THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
(SHRI JITIN PRASADA)
(a) The State / Union Territory-wise number of on-going NH projects in the
country for development of NHs, including those in the State of Chhattisgarh,
Maharashtra, Gujarat and Odisha are at Annexure-I.
(b) Yes, Madam.
(c) The State-wise and UT-wise details of number of delayed on-going NH
projects in the country including those in the State of Gujarat for development
of NHs are at Annexure-II. The delays have occurred due to various reasons such
as delay in land acquisition, shifting of utilities, obtaining environment,
forest clearances and railway approvals, poor performance of contractors and
law & order problems in some States. The steps taken / proposed to be taken
by the Government to minimize the delays in completion of all its projects
include setting up of Regional Offices by NHAI headed by Chief General Managers
with adequate delegation of powers, setting up of special land acquisition units,
setting up of High Powered Committees under the Chairmanship of Chief Secretaries
of State Governments to resolve the bottlenecks relating to shifting of utilities,
land acquisition issues, etc. Further, the delayed projects are closely monitored
and periodically reviewed at the Headquarter as well as the field units for
expeditious completion.
(d) The development and maintenance of National Highways (NHs) is a continuous
process and the works on NHs are accordingly taken up from time to time based on the
traffic density, inter-se priority and availability of funds. Further, all NHs are
kept in traffic-worthy condition within the available resources.
(e) The State / Union Territory-wise details of funds allocated and spent for
development & maintenance of NHs including those in the State of Maharashtra during
the last three years are at Annexure-III & IV respectively. Funds for the development/
maintenance of NHs are not released stretch-wise.
