LARRDIS

March 2022

LARRDIS
(Lok Sabha Secretariat)
New Delhi

BACKGROUND NOTE

on

“Road Transport and Highways”

(For the use of Members of Parliament)

March 2022

The note is intended to serve only as a background aid to the Members of Parliament. It is
for restricted circulation and not for publication in any form.

[Prepared by Reference Division of LARRDIS. Officers associated with the preparation -

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Introduction
Road Transport is a critical component of the infrastructure required for the
economic development of a country. As per the National Transport Development
Policy Committee Report of 2011-12, its impact on the pace, structure and pattern
of development can be gauged by the fact that road transport is estimated to handle
90 percent and 69 percent of the country-wide passenger and freight traffic,
respectively. High growth and proper maintenance of the road network in India is
a significant pre- requisite for the aspiration of the country to become a $5 trillion
economy by 2024-25.
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) was formed in 2009
by bifurcating the erstwhile Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways
into two independent Ministries, i.e., the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways,
and the Ministry of Shipping. The Ministry Road Transport & Highways has two
wings: Roads wing and Transport wing.
MoRTH shoulders the responsibilities and tasks pertaining to, inter alia,
construction and maintenance of National Highways (NHs); administration of the
National Highways Act,1956; National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988;
National Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008;
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988; and Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, as also
formulation of broad policies relating to road transport and automotive norms,
besides making arrangements for movement of vehicular traffic with neighbouring
countries.
India has the second largest road network in the world. With 63.86 lakh kms of
rural-urban roads and national and state highways, India is next only to the United
States of America that has a road network of 66.45 lakh kms. This comprises
National Highways, Expressways, State Highways, Major District Roads, Other
District Roads and Village Roads. With the proactive policy initiatives in the sector,
the road network has continuously been expanding in the country.1 The road network
is, also well integrated with the multi-modal system of transportation that provides
crucial links with airports, railway stations, ports, and other logistical hubs. Road
transport is the dominant mode of transportation in India.

1
https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/economicsurvey/doc/echapter_vol2.pdf (Page No. 289)

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Hon’ble PM’s Vision on Highways

A strong emphasis on road connectivity was laid during the NDA regime in
1999 with the concept of Golden Quadrilateral Highway project linking four major
cities: Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata. With the Golden Quadrilateral
project centered to enhance the National Highway network, the Pradhan Mantri
Gram Sadak Yojana strengthened the rural road connectivity and linked it to the
highways. To give further impetus to the road infrastructure, the government came
up with the Bharatmala Pariyojana Scheme in 2017. Under this scheme, 34,800
km of highways would be constructed at the cost of Rs 5.35 lakh crore. This
includes:
Sl. No. Length (in Kms.) Roads
1. 10,000 National Highway Development
Programme
2. 9,000 Economic Corridors
3. 6,000 Inter-Corridor and Feeder Routes
4. 5,000 National Corridor Efficiency
Programme (to be upgraded)
5. 2,000 Coastal and Port Connectivity Roads
6. 2,000 Border and International Connectivity
roads
7. 800 Greenfield Expressways
Total 34,800 Kms.

This is likely to help build a strong foundation for infrastructure and

consequently leading to increase in rural income and employment.

Allocations in Union Budget 2022-23

1. Allocation of Fund
The total expenditure on the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways for 2022-23 is
estimated at Rs 1,99,108 crore. This is 52% higher than the revised estimates for
2021-22. The Budget outlay for the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has
risen 68.5% to Rs 1.99 trillion (from Rs 1.18 trillion in FY22).

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Budget allocation for the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (in Rs crore)

% Change (2022 BE
2020-21 Actual 2021-22 RE 2022-23 BE
over 2021 RE)

Revenue 9,964 9,898 11,364 15%

Capital 89,195 1,21,251 1,87,744 55%

Total 99,159 1,31,149 1,99,108 52%

Note: BE – Budget Estimate; RE – Revised Estimate.

In 2022-23, capital expenditure is estimated at Rs 1,87,744 crore while revenue expenditure
is estimated at Rs 11,364 crore. Since 2015-16, the share of capital expenditure of the
Ministry has increased significantly, while revenue expenditure has gradually declined. In
2022-23, 94% of the Ministry’s spending is estimated to be on capital expenditure.
2. Utilization of funds
In the past few years, the expenditure of the Ministry has seen a significant increase.
Between 2011-12 to 2016-17, the compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of the actual
expenditure was 15%. For the period of 2016-17 to 2021-22, the CAGR stands at 20%.
Between 2012-13 and 2017-18, the actual expenditure by the Ministry has been lower than
the budget estimates (see Figure 2). As per the revised estimates of 2021-22, the Ministry is
expected to exceed its budgeted expenditure by 11%. Before this, the Ministry had exceeded
its budgeted expenditure by 8% in 2020-21 and 9% in 2018-19. This was largely due to
additional expenditure incurred on capital outlay towards roads and bridges.
3. Expenditure of the central government
In 2022-23, of the total allocation to the Ministry, the highest is towards NHAI at Rs
1,34,015 crore (67%). This is followed by allocation towards roads and bridges at Rs 64,573
crore (32%).
Expenditure heads for the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (in Rs crore)

Major head Actual 2020-21 RE 2021-22 BE 2022-23 % Change

NHAI 46,062 65,060 1,34,015 106%

Roads and bridges 53,112 65,707 64,573 -2%

Road transport and safety 231 229 356 56%

Secretariat 131 154 163 6%

Recoveries -376 0 0 0

Total 99,159 1,31,149 1,99,108 52%

Note: BE – Budget Estimate; RE – Revised Estimate. Percentage change is from RE 2021-22 to BE 2022-23.
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NHAI: The central government develops and maintains NHs through the NHAI. In
2022-23, NHAI has been allocated Rs 1,34,015 crore, which is 106% more than the
revised estimate of 2020-21. Of the budgeted amount, 75% (Rs 1,00,100 crore) will
be provided from the Central Road and Infrastructure Fund, 15% (Rs 20,000 crore)
will come from the monetisation of the National Highways, and the remaining 10%
(Rs 13,915 crore) will be provided from the Permanent Bridge Fees Fund.
The allocation towards NHAI has more than tripled from 2019-20 (budget estimates)
to 2022-23 (revised estimates). In 2020-21, the actual expenditure exceeded the
budget estimates by 8%. In 2021-22, the revised estimates are again expected to
exceed the budget estimates by 8%. In 2019-20, the actual expenditure fell short of
the budgeted estimate by 14%.
This scheme seeks to optimise the efficiency of freight and passenger movement as
well as to increase the number of districts with NH linkages from 300 to
550. Under Phase I of Bharatmala Pariyojana, 34,800 km of roads will be developed
over a period of five years (2017-18 to 2021-22). Phase I will also subsume 10,000
km of balance roadworks under the National Highway Development Programme. The
estimated cost of Phase I is Rs 5,35,000 crore, spread over five years.
As of December 2021, road projects with an aggregate length of 19,926 km, and
costing Rs 5.98 lakh crore have been approved under Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase-I.
Of this, road length of 6,976 km has already been completed. This corresponds to 35%
of the approved project length.
Roads and bridges: Expenditure under roads and bridges includes development of
NHs, projects related to expressways, increasing the number of lanes under various
projects, and development of road connectivity in left-wing extremism affected areas.
In 2022-23, the allocation towards roads and bridges is Rs 64,573 crore. This is a
decrease of 2% over the revised estimates of 2021-22.
Funds managed by the Ministry
The Ministry manages its expenditure through various funds. Their details are
provided below.
Central Road and Infrastructure Fund (CRIF): A majority of the Ministry’s
expenditure is managed through transfers from the CRIF. A portion of the cess
collected on motor spirit and high-speed diesel is earmarked for the development of
NHs and SHs, and the amount is transferred to the non-lapsable CRIF. This amount is
eventually released to the NHAI, and to the state/UT governments for the development
of road infrastructure, and other projects (such as ports, railway track, airports) in the
country.
For 2022-23, the transfer from CRIF towards the Ministry is estimated at Rs 1,59,616
crore. This is 61% more than the revised transfer in 2021-22 (Rs 99,239 crore).

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Permanent Bridge Fees Fund (PBFF): Funds transferred to the PBFF relate to the
revenue collected by the government through: (i) fees levied for the use of certain
permanent bridges on NHs by motor vehicles, (ii) toll on NHs, and (iii) revenue share
received on some PPP projects. These funds are then released to the NHAI for the
development of NHs entrusted to it.
For 2022-23, the transfer from PBFF is estimated at Rs 13,921 crore. This is a 10%
increase from the transfer in 2021-22 at the revised estimates stage (Rs 12,670 crore).
National Investment Fund (NIF): The NIF was created in 2005, and is credited with
proceeds from disinvestments of public sector enterprises. The Ministry finances
the Special Accelerated Road Development Programme in North East (SARDP-NE)
with funds from the NIF.
For 2022-23, the transfer from NIF is estimated at Rs 10,565 crore. This is an 25%
increase from the transfer in 2021-22 (Rs 8,430 crore) at the revised estimates stage.
National Highways Fund (NHF): In August 2016, the Union Cabinet had authorised
NHAI to monetise certain public funded NH projects. Such monetisation includes
transferring operations and maintenance of stretches of NHs to private contractors on a
long-term basis. In 2022-23, Rs 20,000 crore is estimated to be generated through
such monetisation. This is a 54% annual increase from the monetisation amount in
2021-22 (Rs 13,000 crore) at the revised stage.
Road Network2:
The National Highways have a total length of 1,40,995 km, which in totality serve as the
arterial network of the country. The Government of India had launched major initiatives
to upgrade and strengthen National Highways through various phases of the National
Highways Development Project (NHDP). The status of various programmes, up to
31.12.2021 are as under:

Length Length completed Length

Components / Scheme Total completed up during 01.04.2021 to Completed up
Length
to 31.03.2021 in 31.12.2021 in to 31.12.2021 in
in km
km k km
m
A. BharatmalaPariyojana Phase-I
Economic Corridors 9,000 1,167 390 1,557
Inter Corridors & 6,000 348 214 562
Feeder Roads
National Corridor 5,000 774 238 1,012
Efficiency Improvement
Border & International 2,000 901 219 1,120
Road Connectivity
Coastal & Port 2,000 29 23 52
Connectivity Roads
Expressways 800 267 182 449
Subtot 24,800 3,486 1,266 4,752
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al
Balance road works 10,000 1,782 462 2,244
under NHDP
Grand Total 34,800 5,268 1,728 6,996
B. Other Schemes
SARDP-NE
(Phase 6,418 3,828 293 4,121
A+Arunachal
Pradesh)
LWE 6,085 5,704 37 5,741
(including Vijayawada
Ranchi
Route)
EAP
(WB+JICA+ADB) 2,855 1,280 126 1,406

Overall road projects exceeding 64,000 km in length, costing more than Rs. 11
lakh crore, are in progress out of which work in respect of projects of more than
40,000 km length has been completed and in balance length of more than 24,000 km
works are in progress. National Highways of 5,835 km length have been constructed
in the first nine months of FY 2021-22.
The Ministry completed all ongoing projects that had been awarded upto
2015-16 and placed the highest ever target of construction of 11,000 kms of
National Highways in 2020-21 as against 10,237 kms achieved during 2019-20.

Year-wise details of length of roads constructed from 2014-15 to 2021-22

(Upto 31 December 2021):

Year Length of Roads Constructed (In Km)

2014-15 4410
2015-16 6061
2016-17 8231
2017-18 9829
2018-19 10855
2019-20 10237
2020-21 13327
2021-22 (till January 2022) 6684

2. https://morth.nic.in/sites/default/files/Annual%20Report_21-22-1.pdf

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Major Initiatives by the Ministry

 PM GatiShakti Master Plan: PM GatiShakti Master Plan for expressways will
be formulated in 2022-23 to facilitate faster movement of people and goods
 Bharatmala Pariyojana: The programme focuses on optimizing efficiency of
freight and passenger movement across the country by bridging critical
infrastructure gaps through effective interventions like development of
Economic Corridors, Inter Corridors and Feeder Routes, National Corridor
Efficiency Improvement, Border and International Connectivity roads, Coastal
and Port Connectivity roads and Green-field expressways. The “Phase-I” was
rolled out in 2017 for construction/up- gradation of National Highways of
34,800 kms length over a period of 5 years (2017-18 to 2021-22) at an estimated
outlay of Rs. 5,35,000 Crore.
 Multimodal Logistics Parks (MMLPs) under Bharatmala Pariyojana:
MMLPs are being developed on a 'Hub and Spoke' model and being
implemented by NHAI and NHIDCL (in North-East India). These MMLPs shall
act as regional inter-modal freight-handling facilities with mechanized material
handling provisions which shall contain warehouses, specialized cold chain
facilities, freight / container terminals and bulk / break-bulk cargo terminals.
The MMLPs are planned to foster intermodal connectivity with inclusions such
as dedicated Railway line/Spur, access from prominent Highway(s) /
Expressway(s) to allow movement of commercial vehicles and connectivity to
an Airport or a Seaport (or Inland waterway Terminal). The MMLP Jogighopa is
the first project for which the development work has been initiated.
 Development of dedicated National Highway Connectivity for Ports (as part
of Bharatmala Pariyojana): A separate company under the NHAI named
'National Highways Logistics Management Limited' (NHLML) has been
incorporated to carry out development of the MMLPs and works related to
National Highway connectivity for ports. Out of 2,026 km road development for
ports as identified by the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, the work
of 652 km is entrusted to NHLML for developing dedicated 4-lane highway
connectivity for selected major ports of the country.
 Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana: Rural Road Connectivity is a key
ingredient in ensuring sustainable poverty reduction. Many Habitations in the
country are still not connected by All-weather roads. With a view to redressing
the situation, Government had launched the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
on 25th December, 2000 to provide all-weather access to eligible unconnected
habitations.
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Projects completed, planned / under progress

Delhi-Mumbai Expressway 1,300 km Greenfield access-controlled corridor provides shorter
(~140 km vis-à-vis existing route) & faster connectivity. 1,040
km has already been awarded, remaining 260 km will be
awarded in the current FY 2020-21.
Ambala-Kotputli Corridor 310 km Greenfield Trans Haryana corridor provides direct
connectivity between Ambala (on NH 44) to Kotputli (on NH
48) bypassing the congested sections of NH 44 between Ambala
and Delhi and NH 48 between Delhi and Kotputli. Contracts for
the entire corridor of length 310 km have been awarded.
Bengaluru-Chennai 278 km access-controlled expressway will provide an alternate
Expressway and efficient route to the congested NH 48. Contracts will be
awarded in the current FY 2020-21.
Delhi-Dehradun Economic 210 km long corridor providing shorter (~25 km), faster
Corridor connectivity between Delhi & Dehradun will be awarded in the
current FY 2020-21
Delhi-Amritsar-Katra 633 km long expressway will improve connectivity to Jammu,
Expressway Kartarpur and Amritsar. Furthermore, it is planned to develop
more than 40 wayside amenities along the highways to enhance
rider comfort and safety. 433 km length of this corridor is
targeted for Award in FY 2020-21.
Amritsar-Bhatinda- 762 km long Access controlled highway will provide direct
Jamnagar corridor connectivity to several economic hubs in Punjab, Rajasthan and
Gujarat. Contracts for 730 km length have been awarded and
remaining length will be awarded shortly.
Kanpur-Lucknow 63 km access-controlled expressway connecting the two key
Expressway economic centres of UP, will provide alternate route to the
congested NH 27. Entire corridor will be awarded in the FY
2021-22.
Chennai-Salem Corridor 277 km access controlled corridor will provide 60 km shorter
and faster connectivity between industrial districts of western
Tamil Nadu and Chennai. Entire corridor will be awarded in the
FY 2021-22.
Raipur-Vishakhapatnam 464 km corridor connecting Raipur to the East Coast through
Corridor Chhattisgarh, Orissa and North Andhra Pradesh will improve
connectivity and thrust economic development in the region. 340
km will be awarded in the current FY and the rest 120 km will
be awarded in the FY 2021-22.
Dhubri-Phulbari Bridge The Project aims at construction of total 19.282 Km length 4 -
over river Brahmaputra lane bridge over river Brahmaputra on 15 NH-127B with JICA
ODA loan. Work for Construction of 4-lane bridge (length-20
km) over river Brahmaputra between Dhubri on North Bank and
Phulbari on South bank on NH 127B has been awarded with
date of start as 15th December, 2020 for total amount of Rs.
4,997 crore with target date of completion of Sept-2028.

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Challenges

The delay in the construction has led to a large gap between the budget allocation
and actual expenditure on the road construction in the country. The need of the
hour is to find an early solution to ensure timely completion of the road
construction projects. Increasing Congestion and number of private vehicles daily
added to Indian roads adds to already over-burdened roads and transport system in
India.

The reasons for the non-achievement of target are mainly due to delay in Land
Acquisition Clearance, Forest Clearance, Wild Life Clearance, Utility Shifting
Clearance, Geography Constrains & Soil conditions, delay in work by contractor
due to cash flow problems, law & order issues, limited working season etc. While
conceptualizing Bharatmala Pariyojana, it was observed that even on the already
developed corridors such as the Golden Quadrilateral and North-South, East- West
corridors, and other high-density Economic Corridors, there are multiple points of
local congestion hampering the speed of vehicular movement on this corridor.

1. Project delay
The Committee on Public Undertakings (2017) had noted that from 1995, till June
2016, out of the total 388 projects completed, only 55 projects were completed on or
before time. Delays in the completion of the projects were mainly attributed to: (i)
the long time taken in land acquisition, and obtaining environment and forest
clearances, (ii) poor performance of concessionaires due to economic slowdown, (iii)
cash flow problems, and (iv) law and order issues. Recently projects have also been
halted due to NCLT proceedings against the developer. Such delays increase project
costs, eventually making certain projects unviable. As of December 2021, the
cumulative cost overrun of projects in the road sector is estimated to be greater than
Rs 8,120 crore.
2. Land acquisition
From January 1, 2015, the compensation for land acquired by NHAI is determined
as per the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition
Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. The Committee on Public Undertakings
(2017) had noted that due to higher compensation under the 2013 Act, the
expenditure by the Ministry of Road Transport on land acquisition increased from Rs
9,097 crore in 2014-15 to Rs 21,933 crore in 2015-16.30 In 2017-18, NHAI spent
more funds on land acquisition (41% of the expenses) as compared to project
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expenditure (39%).10 The Standing Committee on Transport (2020) noted that the
average rate of land acquisition has increased significantly from about Rs 0.92 crore
per hectare in 2013-14 to Rs 3.13 crore per hectare (ha) in 2019- 20 (an increase of
240%).
In October 2021, the central government issued new guidelines for public
procurement and project management. Most government procurement for public
works (such as construction of highways and buildings) uses the L1 system (least
cost). The Economic Survey (2021) notes that the L1 system may not be appropriate
for complex projects needing innovation, quality, speed, and functionality. The
revised guidelines allow the use of quality-cum-cost based system for selecting
bidders. The new guidelines also stipulate timely release of 75% or more of bills,
raised within 10 working days of the submission of the bill. This will help reduce
delays in project execution, cost overruns, and disputes
3. Road Safety
In 2022-23, the Ministry has allocated Rs 356 crore towards road transport and
safety. This is a 56% increase over the revised expenditure on maintenance in 2021-
22. Between 2017-18 and 2020-21, the actual expenditure on safety has not
exceeded 61% of the budget estimates. The allocation towards safety provides for
various things such as road safety programmes, setting up of facilities on NHs,
extending relief to accident victims, strengthening of public transport, research and
development, and training.
4. Connectivity to remote areas
The Ministry also allocates funds towards the development of highways in areas
with poor connectivity. Some of these projects include the Special Accelerated
Road Development Programme in North East (SARDP-NE), Externally Aided
Projects and Roads Projects in Left-Wing Extremism Affected Areas. In 2022-23,
Rs 10,565 crore has been allocated towards the SARDP-NE project. This is a 25%
annual increase from the revised expenditure in 2021-22. Between 2017-18 and
2019-20, the fund utilisation of the project has been consistently greater than 90%.
In 2020-21, the actual expenditure exceeded the budgeted expenditure by 17%.

Way Forward
Congestion is primarily driven by interaction of local city traffic with
through highway traffic. These congestion points could be addressed by separating
the city traffic from the highway traffic through development of grade separators,
city bypasses, ring roads and lane expansion etc. 191 points of local congestion
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corresponding to 153 towns / cities have been identified as a part of Bharatmala

Pariyojana. Out of 191 Choke points; 44 choke points will be addressed through
development of ring roads for 29 towns / cities, 56 choke points will be addressed
through development of Bypassed for 54 towns / cities, 91 choke points will be
addressed through development of structures / lane expansion for 76 towns / cities.
Work has been completed on 21 choke points while project work is ongoing for 68
choke points and work on 12 choke points have been awarded. Further, 35
locations have been identified for development of Multimodal Logistics Parks in
order to reduce congestion on proposed Corridors, enhance logistic efficiency and
reduce logistics costs of freight movements. It is estimated that more than 35 crore
man-days of employment shall be generated under Phase-I of the Bharatmala
Pariyojana.

Following economic corridors are also being planned:

 3,500 km of National Highway in Tamil Nadu at an investment of Rs.1.03

lakh crore. These include Madurai-Kollam corridor, Chittoor-Thatchur
corridor.
 1,100 km of National Highway in Kerala at an investment of Rs. 65,000
crore including 600 km section of Mumbai-Kanyakumari corridor in Kerala.
 675 km of National Highway in West Bengal at a cost of Rs. 25,000 crore
including upgradation of existing Kolkata - Siliguri road.
 National Highway of around Rs. 19,000 crore are currently in progress in
Assam. Further works of more than Rs.34,000 crore covering more than
1300 kms of National Highways will be undertaken in next three years.

Establishing International Connectivity: The National Highways &

Infrastructure Development Corporation (NHIDCL) is playing a vital role in
creating cross border connectivity to Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar with
following projects:
- Construction of bridge over river Feni in Sabroom to provide connectivity
of Tripura to Bangladesh.
- Construction of Imphal- Moreh road and Moreh bypass road will facilitate
trade with Myanmar.
Land Port at Moreh is under construction by Land Port & Custom
Department.
- 351 km long 2 laning of NH54 from Aizawl to Tuipang in Mizoram which
will provide vital link to the Kaladan Multimodal Transport project, that will
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- Construction of 6-lane Mechi Bridge on Asian Highway (AH-02) shall

improve cross trade through West Bengal with Nepal.

References:

1. Demands for Grants (2022-23) of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

th
2. 7 Report of the Committee on Estimates (2020-21) on Estimates and
Functioning of National Highway Projects including Bharatmala Projects.
3. Economic Survey 2021-22, Volume 2, Page No. 295-298.

4. Annual Report 2021-22 of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.

https://morth.nic.in/sites/default/files/Annual%20Report%20-
%202021%20(English)_compressed.pdf

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Annexure:1
STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF VARIOUS IN ROADS SECTOR PROJECTS

Budget Announcements Status of implementation

Developing National Highways (NHs) in various states

Developing 3,500 km of NHs in Tamil Project length of 125 km is completed, and 2,214 km is
Nadu ongoing.

Developing 1,100 km of NHs in Kerala Project length of 632 km is ongoing.

Developing 675 km of NHs in West Project length of 21 km is completed, and 1,194 km is

Bengal ongoing.

Developing 1,300 km of NHs in Assam Project length of 20 km is completed, and 743 km is

ongoing.

Delhi-Mumbai Expressway: 260 km will Out of the total length of 1,380 km, 1,337 km length
be awarded has been awarded
before 31.3.2021. for construction. Of this, 450 km has been completed,
and 887 km is under construction.

Developing flagship corridors in various states

Bengaluru – Chennai The complete corridor of 262 km has been awarded in

Expressway: 278 km will be initiated in the month of September 2021.
the current financial year. Construction
will begin in 2021-22.

Delhi – Dehradun economic As on date, out of the 329 km complete length of the
corridor: 210 km corridor will be corridor, 220 km has been awarded for construction.
initiated in the current financial year.
Construction will begin in 2021-22

Kanpur – Lucknow Expressway: 63 Bids for the Kanpur –Lucknow Expressway have been
km expressway will be initiated in 2021- invited and in advanced stage of land acquisition.
22.

Chennai – Salem corridor: 277 km The flagship 277 km Chennai Salem corridor is in pre-
expressway will be awarded, and construction stage with studies undertaken like Social
construction would start in 2021-22. Impact Assessment (SIA) to analyse and create proper
alternatives as per guidelines of the Supreme Court.

Raipur – Vishakhapatnam: 464 km Out of the total corridor length of 464 km, projects
will be awarded in the current year. have already been awarded for 356 km.
Construction will start in 2021-22.

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Amritsar – Jamnagar: Construction
will commence in 2021-22.
Delhi – Katra: Construction will
commence in 2021-22.
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As on date, over 260 km of the corridor has already
been constructed. The complete greenfield section of
762 km from Sangriya to Santalpur and 63 km
brownfield section from Bhatinda to Sangriya have
been awarded.
Out of a total corridor length of 670 km, 580 km has
been awarded. The remaining stretches to be awarded
in FY 2021-22.
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