(a) The Bharatmala Pariyojana, an umbrella program of Government of India for the National Highway sector, was approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on October 26, 2017, spanning over a period of five years (2017-2022). The objective of the program is to optimise the efficiency of freight & passenger movement across the country by bridging critical infrastructure Gaps and the implementation of the Pariyojana is being undertaken by Ministry of Road Transport & Highways through its various implementing agencies. A total length of about 24,800 km is being taken up under the Phase-I of Bharatmala Pariyojana. In addition, Phase – I also includes about 10,000 km of residual works of National Highway Development Project (NHDP). There program is divided in to six components to be taken up for implementation:
S. No. Name of Component & Details Description Total No. of Projects Total planned length (km) Total length to be undertaken as part of Phase I (km) Financial outlay for phase – I (INR Crores)
1 Development / upgradation of Economic Corridors Identified highway corridors of economic importance expected to carry 25%of freight in coming years 44 26,200 9,000 120,000
2 Development / of Inter-corridor and feeder roads to National Highways and Economic Corridors Connecting National Highways to link critical nodes with Economic corridors and National highways Inter Corridor: 65
Feeder Routes: 115 Inter-corridor: 8,000
Feeder Routes: 7,500 6,000 80,000
3 National Corridors Efficiency Improvement i. Development of ring-roads and by-passes / elevated corridors in addition to lane expansion to ease congestion on identified choke points along National Highways which impact the Logistics efficiency
ii. Development of Multimodal Logistics Parks i) Ring Roads: 28 Cities;
Identified Choke Points: 125;
Choke Points where intervention planned: 66.
ii) No. of Multi-modal Logistics Parks: 35 N/A 5,000 100,000
4 Border & International Connectivity Roads Border Roads identified to be built along the international border to facilitate EXIM trade with neighbouring countries such as Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh & Myanmar. Border Roads: 26
International Roads: 20
Border Roads: 3,300
International Roads:
1,910 2,000 25,000
5 Coastal & Port Connectivity Roads Coastal roads to be built along the coastline of India to boost tourism and industrial development of the coastal region and Port Connectivity Roads have been identified to facilitate EXIM trade with an emphasis to improve connectivity to non-major ports, respectively Coastal Roads: 7
Port Connectivity Roads: 68 Coastal Roads: 2,100
Port Connectivity: 2,000 2,000 20,000
6 Green-field Expressways Development of green-field expressways on sections of NHs wherein the traffic exceeds 50,000 PCUs daily 7 1,900 800 40,000
B. Balance Road Work under NHDP Self-explanatory - - 10,000 150,000
(b) Total locations approved by CCEA for development of Multi-modal Logistics Parks: 35. The List of identified MMLP projects is enclosed as Annexure I.
(c), (d) & (e) The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways undertook a Logistics Efficiency Improvement Program (LEEP) in 2017, through NHAI to identify the shortcomings of the exiting road transportation and logistics framework along the National Highways. The study was undertaken across multiple logistics related themes, which include, unfavourable inter-modal mix, inefficient fleet mix, under-developed material handling infrastructure, Under-developed Road Infrastructure and Procedural complexities. The study also assessed socio-ecological impact of existing road-based logistics and transportation. A detailed Concept Note on the LEEP Study undertaken by MoRT&H is enclosed herewith as Annexure II.
As part of the LEEP Study, it is identified that the cost of Logistics in India is 13-14 per cent of GDP as opposed to 7-8 per cent in developed economies like Japan, USA, Germany and Singapore. Further, this proportion has significantly increased over last 15 years, indicative of structural inefficiencies in logistics. The intent behind development of these MMLPs is to bring the cost of logistics below 10% of GDP by 2025 and to reduce the upto 10% in transportation cost for the top 15 nodes.
The detailed Methodology and findings of the LEEP Study have been enumerated in section no. 2 (two), 3 (three), 5 (five) and 6 (six) of the enclosed LEEP Study Report (Annexure II).
(f) The MMLPs under Bharatmala Pariyojana are conceived on a ‘Hub & Spoke’ Model and through a thorough Origin & Destination Analysis of cargo flow across the National Highways Grid of the Country, spread across a variety of Industrial, Export-Import (EXIM), Manufacturing and Consumer Hubs of the country. The above parameters were studied during the LEEP Study and the 35 Locations have been derived basis the rationale. List of MMLPs enclosed as Annexure I.
(g) An overlay of INR 100,000 Crores is approved by the CCEA for the National Corridor Efficiency Improvement component of the Bharatmala Pariyojana and the development of MMLPs is being undertaken as part of this allocation. So far, MoRT&H has accorded sanction of INR 794 Crores towards MMLPs, which may be broken down as below:
S. No. Description of Allocation Fund Sanctioned (INR Crores) Expenditure as on Feb 2021 (INR Crores)
1 Construction of first MMLP at Jogighopa, Assam through NHIDCL 694 23.26
2 Initial Grant by MoRT&H to ‘National Highway Logistics Management Limited (NHLML)’, a company incorporated under NHAI by renaming ‘Cochin Port Road Company Limited (CPRCL)’, which is a 100% subsidiary of NHAI 100 -
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