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Economic Editors Conference

MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS8thOctober 2012.

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India

s Road Network

(Km)

National Highways 78,651

Expressways 200

State Highways 1,56,181

Other Roads 44,55,510

Total 46,90,542

National Highways constitute only 1.7% of length,but carry 40% of the traffic on Indian Roads.

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NHDP National Highways Development Program is worlds largest road

development program based on Public Private Partnership (PPP)

Model.

Under NHDP, the NHAI has

Completed Length :18,760 Kms

Presently Under Implementation :14,130 Kms

Balance for award : 22868 Kms

All seven phases of NHDP cover 55,000 Kms + approximately.

(including 5700 Km approx. of 6-Laning of Phase

I [GQ])

Other than NHDP, Government is also implementing major road

development programmes in North East (SARDP-NE) for 6418 Kms

(NH-3513 Kms and SH-2905 Kms) and in Left Wing Extremism (LWE)

affected areas for 5477 Kms (NH-1126 Kms and SH-4351 Kms).

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Robust PPP Model

The road development regime changed from public fundedprojects to PPP projects in order to harness the efficiency

and competence of the private sector, leverage its resource

raising capacity and ensuring quality operation and

maintenance during its life cycle.

Standard documents for the Bidding and Model

Concession agreements have been developed and

standardized.

A robust PPP policy framework has gradually evolved and

matured.

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Year 2012-13 is challenging

While a record length of 7957 Kms was awarded in 2011-12,the scenario during the current fiscal year appearschallenging.

NHAI has made adequate preparations regarding landacquisition and feasibility reports - a large shelf of projectsis available 12000+ kms.

While Annual Prequalification has facilitated bidders, e-

Procurement has boosted bidders

confidence into thetransparency of the systems.

Some new policy initiatives have been taken to furtehrstreamline and expedite the development of highways.

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New Policy Initiatives - EPC

New EPC agreement document for construction of twolane (with paved shoulders) National Highways has

been approved by the Cabinet.

Allows major shift in public procurement from Item RateConstruction Contract to EPC Contract.

Design responsibilities vests with the contractor toenable him to use best practices and innovate for

efficiencies.

About 4000 Kms planned to be awarded on EPC modeof delivery in 2012-13 to infuse public capital in the roadsector and boost confidence of the Industry.

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New Policy Initiatives - OMT Operate, Maintain & Transfer (OMT) Policy is now in

place.

Maintenance is critical for the service life of high valued

road infrastructure. A need was felt to tap private sector

efficiencies in operation, fee-collection and maintenance.

Presently, maintenance of public funded roads is through

annual Operation & Maintenance contracts and user fee

collected through different agencies.

In OMT contracts, the concessionaire is given contract for

5 to 9 years with responsibilities for maintenance and

tolling together.

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* Out of 886 km NHAI is implementing 39 4 km on BOT(Annu ity), MoRT&H 140 km on BOT(Annui ty) & 347km on EPC

SPECIAL ACCELERATED ROAD DEVELOPMENTPROGRAMME IN NORTH EAST (SARDP-NE)

Item

Phase A Arunachal Package

EPC

In

principle

incl. BOT

Total EPC

Hybrid

BOT

(Annuity)

Total

Total Length (km)3213 km

(Rs 12821 cr)

886 km *

(Rs 8948 cr)

4099 km

(Rs 21769 cr)

1543km

(Rs 6808 cr)

776 km

(Rs 5111 cr)

2379 km

(Rs 11919 cr)

Works sanction/

awarded

2266 Km

(Rs 9245 cr)

132 Km

(Rs 1026cr)

2398 Km

(Rs 10271 cr)

558 km

(Rs 2699 cr)

774 km

(Rs 5111 cr)

1332 km

(Rs 7810 cr)

3732 km (Rs 18,081 cr)

Roads completed 825 km 39 km 864 km 40 km Nil 40 km

Target for

completionMarch, 2015 for ongoing works June, 2016

OBJECTIVEis to upgrade National Highways to 2/ 4 lane to provide connectivity of all 88

District Headquarters and backward and remote areas of NE region by at least 2-lane road,improve roads of strategic importance and improve connectivity to neighboring countries.

Under SARDP-NE, the Govt. has approved 6418 Kms (NH-3513 Kms and SH-2905 Kms)

THE PROGRESS OF THE SARDP-NE AT A GLANCE

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To improve road connectivity of identifiedbackward area, which are affected by Left

Wing Extremism (LWE), for transforming

socio-economic conditions of the

community.

Under Road Requirement Plan-I, 5477 km

(1126 Km of NH + 4351 Km of SH) existing

roads at a cost of Rs. 7,300 crores in 34

Districts of 8 States identified by MHA and

States are being improved to 2-lane.

Status of LWE projects

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STATE LENGTH

IDENTIFIEDESTIMATE

SANCTIONEDWORKS

AWARDEDLength

completed

(in km) (in km) (Rs. crore) (in km) (Rs. crore) (in km)

ANDHRA

PRADESH

620 620 1131 620 887 428

BIHAR 674 674 616 674 530 527

CHHATTISGARH 2092 1968 2658 1500 1577 452

JHARKHAND 753 760 1099 645 740 64

MADHYA

PRADESH

237 237 212 144 99 72

MAHARASHTRA 420 470 810 447 584 209

ORISSA 614 614 949 614 831 94

UTTAR PRADESH 67 67 42 67 37 19

TOTAL 5477 5410 7517 4711 6233 1865

Statewise Progress of LWE projects

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Vahan & SarathiSoftware platforms for the Registration of Motor Vehicles and Driving

Licenses at State & National levels

Pan India Inter-operability and Uniformity. Inter-Connectivity of all RTOs.

Issuance of DL & RC in Smart Card Mode Enforcement of regulations.

SMS and Internet based access to data Check on fitness of vehicles.

Transparent, online services Check on insurance status.Tracking ownership

985 out of 986 RTOs already covered. (Only one RTO in Kalimpong being covered).

Data of 9.96 crore RCs and 2.60 crore DLs already captured in National Register. Action

undertaken to digitize remaining legacy data (RC- 5.29 Cr., DL- 5.86 Cr.)

Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2012

Passed by Rajya Sabha on 8/5/2012; introduced in Lok Sabha on 15/5/2012

Seeks to enhance penalties for various offences, make Regional Transport Authorities

more responsive, delegate powers to states, rationalize provisions relating to

compensation to road accident victims.

Road Transport

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National Permit Scheme established for seamless movement ofgoods vehicles across the country on payment of annual fee.

Efforts are being made to reach a consensus on rationalization of

Motor Vehicle Taxes throughout the country. Committees have

been constituted consisting of Ministers and Secretaries of theState Governments on the following issues:

a) Rationalization of life time tax on two wheelers, cars/LMVs and

taxis/maxies at a floor rate of 6% of the sale price (excluding

VAT).

b) Rationalization of taxes on temporary or permanent re-location

of two-wheelers, cars/LMVs and taxies/maxies.

c) National Permit Scheme for commercial passenger vehicles.

INITIATIVES FOR SEAMLESS INTER-STATE TRANSPORT

(Through consensus building among States)

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National Road Safety Council under the Chairmanship of UnionMinister of RT&H meets regularly to formulate policies and plans to

mitigate road accidents.

Education

Awareness campaign through print & electronic media, organization of roadsafety week, distribution of road safety awards, seminars, engagement with

schools and universities

Driving training, refresher training, training to trainers

Improvements in issue of driving licence

Engineering Road Safety Audit: Identification and remedy of black spots

Making road safety an integral part of design to enhance safety

of Vulnerable Road Users

Ensuring fitness of vehicles: Automated Inspection & Certification Centres

Road Safety

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Enforcement

Provision of speed radar guns, interceptors and breathanalyzers for better enforcement

National Highways Administrators- Nodal officers for road

safety on the National Highways Advisories to states to enforce helmets, seat belts, check

overloading

Emergency Care Efforts undertaken for a unified call centre

NHARSSProvision of ambulance and cranes

National Ambulance Code being finalized for standardizingambulance services

Road Safety .. Contd..

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Electronic Toll Collection: by 2014 , on all NHs, toll collection would be throughETC system based on RFID technology.

Presently Pilot projects on Zirakpur- Parwanoo, Mumbai- Ahmedabad,

Bengaluru- Chennai stretches undertaken.

e-Procurement and e-Tendering: has been introduced for the projects under

NHDP being executed by the NHAI. All concession agreements and the details of Consultants etc. have been put in the

public domain on NHAI web site.

Facebookbased system has been created allowing direct comments from people

and redressal of grievances.

Road Information System, GIS based Asset Management System (GIS-AMS)anduse of Satellite Imagery System (SIS) for monitoring projects in far- flung and

inaccessible areas.

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP): steps undertaken for procurement and

commissioning of the system in MoRTH & NHAI.

E-Officebeing implemented in Ministry

ICT Initiatives

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Challenges - Financing

Financial closures have not been easy to come by inrecent times.

High Level Committee on Financing Infrastructure set

up under Mr. Deepak Parekh has recently submittedits report.

New innovative financing models are being explored:

Re-inventing the role of IIFCL to facilitate creditenhancement and takeout financing.

Infrastructure Debt Fund

Introduction of tax-free Infrastructure Bonds

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The Road Ahead

Reinforce the enabling environment for

private investment.

Aggressively pursue technology (ETC,ITS) for improved riding experience, road

safety and transport management.

Adopt standardized systems and

processes for accelerating investment

flows & for ensuring safe and

competitive delivery.

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The Road Ahead-.. Contd..

Leverage budgetary resources & multi-lateralloans for Public Private Partnerships.

Adopt best practices and continue to innovate.

Accelerate the roll-out of PPP projects.

Build capacities both in private and public

sectors.

Roll out of large public funded road projects in

EPC mode would boost confidence and infuse

liquidity in the industry.

M j il t f ll th

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Z-Morh tunnel (6.5 Km tunnel + 6 Km approach

road) at a cost of Rs. 2700 Crores sanctioned inBoT (Annuity) mode.

Zozilla pass tunnel (13 Km long tunnel project)

also planned.

The tunnels proposed above would provide all

weather connectivity to KargilLehLaddakh

region. This is in the series of major other tunnel

projects under construction in J&K

Chenani-Nashri Tunnel

Major milestones for all weather

connection to Laddakh region

Quazigund Banihal Tunnel

Z-Morh Tunnel

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