Consultancy Services for Preparation of Detailed Project Report for Final DPR Rehabilitation and Upgradation to 4-laning of Wardha-Yavatmal- Project Description Nanded District Border section of NH – 361 under NHDP - IV in the state of Maharashtra DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT INTRODUCTION National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has been entrusted to implement, maintenance, management and development of stretches of NH under NHDP on BOT Mode /EPC mode. The main objective of the consultancy service is to establish the technical, economical, and financial viability of the project and prepare detailed project reports for rehabilitation and upgrading of the existing road to 2-lane to 4-lane configuration with provision of capacity augmentation. PROJECT AREA LOCATION The entire project road runs through 8 districts of Maharashtra state. The 480 km. road connects the districts of Sangli, Solapur, Osmanabad, Latur, Hingoli, Nanded, Yavatmal and Wardha. Further, the entire stretch is divided into three section, viz. Section-I, Section-II and Section-III. The section-I of the project highways starts at Wardha (Km. 85.500) runs across the district of Yavatmal and ends at Waranga (Km 611.200) near Nanded district border. The section-II of the MSH-3 starts at Tuljapur (Km. 416.000) in Osmanabad district and ends at Ausa (Km. 470.000) in Latur District. The section-III of the project road starts near Sangli at Km. 182.195 and ends at Km. 370.000. This existing state highways have single carriageway of 7.0 m width and earthen shoulder of 1.0-1.5 width on either side. The road passes mostly through plain areas and plain/ rolling terrain areas. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT ROAD The package-I passes through Hingoli, Nanded and Yavatmal district & it starts at Waranga town at Km. 611.200 near the T-Junction of MSH-3 and NH-211 and ends at Mahagoan village at Km. 228.840. The 64 km long stretch is entirely characterized by 2 lane single carriageway with earthen shoulders except at the existing Toll Plaza at Km. 269.000 (Hadgoan) where the road is widened into 4 lanes. The package-II passes through Yavatmal district & it starts at Mahagaon village at Km. 228.840 near the T-Junction of MSH-3 and ends at Yavatmal village at Km. 150.000. The 78.84 km long stretch is entirely characterized by 2 lane single carriageway with earthen shoulders. The package-III passes through Yavatmal and Wardha districts & it starts at Yavatmal town at Km. 150.000 and ends at Wardha town at Km. 85.500. The 64.50 km long stretch is entirely characterized by 2 lane single carriageway. 1 Consultancy Services for Preparation of Detailed Project Report for Final DPR Rehabilitation and Upgradation to 4-laning of Wardha-Yavatmal- Project Description Nanded District Border section of NH – 361 under NHDP - IV in the state of Maharashtra Table 1: The Length-wise Distribution of the Project Road Sl. Section From To Existing Design Length No. Chainage Chainage (km) 1 Package-I Waranga Mahagoan Km. 611.920 to Km. 253.700 66.88 Km. 228.840 to Km. 320.580 2 Package- Mahagaon Yavatmal Km. 228.840 to Km. 320.580 79.995 II Km. 150.000 to Km. 400.575 3 Package- Yavatmal Wardha Km. 150.000 to Km. 400.575 64.925 III Km. 85.500 to Km. 465.500 SCOPE OF SERVICES As far as possible, the widening/improvement work to 4 lane, for locations having inadequate width and where provisions of short bypasses, service roads, alignment corrections, improvement of intersections have been considered necessary and practicable and cost effective. However, bypasses proposals is considered, wherever in urban areas improvement to two lanes of the existing road is not possible. While finalizing the road alignment efforts have been made by adopting appropriate engineering designs, to minimize resettlement impacts. To minimize displacement and to reduce disruption of livelihoods, concentric widening in village sections, bypasses to avoid settlement have been proposed. Public consultations and field visits helped in getting better planning and designing inputs towards minimizing negative social impacts. Table 2: Salient Features of the Proposed Project Road Sl. No. Particulars Package-I Package-II Package-III 1 Total Road Length 66.88 79.995 64.925 (in km.) 2 Total Revenue Villages 25 28 26 (Number) 3 Total Volume of land to be 268.5 308.48 247.97 required for the proposed Project (in Ha.) 4 Total land required for 39 0 32.4 Proposed Bypasses (in Ha.) 5 Total land required for 42.6 74.4 14.1 Realignments (in Ha.) 6 Govt. land to be 0 0 0 transferred 2 Consultancy Services for Preparation of Detailed Project Report for Final DPR Rehabilitation and Upgradation to 4-laning of Wardha-Yavatmal- Project Description Nanded District Border section of NH – 361 under NHDP - IV in the state of Maharashtra Sl. No. Particulars Package-I Package-II Package-III (in Ha.) 7 Private land to be acquired 262.56 298.48 243.11 (in Ha.) 8 Forest land to be acquired 5.94 10 4.86 (in Ha.) Location Map of the Project Stretch EXISTING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ROAD The project road in general passes through plain terrain. A total number of 25 villages/habitations/locations spread over in two project affected districts are located on either side of the project road. The list of the villages/ habitations/ towns along the project stretch is given in following Table 3. A number of habitation is found on both left and right side of the road. It is also noticed that the local traffic intensity throughout the corridor is very high. A number of shops, hotels and houses are situated within the ROW. 3 Consultancy Services for Preparation of Detailed Project Report for Final DPR Rehabilitation and Upgradation to 4-laning of Wardha-Yavatmal- Project Description Nanded District Border section of NH – 361 under NHDP - IV in the state of Maharashtra Table 3 – Existing Villages Across Project Road Sl.No Village Name From (Km) To (Km) Waranga -Mahagaon(Package -I) 1 Waranga 253.000 256.300 2 Kurtadi 256.300 257.900 3 Chunchua 257.900 260.900 4 Manatha 260.900 262.250 5 Sibdara 262.250 264.800 6 Chinchaghawan 264.800 266.100 7 Bamni 266.100 268.250 8 Baradsewala 268.250 270.750 9 Palse 270.750 275.250 10 Ambala 275.250 279.150 11 Koutha 279.150 280.990 12 Hadgaon 280.990 284.420 13 Gojegaon 284.420 285.770 14 Wakoda 284.420 286.010 15 Marlegaon 286.010 289.400 16 Umerkehd 289.400 297.750 17 Nageshwadi 297.750 299.100 18 Sukli 299.100 300.100 19 Amanpur 300.100 301.730 20 Chilli 301.730 305.300 21 Nandgaon 305.300 308.100 22 Bijora 308.100 310.700 23 Mudana 310.700 316.100 24 Mahagaon 316.100 319.200 25 Kalgaon 319.200 321.250 Mahagaon – Yavatmal (Package-II) 4 Consultancy Services for Preparation of Detailed Project Report for Final DPR Rehabilitation and Upgradation to 4-laning of Wardha-Yavatmal- Project Description Nanded District Border section of NH – 361 under NHDP - IV in the state of Maharashtra Sl.No Village Name From (Km) To (Km) 1 Mahagaon 320.580 321.250 2 Amboda 321.250 325.100 3 Khadka 325.500 328.150 4 Wagnath 325.100 325.500 5 Kaurwadi 328.150 329.650 6 Hiwra sangam 329.650 333.150 7 Dhanoda 333.150 337.750 8 Dahiswali 338.150 338.750 9 Pohandul 337.500 339.100 10 Bhosa 339.150 342.000 11 Kosdhani 342.000 345.750 12 Lonbhel 345.750 350.900 13 Sukali 350.900 355.250 14 Deurwadi 355.250 357.500 15 Kolwan 357.500 358.400 16 Arni 358.400 365.950 17 Jawla 365.950 373.100 18 Tharoda 373.500 376.000 19 Mangrul 376.000 378.300 20 Bhamb 379.500 383.000 21 Kharole 383.000 384.100 22 Hivri 384.100 388.650 23 Shiwandari 388.650 391.000 24 Manpur 391.000 391.500 25 Mahsola 391.500 393.450 26 Arjuna 393.450 396.100 27 Kinhi 396.100 399.700 28 Wadegaon 399.700 400.575 5 Consultancy Services for Preparation of Detailed Project Report for Final DPR Rehabilitation and Upgradation to 4-laning of Wardha-Yavatmal- Project Description Nanded District Border section of NH – 361 under NHDP - IV in the state of Maharashtra Sl.No Village Name From (Km) To (Km) Yavatmal – Wardha (Package-III) 1 Wadegoan 400.575 403.450 2 Gondahanijara 403.450 406.700 3 Bhosa 406.700 409.900 4 Dolumbe 409.900 412.200 5 Bharijara 412.200 415.500 6 Madkona 415.500 418.450 7 Belona 418.450 421.600 8 Chaparadha 421.600 423.600 9 Ghorthi 423.600 425.800 10 Kalamb 425.800 432.850 11 Kamatwada 432.850 434.700 12 Kuthala 434.700 436.500 13 Mankapur 436.500 438.000 14 Galamgaon 438.000 439.700 15 Sirpur 439.700 441.600 16 Husnapur 441.600 443.400 17 Kajalsara 443.400 443.500 18 Bhidi 443.500 448.000 19 Ratnapur 448.000 451.800 20 Wai 451.800 453.100 21 Isapur 453.100 455.250 22 Deoli 455.250 459.800 23 Selsura 459.800 463.200 24 Meghapur 463.200 463.400 25 Balapur 463.400 464.450 26 Salod 464.450 465.500 6 Consultancy Services for Preparation of Detailed Project Report for Final DPR Rehabilitation and Upgradation to 4-laning of Wardha-Yavatmal- Project Description Nanded District Border section of NH – 361 under NHDP - IV in the state of Maharashtra WIDENING OF THE ROAD As per IRC: SP- 84-2014 the ROW for constructing 4- lane national highways shall normally be 60 m but in forest area RoW is restricted to 45m.