(a) the year in which the North-South and East-West corridor and Golden Quadrilateral Project commenced;
(b) the target of road construction in kilometres fixed for the above projects for every year since commencement;
(c) the target achieved every year till March 31, 2006;
(d) whether the targets fixed have been achieved;
(e) if not, the reasons therefor; and
(f) the total length of both the project and the estimated cost to be incurred thereon?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SHIPPING,ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI K.H.MUNIYAPPA)
(a) National Highways Development Project (NHDP) Phase-I consisting of Golden Quadrilateral (GQ),
some sections of North-South & East-West (NS&EW) Corridors, Road Connectivity to major ports and some
other projects was approved by the Government in December, 2000. NHDP Phase-II consisting of East-West,
North-South corridors and other stretches of National Highways was approved by the Government in December, 2003.
(b) and (c) The targets and achievement of GQ and NS & EW Corridor since 2002-03 is enclosed as Annexure-I.
(d) and (e) There have been some delays in the completion of some contracts pertaining to NHDP Phase-I, due
to problems associated with acquisition of land, shifting of utilities, difficulty in environment and forest
clearances, poor performance of some contractors and termination of some contracts etc.
(f) The length and cost (excluding escalation and interest during construction) approved by the Government
for NHDP Phase-I (mainly comprising GQ) and NHDP Phase-II (mainly comprising NS & EW corridor) are as under:
NHDP Phase Length (in km) Estimated cost (Rs. in crore)
Phase-I 6359 30,300.00 (at 1999 prices)
Phase-II 6702 34,339.00 (at 2002 prices)
ANNEXURE-I
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (b) AND (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3065 FOR ANSWER ON 23RD AUGUST, 2006 ASKED BY SHRI KAILASH JOSHI REGARDING STATUS OF GOLDEN QUADRILATERAL PROJECT.
(Length in km.)
Sl. No. Name of Scheme AS PER ACTION PLAN 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 Target Achievement Target Achievement Target Achievement Target Achievement 1 Golden Quadrilateral 244.11 209.46 1789.5 709.73 2317.18 2082.7 782.09 582.82
2 North-South & East-West 200.2 91.5 347.47 53.6 331.92 119.17 194.45 113.23