The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is expected to complete the work of improving the condition of roads on four national highways (NHs) of Chhattisgarh by the end of this month (May 2016), officials informed.
A total of seven works costing ` 59.53 crores had been sanctioned for NH-343, NH-130A, NH-130C and NH-930 during the year 2011-2015.
A total of eight numbers of new National Highways - NH-343, NH-163A, NH-149B, NH-130A, NH-130B, NH-130C, NH-130D and NH-930 covering a total length of 843.20 km have been declared between the year 2010 to 2015 in the state of Chhattisgarh.
Notably, Chhattisgarh is all set to get new national highways (NHs) with roads totalling length of 1367 kms, inform officials.
Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has assured of initiating necessary steps in this direction, they informed.
The assurance came during a meeting held between Chhattisgarh Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Rajesh Munat and Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari in New Delhi recently.
Principal Secretary PWD Amitabh Jain was also present during the meeting.
Munat had informed the Union Minister that in February this year the latter had announced of constructing new highway of 1285 km in Chhattisgarh.
As per the present requirement of the State, a proposal for sanctioning of additional 1367 kms highways has been sent to the Ministry, Munat said.
Munat also urged Gadkari to speed up the work of Raipur-Bilaspur highway.
Over the Raipur-Dhmatari Highway development issue, the Union Minister directed the concerned officers to float tenders within a week.
Munat also requested Gadkari for establishing the Regional Office of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) in Raipur.
The Central Government had approved a total of four highway projects in Chhattisgarh with total road length measuring 60.36 kms with an outlay of ` 161.68 crores during the last one year, officials stated.
Most of these projects are proposed to be implemented under Engineering, Procurement Construction (EPC) mode. The scheduled completion time of these projects generally varies from 24 to 36 months.
The maximum number of highway projects were approved in Uttar Pradesh at 13.
Notably, the Chhattisgarh Road Development Corporation (CGRDC) has identified 61 different projects for construction of roads.
Out of 61 roads, 56 Roads covering length of 1859.25 kms have been identified for development under Hybrid Annuity Model and 5 roads under (B0T) Toll mode, officials stated.
Notably, CGRDC will be using both web and mobile based 'Project Management System'. The project is part of the Integrated Project Management System (IPMS) to monitor road development projects in the State, officials stated.
Notably, the Chhattisgarh Government has adopted Public Private Partnership (PPP) model for development of roads in the State.
The State Government is planning to construct roads measuring 13,000 km with an investment of ` 42,000 crore over the next three years. The budget allocation during 2016-17 for this is a massive Rs 6,101 crore, representing an increase of 56% over the preceding year.
Notably, 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. This year, 3724 kms of roads have been built and upgraded and construction of 41 bridges has been completed. Construction of 123 bridges is in progress.