Edappadi K. Palaniswami, Minister for Highways and Minor Ports
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HIGHWAYS AND MINOR PORTS DEPARTMENT DEMAND NO - 21 POLICY NOTE ON ROADS, BRIDGES, MINOR PORTS AND SHIPPING POLICY NOTE 2011 - 2012 Edappadi K. Palaniswami, Minister for Highways and Minor Ports GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU 2011 HIGHWAYS AND MINOR PORTS DEPARTMENT DEMAND NO - 21 POLICY NOTE 2011-2012 HIGHWAYS A ND MINOR PORTS DEP ARTMENT POLICY NOTE 2011-12 INDEX SL. DESCRIPTION PAGE NO. NO. 1. INTRODUCTION 1 - 5 1.1 HISTORY OF THE DEPARTMENT 2 1.2 HIGHWAYS DEPARTEMENT 3 1.3 MINOR PORTS WING 4 2. POLICY OUTLINE 9 - 24 ROADS MAINTAINED BY THE 2.1 9 DEPARTMENT 2.2 ROAD CAPACITY 11 2.3 ROAD QUALITY AND EFFICIENCY 12 2.4 ROAD SAFETY 19 2.5 ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY MEASURES 21 COMMITTEES FOR EFFECTIVE 2.6 22 FUNCTIONING INSTITUTIONAL SETUP AND 3 25 - 48 PROJECTS 3.1 WINGS OF THE DEPARTMENT 25 3.2 ESTABLISHMENT 30 WORKS TAKEN UP BY THE 3.3 30 DEPARTMENT 3.4 SCHEMES BEING IMPLEMENTED 34 (i) SL. DESCRIPTION PAGE NO. NO. CONSTRUCTION AND 4 51 - 62 MAINTENANCE WING COMPREHENSIVE ROAD 4.1 INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT 51 PROGRAMME (CRIDP) 4.2 PART II SCHEME 53 TSUNAMI REHABILITATION 4.3 53 PROGRAMME 4.4 FORMATION OF BYPASSES 54 ROAD SAFETY IMPROVEMENT 4.5 54 WORKS ROAD OVER BRIDGE (ROB) AT 4.6 55 RAILWAY LEVEL CROSSING 4.7 NON PLAN MAINTENANCE WORKS 55 NABARD AND RURAL ROADS 5 63 – 70 WING 5.1 NABARD LOAN ASSISTANCE SCHEME 63 5.2 TSUNAMI REHABILITATION 64 PROGRAMME 5.3 ROAD OVER BRIDGES(ROB)/ ROAD UNDER BRIDGES (RUB) AT 65 RAILWAY LEVEL CROSSINGS 6 PROJECTS WING 71 - 80 ROAD OVER BRIDGES(ROB)/ 6.1 ROAD UNDER BRIDGES (RUB) AT 71 RAILWAY LEVEL CROSSINGS CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGES WITH 6.2 NABARD AND HUDCO LOAN 72 ASSISTANCE COMPREHENSIVE ROAD 6.3 INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT 73 PROGRAMME (CRIDP) SUGAR CANE ROAD DEVELOPMENT 6.4 74 SCHEME (ii) SL. DESCRIPTION PAGE NO. NO. 7 METRO WING 81 - 87 7.1 GRADE SEPARATORS 82 7.2 RIVER BRIDGES 82 ROAD OVER BRIDGES(ROB)/ 7.3 ROAD UNDER BRIDGES (RUB) AT 82 RAILWAY LEVEL CROSSINGS TAMILNADU URBAN DEVELOPMENT 7.4 82 PROJECT – III 8 NATIONAL HIGHWAYS WING 88 - 97 8.1 NATIONAL HIGHWAYS WORKS 88 8.2 CENTRALLY SPONSORED SCHEMES 88 PROJECTS EXECUTED BY NATIONAL 8.3 HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY OF INDIA 90 (NHAI) TAMIL NADU ROAD SECTOR 9 98 - 110 PROJECT 9.1 UPGRADATION COMPONENT 99 ENHANCED PERIODICAL ROAD 9.2 100 MAINTENANCE WORKS PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP (PPP) 9.3 101 SCHEME 9.4 ROAD SAFETY AUDIT 102 QUALITY ASSURANCE & 10 111 - 118 RESEARCH WING 10.1 RESEARCH ACTIVITIES 111 QUALITY CONTROL 10.2 111 MECHANISM 10.3 LABORATORIES 112 ROAD STRETCHES PRONE TO 1 10.4 115 DAMAGES 10.5 DATA BANK 116 TRAINING PROGRAMMES FOR 10.6 117 ENGINEERS (iii) SL. DESCRIPTION PAGE NO. NO. PLANNING, DESIGNS AND 11 119 – 122 INVESTIGATION WING 11.1 INVESTIGATION ACTIVITIES 119 11.2 DESIGN ACTIVITIES 120 11.3 NEW PROPOSALS 121 TAMILNADU ROAD 12 123 - 127 DEVELOPMENT COMPANY RAJIV GANDHI SALAI (IT 12.1 124 EXPRESSWAY) 12.2 CHENNAI OUTER RING ROAD 125 12.3 DEVELOPMENT OF EAST COAST ROAD 126 TAMIL NADU ROAD 13 INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT 128 -130 CORPORATION ORAGADAM INDUSTRIAL PARK 13.1 128 IMPROVEMENT SCHEME - PHASE I ORAGADAM INDUSTRIAL PARK 13.2 130 IMPROVEMENT SCHEME - PHASE II 14 TAMIL NADU MARITIME BOARD 133 – 146 14.1 MINOR PORTS IN TAMIL NADU 133 14.2 MINOR PORT DEVELOPMENT POLICY 135 14.3 ACTIVITIES OF MINOR PORTS 137 14.4 PORT DEVELOPMENT WORKS 139 14.5 TAMIL NADU MARITIME ACADEMY 146 POOMPUHAR SHIPPING 15 147 – 150 CORPORATION LIMITED 15.1 SHIPS IN OPERATION 147 15.2 PORTS HANDLING COAL 147 15.3 COAL MOVEMENT FOR TANGEDCO 148 15.4 COAL MOVEMENT FOR NTECL 148 PHYSICAL AND FINANCIAL 15.5 149 PERFORMANCE 15.6 KANYAKUMARI FERRY SERVICE 149 (iv) HIGHWAYS AND MINOR PORTS DEPARTMENT DEMAND NO - 21 POLICY NOTE ON ROADS, BRIDGES, MINOR PORTS AND SHIPPING 2011 – 2012 INTRODUCTION Tamil Nadu, traditionally has had a strong industrial base which contributes substantially to the industrial production of the country. Road and bridge infrastructure along with ports play a vital role in the development of key sectors of the economy like Industry, Technology, Agriculture etc. Highways & Minor Ports Department administers the road infrastructure and minor ports in Tamil Nadu. 1 1.1 HISTORY OF THE DEPARTMENT Government of Tamil Nadu has the unique distinction of creating a separate Highways Department as early as in 1946 exclusively to attend to Roads and Bridges in the State. It was a part of Public Works Department earlier but is now a separate and distinct department. A new post of Secretary to Government, Highways Department came into being in 1996. The objectives of the department are to maintain and improve the roads under the control of the Government, and to provide all weather road connectivity to rural habitations. Tamil Nadu was the forerunner in bringing out standard specifications for the roads and bridges in the year 1954. The department is also in-charge of improvement and maintenance of National Highways in the State. Minor Ports were also later brought under the purview of this department. Subsequently, this department was renamed as „HIGHWAYS & MINOR PORTS Department’. 1.2 HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT Highways Department of Tamil Nadu aims to develop and maintain the Highway network in the State, ensure road safety and hassle free traffic. 2 Tamil Nadu is the eleventh largest state in the country with a total area of 1,30,058 Sq. Km. The density of the population in the State is 555 persons / Sq.Km. The vehicle population which was 27,325 in 1951 increased to 1,36,60,717 in 2011 registering an increase of 500 times. The density of road network in Tamil Nadu as on 2011 is 280 Km per lakh population and 156 Km per 100 Sq.Km area and it is well above the all India average of 103 Km. The road network increased by about 6.26 times (i.e) from 32,307 km to 2,02,296 km since 1951 to 2011. Out of this, 61674 Km of roads are maintained by Central and State Highways Department. (***) Categories of roads and their length as on 01.04.11 Category of road Length (Km) National Highways (NH) 4,861 State Highways (SH) 10,561 Major District Roads 11,315 (MDR) Other District Roads 34,937 (ODR) Total 61,674 *** Source – Web site of Department of Statistics 3 Types of Bridges and their numbers Types of Bridges Nos. Major Bridges 1,357 Minor Bridges 7,936 Culverts 1,08,915 Road Over Bridges at Railway level 190 crossing (ROB) Road Under Bridges at Railway 59 level crossing (RUB) Total 1,18,457 Apart from this, roads are also maintained by local bodies and other departments. 1.3 MINOR PORTS WING The Minor Ports Department oversees the activities of Tamil Nadu Maritime Board and Poompuhar Shipping Corporation. Along the 1076 km coastline of Tamil Nadu, there are 3 major ports at Chennai, Ennore and Tuticorin and 22 minor ports. The major ports developed under the Major Port Trust Act of 1963, are functioning under the control of Government of India and the minor ports developed based on Indian Ports Act of 1908 are functioning under the control of State Government. 4 NH NHAI 1601 3260 SH 10561 ODR 34937 MDR 11315 CATERGORIES OF ROADS AND THEIR LENGTH IN KM AS ON 01.04.2011 Tamil Nadu Maritime Board performs the following functions: Management of Minor Ports. Creation of Minor Ports through Private participation. Conducting ship related training for youth to provide employment opportunities. Poompuhar Shipping Corporation Limited transports the coal to the Thermal Power Plants of TANGEDCO by sea. The Corporation also operates tourist ferry service from Kanyakumari to Vivekananda Rock Memorial and Tiruvalluvar Statue. The policies of the Government for the effective functioning of this Department are outlined in the chapters that follow. 5 6 HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT 7 8 2. POLICY OUTLINE Roads are essential for safe, economic and expeditious transport of passengers and goods. Development of road infrastructure is necessary to provide connectivity and to cater to the ever increasing traffic. The vision of the Highways Department is to increase the capacity, connectivity, efficiency and safety of the Highways System so as to enable balanced socio-economic development of all sections of the people and all regions of the state. 2.1 ROADS MAINTAINED BY THE DEPARTMENT The lane wise details of roads under the maintenance of this Department are given in Table 2.1. 2.1.1 NATIONAL HIGHWAYS The National Highways are roads connecting different State capitals, Major Ports, large industrial areas and tourist centres. These roads have heavy traffic intensity. The total length of National Highways in Tamil Nadu is 4861 Km of which 1601 Km are maintained by National Highways wing of the 9 State Government and 3260 Km are maintained by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). 2.1.2 STATE HIGHWAYS The State Highways provide connectivity to district head quarters with National Highways and neighbouring states. These stretches have heavy traffic intensity next only to National Highways. The total length of State Highways in Tamil Nadu is 10561 Km. 2.1.3 MAJOR DISTRICT ROADS The Major District Roads connect towns and municipal areas with district head quarters. These roads link to production and marketing centres and these centres in turn are connected with the National Highways and State Highways. In Tamil Nadu, the length of Major District Roads is 11,315 Km. 2.1.4 OTHER DISTRICT ROADS The Other District Roads connect villages and marketing centres with Taluk headquarters and other important roads nearby.