THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND
HIGHWAYS (SHRI SARVEY SATHYANARAYANA)
(a) The Government has awarded 1010 km of National Highways (NHs) so
far against the target of 8,800 km under National Highways Development
Project (NHDP) during the current financial year.
(b) Bids for 145 km have been received and bids for another 1535 km
length have been invited.
(c) In 38 projects, financial closure could not be achieved for
various reasons such as delays in obtaining forest / wild life / railway
clearances, law & order problems in some States, delay in land acquisition
& non fulfillment of condition precedence by the concessioner.
(d) The steps taken by the Government to minimize the delays in
completion of all its projects include setting up of Regional Offices by
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) headed by Chief General Managers
with adequate delegation of powers, setting up of special land acquisition
units, setting up of High Powered Committees under the Chairmanship of Chief
Secretaries of State Governments to resolve the bottlenecks relating to
shifting of utilities, land acquisition issues, etc. A meeting was held
recently associating all the stakeholders including the financial institutions
to sort out the hurdles. Further, the delayed projects are closely monitored
and periodically reviewed at the Headquarter as well as in the field units
for expeditious completion.
