PORT CONNECTIVITY PROJECTS
It is proposed to develop adequate road connectivity
to ten major ports in the country through four-lane National Highways/State
Roads.
The details of each port, the total length of
the highway, Project cost and likely date of completion are as
given below :-
|
S. No.
|
Port
|
Stretches for development
|
Length in km.
|
Cost Rs. in crores
|
Target for completion
|
|
1.
|
Paradip
|
NH-5A (from km 0 to km 74)
|
74
|
350
|
Sept 2005
|
|
2.
|
Haldia
|
NH-41 (from Kolaghat on NH-6 to Haldia)
|
53
|
220
|
April 2005
|
|
3.
|
Vishakapatnam
|
State Road
|
12
|
80
|
Dec 2004
|
|
4.
|
Chennai & Ennore
|
Chennai-Ennore Expressway
|
6
|
140
|
Dec 2005
|
|
5.
|
Tuticorin
|
NH-7A (Tuticorin-Trivelvalli section)
|
51
|
175
|
Sept 2005
|
|
6.
|
Cochin
|
NH-47 (from Km.348/382 to km.358/300) including
5 major bridges
|
10
|
100
|
June 2005
|
|
7.
|
New Mangalore
|
NH-17 (Kasaragodu-Mangalore-Udupi section)
& NH-48 (Mangalore-Bantwal section)
|
37
|
140
|
Sept 2005
|
|
8.
|
Mormugao
|
NH-17B (from Port to VernaJunction onNH17)
|
18
|
53
|
Sept 2003
|
|
9.
|
JNPT
|
Package –I
NH-4B+NH4
Package-II + Amra Marg
NH-54
+ Panvel Creek bridge
|
30
16
|
143
130
|
April 2004
April 2005
|
|
10.
|
Kandla
|
NH-8A
(Samkhiali-Gandhidham)
|
56
|
191
|
Completed
|
| |
|
Total
|
363
|
1722
|
|
This information was given by the Minister of
State (Independent Charge) for Road Transport and Highways, Major
General (Retd.) B.C. Khanduri in reply to a question of Shri Ajoy
Chakraborty in Lok Sabha today.
