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7 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS ESTIMATES AND FUNCTIONING OF NATIONAL HIGHWAY PROJECTS INCLUDING BHARATMALA PROJECTS COMMITTEE ON ESTIMATES (2020-21) SEVENTH REPORT ___________________________________________ (SEVENTEENTH LOK SABHA) LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI SEVENTH REPORT COMMITTEE ON ESTIMATES (2020-21) (SEVENTEENTH LOK SABHA) MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS ESTIMATES AND FUNCTIONING OF NATIONAL HIGHWAY PROJECTS INCLUDING BHARATMALA PROJECTS Presented to Lok Sabha on 09 February, 2021 _______ LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI February, 2021/ Magha, 1942(S) ________________________________________________________ CONTENTS PAGE COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE ON ESTIMATES (2019-20) (iii) COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE ON ESTIMATES (2020-21) (iv) INTRODUCTION (v) PART - I CHAPTER I Introductory 1 Associated Offices of MoRTH 1 Plan-wise increase in National Highway (NH) length 3 CHAPTER II Financial Performance 5 Financial Plan indicating the source of funds upto 2020-21 5 for Phase-I of Bharatmala Pariyojana and other schemes for development of roads/NHs Central Road and Infrastructure Fund (CRIF) 7 CHAPTER III Physical Performance 9 Details of physical performance of construction of NHs 9 Details of progress of other ongoing schemes apart from 10 Bharatmala Pariyojana/NHDP Reasons for delays NH projects and steps taken to expedite 10 the process Details of NHs included under Bharatmala Pariyojana 13 Consideration for approving State roads as new NHs 15 State-wise details of DPR works awarded for State roads 17 approved in-principle as NHs CHAPTER IV National Highways – Various Schemes and Modes of 19 Implementation Bharatmala Pariyojana 19 Components of Bharatmala 19 Green-field Expressways 21 Details of scope of Phase-I of Bharatmala Pariyojana 23 Status of appraisal and award-mode of implementation-wise 24 Status of appraisal and award of Bharatmala Pariyojana 25 Phase-I Improvement of road connectivity in Left Wing Extremism 28 (LWE) affected areas Special Accelerated Road Development Programme for 29 North Eastern Region (SARDP-NE) including Arunachal Pradesh Package of Roads Char-Dham Mahamarg Vikas Pariyojana 30 National Highway Interconnectivity Improvement 30 Programme (NHIIP) by World Bank Loan Assistance Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Loan 31 Assistance Asian Development Bank (ADB) Loan Assistance 32 Remaining length of NHs to be covered under NH(O) 33 Mode of Implementation – Public Private Partnership (PPP) 34 Public-funded Projects 35 CHAPTER V Appraisal and Approval of the Schemes/Projects 38 Invitation of bids and awards of works 39 Criteria for selection of NHs for inclusion under Bharatmala 42 Project and criteria for alignment of NH under the project Mechanism for evaluation of construction cost of NH 43 projects Issues regarding implementation of FAStags 44 Arbitration 45 Tolling 46 Accidents on NHs 46 Details of black-spots on NH State-wise 48 CHAPTER VI Maintenance and Repair of NH Network 50 Various types of maintenance and Repair works 50 Year-wise details of funds allocated and expenditure 51 incurred for maintenance and repair of NH Network Mechanism to check quality of operation and maintenance 52 works Agency-wise details of funds allocated and utilized 55 PART - II Observations and Recommendations 56 APPENDICES I Scheme-wise details of Allocation and Expenditure for the 70 last 5 years II Details of ongoing NHs projects 72 III Details of NH projects for which foundation stones have 162 been laid including present status of such projects IV Policy for laying foundation stone of NH projects 199 V Details of status of specific identified non-NHDP projects 231 awarded on BOT (Toll) under viability gap funding (VGF) scheme/ EPC mode VI Revised Normative Cost Norms for NHs 232 VII State-wise details of per km construction cost of approved 243 projects for development of NHs in Bharatmala Pariyojana VIII Details of policy guidelines for determination of alignment/ 244 route for widening of NHs IX Details of NH projects on BOT (Toll/Annuity) and HAM 249 mode, banks lending/investing in these projects including cost of projects X Details of mechanism for assessing financial health of a 272 contractor in respect of HAM, EPC and BOT modes XI Criteria for engagement of law firms/advocates for NHAI 298 and their fee details ANNEXURES I Minutes of the Second Sitting of the Committee on 302 Estimates (2019-20) held on 28.08.2019 II Minutes of the Sixth Sitting of the Committee on Estimates 305 (2019-20) held on 07.11.2019 III Minutes of the Ninth Sitting of the Committee on Estimates 308 (2019-20) held on 05.02.2020 IV Minutes of the Fourteenth Sitting of the Committee on 312 Estimates (2020-21) held on 04.02.2021 COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE ON ESTIMATES (2019-20) Shri Girish Bhalchandra Bapat – Chairperson Members 2. Kunwar Danish Ali 3. Shri Kalyan Banerjee 4. Shri Sudharshan Bhagat 5. Shri Pradan Baruah 6. Shri Nand Kumar Singh Chauhan 7. Shri P.P. Chaudhary 8. Shri Parvatagouda Chandanagouda Gaddigoudar 9. Shri Dilip Ghosh 10. Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal 11. Shri Dharmendra Kumar Kashyap 12. Shri Mohanbhai Kalyanji Kundariya 13. Shri Dayanidhi Maran 14. Shri K. Muraleedharan 15. Shri S.S. Palanimanickam 16. Shri Kamlesh Paswan 17. Dr. K.C. Patel 18. Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore 19. Shri Vinayak Bhaurao Raut 20. Shri Ashok Kumar Rawat 21. Shri Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy 22. Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy 23. Shri Francisco Sardinha 24. Shri Jugal Kishore Sharma 25. Shri Prathap Simha 26. Shri Dharambir Singh 27. Smt. Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo 28. Shri Kesineni Srinivas 29. Shri Sunil Dattatray Tatkare 30. Shri Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma ------ iii COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE ON ESTIMATES (2020-21) Shri Girish Bhalchandra Bapat – Chairperson Members 2. Kunwar Danish Ali 3. Shri Kalyan Banerjee 4. Shri Pradan Baruah 5. Shri Sudharshan Bhagat 6. Shri Ajay Bhatt 7. Shri P.P. Chaudhary 8. Shri Nand Kumar Singh Chauhan 9. Shri Nihal Chand Chauhan 10. Shri Parvatagouda Chandanagouda Gaddigoudar 11. Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal 12. Shri Dharmendra Kumar Kashyap 13. Shri Mohanbhai Kalyanji Kundariya 14. Shri Dayanidhi Maran 15. Shri Pinaki Misra 16. Shri K. Muraleedharan 17. Shri S.S. Palanimanickam 18. Shri Kamlesh Paswan 19. Dr. K.C. Patel 20. Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore 21. Shri Vinayak Bhaurao Raut 22. Shri Ashok Kumar Rawat 23. Shri Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy 24. Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy 25. Shri Francisco Sardinha 26. Shri Jugal Kishore Sharma 27. Shri Prathap Simha 28. Smt. Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo 29. Shri Kesineni Srinivas 30. Shri Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma ------ iv SECRETARIAT 1. Smt. B. Visala - Director 2. Smt. A. Jyothirmayi - Additional Director 3. Shri R.S. Negi - Deputy Secretary 4. Shri L. Shantikumar Singh - Assistant Executive Officer v INTRODUCTION I, the Chairperson of the Committee on Estimates, having been authorized by the Committee to submit the Report on their behalf, do present this Seventh Report on the subject ‘Estimates and Functioning of National Highway Projects including Bharatmala Projects'. 2. Road infrastructure is crucial for economic development and social integration of a country. It has a significant impact on the pace, structure and pattern of development of the country. Road transport has emerged as the dominant segment in India’s transportation sector. National Highways are a very important constituent of the road network in the country. Works relating to National Highways are sanctioned under different schemes, like the Bharatmala Pariyojana (Phase-I), Development of Road in Left Wing Extremism affected areas, Special Accelerated Road Development for North Eastern Region, Inter-Connectivity Improvement Programme, etc. taking into account their impact on tourism potential, trade potential areas, strategic, tribal, remote and border areas. But, many of National Highway projects are marred with various issues related to complaints of long delays, cost-escalation, environmental issues, land acquisition issues, rehabilitation and compensation issues, disputes and litigation issues, alignment issues, bad quality and bad design, lack of maintenance and repair, tolling issues, safety and security issues, accidents, etc. In the light of these issues, the Committee have taken up the subject for detailed examination. 3. In the aforesaid backdrop, the Committee on Estimates (2019-20) selected the subject ‘Estimates and Functioning of National Highway Projects including Bharatmala Projects' for in-depth examination and report to the House. The Committee on Estimates (2020-21) continued with the examination of the subject. 4. In this report, the Committee have dealt with various issues like delay in completion of projects, land acquisition and compensation issues, cost-escalation, litigations relating to Awards, impact of current economic slowdown on NH projects, FDI in NH projects, measures to prevent accidents on Highways, congestion at toll plaza, issue in finalising maps and alignments of NH projects, modality of awarding contract for project DPRs and accountability, cost-effectiveness of Green field projects over (vi) brown field projects, streamlining of Land Acquisition process, Environmental clearance of NH Projects, mechanism of assessment of financial health of contractors, early disposal and timely review of court cases, work on the ground not consistent with the original tender, improper implementation of FASTag at Toll plazas, issues related to data privacy of road users and black spots/accident prone areas in NH stretches, Public Sector Banks’ investments in NH