GOLDEN QUADRILATERAL PROJECT
LOK SABHA
All sections of Golden Quadrilateral
(GQ) are funded by the Central Government except the following
sections which are under implementation and funded by International
Monetary Institutions as indicated:
|
S. No.
|
Section
|
Length
(in km)
|
Financial
Institution
|
|
1
|
Third National Highway Project
for NH-2 in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand
|
478
|
World Bank
|
|
2
|
Grand Trunk Improvement Project
for NH-2 in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand
|
420
|
World Bank
|
|
3
|
Surat-Manor Tollway Project
for NH-8 in Gujarat, Maharashtra
|
175
|
Asian Development Bank
|
|
4
|
Western Transport Corridor
Project for NH-4 in Karnataka
|
270
|
Asian Development Bank
|
Total
fund made available for above projects is US $1525 million.
Time extensions
of a few months have been granted to six World Bank funded contracts
of NH-2 and proposed to be granted to two Asian Development Bank
funded contracts on NH-8.
It is expected that all externally
funded sections of Golden Quadrilateral will be completed within
closing dates of respective external loan.
This information
was given by the Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways,
Shri Shripad Yesso Naik in a written reply to a question of Shri
G. Putta Swamy Gowda in Lok Sabha today.
