DEVELOPMENT OF ROADS IN GUJARAT

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LOK SABHA

Foreign financial institutions (other than World Bank) have given financial assistance for development of roads in Gujarat. Two loans have been given by Asian Development Bank for the development of National Highways in Gujarat. One is of US $180 million for NH-8 including portion in Maharashtra also. The other is for US $ 320 million for NHs 8A, 8B, 14 and 15. The details of projects undertaken by foreign assistance in the state of Gujarat are given below:

S.No.	Name of the Project	NH No.	Length (km)	Status
1.	Surat-Atul km 263.40 to km 343	8	79.60	Under Implementation
2.	Atul-Kajali km 343 to km 381.6	8	38.60
3.	Porbandar-Bhiladi Section km 2.00 to km 52.50	8B	50.50
4.	Bhiladi-Jetpur Section km 51.50 to km 117.00	8B	64.50
5.	Bamanbore-Garamore Section km 182.60 to km 254.00	8A	71.40
6.	Garamore-Gagodhar Section Km 254.00 to km 308.00 of NH-8A and km 281.30 to 245.00 of NH-15	8 A & 15	90.30
7.	Gagodhar-Radhanpur Section km 245.00 to km 138.80	15	106.20
8.	Radhapur-Deesa Section km 458.00 to km 372.60	14	85.40
9.	Jetpur to Gondal and Rajkot Bypass km 117.00 to km 143.0 and km 175.0 to 185.0	8 B	36	To be awarded

1195 km length of National Highways is being developed in the State of Gujarat to 4-lane facility as part of National Highways Development Project (NHDP). Out of this, 485 km length is under Golden Quadrilateral (GQ), 654 km length is under East-West Corridor and 56 km length under Port Connectivity (to Kandla Port). Besides NHDP, other aggregate length of around 184 km of NH sections have been developed to 4-lane facility and 4-laning is in progress in a length of 32 km. The State Government is responsible for the development of State Highways and other roads.

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 P.S. Gadhavi in Lok Sabha today.