(a) the number of proposals regarding road construction projects received from the State Governments of Maharashtra and Rajasthan during the last three years;
(b) the number and details of proposals approved by the Union Government and the proposals lying pending for consideration; and
(c) the time by which the pending proposals are likely to be cleared?
THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)
(a) to (c)- A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.81 FOR ANSWER ON 27.06.2019 ASKED BY SHRI RAMDAS C.TADAS AND SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI REGARDING CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS
(a) & (b) The number of proposals received and number of proposals approved along with their sanctioned cost for construction of roads in the state of Maharashtra and Rajasthanduring the last three years are as under:
Sl.No. Scheme Maharashtra Rajasthan
No. of Proposals received No. of Proposals approved Sanctioned Cost (Rupees in Crore) No. of Proposals received No. of Proposals approved Sanctioned Cost (Rupees in Crore)
1. NH(O) 245 245 45225.00 114 114 3326.00
2. CRF 52 52 2641.00 47 38 1438.00
3. NHDP-IV 10 10 7993.00 Nil Nil Nil
4. LWE 1 1 7.71 Nil Nil Nil
Total 308 308 55866.71 161 152 4764.00
(c) 9 proposals of Central Road Fund (CRF) for the State of Rajasthan were submitted by State Government in March, 2019, which could not be sanctioned due to Bank of sanction ratio exceeding permissible limit as per CRF Act, 2000 and enforcement of Model code of Conduct in March, 2019 for Lok Sabha Elections, 2019. With the amendment of CRF Act, 2000 through Finance Act, 2018 and replacing the earlier Act, the new Act viz “Central Road Infrastructure Fund Act, 2000” sanction of schemes for State Road is no longer a function of the Central Government.
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