to Km. 620.430) Section of NH-16 (Old NH-5 from Km. 340.006 to Km. 233.200) of NH-5 | 106.6   | 12.08.2014   |   2 | 11.08.2016   | M/s B. Ramiah Construction                                |
|   23 | Andhra Pradesh  | Ichhapuram - Nandigam - Srikakulam - Anandapuram Section from km. 470.415 to km. 682.980 of NH-5                                 | 212.57  | 30.11.2014   |   1 | 30.04.2016   | M/s B. Ramanaiah Construction                             |
|   24 | Andhra Pradesh  | Anandapuram - Visakhapatnam - Anakapalli Section from km. 682.980 to km. 741.256 of NH-5                                         |  58.28  | 09.10.2015   |   1 | 08.10.2016   | M/s B. Ramanaiah Construction Reminder to RO for estimate |
|   25 | Andhra Pradesh  | Divancheruvu - Gundugolanu Section Km 901 to km 1022 of NH-5                                                                     | 122     | 01.10.2015   |   1 | 30.09.2016   | M/s Meenakshi Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd.                    |
|   26 | Andhra Pradesh  | Daroda-Kelapur km 123 to km 153(Nagpur Hyderabad) of NH-5                                                                        |  30     | 22.01.2015   |   1 | 30.04.2016   | M/s MKS Constra. Pvt. Ltd.                                |

| 27   | Rajasthan   | Kishangarh-Kanwalias- Jojro-ka-Kheda (Chittorgarh) 0.0 to 35 & 15.00 to 163.90 RAJ NH-79A and 79                                                              |   183.9 | 02.12.2015   | 2   | 01.12.2017   | M/s H.S. Mehta Infra Pvt. Ltd.   |
|------|-------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|--------------|-----|--------------|----------------------------------|
| 28   | Rajasthan   | Chittorgarh-Mangalwar- Udaipur-Ratanpur 213- 113.830 and 278.00 to 388.18 including 4- laned Chittorgarh (29.800 km.) & 2-laned Udaipur Bypass (11.20 km) RAJ |  250.35 | 07.12.2015   | 2   | 06.12.2017   | M/s Kalthia Engg. &Const. Ltd.   |
| 29   | Gujarat     | Ratanpur-Ahmedabad 388.18 to 515.00 GUJ NH-8                                                                                                                  |  126.82 | 07.05.2015   | 1   | 06.05.2016   | M/s Laxmi Builders, Gandhinagar  |
| 30   |             | Lakhanpur Jammu section including Jammu bypass km 16.350 to km 97.200 and km 0.00 to 15.00 of Jammu bypass NH-1A                                              |   95.85 | 04.11.2015   | 2   | 03.11.2017   | M/s Mohandas V. Rajani           |
| 31   | Gujarat     | Bamanbore-Garamore Section of NH-8A (from km. 182.500 to km. 254.000) in the State of Gujarat NH-8A                                                           |   71.4  | 06.11.2015   | 2   | 05.11.2017   | M/s Laxmi Builders, Gandhinagar  |
| 32   | Gujarat     | Garamore-Samakhiyali Section of NH-8A (from km. 254.000 to km. 306.000) in the State of Gujarat NH-8A                                                         |   52    | 05.07.2015   | 1   | 04.07.2016   | M/s Jugal Kishore                |
| 33   | Gujarat     | Porbandar-Bhiladi-Jetpur Section Km.1.960 to Km.117.600 of NH-8B                                                                                              |  117.6  | 11.05.2015   | 1   | 10.05.2016   | M/s Mohandas Rajani              |
|      |             | Total length                                                                                                                                                  | 2973.34 | 2973.342     |     |              |                                  |

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 186 FOR ANSWER ON 10 TH  MARCH, 2016 ASKED BY SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV AND SHRIMATI SAKUNTALA LAGURI REGARDING PRIVATE COMPANIES FOR MAINTENANCE OF NHS.

| OMTCONTRACTS AWARDEDUPTO 2015-16   | OMTCONTRACTS AWARDEDUPTO 2015-16   | OMTCONTRACTS AWARDEDUPTO 2015-16                                                                                           | OMTCONTRACTS AWARDEDUPTO 2015-16   | OMTCONTRACTS AWARDEDUPTO 2015-16   | OMTCONTRACTS AWARDEDUPTO 2015-16           | OMTCONTRACTS AWARDEDUPTO 2015-16   |
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| S. No.                             | OMT pkg. No.                       | Stretch                                                                                                                    | Date of COD                        | Concession Period                  | Date of Completion of Concession Agreement | Length                             |
| 1                                  | OMT-01                             | Palanpur-Radhanpur-Samakhiyali section of (from Km340 to Km485 of NH-14 &from Km138 to Km281.3 of NH-15) (EW)              | 27.04.2010                         | 9 years                            | 26.04.2019                                 | 260.5                              |
| 2                                  | OMT-03                             | Chittorgarh-Kota Section of (from Km199.729 toKm 360.429of Nh-76) (EW)                                                     | 01.08.2011                         | 6 years                            | 31.07.2017                                 | 160.5                              |
| 3                                  | OMT-04                             | Swaroopganj-Pindwada-Udaipur section of (from Km264 to Km284.7 of NH-14 &from Km0.0 to Km104.724 of NH-76) (EW), Rajasthan | 1.10.2011                          | 6 years                            | 30.09.2017                                 | 120.02                             |
| 4                                  | OMT-05                             | Baran-Shivpuri-Jhansi NH-76 and NH-25(EW)                                                                                  | 25.08.2011                         | 6 years                            | 24.08.2017                                 | 196.07                             |
| 5                                  | OMT-06                             | Madurai-Kanyakumari NH-7 TN Km. 0 to 243.170                                                                               | 22.09.2013                         | 9 years                            | 21.09.2022                                 | 243.17                             |
| 6                                  | OMT-08                             | Kota-Baran NH-76(EW)                                                                                                       | 17.09.2011                         | 9 years                            | 16.09.2020                                 | 104.06                             |
| 7                                  | OMT-10                             | Kanpur-Lucknow Bypass and Lucknow-Ayodhya (EW) UP                                                                          | 01.08.2013                         | 9 years                            | 31.07.2022                                 | 217.32                             |
| 8                                  | OMT-11                             | Ayodhya-Gorakhpur (EW) NH 28 UP                                                                                            | 03.08.2013                         | 9 years                            | 02.08.2022                                 | 116.1                              |
| 9                                  | OMT-13                             | Hyderabad-Bangalore (NS) NH-7 AP Km. 211 to 462                                                                            | 16.05.2013                         | 9 years                            | 15.05.2022                                 | 251.16                             |

| 10   | OMT-14     | Lalitpur-Lakhnadon (NS) NH-7 MP KM. 99.005 TO 415.089                                                                          | 06.10.2013                                                 | 9 years   | 05.10.2022   |   316.08 |
|------|------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|--------------|----------|
| 11   | OMT-15     | Chennai Bypass (Others) NH-32 TN km. 0 to 32.6                                                                                 | 14.05.2013                                                 | 9 years   | 13.05.2022   |    32.6  |
| 12   | OMT-16     | Trichy -Madurai (Others) NH-45 TN KM. 0 to 124.84                                                                              | 03.06.2013                                                 | 9 years   | 02.06.2022   |   124.52 |
| 13   | OMT 20     | Muzzaffarpur - Darbanga - Ring Bunds - Simrahi - Forbesganj - Purnea &Toll collection at Toll Plaza Km150.390 (EW) Bihar NH 28 | 19.07.2015                                                 | 9 years   | 18.07.2024   |   285.07 |
| 14   | OMT - 21 A | Jalandhar-Punjab/J&K border (Km 4.230 to Km117.750/4.000 to 16.350 of NH-1A)                                                   | Yet to achieved (Date of Agreement of the work 30.09.2015) | 9 years   |              |   125.87 |
| 15   | OMT 22     | Agra Gwalior (NH-3 NS)SFC ISSUED 31.3.14(km51- 61=10.35km incomplete, 7.9 can be complete by Dec,14                            | 18.02.2015                                                 | 9 years   | 17.02.2024   |    95    |
| 16   | OMT-23     | Edapally-Vitilla-Aroor (PC) NH-47 Kerala Km. 348 to 359.75                                                                     | 06.09.2015                                                 | 9 years   | 05.09.2024   |    16.75 |
| 17   | OMT- 27    | Gorakhpur - Kasia - UP / Bihar Border - including toll collection of Gorakhpur bypass (EW) UP NH 28                            | 05.08.2015                                                 | 9 years   | 04.08.2024   |   112    |
| 18   | OMT 29     | Borkhedi - Wadner (NH-7 NS) Km. 36.600 to Km. 93.750 Tamil Nadu                                                                | 30.12.2014                                                 | 4 years   | 29.12.2018   |    57.15 |
| 19   | OMT-32     | Allahabad Bypass (GQ) NH-2 UP                                                                                                  | 25.04.2014                                                 | 9 years   | 24.04.2023   |    84.71 |
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