rajya sabha questions

8/11/2019 rajya sabha questions

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STARRED/UNSTARRED Dairy No: S225

(a)Whether the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), State Governments and the Toll Collectors

are responsible for maintenance and proper functioning of Highway patrol Squads;

(b) If so, the details of facilities created during the last three years

(c)

Whether the NHAI has provided 24/7 patrolling squads with latest surveillance and security gadgets

all along the national highways to cater the emergency needs in time of accidents or any terrorist

related crisis; and

(d) If so, the amount spend on this during the last three years

(a)Whether it is fact that due to industrialization, traffic growth is taking place at the rate of 80% to 10%

per annum;

(b)

If so, whether government has been able to augment the capacity of National Highways(NHs) to

match the volume of traffic growth; and

(c)If Government is augmenting the capacity to match traffic growth, the details of capacity

augmentation made during the last five years?

(a)

Whether it is a fact that number of flaws have come to the light with regard to the quality of highways

constructed in the country and these flaws involve faulty tender process and the construction of roads

with Bitumen and other substanded material which has resulted in their pre-nature decay;

(b) the details there of;(c) the estimated annual loss suffered due to the roads constructed with substandard material; and

(d) the details there of;

(a)whether proposals have been received from all states including Telangana for upgradation works on

various highways;

Name of the Project


Capacity augmentation of NH's to match traffic growth

STARRED/UNSTARRED Dairy No: U382


Upgradation of National Highways

Irregularities in connection of Highways

Highway Patrol Squads


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(b) if so, the details thereof and whether government has sanctioned these proposals

(c) if not, the reasons there for; and

(d) the present status of the works under taken on the above highways

(a) whether government has sanctioned all the proposals submitted by states including Telangana duringthe last three years

(b) if not, the reasons there for; and

(c)the length of road covered and expenditure incurred for development of NHs in each state including

telangana for the last three years including current year, NH wise?

(a)

The details of the projects pending with the ministry and since when these projects have been

pending

(b) the steps government is going to take fast track to these projects

(c)

what has been cost over to run of these projects and how may projects are pending due to want of

environment clearence along with the steps government has taken to expidite environmental

clearences of these projects and the number of such pending projects from Maharastra

(a)whether the ministry has received a praposal from govt of andhrapradesh to declare Proddatur-

Jammalamadugu-Gooty state highway/road/stretch as new national highway(NH)(b) whether it has been declared as NH

(c) if so, when it was so declared

(d) the progress of work made on the above stretch; and

(e) by when the work is going tobe completed what is the initial projected cost and final estimated cost

(a)the details of road projects under the ministry awarded to each of the company/contractor for

execution and the last five years, year wise and project wise

(b)whether many companies have withdrawn from contracts valueing morte than Rs.50 crores in the

midway of the execution of the projects

(c) if so, the details of each of such companies and the reasons for leaving the project in the midway

(d) whether it is not in violation of the tender contract; and

(e) if so, what action the ministry has taken on each of such contractor/company

Pending Projects


Sanctioning of projects



Declaration of Proddatur-Jammalamadugu-Gooty state highway as national highway


Non-Execution of road projects by contractors/companies


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(a)whether the planing commission and the ministry of finance are causing delay in the NHAI Projects to

revive the virtually-stalled road sector

(b)if so, to what extent varioue projects have been delayed due to delay in settlement of disputes and

amicable resolution worth around Rs 5000 crore and blocking the exit policy

(c) the contempleted to streamline the whole system so that the projects do nto suffer for want of inter-ministerial coordination and cooperation

(d)whether the meeting of secretaries of the concerned department would be convened to iron out the

differences and to give go-ahead for the pending projects; and

(e) the details there of;

(a)whether several narrow bridges exist on various national highways in the country causing traffic jam

and accidents;

(b) if so, the number of such spots identified and action taken to widen such bridged in the countryduring the last three years and the current year, state wise particularly telangana; and

(c)the details of action taken/being taken to include such widening of bridges in the estimate itself in the

beginning ?

(a)whether Govt has approved/proposes to approve some projects for upgradation of national highways

under the different phases of the National highways development programme(NHDP)

(b) if so, the details there of during each of the last three years and the current year along with theestimated cost state wise and project wise particularly telangana

(c)whether various state govt's have submitted praposals for upgradation of state highways to national

highways during the above period, of so the details there of; and

(d) the follow up action taken there on

(a)whether the Govt proposes to speed up construction of highways at the rate of 30 km per day for the

coming two years;

(b)

whether the Govt is seriously considering to ease norms for revival of Rs. 60,000 cr of worht highway

projects that are now stuck for last two years

(c)whether the Govt has decided not to entrust highway contracts to Border road organisation, in view

of its dismal work record in the past; and

(d) the details there of;


speeding up construction of highways

Roadblocks in NHAI's projects


Widening of bridges on national highways


Upgradation of national highways

STARRED/UNSTARRED Dairy No: S106, S100


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YES

As per the Concessioniare agreement

one Route Patrol Vehicle is available at

each plaza i.e. Bollapalli, Tangutur &

Musunur with required Staff.

YES

Only Surveillance is provided to

prevent accidents on NH in our stretch.

Approx 1.5 Core for the last 30 months

NA

NA

NA

NA

Our project is under Construction


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NA

NA

NA

Our project work is under

constructions and incurred a cost of Rs.

1560 crores From COD to till date

NA

NA

NA

The work was awarded on 15.07.2010

to SEL as a Concessioniare, Project: Chk-

Nlr

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA


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NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

YES

To be given by NHAI

NA

NA

NA

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