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PARLIAMENT OF INDIARAJYA SABHA
DEPARTMENT-RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ONTRANSPORT, TOURISM AND CULTURE
TWO HUNDRED FORTY SIXTH REPORT
Demands for Grants (2017-18) of the Ministryof Road Transport and Highways
(Presented to the Rajya Sabha on 17th March, 2017)(Laid on the Table of Lok Sabha on 17th March, 2017)
Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New DelhiMarch, 2017/ Phalguna, 1939 (Saka)
CONTENTS
PAGES
1. COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE............................................................................ (i)-(ii)
2. INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................... (iii)
3. ACRONYMS............................................................................................................ (iv)-(v)
4. REPORT................................................................................................................. 1-34
5. OBSERVATIONS/RECOMMENDATIONS— AT A GLANCE........................................................ 35-42
6. MINUTES.............................................................................................................. 43-49
7. ANNEXURES........................................................................................................... 51-61
COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE
(Constituted 1st September, 2016)
1. Shri Mukul Roy — Chairman
RAJYA SABHA
2. Shri Ritabrata Banerjee
3. Dr. K. Chiranjeevi
4. Dr. Prabhakar Kore
5. Shri Kiranmay Nanda
6. Shri Rangasayee Ramakrishna
7. Kumari Selja
8. Shri Rajeev Shukla
9. Shri Narendra Kumar Swain
10. Shri Lal Sinh Vadodia
LOK SABHA
11. Shri Subrata Bakshi
12. Shri Ram Charitra Nishad
13. Shri Vinod Chavda
14. Shri Rajeshbhai Naranbhai Chudsama
15. Kumari Arpita Ghosh
16. Shri Rahul Kaswan
17. Shri P. Kumar
18. Shri Harish Chandra Meena
19. Yogi Aditya Nath
20. Shri Kristappa Nimmala
21. Shri Rajesh Pandey
22. Shri Rajesh Ranjan
23. Shri P. Srinivasa Reddy
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24. Shri Ram Kumar Sharma
25. Shri Prathap Simha
26. Shri Dushyant Singh
27. Shri Kunwar Haribansh Singh
28. Shri Rakesh Singh
29. Shri Shatrughan Sinha
30. Shri Manoj Tiwari
31. Shri K. C. Venugopal
SECRETARIAT
Shri J.G. Negi, Joint Secretary
Shri Swarabji B., Director
Shri Arun Kumar, Assistant Director
Shrimati Catherine John L., Assistant Director
Shri P.P. Raumon, Committee Officer
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INTRODUCTION
I, the Chairman, Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism andCulture, having been authorized by the Committee to present on its behalf, do hereby present this TwoHundred Forty Sixth Report on Demands for Grants (2017-18) of the Ministry of Road Transport andHighways.
2. The Committee, at its meeting held on 23rd February, 2017 considered the subject and heard theSecretary and other officials of the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways.
3. The Committee wishes to express its thanks to the officers of Ministry Road Transport andHighways for placing before the Committee, the material and information desired in connection with thesubject and for clarifying the points raised by the Members.
4. The Committee considered and adopted the Report at its meeting held on the 9th March, 2017.
NEW DELHI; MUKUL ROY9 March, 2017 Chairman,Phalguna 18, 1939 (Saka) Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on
Science & Transport, Tourism and Culture,Rajya Sabha.
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ACORONYMS
AGs : Accountant Generals
B.E. : Budget Estimates
BoT : Build-operate-Transfer
BRO : Border Roads Organization
CCA : Chief Controller of Accounts
CFI : Consolidated Fund of India
CRF : Central Road Fund
DIMTS : Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit Systems
DPR : Detailed Project Report
E&I : Electrical & Instrumentation
EAP : Externally Aided Projects
EI : Economic Importance
EI&ISC : Economic Importance & Inter State Connectivity
EPC : Engineering, Procurement and Construction
EPE : Eastern Peripheral Expressway
EPFO : Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation
GAD : General Arrangement Drawing
GBS : Gross Budgetary Support
GDP : Gross Domestic Product
HAM : Hybrid Annuity Model
HSD : High Speed Diesel
IAHE : Indian Academy of Highways Engineering
IEBR : Internal and Extra Budgetary Resources
InvITs : Infrastructure Investment Trusts
IRC : Indian Road Congress
IRQP : Improvement of Riding Quality
IT : Information Technology
LA : Land Acquisition
LIC : Life Insurance Corporation
LWE : Left Wing Extremism
M&R : Maintenance & Repair
MDRs : Major District Roads
MoRTH : Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
NER : North Eastern Region
NH(O) : National Highways (Original)
NHAI : National Highways Authority of India
NHARSS : National Highways Accident Relief Service Scheme
NHDP : National Highways Development Programme
NHIDCL : National Highway and Infrastructure Development CorporationLimited.
NHs : National highways
O&M : Operation & Maintenance
OMT : Operate Maintain Transfer
OR : Ordinary Repairs
PBFF : Permanent Bridges Fee Fund
PWD : Public Works Department
R&D : Research and Development
R.E. : Revised Estimates
RRP : Road Requirement Plan
SARDP-NE : Special Accelerated Road Development Programme (North-East)
SHDP : State Highways Development Programme
SHs : State Highways
SPV : Special Purpose Vehicle
SRTU : State Road Transport Undertaking
ToT : Toll Operate Transfer
TSP : Tribal Sub Plan
UC : Utility Certificate
UTs : Union Territories
VGF : Viability Gap Funding
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REPORT
INTRODUCTION
India is a vast country and for economic development of the country Road Transport plays a pivotal
role. At the same time in India, roads are main mode of transport, for movement of natural resources
and its distribution all over the country. In last few years, road transport has made a significant
contribution in growth of GDP in making the country prosperous and progressive. India has today, a
network of over 54.72 lakh km. of roads, consisting 1.13 lakh Km of national highways, 1.62 lakh Km.
of state highways and other roads constitutes around 52.97 lakh Km. of length.
2. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is involved in constructing roads, allocating funds
and giving logistic support to States for this work and also supervising and regulating various schemes
and plan to make the transport a viable and successful medium in the course of country’s prosperity.
Road transport sector influences the development and speed of success of the country.
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has got the mandate of construction and maintenance
of National Highways (NHs), administration of The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Central Motor Vehicle rules
1989, National Highways Act, 1956 administration of Central Road Fund (CRF) Act and National Fee
(Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008, matter concerning with National Highways and
Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. (NHIDCL) and Indian Academy of Highway Engineers
(IAHE), formulation of broad polices relating to road transport, environmental issues, automotive norms
etc. besides making arrangements for movements of vehicular traffic with neighbouring countries.
ANNUAL PLAN 2016-17
3. The Annual Plan 2016-17 proposed gross outlay of `1,03,286.00 crore in respect of Roads and
Road Transport Sector as under:
(` in crore)
Sector Budgetary support (proposed) IEBR (Proposed) Total
Roads 43,807 59,279 1,03,086
Road Transport 200 - 200
TOTAL 44,007 59,279 1,03,286
4. The actual expenditure incurred during the years 2014-15 and the expenditure incurred during
2015-16 till 31.12.2015 is indicated in the statement given below:-
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(` in crore)
Sl. No. Item Actual Expenditure 2015-16 2016-17
2014-15 2015-16 BE RE BE(upto31.12.15)
Road
1. GBS 24232.52 32,432.81 39252.65 40613.00 42517
Other than 239.93 350.03 600.00 600.00 1290GBS (EAP)
Total = 24472.45 32782.84 39.852.65 41213.00 5000
2. Provision for 3000.00 4000.00 4000.00 4000.00 5000NE and SikkimPool being 10%of GBS
Year Component Budget Estimate Revised Estimate Expenditure Expd. as% of RE
2015-16Plan
42,812.65 44,174.00 43,153.25 97.69
2016-17 54,900.00 49,082.34 36,696.39 74.76
2015-16Non-Plan
2,704.97 2,699.97 2,527.99 93.63
2016-17 2,837.57 2,998.80 1,700.54 56.71
2015-16Total
45,517.62 46,873.97 45,681.24 97.46
2016-17 57,737.57 52,081.14 38,396.93 73.73
5. The Secretary in his submission before the Committee informed that the expenditure willgo up since this is the figure as on 31st January, 2017 and in the remaining two months ofFebruary and March, 2017, the entire budget allocation will be utilized. The Committee notesthat as on 31st January, 2017 the expenditure percentage is only 73.73% of the total budgetallocated at RE stage.
6. The Committee has been given an understanding by the Secretary that total budget allocatedwould be utilized during the financial year 2016-17. However, the Committee strongly recommendsthat the expenditure percentage may be reviewed on quarterly basis as per expenditure guidelinesof the Ministry of Finance and the major portion of the Budget should not be left behind to beincurred in the last quarter of the financial year.
ACHIEVEMENT OF TARGET
7. The Committee enquired from the Ministry whether they had asked for additional funds at the REstage 2016-17, the Ministry has replied that some of the heads they had demanded for additional fundsat the RE stage 2016-17 and the fund were allocated as per the details given below:
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(Amount ` in crore)
Sl. No. Name of the Fund provided Additional Additional fund Total fund atScheme at BE 2016-17 fund asked provided at RE stage
at RE stage RE stage
1. SARDP-NE 5,000.00 1,600.00 (-)480.00 4,520.00
2. External Aided Projects 1,290.00 290.00 (-)330.00 960.00(including Counterpart)
3. National Highways (Original) 19,668.00 2,070.00 189.00 19,857.00
4. Maintenance and Repair of 2,834.00 500.00 161.23 2,995.23National Highways
8. The Committee wanted to know about the schemes/projects which could not achieve the requiredphysical target during the year 2016-17 due to shortage of fund or any other reasons. The Ministry inits reply has submitted that. There are no schemes/projects for which stipulated targets could not be metdue to shortage of funds. There have been some slippages in award and completion of some of the roadprojects on account of various reasons such as delay in pre-construction activities (especially landacquisition, shifting of utilities, obtaining statutory clearances, etc.), poor performance of Contractorsincluding cash flow problems, law and order problems, etc. However, periodic monitoring of the projectsare being done at various levels and efforts are being made to rectify these problems. The targets andachievements for award and completion of projects during 2016-17 are as follows:-
Award of Projects (km.) Completion of Projects (km.)
Targets Achievement upto Target Achievement uptoJanuary, 2017 January, 2017
25,000 8,183 10,000 5,498
9. The Committee is distressed to note that the additional fund was not provided to theMinistry at RE stage and instead it got a cut for SARDP-NE and Externally Aided Projects.
10. There is a sharp contrast between the reply given by the Ministry and the data shown inthe figure attached to the reply. The Committee further wants to know what are the factorswhich blocked the work of awarding projects to the contractors. The Ministry could achieve onlyone third of stipulated target of awarding the projects for 25,000 km. Secondly, the Committeeis further dismayed to note that the target of constructions out of the 10,000 km. of the roadprojects only 5,498 km. could be constructed upto January, 2017. Hence, the Committee recommendsthat the Ministry has to put an extra effort to achieve the target what it has set for theconstruction of the road for the year 2017-18.
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11. The Committee finds that the Ministry has fallen behind on many projects which is hamperingthe progress of road construction due to land acquisition, environment clearance, poor performanceby contractors etc. The Committee also urges the Ministry must foresee the likely problems andfind out the solution beforehand. The Committee recommends that the Ministry should makea concerted effort to address all the problems faced by it before and after awarding the projectsin vigorous manner.
ANNUAL PLAN 2017-18
Component Outlay for Outlay for Outlay for % increase % increase16-17 (BE) 16-17 (RE) 2017-18 (BE) of 17-18 of 17-18
outlay over outlay overBE 16-17 RE 16-17
EAP 1,290.00 960.00 1,225.00 -5.04 27.60
NHDP (NHAI) 19,653.00 14,976.60 23,891.59 21.57 59.53
NH(O) 15,504.00 19,861.00 22,047.57 42.21 11.01
SARDP-NE 5,000.00 4,520.00 5,265.00 5.30 16.48
Roads in LWE 1,000.00 760.00 900.00 -10.00 18.42affected areas
CRF(State Roads) 10,993.00 7,175.00 7,267.66 -33.89 1.29
EI&ISC 1,233.00 805.00 815.67 -33.85 1.33
M&R 2,834.00 2,995.23 2,966.75 4.68 -0.95
PBFF 44.07 44.07 37.86 -14.09 -14.09
Other items 224.93 206.60 232.90 3.54 12.73
Road Transport 200.00 143.50 250.00 25.00 74.22
Total GBS 57,976.00 52,447.00 64,900.00 11.94 23.74
IEBR 59,279.00 59,279.00 59,279.00 0.00 0.00
GRAND TOTAL 1,17,255.00 1,11,726.00 1,24,179.00 5.91 11.15
12. The Committee observes that the Budgetary allocation for 2017-18 for Road Sector is`̀̀̀̀64,900 crore and through Internal Extra Budgetary Support (proposed IEBR) is `̀̀̀̀59,279 crore.The Committee finds that there is an increase of 11.94% in GBS over BE 2016-17 and anincrease of 23.74% over RE 2016-17. The Committee hopes that increase in Gross BudgetarySupport (GBS) would help Ministry to complete more projects in the financial year 2017-18.
13. The Committee finds that the IEBR projection of `̀̀̀̀59,279 crore is same as it was for theyear 2016-17. The Committee was informed that `̀̀̀̀27,831 crore was raised upto January, 2017through EPFO, Bonds from LIC, Market bidding and 54EC capital gain bonds. The Committee
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was not convinced with the IEBR projection of `̀̀̀̀59,279 crore for 2016-17 and had shown itsapprehension in its Demands for Grants Report no.234 of the Ministry of Road Transport andHighways. The Committee noted that the Ministry could raise around 55-60% (approximately)through IEBR during 2016-17. The Committee would like to know from the Ministry how theprojects targeted during 2017-18 would be completed when there is a huge gap of funding throughmarket resources. The Committee recommends that the Ministry should make an extra effortto achieve the required target for funding of new projects envisaged during 2017-18.
14. The Committee is constrained to note that the Ministry of Finance has made five percentcut in the outlay for externally aided projects. The Committee recommends that under this head,the Ministry of Finance should provide more budgets so that the projects/schemes under thishead does not suffer.
15. The Committee observes that the gross budgetary support for NHDP (NHAI) is `̀̀̀̀23,891.59crore for 2017-18 with an increase of 21.57% over BE 2016-17 and 59.53% increase over RE2016-17. The Committee is happy to note that this increase will help the Ministry to completethe ongoing pending projects of national highways.
16. The Committee observes that after a cut of `̀̀̀̀480 crore at RE stage for SARDP-NE, this headhas got a 5.3% increase at revenue stage and has received `̀̀̀̀5,265 crore for BE 2017-18. TheCommittee hopes that this increase will help the Ministry to complete the pending projects ofNorth Eastern region under SARDP-NE Scheme.
17. The Committee finds that the budget outlay for National Highways (original) has also gota big boost of 42.21% increase over BE 2016-17. It has got `̀̀̀̀22,047.57 crore for the year2017-18. The Committee is happy to note that the pending projects under NH(O) would getcompleted on time in the financial year 2017-18.
18. The Committee observes that for roads in left wing extremism affected areas has got a cutof 10% over BE 2016-17 as it has received `̀̀̀̀ 900 crore (previous year 1000 crore as BE but 760crore at RE). The Committee is constrained to note this cut for one of the most importantprojects. The Committee feels that road connectivity in such areas is very significant to connectthe people with main stream land. Hence, the Committee recommends that the Ministry mayincrease the budget for this head at RE stage and the cut of budget should not come in the wayof developing LWE areas.
19. The Committee observes that the budget for 2017-18 under the head EI&ISC is `̀̀̀̀ 815.67crore i.e. a sharp cut of 33.85% over BE 2016-17. The Committee is unable to understand thereason of such a huge cut. This head is meant for Inter State connectivity which is veryimportant as far as trade and commerce between two states is concerned. The Committeerecommends that the Ministry may augment budgetary grant at RE stage so that the schemesunder EI&ISC should not suffer.
20. The Committee wanted to know from the Ministry whether the provisions made in the BE2017-18 are adequate for the road sector, in response the Ministry has replied that the Provision proposed
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for total Plan Outlay for the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways for 2017-18 is `64,900 crore,comprising of `64,521.08 crore for Roads Sector, `250 crore for Transport Sector and `128.92 crorefor Secretariat. In addition, NHAI has been authorized to generate Internal and Extra Budgetary Resources(IEBR) to the tune of `59,279 crore through market borrowings. It is envisaged that this would beadequate for ongoing projects during 2017-18. In case, any additional fund requirement is envisaged, thesame shall be duly projected at RE stage.
21. The Ministry has further informed that significant additional expenditure is expected on land acquisitiondue to enhanced compensation requirement as per the new Land Acquisition Act of 2013, and theMinistry may need to resort to following measures:-
(a) Entrustment of additional length of NHs to NHAI so that NHAI may effectively raise and utilizeits budgeted IEBR of Rs 59,279 crore in 2017-18 and in subsequent years.
(b) Taking a judicious approach in terms of adopting the project implementation mode for approvedprojects - Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM) vis-a-vis EPC. As capital expenditure is deferred underHAM, the Authority requires lesser amount of funds during construction years in comparisonto projects on EPC mode.
(c) Attracting fresh capital from the market on the strength of already operational projects throughthe following:
(i) Monetization of projects through the Toll-Operate -Transfer (ToT) Model
(ii) Securitization of toll revenue
(iii) Adopting the ‘Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs)’ route
(iv) Other innovative financing options, including LIC, Long Term Pension Funds, etc.
22. The Committee observes that the budgetary provision made for the Ministry for the year2017-18 is very encouraging and with the enhancement of budget the Ministry may take up somemore projects in the current financial year.
23. The Committee is optimistic in this regard that the new model of construction of road onHybrid Annuity may prove more successful than BOT and PPP model judging by its fundingformula. The Committee hopes that more and more concessionaire will join the projects to beawarded by the Ministry as this scheme has minimized the risk of losing money in this venture.
ROAD DEVELOPMENT
24. The Ministry has informed that they have been entrusted with the responsibility of development ofRoad Transport and Highways in general and construction and maintenance of National Highways (NHs)in particular. Besides, National Highways Development Project (NHDP) & National HighwayInterconnectivity Improvement Programme (NHIIP), Ministry is implementing SARDP-NE & LWE schemeswhich includes National Highways and State roads.
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25. The length of National Highways for which the GOI is constitutionally responsible is 1.13 lakh km.
26. The National Highways system has various deficiencies such as capacity constraints, inadequatepavement crust, poor geometrics and lack of safety features. The Ministry has further submitted thatthe Government is providing increasing budgetary allocation for highway sector, it has not been possibleto allocate sufficient funds for maintenance of National Highways. The road development programmeneeds concerted efforts in the form of mobilization of funds from other sources along with increasingbudgetary allocation as private sector involvement is depleting in recent years.
27. The Committee takes note of the problems submitted by the Ministry and agrees with theMinistry’s view point that the road development need a concerted efforts of all the agenciesinvolved in road construction and the availability of fund is not the sole criteria of completingroad projects.
DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS:
28. The Ministry has submitted that the Government is implementing National Highways DevelopmentProject (NHDP), the largest Highways Project ever undertaken in the country since 2000. The NHDPis mainly being implemented by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).
29. The Ministry has submitted that the Government of India has entrusted NHAI with responsibilityof implementing its greatly expanded flagship programme, i.e. National Highways Development Project(NHDP) spread over seven phases with an estimated expenditure of about `6,00,000 crore.
Sl. No. Programme Total Length Length Under Balance for(km.) Completed implementation award (km.)
(km.) (km.)
1. GQ under NHDP Phase I 5,846 5,846 0 0
2. NS-EW Corridors underNHDP Phase I & II 7,142 6,538 352 252
3. Port Connectivity underNHAI 435 379 56 0
4. Other NHs with NHAI 1,934 1,724 210 0
5. NHDP Phase III 12,173 7,353 3,088 1,732
6. NHDP Phase IV 20,000 5,867 8,386 5,747
7. NHDP Phase V 6,500 2,511 1,144 2,845
8. NHDP Phase VI 1,000 0 165 835
9. NHDP Phase VII 700 22 94 584
TOTAL (NHDP) 55,730 30,240 13,495 11,995
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30. The Committee observes that out of the total length entrusted under NHDP is 55,730 km.in last 15 years, the Ministry has completed 30, 240 km. only and 12,000 km. (approx) have notbeen awarded so far. The Committee finds that the projects completed till date is satisfactory butat the same time it’s also a matter of concern that a length of 12,000 km has not been awarded.The Committee would like to know the reasons as why there is inordinate delay in awarding theprojects.
31. The Ministry in the Annual Report 2016-17 has mentioned that NHAI projects an expenditure of` 97,803 crore (RE ` 99,972 crore) out of which `71,911 crore (RE ` 80,511 crore) {(including` 12,415 crore (RE `11,500 crore) for Annuity payment, Repayment of market/GOI/ADB(Direct)borrowings & interest, Maintenance of Highways)} would be spent out of NHAI Budget and a sum of` 25,892 crore (RE ` 19,461 crore) is likely to be spent by the Private Sector. Upto December, 2016NHAI and Private Sector combined have incurred an expenditure of ` 45,077.67 crore (About 46% ofthe BE 2016-17 including ` 4,660.69 crore for Annuity payment, Repayment of market/GOI/ADB(Direct) borrowings and interest, Maintenance of Highways) out of which ` 34,260.05 crore has beenincurred out of Government funds and a sum of ` 10,817.62 crore has been spent by the Private Sector.
32. The Committee observes that out of the total expenditure of 97,803 crore NHAI has to spendaround `̀̀̀̀74,080 crore and rest amount of `̀̀̀̀ 25,892 crore has to be spent by the private sector. The Committee is constrained to note that the amount of expenditure made by NHAI andprivate sector combined has been just `̀̀̀̀45,077.67 crore i.e. less than 50 per cent upto December,2016 which needs to be accelerated for the purpose. The Committee recommends that theMinistry may make all out efforts to speed up the pace of construction of roads in order to getthe returns soon.
33. For the financial year 2016-17, NHAI has made budgetary provisions for a cess of ` 24,107.35crore (RE ` 21,753 crore) and ` 7,475 crore (RE ` 7,500 crore) as plough back of funds depositedby NHAI in Consolidated Fund of India (CFI) against toll Collection, Revenue Share, Negative Grant &Premium. An additional budgetary support of ` 1,140 crore (RE ` 1,381 crore) for SARDP-NE & J&Kprojects, ` 1,326 crore (RE ` 1,326 crore) for Eastern Peripheral Expressway and ` 1,128 crore (RE` 1,443 crore) for Grant for Maintenance and Repair for National Highways.
GROWTH AND THE MAGNITUDE OF INVESTMENT IN ROAD SECTOR
34. The Committee observes that NHAI has deposited `̀̀̀̀7,475 crore in Consolidated Fund ofIndia (CFI) against the toll collection, revenue share, negative grant and premium etc. TheCommittee recommends that the budget for eastern peripheral expressway and for maintenanceand repair of National Highways may be accorded priority. The Committee is of the view thatspeedy development of eastern peripheral expressway should be given importance as it will helpin decongestion of roads inside Delhi and it will also decrease the vehicular pollution in Delhi.
35. The Committee wanted to know about the initiatives taken to stimulate growth and investment inroad sector and how much fund has been allocated for this purpose. The Ministry has submitted thatthe total budget outlay for the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has been enhanced to ` 64,900crore at BE 2017-18 as compared to ` 52,447 crore at RE 2016-17.
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36. The Ministry has further added that it has taken various steps to stimulate growth and the magnitudeof investment in the road sector viz.
37. Regular meetings are held with project developers, State Governments and contractors in HeadQuarter by Ministry with Regional Officers, concessionaires /contractors to make the construction ofprojects hassle free.
ENVIRONMENT AND FOREST CLEARANCE
• Delegation of powers to Regional Offices by Ministry of Environment and Forest.
• EC (Environment Clearance) not required for length of 100 km. Even beyond 100 Km, ECis not required if widening is restricted to 40m and realignment to 60m.
ROBs (RAIL OVER BRIDGE) / RUBS(RAIL UNDER BRIDGE):
38. The procedure for GAD(General Arrangement Drawing) approved by Railways for ROBs has beensimplified and made online. Maintenance charges which were hampering the progress of many projects,stand waived by Railways. Standard design have been put on website.
FINANCIAL INITIATIVES
• Loan secured to the extent of termination payment.
• Infrastructure debt fund - Long term financing at low interest rates
• Reschedulement of premium - Bank Rate+2%.
• 100% exit after 2 years of completion in projects awarded before 2009.
• Fund infusion by NHAI in stalled projects where the physical progress is 50% and theconcessionaire is facing shortage of funds.
• NHAI liberally permitting refinance with elongation of repayment period. RBI (Reserve Bankof India) has also issued circular for providing long term debt finance matching the concessionperiod without classifying the exposure as restructured.
39. In reply to a query the Ministry submitted that under IEBR during the financial year2016-17 it has generated `̀̀̀̀27,831 crore as given below under various modalities/schemes :
NHAI has raised `27,831 crore during current FY 2016-17 till Jan’2017 through following sources:
Through taxable bonds from EPFO: ` 10,000 crore
Through taxable bonds from LIC: ` 8,500 crore
From the market on bidding basis: ` 5,020 crore
Through 54EC capital gain bonds: ` 4,311 crore
TOTAL ` 27,831 crore
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40. The Committee is happy to note that the Ministry has got the increased allocation of`̀̀̀̀64,900 crore at BE 2017-18 compared to `̀̀̀̀52,447 crore at RE 2016-17 and the Ministry is alsocontemplating to raise money from different sources as well as other measures to facilitate thegrowth of road sector at a very fast pace.
41. The Committee further expresses its dissatisfaction that the NHAI could raise only `̀̀̀̀27,831crore out of `̀̀̀̀59,279/- till January, 2017 which is far behind from its target, the Committeerecommends that the Ministry should pay more attention towards the languishing projects andgenerate more funds through IEBR.
42. The Committee wishes that the NHAI should make endeavour with extra energy to generatemore funds in the year 2017-18 to complete its targets more vigorously.
APPRAISAL OF TWELFTH FIVE YEAR PLAN
43. The Ministry has submitted that the total 12th Plan outlay (GBS) provided for the Ministryis `̀̀̀̀ 1,44,769 crore out of which for Central Sector Roads is `̀̀̀̀ 1,42,769 crore.
1. DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS UNDER NH(O):
44. The Committee was informed that the development works on the National Highways entrusted withState PWDs (which are not covered under any approved programmes) are taken up through the AnnualPlan of works during every financial year. Various types of development works on NHs, such aswidening, strengthening of weak pavements, construction of missing links, construction/rehabilitation/reconstruction of bridges, culverts, bypasses and improvement of riding qualities, etc., are identified andincluded in the list of Annual Plan of National Highways (Original) {NH (O)} works well in advance ofthe beginning of a particular financial year in order of priority.
45. The total Outlay recommended under NH (O) for 12th Five Year Plan was ` 6,400 crore. And` 22,685 crore was diverted from NHAI (Investment) to NH(O) during 2012-17, totalling an amount of`29,065 crore provided under NH(O) for 12th Five Year Plan.
2. Externally Aided Projects (EAP) - The Ministry has submitted that the initiatives have beentaken for securing external Loan Assistance for developing NHs to 2-lane NH standards underNational Highway Interconnectivity Improvement Projects (NHIIP).
46. It was recommended to earmark an outlay of ` 10,325 crore for these works during Twelfth FiveYear Plan.
3. The total cess (on Petrol and High Speed Diesel) recommended to be earmarked for NationalHighways was ` 52,881.00 crore. Out of these ` 22,685 crore diverted to NH(O) during2012-17, in view of limited available resources under NH(O).
47. The Committee observes that the outlay for NH(O), and EAP was kept as `̀̀̀̀29,085 crore and`̀̀̀̀10,325 crore respectively, during the 12th Five Year Plan i.e. for 2012 to 2017. Total cess to becollected for NH was `̀̀̀̀52,881 crore. The Committee would like to know the fund collected so far
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under cess on petrol and high speed diesel during 2012-17 and whether the collected fundmatched with the target set for collection.
48. Special Accelerated Road Development Programme in North East region including ArunachalPradesh Package Programme:
• Phase ‘A’ of SARDP-NE
49. Phase ‘A’ of SARDP-NE approved by the Government envisages improvement of about 4,099 km.length of roads (2,041 km. of NH and 2,058 km. of State roads) at a cost of `21769 crores. Totalawarded length upto January, 2017 is 4,955 k.m. and completed upto January, 2017 is 2,134 km. TheSARDP-NE Phase ‘A’ is expected to be completed by March, 2017.
50. The Committee appreciates the Ministry for its commendable job done under SARDP-NE.The Committee observes that North Eastern Region is a difficult terrain and it needs an extraeffort to carry out the work in adverse condition like inclement weather and mountainousterrain (Hills and valleys). The Committee hopes that it will complete the remaining work in theregion by March, 2017.
ARUNACHAL PRADESH PACKAGE OF ROADS AND HIGHWAYS.
51. Arunachal Pradesh Package: The Arunachal Pradesh Package for Road & Highways involvingdevelopment of about 2,319 km length of road (1,472 km. of NHs & 847 km. of State / General Staff/ Strategic Roads) has also been approved by the Government for a cost of `11,919 crore. Projects on776 km. are to be taken up on BOT (Annuity) mode and the remaining are to be developed on item ratecontract basis. The entire Arunachal Pradesh package is targeted for completion by March, 2018.
52. It was recommended to provide an outlay of ` 25,400 crore for this programme in 12th Five YearPlan.
53. The Committee is constrained to note that the progress made in the Arunachal PradeshPackage of Roads and Highways has not achieved the expected target as the Committee findsthat one third of total length has to be taken up on BOT (Annuity) mode and remaining on itemrate contract basis. The Committee does not find a clear line of implementation of planning andat the same time, the Committee is also apprehensive of completing this project by March, 2018.The Committee, therefore, recommends that the Ministry should make an extra effort to completethe project within the stipulated time as it being a border area has got strategic importance.
54. An outlay of ` 1,455.00 crore was recommended for States and UTs for State Road works underEconomic Importance & Inter State Connectivity (EI&ISC) Schemes out of the cess accrual during 12thFive Year Plan.
55. Outlays of ` 100 crore and ` 40 crore was recommended for “R&D and Training” and “OtherCharges & IT” respectively ; ` 30 crore was recommended for Charged Expenditure during 12th FiveYear Plan.
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56. An amount of `̀̀̀̀ 64,834 crore was targeted under Internal & Extra Budgetary Resources(IEBR) for Twelfth Five Year Plan.
57. Special Programme for Development of Roads in the Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affectedareas: The Government has approved in February, 2009 the proposal for development of about 1,202km. of National Highways and 4,362 km of state Roads in Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected areasas a special project estimated to cost about ` 7,300 crore. The modified Road Requirement Plan (RRP)commensurate to the CCS approval accorded in June, 2010 comprises of development of about 1,126km. length of NHs and 4,351 km. length of state roads. The projects covers 34 districts in eight Statesnamely in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa andUttar Pradesh. Technical and financial sanction for all identified National Highways and State RoadProjects would be as per stipulated procedure for National Highways works.
58. The total outlay recommended for this programme was ` 5,409 crore for the Twelfth Five YearPlan.
59. The Committee understand that to construct the road in the LWE affected areas is a toughjob. The Committee would like to know the length constructed till date and the length to becompleted and the total expenditure incurred on the project so far. The Committee recommendsthat the agencies/local people working in such areas may be given full protection and alsosensitize the people of that areas (from where road is passing) about the benefit of the goodconnectivity through the roads.
60. Programme for Development of Vijayawada-Ranchi Road: The total length of Vijaywada toRanchi route is about 1,622 km. passing through the State of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Jharkhandand consists of different categories of roads. The development of the NH falling on this road is beingtaken up from available allocations under NH(O). The length of this route in the State of Orissa is about1,219 km. (239 km. NH and 980 km. state roads).
61. The CCI has approved the proposal for development of 600 km. of State Roads in Odisha Statein November, 2010 at a cost of ` 1,200 crore which is to be implemented by State Government of Orissaand the Technical, Financial and Administrative sanctions are to be approved by this Ministry.
62. An outlay of ` 1,100 crore was recommended for this programme during Twelfth Five Year Plan.The Ministry has provided the information that upto November, 2016, 310 kms. has been constructedat the cumulative expenditure of ` 682 crore.
63. The Ministry has informed that status of progress of ongoing projects on Vijayawada-Rachi consider(Odisha State) as on 31.1.2017 is that of total length of 592 km., 316 km. has been completed andcumulative expenditure upto January, 2017 in ` 591.77 crore.
64. Regarding balance length of 276 km. the Ministry has submitted that due to poor performance ofcontractors, the agreement was rescinded. The project has been re-awarded in November, 2015 to StatePWD and is scheduled to be completed by November, 2017.
65. The Committee on making a query by the Ministry during the meeting of Demands forGrants regarding delay in constructing Vijaywada-Ranchi road project due to the bankruptcy ofthe contractor. This project has been rewarded one and half years back and likely to be completed
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in 2017. The Committee is not convinced with the reply of the Ministry and the Committeerecommends that the Ministry should make a sincere effort to get the project ready by 2017.
66. NHAI - Remittance of Toll Receipts, Negative Grant and Revenue Sharing deposited in CFI:Amount of ` 27,200 crore was recommended for the Twelfth Five Year Plan towards remittance of TollReceipts, Negative Grant and Revenue Sharing deposited in CFI.
67. As per Report of the Working Group on Central Roads Sector submitted to the Planning Commissionin May 2012, the total fund requirement for Twelfth Five Year Plan was ` 2,64,080 crore. However, thetotal outlay for this Ministry was ` 1,44,769 crore for the Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-2017) period.Accordingly, this Ministry proposed to drop all the new schemes/programmes, which includes SpecialPackage for development of roads in the Scheduled Areas (under Fifth Schedule) under Tribal Sub-Plan,Special Programme for development of State roads for DMIC Project for Maharashtra and Rajasthanregion on pilot basis, Special Package for development of State roads in the State of J & K from strategicconsiderations, Special Package for development of road connectivity for about 50 minor ports andSpecial Package for development of road connectivity for 24 Airports.
68. The Committee is constrained to note that during Twelfth five year plan, total fund requiredfor the road sector was `̀̀̀̀ 2,64,080 crore but the total outlay was `̀̀̀̀ 1,44,769 crore only hence, theMinistry dropped some schemes from its priority. The Committee visited the State of Jammu andKashmir recently and found the condition of the road there pathetic. It being a border State, roadconnectivity is very important for this State and the decision taken by the Ministry to drop thespecial package for Jammu and Kashmir is not a rational decision for the development of thisState. The Committee recommends that the Ministry should take the share from the packageannounced by the PM for J & K from its allocation and complete the projects in hands first. TheCommittee further recommends that the Ministry should arrange fund for road connectivity to50 minor ports and 24 airports also.
69. The Committee wanted to know the progress of major activities undertaken by the Ministry duringthe Twelfth Five Year Plan. The Ministry in its reply has given the information regarding PhysicalPerformance of the Central Road Sector during the Twelfth Plan are as follows:-
Sl. No. Plan/Year 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17(Till Jan., 2017)
T A T A T A T A T A
1. Length awarded 7,464 1,116 9,638 3,621 8,500 7,980 10,000 10,098 25,000 8,183(km.)
2. Development/ 3,000 2,845 3,000 1,901 6,300 4,410 6,300 6,061 10,000 5,498Completion ofroad (km.)
3. Toll length (km.) 3,506 2,208 3,596 2,148 1,450 1,488 2,180 1,758 1,500 1,035
4. Toll Revenue(` Crore)(Collection) 4,046 3,722 5,325 5,145 6,500 5,927 6,500 6,746 7,000 5,730
T- Target, A- Achievement
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70. The Ministry has taken up detailed review of NHs network duly considering the progress achievedso far under various schemes during Twelfth Five Year Plan with a view to develop the road connectivityto Border areas, development of Coastal roads including road connectivity for Non Major ports,improvement in the efficiency of National Corridors, development of Economic Corridors, along withintegration with Sagarmala, construction/rehabilitation/widening of major bridges and Railway Over Bridges(ROBs)/ Railway Under Bridges (RUBs) on NHs, connectivity Improvement Program for Char-Dham(Kedarnath, Badrinath, Yamunotri & Gangothri in Uttarakhand) etc., under proposed new programmes.However, these programmes are yet to be formally launched.
71. The Committee observes that the achievement of target of length awarded for road constructionin 2014-15 and 2015-16 is very good but the Ministry has been lagging behind for the year2016-17, as out of the set target of 25,000 Km, it has achieved only 8,183 till January, 2017.The Committee recommends that the Ministry should make all out efforts to achieve the target.
72. The Committee finds that the Ministry has its hands full of projects/schemes to developroads, bridges and connectivity improvement programme for Char-Dham etc. The Committee,therefore, recommends that the Ministry should launch programmes only when its viability isfeasible and all the requirements viz. land acquisition, environment clearance, rehabilitationangles if any, fund allocation have been ascertained otherwise bad preparation of a project alwayslands the project in unnecessary delay and escalation of costs.
MAINTENANCE OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS
73. In a reply of the question regarding budget provision for the maintenance of NHs the Ministry hassubmitted that it undertakes maintenance of National Highways (NHs) keeping in view the site requirements,inter se priority and availability of funds. The outlay provided annually for Maintenance and Repair(M&R) of NHs are of the order of about 40% of the actual requirements as per the Ministry’s stipulatednorms (i.e. available allocations at RE stage during 2016-17 are of the order of about ` 2,995.23 croreas against the estimated fund requirement of `7,000 crore as per the Ministry’s Norms for Maintenanceof NHs).
74. The Ministry has proposed ` 2,966.75 crore for M&R of NHs during 2017-18 (` 1,829.24 crorefrom NH share of CRF cess and ` 1,137.51 crore from GBS) considering overall available GBS ceilingof ` 9,493.00 crore. The additional funds depending on maintenance requirements of NHs, would beappropriately proposed at RE stage.
75. The Committee feels that allocation for maintenance of NH is a cause of concern. In RE2016, total budget for maintenance of NH was `̀̀̀̀ 2998.80 crore whereas budget under this headfor financial year 2017-18 has been kept as `̀̀̀̀ 2970.32 crore. The Committee wants to know thereasons for less allocation under this head. The Committee is also unable to understand how theMinistry is going to maintain the national highways with this reduced budget. The Committeerecommends that the budget for maintenance of NH should be increased. The Committee is ofthe view that the maintenance of road should be accorded top priority as it increases the life spanof roads.
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76. The Ministry has informed that due emphasis would be given towards ensuring adequate RoadSafety while taking up projects. 789 black spots have been identified on NHs in different States basedon fatalities in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. NHAI has rectified 80 nos. of Black Spots by long termmeasures such as construction of flyovers, service road, vehicular underpass, pedestrian underpass, etc.,and 188 nos. of Black Spots are under rectification. In addition, out of total 151 road accident blackspots on NH stretches under jurisdiction of State PWDs, 16 are already improved, 15 are being improvedin ongoing projects, 105 black spot rectification proposals are sanctioned amounting to about ` 246 croreand balance are under survey investigation.
NH MAINTAINED/REPAIRED DURING THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2016-17 OUT OF CENTRAL ROADFUND
77. The Ministry in a reply as informed the Committee that till 2016-17 BE separate non-Plan outlaywas earmarked for M & R of NHs. However, w.e.f. 2017-18 BE, it has been decided that Plan-Non PlanClassification will be done away with from Fiscal 2017-18 and Government focus will be on Revenueand Capital Classification.
78. Further, keeping in view the overall ceiling of GBS, it has been proposed to earmark the outlay forM & R of NHs under 2016-17 RE. The details of BE 2016-17 non-Plan outlay for M & R and proposed2016-17 RE outlay for M & R of NHs are as follows:-
(` in crore)
BE 2016-17 RE 2016-17 ExpenditureTill January,
2017
GBS (Non Plan) 2,834.00 953.83
NH share of CRF cess 0.00 2,041.40 1,691.37
TOTAL 2,834.00 2,995.23 1,691.37
79. The Ministry has further added that it is not possible to distinctively identify the specific details ofNHs repaired/maintained separately under GBS and NH share of CRF cess. So far, Periodic Renewal(PR)/Improvement in Riding Quality Programme (IRQP) in about 2,768 km. length of NHs have beencompleted during 2016-17. (Annexure-I)
80. The Committee is dismayed to note that the Ministry has spent only `̀̀̀̀ 1,691.37 crore outof a budgetary grant of `̀̀̀̀ 2,995.23 crore till January, 2017 for maintenance of NH from CRF. TheCommittee strongly recommends to carry out the repair and maintenance of roads where conditionof road is accident prone and require immediate repair. The Committee is of the view that thebad roads leads to accidents resulting in loss of lives and goods.
81. Maintenance of NHs done by the PWD, States, Border Road Organisation (BRO), NationalHighways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) through GrossBudgetary Support (GBS) besides NHAI.
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82. The details of expenditure incurred/release of funds for Maintenance and Repair (M&R) of NHs toState/UT PWDs, NHAI, BRO, NHIDCL during 2015-16 and 2016-17 for the maintenance of entrustedNH length are given below:-
Sl. No. Agency 2015-16 2016-17
Length Expenditure Length Expenditureentrusted incurred/Release of entrusted incurred/Release
(km.) funds (` Crore) (km.) of funds(` Crore)
[Till January2017]
1. State/UT PWDs 60,217 2,236.36 70,849 1,469.07#
2. NHAI 32,200 100.00* 36,098 100.00*
3. BRO 4,024 138.92 3,120 72.30
4. NHIDCL 1,389 50.00* 3,231 50.00*
*- The fund released to NHAI/NHIDCL
83. The Committee observes the pattern of expenditure on maintenance and repair of NHsentrusted to various organizations/agencies during the year 2015-16 and 2016-17. The Committeeis unable to know that length entrusted to State/UT, PWDs is 70,849 km. but the expenditureincurred to maintained the roads is only `̀̀̀̀ 1,469.07 crore which is very low beyond imagination.The Committee wants to know the reasons of giving less importance to maintenance of roadsto be done by the State PWDs and other agencies.
CONSTRUCTION OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS
Allocation for Development and Maintenance of National Highways during 2016-17.
(` in crore)
Sl. No. Name of States/UTs Development Maintenance
1. Andhra Pradesh 2,100.31 100.15
2. Arunachal Pradesh 100.00 25.69
3. Assam 297.44 117.91
4. Bihar 1,014.43 96.84
5. Chhattisgarh 1,403.68 51.90
6. Goa 1,400.00 41.16
7. Gujarat 281.87 127.09
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Sl. No. Name of States/UTs Development Maintenance
8. Haryana 150.00 54.57
9. Himachal Pradesh 250.95 106.82
10. Jammu and Kashmir 56.00 22.89
11. Jharkhand 220.00 81.27
12. Karnataka 1,153.38 203.53
13. Kerala 262.64 127.46
14. Madhya Pradesh 1,010.00 25.25
15. Maharashtra 2,401.92 270.53
16. Manipur 60.25 33.96
17. Meghalaya 61.27 52.18
18. Mizoram 30.00 54.92
19. Nagaland 50.00 52.04
20. Odisha 1,033.27 79.89
21. Punjab 2,300.40 82.48
22. Rajasthan 945.52 79.82
23. Sikkim 0.00 1.99
24. Tamil Nadu 430.00 140.98
25. Telangana 400.00 94.70
26. Tripura 65.00 50.17
27. Uttar Pradesh 2,384.62 125.16
28. Uttarakhand 444.62 47.84
29. West Bengal 1,330.71 82.74
30. Andaman and Nicobar Islands 30.00 4.63
31. Chandigarh 2.00 1.64
32. Dadra and Nagar Haveli 0.00 0.14
33. Daman and Diu 0.00 0.09
34. Delhi 2.00 1.40
35. Puducherry 20.00 2.16
TOTAL 21,692.27 2,441.99
*Allocation as on November, 2016
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84. The Committee observes the data given by the Ministry on allocation for construction andmaintenance of highways to all the States and finds that on maintenance, the use of 12% of thetotal allocation of budgetary grant is very low. The Committee strongly recommends that theMinistry should ascertain the reasons for under-utilization of fund by the State Governments andthe same may be furnished to the Committee for its consideration.
ACQUISITION OF LAND
85. In the Annual Report 2016-17 it is mentioned that in view of the RFCTLARR (Amendment)Ordinances and the RFCTLARR (Removal of Difficulties) Order, 2015, it has been decided that foracquisition of land under NH Act, 1956, the provisions of the RFCTLARR Act, 2013 relation to determinationof compensation w.e.f. 01.01.2015 as per the First Schedule, shall be applicable. It is further added thatfor the purpose of monitoring and expeditious settlement of LA issues for various projects, guidelineshave been circulated to constitute LA Cells in the Ministry, its ROs, NHAI, NHIDCL and their PIUs. Asa first step, LA Cell has been constituted in the Ministry by engagement of a retired revenue Officer asConsultant.
Name of State Land to be U/s 3D 3G Deposited Disbursed PendingAcquired Notification Notification with CALA (` Crore) disbursement
(Ha.) (Ha.) U/s (Ha.) (` Crore) (` Crore)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Karnataka 159.00 143.00 133.00 59.00 25.00 34.00
Telangana 42.00 10.00 10.00 13.00 2.50 10.50
Andhra Pradesh 753.00 590.00 215.00 226.00 78.00 148.00
Rajasthan 792.00 729.00 295.00 124.00 7.00 117.00
Uttar Pradesh 82.00 80.00 32.00 32.00 12.00 20.00
Varanasi, PIU 52.00 50.00 46.00 239.00 31.00 208.00
Punjab 1,357.00 1,316.00 1,316.00 4,487.00 3,328.00 1,159.00
Himachal Pradesh 63.00 4.00 4.00 12.00 5.00 7.00
Chhattisgarh 799.00 781.00 263.00 91.00 9.00 82.00
Odisha 204.00 118.00 38.00 45.00 29.00 16.00
West Bengal 46.00 46.00 18.00 154.00 102.00 52.00
Madhya Pradesh 2,138.00 2,001.00 1,690.00 977.00 672.00 305.00
Maharashtra 186.00 80.00 79.00 82.00 39.00 43.00
Goa 17.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Bihar 403.00 327.00 210.00 391.00 162.00 229.00
Jharkhand 366.00 55.00 55.00 17.00 9.00 8.00
Uttrakhand - - - 56.24 36.40 19.84
RO, Guwahati 742.00 720.00 720.00 111.00 107.00 4.00
TOTAL 8,201.00 7,050.00 5,124.00 7,116.24 4,653.90 2,462.34
86. The Committee observes the figure given by the Ministry on land acquisition cost since2012-13. The Committee has noted that the land cost per hectare has gone up substantiallyalmost 25 per cent increase on previous year cost. The Committee may be apprised of thereasons for increasing the rate of acquisition of land every year.
BUDGET FOR NHAI
87. The Committee wanted to know from the Ministry that BE for financial year 2016-17 for NHAIwas ` 19,653 crore which was reduced to ` 14,976 Crore for 2017-18. The reason of reduction at REstage and whether it affected the ongoing projects under NHAI. The Ministry in response of the queryhas submitted the fact which is as follows:
(` in crore)
Particulars BE 2016-17 RE 2016-17 Funds Spent/Released
NHAI investment Cess 7,003.00 2,326.50 2,326.50
NHAI - Toll Investment 7,500.00 7,500.00 7,500.00
SUB TOTAL (For NHAI) 14,503.00 9,826.50 9,826.50
NHDP-IV - A (for NHs being 5,150.00 5,150.10 5,150.10developed by Ministry throughState PWDs)
TOTAL 19,653.00 14,976.60 14,976.60
88. The Ministry has further submitted that in addition, NHAI has been authorized to raise funds underIEBR amounting to ` 59,279 crore during 2016-17. NHAI has already raised ` 27,831 crore under IEBRduring 2016-17 upto January, 2017. In addition, the Ministry has released an amount of ` 3,750 Crorefrom NH(O) for development of NHs to NHAI during 2016-17.
89. The Ministry has further added that the present NH network is of about 1,13,298 km. and the NHnetwork is likely to be enhanced to 2 lakh km. length. In this regard, the Ministry has already approved“In Principle” State Roads of about 57,253 km. length as new NHs subject to outcome of detailed projectreports (DPRs). The initiatives have been taken for preparation of DPRs.
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90. However, the ongoing projects under NHAI shall not be affected due to funds.
91. The Committee has noticed that NHAI has been allocated less funds from GBS and it ismade dependable upon IEBR. The Committee is of the view that the fund raised through IEBRis `̀̀̀̀ 27,831 crore in 2016-17 but it may be less for the year 2017-18. The Committee wants toknow the standby arrangement made by the Ministry to get the fund, if the collection underIEBR goes down 2017-18. New Project under NHAI
92. The Ministry in reply to a question about new projects to be undertaken by NHAI during 2017-18,submitted that the target for award of road projects by NHAI during 2017-18 has been set at 10,000km. The tentative details of new projects of about 5,568 km. valued at approximate cost of about` 80,000 crore which NHAI is contemplating to award during 2017-18 is at Annexure-II.
93. Apart from this, it is being targeted to award about 4,500 km. length out of the In Principleapproved new NHs (about 7,000 km. length) subject to their notification as new NHs based on outcomeof DPRs; NHAI has already taken up work of preparation of these DPRs and these are at various stagesof progress. Further, the work of preparation of DPRs of about 12,500 km. length of State roads underproposed “Bharatmala” programme have been initiated by NHAI; award of these works upon finalizationof DPRs shall be subject to approval of the investment decision by the Government.
94. The Committee is happy to note that the Ministry has many new schemes in hand to beawarded during the year 2017-18. The Committee suggests that the Ministry should exhort itsState counterpart to participate actively in launching and completion of projects. The Committeeis of the view that on many occasions NHAI and the Ministry have played their role but the StateGovernments are lagging behind in playing their part. The Committee thinks that for many bigprojects it needs coordination and cooperation of related States hence, it recommends that theMinistry may take every step to negotiate with the States to garner their support.
AMOUNT COLLECTED THROUGH IEBR DURING THE YEAR 2017-18
95. The Ministry has replied that
(i) Till Jan, 2017 NHAI has raised an amount of ` 27,831 crore through taxable bonds and 54EC capital gain bonds in the current FY against IEBR amount of ` 59,279 crore. Theborrowings are being planned keeping in view the expected expenditure to be incurred.
(ii) NHAI has a common pool of funds. All receipts and payments have been made through thatcommon pool of account. The amount raised through bonds has been utilized as againstdeveloping part financing of highway projects.
(iii) NHAI has projected to raise funds aggregating to ` 59,279 crore as IEBR in 2017-18. NHAIwill explore the possibility of raising funds from various sources being EPFO, LIC, 54ECBonds and also from overseas market through Rupee Denominated Masala Bonds.
Budget for NH (O)
The total outlay recommended under ` 21,547.57 crore for BE 2017-18.
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96. DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS UNDER NH(O):
The development works on the National Highways entrusted with State PWDs (which are notcovered under any approved programmes) are taken up through the Annual Plan of works during everyfinancial year. Various types of development works on NHs, such as widening, strengthening of weakpavements, construction of missing links, construction/rehabilitation/reconstruction of bridges, culverts,bypasses and improvement of riding qualities, etc., are identified and included in the list of Annual Planof National Highways (Original) {NH (O)} works well in advance of the beginning of a particularfinancial year in order of priority.
96. Achievements under NH (O) during 2016-17 up to December, 2016.
Completion
Construction (km.) 1,587 km.
Improvement of Riding Quality (km.) 2,650 km.
Bypasses (No.) 2 Nos.
Bridges/ROBs/RUBs (No.) 35 Nos.
Targets under NH(O) for 2017-18 is as below:
Award Completion
Construction 14,300 km. 5,150 km.
Bypasses 8 Nos. 20 Nos.
Bridges/ROBs/RUBs 65 Nos. 50 Nos.
97. The Committee is not satisfied with the work undertaken and completed by NH(O). TheCommittee notes the target for awarding road construction under this head is i.e. 14,300 Km.which is very high whereas the completed length in year 2016-17 is only 1,587 km. The Committeerecommends that the targets for awarding the construction should commensurate with thecompletion of length of road which can be achieved within the time-frame instead of setting upa hypothetical target.
EXTERNALLY AIDED PROJECTS (EAP)
98. Externally Aided Projects (EAP) - Ministry’s Initiatives for Development of entire NH Networkto minimum acceptable standard of 2-lanes: Initiatives have been taken for securing World Bank LoanAssistance for developing about 1,120 km. of NHs to 2-lane NH standards under Phase I of NationalHighway Interconnectivity Improvement Projects (NHIIP). The project estimated cost is ` 5,193 croreand loan component from World Bank is estimated to be ` 2,300 crore. It is recommended to earmarkan outlay of ` 1,225 crore including ` 725 crore as counterpart funding for these works during2017-18.
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Achievement During 2016-17* Target for 2017-18
Completion Award Completion
175 km. 0 km. 300 km.
* Till December, 2016
CENTRAL ROAD FUND (CRF)
99. The Committee wanted to know from the Ministry the total collection under CRF during financialyear 2016-17 and the amount utilized collected under CRF for different projects during financial year2016-17.
100. The Ministry in its reply submitted that the funds accrued under the Central Road Fund (CRF)during 2016-17 (upto December, 2016) is ` 54,388 crore (provisional) as intimated by the Ministry ofFinance. The fund is collected by Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue and is distributed amongvarious Ministries as per the provisions of the CRF Act, 2000 amended by the Finance Act from timeto time. An amount of ` 38,209 crore has been allocated to the Ministry of Road Transport and Highwaysfor the year 2016-17 at RE. Details of scheme-wise fund allocated for 2016-17 and expenditure madeupto 31/01/2017 is given as under:
(` in crore)
Sl. No. Name of the Scheme Fund allocated Expenditurefor 2016-17 made upto
31/01/2017
1. Investment in NHAI for NHDP works 7,476.60 7,460.60
2. National Highway (Original) under Road Wing/State PWDs 19,861.00 12,361.31
3. Grant to State/UT Government for development of State Roads 7,175.00 4,102.55
4. Quality Assurance, Research and Development, Training etc. 83.00 16.49
5. Roads of Economic Importance and Inter State Connectivity 805.00 355.44
6. Development of Roads in Left Wing Extremism Affected Areas 760.00 575.86and Ranchi-Vijayawada Road
7. Other Schemes 7.00 5.09
8. Maintenance of NHs - NH share of Cess 2,041.40 # 1,691.37
TOTAL 38,209.00 26,568.71
#- Besides allocation from NH share of CRF cess, an amount of ` 953.83 Crore has been allocated for Maintenance of NHsunder GBS. Expenditure reported is total out of GBS/Cess outlay as it is not possible to distinctively identify the specific detailsof NHs repaired/maintained separately under GBS and NH share of CRF cess.
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101. The Committee wanted to know from the Ministry the number of project which were approved bythe Government in the States under schemes to be financed from Central Road Fund (CRF) duringfinancial year 2016-17. The Ministry replied that they have approved 1,093 nos. of works amounting to` 12,267.2 crore for State Roads under CRF during 2016-17 till December, 2016. The State/UT-wisedetails of projects approved/sanctioned and fund released for development of State Roads under CRFduring 2016-17 is at Annexure-III.
102. The Committee observes that the total fund allocated under CRF and expenditure uptoJanuary, 2017 by the Ministry has a huge gap of `̀̀̀̀ 11,640.20 crore. The Committee is not ableto understand the less expenditure incurred by the Ministry. The Committee recommends thatthe allocated money should be fully utilized for the prescribed purpose.
ROAD AND BRIDGES
103. The outlay for State Roads to be developed under CRF Cess has been reduced from ` 10,833 croreat BE 2016-17 to ` 7,772 crore at first supplementary due to amendment in CRF Act, 2000 by theFinance Act, 2016 which has been made effective since 01.06.2016. Accordingly, the total Cess fundfor the Ministry was reduced by ` 3,791 crore at RE stage. Due to this, the share of Cess for StateRoads has been, accordingly, reduced to ` 7,070.70 crore. However, this will not affect the schemesof States adversely.
104. The Committee observes that under the Head Roads and Bridges the budget for schemesof States financed from CRF for the BE 2016-17 was `̀̀̀̀ 10,833 crore and it was reduced to`̀̀̀̀ 7,070.70 crore at RE stage. BE for 2017-18 under this head is `̀̀̀̀ 7,162.00 crore, the Committeeis not convinced with the Ministry’s reply that this reduction of `̀̀̀̀ 3791 crore at RE stage is notgoing to affect the schemes of States adversely.
LANGUISHING HIGHWAY PROJECTS
105. The Committee wanted to know the number of languishing highway projects, the names of highway,total length, total cost, (the present status of completion of highway as on date and unfinished lengthand the reasons behind languishing highway projects, in response thereof the Ministry has submitted thatwith the Ministry’s and NHAI’s pro-active initiatives, it has been possible to reduce the nos. of languishingprojects significantly; at present, there are only 9 nos. of languishing projects. The details of theseprojects along with current status of implementation is at Annexure-IV.
(a) The languishing of project is primarily due to financial/cash flow problems of Concessionaires/Developers or due to their internal problems. The Ministry and NHAI are monitoring the languishingprojects very rigorously. Wherever feasible one time fund infusion by NHAI is being done to reviveLanguishing Projects. For any languishing highway project in BOT Toll/Annuity mode that has achievedat least 50% physical completion and it is also established that infusion of moderate funding can quicklybring this project to completion, NHAI provides financial assistance to such a project. The assistanceis on a loan basis at Bank rate +2%. At present the funds are being arranged through the common fund
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available with NHAI for development of roads. NHAI is constantly interacting with the Concessionairesand Senior Lenders of these languishing projects for corrective actions to put these projects on trackagain.
ISSUES RESOLVED FOR LANGUISHING PROJECTS:
106. 73 NH projects with aggregate length of around 8,310 km. had been languishing after award aroundtwo and half years back. These projects involved estimated capital investment of around `1,00,000 crore.The investment remained blocked. MoRTH intervened into the issue through case to case interaction withconcessionaires and lenders. As a result, most of the languishing projects have been effectively put backon track. Out of the 73 languishing projects, issues remain to be resolved for only 9 projects. A numberof projects are stuck or delayed turning many bank loans into NPAs and constraining further bank lendingto infrastructure projects lack of willingness of Bank/FIs to accept first charge of NHAI on toll revenuewhere one time fund infusion by NHAI can help complete languishing BOT (Toll) projects Higher costof financing Traffic growth have been less than expected.
107. The Committee is not satisfied with the status of languishing projects as there are 9 projectswhich are still languishing. The Committee recommends that the Government should makesincere efforts to complete languishing project by negotiating with the concessionaire and savethe invested funds from turning into NPA.
PROJECTS LINKED TO PORT CONNECTIVITY
108. The Committee wanted to know Details of projects/roads/places identified for the 2000 km. ofcoastal roads as Finance Minister has spoken in his budget speech. The Ministry has replied. TheMinistry has replied that they have taken up detailed review of NHs network duly considering theprogress achieved so far under various schemes during Twelfth Five Year Plan with a view to developthe road connectivity to Border areas, development of Coastal roads including road connectivity for NonMajor ports, improvement in the efficiency of National Corridors, development of Economic Corridors,along with integration with Sagarmala, construction/rehabilitation/widening of major bridges and RailwayOver Bridges (ROBs)/Railway Under Bridges (RUBs) on NHs, connectivity Improvement Program forChar-Dham (Kedarnath, Badrinath, Yamunotri and Gangotri in Uttarakhand) etc., under proposed newprogrammes. However, these programmes are yet to be formally launched.
109. These inter-alia, include proposal for development of about 2,011 km. length of coastal roads inStates of Gujarat (369 km.) Maharashtra (445 km.), Tamil Nadu (427 km.), Andhra Pradesh (270 km.)and Odisha (500 km.). The list of the indicative stretches is at Annexure-V.
110. The Committee during its meeting with the Ministry raised the issue of port connectivity.The Ministry has replied that they are taking the projects of port connecting under variousprogrammes. The Committee stressed upon the importance of port connectivity with good roadsas ports must be well connected so that a huge volume of cargo load may be moved to and frofrom the ports.
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Average construction of National Highways during 2016-17
111. Regarding the average construction of National Highways during 2016-17 the Ministry has informedthat the average construction of National Highway per day during the financial year 2016-17 given asbelow shows an increase over the previous financial year i.e. 2015-16.
112. The average construction of National Highway per day is as under:-
Financial Year Total Construction Average Construction (km./day)
2015-16 6,061 km 6.6
2016-17 5,498 km* 18.0*
*- Upto January 2017.
113. The average construction of NHs per day during 2016-17 has shown increase in comparison to2015-16. The Ministry has submitted that it has completed development of 5,498 km. of NHs/roads uptoJanuary, 2017 during 2016-17 against the target of 10,000 km. The remaining period of the financial yearshall provide favuorable weather conditions for the construction of NHs and km. per day constructionis likely to increase.
114. The Ministry has set the target of 15,000 km. for construction of NHs during 2017-18. Out of this,the target for construction of NHs by NHAI during 2017-18 is 9,000 km.
115. The NHAI has set a target to award NH projects of about 10,000 km. during 2017-18.
116. The tentative details of new projects of about 5,568 km. valued at approximate cost of about`80,000 crore which NHAI is contemplating to award during 2017-18 is at Annexure-II.
117. The Committee observes that the daily average of constructing highways has improved alittle bit from 16 Km. to 18 Km. per day but the Committee is apprehensive of the target setfor the year 2017-18. The Committee is not convinced with the fact that at the present rate of18 Km. per day target could be achieved for road construction. Hence, the Committee recommendsthat the Ministry may resort for more resources to get the wanted result in the field of roadconstruction.
PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM
118. The Ministry has in its Annual Report has mentioned that a scheme w.e.f. 15.3.2010 to providefinancial assistance to States for strengthening public transport system in the country. The schemeenvisages assistance for introduction of Information Technology such as Global Positioning System(GPS)/Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) based vehicle tracking system, electronicticket vending machines etc. Under the scheme, twenty three projects of seventeen states namelyKarnataka, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Punjab, Kerala, Rajasthan, Odisha, Uttarakhand,Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Sikkim, Goa and J&K for bringing latest ITrelated features in their road transport services covering rural/mofussil areas were sanctioned for central
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assistance during the year 2010-11 to 2016-17. During 2017-18, one or two more projects from SRTUsmay be sanctioned as they are under process at different stages.
119. The Committee has the unanimous view that the public transport system is in a bad shapealmost all over the country. The Committee is aware of the fact that transport system in a Stateis the responsibility of the respective State but the Ministry has also got major role to play. TheCommittee is of the view that even the national capital is far-far away from a good public roadtransport system, the Committee recommends that instead of allowing private aggregaters to plytaxi on the roads, they should be roped in to ply buses in major cities.
DEVELOPMENT OF BUS TERMINALS AND MULTI MODAL TRANSIT TERMINAL ON BOTBASIS:
120. The Committee was informed that the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways had finalized ascheme to prepare a panel of project development consultants for development of large bus terminals inStates/Union Territories on BOT basis during Twelfth Five Year Plan. Financial assistance will be providedfor consultancy services for development of large bus terminals in States/UTs under Public PrivatePartnership (PPP) model on Build Operate Transfer (BOT) basis. The Project development ConsultantCost would be shared by MoRTH and State/UT and successful bidder in ratio of 75% and 25%.
The share of MoRTH in 75% of project development cost is 80% and State Government/UTs are 20%,for North East/Hilly States is 90% and 10% respectively.
121. The Committee wants to know the status of Development of Bus Terminals and Multi ModalTransit Terminal. The Committee feels that since the Ministry is a major stakeholder it has toplay proactive role in the project.
STATE ROAD SECTOR
STATE PWD AND BORDER ROAD ORGANIZATION (BRO):
122. The Ministry has mentioned in Annual Report that an amount of ` 13,776 crore has been allocatedduring current year 2016-17, for the NH entrusted to State PWDs and NIL amount for NHs entrustedto BRO. In addition to ` 13,776 crore, an amount of “100 crore from Permanent Bridge Fee Fund(PBFF) has been allocated for NHs entrusted to State PWDs.
• An amount of ` 2,834 crore including ` 100 crore for BRO has been allocated during2016-17 for maintenance of National Highways entrusted to the state PWDs & BRO respectively.
123. The Committee observes that the fund to be allocated to State PWDs is quite a big amount,but the Committee would also like to know whether these money has been utilized by the Statein full or got the project underhand completed in a prescribed time-frame. The Committee wantsthat the Ministry should keep the check and balance on States while giving the fund and gettingthe utilization certificate of the work done periodically.
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ROADS IN DELHI/OTHER UTs
124. The Committee wanted to know from the Ministry about the plan to decongest the roads of Delhirealizing the fact that the pollution level in Delhi has reached to an alarming level and Delhi has beendubbed as one of the most polluted cities in the world? The Ministry in its reply has submitted thatfollowing steps have been taken for decongestion of Delhi.
(A) DEVELOPMENT OF EASTERN PERIPHERAL EXPRESSWAY (EPE) LENGTH - 135 KM.
125. The Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE) connects NH-1 and NH-2 from eastern side of Delhi. Thealignment of EPE starts near Kundli (Km. 36.083 on NH-1) and ends at Palwal (Km 64.330 on NH-2).The civil works for the project have been awarded in six packages which are in progress and thescheduled completion is 11.03.2018 (well before the deadline of July, 2018 fixed by Hon’ble SupremeCourt of India). All projects are running on schedule and the present progress is around 40%.
(B) OTHER PROJECTS
126. As regards to the decongestion of Delhi and NCR region, the NHAI has proposed to undertake thefollowing projects (with status):
(1) Construction of Gurgaon-Manesar Expressway - DPR in progress.
(2) Construction of Full Clover Leaf at Kherki Daula Toll Plaza (Km. 40.500) to connect SPR andNPR (Dwarka Expressway) - DPR in progress.
(3) Construction of Dwarka Expressway from Shiv Murti (Km. 20.000) to Kherki Daula(Km.40.500) - DPR in progress.
(4) Improvement of T-Junction at Dhaula Kuan Metro Station and Defence area on Carriapa Margon NH-8 - Bids Invited
(5) Construction of 8-Lane Flyover with 4-Lane Underpass at Hero Honda Chowk -work inprogress and likely to be completed by May, 2017.
(6) Improvement and Construction of Flyover/Underpass at IFFCO Chowk, Signature Tower andRajiv Chowk on Delhi-Gurgaon Section of NH-8 in the State of Haryana - Letter of Awardissued on 08.09.2016 and work likely to be completed by March, 2019.
127. It is expected that after completion of all these projects the non-destined vehicles will not enterDelhi/NCR and as such would result in less congestion on roads and pollution level would also decreaseconsiderably.
(C) POLICY INITIATIVES
128. As per the direction of Hon’ble High Court of Delhi in W.P. no. 6000 of 2015 and 6668/2015, theMinistry of Road Transport and Highways constituted a Committee under the chairmanship of Secretary,Road Transport and Highways to examine all the issues related to various permits under the Motor Vehicle
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Act, 1988, to consult all the stakeholders i.e. black/yellow taxis, aggregators, radio taxis, etc.; toformulate a credible and acceptable plan of action and frame draft scheme under the existing provisionsof the MV Act, 1988 etc. The Committee has submitted its report and the report has been accepted bythe Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. The Committee was of the opinion that the taxi permitregime in India is highly onerous and is limiting the growth of the taxi and shared mobility industry. Inmost of the cities, no new permits for city taxi have been issued after 1998. There are substantialrequirements attached to permit conditions that are rendered unnecessary or outdated due to the adventof new technology. The Committee recommended to promote the taxi and shared mobility industry inIndia.
129. The Committee is of the view that the traffic of vehicles in Delhi is increasing at alarmingpace (registration of 10 lakhs vehicles approx. in 2016, bringing the number of vehicles in Delhiclose to 1 crore). The Committee appreciates that the Ministry has taken many steps to decongestthe traffic but in practice it will take a long time to decongest the road for smooth traffic inDelhi. The Committee further thinks that the Ministry has a major role to play in improvingthe traffic scenario in Delhi. The Committee recommends that the Ministry should play proactiverole in co-ordination with the Government of Delhi to ease the problem faced by the people innegotiating with the large traffic on the road.
VEHICULAR POLLUTION IN DELHI
130. The Ministry in a reply of the question has submitted that the National Green Tribunal vide its order,dated 18.07.2016 and 20.7.2016 in O.A. 21 of 2014, Vardhaman Kaushik V/s Union of India has directedthat diesel vehicles older than 10 years to be deregistered in NCR of Delhi. In compliance to the ordersof NGT, de-registration of diesel vehicles more than 10 years old is being carried out by the respectiveState Government.
131. The Ministry has further added that to reduce vehicular pollution across the country, Governmenthas taken proactive steps to promote environment friendly vehicles which are innovative, ushering inproactive use of natural resources. Bharat Stage-IV Fuel Norms have been applicable since the year 2010in Delhi and NCR and certain cities. The set norms have been mandated in phase-wise manners acrossthe country. The Government has notified G.S.R. 643(E), dated 19/08/2015 for introduction of BS-IVfuel throughout the country by the year 2017. Furthermore, steps have been taken by notifying alternatefuels like ethanol, biogas, electric hybrid etc. by amending the Central Motor Vehicle Rules. Ministry hasissued GSR 889(E) dated 16th September, 2016 for introduction of BS-VI, mandating mass emissionstandard for BS-VI throughout the country w.e.f. from 1st April, 2020. Government has introducedalternate fuels to reduce vehicular pollution across the country.
132. The Committee is concerned about the increasing number of vehicle and vehicular pollutioncaused by them in Delhi. The Committee knows that the Government of Delhi from time-to-time, has taken steps on the directions of honourable courts, to check pollution but the problemsof pollution in Delhi is far from over. The Committee recommends that the Ministry should findout the solution for vehicular pollution on the roads of Delhi.
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3602.02.105.01: Roads in Delhi
(` in crore)
Year Original + Actual Savings (-) / RemarksSupplementary expenditure excess (+)
Grant
BE RE
2014-15 22.20 22.20 14.59 (-) 7.61 The funds under this Head are provided fromCentral Road Fund for State roads in Delhi.The savings were due to receipt of less numberof proposals. This is a non lapsable fund andthe unutilized amount is transferred toPublic Account Head 8224, maintained byCCA and therefore, the concept of savings donot apply to the unutilized amount providedunder this Head. An amount of ` 20.45 crorere-appropriated to Head for Puducherry forthe year 2016-17.
2015-16 25.00 25.00 0 (-)25.00
2016-17 95.00 41.88 0** 0*
2017-18 63.15
**Actual Expenditure is upto January, 2017.
* Savings/excess has been calculated taking into account the likely final requirement of funds.
133. The Committee expresses its dismay over the inability of the Government of Delhi for notsubmitting proposals for the funds to maintain the roads in Delhi from the Central Road Fund.The Committee wants to know the reasons for non-utilization of funds. The Committee knowsthe condition of many roads in Delhi which is in bad shape. The Committee strongly recommendsthe Ministry to convey the displeasure of the Committee to the Government of Delhi for non-submission of proposals for construction/maintaining the roads in Delhi.
TREATMENT OF ACCIDENT VICTIMS
134. The Ministry has submitted that a scheme viz. National Highway Accident Relief Service Scheme(NHARSS) it entails providing cranes and ambulances to States/UTs/NGOs for relief and rescue measuresin the aftermath of accidents by way of evacuating road accident victims to the nearest medical aidcentre and for clearing the accident site. So far, 347 ten ton cranes and 106 small/medium size craneshave been provided under the scheme. 509 ambulances have been provided to States/UTs/NGOs underthe scheme. During the year 2015-16, Grant of ` 17 crore has been released for procurement of
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Ambulances in the State of J & K, Sikkim and Mizoram. Further, Ministry of Road Transport andHighways has also provided 140 advanced life support ambulances to 140 identified hospitals upgradedunder the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s Scheme ‘Establishment of an integrated network ofTrauma Centres’ along the Golden Quadrilateral, North-South and East-West Corridors of the NationalHighways by upgrading the trauma care facilities in 140 identified State Government hospitals.
135. Cashless Treatment of Road Accident Victims: The Ministry has submitted that with a view to savelives of accident victims by providing prompt and appropriate medical care during ‘Golden Hour”, andthereby reduce fatalities in road accidents, the Ministry launched following pilot projects under thescheme NHARSS:-
Gurgaon - Jaipur stretch of National Highway (NH) No.8. (Implemented by ICICI LombardGeneral Insurance Company)
Vadodara - Mumbai stretch of NH No. 8 (Implemented by IFFCO Tokio General InsuranceCompany Limited.)
Ranchi - Rargaon - Mahulia stretch of NH No. 33. (Implemented by ICICI Lombard GeneralInsurance Company)
136. The project envisages transport of accident victims from the accident scene to hospital and, whererequired, from one hospital to another for treatment at a public or private hospital for the first 48 hoursor “ 30,000, whichever is earlier so that lives of accident victims by providing prompt and appropriatemedical care during ‘Golden Hour” may be saved.
• About 15,000 accident victims have benefitted from the three projects and average cost pervictims is about ` 12,000.
• It has been possible to reach the victims to hospital within 30-40 minutes on an average.
137. The Committee observes the facts given by the Ministry on treatment of accident victims.The Ministry also during its deliberations with the Committee enlightened that recently theyhave taken various steps to help the accident victims. The Committee came to know that theMinistry is planning to link the ambulance service with the local hospitals so that optimalutilization could be made. The Committee has already recommended in the recently presentedreport on the Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill, 2016 for treating the accident victims in goldenhour and not harassing the good Samaritans who help the accident victims in the time of need.The Committee further recommends that the Ministry may take up the issue of treatment ofaccident victims with its State counterpart for timely and free treatment.
PUBLICITY MEASURES AND AWARENESS CAMPAIGN ON ROAD SAFETY:
138. Various publicity measures in the form of telecasting/broadcasting of T.V. spots/Radio jingles,display of cinema slides, hoardings, organizing Road Safety Week, seminars, exhibitions, all India essaycompetitions on road safety, printing of handbills/stickers, posters, etc., containing road safety messagesfor various segments of road users viz. pedestrians, cyclists, school children, heavy vehicle drivers, etc.,
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painting on road railings on themes of road safety, road safety games, calendars depicting road safetymessages, etc.
139. The Publicity campaign is carried out through DAVP, Doordarshan, All India Radio and newspapers.It is the Ministry’s effort to make road safety a social movement. The Ministry is also consideringreviewing the scheme for giving grant to NGOs for carrying out road safety advocacy.
140. The Committee insists on giving wide publicity on following the traffic rules, causes ofaccidents its repercussions and treatment in emergency.
SUPPLY OF ROAD SAFETY EQUIPMENT
141. During the year 2015-16, grant of ` 1.13 crore has been released for procurement of breathanalyzers to the State of J&K, Sikkim, Punjab and West Bengal.
TRAINING AND RESEARCH
142. The budgetary outlay for 2016 -17 for the five schemes, administered by Transport Wing, was` 200 crores. Under the scheme of Strengthening of Public Transport, the Ministry releases fund to theState Road Transport Undertaking (SRTU) after receipt of Utilization Certificate. However, in certainproject, the State did not provide the UC and therefore the fund under this Head could not be released.Similarly, under the scheme of National Highways Accident Relief Service Scheme (NHARSS), thisMinistry requested National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to issue Request for Proposal (RFP)for shortlisting the agencies to implement the Cashless Scheme. However, issuance of tender for shortlistingthe agencies got delayed which resulted the saving. Under the scheme of Publicity Measures andAwareness campaign, it was decided to drop the proposal to print the poster, children activity book, etc.
143. During 2017-18, this Ministry plans to provide funds to improve the infrastructure for improvingthe driving skill development. Besides, it has also been decided to impart two days refresher training toaround 80,000 Heavy Motor Vehicle (HMV) drivers of unorganized sector to inculcate the habit of roadsafety. The Ministry also proposes to provide higher resources States for publicity campaign relating toroad Safety. Funds will also be required to complete the civil construction of Institute of Driving andTraining Research (IDTR) and Inspection and Certification (I&C) Centre sanctioned during 2016-17.Therefore, budgetary outlay for 2017 has been enhanced.
INSTITUTES OF DRIVING AND RESEARCH (IDTR)
144. The Driving Training School and Institute of Driving Training and Research (IDTR) are the same.During 10th Plan, the Driving school was named as Driving Training Institute (DTI) and its name waschanged during Twelfth Five Year Plan as Institute of Driving Training and Research (IDTR). The statusof the IDTR has been indicated in the reply of Q. No. 60. It is further stated that the project relatedto IDTR is executed by the State Government or its agencies. Land is also provided by the States. Duringthe implementation of the project. It has been observed that the State doesn’t complete the project withintimeline.
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145. The causative analysis of various road accidents studies carried out in the past infers that majorityof road accidents occur due to drivers fault. The report of year 2014 indicates that 78% of all roadaccidents are due to the fault of the driver.
146. The scheme for setting up Institutes of Driving and Research (IDTR) is being implemented withthe concurrence of the then Planning Commission. The objectives of the scheme for setting up of IDTRare as follows:-
• To set up a model driving training institute in all states.
• To conduct training course for trainers.
• To conduct induction training course in driving of Heavy Motor Vehicles.
• To conduct induction training course in driving of Light Motor Vehicles.
• To conduct refresher and orientation training courses for the drivers who are in service.
• To conduct training course for the drivers who carry dangerous/hazardous goods.
• including random periodic evaluation.
• To carry out research on behavioural/attitudinal changes required to be brought out in thedrivers.
• To organized road safety campaigns for school children and other vulnerable groups.
• To carry out periodic audit and accreditation of RDTCs in the allocated regions.
147. During the Tenth Five Year Plan, 13 Model Driver Training Schools was sanctioned and all arecomplete and functional. During Eleventh Plan, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways accordedsanction for setting up IDTRs at Sarkaghat (Himachal Pradesh), Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh), Rajsamand(Rajasthan), Pune (Maharashtra), Bhiwani (Haryana), Aurangabad (Bihar), Agartala (Tripura) and RaeBareilly (Uttar Pradesh). The construction of three IDTRs i.e. Chhindwara, Pune and Rajsamand hasbeen completed and is functional. The civil construction of rest of the IDTRs is in progress and likelyto be completed during next year. During Twelfth Five Year Plan, the Ministry has also decided to setup 10 more IDTR and 25 Regional Driving Training Centres centres in the country. So far the Ministryhas sanction four IDTR to be set up one each in the State of Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Andhra Pradeshand Maharashtra and 4 RTDCs in Maharashtra and one in West Bengal.
148. The Committee observes that an Amount of `̀̀̀̀ 200 crore was allocated for Training andResearch in B.E. 2016-17, which was reduced at R.E. stage. Now, in 2017-18 the Ministry has beenallocated `̀̀̀̀ 250 crore for the purpose. The Committee wants to know the reason why there isfluctuation in the allocation of budget. The Committee feels that the training is an importantpart of the driving vehicles and this aspect should not be ignored for the sake of saving fundbecause a less skilled driver brings lives of others in danger while driving on the road. TheCommittee is of the view that during the time of renewal of license the driver should go arefresher training as the modern vehicle has undergone many changes. The Committee feelsthat the country still lacks good training schools and the Committee recommends that theMinistry should assist the States in opening more Driving Schools.
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SWACHCHTA ACTION PLAN
149. The Ministry has informed that the Swachchta Action Plan of the Ministry has been formulated soas to incorporate Swachchta in all aspects of its activities/schemes. During the current financial year2016-17, the main Swachchta activity of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is constructingof toilets for men and women, separately at all the 372 NHAI toll plazas. Under the Swachchta ActionPlan 2017-18 it is envisaged to provide ATM-cum-toilet complexes underneath flyovers, subject to roadsafety consideration, and collection of solid waste along the highways.
150. The Ministry has not made separate budgetary allocation of fund for Swachchta activities duringthe financial year 2016-17 and the activities were taken up within the overall budgetary provisions of theMinistry and resources available with the NHAI.
151. The Committee is happy to note that the Ministry has taken initiatives to adopt Swachchtaaction plan wherever its activities or schemes are going on.
ROAD SAFETY
152. The Committee wanted to know the number of road safety equipments purchased by the Governmentduring the last one year, along with the details of expenditure incurred thereon and the Ministry hassubmitted that During 2015-16, it was decided to transfer the funds directly to the State Governmentto procure Breath Analyzer through DGS&D Rate Contract instead of procuring breath Analyzer by theMinistry. Accordingly, the Ministry requested all the States/UTs to indicate the requirement of breathanalyzer, bank details, etc. However, we received requirement and bank details from few States only.Accordingly, the Ministry transferred the fund to States. The details of funds provided to the StateGovernments for procurement of Breath Analyzer from DGS&D Rates are as under:-
Sl. No. State No. of Breath Analyzer Amount transferredallotted (In Rupees)
1 Jammu and Kashmir 100 28,14,480/-
2 Sikkim 100 28,14,480/-
3 Punjab 100 28,14,480/-
4 West Bengal 100 28,14,480/-
TOTAL 400 1,12,57,920/-
153. It is stated that the Ministry has transferred only 90% of the cost of breath analyzer. Remaining10% was to be transferred after purchasing of breath analyzer and submission of the bill. During2016-17, the Ministry had again requested to furnish the requirement of breath analyzer and bank details.Around 10 States have furnished the details and this Ministry is in the process to transfer the fund toStates for procurement of breath analyzer.
ROAD SAFETY ENGINEERING:
154. Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has been making concerted efforts towards improvementof road safety through engineering measures on National Highways. 789 black spots based on fatalitiesin 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 calendar years have been identified and notified with unique ID numbersassigned to each of the spots. Guidelines have been prepared and notified for investigation and rectification
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of the road accident black spots on National Highways. So far 96 spots have already been rectified.Rectification measures at 105 spots have been sanctioned which are in various stages of implementation.137 spots are on State Government roads/with other agencies. 208 spots are falling on stretches of on-going development projects and would be rectified as part of these projects and balance spots are undersurvey/investigations.
155. As investigation, design of rectification measures at the black spots is an involved time takingprocess, it was decided to install immediate cautionary measures to alert and caution the road users aboutthe road accident black spot through signs, solar blinkers and speed reduction measures till the blackspots are rectified through long term permanent measures. So far immediate cautionary measures areinstalled at 309 spots out of 556 spots on National Highways to be rectified and rest are in progress.
156. Detailed guidelines for taking up road safety audits on National Highways have been prepared andnotified. Road Safety Audits have been made part and parcel of all National Highway developmentprojects on EPC/BOT modes. Apart from this 3805 Km. of National Highway stretches have beenapproved for taking up stand alone road safety audit for addressing the safety concerns on thosestretches.
157. Two National level workshops on Road Safety Engineering have been organized on 26th February,2016 and 25th October, 2016 in which about 450 Highway Engineers and professional have participatedapart from manufacturers/suppliers of road safety furniture. A certification course for Road Safetyauditors has been commenced recently by IAHE and 1st batch of 20 auditors have been certified.
158. Ministry has taken up installation of crash barriers in hilly terrain on National Highways inpredominantly hilly states at accident prone locations. A report on different aspects of identification ofstretches and installation of selected type of crash barriers has been prepared and circulated. Sanctionof proposals and implementation are in progress.
159. The Committee is surprised to know that very few States have been given breath analyzer.The Committee would like to know the details of fund to be allocated for breath analyzer forother States and for cities especially Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru, where number ofvehicles are large and the cases of drunken driving is rampant. The Committee thinks that roadengineering is instrumental in checking road accidents. The Committee recommends that theMinistry should form teams to find out the accident prone sites, fault in its designing and itscorrection.
160. The Committee feels that an effective co-ordination mechanism among the Ministry ofCulture, Ministries of Tourism, Civil Aviation and Road Transport and Highways is needed inorder to ensure that the places of tourist and cultural importance are integrated seamlessly withwell connected roads and airports and are provided with required facilities like budget hotels,taxis, souvenir shops, restaurants etc. The Committee, therefore, recommends that the Ministryof Road Transport and Highways may co-ordinate in formulating an action plan with the abovesaid Ministries in this regard and that the Ministry of Tourism may be made the nodal Ministryfor this purpose.
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OBSERVATIONS/RECOMMENDATIONS — AT A GLANCE
The Committee has been given an understanding by the Secretary that total budgetallocated would be utilized during the financial year 2016-17. However, the Committee stronglyrecommends that the expenditure percentage may be reviewed on quarterly basis as per expenditureguidelines of the Ministry of Finance and the major portion of the Budget should not be leftbehind to be incurred in the last quarter of the financial year. (Para 6)
The Committee is distressed to note that the additional fund was not provided to theMinistry at RE stage and instead it got a cut for SARDP-NE and Externally Aided Projects.
(Para 9)
There is a sharp contrast between the reply given by the Ministry and the data shown inthe figure attached to the reply. The Committee further wants to know what are the factorswhich blocked the work of awarding projects to the contractors. The Ministry could achieve onlyone third of stipulated target of awarding the projects for 25,000 km. Secondly, the Committeeis further dismayed to note that the target of constructions out of the 10,000 km. of the roadprojects only 5,498 km. could be constructed upto January, 2017. Hence, the Committee recommendsthat the Ministry has to put an extra effort to achieve the target what it has set for theconstruction of the road for the year 2017-18. (Para 10)
The Committee finds that the Ministry has fallen behind on many projects which is hamperingthe progress of road construction due to land acquisition, environment clearance, poor performanceby contractors etc. The Committee also urges the Ministry must foresee the likely problems andfind out the solution beforehand. The Committee recommends that the Ministry should makea concerted effort to address all the problems faced by it before and after awarding the projectsin vigorous manner. (Para 11)
The Committee observes that the Budgetary allocation for 2017-18 for Road Sector is`̀̀̀̀ 64,900 crore and through Internal Extra Budgetary Support (proposed IEBR) is `̀̀̀̀ 59,279 crore.The Committee finds that there is an increase of 11.94% in GBS over BE 2016-17 and anincrease of 23.74% over RE 2016-17. The Committee hopes that increase in Gross BudgetarySupport (GBS) would help Ministry to complete more projects in the financial year 2017-18.
(Para 12)
The Committee finds that the IEBR projection of `̀̀̀̀ 59,279 crore is same as it was for theyear 2016-17. The Committee was informed that `̀̀̀̀ 27,831 crore was raised upto January, 2017through EPFO, Bonds from LIC, Market bidding and 54EC capital gain bonds. The Committeewas not convinced with the IEBR projection of `̀̀̀̀ 59,279 crore for 2016-17 and had shown itsapprehension in its Demands for Grants Report no. 234 of the Ministry of Road Transport andHighways. The Committee noted that the Ministry could raise around 55-60% (approximately)through IEBR during 2016-17. The Committee would like to know from the Ministry how the
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projects targeted during 2017-18 would be completed when there is a huge gap of funding throughmarket resources. The Committee recommends that the Ministry should make an extra effortto achieve the required target for funding of new projects envisaged during 2017-18.
(Para 13)
The Committee is constrained to note that the Ministry of Finance has made five per centcut in the outlay for externally aided projects. The Committee recommends that under this head,the Ministry of Finance should provide more budgets so that the projects/schemes under thishead does not suffer. (Para 14)
The Committee observes that the gross budgetary support for NHDP (NHAI) is `̀̀̀̀ 23,891.59crore for 2017-18 with an increase of 21.57% over BE 2016-17 and 59.53% increase over RE2016-17. The Committee is happy to note that this increase will help the Ministry to completethe ongoing pending projects of national highways. (Para 15)
The Committee observes that after a cut of `̀̀̀̀ 480 crore at RE stage for SARDP-NE, thishead has got a 5.3% increase at revenue stage and has received `̀̀̀̀ 5,265 crore for BE 2017-18.The Committee hopes that this increase will help the Ministry to complete the pending projectsof North Eastern region under SARDP-NE Scheme. (Para 16)
The Committee finds that the budget outlay for National Highways (original) has also gota big boost of 42.21% increase over BE 2016-17. It has got `̀̀̀̀ 22,047.57 crore for the year2017-18. The Committee is happy to note that the pending projects under NH(O) would getcompleted on time in the financial year 2017-18. (Para 17)
The Committee observes that for roads in left wing extremism affected areas has got a cutof 10% over BE 2016-17 as it has received `̀̀̀̀ 900 crore (previous year 1000 crore as BE but 760crore at RE). The Committee is constrained to note this cut for one of the most importantprojects. The Committee feels that road connectivity in such areas is very significant to connectthe people with main stream land. Hence, the Committee recommends that the Ministry mayincrease the budget for this head at RE stage and the cut of budget should not come in the wayof developing LWE areas. (Para 18)
The Committee observes that the budget for 2017-18 under the head EI&ISC is `̀̀̀̀ 815.67crore i.e. a sharp cut of 33.85% over BE 2016-17. The Committee is unable to understand thereason of such a huge cut. This head is meant for Inter State connectivity which is veryimportant as far as trade and commerce between two States is concerned. The Committeerecommends that the Ministry may augment budgetary grant at RE stage so that the schemesunder EI&ISC should not suffer. (Para 19)
The Committee observes that the budgetary provision made for the Ministry for the year2017-18 is very encouraging and with the enhancement of budget the Ministry may take up somemore projects in the current financial year. (Para 22)
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The Committee is optimistic in this regard that the new model of construction of road onHybrid Annuity may prove more successful than BOT and PPP model judging by its fundingformula. The Committee hopes that more and more concessionaire will join the projects to beawarded by the Ministry as this scheme has minimized the risk of losing money in this venture.
(Para 23)
The Committee observes that out of the total length entrusted under NHDP is 55,730 kmin last 15 years, the Ministry has completed 30,240 km. only and 12,000 km. (approx.) have notbeen awarded so far. The Committee finds that the projects completed till date is satisfactory butat the same time it’s also a matter of concern that a length of 12,000 km. has not been awarded.The Committee would like to know the reasons as why there is inordinate delay in awarding theprojects. (Para 30)
The Committee observes that out of the total expenditure of 97,803 crore NHAI has tospend around `̀̀̀̀ 74,080 crore and rest amount of `̀̀̀̀ 25,892 crore has to be spent by the privatesector. The Committee is constrained to note that the amount of expenditure made by NHAI andprivate sector combined has been just `̀̀̀̀ 45,077.67 crore i.e. less than 50 per cent upto December,2016 which needs to be accelerated for the purpose. The Committee recommends that theMinistry may make all out efforts to speed up the pace of construction of roads in order to getthe returns soon. (Para 32)
The Committee observes that NHAI has deposited `̀̀̀̀ 7,475 crore in Consolidated Fund ofIndia (CFI) against the toll collection, revenue share, negative grant and premium etc. TheCommittee recommends that the budget for eastern peripheral expressway and for maintenanceand repair of National Highways may be accorded priority. The Committee is of the view thatspeedy development of eastern peripheral expressway should be given importance as it will helpin decongestion of roads inside Delhi and it will also decrease the vehicular pollution in Delhi.
(Para 34)
The Committee is happy to note that the Ministry has got the increased allocation of`̀̀̀̀ 64,900 crore at BE 2017-18 compared to `̀̀̀̀ 52,447 crore at RE 2016-17 and the Ministry is alsocontemplating to raise money from different sources as well as other measures to facilitate thegrowth of road sector at a very fast pace. (Para 40)
The Committee further expresses its dissatisfaction that the NHAI could raise only `̀̀̀̀ 27,831crore out of `̀̀̀̀ 59,279/- till January, 2017 which is far behind from its target, the Committeerecommends that the Ministry should pay more attention towards the languishing projects andgenerate more funds through IEBR. (Para 41)
The Committee wishes that the NHAI should make endeavour with extra energy to generatemore funds in the year 2017-18 to complete its targets more vigorously. (Para 42)
1. DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS UNDER NH(O):
The Committee observes that the outlay for NH(O), and EAP was kept as `̀̀̀̀ 29,085 croreand `̀̀̀̀ 10,325 crore respectively, during the Twelfth Five Year Plan i.e. for 2012 to 2017. Total cess
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to be collected for NH was `̀̀̀̀ 52,881 crore. The Committee would like to know the fund collectedso far under cess on petrol and high speed diesel during 2012-17 and whether the collected fundmatched with the target set for collection. (Para 47)
The Committee appreciates the Ministry for its commendable job done under SARDP-NE.The Committee observes that North Eastern Region is a difficult terrain and it needs an extraeffort to carry out the work in adverse condition like inclement weather and mountainousterrain (Hills and valleys). The Committee hopes that it will complete the remaining work in theregion by March, 2017. (Para 50)
The Committee is constrained to note that the progress made in the Arunachal PradeshPackage of Roads and Highways has not achieved the expected target as the Committee findsthat one third of total length has to be taken up on BOT (Annuity) mode and remaining on itemrate contract basis. The Committee does not find a clear line of implementation of planning andat the same time, the Committee is also apprehensive of completing this project by March, 2018.The Committee, therefore, recommends that the Ministry should make an extra effort to completethe project within the stipulated time as it being a border area has got strategic importance.
(Para 53)
The Committee understand that to construct the road in the LWE affected areas is a toughjob. The Committee would like to know the length constructed till date and the length to becompleted and the total expenditure incurred on the project so far. The Committee recommendsthat the agencies/local people working in such areas may be given full protection and alsosensitize the people of that areas (from where road is passing) about the benefit of the goodconnectivity through the roads. (Para 59)
The Committee on making a query by the Ministry during the meeting of Demands forGrants regarding delay in constructing Vijaywada-Ranchi road project due to the bankruptcy ofthe contractor. This project has been rewarded one and half years back and likely to be completedin 2017. The Committee is not convinced with the reply of the Ministry and the Committeerecommends that the Ministry should make a sincere effort to get the project ready by 2017.
(Para 65)
The Committee is constrained to note that during Twelfth Five Year Plan, total fund requiredfor the road sector was `̀̀̀̀ 2,64,080 crore but the total outlay was `̀̀̀̀ 1,44,769 crore only hence, theMinistry dropped some schemes from its priority. The Committee visited the State of Jammu andKashmir recently and found the condition of the road there pathetic. It being a border State, roadconnectivity is very important for this State and the decision taken by the Ministry to drop thespecial package for Jammu and Kashmir is not a rational decision for the development of thisState. The Committee recommends that the Ministry should take the share from the packageannounced by the PM for J&K from its allocation and complete the projects in hands first. TheCommittee further recommends that the Ministry should arrange fund for road connectivity to50 minor ports and 24 airports also. (Para 68)
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The Committee observes that the achievement of target of length awarded for roadconstruction in 2014-15 and 2015-16 is very good but the Ministry has been lagging behind forthe year 2016-17, as out of the set target of 25,000 Km. it has achieved only 8,183 till January,2017. The Committee recommends that the Ministry should make all out efforts to achieve thetarget. (Para 71)
The Committee finds that the Ministry has its hands full of projects/schemes to developroads, bridges and connectivity improvement programme for Char-Dham etc. The Committee,therefore, recommends that the Ministry should launch programmes only when its viability isfeasible and all the requirements viz. land acquisition, environment clearance, rehabilitationangles if any, fund allocation have been ascertained otherwise bad preparation of a project alwayslands the project in unnecessary delay and escalation of costs. (Para 72)
The Committee feels that allocation for maintenance of NH is a cause of concern. In RE2016, total budget for maintenance of NH was `̀̀̀̀ 2998.80 crore whereas budget under this headfor financial year 2017-18 has been kept as `̀̀̀̀ 2970.32 crore. The Committee wants to know thereasons for less allocation under this head. The Committee is also unable to understand how theMinistry is going to maintain the National Highways with this reduced budget. The Committeerecommends that the budget for maintenance of NH should be increased. The Committee is ofthe view that the maintenance of road should be accorded top priority as it increases the life spanof roads. (Para 75)
The Committee is dismayed to note that the Ministry has spent only `̀̀̀̀ 1,691.37 crore outof a budgetary grant of `̀̀̀̀ 2,995.23 crore till January, 2017 for maintenance of NH from CRF. TheCommittee strongly recommends to carry out the repair and maintenance of roads where conditionof road is accident prone and require immediate repair. The Committee is of the view that thebad roads leads to accidents resulting in loss of lives and goods. (Para 80)
Maintenance of NHs done by the PWD, States, Border Road Organisation (BRO), NationalHighways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) through GrossBudgetary Support (GBS) besides NHAI. (Para 81)
The Committee observes the pattern of expenditure on maintenance and repair of NHsentrusted to various organizations/agencies during the year 2015-16 and 2016-17. The Committeeis unable to know that length entrusted to State/UT, PWDs is 70,849 km. but the expenditureincurred to maintained the roads is only `̀̀̀̀ 1,469.07 crore which is very low beyond imagination.The Committee wants to know the reasons of giving less importance to maintenance of roadsto be done by the State PWDs and other agencies. (Para 83)
The Committee observes the data given by the Ministry on allocation for construction andmaintenance of highways to all the States and finds that on maintenance, the use of 12% of thetotal allocation of budgetary grant is very low. The Committee strongly recommends that theMinistry should ascertain the reasons for under-utilization of fund by the State Governments andthe same may be furnished to the Committee for its consideration. (Para 84)
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The Committee observes the figure given by the Ministry on land acquisition cost since2012-13. The Committee has noted that the land cost per hectare has gone up substantiallyalmost 25 per cent increase on previous year cost. The Committee may be apprised of thereasons for increasing the rate of acquisition of land every year. (Para 86)
The Committee has noticed that NHAI has been allocated less funds from GBS and it ismade dependable upon IEBR. The Committee is of the view that the fund raised through IEBRis `̀̀̀̀ 27,831 crore in 2016-17 but it may be less for the year 2017-18. The Committee wants toknow the standby arrangement made by the Ministry to get the fund, if the collection underIEBR goes down 2017-18. (Para 91)
The Committee is happy to note that the Ministry has many new schemes in hand to beawarded during the year 2017-18. The Committee suggests that the Ministry should exhort itsState counterpart to participate actively in launching and completion of projects. The Committeeis of the view that on many occasions NHAI and the Ministry have played their role but the StateGovernments are lagging behind in playing their part. The Committee thinks that for many bigprojects it needs coordination and cooperation of related States hence, it recommends that theMinistry may take every step to negotiate with the States to garner their support. (Para 94)
The Committee is not satisfied with the work undertaken and completed by NH(O). TheCommittee notes the target for awarding road construction under this head is i.e. 14,300 km.which is very high whereas the completed length in year 2016-17 is only 1,587 km. The Committeerecommends that the targets for awarding the construction should commensurate with thecompletion of length of road which can be achieved within the time-frame instead of setting upa hypothetical target. (Para 97)
The Committee observes that the total fund allocated under CRF and expenditure uptoJanuary, 2017 by the Ministry has a huge gap of `̀̀̀̀ 11,640.20 crore. The Committee is not ableto understand the less expenditure incurred by the Ministry. The Committee recommends thatthe allocated money should be fully utilized for the prescribed purpose. (Para 102)
The Committee observes that under the Head Roads and Bridges the budget for schemesof States financed from CRF for the BE 2016-17 was `̀̀̀̀ 10,833 crore and it was reduced to`̀̀̀̀ 7,070.70 crore at RE stage. BE for 2017-18 under this head is `̀̀̀̀ 7,162.00 crore, the Committeeis not convinced with the Ministry’s reply that this reduction of `̀̀̀̀ 3791 crore at RE stage is notgoing to affect the schemes of States adversely. (Para 104)
The Committee is not satisfied with the status of languishing projects as there are 9 projectswhich are still languishing. The Committee recommends that the Government should makesincere efforts to complete languishing project by negotiating with the concessionaire and savethe invested funds from turning into NPA. (Para 107)
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The Committee during its meeting with the Ministry raised the issue of port connectivity.The Ministry has replied that they are taking the projects of port connecting under variousprogrammes. The Committee stressed upon the importance of port connectivity with good roadsas ports must be well connected so that a huge volume of cargo load may be moved to and frofrom the ports. (Para 110)
The Committee observes that the daily average of constructing highways has improved alittle bit from 16 km. to 18 km. per day but the Committee is apprehensive of the target setfor the year 2017-18. The Committee is not convinced with the fact that at the present rate of18 km. per day target could be achieved for road construction. Hence, the Committee recommendsthat the Ministry may resort for more resources to get the wanted result in the field of roadconstruction. (Para 117)
The Committee has the unanimous view that the public transport system is in a bad shapealmost all over the country. The Committee is aware of the fact that transport system in a Stateis the responsibility of the respective State but the Ministry has also got major role to play. TheCommittee is of the view that even the national capital is far-far away from a good public roadtransport system, the Committee recommends that instead of allowing private aggregaters to plytaxi on the roads, they should be roped in to ply buses in major cities. (Para 119)
The Committee wants to know the status of Development of Bus Terminals and Multi ModalTransit Terminal. The Committee feels that since the Ministry is a major stakeholder it has toplay proactive role in the project. (Para 121)
The Committee observes that the fund to be allocated to State PWDs is quite a big amount,but the Committee would also like to know whether these money has been utilized by the Statein full or got the project underhand completed in a prescribed time frame. The Committee wantsthat the Ministry should keep the check and balance on States while giving the fund and gettingthe utilization certificate of the work done periodically. (Para 123)
The Committee is of the view that the traffic of vehicles in Delhi is increasing at alarmingpace (registration of 10 lakhs vehicles approx. in 2016, bringing the number of vehicles in Delhiclose to 1 crore). The Committee appreciates that the Ministry has taken many steps to decongestthe traffic but in practice it will take a long time to decongest the road for smooth traffic inDelhi. The Committee further thinks that the Ministry has a major role to play in improvingthe traffic scenario in Delhi. The Committee recommends that the Ministry should play proactiverole in co-ordination with the Government of Delhi to ease the problem faced by the people innegotiating with the large traffic on the road. (Para 129)
The Committee is concerned about the increasing number of vehicle and vehicular pollutioncaused by them in Delhi. The Committee knows that the Government of Delhi from time-to-time, has taken steps on the directions of honourable courts, to check pollution but the problemsof pollution in Delhi is far from over. The Committee recommends that the Ministry should findout the solution for vehicular pollution on the roads of Delhi. (Para 132)
The Committee expresses its dismay over the inability of the Government of Delhi for notsubmitting proposals for the funds to maintain the roads in Delhi from the Central Road Fund.The Committee wants to know the reasons for non-utilization of funds. The Committee knows
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the condition of many roads in Delhi which is in bad shape. The Committee strongly recommendsthe Ministry to convey the displeasure of the Committee to the Government of Delhi for non-submission of proposals for construction/maintaining the roads in Delhi. (Para 133)
The Committee observes the facts given by the Ministry on treatment of accident victims.The Ministry also during its deliberations with the Committee enlightened that recently theyhave taken various steps to help the accident victims. The Committee came to know that theMinistry is planning to link the ambulance service with the local hospitals so that optimalutilization could be made. The Committee has already recommended in the recently presentedreport on the Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill, 2016 for treating the accident victims in goldenhour and not harassing the good Samaritans who help the accident victims in the time of need.The Committee further recommends that the Ministry may take up the issue of treatment ofaccident victims with its State counterpart for timely and free treatment. (Para 137)
The Committee insists on giving wide publicity on following the traffic rules, causes ofaccidents its repercussions and treatment in emergency. (Para 140)
The Committee observes that an amount of `̀̀̀̀ 200 crore was allocated for Training andResearch in B.E. 2016-17, which was reduced at RE stage. Now, in 2017-18 the Ministry has beenallocated `̀̀̀̀ 250 crore for the purpose. The Committee wants to know the reason why there isfluctuation in the allocation of budget. The Committee feels that the training is an importantpart of the driving vehicles and this aspect should not be ignored for the sake of saving fundbecause a less skilled driver brings lives of others in danger while driving on the road. TheCommittee is of the view that during the time of renewal of license the driver should go arefresher training as the modern vehicle has undergone many changes. The Committee feelsthat the country still lacks good training schools and the Committee recommends that theMinistry should assist the States in opening more Driving Schools. (Para 148)
The Committee is happy to note that the Ministry has taken initiatives to adopt Swachchtaaction plan wherever its activities or schemes are going on. (Para 151)
The Committee is surprised to know that very few States have been given breath analyzer.The Committee would like to know the details of fund to be allocated for breath analyzer forother States and for cities especially Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru, where number ofvehicles are large and the cases of drunken driving is rampant. The Committee thinks that roadengineering is instrumental in checking road accidents. The Committee recommends that theMinistry should form teams to find out the accident prone sites, fault in its designing and itscorrection. (Para 159)
The Committee feels that an effective co-ordination mechanism among the Ministry ofCulture, Ministries of Tourism, Civil Aviation and Road Transport and Highways is needed inorder to ensure that the places of tourist and cultural importance are integrated seamlessly withwell connected roads and airports and are provided with required facilities like budget hotels,taxis, souvenir shops, restaurants etc. The Committee, therefore, recommends that the Ministryof Road Transport and Highways may co-ordinate in formulating an action plan with the abovesaid Ministries in this regard and that the Ministry of Tourism may be made the nodal Ministryfor this purpose. (Para 160)
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MINUTES
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TENTH MEETING
MEMBERS PRESENT
1. Shri Mukul Roy — Chairman
RAJYA SABHA
2. Shri Rangasayee Ramakrishna
3. Kumari Selja
4. Shri Narendra Kumar Swain
5. Shri Lal Sinh Vadodia
LOK SABHA
6. Shri Vinod Chavda
7. Kumari Arpita Ghosh
8. Shri Rahul Kaswan
9. Shri P. Kumar
10. Shri Harish Chandra Meena
11. Shri Kristappa Nimmala
12. Shri Ram Kumar Sharma
13. Shri Dushyant Singh
14. Shri Kunwar Haribansh Singh
15. Shri Rakesh Singh
16. Shri Shatrughan Sinha
17. Shri Manoj Tiwari
18. Shri K. C. Venugopal
SECRETARIAT
Shri J. G. Negi, Joint Secretary
Shri Swarabji B., Director
Shri Arun Kumar, Assistant Director
Shrimati Catherine John L., Assistant Director
Shri P. P. Raumon, Committee Officer
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3. * * *
4. * * *
5. * * *
6. * * *
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PART-II
8. The Committee met again at 2.00 P.M. on thrusday, the 23rd February, 2017 and continued itsmeeting to examine the Demands for Grants (2017-18) of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
Shri Sanjay Mitra, Secretary
Shri S.N. Das, DG (RD) & SS
Shri Pradeep Kumar, JS&FA
Ms. Leela Nandan, JS and others.
Shri Yudhvir Singh Malik, Chairman, NHAI
Shri Anand Kumar, MD, National Highways & Infrastructure
Development Corporation
Brig. R. K. Sharma, DDG (T&P), Border Roads
9. At the outset, the Chairman welcomed the members of the Committee and Secretary and therepresentatives of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways to brief the Committee on the Demandsfor Grants (2017-18) of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
10. After brief introduction, the Chairman of the Committee requested the Secretary to make a presentationon the Budget allocations, expenditure made in the previous years, achievements, non-utilization of funds,the adequacy of the budgetary provision made to each head etc. The Committee also wanted to knowthe impact of cuts in allocations for the current fiscal on the major works and projects of the Ministry.
11. The Committee further asked the representatives of the Ministry to brief about insufficient allocationfor maintenance of national highways, issues/problems faced by Ministry in implementing national highwaysprojects, issues concerning financing of national highways projects, status of ongoing PPP projects, newschemes Hybrid Annuity Model in the current fiscal year and the allocations made therefore, adequacyof budgetary allocation for road safety etc.
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12. The Secretary gave an overview of the budget allocation for the Ministry for 2017-18 and madea power-point presentation. He also elaborated the status of work being carried out at various stretchesof national highways, delay in carrying out maintenance works of national highways due to reductionin allocation for such works, steps taken to strengthen road safety and status of ongoing developmentprojects under National Highways Development Programme. The Chairman asked the Ministry about howit would manage to get ` 59,279 crore through IEBR for 2017-18 because the Ministry could not managemore than ` 27,881 crore through IEBR in the last financial year. The Chairman, NHAI assured theCommittee that they would manage it through various tax free bonds and schemes.
13. He further elaborated the progress of NHDP as on 31.01.2017, current status and problems facedin carrying out the projects to its completion, Works-progress in SARDP-NE, LWE areas were alsocovered, its achievements and problem were highlighted by the Secretary.
14. The Committee was also enlightened about Fund infusion by NHAI to salvage languishing projects;NH Toll information System etc. The Committee wanted to know about the pending road projects dueto fund allocation and other reasons, the Ministry replied that various measures have been taken tocomplete the pending projects. Hybrid Annuity Model has been brought in place of PPP Model whereMinistry is going to fund 40% of project cost initially and the concessionaire will manage the rest ofthe amount.
15. Members asked the question about poor condition of national highways in various parts of thecountry, inadequate spending of funds in road safety sector, steps to be taken to reduce road accidents,achievements of Research and Development Wing of the Ministry, refresher courses for drivers, non-availability of signage on national highways, setting up of trauma centre, to help road accident victimsetc. Members of the Committee gave some specific examples of the States’s share in CRF, its allocationslow progress on Vijaywada-Ranchi route, long queue on toll plaza, lack of service lanes on varioushighways. Members also asked questions about road safety and other amenities on national highways.The Ministry replied some questions and promised to give detailed report on some issues like traumacentre within few days.
16. The Secretary and other officials of the Ministry replied to the points raised by the members of theCommittee. The Committee directed that written replies to those points which remained unanswered maybe sent within a week.
17. A verbatim record of the proceedings was kept.
18. The meeting adjourned at 3.32 P.M.
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TWELFTH MEETING
The Committee met at 4.30 P.M. on Thursday, the 9th March, 2017 in Committee Room A, GroundFloor, Parliament House Annexe, New Delhi.
MEMBERS PRESENT
1. Shri Mukul Roy — Chairman
RAJYA SABHA
2. Dr. Prabhakar Kore
3. Shri Rangasayee Ramakrishna
4. Kumari Selja
5. Shri Rajeev Shukla
6. Shri Lal Sinh Vadodia
LOK SABHA
7. Shri Vinod Chavda
8. Shri Rahul Kaswan
9. Shri Harish Chandra Meena
10. Shri Dushyant Singh
11. Shri Kunwar Haribansh Singh
12. Shri Shatrughan Sinha
13. Shri Manoj Tiwari
14. Shri K. C. Venugopal
SECRETARIAT
Shri J. G. Negi, Joint Secretary
Shri Swarabji B., Director
Shri Arun Kumar, Assistant Director
Shrimati Catherine John L., Assistant Director
Shri P. P. Raumon. Committee Officer
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2. The Chairman of the Committee welcomed the Members to the meeting. Thereafter, the Committeetook up the following draft Reports for consideration and adoption:
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(iii) Two Hundred Forty Sixth Report on Demands for Grants (2017-18) of the Ministry of RoadTransport and Highways;
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3. After some discussion, the Committee adopted the Reports with some minor changes. The Committeedecided to present/lay these Reports to both the Houses of Parliament on 17th March, 2017.
4. The Committee, accordingly, authorized the Chairman and in his absence, Shri RangasayeeRamakrishna, M.P. and in his absence Kumari Selja, M.P. to present the Reports in Rajya Sabha. ShriK. C. Venugopal, M.P. and in his absence Kumari Arpita Ghosh , M.P. was authorized to lay the abovementioned Reports on the Table in Lok Sabha on 17th March, 2017.
5. A verbatim record of the proceedings was kept.
6. The meeting adjourned at 5.35 P.M.
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ANNEXURES
ANNEXURE-I
The details of the PR/IRQP completed during 2016-17
Sl. No. State Length completed (km.)
1. Andhra Pradesh 205.64
2. Arunachal Pradesh 19.5
3. Assam 40
4. Bihar 115.26
5. Chhattisgarh 24.2
6. Goa 25
7. Gujarat 113.2
8. Haryana 103
9. Himachal Pradesh 180
10. Jharkhand 62.15
11. Karnataka 339
12. Kerala 130
13. Madhya Pradesh 15
14. Maharashtra 320
15. Meghalaya 1
16. Nagaland 35
17. Odisha 122.5
18. Punjab 129.88
19. Rajasthan 94
20. Tamil Nadu 197.82
21. Telangana 191.68
22. Tripura 31.4
23. Uttar Pradesh 53.31
24. Uttarakhand 103.45
25. West Bengal 116
TOTAL 2,768
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ANNEXURE-II
Balance for Award: Project targeted be target for award for the FY 2017-18
Sl. No. State Name Project Name NH No. Length
1 2 3 4 5
NHDP Phase II
1. West Bengal Ghoshukur (km. 351 of NH 31) to Salsalabari (km. 226 of 31, 31C 71NH 31C) via Fulbari- Mainagnri - Dhumpgiri -Falkata(3 Packages)
Balance for Award : SUB TOTAL 71
NHDP Phase III
2. Kerala Charthalai-ochira 47 83.6
3. Kerala 4-lanning of Kannur Vengalem Kuttipuram (Package -II) 17 81.5
4. Kerala 4-lanning of Kannur Vengalem Kuttipuram (Package -I) 17 83.2
5. Kerala KNT/Kerala Border to Kanuur Section 17 126.6
6. Kerala Ochita - Thiruvananthapuram 17 89.22
7. Madhya Jhansi-Khaj uraho 75 177Pradesh
8. Odisha 4-Laning of Cuttak - Angul 42 112
9. Tamil Nadu 4 Laning of Coimbatore-Mettupalayam 67 53.93
Balance for Award : SUB TOTAL 807.05
NHDP Phase IV
10. Jharkhand Koderma-Rajuali 31 20.2
11. Jharkhand 4 laning of Basukinath - Deoghar section of NH-114A 114A 41
12. Jharkhand Construction of elevated corridor in the Ranchi 75 3city portion of NH-75
13. Karnataka Tumkur-Shimoga-Honnavar 206 321
14. Karnataka Tamil Nadu border-Bangalore 209 28
15. Maharashtra Wardha-Yeotmal-W aranga 361 217.00
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16. Odisha Singhara-Sambalpur (Forest Portion) - 6 27
17. Odisha Birmitrapur to Rajmunda (4 Lane-75.66 Km.) 23 76.00
18. Odisha Rajmunda-Barkote-(2 Lane-49.955 Km.) 23 50.00
19. Rajasthan Udaipur-Kumdal Naya Kheda-Jhadol-Som-Nalwa 58E 154Daiya-Idar
20. Tamil Nadu Viluppuram- Pondicherry-Nagapattinam 45A 194
21. Tamil Nadu Mettupalayam-Karnataka border 67 Ext. 103
22. Tamil Nadu Dindigul-Karnataka border 209 266
23. Tamil Nadu Tiruchirapalli-Lalgudi-Chidambaram & Meenusuriti- 227 & 135Jayamkondam-Kootu Road 45C
24. Uttar Pradesh Varanasi-Hanumanha 7 125
25. Uttar Pradesh Unnao-Lalganj 232A 68
26. Uttar Pradesh 2-Laning with PS Aligarh-Kanpur (PKG-l) 91 150.00
27. Uttar Pradesh 2-Laning with PS Aligarh-Kanpur (PKG-2) 91 118.00
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ANNEXURE-III
The details of funds allocated, funds released, proposals approved under CRF(State Roads) during 2016-17 is as under
(in ` Crore)
Sl. No. State/UT Allocations Release$ Proposals Approved*
Nos. Cost
1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Andhra Pradesh 348.72 306.74 61 619.00
2. Arunachal Pradesh 131.11 56.69 16 148.80
3. Assam 144.08 56.35 19 560.00
4. Bihar 200.46 107.37 0 0.00
5. Chhattisgarh 247.30 97.12 5 401.27
6. Goa 17.08 30.06 0 0.00
7. Gujarat 445.09 132.08 39 796.45
8. Haryana 194.74 127.69 15 366.05
9. Himachal Pradesh 100.91 37.14 0 0.00
10. Jammu and Kashmir 357.32 81.90 0 0.00
11. Jharkhand 164.63 110.55 0 0.00
12. Karnataka 450.95 489.63 562 3,589.00
13. Kerala 150.37 158.49 29 397.00
14. Madhya Pradesh 566.39 128.80 . 11 550.40
15. Maharashtra 717.66 501.14 0 0.00
16. Manipur 37.48 15.60 3 35.42
17. Meghalaya 42.57 15.29 0 0.00
18. Mizoram 34.18 12.47 2 126.64
19. Nagaland 27.42 9.02 3 57.46
20. Odisha 295.71 68.20 12 399.03
21. Punjab 167.04 39.21 19 576.88
22. Rajasthan 663.06 438.19 8 310.11
23. Sikkim 12.63 5.03 1 5.48
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24. Tamil Nadu 392.02 355.12 148 605.65
25. Telangana 258.81 280.73 85 1,020.00
26. Tripura 19.09 6.35 1 4.52
27. Uttar Pradesh 569.23 219.71 40 1,642.78
28. Uttarakhand 103.68 13.67 0 0.00
29. West Bengal 210.97 184.01 0 0.00
30. Andaman and Nicobar Islands 16.89 5.04 13 39.52
31. Chandigarh 5.81 0.81 0 0.00
32. Dadar and Nagar Haveli 3.87 0.00 0 0.00
33. Daman and Diu 2.70 0.00 0 0.00
34. Delhi 64.12 0.00 0 0.00
35. Lakshadweep 0.23 0.00 0 0.00
36. Puducherry 10.68 12.35 1 15.74
TOTAL 7,175.00 4,102.55 1,093 12,267.20
$ As on January, 2017,
*Provisional till December, 2016
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ANNEXURE-V
List of Coastal Roads
Sl. No. State Project Length(km.)
1. Gujarat Somnath - Dwarka 237
2. Gujarat Dwarka - Jamnagar 132
3. Maharashtra Dighi port-Dabhol-Guhaghar-Jaigad port-Deogad- 445Malwan-Vengurla and Arunda
4. Tamil Nadu Karungulam-Tiruchendur-Kayalpattinam-Tuticorin- 427Tondi-Mimisal-Manalmelkudi-Tagattur-Vedaranniyam-Nagappatinam
5. Andhra Pradesh Digamarru to Ongole 270
6. Odisha Chhatarpur-Satapada 70
7. Odisha Konark-Astarand-Naugong-Paradeep Port-Ratanpur- 430Dharma-Basudevpur-Chandaneshwar-Digha
TOTAL 2,011
61
ANNEXURE-VI
23rd February, 2017
List of Witnesses appeared before the Department-Related Parliamentary StandingCommittee on Transport, Tourism and Culture
Shri Sanjay Mitra, Secretary
Shri S.N. Das, DG (RD)&SS
Shri Pradeep Kumar, JS&FA
Ms. Leela Nandan, JS and others
Shri Yudhvir Singh Malik, Chairman, NHAI
Shri Anand Kumar, MD, National Highways & Infrastructure
Development Corporation
Brig. R. K. Sharma, DDG (T&P), Border Roads