(a) whether proposals had been received from the foreign investors for constructing roads in the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof for the period from January 1,1996 to March 31, 2003; country-wise; and
(c) the action taken by the Government thereon?
THE MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (MAJOR GENERAL (RETD.) B.C.KHANDURI)
(a) to (c) This Ministry is responsible for National Highways only. The details of National Highway Projects being executed by National Highways Authority of India with foreign investment on Build, Operate and Transfer (Annuity) basis are at Annex. Besides these, two proposals from Government of Malaysia have been received for development of one section each on National Highway-1 and National Highway-45 and 45-B. the proposals are at initial stage.
ANNEX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2156 FOR ANSWER ON 5TH MARCH, 2003, ASKED BY SHRI LAXMAN GILUWA AND SHRI MANSINH PATEL REGARDING FOREIGN INVESTORS IN ROAD SECTOR.
Foreign investment on BOT (Toll)/BOT (Annuity)
Annuity Based Projects
Sl. No. Name of Projects NH No. Length (in Km) Total Name of the firm and Nationality Project Cost
1 Panagarh-Palsit (km 517 to km 581) 2 64.457 350 Gamuda Malaysia - WCT Malaysia (Malaysian) 2 Palsit-Dankuni (km 581 to km 646) 2 65 432.4 Consortium of Gokuda (Malaysia) & WCT Engineering (Malaysia)(Malaysian) 3 Ankapalli-Tuni (km 2.8 to km 49) 5 58.947 283.2 GMR-Tuni-Ankapalli Express Ltd (Indian-Malaysian) 4 Tambaram-Tindivanam (km 28 to km 121 45 93 375 Tambaram-Tindivanam Expressway Pvt. Ltd. (Consortium & UE Malaysia) (Indian-Malaysian JV)
Toll Based Projects
5 Vivekananda Bridge and Approach 2 6 600 SVBTG Consortium of AIDC group (USA), STRADC (Philippines)(Philippines-USA) 6 Nellore-Tada (km 163.6 to km 52.8) 5 110.52 621.35 CIDB Malaysia(Malaysian) 7 Nandigama-Vijayawada 9 35 138.65 CIDB Malaysia(Malaysian)