November 28, 2001

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LOK SABHA

GOLDEN QUADRILATERAL PROJECT

        The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) have awarded/proposed to award contracts for private investment in the development of Golden Quadrilateral of National Highways Development Project on Build Operate and Transfer (BOT)/Annuity basis. The details are at Annexure-I.

        The specifications for quality are prescribed in the contract itself. For ensuring quality control, the entrepreneur is required to appoint qualified personnel as Supervision Consultants. The NHAI and the concessionaire for BOT Project also to appoint Independent Consultants to oversee the quality control measures and maintain the requisite standards.

        The estimated cost of Rs. 25055 crore (at 2000 prices) has been approved for the implementation of Golden Quadrilateral of National Highways Development Project. The allocations are not made State-wise.

Annexure-I

S.No

Project

Type

State

Cost (Rs in crores)

Present Status

Likely Completion Date

1.

Nellore-Tada

BOT

Andhra Pradesh

760.00

Under Implementation

Dec.,2003

2.

Tumkur- Neelamangla

BOT

Karnataka

125.00

Under Implementation

Dec.,2003

3.

Panagarh- Palsit

Annuity

West Bengal

350.00

Under Implementation

Dec., 2004

4.

Ankapalli- Tuni

Annuity

Andhra Pradesh

265.00

Under Implementation

Dec., 2003

5.

Tuni- Dharmavaram

Annuity

Andhra Pradesh

231.00

Under Implementation

-

6.

Dharmavaram- Rajamundry

Annuity

Andhra Pradesh

206.00

Under Implementation

-

7.

Maharashtra Border- Belgaum

Annuity

Karnataka

332.00

Under Implementation

Dec.,2003

8.

Tambaram- Tindivanam

Annuity

Tamil Nadu

375.00

Under Implementation

Dec., 2003

9.

ROB at Kishangarh

BOT

Rajasthan

18.00

Completed

Feb., 2000

10.

Jaipur- Kishangarh

BOT

Rajasthan

610.00

Proposals invited on Revised RFQ

30 months after commencement

11.

Second Vivekananda Bridge

BOT

West Bengal

600.00

Agreement to be signed

June, 2005

12.

Palsit- Bhankuni

Annuity

West Bengal

Yet to be estimated

Proposal under process

30 months after commencement

13.

Delhi-Gurgaon

BOT

Delhi-Haryana

555.00

Proposals invited

April, 2005

14.

Nellore Bypass

Annuity

Andhra Pradesh

100.00

Proposals invited

Dec., 2003

 

State-wise breakup of length (in km) of Golden Quadrilateral Project:

Annexure-II

S.No.

State

Length (in km)

1.

Andhra Pradesh

1014

2.

Bihar

204

3.

Delhi

25

4.

Gujarat

485

5.

Haryana

152

6.

Jharkhand

192

7.

Karnataka

623

8.

Maharashtra

487

9.

Orissa

440

10.

Rajasthan

725

11.

Tamil Nadu

342

12.

Uttar Pradesh

756

13.

West Bengal

406

 

Total

5851

        This information was given in the Lok Sabha today in a written reply by the Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways (Independent Charge), Major Gen. B.C.Khanduri, AVSM (Retd.).