(a) the norms laid down for construction of roads/highways under NHAI in the country;
(b) whether many National Highways constructed in the country do not conform to the
standards and quality norms;
(c) whether the Government has conducted any quality check on a National Highway being
built in Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh;
(d) if so, the details thereof and the action taken against the errant officials and contractors found guilty in the matter; and
(e) if not, the reasons therefor?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI R. P. N. SINGH)
(a) National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) follows the norms laid down in the Ministry
of Road Transport & Highways (MoRT&H) specifications, Indian Roads Congress (IRC) Publications
as well as NHAI Manuals and guidelines issued from time to time.
(b) No, Sir.
(c) Yes, Sir.
(d) & (e) NHAI has engaged Supervision Consultants / Independent Engineers to supervise
the quality of works on day to day basis besides regular inspections by NHAI field and HQ
officers. Apart from that NHAI has also engaged third party quality audit consultant for
checking the quality system of some projects on random basis. The BOT (Annuity) project
from Orai (Sankat Mochan Temple) to Bara Jod on NH-25 (km. 220.00 to km. 255.00) and NH-2
(km. 421 to km. 449) is in Bundelkhand region. In this stretch the third party quality test
from IIT, Kanpur was conducted and results were satisfactory.