(a) whether the NCR planning board has approved a highway corridors project for the National Capital Region as reported in the Dainik Jagaran dated November 24,2005;
(b) if so, the details in this regard;
(c) the expenditure likely to be incurred on the said project;
(d) the details of the share of the Union Government in the said project; and
(e) the time by which it will be completed?
MINISTER OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND CULTURE ( SHRI S. JAIPAL REDDY )
(a)to(e): The National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB)
has reported that the news item published in Dainik Jagaran on
24.11.2005 which mentions approval of a Plan for Rs.8047 crore
for development of NCR including certain highways is not based
on facts. The Board, since its inception in 1985, has
sanctioned 202 projects with an estimated cost of Rs.8423 crore
and loan component of Rs.4336 crore for setting up various
infrastructure projects in the National Capital Region. The
Regional Plan-2021, however, takes note of the Peripheral
Expressway around Delhi consisting of Eastern and Western
Expressway which has been taken up for implementation by
National Highway Authority of India and Government of Haryana
respectively at a total projected cost of Rs.3657 crore.