REPORT NO. 296 _ PARLIAMENT OF INDIA RAJYA SABHA DEPARTMENT-RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORT, TOURISM AND CULTURE TWO HUNDRED NINETY SIXTH REPORT Role of Highways in Nation Building (Presented to the Rajya Sabha on 28th July, 2021) (Laid on the Table of Lok Sabha on 28th July, 2021) Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi July, 2021/ Sravana, 1943 (Saka) Website : https://rajyasabha.nic.in E-mail : [email protected] PARLIAMENT OF INDIA RAJYA SABHA DEPARTMENT-RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORT, TOURISM AND CULTURE TWO HUNDRED NINETY SIXTH REPORT Role of Highways in Nation Building (Presented to the Rajya Sabha on 28th July, 2021) (Laid on the Table of Lok Sabha on 28th July, 2021) RAJYA SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI July, 2021/ Sravana, 1943 (Saka) C O N T E N T S P AGES 1. COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE (i)-(iii) 2. INTRODUCTION (iv)-(v) 3. ACRONYMS (vi)-(xiv) 4. REPORT 1-147 5. RECOMMENDATIONS/OBSERVATIONS-AT A GLANCE 148-193 6. *MINUTES 7. ANNEXURES 194-205 ______________________________________ *To be appended COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE (2019-20) (Constituted on 13th September, 2019) 1. Shri T.G. Venkatesh - Chairman Rajya Sabha s 2. Shri Prasanna Acharya 3. Shri Raj Babbar 4. Shri Sambhaji Chhatrapati 5. Dr. Sonal Mansingh 6. Shri Derek O’Brien 7. *Kumari Selja 8. **Shri Tiruchi Siva 9. ***Shri K.C.Venugopal 9. Shri Dharmapuri Srinivas 10. Shri Vinay Dinu Tendulkar Lok Sabha 11. Shrimati Sumalatha Ambareesh 12. Shri Anto Antony 13. Shrimati Veena Devi 14. Shri Tapir Gao 15. Shri Rahul Kaswan 16. Shri Saumitra Khan 17. Ms. Goddeti Madhavi 18. Shri Ramesh Chandra Majhi 19. Shri Sunil Baburao Mendhe 20. Shri K. Muraleedharan 21. Shri S.S. Palanimanickam 22. Shri Chhedi Paswan 23. Shri Kamlesh Paswan 24. Shri Tirath Singh Rawat 25. Shrimati Mala Roy 26. Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy 27. Shri Rajbahadur Singh 28. Shri Dushyant Singh 29. Shri Ramdas Chandrabhanji Tadas 30. Shri Krupal Balaji Tumane 31. Shri Dinesh Chandra Yadav _________________________________________________________ *Kumari Selja ceased to be Member w.e.f. 10th April, 2020 **Shri Tiruchi Siva ceased to be Member w.e.f. 3rd April, 2020 and re-nominated as Member w.e.f. 22nd July, 2020 ***Shri K.C. Venugopal nominated as Member w.e.f. 22nd July, 2020 (i) COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE (2020-21) (Constituted on 13th September, 2020) 1. Shri T.G. Venkatesh - Chairman Rajya Sabha 2. Shri Prasanna Acharya 3. *Shri Raj Babbar 4. Shri Sambhaji Chhatrapati 5. Dr. Sonal Mansingh 6. Shri Derek O’Brien 7. Shri Tiruchi Siva 8. Shri Dharmapuri Srinivas 9. Shri Vinay Dinu Tendulkar 10. Shri K.C.Venugopal 11. **Shri Sushil Kumar Modi Lok Sabha 12. Shri Anto Antony 13. Shri Margani Bharat 14. Shri Tapir Gao 15. Shri Rahul Kaswan 16. Shri Ramesh Chandra Majhi 17. Shri Sunil Baburao Mendhe 18. Shri K. Muraleedharan 19. Shri S.S. Palanimanickam 20. Shri Chhedi Paswan 21. Shri Kamlesh Paswan 22. Shri Sunil Kumar Pintu 23. Shri Prince Raj 24. Shri Tirath Singh Rawat 25. Shrimati Mala Roy 26. Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy 27. Shri Dushyant Singh 28. Shri Rajbahadur Singh 29. Shri Ramdas Chandrabhanji Tadas 30. Shri Manoj Tiwari 31. Shri Krupal Balaji Tumane 32. Shri Dinesh Chandra Yadav ________________________________________________________ *Shri Raj Babbar ceased to be a Member w.e.f. 25th November, 2020 **Shri Sushil Kumar Modi was nominated to be a Member w.e.f. 23rd December, 2020 (ii) SECRETARIAT Dr. Shikha Darbari, Joint Secretary & Financial Advisor Shri P. Narayanan, Director Shri Dinesh Singh, Additional Director Shri Rajendra Prasad Shukla, Additional Director Ms. Catherine John L., Under Secretary Shri Gaurav Singh Gahlain, Assistant Committee Officer (iii) INTRODUCTION I, the Chairman, Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture, having been authorized by the Committee to present on its behalf, do hereby present this Two Hundred Ninety Sixth Report on 'Role of Highways in Nation Building'. 2. The Committee heard the views of Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways; Chairman, National Highways Authority of India; and Director, NHIDCL on the subject on 4th November, 2019. The Committee heard the views of the officials of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, State Government of Andhra Pradesh, State Road Contractors' Association and National Highways Builders' Federation on the subject at Visakhapatnam on 7th January, 2020. The Committee heard the views of the officials of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, State Government of Maharashtra, State Road Contractors' Association and National Highways Builders' Federation on the subject at Mumbai on 10th January, 2020. The Committee heard the views of the officials of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, State Government of Goa, State Road Contractors' Association and National Highways Builders' Federation on the subject at Goa on 11th January, 2020. The Committee heard the views of the President, Indian Road Congress; Director, Indian Academy of Highway Engineers; and Secretary General, Indian Construction Equipment Manufacturers’ Association on the subject on 7th January, 2021. The Committee heard the views of Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways; Additional Secretary, Ministry of Finance; and Chairman, National Highways Authority of India on the subject on 19th January, 2021. The Committee heard the views of the officials of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways; National Highways Authority of India; and Union Territory Government of Jammu & Kashmir on the subject at Srinagar on 23rd January, 2021. The Committee heard the views of Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways; Chairman, National Highways Authority of India; and Managing Director, NHIDCL on the subject on 24th June, 2021. The Committee heard the views of the officials of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, NHAI, NHIDCL and State Government of Tamil Nadu on ‘Problems of Land Acquisition for Highway Projects’ and ‘Review of CRIF works in Tamil Nadu’ at Chennai on 12th July, 2021. The Committee heard the views of the officials of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, NHAI, NHIDCL and State Government of Kerala with reference to utilization of CRIF in the State of Kerala at Kumarakom on 16th July, 2021. 3. The Committee wishes to express its thanks to the officers of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways; Ministry of Finance; National Highways Authority of India; NHIDCL; State/UT Governments of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Goa and Jammu & Kashmir; and other stakeholders for placing before the Committee, the material and information desired in connection with the subject and for clarifying the points raised by the Members. (iv) 4. The Committee considered and adopted the Report in its meeting held on the 20th July, 2021. (T.G. Venkatesh) NEW DELHI; Chairman, July 20, 2021 Department-related Parliamentary Standing 29 Ashadha, 1943 (Saka) Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture, Rajya Sabha (v) ACRONYMS 3G Third Generation AD Appointed Date ADB Asian Development Bank AE Authority Engineer AGMC Agartala Government Medical College AIF Alternate Investment Fund AIIB Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank ALM Asset and Liability Management AMSL Above Mean Sea Level AS Accounting Standards ASM Agency for Specialized Monitoring ATMS Advanced Traffic Management System BC Bituminous Concrete BG Bank Guarantee BIS Bureau of Indian Standards BM Bituminous Macadam BNVSAP Bharat New Vehicle Safety Assessment Program BoQ Bill of Quantities BOT Build Operate Transfer BRO Border Roads Organisation BSR Basic Statistical Return CAGR Compound Annual Growth Rate CBI Central Bureau of Investigation CC Cement Concrete CCEA Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (vi) CCIE Conciliation Committees of Independent Experts CE Chief Engineer COD Commercial Operation Date CoRS Committee on Road Safety COS Change of Scope CP Condition Precedent CRF Central Roads Fund CRIF Central Road and Infrastructure Fund CRISIL Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited CRRI Central Road Research Institute CRZ Coastal Regulation Zones CSR Corporate Social Responsibility CTE Chief Technical Examiner DBM Dense Bituminous Macadam DCCO Date of Commencement of Commercial Operations DFG Demands for Grants DFI Development Financial Institution DFS Department of Financial Services DIG Deputy Inspector General DLP Defects Liability Period DOLA Department of Legal Affairs DPR Detailed Project Reports DSRA Debt Service Reserve Account DTC Driving Training Centers EAP Externally Aided Projects EI Economic Importance (vii) EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EL Expected Loss EOT Extension of Time EPC Engineering, Procurement, Construction EPFO Employees' Provident Fund Organisation FB Fund Based FDI Foreign Direct Investment FDR Flood Damage Repair FI Financial Institution FY Financial Year GAAP Generally Accepted Accounting Principles GAD General Arrangement Drawing GBP Govind Ballabh Pant GBS Gross Budgetary Support GECLS Guaranteed Emergency Credit Line Scheme GIS Geographic Information System GoI Government of India GPRS General Packet Radio Service GPS Global Positioning System GVA Gross Value Added HAM Hybrid Annuity Model HPC High Powered Committee HQ Headquarter IAHE Indian Academy of Highway Engineers IAS Indian Administrative Service IBA Indian Banks' Association (viii) IBC Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code ICEMA Indian Construction Equipment Manufacturers' Association ID Identity Document IDBI Development Bank of India IDC Interest During Construction IDTR Institute of Driving