During the last three years, funds amounting to Rs 2102 crore and Rs 208 crore were allocated under Development and Maintenance and Repair for the National Highways in the State of Chhattisgarh, respectively, the Central Government has informed.
The work for widening National Highways in Chhattisgarh are also scheduled to be completed by June 2019, it informed.
The process of land acquisition for widening of the National Highways and finalization of the alignment of the bypasses is a continuous process and are at different stages, they informed.
There are 18 numbers of National Highways passing through Chhattisgarh.
A length of 378 km four-lane National Highway have been completed in the State.
Nationally, about 20,557 km of National Highways are under DPR preparation as on June 30 in the current financial year, the Government informed.
During the last financial year, a total of Rs 359.94 crore was allocated out of which 339.80 crore was spent for the development of national highways in Chhattisgarh.
Chhattisgarh is also all set to get new national highways (NHs) with roads totalling length of 1367 kms, inform officials.
It may be recalled that Chhattisgarh had been already inviting private investors to set up manufacturing clusters for taking advantage of five sea ports within its 600 km reach from the State.
With five ports Paradip and Dhamra in Odisha, Visakhapatnam, Kakinada and Machillipatnam in Andhra Pradesh, the opportunity of setting up of manufacturing clusters in Chhattisgarh is immense, officials informed.
The Chhattisgarh Government in 2015-16 had informed that it had adopted Public Private Partnership (PPP) model for development of roads and expects capital investment of nearly Rs 10,000 crore.
A total of 12 roads have been marked under Chhattisgarh State Road Development Project, out of which work on developing six roads has already been started, officials stated.
In 2015-16, 3724 kms of roads were built and upgraded and construction of 41 bridges has been completed. Construction of 123 bridges is in progress, officials had informed.
It may be recalled that the Centre had also approved as many as three new National Highway projects in Chhattisgarh during the past three financial years.
The cumulative cost of the highway projects stood at Rs 150.37 crores, officials stated.
The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways had approved Rs 3,300 crore for broadening and upgradation of the National Highways in Chhattisgarh in 2015-16.
Notably in July 2015, the Central government had also announced that it would award contracts for three key road projects in Chhattisgarh measuring 149 kms to be developed at an estimated cost of Rs 3,522 crores this year, officials stated.
It had targetted to award 273 road projects in the country covering a length of approximately 12,900 km amounting to about Rs 1,26,700 crore during 2015-16 under various schemes of the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, officials had stated.
The Central government had also sanctioned an amount of Rs 305.56 crore for 10 important works under Central Road Fund Scheme during 2015-16 in Chhattisgarh, officials stated.
These 10 works include construction of one road route, two Railway over-bridges and under-bridges, one fly-over and bridge.
The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways had acquired 115 hectares of land in Chhattisgarh for taking up various national highway projects during 2015-16, the Central Government has informed.
Notably, land for the construction of National Highways in the country is acquired under the provisions of the National Highways (NHs) Act, 1956, and the compensation is determined in consonance with the applicable provisions of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (RFCTlARR) Act, 2013.
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) had acquired 66 hectares of land during 2014-15. It had targetted to complete 10,950 km of National Highways during 2015-16 in the country. A total length of 1733 km have been constructed till July 31, 2015.
The Central government had also sanctioned an amount of Rs 305.56 crore for 10 important works under Central Road Fund Scheme during 2015-16 in Chhattisgarh, officials stated.
These 10 works include construction of one road route, two Railway over-bridges and under-bridges, one fly-over and bridge.
The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has also commenced the work of development as well as upgradation of Raipur to Vishakhapatnam stretch of National Highway (NH) under Bharatmala project, officials informed.
Notably, NHAI has awarded the work of preparation of Detailed Project Report (DPR) from Kurud to Andhra Pradesh/Odisha Border (Ondarangi) comprising local roads, SH-30/49 and NH-26 stretch having length of 359 kms. The work of DPR preparation has commenced on June 6, 2016, officials informed.