Question : Nagpur-Solapur-Ratnagiri Highway

(a) whether the Government has decided construction of Nagpur-Solapur-Ratnagiri highway project;

(b) if so, the funds allocated by the Union Government for land acquisition along with the funds utilized for the said purpose, till date;

(c) the area of land acquired by the State Government for this purpose, so far;

(d) whether any delay has been reported for completion of the said highway; and

(e) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor along with the time by which the said highway is likely to be completed?

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

(a) Yes madam. The Nagpur-Solapur-Ratnagiri highway project is divided into 5 different sections, the details are as under:

Sl. No Section Status

1 Butibori (Nagpur) to Tuljapur (NH-361) DPR for section from Butibori to Tuljapur (NH-361) is completed. The section is divided into 8 projects for its implementation. 4 projects are under tender stage and 4 projects are under approval stage.
2 Tuljapur to Sholapur NH -211 Construction work is in progress.
3 Solapur-Sangli NH-166 Under DPR Stage
4 Sangli-Kolhapur NH-166 The Construction of section from Sangli to Kolhapur being implemented by Government of Maharashtra on Build Operate & Transfer basis. 96% work has been completed.
5 Kolhapur-Ratnagiri NH-166 Under DPR Stage

(b) Funds are allocated by the Union Government for land acquisition as per award by CALA ( Competent authority for Land Acquisition)

(c) The 27.33 hect land has been acquired by State Government.

(d) & (e) Yes Madam. The work on the section from Sangli to Kolhapur is slow The delay is due to slow implementation of work by the concessionaire. Since the above project is under different stage of implementation, therefore it is too early to indicate the completion time.

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