PROGRESS OF EAST-WEST CORRIDOR
LOK SABHA
The progress of East-West
corridor under National Highways Development Project is under:
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Total Length
(excluding 149 km common with GQ)
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3491 km
|
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Under Implementation
|
185 km
|
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Already four
laned
|
106 km
|
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Balance to
be awarded
|
3200 km
|
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Target date
of completion
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December, 2007
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An amount of Rs.631.21
crore has been spent by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)
till date.
The following
monitoring mechanism viz-a-viz money spent, work progress and
quality of work etc. is in place:
- The supervision consultants
have been engaged for projects under execution and they are
responsible for day to day monitoring of expenditure, progress
and quality works.
- The Project Director of NHAI
at Project Implementation Unit monitors projects on daily
basis.
- The projects are monitored by
NHAI Headquarters by way of daily/weekly/monthly reports and
inspections.
- The projects are also monitored
by Hon’ble Minister of Road Transport & Highways on regular
basis.
No specific provision
for improvement of National Highways connecting to the end of
East-West Corridor has been made. However, this work is carried
out on normal basis subject to availability of funds.
This information
was given by the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways,
Maj. Gen. (Retd.), B.C. Khanduri in a written reply to a question
of Shri Holkhomang Haokip in Lok Sabha today.
