THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SHIPPING, ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI K. H. MUNIYAPPA)
(a) and (b) The status of projects under National Highways Development Project (NHDP) as on 31.10.2006 is enclosed
as Annexure-I. As per Annual Plan of the Authority for the year 2006-2007, 633 km pertaining to NHDP Phase-I and 650
km pertaining to NHDP Phase-II, is targeted to be 4/6 laned.
(c) The problems affecting the progress of the projects include difficulty in acquisition of land, shifting of
utilities, environment and forest clearance, clearance/approval of Road Over Bridges (ROB) design, poor performance
of contractors etc.
(d) A list of steps taken to expedite the projects, is enclosed as Annexure-II.
(e) and (f) Government is proposing some changes in the Model Concession Agreement which are necessary to
overcome operational difficulties such as relaxing pre-condition of handing over of 80% of site on or before
appointed date for Build Operate and Transfer (BOT) contracts to avoid damages on part of the Government.
ANNEXURE-I
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) AND (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1164 FOR ANSWER ON 29TH
NOVEMBER, 2006 ASKED BY SHRI K.S. RAO, SHRI PARAS NATH YADAV, SHRI MAGUNTA SREENIVASULU REDDY,SHRI P.S. GADHAVI,
SHRI BALASHOWRY VALLABHANENI AND PROF. M. RAMADASS REGARDING PROJECTS OF NHDP.
STATUS OF PROEJCTS AS ON 31.10.2006
Sr. No. NHDP Total Completed Under Implementation Balance for Component Length(km.) 4-lane Length (km) No. of contracts award of (km.) civil works (km.)
1 Golden 5846 5453 (93.3%) 393 35 Quadrilateral
2 North-South 7300 840 5055 139 1306 & East-West
3 Port 380 122 237 8 21 Connectivity
4 Other NHs 945 287 638 16 20
5 NHDP-IIIA 6139 30 1090 17 5019
6 NHDP Phase-V 6500 148 2 6352 Total 27110 6732 7561 217 12718
difference in total length is because of change in length after award of works.
ANNEXURE-II
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1164 FOR ANSWER ON 29TH NOVEMBER,
2006 ASKED BY SHRI K.S. RAO, SHRI PARAS NATH YADAV, SHRI MAGUNTA SREENIVASULU REDDY,SHRI P.S. GADHAVI, SHRI
BALASHOWRY VALLABHANENI AND PROF. M. RAMADASS REGARDING PROJECTS OF NHDP.
The following steps have been taken to ensure early completion of the project:-
(a) The Contracts are regularly monitored at various levels such as by Supervision Consultants/Project Directors,
Senior Officers of National Highways Authority of India. Progress reviews are also held at the level of Chairman,
National Highways Authority of India, Secretary, Department of Road Transport & Highways and the Minister, Shipping,
Road Transport & Highways.
(b) State Governments have appointed senior officers as nodal officers for resolving problems associated with
implementation of the National Highways Development Project such as land acquisition, removal of utilities,
forest/pollution/environment clearances etc. These nodal officers hold periodic meetings to review the projects
and take action to resolve the problems.
(c) A Committee of Secretaries has been constituted under Cabinet Secretary to address inter-ministerial and
Centre-State issues such as land acquisition, utility shifting, environment approvals, clearance of Road Over
Bridges etc.
(d) The procedure of issue of Land Acquisition notifications has now been simplified. Earlier all the notifications
under National Highways Act were vetted by the Ministry of Law. Recently, an amendment has been made in the Allocation
of Business Rules by which these notifications are not required to be sent to the Ministry of Law. The Ministry of Law
has approved the standard formats of various notifications keeping in view the similar nature of the notifications of
Land Acquisition.
(e) To expedite the construction of Road Over Bridges, an officer of the Railways has been posted to National Highways
Authority of India to coordinate with Ministry of Railways. Memorandum of Understanding has been signed with M/s IRCON
International Limited for construction of some of the Road Over Bridges.
(f) Action has been taken against non-performing contractors and they are not allowed to bid for future projects unless
they improve the performance in existing contracts.
(g) Steps have been taken to improve cash flow problems of contractors by granting interest bearing discretionary advance
at the request of contractor, release of retention money against bank guarantee of equal amount, deferment of recovery
of advances (on interest basis) and relaxation in minimum Interim Payment Certificate (IPC) amount.
