(a) the details of Bharatmala Projects being taken up by the Government in the country including West Bengal and North Eastern Region;
(b) the details of funds allocated, disbursed and utilised for the purpose, year
and State-wise;
(c) the progress achieved and the time by which the project is likely to be
completed;
(d) whether the Bharatmala Pariyojana will help to create jobs; and
(e) if so, the details thereof and the number of jobs likely to be created?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
(SHRI MANSUKH L. MANDAVIYA)
(a) to (c) The Government of India has conceptualized an umbrella programme namely Bharatmala Pariyojana for development of highways across the country which includes development of border roads, international connectivity roads, coastal roads, port connectivity roads, ring roads, removal of choke points, logistic parks, economic corridors, inter corridors, feeder routes and expressways.
Under the Phase-I of Bharatmala Pariyojana 24,800 km of roads are proposed for development in the next five years i.e. 2017-18 to 2021-22 at an overall investment of around Rs 5,35,000 crore. The details of the first phase of Bharatmala Pariyojana, which also include projects in West Bengal and North Eastern Region, are provided in the table below:
S.no. Component Length
(km) Cost
(Rs. in Cr.)
1 Economic Corridors Development 9,000 120,000
2 Inter Corridor and Feeder Route Development 6,000 80,000
3 National Corridors Efficiency improvement (6 laning of GQ, NS-EW, removal of congestion points, development of logistics parks, etc.) 5,000 100,000
4 Border Roads and International Connectivity 2,000 25,000
5 Coastal Roads and Port Connectivity 2,000 20,000
6 Green field Expressways 800 40,000
Total 24,800 385,000
Balance NHDP projects 10,000 150,000
(d) to (e) It is an estimate that 4076 mandays of work is created for every km of road constructed. In addition, a road project has a force multiplier effect on the economy that results in creation of indirect employment.
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