Lok Sabha Question No. 3044 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-04
Subject: Widening of Roads
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: MEKAPATI RAJAMOHAN REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3044

ANSWERED ON 4 TH  AUGUST, 2016

## WIDENING OF ROADS

3044.   SHRI M. RAJA MOHAN REDDY:

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

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has prepared any time bound road map for widening of Highways to 4 and 6 lanes;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  involve  private  sector  in  such  projects  by  giving incentives to private players; and

(d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

(a)  and  (b)        The  Ministry  has  taken  up  various  phases  of  National  Highways  Development Project  (NHDP).  Phases  I,  II  and  III  of  NHDP  are  primarily  concerned  with  four  laning  of National Highways (NHs). Further, selected NH stretches have been taken up for 4-laning under NHDP Phase-IV. The Ministry has taken up NHDP-Phase V for six laning of about 6,500 km length of NHs. The present status of progress under these programmes are as follows:-

| NHDP Phase   | Total Length (km)   | Length Completed (km)   | Length under Implementation (km)   | Length to be awarded (km)   |
|--------------|---------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| I            | 7,522               | 7,521                   | 1                                  | 0                           |
| II           | 6,647               | 5,954                   | 438                                | 255                         |
| III          | 12,172              | 7,006                   | 3,388                              | 1,778                       |
| IV*          | 6,102               | 984                     | 4,488                              | 630                         |
| V            | 6,500               | 2,434                   | 726                                | 3,340                       |
| Total        | 38,943              | 23,899                  | 9,041                              | 6,003                       |

*- Length selected for upgradation to 4-lane NH standard

4-laning  of  about  580  km  length  of  NHs  are  included  under  Special  Accelerated  Road Development Programme for the North East Region (SARDP-NE) including Arunachal Pradesh Package  of  Roads.  Projects  in  about  353  km  length  have  commenced  for  4-laning  under  these programmes; out of this projects in about 76 km length have been completed.

(c) and(d)     The Government has taken major initiatives towards expediting implementation of languishing projects by providing incentives to private sector. The various measures taken are:-

-  Loan secured to the extent of termination payment.
-  Infrastructure debt fund - Long term financing at low interest rates
-  Reschedulement of premium - Bank Rate+2%.
-  100% exit after 2 years of completion in projects awarded before 2009.
-  Fund infusion by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) in stalled projects where the physical progress is 50% and the concessionaire is facing shortage of funds.
-  NHAI liberally permitting refinance with elongation of repayment period.  Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has also issued circular for providing long term debt finance matching the concession period without classifying the exposure as restructured.

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