(a) whether the Government has formulated a 20-year road development scheme;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) the provision of funds made for completion of the above scheme including the foreign assistance sought for this purpose;
(d) the details thereof; and
(e) the works likely to be executed thereunder ?
THE MINISTER OF SHIPPING, ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS (SHRI T.R. BAALU)
(a) to (e) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.299 FOR ANSWER ON 23.03.2005 ASKED BY SHRI GIRIDHARI YADAV AND SHRI ANJAN KUMAR M. YADAV REGARDING 20-YEAR ROAD DEVELOPMENT SCHEME
(a) & (b) The Ministry in 2001 had prepared through Indian Roads Congress (IRC) `Road Development Plan VISION: 2021` for a period of 20 years (2001-2021). This document provides the vision for the next 20 years for development and maintenance of all categories of roads i.e. National Highways, State Highways, Major District Roads and Rural Roads. The urban roads as well as the roads for specific need e.g. tourism, forestry, mining and industrial areas etc. have also been considered. The research and development, mobilisation of resources, capacity building and human resources development, quality system, environment and energy considerations for the highway sector and highway safety are also included in this document which serves as only a valuable guide to the Centre and the State Governments for planning purpose.
(c) & (d) The Government of India takes up the development works of National Highways and allocates fund only through Five Year Plans. The approved 10th Five Year (2002-07) Plan outlay for the Central Sector Roads is Rs.59,490 Crore, which includes Rs.13990.50 Crore from External Assistance. The details are at Annexure-I.
(e) The priority during the Tenth Plan was the completion of National Highways Development Project (NHDP) of 4/6-laning of National Highways of about 14279 km length at an estimated cost of Rs.64,639 Crore, which is targeted for completion by December 2007. The physical targets have been set up for stretches other than NHDP and are at Annexure-II.
ANNEXURE-I
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (c) AND (d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.299 FOR ANSWER ON
23.03.2005 ASKED BY SHRI GIRIDHARI YADAV AND SHRI ANJAN KUMAR M. YADAV REGARDING 20-YEAR ROAD DEVELOPMENT SCHEME
SCHEME-WISE BREAKUP OF TENTH PLAN OUTLAY OF DEPARTMENT OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS FOR CENTRAL SECTOR ROADS (2002-07)
Sl.No. Name of the Scheme/Project/Programme Tenth Plan (2002-07) Approved outlay
1 National Highways Authority of India (Externally Aided Project) 10790.50 2 Road Wing (Externally Aided) 3200.00 3 National Highways (O) 8664.00 4 Border Road Development Board 950.00 5 Other Charges (Domestic Travel & Publicity etc.) 20.00 6 Development of IT 20.00 7 Strategic Roads under RW/BRDB 50.00 8 R&D and Planning studies 20.00 9 Training under World Bank and other Training 10.50 10 Machinery 15.00 11 Charged Expenditure 50.00 12 NHAI Investment from Central Road Fund (CRF) 10500.00 13 Roads of Inter-State & economic importance for States/UTs from CRF 500.00
Sub-Total (From 1 to 13) 34790.00
14 NHAI [Internal & Extra Budgetary Resource (IEBR)] 24700.00
Total 59490.00
ANNEXURE-II
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.299 FOR ANSWER ON 23.03.2005 ASKED BY SHRI GIRIDHARI YADAV AND SHRI ANJAN KUMAR M. YADAV REGARDING 20-YEAR ROAD DEVELOPMENT SCHEME
APPROVED PHYSICAL TARGETS FOR THE TENTH FIVE YEAR PLAN (2002-2007) FOR DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS OTHER THAN NHDP
S. No. Item Physical Targets (km / nos)
1 4/6 laning (km) 800 2 Widening to 2-lane (km) 4000 3 Strengthening (km) 2000 4 IRQP (km) 10000 5 Bypass (nos) 25 6 Bridges (nos) 100 7 Rehabilitation of Bridges (nos) 200 8 ROBs / RUBs LS 9 Wayside amenities LS 10 Expressway Land Acquisition (km) 1000 11 Expansion of NH Network (km) 2000