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Ministry of Road Transport & Highways:Targets for Construction of National Highways

  • The  National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has fixed the targets for construction of national highways in the country. Details of target and achievement for construction of National Highways by NHAI during the last three years and current year are as under:

Year

Target in km

Achievement in km

2008-09

3519

2205

2009-10

3165

2693

2010-11

2500

1780

2011-12

2500

823  (upto October,  2011)
  • Progress in implementation of National Highway Development Projects has been affected mainly due to poor performance of some contractors, delays in obtaining forest/wild life/ railway clearances, law & order problems in some states apart from delay in land acquisition. In order to expedite implementation of projects Regional Offices each headed by Chief General Manager have been set up by NHAI for close monitoring of implementation of projects.  Measures have been taken to expedite the land acquisition and shifting of utilities etc. Achievement of targets is being monitored closely. Projects are periodically reviewed at field and at Head Quarters.
  • All NHDP projects are implemented as per norms laid down in Indian Roads Congress guidelines/Ministry’s specifications. For each project, quality assurance plan is prepared by the contractor/concessionaire as well as supervision consultant, which is being followed during the execution. Supervision Consultants/Independent Engineers monitor the projects for maintaining quality on regular basis. During periodic site inspections, if any unsuitable/sub-standard quality of materials or works is noticed, the same is got rectified as per standards and specifications of National Highway works and this is a continuous process. This information was given by the Minister of State of Road Transport and Highways, Dr. Tushar A. Chaudhary  in  a written reply in Lok Sabha today.

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