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CHAPTER – 1
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND
• The road transport of India carries 70 percent of freight and 85% passenger of total
traffic annually. National Highway constitutes 2 percent of the road network but carry
about 40 percent of the total traffic. The number of vehicles is growing steadily and
corresponding increase in goods vehicle is very fast in last five years. This congests the
existing National Highways.
• In order to enhance economical, safe and environment friendly movement of passenger
and goods vehicles it becomes necessary to enhance a good road network facility. This
would also improve the socio-economic, industrial and agriculture activities in the region
and this would simultaneously help in economic growth of the country.
• Apart from works sanctioned/under progress and likely to be identified under NHDP in
various phases there are large number of other single or intermediate lane National
Highways exists in the country. Thus Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
(MORTH) Government of India has decided to take up a massive program of up-grading
these National Highways to at least two lane standards. The work would be taken up for
up-gradation on corridor concept. Therefore, corridors include strengthening (in
adjoining reaches) in addition to widening to 2 lane / 2 lane with paved shoulder
standards in order to have a better facility in a long continuous stretch.
• Based on this view the ministry has taken initiatives to develop about 6,000 km length of
National Highways (NHs) to 2-lane NH standards by widening/strengthening/
construction of missing links by December, 2014 following the Corridor Development
Approach by exploring the possibility of securing World Bank Loan and also through
budgetary allocations. A total of 84 projects have been identified under this Program,
comprising 33 projects for a total length of about 3,770 km and 51 projects for a total
length of about 2,245 km for funding through World Bank Loan and budgetary
allocations respectively.
• These National Highways shall be upgraded in a phased manner under National
Highways Interconnectivity Improvement Project (NHIIP). Initially 33 road corridors have
been selected scattered over seven States and one Union Territory (Andaman and
Nicobar Islands) covering a total length of 3770 kms. The estimated cost of NHIIP is
18,500 crores. These projects are proposed to be implemented under World Bank
Assistance.
• The stretches identified in the State of Himachal Pradesh NH-wise covered by the NHIIP
for proposed improvement are –
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The project under consideration is one of the stretches identified in state of Himachal
Pradesh out of these 33 road corridors selected under NHIIP. The project consists of
preparation of Detailed Project Report for Rehabilitation and Upgrading to 2 lane/ 2 lane
with paved shoulder configuration and strengthening of Hamirpur-Mandi section of NH-
70 Km 141.00 to Km 265.00 (124 Kms). Subsequently vide MORTH letter of September,
2013, it has been mentioned that this Project is not included in the World Bank
Assistance Programme.
M/s Theme Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd. have been selected as consultants to
undertake the feasibility study and preparation of Detailed Project Report for 2 lane/ 2
lane with paved shoulder configuration. The order to commence consultancy services
has been issued by MORTH vide letter No. RW/NH-12013/28/2010/SP(D/3)/P-9 dated
15.06.2010.
The MORTH is the employer and executing agency for the “Consultancy Services”.
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• The general scope of services is given in the sections that follow. To make suitable
proposals for widening/improvement of the existing road to 2 lane/2 lane with paved
shoulders etc. and strengthening of the carriageways, as required at the appropriate
time to maintain the level of service over the design period.
• All ready to implement ‘good for construction’ drawings shall be prepared.
• Environmental Impact Assessment, Environmental Management Plan and Rehabilitation
and Resettlement Studies shall be carried out in meeting requirements of World Bank.
• To obtain ‘No-Objection-Certificate’ from Ministry of Environment and Forest and also
incorporate the estimates for shifting of utilities of all types of Environment and Forest
involved. These estimates shall be obtained from concerned local authorities. Also it is
required to prepare all Land Acquisition papers (i.e. all necessary schedules as per L.A.
Act) for acquisition of land either under NH Act or State Act.
• To obtain all types of necessary clearances required for implementation of the project on
the ground from the concerned agencies. The client shall provide the necessary
supporting letters and any official fees as per the demand note issued by such
concerned agencies from whom the clearances are being sought to enable
implementation.
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numbers “under column (4) and New National Highway numbers as per the said
notification under column (2) of the schedule.
• According to this new schedule of notification now the Project Road from section
(Hamirpur to Mandi ) has come under NH – 3 in place of NH-70 and (renamed as NH-3)
which starts from “the highway connecting Atari (India/Pakistan Border) Amritsar–
Jalandhar-Hoshirapur in the state of Punjab, Nadaun, Hamirpur, Toni Devi, Awadev,
Mandi, Kullu and terminating at Manali in state of Himanchal Pradesh”.
• Entire project report, the reference of old name and the old NH number have been
considered as the change KM & their relocation is yet to be done.
• The Project road section is from Hamirpur (Km 141) to Mandi (Km 265.000) is part of
this NH–70 via Tauni Devi, Awah Devi, Sarkaghat and Dharampur and falls entirely in
Himachal State. The total length of this project section is 124.00 Kms, out of which initial
22 Kms (from Km 141 to Km 163) falls in Hamirpur district and remaining 102.000 Km
(Km 163 to 265.000) falls in Mandi District. The Project Road Location Map has been
shown in fig 1.1
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scattered at some locations on the project road. There is ribbon development at some
locations along the road with small settlements.
• Major part of the project road passes through mountainous terrain in which one side are
mountain and valley on the other side of the project road alignment.
The land use types have been identified as follow for the project road:
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Name
Sl. Name of Name of the Khasra Type of Area in
of the Nature of Land
No. the taluk Village Number Land hactares
district
Jangal Mehfoja
7 Mandi Dharampur Logani 759/97 Government 0.0876
Mehduda
Jangal Mehfoja
8 Mandi Dharampur Logani 302 Government 0.1001
Mehduda
Jangal Mehfoja
9 Mandi Dharampur Logani 754/32 Government 0.2223
Mehduda
Jangal Mehfoja
10 Mandi Dharampur Logani 770/301 Government 0.3398
Mehduda
D.P. Jangal Mehfoja
11 Mandi Dharampur 3 Government 0.7419
Kher/130 Mehduda
D.P. Jangal Mehfoja
12 Mandi Dharampur 3/1 Government 0.0844
Kher/130 Mehduda
D.P. Jangal Mehfoja
13 Mandi Dharampur 1 Government 0.0909
Kher/130 Mehduda
2307/17 Jangal Mehfoja
14 Mandi Dharampur Reur Government 0.0563
74 Mehduda
2234/20 Jangal Mehfoja
15 Mandi Dharampur Banal Government 0.0417
74 Mehduda
2842/28 Jangal Mehfoja
16 Mandi Dharampur Pehad Government 0.1216
12/2023 Mehduda
Jangal Mehfoja
17 Mandi Kotli Satahan 398/1 Government 0.0104
Gair Mehduda
Jangal Mehfoja
18 Mandi Kotli Satahan 754/1 Government 0.3696
Gair Mehduda
Jangal Mehfoja
19 Mandi Kotli Lagadhar 1/1 Government 0.0056
Gair Mehduda
Jangal Mehfoja
20 Mandi Kotli Lagadhar 226/1 Government 0.3805
Gair Mehduda
Jangal Mehfoja
21 Mandi Kotli Saploh/21 61/1 Government 0.0565
Gair Mehduda
Jangal Mehfoja
22 Mandi Kotli Saploh/21 147/1 Government 0.0323
Gair Mehduda
Jangal Mehfoja
23 Mandi Kotli Saploh/21 65/1 Government 0.0394
Gair Mehduda
Jangal Mehfoja
24 Mandi Kotli Saploh/21 57/1 Government 0.1199
Gair Mehduda
Surwari Jangal Mehfoja
25 Mandi Kotli 539/1 Government 0.1303
Uparli Gair Mehduda
Surwari Jangal Mehfoja
26 Mandi Kotli 634/1 Government 0.1397
Uparli Gair Mehduda
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of the Nature of Land
No. the taluk Village Number Land hactares
district
Surwari Jangal Mehfoja
27 Mandi Kotli 635/1 Government 0.0211
Uparli Mehduda
Surwari Jangal Mehfoja
28 Mandi Kotli 595/1 Government 0.2635
Uparli Mehduda
Jangal Mehfoja
29 Mandi Kotli Sain 668/1 Government 0.0521
Gair Mehduda
Jangal Mehfoja
30 Mandi Kotli Kushalmal 200/1 Government 0.1212
Mehduda
Jangal Mehfoja
31 Mandi Kotli Kushalmal 215/1 Government 0.1119
Gair Mehduda
Jangal Mehfoja
32 Mandi Kotli Kushalmal 196/1 Government 0.0048
Gair Mehduda
33 Mandi Kotli Dhaniyara 507/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja 0.0430
Jungal
Mehduda Jagal Mahduda
34 Mandi Kotli 1/1 Government 2.1718
Janidhridhar/ Kher
20
Jangal Mehfoja
35 Mandi Kotli Kotli 737/1 Government 0.0641
Gair Mehduda
Jangal Mehfoja
36 Mandi Kotli Kasan 1610/1 Government Gair Mehduda, 0.0824
Rain Shelter
Jangal Mehfoja
37 Mandi Kotli Kasan 1610/1/1 Government 0.0538
Gair Mehduda
Jangal Mehfoja
38 Mandi Kotli Nalsan 147/1 Government 0.1853
Gair Mehduda
Jangal Mehfoja
39 Mandi Kotli Kalgram 6/1 Government 0.0157
Gair Mehduda
Jangal Mehfoja
40 Mandi Kotli Kalgram 4/1 Government 0.0309
Gair Mehduda
Jangal Mehfoja
41 Mandi Kotli Kalgram 13/1 Government 0.0427
Gair Mehduda
Jangal Mehfoja
42 Mandi Kotli Kalgram 16/1 Government 0.0014
Gair Mehduda
Jangal Mehfoja
43 Mandi Kotli Kalgram 23/1 Government 0.0160
Gair Mehduda
Jangal Mehfoja
44 Mandi Kotli Kalgram 13/1/1 Government 0.0001
Mehduda
Jangal Mehfoja
45 Mandi Kotli Kalgram 21/1 Government 0.0045
Mehduda
Jangal Mehfoja
46 Mandi Kotli Satohal 102/1 Government 0.0084
Mehduda
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Sl. Name of Name of the Khasra Type of Area in
of the Nature of Land
No. the taluk Village Number Land hactares
district
Jangal Mehfoja
47 Mandi Kotli Satohal 103/1 Government 0.0013
Mehduda
Jangal Mehfoja
48 Mandi Mandi Bohin 9/1 Government 0.0111
Gair Mehduda
Jangal Mehfoja
49 Mandi Mandi Bohin 14/1 Government 0.0087
Gair Mehduda
Jangal Mehfoja
50 Mandi Mandi Bohin 250/1 Government 0.0024
Gair Mehduda
1088/66
51 Mandi Mandi Manthala Government Jangal Mehfoja 0.0269
4/1
1086/67
52 Mandi Mandi Manthala Government Jangal Mehfoja 0.0182
4/1
1089/10 Jangal Mehfoja
53 Mandi Mandi Manthala Government 0.0834
47/1 Mehduda
1061/10 Jangal Mehfoja
54 Mandi Mandi Manthala Government 0.0404
57/1 Mehduda
Jangal Mehfoja
Gair Mehduda,
55 Mandi Mandi Maswadi 244/1 Government 0.1244
Jangal Mehfoja
Mehduda
Jangal Mehfoja
56 Mandi Mandi Maswadi 246/1 Government 0.0123
Gair Mehduda
Jangal Mehfoja
57 Mandi Mandi Maswadi 247/1 Government 0.0187
Gair Mehduda
Jangal Mehfoja
58 Mandi Mandi Ghera 459/24/1 Government 0.0462
Gair Mehduda
469/441/ Jangal Mehfoja
59 Mandi Mandi Ghera Government 0.0181
1 Gair Mehduda
Jangal Mehfoja
60 Mandi Mandi Ghera 7/1 Government 0.0121
Gair Mehduda
Jangal Mehfoja
61 Mandi Mandi Talyahad 486/1 Government 0.0018
Gair Mehduda
Jangal Mehfoja
62 Mandi Mandi Madwahan 143/1 Government 0.0010
Gair Mehduda
63 Mandi Mandi Madwahan 174/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja 0.0061
Jangal Mehfoja
64 Mandi Mandi Sanyarad 578/1 Government 0.1402
Gair Mehduda
848/675/ Jangal Mehfoja
65 Mandi Mandi Sanyarad Government
322/1 Mehduda
0.2246
876/676/ Jangal Mehfoja
66 Mandi Mandi Sanyarad Government
322/1 Gair Mehduda
706/669/ Jangal Mehfoja
67 Mandi Mandi Sanyarad Government 0.2020
580/1 Gair Mehduda
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Sl. Name of Name of the Khasra Type of Area in
of the Nature of Land
No. the taluk Village Number Land hactares
district
875/609/ Jangal Mehfoja
68 Mandi Mandi Sanyarad Government
580/1 Gair Mehduda
Jangal Mehfoja
69 Mandi Mandi Chadyara 739/7/1 Government 0.2267
Gair Mehduda
Jangal Mehfoja
70 Mandi Manyana Gadal/335 1/1 Government 0.0728
Gair Mehduda
7.8914
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The Beas River makes the water available for irrigation purpose and also used in
generating the hydro-thermal energy for the state. Apart from this it provides a medium for
water transport, provide fishes for fishery industry and enrich the natural resources of state
in many other ways.
1.4.4 Climate
The details about Himachal Pradesh are as under:-
• The Himalaya constitutes the highest mountain system of the world. There is great
diversification in the climatic conditions of Himachal due to variation in elevation (450-
6500mtrs). It varies from hot and sub-humid tropical (450-900mtrs) in the Southern Low
tracts, warm and temperate (900-1800mtrs), cool and temperate (1900-2400mtrs) and
cold alpine and glacial (2400-4800mtrs) in northern and eastern high mountain ranges.
• By October, nights and mornings are very cold. Snowfall at elevations of about
3000mtrs is about 3mtrs and lasts from December to March. About 4500mtrs, is
perpetual snow. The main season is the spring from Mid- Feb to March-April. The air is
cool and fresh. Colourful flowers adorn the valleys, forest slopes and meadows. In the
hill stations, the climate is pleasant and comfortable. The rains start at the end of June.
The entire landscape becomes green and fresh. Streams begin to swell and springs are
replenished. The heavy rains in July and August cause damage to erosion, floods and
landslides.
• Out of all the state districts, Dharamsala receives the highest rainfall, nearly about 3400
mm. Spiti is the driest area of the state (rainfall below 50mm). The reason is that it is
enclosed by high mountains on all sides.
The entire project road section is passing through mountainous to steep terrain and
traversing in a very few length near Hamirpur on ridge. Most of the project length hill on
one side and valley on other side. The project road is situated in between 31o 41’ to 31o
47’ 30” North Latitude and 76o 32’ to 76o 56’ East longitude. The altitude is ranging in
between 539 to 1288 meter above mean sea level. The moisture regime condition varies
from wet humid sub-temperate situation to dry temperate alpine high land. The climatic
conditions vary from semi-tropical to semi artic due to variation in altitudes. The climate
feature of the area covered by the project highway is as under –
The highest recorded annual rainfall in the project area during last five year is 1570mm in
the year 2006 in Hamirpur District.
1.4.5 Terrain
The project road falls in high altitude area of Himalayas in the districts of Hamirpur and
Mandi in Himachal Pradesh.
The entire road section is passing through mountainous to steep terrain and traversing
mostly in hill side cut with hill on one side and valley on other side.
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Along the project road section there are many built up sections or towns, which need a
special attention while finalizing the design proposal. The detail of villages through which
the road is traversing is given below.
Table 1.4: Names and Location of Towns and Villages along the Project Stretch
Stretch of land
S. No. District Name of Village
Start End
1 143+135 Hamirpur Garna Gallu
2 144+680 Hamirpur Kalla Jhari
3 145+800 148+100 Hamirpur KOT
4 148+100 148+550 Hamirpur DAROGA
5 148+550 149+750 Hamirpur THANA
6 149+750 151+050 Hamirpur DARKOTHI
7 151+050 152+570 Hamirpur TONY DEVI
8 152+570 153+530 Hamirpur BARI
9 153+530 154+335 Hamirpur JHANIKAR
10 154+335 155+730 Hamirpur BARADA
11 155+730 157+110 Hamirpur PANJOT
12 157+110 158+400 Hamirpur SAMIRPUR
13 158+400 160+125 Hamirpur SANGROCH
14 160+125 161+375 Hamirpur AWADEVI
15 160+800 161+800 Mandi CHALALI
16 161+800 162+650 Mandi CHAMOLKYA
17 162+650 163+970 Mandi CHALOTHARA
18 163+970 165+150 Mandi BASSI
19 165+152 167+274 Mandi ROPAD
20 167+274 168+543 Mandi JABLALI
21 168+543 170+250 Mandi RAKHO
22 170+250 173+500 Mandi TATIWALI
23 173+500 174+332 Mandi SARKAGHAT
24 174+332 175+490 Mandi SARKAGHAT
25 175+490 176+546 Mandi JAMSAISAR KA GHAT
26 176+546 177+034 Mandi GHARORI
27 177+034 178+154 Mandi ALYANA
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Stretch of land
S. No. District Name of Village
Start End
28 178+154 179+268 Mandi PARASADA HAWANI
29 179+268 180+306 Mandi DAMKHERA
30 180+306 182+590 Mandi PADCHU
31 182+590 184+405 Mandi TORI NALA
32 184+404 186+880 Mandi HUCKEL
33 186+880 188+000 Mandi LONGNI
34 188+000 192+400 Mandi SIBDHAWALA
35 192+400 195+348 Mandi SIROLI
36 195+348 196+456 Mandi SANDHOLE
37 196+456 198+120 Mandi BANAL
38 198+120 200+160 Mandi HAWAN
39 200+160 201+000 Mandi BAROTI
40 201+000 202.204 Mandi JALMA MATA
41 202.204 203+198 Mandi MALON
42 203+198 205+445 Mandi BANETI
43 205+445 206+780 Mandi LUDHIYANA
44 206+780 208+074 Mandi KOTI
45 208+074 210+510 Mandi HAZKARA
46 210+510 213+540 Mandi KUMAHARDA
47 213+540 214+760 Mandi SIHAL
48 214+760 215+620 Mandi BANOG
49 215+620 217+095 Mandi SATAN
50 217+095 218+922 Mandi NALOH
51 218+922 222+025 Mandi LAGDHAR
52 222+025 222+650 Mandi SARADI
53 226+550 228+900 Mandi SALATER
54 228+900 230+735 Mandi PHAUGALA
55 230+735 232+162 Mandi KOTLI
56 232+162 233+645 Mandi KUSHAN
57 233+645 234+916 Mandi SAIGALU
58 234+916 235+874 Mandi SAI
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Stretch of land
S. No. District Name of Village
Start End
59 235+874 236+685 Mandi CHALOHA
60 236+685 237+826 Mandi DAVNAL
61 237+826 239+550 Mandi SATLOH
62 239+550 240+332 Mandi SATLOHAL
63 240+332 240+850 Mandi PIPRALA
64 240+850 241+200 Mandi BHOHI
65 241+200 241+645 Mandi CHICHON
66 241+645 242+170 Mandi CHUNAN
67 242+170 242+840 Mandi FATHEWAN
68 242+840 245+165 Mandi DEVDHAR
69 245+165 246+630 Mandi TALYAD
70 246+630 247+465 Mandi SHEEL
71 247+465 248+895 Mandi MADWAN
72 248+895 265+500 Mandi MANDI
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• Under the present study, the manual traffic volume counts were carried out at four
locations round-the-clock. The survey stations have been located away from urban
agglomerations and villages to minimize interference of local traffic. The summary of ADT
of all stations is presented in the following Table:
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There is no consistent ROW width available and it varies from locations to location.
There are congested market places and built up locations along the road where people
are living or earning their livelihood.
The likely affected properties are mainly structures like residences, commercial,
commercial cum residential structures, religious institutions, government building,
educational institutions and boundary walls.
There are some dhabas and hotels located along the highway.
For widening of the project road, some structures within ROW will be impacted.
Land acquisition will be involved for realignments.
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Intersections / Junctions
There are 124 numbers of Junctions in the project road. The details of all the
junctions are presented in Chapter 4 at Table 4.3 –
• After collecting available information these have been reviewed/cross checked with the
available information from different sources.
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• These collected and reviewed data have been summarized and presented in concern
chapters of feasibility and detailed project report as a table, figures and annexure.
• Traffic Surveys
• Inventory and Condition Survey of Road and Pavement
• Topographic Survey
• Pavement Investigations
• Sub-grade investigations
• Material Investigations
• Axle Load surveys
• Inventory and Condition Survey of Bridges and Culverts
• Hydrological and Hydraulic Investigations
• Geo-technical investigations for Bridges and structures.
Some of the survey and investigations are also briefly described below:
• The primary objectives of these traffic surveys are to determine the characteristics of traffic
movement on the project corridor, determine the travel pattern as well as type and weight
of commodity carried by trucks, determine the spectrum of axle loads and vehicle damage
factors for different types of commercial vehicles, determine the turning movement pattern
of traffic at road intersections and determine traffic bottlenecks.
• Based on the homogenous sections as mentioned above traffic survey has been performed
at the following location as mentioned in Table.
Traffic volume count data was averaged to determine Average Daily Traffic (ADT).The
summary of ADT by vehicle type is presented in the Table below.
Summary of ADT at all stations
Total Vehicles
Cycle Riksha
Funeral Van
Fire Tender
Ambulance
3- Wheeler
2-Wheeler
Total PCU
Location
Tollable
With Trailer
Multi-Axle
Cycle
PCU
LCV
Without
Car
Trailer
3-Axle
2 Axle
Mini
Full
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Based on traffic forecast as mentioned above up gradation to 2 lanes of roads shall cater to
the traffic upto year 2030 as total traffic in year 2030 is about or less than 14000 PCU in
any homogeneous section. The following table shows projected traffic on each
homogeneous section:
Projected Traffic over the Design Horizon
rehabilitation and upgrading costs. The scope of the topographical survey for this project
encompasses is to acquire data in X,Y,Z coordinates system of all essential ground
features along the alignment so as to have digital terrain model of the corridor using most
modern survey method’s for preparation of strip plan, final design of cross section and
other designs.
The Major Control Stations are concrete pillars embedded in the ground, in pair with inter
visibility. The horizontal control coordinates were observed and worked out by use of
differential GPS instrument, for each pair and the elevation were provided by independent
leveling survey by Digital Auto Level. These Major Control Stations are kept at a distance
of 5km to 6km as per the availability of safe location. List of GPS stations are presented
under Table A3.5 and Location of GPS station in Fig 3.2 in Appendix to Main Report.
The control traverse (closed type) is the base framework for all the further survey work.
This provides a coordinated horizontal grid and a level reference system to ensure
accuracy. Thus the measured coordinates of these survey grids (Northing and Easting) and
the levels are tied to GTS benchmark wherever available, to verify the accuracy of survey.
The GPS/ Benchmark Pillars and Reference Benchmark Pillars established are act as both
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horizontal and vertical control points. List of TBM’s are presented under Table A3.4 and
Location of TBM’s in Fig 3.1 in Appendix to Main Report.
Control points/ Reference beacons, consisting cement concrete pillars with central nail
point, have been fixed at every 200 to 250m intervals depending upon site conditions.
Three coordinates (X, Y and Z / easting, northing and altitude) of control beacons, with
respect to the cumulative chainage of alignment have been prepared.
Levels along centre line of the existing road are taken at every 25m interval and at all
intermediate breaks in ground using Total Station. The said spacing is suitably reduced at
horizontal curves and at structure locations.
Cross sections are taken at every 25 m intervals, and at each cross-section the survey
normally extends beyond 25m on each side of the existing road centre line with survey
points at 5-10 m apart and at all variations in the natural ground or breaks in level.
However, at many locations, it was not possible to take levels upto 25m due to steep hill or
steep valley, at such locations; generally, it was taken upto 10m on both side of centre line.
Centre line co-ordinates of the existing road is presented under Table A3.6 in Appendix to
Main Report.
The topographic survey thus carried out contains the details of all physical and
topographical features within the survey corridor such as carriageway, shoulders, hill toe,
valley slopes, drains, retaining / Breast walls, rivers, streams, rail crossings, electric/
telephone lines, high / low tension lines and their offsets from the road edge, buildings,
trees (girth more than 300mm), etc. At locations of encroachments where ROW has been
reduced or where existing alignment can be improved upon through minor adjustments, the
width of the survey corridor is extended appropriately to accommodate the proposed
alignment. At locations of possible realignments survey was carried out along the new
alignment for a 30m to 45mm wide strip.
The survey data thus collected by the topographic survey was processed and converted to
graphic files using Highway Design software called “MX ROAD”. For ascertaining
quantities, grid leveling was utilized.
The proposed geo-technical investigation to all these bridges shown in Table below:-
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1.5.1.8 Material Investigations (source and lead distance, quantum and quantity)
The objective of the material investigations is to locate sources of suitable materials
required for construction of road pavement and structures. Thus preliminary material
investigations were carried out to familiarize with the sources, properties and
characteristics of these basic ingredients to identify suitable sources of all construction
materials.
It has also been found that there is no Thermal Power Plant within reach of 100 km for use
of fly ash on the project road.
The detailed inventory programme was undertaken in consultation with local PWD
officials/contractors and quarry owners. Samples were taken from all sources identified and
subjected to a testing programme based on requirement of IRC and I.S. Specifications.
Type of Material:
The various types of construction materials identified at site –
(i) Borrow areas for locating suitable soils for use in embankment, sub-grade.
(ii) Quarries for locating hard stone/ granular material for use in sub base, base course,
bituminous mix and concrete works.
(iii) Sources of sand for use in DBM / BC layers and cement concrete works.
(iv) Sources of other construction materials like cement, steel and bitumen.
Source of Materials
• Soils for Embankment/sub-grade
Extensive survey was undertaken to locate potential sources of borrow area as near to
project site as possible to avoid long haulage of the material. It has been found that
suitable soil required for the construction of embankment and sub grade shall be available
all along the alignment from cutting of the hill/existing road formation. The existing road sub
grade and shoulders are also of the same cutting material. Sufficient quantity shall be
available from cutting.
However it has also been observed that all road stretches where realignment or widening is
proposed, the sub-grade shall be formed by existing natural soil strata with its loosening
and re-compacting. Hence the properties of existing sub-grade samples shall be applicable
for new construction of pavement along the realignments.
• Stone Metal Quarries
Extensive survey was conducted to locate the availability of granular material and stone
metal required for the construction of granular sub base, Wet Mix Macadam, Dense
Bituminous Macadam, Bituminous Concrete and Cement Concrete works near to the
project site. As a result of local enquiry and discussions with the PWD officials,
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stone/metal/crusher sand was identified at 4 quarry/crusher sites close the project road.
These are –
(i) Pung Khad – 10 km in LHS of km 146.350 of NH-70
(ii) Sarkaghat Quarry – 1 km in LHS of km 178 of NH-70
(iii) Stone Quary – 6 km in LHS of km 195 of NH-70
(iv) Stone Quarry – 9.16 km in LHS of km 258.000 of NH-70
In absence of morrum it is proposed to use crushed aggregate for granular sub-base.
• Sand Source
Apart from crusher sand available at the above stone crushers, natural sand is also
available at the following sources -
(i) Seer Khad – 1 km in LHS of km 178 of NH-70 near Sarkaghat
(ii) Ratti Khad - 15.8 km in RHS of km 258.565 of NH-70
Sufficient quantity is available at these sources.
The details of these Quarries/Sources are given in Quarry Map and Quarry chart given at
Fig 3.3 in Appendix to Main Report.
Based on the suggested improvement of the corridor, design standards and analysis of the
item of the proposed improvement options, design and treatment have been
conceptualized and formulated for various sections as discussed below.
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the selected design speed for economic reasons but any abrupt changes in the design
speed have been avoided.
• The selected design has minimize total transportation cost, including initial construction
costs, costs for the maintenance of the facility and the costs born by the road users.
• Safety in the initial part of the design elements.
• “Ruling” standards has been followed as a matter of routine. “Minimum” standards have
been followed only where serious restrictions are imposed by technical or economic
considerations.
The flexible type of pavement has been adopted for widening of existing carriageway as
well as for new construction of realigned carriageway.
As per the guide lines issued by MoRTH for preparation of draft detailed project report and
cost estimates of NHIIP projects, the design period has been taken as end of year 2030
with construction period of 3 years:
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Design of Overlay: The existing pavement was evaluated with a view to work out the
overlay requirement on the existing carriageway and to provide new crust in additional
lane. Benkelman Beam deflection studies were carried out along both outer edges of the
carriageway as per IRC 81-1997.
The deflections were measured, as per procedure detailed in IRC: 81-1997. Overlay design
has been carried out based on statistical analysis of all measurement. The overlay
thickness for the section from Km 141+000 to Km 145+825 is considered with average
BC 30 mm & DBM 50 mm.
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On the project highway there is no over bridge and under pass. As such the chapter 3 has
been deleted.
Design standards/specifications, Design Methodology, hydrological analysis of Bridges,
design criteria etc. have been described in detail in the following Volume II Part II.
The secondary data used for the analysis is the rainfall intensity records published by
Central Water Commission Data. The project road NH-70 falls in zone 7 on is-pluvial of
140 to 160 mm/hr. (50 year return period, 24 hr maximum rainfall).
Design Storm Calculation: The drainage design is carried out using the rational formula.
The drainage design is based on fifty-year return period. Channel Hydraulics is derived
using Manning’s formula. Discharges for the streams of bridges have been calculated with
the
Design storm frequency for each type of structure is at table in volume II B. Appendices of
Bridge report.
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CHAPTER - 2
SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE
2.1 GENERAL
A good road network helps in the success of all development activities, including
movement of people and goods, agriculture commerce, economic education, health, social
welfare, cultural diversification and maintenance the region. The roadside socio-economic
condition is variable from rural developments to rural agricultural areas, semi-rural open
areas with occasional roadside dwellings and small businesses scattered throughout the
route. There is ribbon development at some locations along the road with small
settlements. Majority of the project road passes through rural area with steep terrain.
During Initial socio-economic assessment, the land use types are identified as follow:
Major town with buildings extending from the roadside to the larger adjacent
Urban area for a significant distance. Town like Kot, Tauni Devi, Awa Devi,
Sarkaghat and Dharampur are covered in this category.
Lower density of urban development; road side businesses alongside the
Built-up roadway, primarily a ribbon development formed by continuous string of
successive building units.
Rural with A rural environment with isolated individual houses, schools, businesses
steep terrain alongside to the roadway.
The preliminary assessment of land use pattern along the project corridor is presented in
Table below. This indicates that the distribution of length of Project road and percentage
Length in terms of land use and roadside environments:
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The major towns / villages’ en-route the project road are Kot, Tauni Devi, Awa Devi Panjot,
Kotli, Sarkaghat,Baroti, Barada, Dharampur and Talyar. The existing ROW is varying
between 6m to 15m.
The project road falls in the state of Himachal Pradesh, traversing through two districts, viz.
Hamirpur and Mandi. The project corridor, Hamirpur - Mandi Section of NH 70 starts from
Km 141.000 to Km 265.000 in the state of Himachal Pradesh.
For the purpose of the present study, Project Influence Area has been considered as the
districts abutting the project roads where the impact of road improvements would be
greater. The improvement of the project roads would also benefit the people and the
economic activities that are located away from the abutting districts; such locations can be
identified through O-D survey and other road user’s survey. However, due to the closeness
of the abutting districts from the project roads, these have been taken as part of the PIA.
The Project Road passes through Hamirpur and Mandi districts of HP. For the social
assessment point of view a district level data has been presented and analysed in following
sectors.
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The total population of the project influence area is 1344044, in that male constitutes
49.04% and female 50.96%. As per 2001 census, the population of District Hamirpur and
Mandi are 412700 and 901344 respectively. The Male and female population in Hamirpur
and Mandi district constitutes 47.64 % & 52.36 % and 49.68% & 50.32% respectively to
the total district population.
Population distribution and households for rural and urban area in PIA and in respective
districts is presented in Table below. The analysis of data presented in the table reveals
that about 93.06% of the population in PIA area lives in rural area and the remaining
6.94% lives in urban area. This figure reflects that the population distribution is heavily in
favour of rural area and there is ample scope for further development in PIA and
movement of people to urban area. It is due to the fact that the terrain of both the districts
is in difficult and interior part of the state; therefore the urbanisation has been slow and the
total population of the both the districts is much less. Hence, it can be concluded that the
proportion of urban population immediate close to project corridor would be in much less
proportion at PIA total level.
Sex ratio in project influence area is 1056 females for thousand males. The state level sex
ratio is 970 females to 1000 males and at national level 933 to 1000 males. The
comparison of the sex ratio of both the project affected district with national and the state
shows that these districts are much better in sex ratio point of view. The female population
is dominating in the project affected districts. The figure for sex ratio in Hamirpur district is
1099 females per 1000 males and the value for Mandi district is 1012 females per
thousand males (Table 2.1).
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Density of population in the district of Hamirpur is 369 people per sq kms. The same for
Mandi district is 228 persons per square kilometer. It is observed that the project region is
not heavy populated; hence, the likelihood of number people getting impacted due to
project implementation would be less. But in typical hill region people tends to live close to
the access points for easier communication and accessibility to various facilities. The table
(2.2) shows the urban population by class of towns affecting the project road.
Table- 2.2: urban population by class of towns affecting the project road
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2.3 URBANIZATION
The data in below table reveals that PIA districts are having 388946 Main workers, 270751
Marginal workers and 654347 Non-workers. The shares of females in Main workforce,
Marginal workforce and of Non-workers in the PIA districts are 36.72%, 66.86% and
52.83% respectively. Among the PIA districts, District Mandi shares major chunk of main
workers, marginal workers and non workers since the total population of Mandi district is
nearly double to the total population Hamirpur district.
The total workforce including main and marginal workers constitutes 50.20% of total
population of PIA districts. The same for individual district i.e. for Hamirpur and Mandi
district is 49.77% and 50.40% respectively. The proportions of total workforce in both the
districts to the total district population are comparatively similar. Occupational structure of
PIA suggests that people engaged as agricultural labour and household industries are very
minuscule percentages of total district population and same holds for PIA area. But people
engaged in sector other than cultivator, agriculture labour and household industry area
27.09% in Hamirpur district, 24.55% in Mandi district and 30.67% in PIA area.
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Gross state domestic product or state income is the most important indicator for measuring
the economic growth of a state. According to quick estimates, the state income increased
to Rs. 26, 646 crore in 2008-09 from 24,800 crore in 2007-08 thereby registering a growth
of 7.4% growth of at constant price 1999-00. The state income of HP at current price is
estimated at Rs 36,924 crores in 2008-09 as against Rs. 32, 221 crores in 2007-08,
thereby registering an increase of 14.6%. The significant pace of this growth is attributed to
the sectors other than agriculture & allied activities.
Table: 2.3: State Domestic Project and per capita income (last 10 years)
%age Change Over
the Previous Years
State Income Per Capita Income
At
1999-2000 Prices
Year At At Current At Constant At Current Net State Per
Constant
Prices (Rs. Prices Prices (In Prices (In Domestic Capita
in Crore) (Rs.in Rs.) Rs.) Product Income
Crore)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
1999-2000 12467 12467 20806 20806
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With reference to the sectoral growth of state economy, the following section describes for
each sector, viz. primary, secondary and tertiary, transport, storage, communication and
trade, finance & real estate, community and personal services.
Primary sector – the primary sector which includes agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining and
quarrying during 2008-09 witnessed a negative growth rate of 3%. Due to the unfavorable
weather conditions the agricultural production decreased from previous year thereby
registering negative growth in this sector (Table 2.04)
Transport, storage, communication and trade – this sector shows a growth of 2.5% during
2008-09. The transport component of this sector has shown an increase of 6.3% which is
higher than national level.
Finance and real estate – this sector comprises banking and insurance, real estate
ownership of dwelling and business services; it witnessed a growth of 10% in 2008-09.
Community & personal services – the growth in this sector during 2008-09 was 11.1
percent.
Total %
2008-09 %
Sector Sub-Sector sectoral increase/
(crores) increase/decrease
growth decrease
Agriculture and animal
4355 -2.7
husbandry
Primary Forestry and logging 498 -6.5 4968 -3
sector
Fishing 36 6.3
Mining & quarrying 79 4.6
Transport,
communication and 3646 2.5
Secondary trade and hotel
10359 7.6
sector Finance & real estate 2273 10
Community and
4440 11.1
personal services
Tertiary
DNA
Sector
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The sectoral analysis reveals that during 2008-09, the % contribution of primary sector to
total state income of state is 21.31%, secondary sector 42.36%, followed by community
and personal services 15.60%, transport, communication and trade 12.78% and finance
and real estate 7.95%. The structural composition of the state economy witnessed
significant changes during the decade. The share of agriculture including horticulture and
animal husbandry in GSDP has declined from 26.5% in 1990-01 to 18.03% in 2008-09 yet
the agriculture sector continues to occupy a significant place in the state economy and any
fluctuation in the production of food grains/fruits affect the economy. The share of primary
sectors which include agriculture, forestry, fishing and mining and quarrying has declined
from 35.1 % in 1990-91 to 21.31% during 2008-09.
The secondary sector, which occupies the second important place in the state economy,
has witnessed a major improvement since 1990-91. Its contribution increased from 26.5%
in 19909-91 to 42.36%in 2008-09, reflecting healthy sign of industrialization in the state.
The share of electricity, gas, and water supply which is component of secondary sector has
also increased from 4.7% during 1990-91 to 9.1% during 2008-09. Tertiary sector which is
comprised of sectors like trade, transport, communication, banking, real estate and
business services, community and personal services has also witnessed change in its
share.
(R) – Revised, (P) – Provisional, (Q)- Quick , (A) – Advanced
Himachal Pradesh has emerged as leading state for development in the country and also
leading ahead in hill area development, agriculture, horticulture, power and tourism. The
economy of the state has been progressing almost at uniform pace as it is expected to
achieve a growth of 7.5 percent in the current financial year. The important sectors of
Himachal Pradesh state economy area further discussed in following sections.
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2.6.1 Agriculture
The net sown area in both PIA districts is about 120700 hectares. The gross cropped area
is about 230300 hectares in both districts, the same for Hamirpur and Mandi district is
69200 hectares and 161100 hectares respectively. The net sown area in Hamirpur and
Mandi district is 34900 and 85800 hectares respectively. The area has sown more than
once in Hamirpur and Mandi district is 34400 hectares and 75300 hectares, respectively.
The breakup of the same is provided in table below.
The major crops in PIA districts are potato and vegetables this due to the fact that the
climate and soil condition in the region favours cultivation of potato and vegetables. The
combined total production of potato and other vegetables in PIA districts is 21939 metric
tonnes and 154299 metric tonnes, respectively. The break up for potato and other
vegetables production in project affected districts is presented in Table as follows
In addition to potato and vegetables there other major crops in the PIA districts are whet,
paddy and maize.
Horticulture:
The rich diversity of agro climatic conditions, topographical variations and altitudinal
differences coupled with fertile soils favor the cultivation of temperature to sun tropical
fruits in Himachal. The region is also suitable for cultivation of ancillary horticultural
products like flowers, mushroom, honey etc. The area under fruits, which was 792 hectares
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in 1950-51 with total production of 1200 tonnes increased to 204629 hectares during 2008-
09 with total fruit production of 6.28 lakh tones in 2008-09. Apple is the most fruit crop of
HP, which constitutes about 48% of the total area under fruit crops and about 81% of the
total fruit production. The other prominent fruit produce in the state are
walnut/hazelnut/pistachio nut, mango, litchi, strawberry etc. Various fruit production in the
Himachal Pradesh is given in table below.
2.6.2 Industries
Himachal Pradesh has made significant achievements in the field of industrialisation in the
past few years. As on December 2009 there are 428 medium and large scale industries
and about 909 small scale industries with a total investment of about Rs. 8936.57 crore
working in the state. These industries provide employment to about 2.35 lakh persons. In
the project affected districts, there are 141 small scale industries in 2008-09 (Table 2.14).
Similarly, the numbers of factories in both the districts in 2008-09 was 362, providing
employment to 4137 persons. The details breakup for district level is given in table below.
S. Factories Workers
District
No. 2006 2007 2008 2006 2007 2008
1 Hamirpur 192 192 192 672 672 672
2 Mandi 169 169 170 3415 3415 3465
Himachal
2743 3060 3357 137496 168544 194019
Pradesh
2.7 ROAD TRANSPORT
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Roads are essential infrastructure of economy. In the absence suitable viable option mode
of transport, a state’s the economy would suffer from major gridlock in terms of overall
growth potential of that area. The suitable transport mode could be road, railway, water
ways or air transport. But the importance of road transport is key to development at grass
root level since the common man on the street and in hinterland depends on road network
for day to day living and movements of goods and services. Therefore, the road network
has propounding influence in economic development of a state and country for that matter.
The maximum length of road in both Hamirpur and Mandi district is of single lane and fall
under motor able category. There are some hundred kilometres of two lane road in pr but
the length of such road is very small. Therefore, the present project would add to the two
lane road length and improve the road condition in the state. The Table below summarized
the road network increase during last five years in Himachal Pradesh.
Total number of 58852 new vehicles registered with in whole state during year 2009. Data
in table below reveals that Two Wheelers are sharing major part of registration of newly
purchased vehicles followed by Private Cars, trucks and other vehicles. Vehicle type wise
registration details are available in the table below for the year 2008 and 2009 (Table 2.12).
The analysis of data also reveals that the vehicle registration growth rare has been 21%
and significantly high growth rate has been witnessed in two wheelers and private car
category.
Table 2.5: On Road Vehicles on the Project Road and the Project Road Districts
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The economic growth of Himachal Pradesh predominantly governed by agriculture and its
allied activities showed not much fluctuation during nineties as the growth rate remained
more or less stable. The decade showed an average annual growth rate of 5.7%, which is
at par with national level. The economy has shown a shift from agriculture sector to
industries and services as the percentage contribution of agriculture and allied sectors in
total state domestic products has declined from 57.9 percent in 1950-51 to 55.6% in 1967-
68, 26.5% in 1990-91 and to 18% in 2008-09.
The share of industries and service sectors respectively has increased from 1.1 & 5.9
percent in 1950-51 to 5.6 and 12.4% in 1967-68, 9.4 and 19.8 percent in 1990-91 and to
10.0% and 15.6% in 2008-09. However, the contribution of other remaining sectors showed
a favorable shift i.e. from 35.1% in 1950-51 percent in 2008-09.
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contribution of sectoral State Domestic Product at Current Prices are shown in the Table
Below.
Sectors 2004-05 (%) 2005-06 (%) 2006-07 (%) 2007-08 (%) 2008-09 (%)
Primary 25.20 24.57 21.40 21.81 21.34
Secondary 36.42 37.80 40.48 41.67 42.11
Tirtiary 38.38 37.63 38.12 36.52 36.55
Based on the past data and changing scenario in the state clearly reflect towards the future
growth of state economy looks very bright and robust. The economy has moved from
agriculture to service and in agriculture sector there has been thrust on more rewarding
crops like apple, fruits and nuts. The tourism sector is growing rapidly over the years and
there is steady increase of tourist from outside and within India contributing significantly to
the state economy. Better infrastructure, especially improved road would open up more
unexplored interior area of the state to the tourist increasing scope for adventure tourism
etc. power is another sector is growing leaps and bound and will add significant income to
the state coffer. As the country on the path of development the need for power has
increased manifold and the state could play a major role in supplying surplus power
generated from hydro power. The favorable policy coupled with encouragement for private
participation in private sector will keep the state in hunt for one of the fastest growing
economy in the country.
The State will aim for an annual growth rate of 8.5%, the same as the national target for the
Eleventh Plan. To achieve this, the sectoral growth rate targets are projected at 7.5% for
the primary sector, 9.3% for the secondary sector and 9% for the tertiary sector. The
comparative trends with the Tenth Plan are summarized as follows (Table 2.14):-
Table- 2.8: Future Growth rate for the Project Area Economies
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Chapter – 3
Site Map
3.2 Traffic Surveys
Traffic surveys have been carried out on the project corridor in order to identify present and likely
future scenarios and to device suitable remedial measures and to evolve appropriate design method.
The primary objectives of these traffic surveys are to determine the characteristics of traffic movement
on the project corridor, determine the travel pattern as well as type and weight of commodity carried
by trucks, determine the spectrum of axle loads and vehicle damage factors for different types of
commercial vehicles, determine the turning movement pattern of traffic at road intersections and
determine traffic bottlenecks.
Based on the homogenous sections traffic survey has been performed at the following location as
mentioned in Table 3.1
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The traffic volume count (TVC Station) and OD Survey and Turning Movement Count location plan is
shown as under
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All these traffic surveys have been carried out in accordance to the guidelines specified in
IRC: 9-1972
IRC: 102-1988
IRC: SP: 41-1994
The methodology adopted for these various traffic studies are as per.
• Identification and division of traffic homogenous section of the project road corridor based
on change in traffic flow pattern.
• Classified traffic volume for each homogenous section at identified location.
• Origin and Destination Survey at 2 locations on the project road and 2 location one on NH-
88 and other on NH-21 at identified location.
• Speed and Delay Survey along the complete project road corridor.
• Turning Movement Survey, pedestrian crossing and Truck Terminal Survey at major
crossings, and critical locations identified.
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2. Auto–rickshaw 1.00
5. Van/Tempo 1.00
7. Bus 3.00
DATA ANALYSIS OF TURNING MOVEMENTS AT MAJOR JUNCTIONS REVEALS THAT GENERALLY PEAK HOURS
ARE STAGGERED. THE MORNING PEAK HOUR OCCURS BETWEEN 9.00 – 11.00 HOURS WHEREAS EVENING
PEAK IS BETWEEN 6.00 – 8.00 HOURS. SIMILAR TREND WAS WITNESSED DURING THE CVC SURVEYS.
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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR GRADE SEPARATIONS AT JUNCTIONS ARE MADE BASED ON PEAK HOUR TRAFFIC
AND AS PER IRC: SP: 41.
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surveys were carried out for 24 Hours. The format for carrying out the survey is presented
in Annexure 2.1.
3.4 Data Analysis
3.4.1 Traffic Volume Characteristics
3.4.1.1 Average Daily Traffic and its composition
The classified traffic volume survey data for the count locations were analysed in order to
obtain the following traffic characteristics:
Traffic Composition
Daily and hourly variation of classified traffic flow is recorded by conducting continuous
traffic count at the one strategically selected traffic count stations. Recorded traffic data
has been converted into Passenger Car Units using PCU factors as shown in Table 3.3.
These equivalency factors are extracted from IRC: 64 – 1990, ‘Guidelines for Capacity of
Roads in Rural Areas’.
Traffic volume count data was averaged to determine Average Daily Traffic (ADT).The
summary of ADT by vehicle type is presented in the Table 3.4
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Total Vehicles
Cycle Riksha
Funeral Van
Fire Tender
Ambulance
3- Wheeler
Total PCU
2-Wheeler
Bus TRUCK Agri. Tractor
Cycle
(nos)
LCV
Car
Location
Without
Trailer
Trailer
3-Axle
Multi-
2 Axle
With
Mini
Axle
Full
CVC 1 858 254 158 46 168 1 0 6 67 4 1036 43 22 3 2666 3014
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The directional split of each location, direction wise is presented in table. As seen, the directional
split for up down traffic is nearly equal.
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Funeral Van
Fire Tender
Bus TRUCK Agri. Tractor
Ambulance
3- Wheeler
Total PCU
2-Wheeler
Rikshaw
Vehicles
Tollable
Cycle
Cycle
Total
Without
LCV
PCU
Trailer
Trailer
Car
3-Axle
Multi-
2 Axle
With
Mini
Axle
Location
Full
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Roadside Interview Method was adopted for conducting the survey. The vehicles were stopped on
random sample basis with the help of traffic police. Appropriate locations were selected so as to
conduct interviews without affecting movement of other vehicles. Designated trained enumerators
interviewed the drivers. Selective photographs of Origin-Destination survey in progress have been
enclosed. Appropriate zoning system was adopted and coding was done for zones and type of
vehicle & commodity being carried. The following pertinent information on travel was collected
during the interviews:
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The O-D survey was limited to cars in passenger vehicles category, and trucks (LCV, 2 axle / 3
axles, Multi – Axle Vehicle) in freight vehicle category. It was ensured that sample size is above
20% as per IRC: SP 19-2001.
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OD Survey
2 Axle Truck 2
3 Axle Truck 3
Multi Axle 4
Tractors 5
Food Grains 1
Fertilizers 3
Petroleum 4
Building Material 5
Textiles 6
Mineral oils 8
Heavy Machinery 9
Empty 10
i) LEAD DISTRIBUTION
At Km 145.000
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The characteristics of goods movement also plays a significant role in the studies out come. In the
Project Corridor about 100% (i.e. complete vehicles) of goods vehicles have trip length below 20
km indicative of their local interaction. This indicates the influence of other parts of Himachal
Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana on the corridor predominantly
At Km 179.000
In the Project Corridor Over 50% of LCV vehicles have trip length below 20 km, over 29% of LCV
vehicles have trip length less than 50Km, almost all 2 Axle trucks have trip length have less than
200 Km Range.
At Km 259.000
In the Project Corridor Over 28% of LCV vehicles have trip length below 20 km, over 72% of LCV
vehicles have trip length less than 50Km, All 2 Axle trucks have trip length have less than 200 Km
Range. Trip length distribution is shown in table given bellow.
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ALMOST ALL THE GOODS VEHICLES HAVE THE LOAD RANGE BELLOW 10 TONS AT ALL THE LOCATIONS. THE LOAD RANGE TABLE GIVEN BELOW
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THE COMMODITY CARRIED BY GOODS VEHICLES WAS RECORDED DURING OD SURVEYS. MOST OF THEM ARE CARRYING FOOD GRAIN AND BUILDING MATERIALS
REST OF THE VEHICLES ARE EMPTY VEHICLES. A SUMMARY OF THE COMMODITY CODE OF COMMODITY TYPE ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 3.9
AT KM 145.000
FOOD GRAINS & BUILDING MATERIALS ARE THE MAJOR COMMODITIES MOVED ON THE CORRIDOR. IT HAS BEEN ALSO OBSERVED THAT ABOUT 50% OF THE GOODS
VEHICLES ARE EMPTY.
AT KM 179.000
FOOD GRAINS & BUILDING MATERIALS ARE THE MAJOR COMMODITIES MOVED ON THE CORRIDOR. IT HAS BEEN ALSO OBSERVED THAT ABOUT 35% OF THE GOODS
VEHICLES ARE EMPTY.
AT KM 259.000
BUILDING MATERIALS ARE THE MAJOR COMMODITIES MOVED ON THE CORRIDOR. IT HAS BEEN ALSO OBSERVED THAT ABOUT 59% OF THE 2AXLE VEHICLES ARE
EMPTY. THIS CHARACTERISTIC CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE FOLLOWING
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AT KM 145.000
GOODS VEHICLES (LCV AND 2 AXLE) WEEKLY (25%) USES THE CORRIDOR, WHICH IS REFLECTED BY THEIR SEQUENTIAL VALUES, WITH HIGHEST VALUES
MONTHLY AND OCCASIONALLY. A COMPARATIVE FIGURE FOR ALL THE MODES ARE REPRESENTED IN THE FOLLOWING TABLE:
LOCATION AT KM 179.000
GOODS VEHICLES (LCV AND 2 AXLE) WEEKLY (20%) USES THE CORRIDOR, WHICH IS REFLECTED BY THEIR SEQUENTIAL VALUES, WITH HIGHEST VALUES
MONTHLY AND OCCASIONALLY. A COMPARATIVE FIGURE FOR ALL THE MODES ARE REPRESENTED IN THE FOLLOWING TABLE
LOCATION AT KM 259.000
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GOODS VEHICLES (LCV AND 2 AXLE) WEEKLY (33%) USES THE CORRIDOR, WHICH IS REFLECTED BY THEIR SEQUENTIAL VALUES, WITH HIGHEST VALUES
MONTHLY AND OCCASIONALLY. A COMPARATIVE FIGURE FOR ALL THE MODES ARE REPRESENTED IN THE FOLLOWING TABLE
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Before the analysis of O-D data collected from field has been adopted, the coding has been done
for different types of passenger vehicles as shown below
% of Trips
Trip Length
Vehicle Type
min max Car/Jeep/Taxi Bus Mini Bus Auto 2 wheeler
0 20 -- -- -- -- 61%
20 50 -- -- -- -- 33%
50 100 -- -- -- -- 6%
100 200 -- -- -- -- --
200 300 -- -- -- -- --
300 500 -- -- -- -- --
500 1000 -- -- -- -- --
1000 2000 -- -- -- -- --
2000 10000 -- -- -- -- --
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At Km 179.000
Similarly, in this location also the trips were made only by 2 wheeler vehicles and their
percentage of trips was explained below. The maximum percentages of trips are made within a
distance of 50 km. It has been observed that, around 65% of the trips have trip length within 0-20
km and the remaining is shown in below table.
% of Trips
Trip Length
Vehicle Type
min max Car/Jeep/Taxi Bus Mini Bus Auto 2 wheeler
0 20 -- -- -- -- 65%
20 50 -- -- -- -- 30%
50 100 -- -- -- -- 4%
100 200 -- -- -- -- --
200 300 -- -- -- -- --
300 500 -- -- -- -- --
500 1000 -- -- -- -- --
1000 2000 -- -- -- -- --
2000 10000 -- -- -- -- --
At Km 259.000
In this location the trips were made by all the vehicles which are considered in the study except
Mini Bus. Their percentages of trips were mentioned below. The maximum percentages of trips
are made within a distance of 50 km. The frequency distributions of trips of different vehicles are
shown in below table.
% of Trips
Trip Length
Vehicle Type
min max Car/Jeep/Taxi Bus Mini Bus Auto 2 wheeler
0 20 23% 15% -- 83% 37%
20 50 61% 60% -- 17% 63%
50 100 14% 25% -- -- --
100 200 2% -- -- -- --
200 300 -- -- -- -- --
300 500 -- -- -- -- --
500 1000 -- -- -- -- --
1000 2000 -- -- -- -- --
2000 10000 -- -- -- -- --
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As similar to that of trip length distribution, the O-D data from field are collected and the coding
has been done for different types of purposes taken as shown below.
Purpose CODE
Work 1
Education 2
Business 3
Hospital/Clinic 4
Shared Vehicle 5
Shopping 6
Social 7
Religious/Tourism 8
Others 9
The distribution of trips by purpose and by mode for car passengers is given in below table. It has
been observed that maximum number of passenger car trips purpose is for education.
LOCATION
PURPOSE
145+000 KM 179+000 KM 259+000 KM
Work 1.7% 16.9% 0.0%
Education 55.2% 53.7% 26.3%
Business 36.8% 22.5% 24.2%
Hospital/Clinic 2.3% 1.0% 15.2%
Shared Vehicle 0.0% 0.3% 0.0%
Shopping 0.0% 0.3% 1.0%
Social 0.0% 1.0% 1.0%
Religious/Tourism 4.0% 4.2% 32.3%
Others 1.7% 16.9% 0.0%
At Km 145.000
The distribution of trips by purpose and by mode is given in below table. It has been observed
that around 55% are “Education” oriented and are performed by Cars.
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At Km 179.000
The distribution of trips by purpose and by mode is given in below table. It has been observed
that around 53% are “Education” oriented and are performed by Cars.
At Km 259.000
The distribution of trips by purpose and mode is given in below table. It has been observed that
over 60% of trips are “Work” and “Business” oriented and were performed by only
Car/Jeep/Taxi, 100% of the trips are “Business” oriented and were performed by Bus and Auto
and over 85% of trips are “work”, “Education” and “Business” oriented and were performed by 2
wheelers.
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Frequency CODE
Many times a day 1
Daily 2
2/3 times a week 3
Once in a week 4
Once in a month 5
Twice a month 6
3 times in a month 7
Occasionally 8
At Km 145.000
The regular trips are quite high for the project corridor validating the high share of Individual
work and Business trips (more than 90%).
At Km 179.000
The regular trips are quite high for the project corridor validating the high share of Individual
work and Business trips (more than 90%).
At Km 259.000
The regular trips are quite high compare to occasional trips for the project corridor validating the
high share of “work” and “Business”. The distribution of trips by frequency is given in below
table.
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The classified traffic turning movement survey was carried out for 8 hours (4 peak hours in
morning and 4 peak hours in evening) at each of the 7 identified major intersections as per the
format provided by client. The location has already mentioned in table,grade separation requires
if Peak hour traffic (Traffic on all arms) exceeds 10,000 PCUs. Bellow table shows the present &
projected traffic for the years along with recommendations. Data of intersection turning
movement survey and projected traffic (movement wise) at each junction is at below table. The
peak hour distribution of traffic is presented
Stretches of truck parking were identified and parking study was conducted between 10a.m. and
3 p.m. on a representative working day.
The duration of parking at different locations on the Project Road is presented in below Tables:
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At Awah Devi:
Parking Duration
Type of Vehicles 0-1Hr. 2Hr. 3 Hr. 4Hr. > 4Hr
Light Commercial
17 5 1 0 0
Vehicles
Heavy
Commercial 5 2 0 0 0
Vehicles
Multi - Axle
0 0 0 0 0
Trucks
Grand Total 22 7 1 0 0
73% 23% 3% 0% 0%
At Sarkaghat:
Parking Duration
Type of Vehicles
0-1Hr. 2Hr. 3 Hr. 4Hr. > 4Hr
Light Commercial
12 4 0 0 0
Vehicles
Heavy
Commercial 10 5 0 0 0
Vehicles
Multi - Axle
0 0 0 0 0
Trucks
Grand Total 22 9 0 0 0
71% 29% 0% 0% 0%
At Dharampur:
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Parking Duration
Type of Vehicles 0-1Hr. 2Hr. 3 Hr. 4Hr. > 4Hr
Light Commercial
8 4 0 0 0
Vehicles
Heavy
Commercial 16 2 0 0 0
Vehicles
Multi - Axle
0 0 0 0 0
Trucks
Grand Total 24 6 0 0 0
80% 20% 0% 0% 0%
71% 25% 3% 1% 0%
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For this purpose, Guidelines for Pedestrian Facilities as per IRC-103-1988 has been referred.
According to IRC-103-1988 a controlled crossing is desirable in case of those locations where
the conflicting peak hour pedestrian volumes (P) and vehicles (V) are such that PV2 ≥ 108 for
undivided carriageways and PV2 ≥ 2*108 for divided carriageways. Since this Highway is
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undivided carriageway accordingly It has been observed that the at all the locations above, the
indicator PV2 is less than 1 x 108, therefore no control measures is required as per the guidelines
given above but except for at all these locations for pedestrian safety. Control measures are also
requires if any of the following cases as specified in the IRC 103: 1988.
1) Approach speed of vehicles exceed 65 kmph
2) Waiting time becomes too long for pedestrian/vehicles
3) Accidents records indicate 5 or more injuries to pedestrians in a year due to collision with
vehicles.
3.4.8 Accident Data Analysis
Accident data for 5 years i.e. 2005 and 2010 was collected from different police stations along
the project road on NH-70. This 5 years data provides an adequate source of analysis about
accidents in project road reach. Accident data relates to number of accidents for different
sections. Fig.1 represents the Accident Scenario along the project road at different locations and
for the previous years. The accident details are furnished as under:
Table 3.25 Accident Characteristics along the project Road
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Accidents have been noticed to occur due to improper sign boards, condition of the existing road,
proper sight distance, lane width and design of curves and due to lack of warnings to the
commuters along the project road. Obviously as a result of segregation of local traffic from the
through traffic after up gradation of this highway with the provision of service roads for local
traffic, these accidents are going to be reduced drastically.
Development/Generated Traffic
This represents the increase in traffic, if any, that may arise from improvements and development
of adjacent land uses due to improved accessibility and mobility and associated new policy and
decisions to locate development activities within the influence area of the project road. This is
generally considered to be over and above the development, which would have taken place, had
the new or improved highway not been constructed.
Diverted Traffic
This represents there no diverted traffic to the improved highway by way of loss to alternative
routes when the improvements are completed.
Induced Traffic
This represents the increase in traffic as a result of the increased demand for transport, if any,
induced by the improvement of the highway. In other words, this is the release of suppressed or
latent demand.
Keeping in view the above factors, in this study, the techniques of Elasticity of Transport
Demand based on historical growth in vehicle registration and trend of the economy in the area
has been adopted for estimating the rate of growth for the different categories of traffic in future.
• Macroeconomic scenario growth rate and composition of net state domestic product (NSDP) at
the state and project influence area (PIA).
• PIA economy, sectoral production and potential
• PIA population and urbanization
• Perspective growth of PIA.
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If the area is well defined and the general development pattern of influence area remains same,
then it can be assumed that traffic growth rate is approximately equal to the average growth rate
of vehicle registration. It may be emphasized that in the project road about 90% of the total trips
are originated/destined within Himachal state only. Therefore there is a strong influence of
number of vehicles in operation in Himachal. Table below gives the growth rate of the registered
motor vehicles of Himachal. The past data was obtained from the economic survey of Himachal
Pradesh.
Table 3.27 Past Traffic Growth rates Goods and Passenger Vehicles (buses and cars)
As the traffic on the road is mostly contributed by the two district of Himachal, however due to
no availability of sufficient data district wise the state domestic product (NSDP) growth rate is at
1999-2000 price is presented in table
From 2000 to 2007 the economy NSDP has grown at the annual average growth rate around 10%
in Himachal Pradesh.
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To assess the future trend of growth of the various parameters consultant linearly extrapolate the
past trend of NSDP, Population & Per capita NSDP. Below presents the projected growth rate of
economic parameters ay 5 year interval.
State % share(Goods)
Punjab 3.00%
Haryana 0.01%
% share
State
(Passenger)
Himachall Pradesh 98.67%
Delhi 0.39%
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Punjab 0.36%
Chandigarh 0.27%
Haryana 0.06%
Jammu & Kashmir 0.06%
Maharashtra 0.06%
Uttaranchal 0.06%
Andhra Pradesh 0.03%
Uttar Pradesh 0.03%
As the traffic contribution on the project corridor is mainly from Himachal Pradesh state,
consultant has developed the transport demand elasticities with respect to socio economic
indicators of Himachal. The methodology involves fitting regression equation to the time series
data. The NSDP is considered as independent variable for freight vehicles and per-capita income
and population is considered as independent variable for passenger vehicles. Elasticity values as
calculated for the passenger and freight vehicles are presented in table:
It will be seen that the elasticity value for buses are large as compared with other passenger
vehicles categories. Generally the demand for travelling by car is found to be comparatively
higher as income goes up and people are able to afford this desire means of personal travel. And
the effect of farming activity is also seen on the freight vehicles having very high elasticity.
As regions become more and more self-sufficient, the need for long distant transport diminishes.
In line with the suggestions of the World Bank and the ADB, it has been assumed that elasticity
declines over future time periods and approach unity.
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The population growth rate is showing sign of uniformity. However the precise figures will be
available after the completion of census 2011.
It is usually the practice to analyses historic pattern of traffic growth in PIA, workout elasticities
of transport demand with respect to an economic indicator such as NSDP and modifies these
elasticities in the light of expected trends in transport demand. The modified elasticities are in
turn applied to anticipated economic growth rate over the forecasted period in order to arrive at
final growth rates of traffic for the future.
Given the transport demand elasticities, the growth rates of traffic on road by different mode
have been projected on the basis of the assumed growth rate of NSDP. The database used in the
computation of elasticity values shows that NSDP in the recent past has been growing around
7.8% per annum. The linear projection of the NSDP as per the past trend and assumed future
NSDP rate of growth is presented in table below.
These elasticity values are used to capture the growth rates of various categories of vehicles and
optimistic and pessimistic growth rates can be derived accordingly.
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Table 3.32: Perspective weighted increase for different vehicles over design horizon
Cars 46%
Mini Bus 8%
Buses 21%
LCV 8%
2A Truck 18%
MAV 0%
Based on the estimated elasticity values and forecast growth rate of economic variables, the
future annual compound growth rates for each type of vehicle was computed using following
model.
Tgr = ((1+Pgr)*(1+PCI gr)-1)*100*E
Where,
Tgr = Traffic Growth Rate
Pgr = Population Growth Rate
PCI gr = Per Capita Income Growth Rate
E = Elasticity value
The above model is primarily used for passenger vehicles and assigned equal weightage to
population and per capita income. Similarly the model applied for estimating growth rate of
goods vehicles is as follows:
Tgr = NSDP gr * 100*E
Where,
Tgr = Traffic Growth Rate
NSDP gr= growth rate of NSDP (in real terms)
E = Elasticity value
Projected Traffic Growth Rate: Normally, the growth potential of passenger traffic in a zone
depends on its population and economic growth rates. Therefore, both these parameters have
been incorporated in forecasting of passenger traffic.
Growth potential of goods traffic is different from passenger traffic. This is more directly related
to zone’s economic activity and production levels than its population and income growth,
although the latter may strongly correlate with the former, especially the income growth. The
Estimated Growth rates thus arrived in the most likely scenario are tabulated in the below Table.
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Table 3.33 : Estimated Most Likely Traffic Growth Rate “Perspective Scenario”
In view of the above discussion, it is felt that the economy should neither be under nor over
targeted. The complexities involved and sensitive dimensions of economy are many, so it is
important that its larger issues are to be addressed by constructing different scenarios. Thus an
effort has been made to develop three different scenarios of varying growth rates of economic
indicators as under:
Optimistic Scenario
Most likely Scenario
Pessimistic Scenario
For each 5 year blocks, the growth rates are deducted by 0.5 from the previous one. For
optimistic scenario, the economic parameter considered is increased by 0.5 and basic growth
rates are arrived at. And, for pessimistic scenario 0.5 is deducted from economic parameters. The
growth rates established for in Pessimistic and Optimistic scenarios for the future years are given
in below Table.
Table 3.34 : Estimated Traffic Growth Rates Under Optimistic and Pessimistic Scenarios
Traffic Growth Rates (%) under Traffic Growth Rates (%) under
Pessimistic Scenario Optimistic Scenario
Vehicle Type
2011- 2017- 2011- 2017-
2016 2022 Beyond 2022 2016 2022 Beyond 2022
Cars 12.3 10.8 9.3 13.3 11.8 10.3
Two Wheelers 10.7 9.6 8.2 11.7 10.6 9.2
Buses 11.1 8.5 5.2 12.1 9.5 6.2
LCV 9.7 7.3 5.0 10.7 8.3 6.0
2-Axle Trucks 9.7 7.3 5.0 10.7 8.3 6.0
3-Axle Trucks 9.7 7.3 5.0 10.7 8.3 6.0
MAV 9.7 7.3 5.0 10.7 8.3 6.0
The growth rates for the 30 horizon years are tabulated below for the motorized traffic and for
the non-motorized traffic a growth rate of 2% has been considered.
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Normal Traffic
Normal traffic is the traffic observed during the survey on the project corridor as presented in
same chapter.
Diverted Traffic
Diverted traffic arrives from the traffic diverting to travel and diverting from the new
construction. No diverted traffic has been added to the present analysis as it is assumed that
competing roads to the project road are not major carrier of traffic.
Induced Traffic
Induced traffic arrives from induction of more number of vehicles on the road due to the
presence of better facility. Seeing the socio-economic and socio-demographic scenario in
Himachal Pradesh it is assumed that no induction of traffic will take place in the project analysis.
So no addition of induced traffic is considered.
In present case total corridor traffic is just the normal traffic as no consideration of Induced and
diverted traffic is taken. Projected traffic is presented in following tables:
For the purpose of the capacity analysis of the proposed expressway the IRC SP 48 i.e. manual
for Hilly Road was referred. Following table gives the design service volumes and capacity for
Hilly Road.
Sl.
Type of Road Carriageway DSV (PCU’s) Capacity(PCU’s)
No.
1 Single Lane 3.75 m 1600 3200
2 Intermediate Lane 5.5 m 5200 10400
3 Two Lane 7m 7000 14000
Projected sectional AADT was compared with design service volume. The design service volume
for project road is considered at the end of LOS ‘B’ and capacity augmentation is suggested for
road sections, which carry traffic volume more than design service volume. Table 3.38 shows the
years up to which LOS ‘B’ will serve and when the facility is falling to LOS ‘C’.As per projected
traffic on the project road 2 Laning is required in 2020.
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Based on traffic forecast as mentioned above up gradation to 2 lanes of roads shall cater to the
traffic up to year 2030 as total traffic in year 2030 is less than 14000 PCU in any homogeneous
section.
Upgradation Requirement
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TRAFFIC AT INTERSECTIONS
Traffic at the four intersections surveyed had been analyzed in the previous chapter and the
results are presented in the following table.
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Traffic at Intersections
None of intersections are candidates for interchange or grade separator as per IRC 62-1976 and
IRC 92-1987
IMPROVEMENT PROPOSALS
As mentioned above in section, the project road can cater to the project traffic volume of
stipulated Design Service Volume of 2-Lane without paved shoulder upto year 2030. After year
2030 the capacity augmentation is recommended by providing paved shoulder on both sides.
Based on the data derived from Classified Volume Count and O-D Survey the number of traffic
which will be tollable on the various homogenous sections for the year 2014 is given below. As
per new Model Concession agreement, the growth rate of 5% has been assumed for calculating
the tollable traffic.
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Type of vehicle
No Km 141+000 to 195+714 Km 195+714 to 250+428
1. Car or Jeep or Van 45 45
Light Commercial vehicles
2. 75 75
/Mini Bus
3. Truck or Bus 160 160
4. 3 axle truck 175 175
Multi Axle Vehicle (4- 6
5. 250 250
axle) / HCM/EME
Note: NHAI toll capping rates have been escalated with an inflation WPI rate of 5% every year
and rounded off to nearest rupee.
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Toll Revenue
The rate of fee for use of the section of national highway, permanent bridge, bypass or tunnel
constructed through public funded project or private investment project shall be identical.
The rate of fee for use of a section of national highway of four or more lanes shall, for the base
year 2007-08, be the product of the length of such section multiplied by the following rates,
namely
The rate of fee for use of a section of national highway, having two lanes and on which the
average investment for up gradation has exceeded rupees one crore per kilometer, shall be sixty
per cent. of the rate of fee specified under sub-rule
The toll revenue is the product of the forecast traffic expected to use the road and the appropriate
toll fee for the vehicle category. A toll indexing pattern @ 5% per year has been adopted and
rounded off to nearest one Rupee. Toll revenues have been calculated for each of toll fee
structure proposed above is given below in table.
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Year Cars Buses LCV 3A Truck Multi-Axle Mini Bus
Truck
2014 1.76 0.70 0.25 0.56 0.00 0.00 0.28
2015 2.06 0.75 0.28 0.61 0.00 0.00 0.31
2016 2.16 0.84 0.29 0.68 0.00 0.00 0.33
2017 2.49 0.91 0.33 0.73 0.00 0.00 0.36
2018 2.62 0.98 0.37 0.79 0.00 0.00 0.41
2019 2.75 1.08 0.40 0.87 0.00 0.00 0.45
2020 3.15 1.17 0.42 0.94 0.00 0.00 0.47
2021 3.31 1.29 0.47 1.03 0.00 0.00 0.52
2022 3.76 1.42 0.52 1.14 0.00 0.00 0.57
2023 3.95 1.52 0.57 1.22 0.00 0.00 0.63
2024 4.47 1.67 0.60 1.34 0.00 0.00 0.66
2025 4.69 1.79 0.66 1.44 0.00 0.00 0.73
2026 5.27 1.96 0.72 1.57 0.00 0.00 0.80
2027 5.54 2.14 0.79 1.72 0.00 0.00 0.87
2028 6.20 2.33 0.86 1.87 0.00 0.00 0.95
2029 6.51 2.49 0.90 2.00 0.00 0.00 1.00
2030 7.27 2.71 0.98 2.18 0.00 0.00 1.09
2A 3A Multi-
Year Cars Buses LCV Mini Bus Total
Truck Truck Axle
2014 3.30 0.99 1.00 1.62 0.01 0.00 0.75 7.67
2015 3.85 1.07 1.12 1.76 0.01 0.00 0.84 8.65
2016 4.04 1.19 1.18 1.96 0.01 0.00 0.88 9.26
2017 4.67 1.29 1.31 2.11 0.01 0.00 0.99 10.38
2018 4.90 1.39 1.46 2.28 0.01 0.00 1.10 11.14
2019 5.15 1.54 1.62 2.52 0.01 0.00 1.21 12.06
2020 5.90 1.66 1.70 2.72 0.01 0.00 1.27 13.26
2021 6.19 1.83 1.88 3.00 0.01 0.00 1.41 14.32
2022 7.04 2.01 2.07 3.29 0.01 0.00 1.55 15.99
2023 7.40 2.16 2.28 3.54 0.02 0.00 1.71 17.10
2024 8.36 2.37 2.39 3.88 0.02 0.00 1.79 18.82
2025 8.78 2.54 2.63 4.16 0.02 0.00 1.97 20.10
2026 9.88 2.78 2.88 4.55 0.02 0.00 2.16 22.26
2027 10.37 3.03 3.15 4.97 0.02 0.00 2.36 23.91
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Year Cars Buses LCV Mini Bus Total
Truck Truck Axle
2028 11.62 3.31 3.44 5.42 0.02 0.00 2.58 26.38
2029 12.20 3.54 3.61 5.79 0.03 0.00 2.71 27.87
2030 13.61 3.85 3.93 6.31 0.03 0.00 2.95 30.68
3.9 Conclusions
It has also been observed that there is hardly any through traffic on the entire stretch of the
project road on account of alternate route from Hamirpur to Mandi via Bhota to Nev Chowk. A
comprehensive set of traffic surveys were conducted along the project road. The study of this
project from Hamirpur and ending at Mandi of NH-70 shows that there are various passenger
road transports means both State and private vehicles. The traffic surveys included the mid block
traffic counts, junction counts, O-D survey and pedestrian counts. The traffic data analysis shows
that average daily traffic volumes are varying from 199 to 3012 PCU. The project road is
presently a single/intermediate lane road. The base year traffic count analysis and its projection
to future year’s shows that all the homogenous sections (I-II) have the minimum requirement of
widened 2 lanes. Slow moving vehicles like cycles/cycle rickshaw are very few and animal/hand
drawn vehicle are almost nil on the project road and very less traffic was observed at Km
225.000 and at the other locations the traffic observations are presented in ADT and AADT titles
in this chapter.
The traffic movements on the project road are affected due to narrow road with very poor
geometrics and very congested habitations.
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4.1 GENERAL
Following are the various Engineering Surveys and Investigations other than traffic
surveys required to be conducted for the DPR.
• GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATIONS
• ALIGNMENT STUDY;
• TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY;
• PAVEMENT INVESTIGATIONS;
• SUBGRADE INVESTIGATIONS;
THIS CHAPTER BRINGS OUT THE SALIENT FEATURES IN RESPECT OF METHODOLOGY, THE MAJOR FIELD
STUDIES AND INVESTIGATIONS TAKEN UP TO DETERMINE THE REHABILITATION / CONSTRUCTION
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROJECT ROAD.
THE BASIC DATA COLLECTED FROM DIFFERENT ENGINEERING SURVEYS IS PRESENTED SEPARATELY AS
ANNEXURE TO MAIN REPORT.
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DETAILED INVENTORY OF THE PROJECT ROAD HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT THROUGH DIMENSIONAL
MEASUREMENT AND VISUAL INSPECTION. FEATURES LIKE CHAINAGE, TERRAIN, ADJACENT LAND-USE,
VILLAGES EN-ROUTE THE PROJECT ROAD, ROAD ALIGNMENT (HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL) AND
GEOMETRIC DEFICIENCIES, WIDTH OF CARRIAGEWAY AND SHOULDERS, TYPE OF PAVEMENT AND
SHOULDERS, HEIGHT OF EMBANKMENT OR DEPTH OF CUTTING, IMPORTANT ROAD JUNCTIONS AND ROAD
SIDE FURNITURE ETC., WERE RECORDED. THESE FEATURES HAVE BEEN OUTLINED BELOW. THE ROAD
INVENTORY DATA, ROAD CONDITION DATA AND PAVEMENT CONDITION DATA ARE GIVEN IN VOLUME IA
PART-1A1 ANNEXURE 4.1AND 4.2 RESPECTIVELY.
The project road section comprises single lane (3.0m-3.75m wide for 101.700 km length),
intermediate lane (5.5m wide for 10 km length) and 2-Lane (7.0m wide for 1.700 Km Length)
carriageway with 1.0m to 1.5m wide shoulders on either side of carriage way. Existing ROW
details have been provided in Chapter 1 in Table 1.5.
The Project Road is having 1m to 1.5m wide Earthen Shoulders on either side which are
in poor condition along most of the stretch.
4.2.1.3 Terrain
The project road falls in high altitude area of Himalayas in the districts of Hamirpur and
Mandi in Himachal Pradesh.
The Project Road passes through Mountainous / Hilly Terrain.
Road, Site Development & Villages:-
The number of villages along route are 14 no’s in Hamirpur and 56 No’s in Mandi District
(Table 1.4)
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The land use pattern is variable from village developments to rural agricultural areas,
semi-rural open areas with occasional roadside dwellings and small businesses are
scattered at some locations on the project road. There is ribbon development at some
locations along the road with small settlements.
Major part of the project road passes through Hilly areas on one side and valley on the
other side of the project road.
The land use types have been identified as follow for the project road:
Note: (1) The details in the various stretches have been given in Chapter-1 “Introduction”
in Table 1.1”.
(2) The list of the forest land along the road stretch has been given in Table 1.2 in
the Chapter of “Introduction”.
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The project road passes through hilly areas and in major part one side is hill and on
other side valley. The existing alignment is not as per standard. The grade and the
curves are very steep and sharp at most of the places. The alignment has been
improved by bringing the existing alignment within the ruling gradient and also vertical
and horizontal curves have been improved to bring them within permissible limit. Due to
this reason, most of the part of road requires major cutting of hills on one side and the
filling on the other side.
On the project road site the ground is firm and reasonably favourable for construction of
embankment. Also the soil in borrow area is good for embankment. As such design for
construction of embankment has been considered as per specification. The side slope
of the existing embankment varies 1.5:1 to 2:1.
4.2.1.6 Drains
The roadside drains / longitudinal drains exist on project road are of unlined earth
ditches adjacent to the road embankment at some locations. In some built-up areas
longitudinal lined /unlined drains have also been provided for roadside drainage. The
condition of unlined drains is mostly poor except at some stretches. However, with the
widening of the hillside most of the existing drains need to be demolished. The inventory
& condition of the existing longitudinal drains and water logging locations have been
shown in Table 4.1.
DRAINAGE DRAINAGE
FROM To FROM To
(LINED/ UNLINED) (LINED/ UNLINED)
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FROM To FROM To
(LINED/ UNLINED) (LINED/ UNLINED)
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DRAINAGE DRAINAGE
FROM To FROM To
(LINED/ UNLINED) (LINED/ UNLINED)
253/510 254/000 Lined 240/200 240/660 Lined
Since the present road has been declared as NH in the year 1999, prior to that it was
combination of SH, MDR & DDR, hence the existing geometric of the project road is quite
deficient. In relative terms, the horizontal geometry is more deficient than the vertical
geometric. The status of existing geometric is presented in Tables given below:
The data shows that around 50.29% curves are less than minimum radius of 30m while
26.65% curves are having radius between 30m to 50m. The above table includes 58 No’s
hair pin bends.
There are 77 nos. of Junctions in the project road. The details of all the junctions are
presented in Table 4.3 below:
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Traffic Category
S. Type of Width of
Existing Guidanc Surface NH/SH/ Improvement of
No Junction Carriage Cross Road Leads To Side
Chainage e Type MDR/ODR/ Junction
. (+,T,Y) -way (m)
System VR/LR
1 141+195 Y NA BT 2.86 VR TO KAKRU RHS At grade Junction
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S. Type of Width of
Existing Guidanc Surface NH/SH/ Improvement of
No Junction Carriage Cross Road Leads To Side
Chainage e Type MDR/ODR/ Junction
. (+,T,Y) -way (m)
System VR/LR
16 156+800 Y NA BT 4.75 VR TO BARADA LHS At grade Junction
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S. Type of Width of
Existing Guidanc Surface NH/SH/ Improvement of
No Junction Carriage Cross Road Leads To Side
Chainage e Type MDR/ODR/ Junction
. (+,T,Y) -way (m)
System VR/LR
TO SARKAGHAT BUS
32 178+000 Y NA BT 7.64 LR RHS At grade Junction
STAND
33 178+330 Y NA BT 2.83 LR TO P.W.D OFFICE RHS At grade Junction
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S. Type of Width of
Existing Guidanc Surface NH/SH/ Improvement of
No Junction Carriage Cross Road Leads To Side
Chainage e Type MDR/ODR/ Junction
. (+,T,Y) -way (m)
System VR/LR
48 197+605 Y NA BT 4.46 VR TO DHARAMPUR LHS At grade Junction
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S. Type of Width of
Existing Guidanc Surface NH/SH/ Improvement of
No Junction Carriage Cross Road Leads To Side
Chainage e Type MDR/ODR/ Junction
. (+,T,Y) -way (m)
System VR/LR
64 245+567 Y NA BT 2.62 VR BT ROAD RHS At grade Junction
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The Project road section has riding quality varying from good to poor along its length.
The pavement condition survey has been carried out by visual inspection. At land slide
locations the pavement has failed to the extent that bituminous layer is not visible on
carriageway. The observed pavement condition of the project road, based on crack
area, pot-hole area, ravelling area, and deteriorated condition has been divided into four
categories, Good, Fair, Poor and very poor. Following criteria has been used to
categories the road:
THE PAVEMENT CONDITION DATA REVEAL THAT AROUND 3.3 % LENGTH OF THE PROJECT ROAD SHALL FOR
RECONSTRUCTION DUE TO EXTREME DETERIORATED OR FAILED CONDITION.
PAVEMENT CONDITION SURVEY DATA IS PRESENTED UNDER TABLE A3.2 IN APPENDIX TO MAIN REPORT
The following Table gives the distribution of length of road in terms of road condition based
on reconnaissance.
Table 4.4 Section wise percent distribution of ruts
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The main objective of the topographical survey is to capture the essential ground
features along the alignment in order to consider improvements and for working of
improvements, rehabilitation and upgrading costs. The scope of the topographical
survey for this project encompasses is to acquire data in X,Y,Z coordinates system of all
essential ground features along the alignment so as to have digital terrain model of the
corridor using most modern survey method’s for preparation of strip plan, final design of
cross section and other designs.
(vii) Survey for setting up a Digital Terrain Model for the whole length of the
road from Km 141 to Km 265 of NH- 70
(x) In cross/ off taking roads up to 100 m on either side of road center line.
(xii) The main items of work in the Topographical Surveys includes the
following
(e) Fixing of BM pillars at 250 m interval over entire length of the road.
The topographic surveys thus have been divided into three phases:
THE MAJOR CONTROL STATIONS ARE CONCRETE PILLARS EMBEDDED IN THE GROUND, IN PAIR WITH INTER
VISIBILITY. THE HORIZONTAL CONTROL COORDINATES WERE OBSERVED AND WORKED OUT BY USE OF
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DIFFERENTIAL GPS INSTRUMENT, FOR EACH PAIR AND THE ELEVATION WERE PROVIDED BY INDEPENDENT
LEVELLING SURVEY BY DIGITAL AUTO LEVEL. THESE MAJOR CONTROL STATIONS ARE KEPT AT A DISTANCE
OF 5KM TO 6KM AS PER THE AVAILABILITY OF SAFE LOCATION. LIST OF GPS STATIONS ARE PRESENTED
UNDER TABLE A3.5 AND LOCATION OF GPS STATION IN FIG 3.2 IN APPENDIX TO MAIN REPORT
THE CONTROL TRAVERSE (CLOSED TYPE) IS THE BASE FRAMEWORK FOR ALL THE FURTHER SURVEY WORK.
THIS PROVIDES A COORDINATED HORIZONTAL GRID AND A LEVEL REFERENCE SYSTEM TO ENSURE
ACCURACY. THUS THE MEASURED COORDINATES OF THESE SURVEY GRIDS (NORTHING AND EASTING) AND
THE LEVELS ARE TIED TO GTS BENCHMARK WHEREVER AVAILABLE, TO VERIFY THE ACCURACY OF SURVEY.
THE GPS/ BENCHMARK PILLARS AND REFERENCE BENCHMARK PILLARS ESTABLISHED ARE ACT AS BOTH
HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL CONTROL POINTS. LIST OF TBM’S ARE PRESENTED UNDER TABLE A3.4 AND
LOCATION OF TBM’S IN FIG 3.1 IN APPENDIX TO MAIN REPORT
Control points/ Reference beacons, consisting cement concrete pillars with central nail
point, have been fixed at every 200 to 250m intervals depending upon site conditions.
Three coordinates (X, Y and Z / easting, northing and altitude) of control beacons, with
respect to the cumulative chainage of alignment are being prepared.
Levels along centre line of the existing road are taken at every 10 m interval and at all
intermediate breaks in ground using Total Station. The said spacing is suitably reduced
at horizontal curves and at structure locations.
CROSS SECTIONS ARE TAKEN AT EVERY 25 M INTERVALS, AND AT EACH CROSS-SECTION THE SURVEY
NORMALLY EXTENDS BEYOND 25M ON EACH SIDE OF THE EXISTING ROAD CENTRE LINE WITH SURVEY
POINTS AT 5-10 M APART AND AT ALL VARIATIONS IN THE NATURAL GROUND OR BREAKS IN LEVEL.
HOWEVER, AT MANY LOCATIONS, IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO TAKE LEVELS UPTO 25M DUE TO STEEP HILL OR
STEEP VALLEY, AT SUCH LOCATIONS; GENERALLY, IT WAS TAKEN UPTO 10M ON BOTH SIDE OF CENTRE
LINE. CENTRE LINE CO-ORDINATES OF THE EXISTING ROAD IS PRESENTED UNDER TABLE A3.6 IN APPENDIX
TO MAIN REPORT
The topographic survey thus carried out contains the details of all physical and
topographical features within the survey corridor such as carriageway, shoulders, hill
toe, valley slopes, drains, retaining / Breast walls, rivers, streams, rail crossings, electric/
telephone lines, high / low tension lines and their offsets from the road edge, buildings,
trees (girth more than 300mm), etc. At locations of encroachments where ROW has
been reduced or where existing alignment can be improved upon through minor
adjustments, the width of the survey corridor is extended appropriately to accommodate
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the proposed alignment. At locations of possible realignments survey was carried out
along the new alignment for a 30m to 45mm wide strip.
The survey data thus collected by the topographic survey was processed and converted
to graphic files using Highway Design software called “MX ROAD”. For ascertaining
quantities, grid levelling was utilised.
4.3.1 General
Detailed field studies in respect of road pavement has been carried out by
means of visual condition survey to assess the condition of the existing
pavement along with assessment of the quality of materials that have been
incorporated in the construction. The investigations that have been undertaken
as part of pavement investigation include:
• Pavement Composition – Material type and thickness and sub-grade type.
Existing pavement composition surveys have been described in following para 3.5.
Pavement Roughness Survey is being carried out to assess the extent of surface
undulations. The survey has been carried out using duly calibrated TRL’s Car
Mounted Bump Integrator as per the standard practice widely used. The survey
has been carried out along the outer wheel path to cover two runs for each
direction.
The results have been expressed in terms of BI (mm/km) and IRI (m/km) in
tabular forms and shown in Table A 3.7 in Appendix-A3.7 to Main Report and
summary for roughness survey data is given below in Table below:-
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The structural strength survey for existing pavement has been carried out using
Benkelman Beam Deflection technique in accordance with the CGRA procedure
given in IRC: 81-1997 (“Guidelines for Strengthening of Flexible pavements
using Benkelman Beam Deflection Technique”).
The test was carried out at each homogeneous section on either side of the
existing centre line for the entire project road taking care of the pavement
condition. The measurements were carried out for outer wheel path using
Benkelman Beams. Pavement temperatures were recorded to carry out
necessary corrections for temperature. The moisture contents were collected pit
as part of the test pit investigations. The test location was situated 0.6 m from
the edge of the carriageway.
Based on the measured and unadjusted deflection control sections were
identified for the control section survey. The deflection testing was not carried
out along the sections which have been failed or deteriorated to that extent that
need full reconstruction. The measured deflections values have been analyzed
and overlays have been designed accordingly:
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2 147+000 1.90
3 149+000 2.46
4 152+000 1.24
5 158+500 2.33
6 163+000 2.54
7 168+500 2.17
8 175+000 1.85
9 181+000 1.26
10 186+000 2.41
11 192+100 4.30
12 200+000 4.33
13 206+000 0.85
14 210+000 1.23
15 215+000 0.90
16 220+000 1.21
17 225+000 0.60
18 230+000 1.13
19 235+000 0.67
20 240+000 1.25
21 245+000 1.63
22 255+000 1.65
23 256+000 2.82
24 260+000 2.81
25 265+000 1.21
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In order to determine sub grade soil characteristic and its strength, samples of
soil were collected from the sub grade by making test pits.
Test pits, measuring 0.6m X 0.6m at the pavement – shoulder interface
extending through pavement layers to the level of sub grade has been excavated
at every 500 m interval (scattered left/right) for measuring the thickness of
different pavement layers and visually identifying the pavement material/soil
exposed in the test pit.
For widening of the existing road sub grade investigation in test pits which
included in-situ field density and moisture content determination using the sand
replacement method were carried out at the frequency of 3 test pits for each
homogenous section. Representative sample were collected from these test pits
and tested in the laboratory as per relevant standards. As the terrain is hilly even
in test pits drilling was involved..
The test activities that were carried out in test pit include:-
• In – situ density and moisture content of sub-grade on each test pit.
• Pavement Composition
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and sub grade type (texturally) has been recorded at about 1 km interval
(scattered left/right and center) from the pits so dug as mentioned in above para.
The data as recorded for thickness and composition of existing pavement crust
at various locations have been presented in Table 3.10 in Appendix to Main
Report.
The summary of sections of similar curst composition is presented in the Table
as under
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The data reveals that the crust thickness is varying from 280 mm to 355 mm from
section to section.
Testing of soil for samples as collected from the pits has been carried out in the
laboratory. The tests have been carried out as per the following testing
procedure.
1. Sieve Analysis………………………………….IS 2720 Part IV
The following tests have also been carried out in the field.
1. Field density using
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The results of the above laboratory and field tests are in presented under Table
A 3.11 (a) and A3.11 (b) in Appendix to Main Report along with testing
observation sheets.
The following table shows the Aterberg’s limit for sub grade samples and soil
characteristics of sub grade soil.
Table 4.9: Atterberg’s Limit for Sub-garde Soil
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CONSULTANT HAS CARRIED OUT VARIOUS TESTS SUCH AS GRAIN SIZE ANALYSIS, PI TEST, AND TEST FOR
MDD, OMC AND CBR FOR SUB GRADE INVESTIGATION; HENCE DYNAMIC CONE PENETRATION TEST IS
NOT REQUIRED TO BE CARRIED OUT. AS SUCH TABLE 4.10 FOR RESULTS OF DCP TEST HAS BEEN
REPLACED BY CHARACTERISTICS OF SUB GRADE SOIL.
4.4.5 Investigation for Natural Ground along Widening side and Realignment
NO SPECIFIC INVESTIGATIONS CARRIED FOR THIS. EXTENSIVE SURVEY WAS UNDERTAKEN TO LOCATE
POTENTIAL SOURCES OF BORROW AREA AS NEAR TO PROJECT SITE AS POSSIBLE TO AVOID LONG HAULAGE
OF THE MATERIAL. IT HAS BEEN FOUND THAT SUITABLE SOIL REQUIRED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF
EMBANKMENT AND SUB GRADE SHALL BE AVAILABLE ALL ALONG THE ALIGNMENT FROM CUTTING OF THE
HILL/EXISTING ROAD FORMATION. THE EXISTING ROAD SUB GRADE AND SHOULDERS ARE ALSO OF THE
SAME CUTTING MATERIAL. SUFFICIENT QUANTITY SHALL BE AVAILABLE FROM CUTTING.
HOWEVER IT HAS ALSO BEEN OBSERVED THAT ALL ROAD STRETCHES WHERE REALIGNMENT OR WIDENING IS
PROPOSED, THE SUB-GRADE SHALL BE FORMED BY EXISTING NATURAL SOIL STRATA WITH ITS LOOSENING
AND RE-COMPACTING. HENCE THE PROPERTIES OF EXISTING SUB-GRADE SAMPLES SHALL BE APPLICABLE
FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION OF PAVEMENT ALONG THE REALIGNMENTS.
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(vi) Quarries for locating hard stone/ granular material for use in sub base,
base course, bituminous mix and concrete works.
(vii) Sources of sand for use in DBM / BC layers and cement concrete works.
(viii) Sources of other construction materials like cement, steel and bitumen
• Type of Materials
• Sand;
• Sources of Materials
The sources of the materials are generally soil borrow pits, natural granular material,
aggregate quarries, natural sand beds, water body like pond, wells, river etc.
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strata with its loosening and re-compacting. Hence the properties of existing sub-
grade samples shall be applicable for new construction of pavement along the
realignments.
The samples of stone aggregate from the stone crushers established at these quarry
sites have also been collected approx- 25 kg each in gunny bags for testing to work out
their suitability in construction work.
Cement can be procured directly from the cement manufacturing plants in the region
approved by DGSD. Cement is also available from local authorized agents in bulk at
Hamirpur and Mandi. The requisite tests shall require to be conducted for conformity
prior to its use on construction works.
Apart from crusher sand available at the above stone crushers, natural sand is
also available at the following sources -
(iii) Seer Khad – 1 km in LHS of km 178 of NH-70 near Sarkaghat
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The potential water sources for construction are available from natural sources various
khads (river), natural, water fall streams in between the work site. The samples have
been collected from the following sources in bottles for testing in the laboratory.
The various tests have been carried out to ascertain the permissible parameters in
conformity with IS: 456. The following test values have been observed:-
It has been found that water from all these sources is quite suitable for use in
construction works. In addition to this if water is taken from other sources, the same
shall have to be got tested for its suitability prior to use on construction works.
No such source of fly ash is available in the project influence area within 100 km.
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The materials (soil, aggregates etc) including manufactured materials required for Road
Construction are (Cement, Steel, RCC Hume pipes and Bitumen).
Under this activity, field investigations have been made to establish drainage
characteristics of the catchment areas in terms of vegetative cover, land use, soil
characteristics, slope control, bed slope, and size of bed material, bed widths, and areas
subject to annual flooding. The detailed drainage pattern for all cross and side drainage
has been established. Accordingly peak design flows have been estimated. The
locations of existing cross-drainage structures have been reviewed and those of new or
additional structures have been taken as per necessity & site parameters. For bridges
the general and local scours have been calculated. On the basis of Hydrological and
hydraulic study appropriate erosion control at culvert inlets and outlets, along
embankments, road side-drains and catch water areas have been made.
The project road, from Hamirpur to Mandi, is located in the State of Himachal Pradesh.
The project road falls in high altitude area of Himalayas in the districts of Hamirpur and
Mandi in Himachal Pradesh. The rainfall in high altitude is comparatively lower than that
in the foothills of Himalayas.
The slope of streams is steep to very steep resulting in to high velocity and high
discharge with lesser time of concentration at the points of consideration. The waterway
at the cross drainage structures is provided with the consideration of the fact that silt,
mud and stones flow with storm water.
Hydraulic studies have been carried out to ascertain the discharge etc. for calculating
linear waterway of bridges, scour calculations and design of protection works. Length of
the existing bridges and their hydraulic capacity has been taken into account while fixing
the length of the proposed bridges.
1) Rational Formula
2) Manning’s Formula
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The flood discharge calculated from the above methods has been compared with each
other and the highest of these values has been adopted as the design discharge Q,
provided it does not exceed the next highest discharge by more than 50 per cent. At the
locations where the difference is more than 50 per cent then the design discharge has
been restricted to the limit of 50 per cent. Culverts have been designed for a flood
frequency of 20 years where as bridges has been designed for a flood frequency of 100
years.
The methods have been described in detail in Volume II Design Report Part II
Chapter 1.
The detailed inventory and condition data have been carried out by the consultants.
There are several small local streams/ rivulets crossing the project road, apart from
irrigation channels.
Minor Bridges
Structures having a length of more than 6.0m and up to 60.0m are called minor bridges.
There are 7 no. of Minor Bridges exists along the project road.
Major Bridges
Structures having a length of more than 60.0m are called major bridges.
Culverts
As defined in IRC:5-1998, Culvert is a cross drainage structure having a total length of 6.0
meters or less between the inner faces of the dirt walls or extreme vent way boundaries
measured at right angles thereto.
A total of 501 culverts are exists along the project road. Out of which 22 nos. are
slab/stone slab culverts, 370 nos. are pipe culverts, 2 nos. are Causeway and the
remaining 107 are Scuppers.
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for the 50 yr. return, 1 hr. rain fall =0.34*(160+140)/2=51 mm/hr. is applicable for the
Project Road.
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4.7.1 Introduction
An exhaustive condition survey along with visual inspection of the existing structures
has been carried out by the key professionals of the Consultants during the month of
August 2010 to assess and evaluate the existing condition / characteristics of the
Bridges structures. The bridge inventory report consists of main administrative data of
bridges such as name, location, type of road etc, and technical information like span
arrangement, carriageway width, type of construction, type of bearing, type of
construction material etc.
There are 8 structures in total along the project corridor, out of which 1 nos. are Major
Bridges and 7 nos. are Minor. The inventory of existing Cross Drainage structures is
given in specified format.
Summary of Structures
1 Major Bridge 1
2 Minor Bridge 7
3 Underpass 0
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Inspection of Cross Drainage structures was carried out as per guidelines of IRC (SP-35:
1990) and the following aspects were documented:
Concrete Elements
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• Cracking;
• Honeycombing;
• Leaching;
• Corrosion in reinforcement.
Masonry Elements
• Longitudinal cracks;
• Loosening of mortar.
Other Elements
• Bearings, if provided;
• Railings/parapet;
• Wearing coat;
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It is evident from the Inventory and Bridge Condition Survey from km 141/000 to km
265/000, there are 7 minor bridges exist for with span range 6 to 42 m, total length
between 6.1m to 43.4m. Out of 7 Minor bridges 3 bridges are of RCC bridges. Out of
remaining bridges, 3 are Steel Girder bridges with Stone Masonry Sub-structure and
foundation and 1 bridge is the RCC Solid slab with Stone Masonry substructure.
Existing Minor Bridge at km197+361 is steel truss superstructure and stone masonry
substructure and foundation. This bridge is not in this package.
Existing Minor Bridge at km230/228, is having arrangement 1x6.1 with RCC solid
superstructure and stone masonry in substructure and foundation. Carriageway width of
the bridge is 6.0m. As per the condition survey and visual inspection the superstructure
is in poor condition.
From the above details the Minor Bridges between km145/950 to km 259/350 has been
proposed for reconstruction, the detailed discussion and recommendations details given
in Volume II Design Report Part II Chapter 1.
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Inventory and Bridge Condition Survey from km 141/000 to km 265/000 reveals that
there are 7 Minor Bridges and 1 Major Bridges exists.
The recommendation for each bridge is given in Volume II Design Report Part II
Chapter 1.
One Major Bridge at km 195/463 whose total length of 104.75m with 3 spans of
1x28.7+1x47.2+1x28.7 and total width of Bridges is of 4.25.m with PSC girder with Deck
and RCC substructure. The overall condition of bridge is fair to good.
Detailed of Inventory and Condition survey of each of the Major and Minor Bridges is
described in specified format
Volume II Part-1A1 Table 4.13 given by Project Coordinating Consultant and concise
details Bridges given in above Table 4.12b & 4.12c as mentioned above.
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Minor Bridge
4.8.1 Introduction
An exhaustive condition survey along with visual inspection of the existing Cross
Drainage structures has been carried out by the key professionals of the Consultants
during the month of August 2010 to assess and evaluate the existing condition /
characteristics of the Cross Drainage. The inventory report consists of main
administrative data of structures such as name, location, type of road etc, and technical
information like span arrangement, carriageway width, type of construction, type of
construction material etc.
There are 487 structures in total along the project corridor, out of 33 nos. are slab
culvert, 345 nos are pipe culvert, 2 nos. are Causeway and remaining 107 nos. are
scuppers.
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Summary of Structures
ulvert
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There are total 501 numbers of existing Culverts along the project road including 22
Slab Culverts, 370 Pipe Culverts, 107 Stone Scuppers, and 2 Causeways.
Stone Scupper
From km 141/000 to km 265/000, in this stretch all slab culverts of RCC solid slab with
SM Walls. From inventory condition of these culverts, there is a visible displacement in
abutment walls and return walls. Protective work like flexible apron, stone pitching in
eroded condition is common in most of the culverts.
In some pipe culverts there is no presence of head wall or existence of broken head wall
most common condition. It is observed in some pipe culvert locations cushion is less
than 600mm.
Water storage pits locally known as “Khaatary” is a traditionally rain water harvesting
structures, which is the source for drinking water, available all along the stretches, the
locations of Khaatarys is given below :
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Design Chainage Remark
No.
1 153+200 LHS
2 155+325 LHS
3 155+975 LHS
4 156+025 LHS
5 156+275 LHS
6 156+300 LHS
7 156+400 LHS
8 156+450 LHS
9 156+500 LHS
10 157+400 RHS
11 157+600 RHS
12 157+900 RHS
13 158+000 RHS
14 158+025 RHS
15 158+280 LHS
16 158+300 LHS
17 158+310 LHS
18 158+315 LHS
19 158+325 LHS
20 159+500 RHS
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No.
21 159+530 RHS
22 159+570 RHS
23 159+600 RHS
24 159+610 RHS
25 159+620 RHS
26 159+650 RHS
27 159+675 RHS
28 159+690 RHS
29 159+700 RHS
30 159+710 RHS
31 159+750 RHS
32 159+910 RHS
33 159+950 RHS
34 159+975 RHS
35 160+010 RHS
36 160+210 RHS
37 160+325 RHS
38 160+340 RHS
39 160+350 RHS
40 160+360 RHS
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No.
41 160+375 RHS
42 160+430 RHS
43 160+675 LHS
44 160+680 LHS
45 163+050 RHS
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CHAPTER – 5
5.1 GENERAL
The entire section of the project highway passes through mountainous to steep terrain
and predominantly in steep terrain. The most of the section traverses on hill side cut with
steep valley on one side and hill on the other side. A very few length of the section
traverses on ridge of the hill. The alignment is having very sharp curves, blind curves,
reverse curves, compound curves and hair pin bends, with frequent steep to plain
gradients. The road is traversing through very congested habitated village areas at many
locations where even ROW as per the functional requirement of the road is not available.
Land slide zones at various sections of the project road also exist. Number of cross-
drainage structures bridges, culverts exist with very sharp approaches, inadequate safety
measures exists on the road.
The project road is mostly having single lane configuration with inadequate formation
width. At many sections of the project road even two vehicles cannot cross or overtake.
The project highway geometrics is very poor and even does not meet the bare minimum
design standards.
Construction of roads in hilly region disturbs the ecosystem in many ways.
“Development without destruction” is pursuance of the national priority to create a
balance between ecology and development is of utmost importance. Thus for the
development and prosperity of the nation, it has been ensured that the eco-system is not
disturbed and a harmonious, balance stuck between road development and environment.
The concern for safety on hill roads is an essential part of highway engineering. Thus
objective is to set standards which will produce desired degree of mobility and reduce
accident risk. Safety on a hill road is directly proportional to adherence of laid down
geometric standards, specifications.
Thus looking to the present project scenario of the road condition and alignment, the
improvement proposals to predetermined standards, considering importance of safety
and free flow of traffic is necessary so that travel is safe and comfortable.
This chapter is intended to give brief description concerning the various improvement
proposals for up-gradation of the existing road to 2 lane configuration. These
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improvement proposals are based on the findings from various engineering features
carried out on the project road such as Engineering Survey Investigation and Analysis
(Chapter-4), Traffic Survey and Analysis (Chapter-3). These features have been
described in detail in previous chapters.
IMPROVEMENT PROPOSALS FOR A HIGHWAY ESSENTIALLY CONSIST OF TWO COMPONENTS, VIZ GEOMETRIC
AND STRUCTURAL. GEOMETRIC IMPROVEMENT DEALS WITH VISIBLE DIMENSIONS OF ROADWAY AND IS
DICTATED BY THE TRAFFIC AND ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS. GEOMETRIC DESIGN INVOLVES SEVERAL
DESIGN ELEMENTS SUCH AS HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL ALIGNMENTS, SIGHT DISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS,
CROSS SECTIONAL ELEMENTS, LATERAL AND VERTICAL CLEARANCES, INTERSECTION TREATMENT, CONTROL
OF ACCESS ETC. THE STRUCTURAL COMPONENT DEALS WITH THE PAVEMENT AND EMBANKMENT DESIGN
ASPECTS, I.E., THE ABILITY OF THE HIGHWAY TO ADEQUATELY CARRY AND SUPPORT THE VEHICLE/ WHEEL
THE IMPROVEMENT PROPOSAL FOR THE PROPOSED WIDENING TO 2-LANE/2-LANE WITH PAVED SHOULDERS
CONFIGURATION SYSTEM INCLUDES THE PROVISIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ITEMS:
• DESIGN STANDARDS;
• WIDENING SCHEME;
• REQUIREMENT OF REALIGNMENT;
• GEOMETRIC IMPROVEMENTS DESIGN;
• PAVEMENT;
• ROAD JUNCTIONS;
• BRIDGES AND CROSS-DRAINAGES;
• SAFETY FEATURES AND SPECIAL PROBLEMS; AND
• ROAD APPURTENANCES;
The Highway Design Standards are based on the guidelines laid down in the latest
editions of IRC/ IS codes of practices & standard specifications, and guidelines of
Ministry of Surface Transport. Additional technical references have been used wherever
the provisions of IRC/IS codes are found silent. Following IRC codes / MOST
publications (but not limited to these) have been used in the design:
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Flexible Pavement
Designs of new pavement and overlays have been carried out in accordance with Indian
code of practice. The Designs have been carried out on the basis of 4 day soaked CBR
of sub-grade at 97% MDD. Flexible pavement for new carriageways has been designed
in accordance with the guidelines of IRC: 37-2018. The structural coefficients of various
layers have been suitably modified to suit the Indian conditions.
Rigid Pavement
Rigid pavement has not been proposed at any location except at toll plaza locations. New
rigid pavement, for the toll plaza locations, as per requirement, will be either plain-
jointed. Plain-jointed pavement shall be designed in accordance with the method
prescribed in IRC: 58 -2015, “Guidelines for the Design of Plain Jointed Rigid
Pavements for Highways”.
Overlay Design
The design of overlays on the existing carriageway has been proposed in accordance
with IRC: 81-1997 using BBD technique. The requirement of future overlays has been
linked to the pavement condition as reflected by pavement roughness and the
composition and timings will be based on economic analysis. The overlay requirement
will also be checked based on subgrade CBR and projected traffic.
Designs for Traffic Control Devices / Road Safety Devices / Road Side Furniture
comprising Road Signs, Road Markings, Object Markers, Hazard Markers, Studs,
Delineators, Attenuators, Safety Barriers, Pedestrian Guard Rails, Boundary Stones,
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and Kilometer Stones etc. are as per the guidelines given in IRC codes / MoRTH
specifications and other current international practices.
Designs for Toll Plazas, Bus stops, Truck Lay byes, etc. with guardrails and other
necessary roadside appurtenance are as per the guidelines given in IRC codes /
MoRTH specifications.
The Design Standards and the loading to be considered are based on the requirements
laid down in the latest editions of IRC/ IS codes of practices & standard specifications,
and guidelines of Ministry of Surface Transport. Additional technical references would
be used wherever the provisions of IRC/IS codes are found inadequate. Following IRC /
IS codes have been used in the design:
S.
Code of Practice / Title of Publication
No.
1 IRC: 5-2015: Standard Specifications & Code of Practice for Road Bridges,
Section I - General Features of Design (Seventh Revision)
2 IRC: 6-2017: Standard Specifications & Code of Practice for Road Bridges,
Section II - Loads and Stresses (Third Revision)
3 IRC: 18-2000: Design Criteria for Pre Stress Concrete Road Bridges (Post
Tensioned Concrete) (Third Revision)
4 IRC: 112-2019: Code of practice for concrete road bidges
8 IRC: SP: 73-2015 Manual of Standard & Specifications for Two laning of
State Highways on B.O.T basis
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No.
11 IRC: SP: 37 Guidelines For Evaluation of Load Carrying Capacity of Bridges
13 IRC: 89-1997: Guidelines for Design & Construction of River training and
Control works for Road Bridges. (First Revision)
For the geometric design of 2-Lane Highway in hilly terrain references have been taken
from the following codes:
Extract of guidelines given in the above codes and adopted values are given in the
Table 5.2.
IRC Standards
S.
Geometric Element Mountainous Proposed
No. Steep terrain
terrain
Design Speed (Km/hr)
Ruling 50 40 40
1
Minimum 40 30 30
Exceptional - - Up to 20
Carriage Way Width (m)
2 7.0 7.0
2 lane carriageway
As per TCS
Shoulder width (m)
3 (i) Paved hard shoulder 2 X 0.9 2 X 0.9
(ii) Earth hard shoulder 2 X 0.9 2 X 0.9
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Geometric Element Mountainous Proposed
No. Steep terrain
terrain
4 Formation width (m)
(i) Two lane carriageway 8.8 8.8 As per TCS
(ii) Two lane with paved shoulder 10.6 10.6
Right of way (ROW) m
open areas………..Normal 24 24 15
5 Exceptional 18 18 -
Built up areas………Normal 20 20 10
Exceptional 18 18 -
Camber/Cross fall
(In straight section)
Thin bituminous surfacing 2-2.5% 2.0-2.5%
6
High type bituminous surfacing 1.7 - 2% 1.7 - 2.0% 2.5%
Min 3% or 0.5% Min 3% or
Shoulders more than 0.5% more 3.5%
pavement than pavement
Minimum Curve Radius
(Area not effected by snow)
Ruling (m) 80 50 50
Absolute (m) 50 30 30
7
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S.
Geometric Element Mountainous Proposed
No. Steep terrain
terrain
5.3.1 Geometrics
The road alignment and the geometric improvements proposed were inspected by Chief
Engineer, NH, and Himachal Pradesh on 11.01.2012 and it was suggested by him to
make effort for minimizing hair pin bands and the suggested proposals were marked on
the Plan and Profile submitted in the Draft Feasibility Report. Based on these, further
re-designing for the curves was done in the final feasibility. The suggestions given by
State PWD Authorities were also incorporated.
The details of the existing 1776 horizontal curves which has been described in chapter 4.
As per details of curves, this is clear that almost at every 100 m distance curve exists. As
per direction of CE (NH) during his visit, as stated above and further comments from
PCC, the improvements has been carried out and after geometric improvements the no’s
of the curve have reduced which is 1646 No’s. The table below also provides
comparative improvements in curves:-
It is further to mention that looking to the terrain, further improvement required either
use blasting of the rock or provision of very high retaining walls. Considering most
economic construction cost the improvements have been restricted as narrated above.
However provision for Sigh Boards, Caution Boards and Warning Sign boards will be
provided for the speed restriction and safety.
Table no. 5.3 Design of Horizontal Curves
S. Curve S. Curve
Length Radius Length Radius
No. Start End No. Start End
1 141+067 141+088 21.02 200 30 144+112 144+171 58.18 80
2 141+313 141+407 94.35 100 31 144+248 144+295 47.01 60
3 141+468 141+502 34.13 100 32 144+320 144+367 47.16 50
4 141+611 141+653 41.13 200 33 144+379 144+399 19.07 50
5 141+793 141+847 53.70 80 34 144+417 144+459 42.04 30
6 142+129 142+177 48.02 50 35 144+478 144+494 15.89 100
7 142+248 142+287 38.37 50 36 144+549 144+573 23.24 15
8 142+292 142+323 30.56 50 37 144+585 144+607 21.87 15
9 142+446 142+469 22.90 15 38 144+623 144+661 38.58 40
10 142+493 142+527 34.50 20 39 144+695 144+758 63.02 40
11 142+561 142+573 12.82 20 40 144+840 144+879 38.44 40
12 142+596 142+627 31.69 50 41 144+881 144+943 61.32 80
13 142+697 142+717 19.47 100 42 144+986 145+014 28.02 30
14 142+733 142+779 45.84 50 43 145+029 145+054 25.26 30
15 142+801 142+830 29.13 15 44 145+096 145+117 20.85 50
16 142+903 142+944 41.34 30 45 145+142 145+196 54.15 50
17 142+946 143+001 54.40 30 46 145+231 145+279 48.65 30
18 143+146 143+220 74.49 100 47 145+299 145+325 25.58 35
19 143+257 143+295 37.84 100 48 145+341 145+376 35.19 40
20 143+359 143+398 39.25 100 49 145+377 145+439 61.44 60
21 143+416 143+449 32.18 30 50 145+467 145+498 30.20 60
22 143+455 143+552 97.01 60 51 145+548 145+613 65.06 40
23 143+573 143+609 36.59 30 52 145+818 145+843 25.14 20
24 143+610 143+723 113.50 100 53 145+910 145+944 33.94 60
25 143+727 143+770 42.89 50 54 145+959 146+024 64.20 35
26 143+811 143+874 62.75 50 55 146+111 146+128 17.15 35
27 143+885 143+918 33.08 50 56 146+134 146+151 17.07 25
28 143+932 143+985 52.04 50 57 146+213 146+235 22.43 50
29 144+079 144+105 25.87 100 58 146+293 146+312 19.14 200
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Length Radius Length Radius
No. Start End No. Start End
59 146+338 146+415 77.13 80 101 150+790 150+811 21.08 30
60 146+244 146+288 44.21 15 102 150+822 150+860 38.15 100
61 146+432 146+472 39.37 50 103 150+882 150+915 32.84 30
62 146+626 146+650 24.14 20 104 150+947 150+974 26.48 20
63 146+663 146+685 22.78 20 105 150+977 150+988 11.75 20
64 146+783 146+831 47.43 40 106 151+045 151+060 15.02 30
65 146+834 146+871 36.61 25 107 151+105 151+138 32.84 50
66 146+910 146+931 20.93 25 108 151+156 151+191 35.49 25
67 147+004 147+057 52.96 50 109 151+213 151+229 15.71 15
68 147+065 147+110 45.37 50 110 151+233 151+250 17.15 50
69 147+130 147+177 46.96 50 111 151+289 151+310 20.85 25
70 147+223 147+278 55.00 100 112 151+310 151+322 11.36 30
71 147+303 147+375 71.48 60 113 151+516 151+561 44.46 50
72 147+403 147+473 70.58 30 114 151+823 151+872 48.79 200
73 147+540 147+573 33.06 25 115 151+935 151+956 20.64 30
74 147+653 147+721 67.80 150 116 151+968 152+000 31.31 30
75 147+736 147+766 29.98 50 117 152+047 152+079 32.77 30
76 147+906 147+943 36.85 50 118 152+129 152+161 32.24 40
77 147+961 147+997 35.79 50 119 152+182 152+203 21.41 20
78 148+102 148+122 19.41 100 120 152+217 152+239 22.47 30
79 148+177 148+216 38.33 100 121 152+271 152+289 17.95 100
80 148+666 148+728 61.54 100 122 152+306 152+339 33.12 40
81 148+823 148+850 27.15 100 123 152+362 152+389 26.57 25
82 148+903 148+946 43.46 100 124 152+397 152+407 10.14 25
83 149+098 149+125 27.06 50 125 152+462 152+483 20.85 50
84 149+142 149+171 29.65 50 126 152+520 152+540 19.70 50
85 149+366 149+432 66.11 200 127 152+619 152+655 35.99 100
86 149+627 149+641 14.67 50 128 152+710 152+731 21.42 50
87 149+655 149+698 43.24 25 129 152+787 152+800 12.74 50
88 149+735 149+762 26.83 75 130 152+815 152+867 52.00 50
89 149+809 149+839 29.21 150 131 153+055 153+092 37.31 50
90 149+858 149+909 51.06 100 132 153+151 153+179 28.15 80
91 149+922 149+966 44.79 100 133 153+219 153+246 26.92 80
92 150+086 150+107 20.90 20 134 153+256 153+278 21.50 80
93 150+158 150+213 54.24 50 135 153+316 153+336 20.46 100
94 150+292 150+351 58.41 50 136 153+388 153+412 23.71 50
95 150+365 150+387 21.74 50 137 153+462 153+485 22.75 50
96 150+403 150+433 30.15 50 138 153+657 153+686 29.09 80
97 150+453 150+539 85.78 80 139 153+760 153+787 26.95 100
98 150+574 150+612 37.91 300 140 153+798 153+823 24.56 30
99 150+657 150+686 29.63 50 141 153+843 153+866 22.93 40
100 150+734 150+781 46.89 30 142 153+889 153+902 13.67 40
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Length Radius Length Radius
No. Start End No. Start End
143 153+918 153+988 70.01 70 185 156+458 156+498 39.42 80
144 154+008 154+035 27.29 40 186 156+535 156+651 116.10 200
145 154+062 154+086 24.40 100 187 156+713 156+738 24.89 500
146 154+101 154+116 15.48 100 188 156+754 156+775 20.41 50
147 154+124 154+147 22.35 40 189 156+788 156+821 33.44 50
148 154+173 154+212 39.17 60 190 156+872 156+903 30.53 50
149 154+220 154+238 17.42 30 191 156+922 156+949 26.70 30
150 154+308 154+343 34.52 80 192 157+010 157+024 14.06 50
151 154+376 154+399 22.90 80 193 157+066 157+085 18.20 100
152 154+424 154+444 19.56 80 194 157+114 157+143 29.28 30
153 154+469 154+492 22.71 30 195 157+154 157+186 31.78 80
154 154+499 154+528 28.63 30 196 157+206 157+236 29.73 50
155 154+564 154+602 37.54 30 197 157+251 157+265 13.77 50
156 154+626 154+655 29.61 25 198 157+286 157+302 15.54 50
157 154+662 154+699 36.32 25 199 157+339 157+393 53.22 40
158 154+709 154+734 24.65 25 200 157+421 157+458 37.38 100
159 154+738 154+774 36.08 40 201 157+491 157+548 57.09 50
160 154+802 154+826 24.26 30 202 157+582 157+625 43.15 50
161 154+829 154+861 32.13 20 203 157+664 157+714 50.81 60
162 154+886 154+905 18.75 100 204 157+743 157+814 70.77 80
163 154+958 154+982 23.61 50 205 157+850 157+877 26.73 40
164 155+035 155+073 37.96 30 206 157+902 157+946 44.24 30
165 155+110 155+138 28.61 30 207 157+995 158+025 30.15 100
166 155+158 155+201 42.98 100 208 158+077 158+092 15.46 50
167 155+441 155+466 25.12 100 209 158+116 158+143 27.27 60
168 155+499 155+561 61.95 50 210 158+160 158+194 34.49 70
169 155+617 155+668 50.93 60 211 158+212 158+249 36.24 30
170 155+757 155+776 18.27 60 212 158+299 158+320 21.24 30
171 155+836 155+857 21.73 60 213 158+342 158+372 29.79 30
172 155+926 155+942 15.95 100 214 158+397 158+430 33.05 30
173 155+947 155+975 28.42 30 215 158+454 158+466 11.83 30
174 155+993 156+012 19.56 30 216 158+514 158+542 28.46 30
175 156+021 156+043 22.25 30 217 158+554 158+572 18.15 30
176 156+078 156+090 11.71 30 218 158+595 158+624 28.73 100
177 156+100 156+115 14.77 30 219 158+650 158+695 45.50 30
178 156+129 156+152 22.30 30 220 158+700 158+717 17.52 50
179 156+174 156+225 50.40 35 221 158+719 158+756 36.79 50
180 156+252 156+274 21.94 35 222 158+770 158+790 20.16 20
181 156+304 156+327 23.52 50 223 158+807 158+835 27.92 80
182 156+341 156+359 17.46 50 224 158+883 158+937 53.92 40
183 156+378 156+394 15.78 50 225 158+945 158+974 28.76 35
184 156+434 156+455 21.11 50 226 158+987 159+005 17.66 500
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S. Curve S. Curve
Length Radius Length Radius
No. Start End No. Start End
227 159+066 159+090 23.95 35 269 161+967 161+987 19.79 60
228 159+092 159+108 15.44 30 270 161+865 161+936 70.45 25
229 159+152 159+172 19.36 100 271 162+003 162+040 37.00 60
230 159+229 159+283 53.88 100 272 162+240 162+288 48.60 25
231 159+356 159+390 34.03 30 273 162+334 162+374 40.73 300
232 159+430 159+454 24.23 100 274 162+380 162+425 45.67 60
233 159+468 159+488 20.34 150 275 162+480 162+529 48.88 150
234 159+521 159+541 19.82 50 276 162+563 162+608 44.76 80
235 159+544 159+584 39.55 30 277 162+632 162+664 31.72 25
236 159+641 159+666 24.80 30 278 162+690 162+724 34.23 100
237 159+689 159+701 11.81 45 279 162+766 162+789 23.16 40
238 159+714 159+732 17.86 50 280 162+854 162+903 48.88 30
239 159+767 159+800 33.15 50 281 162+950 162+978 27.62 30
240 159+815 159+838 22.79 60 282 163+020 163+064 44.18 30
241 159+861 159+897 36.07 60 283 163+105 163+131 26.03 100
242 159+929 159+965 36.30 40 284 163+179 163+239 59.73 80
243 160+023 160+047 23.05 50 285 163+259 163+288 28.84 30
244 160+131 160+174 43.54 50 286 163+316 163+345 29.16 50
245 160+201 160+228 26.83 50 287 163+357 163+379 22.17 50
246 160+261 160+308 46.85 50 288 163+410 163+439 29.19 30
247 160+352 160+386 34.75 30 289 163+482 163+508 26.83 50
248 160+406 160+442 35.84 30 290 163+548 163+585 37.51 25
249 160+457 160+501 43.92 30 291 163+594 163+680 85.13 50
250 160+503 160+538 35.19 30 292 163+730 163+807 76.31 40
251 160+628 160+693 64.73 30 293 163+859 163+912 52.39 25
252 160+795 160+806 10.91 10 294 163+948 163+966 18.72 50
253 160+810 160+824 13.96 10 295 164+020 164+065 44.94 30
254 160+897 160+914 16.58 50 296 164+109 164+153 43.90 25
255 160+920 160+944 23.96 50 297 164+216 164+295 78.67 50
256 160+967 160+977 9.33 50 298 164+329 164+380 50.61 25
257 161+006 161+040 34.62 30 299 164+408 164+484 75.70 40
258 161+060 161+083 23.37 30 300 164+510 164+542 32.29 25
259 161+125 161+145 20.65 20 301 164+564 164+612 48.08 30
260 161+154 161+194 40.81 100 302 164+659 164+711 52.15 25
261 161+233 161+378 145.17 250 303 164+725 164+760 35.31 30
262 161+401 161+428 26.90 30 304 164+811 164+847 36.04 50
263 161+468 161+511 43.20 30 305 164+918 164+933 15.31 50
264 161+523 161+570 47.56 40 306 164+940 164+979 38.33 30
265 161+588 161+618 29.87 50 307 164+992 165+008 15.65 50
266 161+643 161+667 23.47 50 308 165+015 165+042 26.80 100
267 161+717 161+734 17.54 30 309 165+053 165+071 17.97 50
268 161+750 161+765 14.50 30 310 165+079 165+095 16.17 100
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S. Curve S. Curve
Length Radius Length Radius
No. Start End No. Start End
311 165+150 165+205 54.94 200 353 167+871 167+940 68.96 60
312 165+251 165+269 17.80 50 354 167+981 167+998 16.39 30
313 165+281 165+324 43.19 80 355 168+013 168+065 51.67 80
314 165+378 165+401 22.57 50 356 168+082 168+125 43.58 50
315 165+450 165+484 34.52 50 357 168+138 168+235 96.87 50
316 165+514 165+533 18.96 30 358 168+248 168+285 36.72 30
317 165+550 165+570 19.95 30 359 168+314 168+330 16.01 80
318 165+658 165+714 56.42 30 360 168+408 168+439 31.46 20
319 165+779 165+848 68.68 30 361 168+474 168+513 39.26 100
320 165+869 165+887 17.09 100 362 168+518 168+563 45.34 50
321 165+917 165+945 28.43 100 363 168+592 168+611 18.18 30
322 165+961 165+968 6.82 50 364 168+665 168+680 15.92 200
323 166+041 166+076 34.87 100 365 168+757 168+773 16.38 100
324 166+079 166+103 23.78 100 366 168+789 168+814 25.01 100
325 166+129 166+146 16.12 50 367 168+821 168+847 26.43 50
326 166+155 166+200 44.94 20 368 168+875 168+885 9.77 50
327 166+214 166+253 38.65 20 369 168+895 168+934 39.00 25
328 166+280 166+310 29.36 30 370 168+948 168+981 33.20 30
329 166+329 166+370 41.28 30 371 168+991 169+026 34.92 100
330 166+379 166+412 33.09 100 372 169+051 169+078 27.46 100
331 166+419 166+470 50.65 40 373 169+137 169+161 23.87 100
332 166+499 166+540 40.67 25 374 169+176 169+221 44.55 35
333 166+543 166+568 25.15 40 375 169+240 169+260 19.42 30
334 166+586 166+601 15.04 30 376 169+270 169+302 32.31 25
335 166+613 166+629 16.08 100 377 169+313 169+343 29.22 20
336 166+777 166+801 23.97 100 378 169+386 169+439 52.97 25
337 166+859 166+884 24.79 60 379 169+478 169+501 22.92 60
338 166+908 166+927 19.52 60 380 169+509 169+543 33.92 15
339 166+985 167+001 16.06 60 381 169+545 169+565 20.62 50
340 167+019 167+034 15.81 60 382 169+587 169+644 57.13 25
341 167+064 167+087 22.80 60 383 169+677 169+704 27.62 15
342 167+142 167+169 26.54 50 384 169+719 169+759 40.43 20
343 167+183 167+203 20.60 100 385 169+795 169+817 21.89 10
344 167+219 167+247 27.92 50 386 169+825 169+843 18.04 25
345 167+286 167+333 47.47 30 387 169+868 169+917 48.78 35
346 167+357 167+416 58.89 30 388 169+942 169+966 24.26 10
347 167+444 167+476 31.37 25 389 169+971 169+996 25.06 30
348 167+502 167+539 37.60 25 390 170+013 170+028 15.41 100
349 167+563 167+587 24.08 100 391 170+056 170+087 30.91 20
350 167+630 167+662 31.50 25 392 170+100 170+120 19.87 50
351 167+692 167+753 60.74 60 393 170+136 170+169 33.21 13
352 167+800 167+846 45.84 25 394 170+207 170+247 40.00 20
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S. Curve S. Curve
Length Radius Length Radius
No. Start End No. Start End
395 170+290 170+307 17.41 100 437 172+841 172+863 21.77 20
396 170+312 170+352 39.67 20 438 172+892 172+920 27.37 50
397 170+381 170+409 28.81 30 439 172+975 173+001 26.63 20
398 170+445 170+488 42.62 20 440 173+017 173+039 22.53 20
399 170+491 170+509 17.54 15 441 173+052 173+064 12.81 20
400 170+531 170+562 30.86 20 442 173+071 173+096 25.09 20
401 170+573 170+593 19.52 20 443 173+101 173+118 17.07 15
402 170+602 170+640 38.71 20 444 173+123 173+144 20.87 25
403 170+655 170+669 14.43 50 445 173+173 173+228 54.76 40
404 170+719 170+731 12.67 80 446 173+252 173+271 18.98 15
405 170+760 170+783 22.57 80 447 173+303 173+337 34.41 20
406 170+797 170+844 47.07 20 448 173+372 173+403 30.47 50
407 170+887 170+903 15.86 200 449 173+406 173+437 31.49 20
408 170+969 171+025 55.27 25 450 173+453 173+498 44.93 25
409 171+110 171+114 3.97 25 451 173+531 173+546 14.81 50
410 171+183 171+209 25.40 10 452 173+560 173+619 58.78 30
411 171+247 171+286 38.96 35 453 173+644 173+670 25.40 40
412 171+307 171+331 23.79 20 454 173+706 173+732 26.63 40
413 171+351 171+367 16.14 20 455 173+772 173+798 26.40 20
414 171+387 171+394 7.78 20 456 173+812 173+829 16.82 30
415 171+431 171+505 73.62 30 457 173+855 173+874 19.21 40
416 171+597 171+640 42.39 200 458 173+912 173+932 20.13 100
417 171+664 171+702 38.03 20 459 173+966 174+000 34.34 30
418 171+723 171+744 20.67 20 460 174+006 174+021 14.35 30
419 171+791 171+840 48.28 40 461 174+039 174+074 35.22 30
420 171+846 171+871 24.61 15 462 174+093 174+101 8.43 30
421 171+890 171+912 22.52 35 463 174+151 174+173 22.09 100
422 171+941 171+983 41.19 20 464 174+259 174+279 19.86 100
423 172+008 172+023 15.21 30 465 174+298 174+313 15.50 10
424 172+045 172+083 38.61 20 466 174+315 174+330 15.10 10
425 172+120 172+160 40.42 20 467 174+401 174+423 22.09 50
426 172+171 172+203 32.32 15 468 174+448 174+458 9.81 100
427 172+224 172+272 47.74 20 469 174+492 174+558 65.50 90
428 172+349 172+366 17.14 10 470 174+562 174+573 10.71 25
429 172+400 172+413 13.36 10 471 174+584 174+628 43.74 35
430 172+458 172+501 43.35 25 472 174+652 174+679 27.11 50
431 172+505 172+522 16.94 30 473 174+686 174+747 61.17 35
432 172+540 172+555 14.93 30 474 174+823 174+835 12.30 100
433 172+614 172+668 54.15 25 475 174+876 174+920 44.19 50
434 172+675 172+711 35.70 30 476 174+979 175+005 25.72 50
435 172+734 172+749 15.14 10 477 175+022 175+032 10.19 50
436 172+817 172+832 15.16 30 478 175+043 175+079 36.03 30
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S. Curve S. Curve
Length Radius Length Radius
No. Start End No. Start End
479 175+107 175+143 36.06 100 521 178+012 178+027 14.89 30
480 175+148 175+216 68.10 60 522 178+042 178+123 81.20 40
481 175+229 175+262 33.72 30 523 178+184 178+228 43.96 40
482 175+274 175+291 16.45 80 524 178+251 178+279 28.00 30
483 175+437 175+481 43.74 50 525 178+313 178+325 11.95 50
484 175+496 175+543 46.32 50 526 178+348 178+361 12.85 50
485 175+557 175+575 17.48 50 527 178+391 178+439 48.61 50
486 175+614 175+646 32.67 50 528 178+458 178+484 25.31 50
487 175+669 175+747 77.77 40 529 178+579 178+603 23.85 50
488 175+788 175+831 42.59 20 530 178+633 178+665 32.64 50
489 175+896 175+922 25.59 80 531 178+733 178+745 12.05 100
490 175+951 175+986 34.44 50 532 178+798 178+820 21.38 150
491 175+999 176+015 16.59 50 533 178+873 178+898 24.69 100
492 176+041 176+073 31.96 40 534 178+910 178+943 33.25 50
493 176+079 176+114 35.28 30 535 178+975 178+999 24.63 20
494 176+150 176+176 26.03 30 536 179+035 179+066 30.95 20
495 176+212 176+231 18.50 100 537 179+078 179+098 20.04 20
496 176+279 176+304 24.89 50 538 179+174 179+191 16.60 50
497 176+343 176+363 20.05 50 539 179+210 179+229 19.05 25
498 176+381 176+404 23.85 30 540 179+239 179+283 44.52 30
499 176+436 176+459 23.78 40 541 179+363 179+402 39.29 30
500 176+500 176+564 64.03 25 542 179+410 179+438 27.94 30
501 176+639 176+673 33.18 50 543 179+462 179+478 16.15 30
502 176+682 176+712 30.11 50 544 179+503 179+539 35.70 40
503 176+731 176+803 71.81 150 545 179+560 179+591 30.66 60
504 176+803 176+840 36.98 100 546 179+606 179+626 19.74 60
505 176+842 176+892 49.89 30 547 179+664 179+679 15.01 60
506 176+972 177+030 57.58 30 548 179+730 179+740 10.41 150
507 177+038 177+115 77.28 50 549 179+809 179+829 20.35 100
508 177+171 177+225 53.69 35 550 179+866 179+940 73.93 80
509 177+245 177+274 29.73 100 551 179+974 180+015 41.08 15
510 177+321 177+365 43.29 50 552 180+032 180+072 39.37 50
511 177+389 177+409 19.11 80 553 180+158 180+184 25.99 15
512 177+437 177+472 34.98 50 554 180+188 180+201 12.71 15
513 177+512 177+531 19.35 100 555 180+219 180+244 25.14 300
514 177+550 177+581 31.58 80 556 180+254 180+278 23.75 50
515 177+589 177+617 28.15 50 557 180+301 180+316 14.96 80
516 177+655 177+676 21.17 50 558 180+353 180+409 56.26 30
517 177+723 177+767 43.65 50 559 180+431 180+449 17.82 50
518 177+796 177+837 41.11 50 560 180+474 180+497 22.96 50
519 177+903 177+920 17.43 100 561 180+534 180+562 27.97 60
520 177+969 177+999 29.49 30 562 180+567 180+608 40.68 20
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Length Radius Length Radius
No. Start End No. Start End
563 180+648 180+677 28.27 20 605 183+420 183+441 21.00 80
564 180+690 180+712 22.78 50 606 183+464 183+479 15.09 100
565 180+800 180+810 9.36 50 607 183+527 183+566 38.48 80
566 180+829 180+847 18.14 50 608 183+598 183+627 29.09 80
567 180+861 180+874 12.77 70 609 183+637 183+651 14.10 100
568 180+882 180+906 24.02 50 610 183+688 183+716 28.65 40
569 180+926 180+940 13.87 60 611 183+723 183+744 21.45 50
570 180+980 181+004 23.60 30 612 183+769 183+803 34.18 60
571 181+029 181+051 21.85 30 613 183+805 183+832 26.93 40
572 181+068 181+089 21.31 30 614 183+836 183+855 19.06 30
573 181+166 181+181 14.56 500 615 183+864 183+879 15.00 40
574 181+220 181+268 48.29 100 616 183+911 183+951 39.49 60
575 181+302 181+352 50.28 50 617 184+034 184+090 55.68 80
576 181+375 181+389 13.43 100 618 184+173 184+206 33.83 80
577 181+450 181+478 28.81 100 619 184+225 184+256 31.61 25
578 181+610 181+656 46.35 150 620 184+260 184+312 52.78 40
579 181+762 181+870 107.98 200 621 184+313 184+339 26.41 25
580 182+091 182+112 21.04 100 622 184+393 184+428 34.65 50
581 182+132 182+158 25.94 100 623 184+431 184+460 28.36 60
582 182+165 182+199 34.43 100 624 184+480 184+505 25.00 40
583 182+215 182+255 39.87 60 625 184+668 184+772 104.40 40
584 182+257 182+292 34.81 50 626 184+812 184+842 29.30 50
585 182+381 182+406 24.89 40 627 184+846 184+879 32.27 50
586 182+420 182+447 27.30 50 628 184+930 184+953 23.53 30
587 182+470 182+490 20.66 100 629 184+968 184+991 22.53 30
588 182+503 182+529 26.36 80 630 185+012 185+026 14.37 100
589 182+556 182+586 29.25 60 631 185+147 185+237 89.67 50
590 182+586 182+616 29.90 60 632 185+304 185+370 65.14 50
591 182+628 182+649 21.38 30 633 185+388 185+470 82.95 50
592 182+656 182+671 14.64 40 634 185+526 185+635 109.25 50
593 182+736 182+758 22.18 300 635 185+862 185+875 12.79 100
594 182+805 182+828 23.49 300 636 185+959 185+981 22.08 50
595 182+865 182+892 27.16 100 637 186+037 186+097 60.01 50
596 182+953 182+970 17.27 30 638 186+213 186+250 36.60 25
597 182+975 183+009 33.98 25 639 186+262 186+300 38.00 150
598 183+025 183+050 25.16 60 640 186+332 186+395 62.58 25
599 183+074 183+110 35.81 25 641 186+413 186+451 38.22 25
600 183+132 183+202 70.35 100 642 186+463 186+512 49.13 25
601 183+205 183+259 53.78 100 643 186+595 186+628 32.94 75
602 183+260 183+289 29.22 80 644 186+639 186+688 48.50 25
603 183+292 183+324 32.40 60 645 186+693 186+766 72.52 50
604 183+383 183+407 23.60 80 646 186+833 186+891 57.96 50
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Length Radius Length Radius
No. Start End No. Start End
647 186+911 186+935 23.85 50 689 190+960 190+998 38.17 60
648 186+950 187+065 115.07 60 690 191+121 191+156 35.03 30
649 187+087 187+132 44.31 30 691 191+167 191+204 36.96 30
650 187+286 187+311 25.41 20 692 191+237 191+274 37.10 80
651 187+319 187+355 35.92 20 693 191+329 191+364 35.09 30
652 187+404 187+454 50.82 50 694 191+371 191+432 61.01 50
653 187+471 187+534 62.82 50 695 191+447 191+476 29.30 50
654 187+546 187+575 29.37 50 696 191+525 191+572 47.10 100
655 187+609 187+657 48.23 20 697 191+584 191+607 23.35 100
656 187+800 187+843 43.45 300 698 191+704 191+738 33.91 30
657 187+859 187+934 75.73 30 699 191+839 191+860 20.81 30
658 187+950 188+010 59.73 30 700 191+896 191+928 31.95 50
659 188+042 188+068 26.13 25 701 191+938 191+985 47.62 100
660 188+078 188+088 9.92 25 702 191+990 192+045 55.16 50
661 188+159 188+186 26.70 50 703 192+081 192+108 26.43 80
662 188+261 188+289 28.41 15 704 192+205 192+250 45.06 80
663 188+290 188+309 19.65 15 705 192+278 192+332 54.68 30
664 188+360 188+380 20.33 50 706 192+356 192+380 23.81 60
665 188+399 188+422 23.02 50 707 192+459 192+485 26.16 100
666 188+433 188+471 37.21 20 708 192+506 192+560 54.57 80
667 188+574 188+611 36.83 60 709 192+622 192+665 42.82 80
668 188+625 188+662 37.76 60 710 192+715 192+730 14.49 80
669 188+742 188+765 22.80 60 711 192+778 192+826 47.61 50
670 188+792 188+822 29.94 20 712 192+829 192+854 25.20 20
671 188+833 188+890 56.82 50 713 192+889 192+938 48.89 35
672 188+919 188+993 73.34 40 714 193+138 193+159 20.54 20
673 189+029 189+079 50.50 25 715 193+165 193+190 25.22 30
674 189+172 189+218 45.47 50 716 193+207 193+224 17.26 30
675 189+293 189+327 34.23 50 717 193+228 193+249 20.48 30
676 189+402 189+447 44.69 50 718 193+255 193+290 35.20 60
677 189+473 189+513 39.77 30 719 193+033 193+093 59.61 20
678 189+537 189+564 27.43 50 720 193+326 193+368 41.73 20
679 189+603 189+642 39.34 20 721 193+412 193+451 38.20 200
680 189+850 189+966 116.03 100 722 193+473 193+523 49.72 100
681 189+980 190+030 49.89 70 723 193+556 193+635 78.91 100
682 190+184 190+232 48.61 80 724 193+657 193+670 12.97 50
683 190+301 190+331 29.38 80 725 193+692 193+709 16.87 30
684 190+401 190+483 81.90 70 726 193+716 193+727 10.74 30
685 190+510 190+542 32.34 100 727 193+740 193+753 13.24 30
686 190+670 190+738 67.75 50 728 193+799 193+859 60.06 30
687 190+866 190+889 23.42 30 729 193+877 193+895 18.55 30
688 190+902 190+942 39.71 30 730 193+922 193+957 35.22 100
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Length Radius Length Radius
No. Start End No. Start End
731 193+974 193+999 24.93 30 773 196+258 196+281 23.25 15
732 194+019 194+052 32.38 30 774 196+307 196+322 15.08 30
733 194+169 194+194 25.18 50 775 196+405 196+423 17.92 30
734 194+222 194+252 29.76 60 776 196+448 196+475 27.46 50
735 194+271 194+297 26.24 30 777 196+502 196+530 28.25 30
736 194+311 194+337 25.65 30 778 196+547 196+572 25.27 60
737 194+348 194+365 17.16 30 779 196+588 196+617 28.12 50
738 194+398 194+413 15.67 30 780 196+626 196+650 23.29 25
739 194+437 194+449 12.79 30 781 196+656 196+679 22.31 25
740 194+461 194+493 32.49 50 782 196+693 196+729 36.82 30
741 194+508 194+541 32.89 15 783 196+752 196+776 24.85 200
742 194+597 194+615 18.03 30 784 196+911 196+956 44.92 100
743 194+635 194+658 22.84 30 785 197+028 197+091 62.59 50
744 194+873 194+913 40.16 20 786 197+092 197+120 27.43 25
745 195+084 195+121 37.11 50 787 197+259 197+282 22.29 40
746 195+145 195+185 39.48 50 788 197+298 197+323 25.03 40
747 195+190 195+211 20.91 30 789 197+339 197+382 43.36 40
748 195+216 195+244 27.95 15 790 197+453 197+467 14.74 30
749 195+245 195+262 17.46 20 791 197+473 197+519 45.58 50
750 195+274 195+296 21.65 50 792 197+539 197+590 51.51 25
751 195+298 195+321 23.04 50 793 197+600 197+623 23.46 80
752 195+344 195+380 36.67 25 794 197+686 197+721 34.51 50
753 195+382 195+413 30.56 20 795 197+730 197+756 25.84 50
754 195+420 195+443 23.54 20 796 197+765 197+780 15.48 30
755 195+455 195+493 38.11 25 797 197+812 197+852 39.94 30
756 195+509 195+528 19.02 50 798 197+864 197+877 12.05 50
757 195+536 195+571 34.76 50 799 197+896 197+922 26.05 25
758 195+607 195+641 34.72 30 800 197+926 197+984 57.71 35
759 195+664 195+702 38.06 40 801 198+039 198+076 37.00 40
760 195+717 195+727 9.96 15 802 198+106 198+141 34.37 50
761 195+730 195+741 10.35 5 803 198+186 198+215 28.34 300
762 195+747 195+756 9.33 15 804 198+252 198+302 50.27 25
763 195+782 195+819 37.50 50 805 198+354 198+374 20.27 100
764 195+842 195+854 11.83 50 806 198+385 198+421 36.17 15
765 195+854 195+884 30.10 30 807 198+730 198+769 38.78 15
766 195+930 195+958 27.42 40 808 198+832 198+859 26.82 10
767 195+990 196+036 45.54 30 809 198+911 198+929 17.96 50
768 196+045 196+069 24.41 30 810 198+946 198+969 23.05 50
769 196+126 196+154 27.70 25 811 198+986 198+996 9.71 50
770 196+155 196+177 21.27 25 812 199+081 199+106 25.15 20
771 196+179 196+201 21.93 20 813 199+109 199+135 25.80 30
772 196+225 196+254 29.16 25 814 199+145 199+162 17.31 50
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Length Radius Length Radius
No. Start End No. Start End
815 199+177 199+196 19.13 40 857 202+046 202+064 18.36 30
816 199+223 199+343 120.43 90 858 202+074 202+081 7.08 30
817 199+363 199+381 17.84 100 859 202+092 202+140 48.67 30
818 199+401 199+420 18.56 25 860 202+173 202+182 9.00 30
819 199+463 199+485 21.75 100 861 202+231 202+270 39.17 25
820 199+540 199+581 40.89 30 862 202+289 202+317 28.25 50
821 199+609 199+671 61.88 80 863 202+332 202+360 27.95 60
822 199+697 199+724 26.29 30 864 202+376 202+408 32.05 30
823 199+734 199+757 23.83 20 865 202+422 202+435 13.12 40
824 199+768 199+785 17.14 60 866 202+456 202+496 39.85 60
825 199+843 199+960 116.94 200 867 202+560 202+584 23.89 40
826 200+036 200+111 75.52 200 868 202+608 202+615 7.61 40
827 200+153 200+232 79.13 200 869 202+693 202+742 49.01 30
828 200+269 200+292 22.59 30 870 202+766 202+773 7.36 20
829 200+329 200+367 38.43 30 871 202+785 202+805 19.35 20
830 200+478 200+509 31.06 75 872 202+824 202+828 3.74 30
831 200+641 200+737 96.78 75 873 202+849 202+860 10.45 30
832 200+769 200+808 38.93 200 874 202+896 202+898 2.37 30
833 200+850 200+920 70.19 100 875 202+916 202+939 22.94 30
834 201+008 201+022 13.59 25 876 202+977 203+001 23.81 60
835 201+025 201+044 19.66 25 877 203+014 203+026 12.15 30
836 201+069 201+100 31.10 150 878 203+045 203+065 19.94 30
837 201+106 201+122 16.43 100 879 203+108 203+141 32.90 30
838 201+131 201+181 49.48 50 880 203+143 203+180 36.57 30
839 201+181 201+218 36.63 60 881 203+229 203+260 30.72 40
840 201+255 201+299 44.00 30 882 203+262 203+307 45.44 40
841 201+309 201+345 36.00 100 883 203+335 203+352 16.70 40
842 201+365 201+375 9.55 30 884 203+422 203+460 38.03 80
843 201+406 201+431 24.77 25 885 203+467 203+486 18.86 30
844 201+439 201+450 10.96 30 886 203+505 203+530 24.34 40
845 201+459 201+486 26.27 60 887 203+560 203+587 27.08 30
846 201+501 201+521 19.73 30 888 203+595 203+616 20.90 30
847 201+551 201+584 32.79 20 889 203+644 203+662 17.61 30
848 201+647 201+677 29.57 25 890 203+670 203+696 26.50 60
849 201+687 201+734 47.03 30 891 203+706 203+733 27.19 20
850 201+742 201+753 11.22 30 892 203+770 203+796 25.53 20
851 201+770 201+786 16.39 30 893 203+829 203+868 38.88 20
852 201+813 201+866 52.87 40 894 203+892 203+908 16.42 30
853 201+874 201+893 18.97 30 895 203+931 203+945 14.26 60
854 201+905 201+923 18.35 20 896 203+958 203+989 31.68 20
855 201+938 201+951 13.11 20 897 204+026 204+041 14.82 30
856 201+982 202+017 35.50 100 898 204+058 204+084 25.92 35
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Length Radius Length Radius
No. Start End No. Start End
899 204+153 204+164 11.43 30 941 206+476 206+533 56.42 30
900 204+183 204+192 8.35 30 942 206+539 206+578 39.28 30
901 204+203 204+212 9.23 30 943 206+587 206+624 36.39 20
902 204+268 204+310 42.12 40 944 206+655 206+689 34.10 40
903 204+364 204+414 49.97 25 945 206+721 206+744 22.74 40
904 204+480 204+508 28.39 40 946 206+776 206+815 39.21 30
905 204+590 204+646 56.20 45 947 206+822 206+847 24.71 20
906 204+659 204+675 16.33 50 948 206+850 206+875 24.39 30
907 204+732 204+747 15.41 100 949 206+884 206+902 18.67 100
908 204+821 204+854 33.04 30 950 206+929 206+940 10.64 100
909 204+860 204+875 14.26 30 951 206+950 206+990 40.29 50
910 204+922 204+955 33.37 20 952 207+001 207+030 28.85 25
911 204+962 204+992 29.08 20 953 207+046 207+075 29.73 30
912 205+001 205+038 36.44 30 954 207+096 207+126 29.88 80
913 205+048 205+078 30.53 20 955 207+140 207+156 15.66 80
914 205+090 205+125 34.68 30 956 207+206 207+222 16.25 25
915 205+147 205+165 17.37 30 957 207+226 207+263 37.24 25
916 205+197 205+232 35.68 20 958 207+271 207+297 25.95 25
917 205+243 205+265 22.07 100 959 207+301 207+376 74.67 60
918 205+289 205+313 23.98 100 960 207+378 207+395 16.86 30
919 205+348 205+370 22.26 30 961 207+444 207+465 21.55 20
920 205+384 205+426 42.49 20 962 207+494 207+580 85.50 75
921 205+433 205+455 21.91 30 963 207+602 207+621 18.52 25
922 205+470 205+488 18.62 30 964 207+635 207+662 27.27 25
923 205+543 205+597 53.54 40 965 207+675 207+712 36.90 25
924 205+721 205+735 14.33 40 966 207+724 207+738 13.58 25
925 205+762 205+783 20.93 100 967 207+751 207+792 40.89 25
926 205+810 205+823 13.12 100 968 207+814 207+840 25.99 25
927 205+837 205+854 16.52 100 969 207+859 207+889 30.17 25
928 205+880 205+901 21.68 60 970 207+905 207+917 12.76 40
929 205+910 205+930 19.88 40 971 207+970 208+007 36.83 20
930 205+948 205+981 32.98 30 972 208+038 208+067 29.34 20
931 205+996 206+043 46.92 25 973 208+078 208+117 38.85 20
932 206+064 206+080 15.97 40 974 208+157 208+200 43.22 20
933 206+087 206+121 33.55 25 975 208+260 208+288 27.71 40
934 206+137 206+174 36.23 35 976 208+310 208+345 35.34 30
935 206+198 206+228 29.89 35 977 208+363 208+382 19.10 80
936 206+240 206+271 31.61 60 978 208+414 208+459 45.07 60
937 206+284 206+314 29.82 20 979 208+482 208+518 36.16 20
938 206+326 206+358 31.46 20 980 208+549 208+570 21.50 20
939 206+404 206+427 23.21 20 981 208+595 208+601 6.46 25
940 206+431 206+452 20.82 30 982 208+610 208+639 29.30 20
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Length Radius Length Radius
No. Start End No. Start End
983 208+707 208+740 32.69 30 1025 210+870 210+885 14.68 30
984 208+744 208+759 15.39 30 1026 210+913 210+957 43.63 25
985 208+765 208+787 22.00 20 1027 210+981 211+006 24.68 25
986 208+795 208+832 37.15 20 1028 211+007 211+027 19.90 25
987 208+936 208+976 40.40 20 1029 211+036 211+054 18.16 30
988 208+979 209+028 48.63 25 1030 211+091 211+109 17.51 30
989 209+033 209+061 27.74 30 1031 211+109 211+140 30.91 17
990 209+063 209+097 33.76 40 1032 211+168 211+187 19.12 40
991 209+101 209+129 27.40 40 1033 211+189 211+217 27.79 20
992 209+129 209+135 6.21 20 1034 211+241 211+275 34.18 40
993 209+140 209+153 13.07 30 1035 211+314 211+329 14.74 30
994 209+164 209+211 47.07 20 1036 211+331 211+365 34.91 30
995 209+260 209+288 28.36 100 1037 211+398 211+438 39.96 70
996 209+312 209+359 47.05 20 1038 211+447 211+472 25.13 30
997 209+362 209+373 11.12 50 1039 211+504 211+517 13.50 30
998 209+387 209+409 21.34 30 1040 211+560 211+601 40.51 30
999 209+416 209+458 42.34 30 1041 211+615 211+643 28.01 25
1000 209+462 209+479 16.41 60 1042 211+699 211+732 33.28 300
1001 209+491 209+519 28.51 40 1043 211+774 211+797 23.08 25
1002 209+558 209+583 25.52 40 1044 211+832 211+855 23.11 30
1003 209+586 209+621 35.14 20 1045 211+859 211+891 31.24 20
1004 209+628 209+661 32.55 15 1046 211+900 211+932 31.45 15
1005 209+710 209+735 25.44 15 1047 211+955 211+983 27.86 15
1006 209+756 209+782 25.94 35 1048 212+005 212+028 22.24 100
1007 209+847 209+868 20.97 20 1049 212+065 212+109 43.17 100
1008 209+871 209+911 39.91 25 1050 212+121 212+156 35.70 50
1009 209+919 209+951 32.42 15 1051 212+180 212+198 17.11 25
1010 210+061 210+090 29.44 25 1052 212+203 212+224 21.64 25
1011 210+099 210+136 37.53 20 1053 212+234 212+245 10.93 25
1012 210+147 210+163 16.14 30 1054 212+249 212+293 44.18 50
1013 210+199 210+238 38.89 15 1055 212+315 212+348 32.74 20
1014 210+263 210+313 49.83 35 1056 212+359 212+381 21.57 30
1015 210+320 210+354 33.71 25 1057 212+387 212+419 32.25 20
1016 210+367 210+393 26.00 25 1058 212+429 212+453 24.12 40
1017 210+405 210+461 55.44 35 1059 212+476 212+506 29.42 25
1018 210+507 210+555 47.94 40 1060 212+525 212+543 17.57 25
1019 210+558 210+586 27.46 30 1061 212+553 212+592 39.09 30
1020 210+594 210+621 27.08 100 1062 212+599 212+625 25.42 40
1021 210+638 210+691 52.63 35 1063 212+629 212+682 52.84 50
1022 210+697 210+728 30.49 25 1064 212+687 212+724 37.93 25
1023 210+762 210+775 13.08 25 1065 212+749 212+818 69.11 80
1024 210+824 210+849 25.68 30 1066 212+828 212+880 51.11 25
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No. Start End No. Start End
1067 212+895 212+918 23.24 80 1109 215+198 215+214 15.81 20
1068 212+970 213+008 37.89 100 1110 215+233 215+257 23.67 20
1069 213+121 213+152 31.43 25 1111 215+264 215+296 31.58 20
1070 213+174 213+212 37.95 40 1112 215+373 215+389 16.41 100
1071 213+218 213+260 42.36 25 1113 215+400 215+417 16.57 30
1072 213+397 213+436 39.25 50 1114 215+421 215+450 29.00 20
1073 213+469 213+514 44.91 30 1115 215+455 215+479 23.56 30
1074 213+522 213+561 38.69 30 1116 215+509 215+554 45.20 80
1075 213+597 213+646 49.49 60 1117 215+584 215+615 30.93 20
1076 213+662 213+701 39.19 60 1118 215+703 215+721 18.70 100
1077 213+704 213+730 25.55 30 1119 215+760 215+806 46.11 25
1078 213+774 213+788 13.96 30 1120 215+818 215+852 33.35 60
1079 213+796 213+845 49.07 40 1121 215+868 215+909 41.35 40
1080 213+848 213+860 11.90 50 1122 215+988 216+014 26.17 18
1081 213+884 213+923 39.21 50 1123 216+018 216+030 12.61 60
1082 213+953 213+968 15.80 50 1124 216+039 216+065 25.74 30
1083 213+985 214+019 34.30 20 1125 216+071 216+116 44.52 40
1084 214+027 214+054 26.72 40 1126 216+144 216+160 16.09 50
1085 214+065 214+094 28.04 25 1127 216+193 216+212 18.55 30
1086 214+102 214+124 21.52 25 1128 216+234 216+270 35.65 20
1087 214+142 214+183 40.83 60 1129 216+321 216+347 26.76 100
1088 214+204 214+220 16.37 40 1130 216+465 216+503 38.20 100
1089 214+248 214+261 13.34 200 1131 216+504 216+529 24.77 20
1090 214+267 214+285 18.41 60 1132 216+537 216+583 46.74 25
1091 214+302 214+338 35.65 30 1133 216+603 216+635 32.48 25
1092 214+362 214+383 21.45 50 1134 216+655 216+698 42.53 50
1093 214+386 214+413 26.53 30 1135 216+713 216+752 38.96 50
1094 214+464 214+490 26.26 30 1136 216+856 216+879 23.41 150
1095 214+519 214+552 33.37 30 1137 216+889 216+906 17.09 30
1096 214+567 214+579 11.80 50 1138 216+913 216+933 20.67 60
1097 214+610 214+677 67.79 60 1139 216+943 216+984 41.39 40
1098 214+682 214+694 11.98 80 1140 217+011 217+049 37.28 20
1099 214+704 214+733 29.49 30 1141 217+056 217+083 26.86 70
1100 214+768 214+781 13.30 100 1142 217+116 217+153 37.19 50
1101 214+810 214+822 11.77 100 1143 217+158 217+169 10.71 100
1102 214+868 214+888 19.34 30 1144 217+246 217+309 63.67 60
1103 214+898 214+912 13.44 30 1145 217+318 217+343 24.88 30
1104 214+940 214+951 10.79 30 1146 217+365 217+381 15.73 100
1105 215+001 215+013 12.34 50 1147 217+401 217+428 27.85 30
1106 215+018 215+070 52.94 80 1148 217+438 217+472 34.40 60
1107 215+121 215+148 26.69 30 1149 217+532 217+547 15.66 60
1108 215+151 215+187 35.88 20 1150 217+552 217+599 46.66 30
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Length Radius Length Radius
No. Start End No. Start End
1151 217+638 217+666 27.78 30 1193 220+049 220+073 24.36 20
1152 217+725 217+762 36.70 20 1194 220+086 220+104 18.58 30
1153 217+772 217+789 17.00 30 1195 220+116 220+132 15.85 60
1154 217+800 217+814 14.12 50 1196 220+229 220+276 47.29 25
1155 217+845 217+862 17.70 50 1197 220+295 220+320 24.27 25
1156 217+873 217+891 18.51 50 1198 220+329 220+357 28.40 30
1157 217+957 218+002 44.48 25 1199 220+359 220+383 23.99 30
1158 218+033 218+083 49.77 30 1200 220+429 220+444 14.93 50
1159 218+215 218+260 45.61 50 1201 220+502 220+532 29.79 25
1160 218+262 218+293 31.30 30 1202 220+538 220+570 31.74 50
1161 218+296 218+332 35.51 40 1203 220+605 220+653 48.56 30
1162 218+343 218+375 31.78 50 1204 220+665 220+718 53.49 30
1163 218+384 218+431 47.47 30 1205 220+760 220+796 36.23 100
1164 218+433 218+451 18.56 25 1206 220+820 220+858 37.89 150
1165 218+458 218+477 18.35 25 1207 220+866 220+881 15.27 30
1166 218+495 218+524 29.30 30 1208 220+969 220+982 13.37 80
1167 218+530 218+541 11.53 30 1209 220+900 220+966 65.43 25
1168 218+553 218+583 29.94 20 1210 221+025 221+046 21.85 300
1169 218+596 218+607 11.26 30 1211 221+096 221+119 23.85 30
1170 218+623 218+651 28.20 20 1212 221+161 221+192 30.23 25
1171 218+715 218+735 19.17 15 1213 221+213 221+236 23.51 30
1172 218+743 218+765 22.36 20 1214 221+274 221+330 56.31 30
1173 218+766 218+782 15.17 50 1215 221+361 221+390 29.13 20
1174 218+934 219+011 76.54 100 1216 221+433 221+461 28.44 30
1175 219+024 219+046 21.51 25 1217 221+498 221+562 64.21 30
1176 219+100 219+174 73.16 30 1218 221+630 221+662 32.33 15
1177 219+210 219+227 16.43 25 1219 221+683 221+698 14.53 100
1178 219+259 219+277 18.03 30 1220 221+761 221+789 27.97 100
1179 219+281 219+319 37.85 25 1221 221+818 221+867 48.98 30
1180 219+333 219+353 19.40 50 1222 221+875 221+922 46.27 30
1181 219+361 219+395 33.51 30 1223 221+951 221+970 19.41 100
1182 219+414 219+436 22.01 100 1224 221+984 222+011 27.30 40
1183 219+457 219+476 19.69 50 1225 222+014 222+031 17.92 40
1184 219+548 219+587 38.87 60 1226 222+059 222+076 16.49 150
1185 219+593 219+620 26.97 60 1227 222+159 222+178 18.99 30
1186 219+641 219+705 63.50 60 1228 222+222 222+252 30.23 100
1187 219+763 219+826 63.30 50 1229 222+256 222+301 44.49 50
1188 219+848 219+861 12.87 30 1230 222+307 222+358 51.50 25
1189 219+868 219+889 21.20 25 1231 222+380 222+396 16.63 60
1190 219+897 219+907 10.07 50 1232 222+427 222+451 23.57 30
1191 219+918 219+941 22.83 30 1233 222+452 222+494 41.45 15
1192 219+949 219+980 31.20 30 1234 222+525 222+571 46.08 25
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No. Start End No. Start End
1235 222+575 222+625 50.31 100 1277 225+095 225+165 70.29 80
1236 222+699 222+717 17.84 30 1278 225+165 225+222 56.61 40
1237 222+641 222+684 43.07 15 1279 225+296 225+335 38.58 60
1238 222+767 222+784 16.86 50 1280 225+342 225+367 24.48 50
1239 222+796 222+815 19.13 30 1281 225+383 225+419 36.24 18
1240 222+832 222+880 47.35 30 1282 225+439 225+458 18.94 50
1241 222+894 222+950 55.99 30 1283 225+475 225+503 28.34 15
1242 222+982 222+991 9.58 100 1284 225+512 225+539 27.31 15
1243 223+017 223+042 24.81 15 1285 225+566 225+596 29.55 25
1244 223+053 223+096 43.53 25 1286 225+616 225+636 20.61 50
1245 223+125 223+161 35.87 15 1287 225+658 225+669 10.82 50
1246 223+184 223+272 87.85 40 1288 225+734 225+763 29.37 50
1247 223+276 223+317 40.19 20 1289 225+867 225+905 37.79 30
1248 223+327 223+362 35.20 15 1290 225+907 225+933 26.38 30
1249 223+382 223+410 27.17 40 1291 225+938 225+955 17.01 30
1250 223+464 223+488 24.67 25 1292 225+972 225+988 16.54 25
1251 223+489 223+528 38.69 25 1293 226+091 226+114 23.13 20
1252 223+538 223+557 18.63 25 1294 226+122 226+133 11.90 20
1253 223+619 223+699 79.54 80 1295 226+154 226+184 30.39 30
1254 223+730 223+748 17.13 20 1296 226+207 226+237 29.28 15
1255 223+876 223+931 55.10 30 1297 226+313 226+348 34.39 30
1256 223+944 223+961 17.21 50 1298 226+364 226+388 24.77 30
1257 223+973 223+994 21.47 30 1299 226+429 226+452 22.91 50
1258 224+005 224+024 19.12 50 1300 226+463 226+480 16.54 50
1259 224+043 224+086 42.31 30 1301 226+506 226+538 31.98 30
1260 224+094 224+131 36.49 30 1302 226+602 226+631 28.71 30
1261 224+156 224+193 36.62 50 1303 226+641 226+667 26.72 30
1262 224+226 224+247 20.69 30 1304 226+716 226+727 10.93 20
1263 224+262 224+284 22.14 30 1305 226+743 226+754 11.35 20
1264 224+301 224+318 16.41 30 1306 226+784 226+841 56.29 35
1265 224+341 224+365 23.22 100 1307 226+857 226+874 16.91 50
1266 224+384 224+419 34.75 30 1308 226+882 226+923 41.35 80
1267 224+428 224+455 27.09 25 1309 226+932 226+953 21.80 50
1268 224+458 224+504 46.84 200 1310 226+994 227+032 38.42 45
1269 224+519 224+555 35.90 200 1311 227+038 227+059 21.07 50
1270 224+594 224+651 57.45 100 1312 227+089 227+122 33.02 20
1271 224+694 224+769 75.64 30 1313 227+196 227+243 46.72 30
1272 224+816 224+866 50.34 30 1314 227+260 227+282 21.62 30
1273 224+869 224+908 38.69 25 1315 227+290 227+328 38.37 30
1274 224+912 224+930 18.00 25 1316 227+332 227+354 21.03 30
1275 224+947 224+997 50.14 70 1317 227+376 227+385 9.06 50
1276 225+041 225+075 34.31 100 1318 227+400 227+427 27.27 50
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No. Start End No. Start End
1319 227+446 227+469 23.26 25 1361 230+214 230+258 44.29 30
1320 227+491 227+516 24.31 25 1362 230+280 230+353 72.43 30
1321 227+522 227+548 25.80 25 1363 230+372 230+439 66.83 30
1322 227+552 227+570 17.64 50 1364 230+522 230+572 50.38 30
1323 227+654 227+686 31.82 50 1365 230+605 230+621 15.70 25
1324 227+696 227+743 46.56 25 1366 230+641 230+673 32.56 25
1325 227+824 227+848 24.08 200 1367 230+698 230+741 42.83 25
1326 227+908 227+955 47.10 200 1368 230+751 230+782 31.16 20
1327 228+010 228+057 47.14 25 1369 230+789 230+812 22.41 20
1328 228+142 228+177 34.65 30 1370 230+830 230+844 14.17 30
1329 228+181 228+255 73.69 40 1371 230+852 230+871 19.44 30
1330 228+271 228+320 48.96 25 1372 230+895 230+922 26.28 15
1331 228+323 228+339 16.91 15 1373 230+932 230+959 26.73 30
1332 228+351 228+370 19.07 20 1374 230+974 231+015 41.37 25
1333 228+381 228+407 25.66 15 1375 231+037 231+057 19.16 30
1334 228+448 228+486 37.77 35 1376 231+086 231+107 21.65 20
1335 228+539 228+555 16.17 35 1377 231+154 231+170 16.84 20
1336 228+565 228+577 12.60 35 1378 231+195 231+239 44.24 40
1337 228+640 228+662 21.74 50 1379 231+248 231+262 13.83 20
1338 228+698 228+712 13.73 60 1380 231+290 231+307 17.93 50
1339 228+739 228+750 11.43 60 1381 231+356 231+383 27.02 40
1340 228+756 228+787 30.95 60 1382 231+399 231+417 17.45 80
1341 228+797 228+829 31.94 40 1383 231+440 231+467 27.55 30
1342 228+835 228+854 19.11 25 1384 231+473 231+512 38.59 30
1343 228+863 228+878 15.23 50 1385 231+518 231+559 40.48 40
1344 228+902 228+928 25.55 25 1386 231+581 231+600 18.86 40
1345 228+967 228+984 16.27 25 1387 231+609 231+639 30.05 30
1346 228+989 229+010 20.50 20 1388 231+648 231+672 24.11 50
1347 229+020 229+036 15.65 40 1389 231+747 231+785 38.06 25
1348 229+067 229+122 55.31 45 1390 231+795 231+826 31.38 100
1349 229+207 229+256 49.31 200 1391 231+856 231+916 59.58 30
1350 229+408 229+488 80.15 45 1392 231+922 231+951 29.20 80
1351 229+527 229+549 21.78 30 1393 231+962 232+027 65.30 50
1352 229+570 229+598 27.89 30 1394 232+096 232+119 22.35 20
1353 229+642 229+660 17.46 30 1395 232+135 232+158 23.76 50
1354 229+674 229+725 50.15 30 1396 232+185 232+238 53.25 30
1355 229+796 229+813 17.28 20 1397 232+281 232+311 30.26 60
1356 229+836 229+849 13.17 30 1398 232+324 232+376 51.42 25
1357 229+861 229+903 42.69 35 1399 232+392 232+416 23.86 40
1358 229+912 229+952 39.87 200 1400 232+431 232+454 23.31 20
1359 230+012 230+054 41.95 20 1401 232+461 232+493 31.23 20
1360 230+112 230+160 47.75 40 1402 232+521 232+561 40.26 15
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No. Start End No. Start End
1403 232+646 232+684 37.74 15 1445 235+118 235+134 16.29 30
1404 232+716 232+756 39.70 15 1446 235+182 235+201 18.78 30
1405 232+829 232+893 63.46 25 1447 235+277 235+284 6.92 30
1406 232+915 232+931 16.53 50 1448 235+289 235+362 73.38 200
1407 232+941 232+971 29.15 100 1449 235+381 235+401 19.92 50
1408 232+986 233+023 37.39 15 1450 235+407 235+451 44.06 25
1409 233+038 233+059 20.46 50 1451 235+455 235+497 41.82 20
1410 233+061 233+077 15.45 50 1452 235+511 235+539 27.94 30
1411 233+134 233+198 64.47 25 1453 235+548 235+571 22.97 20
1412 233+199 233+244 44.94 25 1454 235+618 235+631 12.97 100
1413 233+249 233+272 23.22 20 1455 235+681 235+716 35.09 40
1414 233+318 233+339 20.89 20 1456 235+724 235+747 23.04 40
1415 233+359 233+400 41.34 40 1457 235+760 235+779 18.67 30
1416 233+441 233+492 51.03 50 1458 235+789 235+838 49.37 25
1417 233+505 233+539 33.92 50 1459 235+851 235+914 62.29 25
1418 233+660 233+681 20.41 60 1460 235+923 235+951 27.68 25
1419 233+707 233+729 21.99 25 1461 235+998 236+035 36.60 30
1420 233+730 233+768 37.59 50 1462 236+061 236+091 30.11 20
1421 233+773 233+817 43.96 25 1463 236+176 236+197 21.18 30
1422 233+836 233+882 45.57 30 1464 236+225 236+239 13.74 30
1423 233+928 233+943 14.91 100 1465 236+256 236+305 49.15 30
1424 233+960 233+987 27.20 50 1466 236+333 236+359 26.02 50
1425 234+054 234+087 33.07 500 1467 236+380 236+412 32.82 20
1426 234+143 234+181 38.10 50 1468 236+422 236+443 21.29 25
1427 234+199 234+215 15.54 30 1469 236+488 236+501 13.25 25
1428 234+230 234+252 21.95 40 1470 236+504 236+534 29.43 25
1429 234+268 234+301 32.74 30 1471 236+594 236+616 22.43 25
1430 234+330 234+344 14.05 30 1472 236+645 236+670 24.96 200
1431 234+356 234+392 35.79 25 1473 236+699 236+739 39.69 200
1432 234+401 234+417 16.37 30 1474 236+779 236+807 27.46 25
1433 234+447 234+460 12.55 25 1475 236+829 236+853 24.71 30
1434 234+470 234+490 19.69 300 1476 236+870 236+909 38.35 35
1435 234+501 234+517 16.59 200 1477 236+911 236+959 47.57 30
1436 234+587 234+636 49.02 100 1478 236+976 237+034 58.59 25
1437 234+638 234+662 23.81 30 1479 237+070 237+082 12.61 25
1438 234+706 234+743 37.44 30 1480 237+090 237+121 31.23 20
1439 234+768 234+830 61.86 40 1481 237+139 237+155 16.25 25
1440 234+835 234+868 33.24 50 1482 237+211 237+231 20.37 30
1441 234+874 234+915 40.64 50 1483 237+242 237+285 42.79 30
1442 234+976 235+018 42.11 25 1484 237+304 237+385 81.01 70
1443 235+033 235+073 39.74 25 1485 237+392 237+407 14.76 40
1444 235+080 235+097 17.29 30 1486 237+454 237+469 14.37 40
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No. Start End No. Start End
1487 237+479 237+523 44.62 25 1529 239+729 239+753 23.92 30
1488 237+568 237+589 21.55 20 1530 239+788 239+823 35.59 30
1489 237+611 237+632 20.93 30 1531 239+846 239+875 29.27 30
1490 237+649 237+668 18.78 50 1532 239+925 239+960 34.48 40
1491 237+679 237+710 30.65 25 1533 239+974 240+035 60.56 40
1492 237+738 237+756 18.38 25 1534 240+048 240+088 39.28 35
1493 237+765 237+813 47.90 30 1535 240+098 240+132 34.05 25
1494 237+845 237+862 17.51 50 1536 240+144 240+196 52.03 35
1495 237+873 237+910 36.44 100 1537 240+213 240+251 38.17 25
1496 237+931 237+959 28.81 20 1538 240+259 240+286 27.64 30
1497 238+005 238+055 50.16 30 1539 240+395 240+446 50.99 30
1498 238+061 238+082 21.15 25 1540 240+457 240+507 50.04 20
1499 238+092 238+142 50.26 40 1541 240+523 240+535 12.24 40
1500 238+142 238+181 38.60 30 1542 240+540 240+567 27.29 25
1501 238+199 238+230 31.70 30 1543 240+568 240+598 30.29 50
1502 238+246 238+263 16.90 50 1544 240+605 240+634 29.41 25
1503 238+279 238+321 42.04 50 1545 240+685 240+702 16.89 40
1504 238+347 238+380 32.14 30 1546 240+707 240+755 47.97 40
1505 238+501 238+516 14.37 30 1547 240+755 240+802 47.42 25
1506 238+526 238+565 39.13 30 1548 240+818 240+832 14.77 30
1507 238+588 238+631 42.29 30 1549 240+851 240+895 44.15 25
1508 238+644 238+679 35.05 40 1550 240+900 240+945 44.18 20
1509 238+790 238+815 25.51 35 1551 240+955 240+988 32.66 30
1510 238+823 238+850 27.27 25 1552 241+008 241+027 19.55 30
1511 238+865 238+908 42.69 80 1553 241+051 241+064 13.22 50
1512 238+938 238+954 15.78 50 1554 241+112 241+159 47.13 25
1513 238+966 238+991 24.36 25 1555 241+192 241+241 49.68 20
1514 239+004 239+032 28.63 30 1556 241+344 241+374 29.88 50
1515 239+040 239+064 23.92 30 1557 241+397 241+449 51.61 25
1516 239+124 239+145 21.42 80 1558 241+454 241+536 82.08 40
1517 239+174 239+193 19.25 30 1559 241+544 241+569 25.64 35
1518 239+201 239+228 27.14 20 1560 241+576 241+596 19.46 40
1519 239+251 239+305 54.13 45 1561 241+612 241+631 18.82 100
1520 239+315 239+354 39.17 40 1562 241+645 241+691 45.73 30
1521 239+362 239+395 33.36 40 1563 241+716 241+753 37.43 50
1522 239+402 239+428 26.88 25 1564 241+775 241+826 51.32 25
1523 239+436 239+469 32.94 15 1565 242+024 242+091 67.37 35
1524 239+479 239+540 61.27 30 1566 242+131 242+155 24.40 30
1525 239+592 239+607 14.76 20 1567 242+171 242+221 49.53 30
1526 239+618 239+634 16.03 30 1568 242+243 242+278 34.72 30
1527 239+647 239+663 16.14 50 1569 242+315 242+339 24.48 50
1528 239+680 239+711 31.10 30 1570 242+359 242+405 46.08 40
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No. Start End No. Start End
1571 242+413 242+444 31.66 30 1613 244+836 244+852 15.76 25
1572 242+490 242+516 26.38 20 1614 244+859 244+885 25.21 15
1573 242+536 242+592 56.26 25 1615 244+903 244+943 40.82 20
1574 242+658 242+688 30.17 50 1616 244+958 244+970 12.12 20
1575 242+703 242+734 31.86 20 1617 244+984 245+021 36.88 25
1576 242+749 242+784 35.19 25 1618 245+034 245+072 38.12 30
1577 242+786 242+811 24.24 30 1619 245+134 245+158 24.01 20
1578 242+850 242+911 60.90 100 1620 245+214 245+245 30.68 150
1579 242+985 243+016 30.53 40 1621 245+249 245+275 25.66 30
1580 243+028 243+042 14.26 40 1622 245+304 245+334 30.21 30
1581 243+069 243+095 25.95 30 1623 245+356 245+380 23.15 50
1582 243+103 243+127 24.54 25 1624 245+381 245+403 21.43 30
1583 243+137 243+151 13.42 25 1625 245+474 245+515 41.11 20
1584 243+168 243+222 53.85 20 1626 245+520 245+549 29.39 15
1585 243+253 243+296 42.41 30 1627 245+614 245+717 103.10 120
1586 243+330 243+366 36.17 30 1628 245+739 245+764 25.12 30
1587 243+366 243+392 26.27 50 1629 245+791 245+808 17.32 15
1588 243+413 243+448 34.59 40 1630 245+834 245+850 16.01 30
1589 243+456 243+488 32.20 20 1631 245+872 245+881 9.20 50
1590 243+503 243+522 18.87 20 1632 245+924 245+956 32.71 50
1591 243+531 243+575 43.62 25 1633 245+994 246+040 46.00 60
1592 243+607 243+648 41.09 25 1634 246+059 246+097 37.31 15
1593 243+666 243+684 17.85 30 1635 246+101 246+120 19.13 30
1594 243+691 243+758 66.44 40 1636 246+126 246+141 15.52 30
1595 243+775 243+812 36.76 25 1637 246+151 246+167 15.41 30
1596 243+834 243+868 33.54 25 1638 246+216 246+291 74.36 70
1597 243+880 243+913 33.16 25 1639 246+295 246+318 23.49 20
1598 243+923 243+948 25.36 20 1640 246+370 246+404 33.68 50
1599 243+958 243+984 25.75 20 1641 246+436 246+452 15.37 15
1600 244+031 244+062 31.65 15 1642 246+464 246+487 22.52 15
1601 244+080 244+144 63.84 30 1643 246+499 246+519 19.29 15
1602 244+176 244+207 30.17 30 1644 246+530 246+569 38.65 20
1603 244+217 244+263 46.54 50 1645 246+733 246+752 19.75 30
1604 244+296 244+359 62.17 50 1646 246+764 246+822 57.22 30
1605 244+363 244+389 26.18 15 1647 246+839 246+863 24.18 50
1606 244+396 244+411 15.03 30 1648 246+879 246+909 29.52 25
1607 244+419 244+441 22.27 20 1649 246+924 246+950 25.17 25
1608 244+496 244+531 35.39 45 1650 246+964 247+001 36.32 25
1609 244+537 244+567 30.07 45 1651 247+033 247+052 18.79 50
1610 244+601 244+623 22.38 30 1652 247+098 247+132 34.21 20
1611 244+679 244+754 74.20 150 1653 247+211 247+253 42.74 60
1612 244+795 244+833 37.69 25 1654 247+259 247+310 51.24 40
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No. Start End No. Start End
1655 247+360 247+406 45.80 25 1676 248+947 248+973 26.53 100
1656 247+414 247+429 14.48 30 1677 248+996 249+020 23.80 50
1657 247+451 247+481 30.22 60 1678 249+032 249+054 21.31 30
1658 247+509 247+535 25.77 60 1679 249+068 249+094 26.48 30
1659 247+561 247+597 36.40 30 1680 249+109 249+200 91.33 50
1660 247+640 247+694 54.40 70 1681 249+275 249+307 32.80 80
1661 247+728 247+775 47.01 70 1682 249+383 249+412 28.51 150
1662 247+787 247+861 73.88 80 1683 249+502 249+544 42.01 150
1663 247+960 247+992 31.56 80 1684 249+430 249+474 43.94 15
1664 248+039 248+091 51.61 25 1685 249+557 249+588 31.58 150
1665 248+187 248+231 44.26 30 1686 249+667 249+687 20.23 100
1666 248+265 248+291 26.14 50 1687 249+726 249+747 20.29 100
1667 248+303 248+325 22.00 40 1688 249+800 249+834 34.00 300
1668 248+336 248+375 38.33 30 1689 249+604 249+649 45.20 15
1669 248+381 248+405 23.40 30 1690 249+917 249+942 24.67 200
1670 248+420 248+449 29.50 80 1691 250+040 250+055 14.22 500
1671 248+502 248+529 27.24 15 1692 250+139 250+222 82.35 200
1672 248+533 248+577 43.48 50 1693 250+291 250+319 28.36 500
1673 248+586 248+618 31.78 25 1694 250+358 250+414 55.75 200
1674 248+621 248+694 72.50 35 1695 250+433 250+465 32.19 200
1675 248+760 248+802 41.60 100 1696 250+498 250+525 26.37 200
Presently the existing road is consisting of 2-lane (1.5%), Intermediate lane (8.8%) and
single lane (89.70%) sections. In majority of the stretch hill is on one side and steep
valley on other side. Due to land side stability and inadequate retaining walls are
existing at some locations as mentioned in Inventory data of retaining structure. The
condition of these structures is fairly good.
While developing widening scheme for proposed two lane configuration highway
attempts are made to make use of the available retaining walls and to make up the total
required widening on hill side. It is to mention that widening on valley side practically not
feasible due to steep terrain conditions in most of the sections. Widening on valley side
has been proposed only in such sections where ever it is feasible.
The widening scheme along with improvement of alignment, by passes have been
discussed with CE (NH) HP PWD during his site visit on 11th January 2011 and his
views/suggestions have been incorporated in the proposed alignment after further
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Following are the details of cross sectional elements used for the project road:
Typical
Cross Applicability Cross-Sectional Elements
Section
Total width of Roadway – 11.250 m
(inclusive of drain on both side)
Type - 1 Both Side Hill
• Carriageway – 7.00 m
(Fig 5.1) (Cut Portion)
• Both side Granular shoulder – 1.0 m
• Both side Lined Drain – 1.125 m
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Typical
Cross Applicability Cross-Sectional Elements
Section
Total width of Roadway – 11.525 m
(inclusive of drain and parapet)
• Carriageway – 7.00 m
One Side Hill other
Type – 2 • Hill side Granular shoulder – 1.0 m
side Valley
(Fig 5.2) • Hill side Lined drain – 1.125 m
• Valley Side Earthen Shoulder – 2.0 m
• Parapet on Valley side – 0.40 m
Total width of Roadway – 11.80 m
Both Side Valley (inclusive of parapet on both side)
Type – 3
(Both side Retaining • Carriageway – 7.00 m
(Fig 5.3)
wall) • Both Side Earthen Shoulder – 2.0 m
• Both side Parapet – 0.4 m
Total width of Roadway – 12.00 m
Type – 4
Plain section
(Fig 5.4) • Carriageway – 7.00 m
• Both side Earthen Shoulder – 2.50 m
Total width of Roadway – 10.80 m
(inclusive of both side Covered Drain)
Type – 5
Built up section • Carriageway – 7.00 m
(Fig 5.5)
• Both side Granular shoulder – 0.9 m
• Both side Covered Drain – 1.00 m
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Keeping these basic requirements various Typical Cross Sections have been developed for
project road. Typical Cross sections have been given in Following Figure.
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FLEXIBLE TYPE OF PAVEMENT HAS BEEN ADOPTED FOR WIDENING OF EXISTING CARRIAGEWAY AND NEW
CONSTRUCTION OF REALIGNED CARRIAGEWAY.
As per the guide lines issued by MoRTH for preparation of detailed project report, DPR
and cost estimates of NHIIP projects, the design year has been taken as end of year 2040
with construction period of 3 years:
Design of Overlay: The existing pavement was evaluated with a view to work out the
overlay requirement on the existing carriageway and to provide new crust in additional
lane. Benkelman Beam deflection studies were carried out along both outer edges of the
carriageway as per IRC 81-1997.
The deflections were measured, as per procedure detailed in IRC: 81-1997. Overlay
design has been carried out based on statistical analysis of all measurement. The overlay
thickness for the section from Km 141+000 to Km 145+825 is considered with average
BC 30 mm & DBM 50 mm.
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From the Inventory and Bridge condition survey of structures, the structures given in Table 5.3.2a have been proposed for Reconstruction due to
poor condition and inadequate carriage way.
Proposed Prop
Existing Propose
Existing Design Super osed Conditio Type of
S. Span d Span Name of Norma Remarks
Chainage Ch Structur Total Found n of Improvement
No Arrange Arrange Crossing l/Skew
(km) e Type Widt ation Bridge Proposal
ment ment
h (m)
Reconstruction
proposed due to poor
condition of Bridge,
180+61 proposed span
9 Steel arrangement kept
Girder almost same as the
Padchoo
with existing span
1 184+364 1x41.95 1x42.0 12.0 Khad Normal Open Poor Reconstruction
RCC arrangement, From
Crossing
Deck hydrological
Slab investigations the
length of Bridge is
sufficient for the
calculated linear
waterway.
181+80 Reconstruction
0 RCC T- Tor
proposed due to
2 185+717 1x12.20 1x13.96 Beam 12.0 Nallah Normal Open Fair Reconstruction
realignment and this
Girder Crossing
bridge in narrow
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Proposed Prop
Existing Propose
Existing Design Super osed Conditio Type of
S. Span d Span Name of Norma Remarks
Chainage Ch Structur Total Found n of Improvement
No Arrange Arrange Crossing l/Skew
(km) e Type Widt ation Bridge Proposal
ment ment
h (m)
condition, the span
length is increased
(Given neasm ) due
to Hydrology
189+75 Steel &
Reconstruction
5 PSC
proposed due to
1x28.7+ 1x30.0+1 Girders
Khad realignment and this
3 195+463 1x47.0+ x47.0+1x With 12.0 Normal Open Fair Reconstruction
Crossing bridge in narrow
1x28.7 30.0 RCC
condition, the span
Deck
length is increased
Slab
191+43 New construction due
PSC
6 to realignment,
Girder
exiting structure was
with Khad Temporar New
4 197+361 1x41.95 1x21.5 12.0 Normal Open temporary (no
RCC Crossing y & poor constrcution
abutment & bearings
Deck
- steel truss bridge
Slab
resting on road}
Reconstruction
proposed due to
RCC
220+28 Nallah realignment and this
5 230+228 1x6.1 1x6.4 Solid 12.0 Normal Open Fair Reconstruction
3 Crossing bridge in narrow
Slab
condition, the span
length is increase
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Proposed Prop
Existing Propose
Existing Design Super osed Conditio Type of
S. Span d Span Name of Norma Remarks
Chainage Ch Structur Total Found n of Improvement
No Arrange Arrange Crossing l/Skew
(km) e Type Widt ation Bridge Proposal
ment ment
h (m)
Reconstruction
proposed due to
RCC T-
224+70 Nallah realignment and this
6 235+318 1x19.75 1x21.5 Beam 12.0 Normal Open Fair Reconstruction
3 Crossing bridge in narrow
Girder
condition, the span
length is increased
Reconstruction
proposed due to
RCC T-
228+01 Nallah realignment and this
7 238+933 1x19.75 1x21.5 Beam 12.0 Normal Open Fair Reconstruction
6 Crossing bridge in narrow
Girder
condition, the span
length is increased
PSC Reconstruction
Girder proposed due to
229+38 with Khad realignment and this
8 240+486 1x31.75 1x32.2 12.0 Normal Open Fair Reconstruction
1 RCC Crossing bridge in narrow
Deck condition, the span
Slab length is increased
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Bridges
The existing structures, wherever having inadequate carriageway width, have been
widened as per latest MoRTH guidelines. The guidelines are as follows:
The bridges which are sound but narrower than 7.5m width (Carriageway) have been
widened.
• The bridges having solid slab type superstructure with open foundation or box type
superstructure shall be widened so as to make the deck width same as the approach
road width. If the width of additional widening is 1.0m (0.5m on each side) or less, the
widening of the structure may be dispensed with and traffic shall be guided with help of
crash barriers in a transition of 1 in 20 on either side of approaches.
• All existing bridges in sound condition with 7.5m wide carriageway shall be retained.
• The bridges having 2-lane carriageway and T-beam/Box type superstructure with
well/pile foundation may be retained and proper transition between approach and bridge
shall be provided with help of crash barriers.
Widening shall be done concentrically or eccentrically on either side or one side, which
will depend on how the proposed alignment is fixed. The bridges which are in sound
condition and having superstructure are widened with Minor Repairs like dismantling of
existing railing replaced by crash barrier, removal of damaged wearing course.
The list of bridges to be widened with minor repairs is given in Table 5.3.2b. Minor
Bridges consisting solid slab structures shall be widened as either concentric or
eccentric, slab shall be made integral by joining old slab with new slab by dismantling
the existing slab of approximately 400mm and SM substructure shall be widened with
RCC wall type piers by keeping 20mm gap between old and new structure.
Culverts
Based on Culverts inventory and Condition survey, the structures which are structurally
distress shall be reconstructed.
All existing culverts which are not to be reconstructed shall be widened equal to the
roadway width of approaches. All slab culverts which are retained shall be widened with
RCC box culvert keeping 20mm gap in between old slab culvert and new box culvert
walls and old RCC slab made integral with new box culvert top slab. The widening
arrangement of RCC slab culvert has been shown in Figure 8.8.
All existing pipe culverts of diameter 900 mm and above, which are in sound condition
and functioning satisfactorily, may be extended using pipes of same diameter. For which
minimum cushion of 600mm shall be provided. The widening arrangement of RCC
Hume pipe culvert has been shown in Figure 8.10.
The culverts which are proposed for widening shall be provided with suitable bedding as
well as floor protection as per the MoRTH/IRC specifications.
Typical Cross Section of Proposed widening scheme for Culverts is given in Fig.5.3.2c,
5.3.2d. List of widening schemes of Culverts are given in Volume II Design Report
Part II Bridges & Structures, Table 5.3.2.1a, 5.3.2.1b, 5.3.2.1c, 5.3.2.1d, 5.3.2.1e,
5.3.2.1f
.
5.3.3.2 Design Criteria
The design of new structures shall be based on the following materials and loading.
Materials
Concrete Grade
Culverts - M25/M20
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Reinforcement Steel
-High yield strength deformed bar shall be of grade Fe 415 as per IS: 1786-1979
Exposure Condition
For pre-stress cable - As per clause 16 of IRC: 18 duct to outer most fibre
of girder
Pre-Stressing System
All ducts and anchorages will be suitable for 19T13 stress relieved low relaxation
strands conforming to IS 14268. The properties of the strands will be as follows:
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h) Loss of force due to relaxation : 2.5% at 0.7 UTS after 1000 hrs. The final
relaxation value for design shall be 3.0
times the 1000 hr. value as per cl. 11.4 of
IRC: 18-1985.
Stressing shall be carried out simultaneously from both ends. All the strands of a cable
shall be stressed in one go. Provisions for 4% emergency cables will be provided. If
they are not utilised during construction, they will be pulled out and cable ducts will be
grouted and plugged suitably. Access to the super-structure shall be provided to enable
maintenance, inspection and future pre-stressing operations.
Structural Steel
Structural steel shall conform to IS: 226 with yield stress of 23.6 kg/mm2.
Bearings
Reinforced elastomeric bearings have been proposed for short span simply supported
superstructures. Elastomeric bearings shall be designed as per IRC: 83 (Part II) and
shall conform to Cl.2005 of MOST's Specifications for Road & Bridge Works (4th
Revision). RCC solid slab superstructures of culverts and minor bridges shall directly
rest on pier/abutment caps with a tar paper in between.
Pot fixed/POT PTFE sliding bearings shall be proposed for long span simply supported
superstructures and continuous superstructures. These bearings shall be designed and
supplied by the approved manufacturers. The loads and forces on the bearings shall be
calculated to enable the manufacturer to design these bearings and these shall conform
to Cl. 2006 of MOST's Specifications for Road & Bridge Works (4th Revision).
Expansion Joints
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Single Strip seal expansion joints have been proposed for superstructures having
movements up to ± 40mm.
The strip seal expansion joints shall conform to Cl. 2607 of MOST's Specifications for
Road and Bridge works (4th Revision).
Miscellaneous
An asphaltic concrete wearing course shall be provided over the deck slab. It shall
consist of a coat of mastic asphalt 15mm thick with a prime coat over the deck before
the wearing course is laid. The insulating layer of 6mm thick mastic asphalt with 75%
limestone dust filler and 25% of 30/40 penetration grade bitumen shall be laid at 375 F.
Two layers of 25mm each of asphaltic concrete shall be laid over the mastic asphalt.
Drainage spouts with gratings at the top shall be provided on the bridges to ensure
proper drainage of surface water.
An approach slab 3.50m long and 300mm thick resting on the bracket taken out from
the dirt wall shall be provided on both sides of the bridge resting on the 150mm thick
leveling course. The gap between the approach slab and dirt wall have been filled with
bituminous joint filer sealing compound.
Weep holes have been provided behind abutment and wing wall to avoid building up of
hydrostatic pressure behind them. Weep holes shall be provided 150mm, above the low
water level or bed level whichever is higher. In case of stone masonry weep holes of
150mm.diameter or 80X150mm. size in 1:20 slope shall be provided.
MORTH Specifications
The specifications for Road and Bridge Works of Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
published by Indian Road Congress have been used for materials to be used for
construction of bridges.
Dead Loads
Following unit weights have been assumed in the design as per IRC Codes.
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Wearing Coat : 65mm thick asphaltic concrete with total weight of 0.23 t/sq.m
(including allowance for overlay)
All the new cross drainage structures have been designed for the following loading-
The impact factor has been considers as per Cl. 211 of IRC:6 for the relevant load
combinations. For simplicity in design, the impact factor for continuous structures has
been calculated for the smallest span of each module and used for all the spans in that
module.
Longitudinal Forces
The following effects have been considered for calculating the longitudinal forces in the
design-
Centrifugal Forces
Bridges on a horizontal curve have been designed for centrifugal forces based on the
following equation-
C = WxV^2/127R
The centrifugal forces have been considered to act at 1.20m above the formation level
of the bridge in the transverse direction. No impact values on carriageway live load have
been considered for calculating the centrifugal force.
The effect of water current forces have been calculated in accordance with clause
number 213 of IRC:6-2017 on sub-structure and foundations. High Flood level and
Velocity has been calculated based on the details received from relevant Government
departments or local inquiries.
Impact Forces
All the sub-structure and foundations in the river have been designed for the impact due
to striking of rolling boulders on the sub-structure in mountainous terrain. The
magnitudes of force have been decided based on field studies and in consultation with
client.
Earth Pressure
Horizontal forces due to earth pressure has been calculated as per the provision of Cl.
217 of IRC:6 assuming the following soil properties :
Type of soil assumed for backfilling : Dry Density of 1.9 t/cu.m and
Submerged Density of 1.2 t/cu.m
Coefficient of Friction `µ' at base : tan (2/3φ), where φ is the angle of internal
friction of substrata immediately under the
foundation.
Live load surcharge have been considered as equivalent to 1.2m height of earth fill in
case of abutments and equivalent to 0.6m height of earth fill in case of return/wing walls.
Wind Forces
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Structures have been designed for wind effects as stipulated as Cl. 212 of the IRC:6.
The wind forces have been considered in the following two ways. The design has been
governed by the one producing the worst effect.
(ii) 65% of wind force as calculated in (i) above acting perpendicular to the
Bridges in seismic zones II and III need not be designed for seismic forces provided
both the following conditions are met.
The project road falls under seismic zone II. Horizontal seismic force has been
calculated using the following formula.
Where dead load and appropriate live load under seismic condition to be considered as per Table
1, and
I = Importance factor
horizontal vibrations.
Horizontal forces due to seismic effect shall be taken to act through the centre of gravity
of all the loads under consideration. The direction of these forces should be such that
the resultant stresses in the member under consideration are the maximum.
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The seismic force due to live load has not been considered when acting in the direction
of traffic, but has been considered in the direction perpendicular to traffic.
Parts of structures embedded in soil shall not be considered to produce any seismic
forces.
Temperature Range
The bridge structure/components i.e. bearings and expansion joints, have been
designed for a temperature variation of + 25°C considering extreme climate.
Effect of non-linear distribution of temperature across the deck depth causes additional
tension and compression in the structure. It happens due to the difference in
temperature at top and bottom of super-structure. This causes eigen-stress in the
structure. In this case the supports do not offer any restrain to the hogging or sagging of
beam. The effect of eigen stresses have been considered for all the proposed bridges.
In case of continuous structures there will be effect of intermediate supports which gives
restrain to the free hogging and sagging of structure. The intermediate support prevents
the beams to freely hog or sag, which causes continuity stresses. The effect of
continuity stresses have been considered for continuous bridges.
However, effects due to differential shrinkage and/or differential creep shall be duly
accounted for in the design.
A uniformly distributed load of 3.6 KN/m2 of the form area has been taken into account
of construction stage loadings in the design of superstructure elements, wherever
applicable, as per Cl. 4.2.2.2.2 of IRC: 87-1984.
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The design shall take into account the temporary and locked-in-forces, adjusted by
creep effects, resulting from various methods of construction adopted. These forces will
include those arriving from each stage of construction.
Buoyancy
100% buoyancy has been considered while checking stability of foundations irrespective
of their resting on soil/weathered rock/or hard rock. However, the maximum base
pressures have also been checked under an additional condition with 50% buoyancy in
cases where foundations are embedded into hard rock. Pore pressure uplift limited to
15% has been considered while checking stresses of the substructure elements.
In the design of abutments, the effects of buoyancy shall be considered assuming the fill
behind abutments has been removed by scour.
Load Combination
All members have been designed to safely sustain the most critical combination of
various loads and forces that can coexist. Various load combinations as relevant with
increase in permissible stresses considered in the design as per Cl. 202 of IRC:6 and
Cl. 706 of IRC:78.
In addition, the stability of a bridge resting on neoprene/POT cum PTFE bearings has
been checked under one span dislodged condition. The load case has been checked
with seismic/wind load combinations.
Scour depth for foundations and protection works has been designed for a larger
discharge in order to give adequate factor of safety. The percentage increase in
discharge based on catchment area is as follows-
ii) 25% to 20% for medium catchments of 500 to 5000 square kilometers
iii) 20% to 10% for larger catchments of 5000 to 25000 square kilometers
For the design of floor protection works for raft or open foundations, the following values
of maximum scour depth has been adopted:
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The length of apron in upstream may be 0.7 times of the same in downstream.
In this project no New Major Bridges proposed. On the proposed new Minor Bridges
where approach embankments subject to flooding but where the velocity of flow is
insignificant (not exceeding 1 m/sec) to cause erosion the approach embankments are
protected with stone blanket of min 0.3m thick with filter blanket of min 0.15m thick
provided.
FLOOR PROTECTION
For bridges where adoptions of shallow foundations have been taken considering
economical by restricting the scour by floor protection to bridges has been provided.
The floor protection will comprise of rigid flooring with curtain walls and flexible apron so
as to check the scour, washing or disturbance by piping action, etc. Usually
performance of similar existing works is the best guide for finalising the design of new
works. However the following minimum specification for floor protection has at least
been followed while designing new structures subject to the general stipulation that post
protection works velocity under the structure does not exceed 2 m/s and the intensity of
discharge is limited to 3m3/m.
Rigid flooring:
The rigid flooring has been provided under the bridge and it shall extend for a distance
of at least 3m on upstream side and 5m on downstream side of the bridge. However, in
case the splayed wing walls of the structure are likely to be longer the flooring shall
extend up to the line connecting the end of wing walls on either side of bridge.
The top of flooring has been kept 300 mm below the lowest bed level.
Flooring shall consist of 150 mm thick flat stone/bricks on edge in cement mortar 1:3 laid
over 300 mm thick cement concrete M-15 grade laid over a layer of 150 mm thick
cement concrete M-10 grade. Joints at suitable spacing have been provided.
Curtain Walls:
The rigid flooring has been enclosed by curtain walls (tied to the wing walls) with a
minimum depth below floor level in cement concrete M-10 grade/brick/stone masonry in
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cement mortar 1:3. The rigid flooring shall be continued over the top width of curtain
walls.
Flexible Apron
Flexible apron 1m thick comprising loose stone boulders (weighing not less than 40 Kg)
has been provided beyond the curtain walls for a minimum distance of 3 m on upstream
side and 6 m on downstream side. Where required size stones are not economically
available, cement concrete blocks or stones in wire crates may be used in place of
isolated stones.
For items not covered in the above specifications, provisions of following standards will
be followed in the given order of priority:
Design Methodology
Super Structure
After careful examination of site condition, hydraulic calculations and alignment (plan
and profile) of the project, it has been recommended the following type of super
structure.
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Foundation
Based on geo technical data most of the foundations recommended with open
foundations except at one or two locations. The other type of foundation is pile
foundation.
Once the critical Bending moment is calculated, the slab depth and reinforcement
required calculated based on working stress method.
We consider the four types of IRC loading: - 70R Wheel (m & l type), 70R Track and
Class A. We divide the original loading (each wheel or track) into discrete equivalent
concentrated loads in the transverse direction maintaining the total load and width same
as per code. It gives more accurate analysis to find out the bending moment in the deck
slab per meter width.
Effective Width
Effective width for calculation of live load has been made accordance with clause
305.16.2 of IRC: 21 – 2000/IRC 112.
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l0 = Effective span in m
For Cantilever
bef = 1.2 x a + b1
b1 = Effective width
a = the distance of the center of gravity of the concentrated load from the face
of the cantilever support
• Seismic load
• Water current force
• Breaking, temperature and Shrinkage
• Earth Pressure behind the abutment
• The design of open foundation considered as a cantilever retaining wall. The
Earth Pressure behind the abutment calculated based on Coulomb’s theory.
• The stem of Retaining wall is designed as Short Column. Heel and Toe designed
as components of Retaining wall.
• For critical load combination the stresses at base of the foundation checked.
• Soil Bearing Capacity is taken from Geo Technical Report. End return walls
provided along the heel. Independent retaining wall provided at relatively lower
depth in comparison with abutment if needed.
Open Foundation
• Excavation and Back Fill:
• Preparation of channel
• Depth of footings
• Preparation of foundations ( in various strata )
• Sheeting,
Well Foundations
• cofferdams
• Various types
• Temporary islands
• Sinking through various strata
• Sand blowing
• Artesian condition
• Counteracting tilts and shifts
• Tackling obstacles met with in well-sinking
Pile Foundation
• General
• Equipment
• Construction and driving procedures
Concrete Operations
• Production and Control various details regarding the aggregates, cement, water,
admixtures, proportioning and finalising a mix and its workability, batching,
mixing, delivering, placing, vibrating and finishing of concrete.
• Joints (Construction, Expansion, and Cold)
• Deposition of concrete under water various details pertinent to Tremie
concreting
• Inspection and Testing for concrete involves batching, mixing, delivery, etc.
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• Curing of Concrete various details about water curing, steam curing and
membrane curing
Erection of false work design and drawing to erect superstructure
Pre stressing
• Proprietary systems
• Pre-tensioning components (considerations and various details)
• Post-tensioning components ( Considerations and various details)
• Pre-stressing reinforcement ( Considerations)
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Principal inspection will also have to rely primarily on visual assessment but will be
supported by more advanced tools and methods.
Special inspection may require rather advanced techniques and equipment apart from
visual assessment including tests of non-destructive and destructive type as given in
Appendix 8 of IRC SP-35 specification.
The in depth inspection may be scheduled once in three to five years. The special
inspection is undertaken after special events such as earthquake, cyclone or passage of
unusually heavy loads. For bridges subject to the constant action of forces of nature, such
as the daily ravages of a river, frequent expert inspection is essential. An inspection
should be thorough and it must be conducted by knowledgeable investigators for the
evaluation to be reliable.
Inspection report in prescribed format supported by sketches or photographs should be
used to illustrate the defects and other condition of the bridge. After inspecting a bridge,
each major element of the bridge may be given a descriptive rating as Good, Fair, Poor
or critical. The criterion for rating is to assess how well the element is fulfilling the
intended function.
If the assessment shows the bridge to be inadequate for the design loads, one or more of
the following actions should be taken.
The load on bridge should be restricted to its assessed capacity. The
condition of the bridge should be monitored by special inspections at
intervals not exceeding six months.
The bridge should be closed for all traffic where the rated capacity of the
bridge is lower than the lowest level of traffic load expected to ply on it.
Maintenance Operations
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These operations can be of two types, viz. ordinary maintenance operations and
specialised maintenance operations.
The operations of repetitive or periodical type are in general technically rather simple
and could be classified as ordinary maintenance operations. The specialised
maintenance operations are those which are unpredictable regarding their necessity and
relatively more complex.
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List of culvert
Repairs / Reconstructio
Sl. No Structure Widening
Rehabilitation n / New
1 Slab Culvert 15 -
2 Box Culvert 1 448 16
3 Pipe Culvert - - -
S. Repairs / Reconstructio
Structure Widening
No Rehabilitation n / New
2 Minor Bridge - - 6
3 Slab Culvert 15 -
4 Box Culvert 1 448 16
5 Pipe Culvert - - -
Sub-Total 16 448 23
Total 487
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1 As per
147+729 Slab 1x1.00 7.5 IRC:SP:73 12
2 As per
174+467 Slab 1x1.00 8 IRC:SP:73 12
3 As per
174+676 Slab 1x1.00 7.9 IRC:SP:73 12
4 As per
174+984 Slab 1x1.00 6.3 IRC:SP:73 12
5 As per
175+198 Slab 1x1.9 6.3 IRC:SP:73 12
6 As per
175+975 Slab 1x1.00 7.5 IRC:SP:73 12
7 As per
176+051 Slab 1x1.00 7.5 IRC:SP:73 12
8 As per
176+276 Slab 1x5.00 7.3 IRC:SP:73 12
9 As per
176+565 Slab 1x1.80 7.4 IRC:SP:73 12
10 As per
176+992 Slab 1x1.50 6.5 IRC:SP:73 12
11 As per
180+160 Slab 1x1.00 6.1 IRC:SP:73 12
12 As per
183+081 Slab 1x1.25 m 7.4 IRC:SP:73 12
13 As per
183+571 Slab 1x3.00 m 6 IRC:SP:73 12
As per
14 190+810 Slab 1x3.00 m 5.2 12
IRC:SP:73
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As per
16 245+287 Box 1x3.40 7 12
IRC:SP:73
Proposed
Culvert Span/Opening Type of
Sl No. Culvert
location (m) Structure
Width (m)
RCC Box
1 152+911 1x2.0x2.0 Culvert 12
RCC Box
2 153+434 1x2.0x2.0 Culvert 12
RCC Box
3 155+232 1x2.0x2.0 Culvert 12
1x2.0x2.0 RCC Box
4 160+784 Culvert 12
1x2.0x2.0 RCC Box
5 163+029 Culvert 12
1x2.0x2.0 RCC Box
6 178+090 Culvert 12
7 211+600 1x3x3 Box Culvert 12
8 220+929 1x3x3 Box Culvert 12
9 233+017 1x3x3 Box Culvert 12
10 233+160 1x3x3 Box Culvert 12
11 249+193 1x2x2 Box Culvert 12
12 249+292 1x2x2 Box Culvert 12
13 249+550 1x2x2 Box Culvert 12
14 250+050 1x2x2 Box Culvert 12
15 250+220 1x2x2 Box Culvert 12
16 250+460 1x2x2 Box Culvert 12
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There are 124 nos Junctions (as listed in Volume I Chapter 4 Table 4.3), all these
junctions have been developed as at grade junctions as per IRC: SP: 41. Detailed
drawings have been enclosed in Appendix. Two junctions have been dropped out of 77
Nos. due to realignment near Mandi.
During the Detailed Inventory, Engineering Surveys and Traffic Surveys, Wayside
Amenities survey has also been conducted. The existing way side amenities such as
Dhabas, Truck Parking facilities, and repair shops are studied and analysed. Accordingly
Truck Parking have been proposed and the details are outlined under Para 5.3.10.2. for
rest Amenities now provisions has been taken in the project.
5.3.7 Provisions for Traffic Guidance and Safety and Speed Control Measures
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In the project roads all above as points have been considered & accordingly road sign,
other traffic devices crash barriers pavement marked etc. in accordance with IRC:67-
2012
THE ROAD GEOMETRIC HAS A MAJOR ROLE IN TRAFFIC SAFETY HENCE, THE PROJECT ROAD IS DESIGNED IN
SUCH A WAY THAT SUDDEN ELEMENTS OF SURPRISE ARE AVOIDED AND THAT INFORMATION AND DECISION-
MAKING ARE FACILITATED. THIS HAS BEEN ACHIEVED BY PROVIDING SUFFICIENT ROAD WIDTH AND BEST
DESIGNED ALIGNMENT WITH EXTENDED FACILITIES SUCH AS CLEARLY VISIBLE DELINEATION AND ROAD
ADEQUATE ROAD SIGNS AND MARKINGS HAVE BEEN PROPOSED AS PER IRC: 67 AND IRC: 35 FOR THE
PROPOSED PROJECT ROAD IN ORDER TO PROVIDE ADVANCE INFORMATION TO REGULATE/CONTROL TRAFFIC
FLOW AND ENSURE SAFETY OF OPERATIONS. THE LIST OF PROPOSED ROAD SIGNS IS GIVEN IN TABLE
5.3.7.1.
List of Road Signs with Types
S.
Road Signs Classification Sign Types Signs Proposed Remarks
No.
Stop, Give Way, Give
Stop and Give
Way to buses exiting
Way Signs
the bus way
Prohibition Signs Overtaking Prohibited
No Parking and
Mandatory/Regulatory No Stopping Signs
1 Height Limit, Length
Signs
Speed Limit and Limit, Load Limit,
Vehicle Control Maximum Speed
Signs Limit, Stop or Police
Check
Restriction Ends
Sign
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Road Signs Classification Sign Types Signs Proposed Remarks
No.
Compulsory Compulsory Keep
Direction Control Left, Compulsory
and Other Signs Sound Horn
Minimum Speed
Limit Sign
Cattle Crossing, Cross
Road, Left/Right
Curve, Pedestrian
Crossing, Right/Left
Cautionary/Warning Hand Curve, School
2
Signs Ahead, Side Road
Left, Side Road
Right, Speed Breaker,
T-intersection, Y-
intersection
Advance Direction,
Destination,
Direction and
Direction, Place
Place
Identification, Truck
Identification
Lay Bye, Toll Booth
Signs
Ahead, Weigh Bridge
Ahead
Facility
Hospital
Information Signs
Other Useful
Bus Stop
Information Signs
Informatory/ Guide Parking Signs
3
Signs Chevron Sign
Flood Gauge
Signs for Disabled
Persons
Route Marker
Signs (State
Highways,
National
Highways,
Express Highways
and Asian
Highways
To prevent indiscriminate crossing and spilling over of pedestrians onto the carriageway
and to ensure that pedestrians cross the highway at predetermined and safe locations,
Pedestrian Guard Rails (as per IRC: 103) should be proposed in particularly at Schools
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adjoin Highway with School Gate reorientation where possible. On the project road the
traffic is less. As such no guard rail have been proposed.
Safety Barrier
IN ADDITION TO THE ADEQUATE PROVISIONS OF ROADWAY WIDTH AND ROADSIDE DESIGN, ROADSIDE
SAFETY BARRIERS ARE PROPOSED TO BE INSTALLED ALONG THE ROADWAY EDGE ON VALLEY SIDE ALONG
THE PROJECT ROAD. THE CRASH BARRIERS HAVE BEEN PROPOSED FOR THE STRUCTURES ON EITHER SIDE
OF THE CARRIAGEWAY AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THAT. PROVISIONS OF END TREATMENT OF CRASH
BARRIERS HAVE ALSO BEEN TAKEN.
Road Delineators
TO PROVIDE VISUAL ASSISTANCE TO DRIVERS ABOUT THE ROAD AHEAD ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT,
DELINEATORS (ROADWAY INDICATORS/HAZARD MARKERS/OBJECT MARKERS) HAVE BEEN PROPOSED
WHERE REQUIRED.
Lighting
Highway Lighting is proposed only at Truck Parking location and Toll Plaza location.
These shall be provided at suitable locations in the villages. The layout, design and
location of the bus stops shall be as per IRC: 80-1981. The shelter structure shall be
structurally safe and functional so as to protect the waiting passengers adequately from
sun, rain and wind. Tentative locations of the Bus Bays / Shelter are given in Table
below.
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Two truck lay bye are proposed at Km 173/639 near sarkaghat and at Km. 193/062 near
Dharampur. Truck Lay Bye shall be set out where sufficient suitable land shall be
available.
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Two toll plazas one at. Km 150/051 and another at Km 244/751 are proposed. Dirking
water, toilet, first aid and parking facilities will be available on Toll Plaza.
AS PER SUGGESTION OF PCC & HPPWD, THE PROVISION OF WATER HARVESTING (KHAATRAY) HAS BEEN
INCLUDED AT 45 PLACES FOR WHICH DRAWING / DESIGN AND LOCATIONS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED FROM EE
HAMIRPUR. DETAILED DRAWING IS AVAILABLE IN VOLUME II DESIGN REPORT PART 1 ROADS.
The entire geometric design has been based on the ground modelling by highway design
software MOSS/ MX. The design of proposed alignment for 2 lane has been carried out
by the consultants using various design modules contained in “MX”.
(a) Horizontal Alignment: THE SUMMARY OF PROPOSED HORIZONTAL CURVES IS GIVEN BELOW:
Summary of Proposed Horizontal Curves
The provision of extra widening at curves has been adopted, where ever required, as per
specifications. Extra widening provided by increasing the width at uniform rate along
transition curve and full width given along circular curve.
(b) Vertical Alignment / Gradient: THE SUMMARY VERTICAL ALIGNMENT IS GIVEN BELOW.
Summary of Proposed Vertical Alignment
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AT SOME PLACES EXCEPTIONAL VERTICAL GRADIENT IS ADOPTED DUE TO DIFFICULT SITE CONSTRAINTS
AND LIMITATIONS. AT THESE PLACES, PASSING PLACES HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO FACILITATE THE TRAFFIC.
THE TABLE OF SUCH PASSING PLACES IS GIVEN BELOW:
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CHAPTER 6
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), Government of India has
decided to rehabilitate and upgrade the existing single / intermediate lane Hamirpur –
Mandi section ( km 141 to km 250.592) of National Highway NH-70 to 2-lane/2 lane with
paved shoulders configuration in the State of Himachal Pradesh. The work of corridor up
gradation would be taken up, package-wise, under assistance from World Bank. MoRTH
appointed M/s Theme Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd., Jaipur as Consultants to carry out
the preparation of Detailed Project Report for Rehabilitation and Upgrading to 2 -lane
configuration in the State of Himachal Pradesh. The upgrading works will consist mainly
of:
Raising the formation level
Widening to two lane from the existing single / intermediate-lane width,
Pavement strengthening.
At a few locations, new alignment (bypasses) and/or re-alignment may also be
necessary.
The road from Jalandhar to Mandi via Hoshiarpur, Nadaun, Hamirpur, Tauni Devi, Awah
Devi, Sarkaghat and Dharampur has been designated as National Highway No -70 and
was declared as National Highway during the year 1999 by Govt. of India vide
Notification No. PW/NH/14012/2/99 Dated 07.07.1999.
The Total length of this NH -70 is 265.00 Kms, out of which 58.4 Kms (From Jalandhar
to Himachal State Border Km 0 to Km 58.4) falls in Punjab State and remaining 206.6
Km (From Punjab State border to Mandi Km 58.4 to Km 265.00) falls in Himachal State
(Fig.6.1).
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Nadaun. NH–20 (Pathankot – Chakki – Mandi Road) also ends at Mandi and joins to
NH–21, Thus NH–70 also has connectivity with NH–20 at Mandi.
Name of Chainage
Geographical Location
District From To
N 76°7’50” to 76°43’42”
Hamirpur 141 163
E 31°24’48” to 31°53’35”
N 76°37’20” and 77°23’15”
Mandi 163 250.592
E 31°13’50” and 32°4’30”
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The entire project highway section is passing through Mountainous to steep terrain and
traversing in a very few length near Hamirpur on ridge and in most of the length in hill
side cut with hill on one side and valley on other side and situated in between 31° 41’ to
31° 47’ 30” North Latitude and 76° 32’ to 76° 56’ East longitude. The altitude is ranging
in between 539 meter to 1288 meter above mean sea level. The land use along the
project road section is mainly agriculture; settlements demarcated forest and open forest
areas.
The Project road section is most important link with Northern Punjab to Himachal State
to connect tourist places Mandi, Kullu, Mani karan, Manali and Rohtang pass.
The project road section also has connectivity with network of State Highways as under:
Stretch of land
S. No. District Name of Village
Start End
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Stretch of land
S. No. District Name of Village
Start End
1 143+135 Hamirpur GARNA GALLU
2 144+680 Hamirpur KALLA JHARI
3 145+800 148+100 Hamirpur KOT
4 148+100 148+550 Hamirpur DAROGA
5 148+550 149+750 Hamirpur THANA
6 149+750 151+050 Hamirpur DARKOTHI
7 151+050 152+570 Hamirpur TONY DEVI
8 152+570 153+530 Hamirpur BARI
9 153+530 154+335 Hamirpur JHANIKAR
10 154+335 155+730 Hamirpur BARADA
11 155+730 157+110 Hamirpur PANJOT
12 157+110 158+400 Hamirpur SAMIRPUR
13 158+400 160+125 Hamirpur SANGROCH
14 160+125 161+375 Hamirpur AWADEVI
15 160+800 161+800 Hamirpur CHALALI
16 161+800 162+650 Hamirpur CHAMOLKYA
17 162+650 163+970 Hamirpur CHALOTHARA
18 163+970 165+150 Hamirpur BASSI
19 165+152 167+274 Hamirpur ROPAD
20 167+274 168+543 Hamirpur JABLALI
21 168+543 170+250 Hamirpur RAKHO
22 170+250 173+500 Hamirpur TATIWALI
23 173+500 174+332 Hamirpur SARKAGHAT
24 174+332 175+490 Hamirpur SARKAGHAT
25 175+490 176+546 Hamirpur JAMSAISAR KA GHAT
26 176+546 177+034 Hamirpur GHARORI
27 177+034 178+154 Hamirpur ALYANA
28 178+154 179+268 Hamirpur PARASADA HAWANI
29 179+268 180+306 Hamirpur DAMKHERA
30 180+306 182+590 Hamirpur PADCHU
31 182+590 184+405 Hamirpur TORI NALA
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Stretch of land
S. No. District Name of Village
Start End
32 184+404 186+880 Hamirpur HUCKEL
33 186+880 188+000 Hamirpur LONGNI
34 188+000 192+400 Hamirpur SIBDHAWALA
35 192+400 195+348 Hamirpur SIROLI
36 195+348 196+456 Hamirpur SANDHOLE
37 196+456 198+120 Hamirpur BANAL
38 198+120 200+160 Hamirpur HAWAN
39 200+160 201+000 Hamirpur BAROTI
40 201+000 202.204 Hamirpur JALMA MATA
41 202.204 203+198 Hamirpur MALON
42 203+198 205+445 Hamirpur BANETI
43 205+445 206+780 Hamirpur LUDHIYANA
44 206+780 208+074 Hamirpur KOTI
45 208+074 210+510 Hamirpur HAZKARA
46 210+510 213+540 Hamirpur KUMAHARDA
47 213+540 214+760 Hamirpur SIHAL
48 214+760 215+620 Hamirpur BANOG
49 215+620 217+095 Hamirpur SATAN
50 217+095 218+922 Hamirpur NALOH
51 218+922 222+025 Hamirpur LAGDHAR
52 222+025 222+650 Hamirpur SARADI
53 226+550 228+900 Hamirpur SALATER
54 228+900 230+735 Hamirpur PHAUGALA
55 230+735 232+162 Hamirpur KOTLI
56 232+162 233+645 Hamirpur KUSHAN
57 233+645 234+916 Hamirpur SAIGALU
58 234+916 235+874 Hamirpur SAI
59 235+874 236+685 Hamirpur CHALOHA
60 236+685 237+826 Hamirpur DAVNAL
61 237+826 239+550 Hamirpur SATLOH
62 239+550 240+332 Hamirpur SATLOHAL
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Stretch of land
S. No. District Name of Village
Start End
63 240+332 240+850 Hamirpur PIPRALA
64 240+850 241+200 Hamirpur BHOHI
65 241+200 241+645 Hamirpur CHICHON
66 241+645 242+170 Hamirpur CHUNAN
67 242+170 242+840 Hamirpur FATHEWAN
68 242+840 245+165 Hamirpur DEVDHAR
69 245+165 246+630 Hamirpur TALYAD
70 246+630 247+465 Hamirpur SHEEL
71 247+465 248+895 Hamirpur MADWAN
72 248+895 265+500 Hamirpur MANDI
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THE SUMMARY OF THE VARIOUS WAY SIDE AMENITIES ON THE PROJECT ROAD IS AS UNDER:
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and International Boundaries (10 km), Coastal Zones, Areas protected under
international conventions, defense installations etc. Physical features like physiography,
hydrology were also studied/ recorded within 15 km radius of the project road.
During the investigation there is no National Park, Wildlife Sanctuary, Critically Polluted
Area, Notified Eco-Sensitive Zone, Inter-state Boundaries and International Boundaries
(10 km), Coastal Zones, Areas protected under international conventions etc are
presented near by the project road.
Description Existing
Length Abutting
S. No of ROW in
in km. Land Use
Lane mtr.
Single 101.700 5 to 20 Mostly steep terrain hills
1 Intermediate 10.000 5 to 20 Urban, scattered built up and open land
Two lane 1.700 5 to 20 Urban, scattered built up and open land
Total 113.400
Thus minimum width of Right of Way has been proposed keeping in view that the
envisaged improvements is accommodated without compromising the functional
requirement of road. This would require either acquisition of no land in some stretchers
or very marginal acquisition of land and structure in most of the stretchers of the project
highway.
In view of the above guidelines, and in order to confine the requirement of acquisition of
land and structure, it has been proposed that in open areas and built up area’s the ROW
be kept as 15m and 10m respectively.
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The entire project road is located in hilly to mountainous terrain. The altitude varies from
672 m to 1369 m above Mean Sea Level. No existing ROW data is available for the
project road section, but as per the directions from the MoRTH the ROW needs to be
kept the minimum so as to accommodate the proposed improvement. The Consultant
has collected the revenue maps to verify the ROW. Accordingly, the information
(presented in Table below) for existing ROW is as per revenue records. The summary of
width of carriageway of the project road is given below:
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The scope of works involve Upgradation works of improving existing road to 2-lane
configuration with 7 m carriageway and alignment improvements to relevant IRC
standards and other associated road and bridge works including improvement of major
and minor bridges, culverts, road intersections, drains, road geometrics and road
furniture. The scope of work also includes:
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Traffic volume count data was averaged to determine Average Daily Traffic (ADT). The
summary of ADT by vehicle type is presented in the Table:
The summary of Daily Traffic Volume Count and ADT is presented in Table 6.3
below.
6.3 Present and Projected Traffic by Vehicle Types Along the Project Road
Agri.
Total Vehicles
Cycle Riksha
Bus TRUCK
Funeral Van
Fire Tender
Ambulance
3- Wheeler
Tractor
2-Wheeler
Total PCU
Cycle
Multi-Axle
LCV
Car
Without
Location
Trailer
Trailer
3-Axle
2 Axle
With
Mini
Full
Traffic has been forecasted according to the growth rate and applied to AADT.
Projected traffic is presented in following table.
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DESIGN SPEED
IRC Standards
S.
Geometric Element Mountainous Steep Proposed
No.
terrain terrain
1 Design Speed (Km/hr)
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IRC Standards
S.
Geometric Element Mountainous Steep Proposed
No.
terrain terrain
Ruling 50 40 40
Minimum 40 30 30
Exceptional - - Up to 20
2 Stopping sight distance (m)
For Design Speed 40 Km/hr 45 45 45
30 Km/hr 30 30 30
3 Min. Vertical Curve Length (M)
For Design Speed 40 Km/hr 20 20 20
upto 35 Km/hr 15 15 15
The alignment in most of the section is traversing in hill side cut section with steep hill
on one side and steep valley on the other side with large number of very sharp curves
blind curves and compound curves.
The improvement of alignment with the ruling design speed involves either heavy filling
on valley side or cutting on hill side and practically not feasible due to steep terrain
conditions. Due to these constraints and economical consideration it has been proposed
to keep a design speed of 30km/hr in general. However at some curve on exceptional
locations the design speed needs further to be reduced under difficult situations.
The need for warning signs shall be considered wherever ruling design speed cannot be
provided due to these constraints.
Presently the existing road is consisting of 2-lane (1.5%), Intermediate lane (8.8%) and
single lane (89.70%) sections. In majority of the stretch hill is on one side and steep
valley on other side. Due to land side and inadequate stability retaining walls are
existing at some locations as mentioned in Inventory data of retaining structure. The
condition of these structures is fairly good.
While developing widening scheme for proposed two lane configuration highway
attempts are made to make use of the available retaining walls and to make up the total
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required widening on hill side. It is to mention that widening on valley side practically not
feasible due to steep terrain conditions in most of the sections. Widening on valley side
has been proposed only in such sections where ever it is feasible.
DESIGN STANDARDS;
WIDENING SCHEME;
ROAD APPURTENANCES;
Improvement Proposal
Widening Proposal
At most of the locations one side hill and one side valley exist on the project highway,
hence provision of retaing and breast wall becomes necessry from safety point of view.
The location of retailing wall has been identified at site, considering the roadway
requirement and safety requirements. It has been assessed that in about 20.850 km
length retaining wall and in about 19.665 Km. length breast wall shall require to be
constructed.
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Pavement Markings
Pavement markings shall be as per IRC: 35-1997. These markings shall be applied to
road centre lines, edge line, continuity line, stop lines, give-way lines, diagonal/chevron
markings, zebra crossing and at parking areas by means of an approved self-propelled
machine which has a satisfactory cut-off value capable of applying broken lines
automatically.
Highway Signs
These shall be provided as per IRC: 67-2012 and IRC: SP: 31-1992 shall be followed
for new traffic signs. The design and location of route marker signs for National Highway
shall be as per IRC: 2-1968 (first revision)
Toll plaza
Two toll plazas (one at Ex. Km 151.125 and another at Ex. Km 258.230) are proposed.
1 151.125 150.051
2 258.230 244.751
Bus Stops
40 bus Bays with Bus shelters are proposed to facilitate the road users. The shelter
structure shall be structurally safe and functional so as to protect the waiting
passengers adequately from sun, rain and wind.
2 numbers of truck lay bye has been proposed at km 173/639 and km 193/062.
Construction Materials such as fine and coarse aggregates, granular sub-base material,
sub-grade soil and borrow area soil are required to widen and strengthen the project
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road and bridges. Information on existing quarries and other sources of potential road
construction materials have been collected during field visits and from local offices of the
Public Works Department of the project area. Details given in Vol. III as narrowed above
and abstract as blow:
Extensive survey was undertaken to locate potential sources of borrow area as near to
project site as possible to avoid long haulage of the material. It has been found that
suitable soil required for the construction of embankment and sub grade shall be
available all along the alignment from cutting of the hill/existing road formation. The
existing road sub grade and shoulders are also of the same cutting material. Sufficient
quantity is available from cutting.
However it has also been observed that all road stretches where realignment or
widening is proposed, the sub-grade shall be natural formed by existing soil strata with
its loosening and re-compacting. Hence the properties of existing sub-grade samples
shall be applicable for new construction of pavement along the realignments.
Extensive survey was conducted to locate the availability of granular material and stone
metal required for the construction of granular sub base, Wet Mix Macadam, Dense
Bituminous Macadam, Bituminous Concrete and Cement Concrete works near to the
project site. As a result of local enquiry and discussions with the PWD officials,
stone/metal/crusher sand was identified at 4 quarry/crusher sites close the project road.
These are –
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• Sand Source
Apart from crusher sand available at the above stone crushers, natural sand in also
available at the following sources –
Details of road construction materials for the proposed sub-project road are given in
table below:
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Ceme
Bitum
nt Steel
S. Item Highw Structur Quantit Mooru Aggreg Ston en Water Diesel
Unit Sand (tonn
No. Description ay e y m ate e (Tonn (KL) (KL)
(Tonn )
)
)
Embankment
0 cum 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 from Borrow
2 Earth cutting 219291 219291 cum 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33
Excavation for
63493 63493 cum 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 95
3 RW
Re-use of Earth
154268 154268 cum 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37024 46
4 cutting
Soft Rock
Cutting without 734439 10089 744528 cum 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1117
5 Blasting
Hard Rock
Cutting 511680 13515 525194 cum 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 788
6 Blasting
Subgrade &
Earthen 44859 44859 cum 44859 0 0 0 0 0 0 10766 112
7 Shoulder
Granular Sub
68796 68796 cum 0 68796 0 0 0 0 0 8256 241
8 Base
9 Hard Shoulder 8374 8374 cum 0 8374 0 0 0 0 0 1005 29
Wet Mix
79828 79828 cum 0 79828 0 0 0 0 0 6386 319
10 Macadam
Dry Lean
158 158 cum 0 142 79 0 24 0 0 17 0
11 Concrete
Pavement
Quality 316 316 cum 0 284 158 0 117 0 8 65 1
12 Concrete
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Bitum
nt Steel
S. Item Highw Structur Quantit Mooru Aggreg Ston en Water Diesel
Unit Sand (tonn
No. Description ay e y m ate e (Tonn (KL) (KL)
(Tonn )
)
)
13 BM & DBM 16727 16727 cum 0 16727 0 0 0 1731 0 0 84
14 SDBC & BC 11600 324 11924 cum 0 11924 0 0 0 1681 0 0 60
Bituminious
272 272 cum 0 272 0 0 0 20 0 0 1
15 Macadam
16 Primer Coat 330396 330396 sqm 0 0 0 0 0 231 0 562 3
17 Tack Coat 675834 675834 sqm 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 7
Stone for 1321
13217 13217 cum 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Pitching 7
Stone for
3851 3851 cum 0 0 0 3851 0 0 1 0
19 Masonary
Sand for Filter
19483 19483 cum 0 0 19483 0 0 0 0 2 0
20 Media
Aggregate for
0 cum 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Filter Media
PCC 1:3:6 &
8440 17416 25856 cum 0 23270 12928 0 6981 0 0 2198 103
22 M15
RCC M20 &
6242 10439 16681 cum 15013 6672 0 5004 0 0 2502 100
23 Above
Additional
KL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4700 0
24 water for curing
Additional
water for KL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29183 0
25 Drinking
Steel for
172 2112 2284 Tonn 0 0 0 0 0 0 2284 0 0
26 Structure & RW
1706
44859 224631 39320 12126 3816 2291 102666 3140
Total = 8
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6.2.4.1 ROCKS :
PLEASE REFER ABOVE TABLE FOR QUANTITY REQUIRED FOR PROJECT ROAD
6.2.4.2 GRAVEL:
PLEASE REFER ABOVE TABLE FOR QUANTITY REQUIRED FOR PROJECT ROAD
6.2.4.3 SAND:
PLEASE REFER ABOVE TABLE FOR QUANTITY REQUIRED FOR PROJECT ROAD
6.2.5 Fly Ash:
Fly ash from thermal plants is not available within 100 kms approach for use in the
project road as per MoEF fly ash notification.
6.2.6 Embankment fill:
The sub grade of the existing pavement shall be used as embankment fill material.
Please refer above Table for quantity required for project road
6.2.7 Asphalt:
Please refer above Table for quantity required for project road. Bitumen is available
from Panipat refinery. The requisite tests shall require to be conducted for conformity
prior to its use on construction works.
Cement can be procured directly from the cement manufacturing plants in the
region approved by DGSD. Cement is also available from local authorized
agents in bulk at Hamirpur and Mandi. The requisite tests shall require to be
conducted for conformity prior to its use on construction works.
• Structural steel –
The steel can be procured from stock yards of SAIL from Mandi or from other
authorized agencies near to project site. The requisite tests shall require to be
conducted for conformity prior to its use on construction works.
Major Bridges
There is only one major bridge on Sonkhad (Shivdwala) (Total span length > 60m) in km
195+463 comprising of 2 end span of 28.7 m each and one middle span of 47.2 m with
the arrangement of RCC Deck Slabs supported over PSC ‘I’ Beam resting on RCC pier
and Abutments. It has narrow carriageway of 4.25 m and overall outer width of 5.20 m.
The bridge is having RCC railing. The condition of the bridge is good.
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Minor Bridges -
There exist 7 minor bridges on various Khads and natural falling streams from side hills
on this project road. All minor bridges are having single span arrangement either of RCC
‘T’ beam/RCC slab or steel truss. All these are having narrow carriageway ranging from
3.8 m to 6.0 m and overall width 4.65 m to 6.9 m. The general condition of these bridges
is very poor and proposed to be reconstructed. The bridge at km 197+361 is of steel
truss and temporarily resting at both ends on road.
Inventory of Culverts
There are 487 No. of culverts on the project highway and most of them are of narrow
carriageway width and do not cater for even 2 lane highway. As per the inventory of
culverts based on site inspection carried out. It has been observed that majority of the
culverts are of hume pipe having diameter ranging from 300 mm to 1000 mm and
remaining are of RCC slab and stone scuppers type. The various types of culverts is as
below.
Details of Culverts
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6.2.9 Junctions
There are 77 nos. of Junctions are existing on project road. Major junctions involved are
NH, SH and MDR intersecting with the project road. Village and other roads intersecting
with project have been considered as minor junctions.
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Type
Traffic Category
of Width of
S. Existing Guidan Surface NH/SH/ Cross Road Improvement
Juncti Carriage Side
No. Chainage ce Type MDR/ODR Leads To of Junction
on -way (m)
System /VR/LR
(+,T,Y)
At grade
18 158+983 Y NA BT 2.92 VR TO LATIYAR RHS
Junction
TO At grade
19 159+832 Y NA BT 2.98 VR RHS
SAMIRPUR Junction
TO VILLAGE At grade
20 160+109 Y NA BT 3.06 VR LHS
MATLANA Junction
TO AWAH
At grade
21 162+435 Y NA BT 3.9 VR DEVI RHS
Junction
(BYPASS)
TO AWAH At grade
22 162+752 Y NA BT 3.44 VR RHS
DEVI Junction
TO
At grade
23 163+407 Y BT 4.08 VR CHALOTHAR LHS
Junction
A
TO SARKA At grade
24 165+800 Y NA BT 3.13 VR LHS
GHAT Junction
TO SARKA At grade
25 165+805 Y NA BT 3.17 VR LHS
GHAT Junction
At grade
26 168+067 Y NA BT 2.95 VR TO BHAREDI RHS
Junction
TO
27 168+304 Y BT 2.84 VR CHANDRARU LHS At grade
KALAN
TO RAKHO At grade
28 171+924 Y NA BT 3.52 VR LHS
VILLAGE Junction
At grade
29 175+500 Y NA BT 2.44 VR TO TATIWALI LHS
Junction
At grade
30 177+000 Y NA BT 2.66 LR TO PWD RHS
Junction
TO POLICE At grade
31 177+217 Y NA BT 2.77 LR LHS
STATION Junction
TO
At grade
32 178+000 Y NA BT 7.64 LR SARKAGHAT RHS
Junction
BUS STAND
TO P.W.D At grade
33 178+330 Y NA BT 2.83 LR RHS
OFFICE Junction
TO FOREST At grade
34 178+464 Y NA BT 2.17 LR RHS
OFFICE Junction
TO FOOD At grade
35 179+144 Y NA BT 1.58 LR LHS
GRAIN Junction
At grade
36 179+412 Y NA BT 2.54 VR TO MESERAM RHS
Junction
At grade
37 180+297 Y NA BT 4.46 VR TO RISHA RHS
Junction
TO At grade
38 182+456 Y NA BT 6.34 VR RHS
DAWARDU Junction
TO At grade
39 183+700 Y BT 1.98 VR RHS
DAMKHERA Junction
TO
At grade
40 184+400 Y NA BT 3.91 VR CHOLTHARA LHS
Junction
VILLAGE
TO SAJAO At grade
41 185+000 Y NA BT 3.09 VR LHS
PIPLU Junction
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Traffic Category
of Width of
S. Existing Guidan Surface NH/SH/ Cross Road Improvement
Juncti Carriage Side
No. Chainage ce Type MDR/ODR Leads To of Junction
on -way (m)
System /VR/LR
(+,T,Y)
At grade
42 185+731 Y NA BT 3.17 VR TO BEHRI LHS
Junction
At grade
43 187+631 Y NA BT 5.4 VR TO BEHRI LHS
Junction
At grade
44 188+442 Y NA BT 3.57 VR TO HUCKEL RHS
Junction
TO SAJAO At grade
45 192+934 Y NA BT 3.36 VR LHS
PIPLU Junction
At grade
46 193+751 Y WBM 3.23 VR TO SARI LHS
Junction
At grade
47 196+184 Y NA WBM 4.42 VR TO CHALALI RHS
Junction
TO At grade
48 197+605 Y NA BT 4.46 VR LHS
DHARAMPUR Junction
TO REST At grade
49 198+530 Y NA BT 2.65 LR LHS
HOUSE Junction
TO
At grade
50 199+533 Y NA BT 4.87 VR JOGINDRA LHS
Junction
NAGAR
TO SARAS At grade
51 200+160 Y NA BT 2.95 VR LHS
KHAN Junction
At grade
52 207+860 Y NA BT 3.32 VR TO KHALSAR RHS
Junction
At grade
53 213+244 Y NA BT 2.15 LR RASTA RHS
Junction
At grade
54 216+294 Y NA BT 3.94 VR TO PEHAD LHS
Junction
TO At grade
55 222+044 Y NA BT 5.3 VR RHS
KUMAHARDA Junction
At grade
56 225+340 Y NA BT 2.22 VR TO SATAN LHS
Junction
TO PHED At grade
57 225+628 Y NA BT 3.33 LR RHS
RES. Junction
TO VILLAGE At grade
58 227+921 Y NA BT 3.45 VR LHS
ARTI Junction
TO VILLAGE At grade
59 229+676 Y NA BT 3.99 VR RHS
LAGDHAR Junction
TO
At grade
60 238+350 Y NA WBM 3.02 VR KOSHAMAL LHS
Junction
(WBM ROAD)
At grade
61 240+020 Y NA BT 2.63 VR TO DANDRAL RHS
Junction
TO
At grade
62 241+234 Y NA BT 2.15 VR SAMRAHAN RHS
Junction
(WBM ROAD)
TO
At grade
63 242+605 Y NA BT 2.53 VR JOGINDRA LHS
Junction
NAGAR
At grade
64 245+567 Y NA BT 2.62 VR BT ROAD RHS
Junction
At grade
65 245+897 Y NA BT 3.29 LR TO HOSPITAL LHS
Junction
At grade
66 246+577 Y NA BT 3.39 VR TO NALHOG LHS
Junction
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Traffic Category
of Width of
S. Existing Guidan Surface NH/SH/ Cross Road Improvement
Juncti Carriage Side
No. Chainage ce Type MDR/ODR Leads To of Junction
on -way (m)
System /VR/LR
(+,T,Y)
67 246+583 Y BT 3.66 VR TO BAGGI RHS
TO SAIGALU At grade
68 247+083 Y NA BT 2.34 VR RHS
VILLAGE Junction
TO DEVDHAR At grade
69 256+465 Y NA BT 5.43 VR LHS
VILLAGE Junction
At grade
70 257+097 Y NA BT 3.66 VR TO GOKHADA RHS
Junction
TO At grade
71 259+455 Y NA BT 4.59 VR RHS
REWALSAR Junction
TO MANDI At grade
72 259+482 Y NA BT 4.3 LR LHS
CITY Junction
TO TALYAD At grade
73 259+942 Y NA BT 2.64 VR RHS
VILLAGE Junction
TO MADWAN At grade
74 262+381 Y NA BT 2.61 VR LHS
VILLAGE Junction
TO MADWAN
75 262+552 Y NA BT 2.62 VR RHS
VILLAGE
TO MANDI At grade
76 264+000 Y NA BT 4.91 LR LHS
CITY Junction
TO KULLU At grade
77 265+019 T NA BT 3.17 VR LHS
MANALI Junction
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2 Nos of truck lay bye have been proposed near Existing km 177/00 and near
existing km 200/00.
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The project road stretch involves two types of realignment one is due to geometric
improvements of existing sub-standard curves and other one due to improvement of
alignment.
Existing project road has lot of geometric deficiencies. Wherever feasible proposed
geometric design is carried out according to design standards for congested locations.
The total length of these realignment stretches comes out to 3.73 Kms. Proposed
geometric improvements and alignment improvements are given under:
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Length
S. No. From To
(M)
33 197886 197975 89
34 199222 199307 85
35 199821 199964 143
36 200070 200185 115
37 201005 201085 80
38 202938 203009 71
39 203138 203266 128
40 203799 203868 69
41 204414 204529 115
42 204741 204813 72
43 205927 206084 157
44 208121 208216 95
45 208639 208747 108
46 209301 209374 73
47 211357 211479 122
48 211500 211648 148
49 213642 213712 70
50 215797 215924 127
51 216319 216483 164
52 216566 216822 256
53 217079 217183 104
54 217245 217317 72
55 217466 217615 149
56 218918 219026 108
57 219224 219296 72
58 220104 220174 70
59 220255 220357 102
60 220461 220551 90
61 220678 220843 165
62 220873 220964 91
63 221004 221101 97
64 221136 221270 134
65 222821 222899 78
66 223105 223264 159
67 224641 224838 197
68 224950 225027 77
69 225823 225905 82
70 226959 227067 108
71 227564 227649 85
72 230118 230266 148
73 231750 231911 161
74 233140 233246 106
75 233804 233970 166
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Length
S. No. From To
(M)
76 234002 234184 182
77 234342 234414 72
78 234774 234922 148
79 235040 235120 80
80 235411 235497 86
81 235827 235940 113
82 236428 236502 74
83 236642 236775 133
84 241398 241530 132
85 241754 241835 81
86 242535 242610 75
87 242676 242750 74
88 242875 242965 90
89 247260 247370 110
Total 11138
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The EIRR is calculated as the rate of discount for which the present value of the net
benefit stream becomes zero, or at which the present value of the benefit stream is
equal to the present value of the cost stream. For a project to be acceptable the EIRR
should be greater than the economic opportunity cost of capital. The results obtained
from HDM4 are derived from the benefit associated with the introduction of new facility.
Following table gives the results derived from the above analysis of the project.
The project road is found to be economically viable with EIRR more than the resource
cost of capital @ 12% for base case and sensitivities.
OF PAVEMENT AND STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN ADOPTED AS SET OUT IN IRC SP 73:2007.
Presently the existing road is consisting of 2-lane (1.5%), Intermediate lane (8.8%) and
single lane (89.70%) sections. In majority of the stretch hill is on one side and steep
valley on other side.
While developing widening scheme for proposed two lane configuration highway
attempts are made to make use of the available retaining walls and to make up the total
required widening on hill side. It is to mention that widening on valley side practically not
feasible due to steep terrain conditions in most of the sections. Widening on valley side
has been proposed only in such sections where ever it is feasible.
The widening scheme along with improvement of alignment, by passes have been
discussed with CE (NH) HP PWD during his site visit on 11th January 2011 and his
views/suggestions have been incorporated in the proposed alignment after further
reviewing the same at site on 12th and 13th January 2011 along with the state PWD
officials dealing with this NH Section. These have been checked by the office of RO,
MORTH Chandigarh. The typical cross section adopted for the project road is as under:
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Typical
Cross Applicability Cross-Sectional Elements
Section
Total width of Roadway – 11.250 m
(inclusive of drain on both side)
Type - 1
Both Side Hill • Carriageway – 7.00 m
(Cut Portion) • Both side Granular shoulder – 1.0 m
• Both side Lined Drain – 1.125 m
Total width of Roadway – 11.525 m
(inclusive of drain and parapet)
• Carriageway – 7.00 m
One Side Hill other • Hill side Granular shoulder – 1.0 m
Type - 2 side Valley • Hill side Lined drain – 1.125 m
• Valley Side Earthen Shoulder – 2.0 m
• Parapet on Valley side – 0.40 m
Total width of Roadway – 11.80 m
Both Side Valley (inclusive of parapet on both side)
Type – 3 (Both side Retaining • Carriageway – 7.00 m
wall) • Both Side Earthen Shoulder – 2.0 m
• Both side Parapet – 0.4 m
Total width of Roadway – 12.00 m
Type – 4 Plain section • Carriageway – 7.00 m
• Both side Earthen Shoulder – 2.50 m
Total width of Roadway – 10.80 m
(inclusive of both side covered drain)
Type – 5 Built up section • Carriageway – 7.00 m
• Both side Granular shoulder – 0.9 m
• Both side Covered Drain – 1.00 m
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Normally there may be some impacts on the surrounding environment, due to the
proposed improvement activities. Most of the impacts occur during the construction
stage. Few impacts may occur during the operation stage. Normally, the impacts during
the operation stage are beneficial.
These Impacts have been assessed based on the information collected from the
screening and feasibility study reports, field surveys and additional secondary data
collected as part of the study report and after studying improvement proposed dealt in
Draft DPR. Various impacts during the construction and operation phases have been
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studied to identify the overall impact on the environmental attributes and remedial
measures.
Impact on Topography
As the project road is passing through the hilly terrain. Problems on physical
degradation include erosion, compaction and structural damage resulting from
construction activities and borrowing and quarrying. Overall topography of the area is
not going to alter due to the minor changes in embankment heights. Hence no
appreciable change in topography. Pavement height will be raised only to accommodate
structural layers over the existing pavement. The raised sections are located away from
habitations. Adequate measures have been taken so that the raising if any in settlement
areas should minimum possible and in no case exceed 1 m. During construction of the
project road, following environmental impacts are anticipated on topography and
geology:
Disfiguration and change are anticipated in existing profile of the land due
to hill cutting and construction of realignment:
Mitigation Measures
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At the various construction sites, the vehicles and equipment will be maintained and
refueled in such a fashion that oil/diesel spillage does not contaminate the soil. It will be
ensured that the fuel storage and refueling sites are kept at least 300m away from
drainage channels and important water bodies. In all fuel storage and refueling areas
located on agricultural lands or productive lands, the topsoil preservation shall be
carried out. At the two camp sites that will be set up for the project road, “oil
interceptors” should be provided.
Impact on Geology
Geologically the project highway is passing at & near Hamirpur through the Siwaliks
comprising medium to coarse sandstone, less compact to loose, and or boulder beds
highly friable and with unstable slopes. Moving towards Mandi, the road alignment is on
rocks belonging to Tertiary Subhathu formation consists mainly of variegated colored
from chocolate brown to yellow to greet shales with occasional sandstones. These rocks
are highly friable and prone to slope unstability and landslides only in 10 km length. At
end near Mandi, the highway is encountering rocks of Precambrian age comprising
mainly of compact sandstone and volcanics with lesser limestones.
Structurally, the entire section is technically highly disturbed with thrusts, low angle
faults, high fractured zones, folds and subhorizontal to high angle dipping rocks Impact
on the geological resources will occur from the extraction of materials (borrow of earth,
granular sub base and aggregates for base courses and bridges). The boulders will be
procured from the authorized suppliers or river beds and Khads which are already
operational and new locations after obtaining permission of concerned department.
Relevant rules will be followed for borrowing of soil, sand and aggregates. The impact
on general geology of the region is insignificant. No significant impact on the geology of
the area is anticipated.
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Selected soil borrow areas have been identified during the design stage of the project.
Most of these borrow areas are local borrow areas, and agricultural fields though
designated as agriculture but not in productive use. The following guidelines and
regulation before approving the borrow area shall be followed keeping in view:
The borrow area should not be located in cultivable land unless unavoidable i.e.
no suitable uncultivable land in the vicinity for borrowing or private landowners are
willing to allow borrowing in their fields.
Along the roadside, borrow pits should be located 5m away from the toe line.
During construction the Contractor will ensure that suitable earth is available. Required
as per specifications and sufficient quantity of soil is available.
Impact on Soil
Efforts have been made to have the improvements in land which is mostly unproductive
still during up -gradation of the existing road, the potential impacts on soil will be in the
form of loss of productive soil if any, soil erosion, contamination of soil, compaction of
soil, and borrow area and quarries.
Loss of productive soil: The soil of the project area is not much fertile, but at some
places along with the project road (wherever the step farming is in practice), the soil is
suitable for agriculture. The loss of productive soil, during the construction stage
temporally it is likely to be envisaged at locations of workers’ camps, stockyards,
storage godowns etc if these are located on fertile areas which can be restored to
original nature,
Soil Erosion: The soil in the study area is generally brown, alluvial and grey brown
podzolic soil. Moreover, out of project road, about 9-10 km track is situated in landslide
prone area. Therefore, the potential for erosion varies along the alignment. Soil erosion
will be aggravated if the vegetation is removed from the sides since roots are known to
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hold soil together. However to avoid erosion protective engineering measure like breast
wall have been proposed.
Quarries and borrow pits: Quarries, borrow pits and other sources are possible source
for construction material. Since the project area is situated in the hilly region, therefore,
the quarries and stone required for the construction activities is easily available.
Mitigation Measures
Soil erosion could cause severe negative impact if, not dealt with in time. It may harm
the environment in two ways, firstly it erodes the top soil and secondly it spoils the
resource where it settles, mostly water course. The following measures shall be taken
during construction stage:
Adequate measures have been devised for control of the soil erosion from the
embankments; the slopes have been restricted to 1.5:1 for most of the sections. Soil
erosion through embankments is prevented and controlled by following methods.
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Generation of Debris
The major source of debris generation is dismantling of existing cross drainage
structures and road side residential and commercial structures.
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During the construction period some amount of drainage alteration and downstream
erosion/ siltation is anticipated. Some of these alterations may be because of
construction of temporary traffic detours/diversion. Except for these temporary works, in
almost all cases there should be an improvement in the drainage characteristics of the
surrounding area due to improved design and added culvert/ditch capacity.
Mitigation Measures
As far as possible the land acquisition has been kept to the minimum, by restricting the
geometric improvement within the existing right of way. However the land acquisition will
be done at sections having width, insufficient to accommodate the approved cross-
sections & geometric improvements.
Debris Disposal
Due to the removal of structures (Residential and commercial), pavement scarification
and cross drainage structures lot of debris will generate, which need to be disposed
properly to avoid contamination of land and water. For safe and environmental friendly
disposal of waste debris the instruction/procedure are listed below:
The locations of disposal sites have to be selected such that:
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Disposal sites do not contaminate any water sources, rivers etc for this, site
should be located away from water body, and disposal site should be lined
properly to prevent infiltration of water.
Public perception about the location of debris disposal site has to be
obtained before finalizing the location.
River System: The Project road area is of geologically young folds mountain
experiencing seasonally intense rain fall having steep slopes and v-shaped river valleys.
River existing in the project area are Parchoo Khad, son Khad, Beasriver, Salatter
Nallah, Arnodi & other two Nallah. Details of river/Nallah locations crossing project road
are given below:
Chainage (KM)
S. No. Name of River / Nallah
Existing Designed
1 184+364 180/619 Parchoo Khad I
2 185+717 181/800 Parchoo Khad II
3 195+463 189/755 SonKhad (Shivdwala)
4 197+361 191/505 Nallah
5 230+228 220/283 Nallah
6 235+318 224/703 Roprookhad
7 238+933 228+016 Salatter Nallah
8 240+486 229/381 Arnodi Nallah
All rivers / Nallah crossing project road collect water from surrounding hills. Traditional
rainwater harvesting structures, commonly known as Khatris are present near the road
on hill side at few places. Khatris are one of the sources of water for locals. “Khatri” are
structure, about 10x12 feet in size and six feet deep carved out in the hard rock
mountain.
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Hand-pump near the project road Hand-pump to be removed near the project road
There is no such appreciable problem noticed regarding drainage condition of the road.
Hill side drain in most of the length needs cleaning / clearing of rubbish. The capacity of
cross- drainage structures seems to be adequate. No signs of submergence or flooding
of the road area portion has been found. It has also been confirmed after making local
enquiry.
Due to the proposed project there may be some impacts on the local water resources.
The impacts are due to relocation of hand pumps, khatries.
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Water sources and quality, including surface and ground water, is likely to be impacted
due to activities such as setting up workers camp near water sources, transportation
and storage of construction material without covering it. Construction of bridges both
major and minor may also impact water quality.
Impact on Drainage
Topography of hill generates numerous water courses. This coupled with continuous
gradient of roads in hills and high intensity of rain fall calls for effective drainage of
roads.
In most of the project road length hill on one side and valley on the other side exist. The
hill side lined V-shaped longitudinal drains exists on the project road and these drains
have very frequent disposal points i.e. culvert bridge or valley.
The streams crossing the project road through culverts and bridge flow downstream to
discharge into various rivers.
Surface water resources along the project may also be affected by disposal of untreated
sewage and construction debris in to water bodies. Therefore, following temporary
impacts are anticipated on Surface water resources due to up-gradation of the project
road:
Increase of sediment load in the runoff from construction sites and increase
in turbidity in receiving streams/water bodies.
The degradation of the surface and to a much less extent ground water quality can
occur from pavement construction works, bridge construction works, construction plants,
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machinery and accommodations of workers. The sources of water pollution from the
construction activities are as follows:
From the foundation works of the bridges and culverts such as piling and
excavation for open/ well foundations.
Oil spills from the Maintenance of the machinery and operation of the
diesel generator sets on site.
Increased sediment laden run-off will make the water more turbid.
Out of the 82 Nos. existing ground water sources (hand pumps), 23 will be directly
affected due to the up-gradation of the proposed project. No activities of the project
construction or operation are expected to have any impact on the ground water quality
of the region.
1 149+300 Direct
2 159+460 Direct
3 163+150 Direct
4 165+010 Direct
5 166-800 Direct
6 170-775 Direct
7 175+750 Direct
8 178+000 Direct
9 179+970 Direct
10 182+375 Direct
11 193+925 Direct
12 206+000 Direct
13 208+060 Direct
14 211+900 Direct
15 213+650 Direct
16 215+350 Direct
17 222+250 Direct
18 234+870 Direct
19 243+160 Direct
20 244+080 Direct
21 249+260 Direct
22 253+710 Direct
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Mitigation Measures
Oil Interceptor
Oil and grease from polluting run-off is another major concern. During construction,
discharge of Oil and Grease is most likely from workshops, oil and waste oil storage
areas, diesel oil pumps, vehicle parking areas from the construction camps.
For each construction camp one oil interceptor will be constructed. Wastewater
contaminated with oils and waste oils and grease will be treated in the oil interceptor to
remove all oil and grease spills before discharging appropriately. As far as possible the
ground will be leveled in such manner that the wastewater will flow in one direction. The
wastewater channels will be constructed with a slope of 1: 150 to ensure that
wastewater flows into the interceptor before discharge. Oil and grease of the oil
interceptors will be cleaned once in a fortnight from outside by skimming of oil film over
the surface.
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All cross drainage structures have been designed to handle a 50-year peak
flood level. A detailed hydrological study had been carried to calculate the
design discharge.
Storm water from all longitudinal and Cross drainage works will be
connected to the natural drainage courses.
The contractor will remove obstructions that may cause temporary flooding
of local drainage channels, during the construction phase.
Construction Stage
During the construction stage the most predominant air pollutant would be particulate
matter along with various other gaseous pollutants like oxides of nitrogen, carbon
monoxide, sulphur &oxide and carbon based emissions from the hot mix plants. The air
pollution during the construction phase may be considerable locally, particularly near the
working zones, construction plant sites, quarries and from construction machinery and
construction vehicles. The list of activities which generate air pollutants are:
Dust generation from the construction zone during different stages of the
construction such as clearing and grubbing, materials dumping, drying of
materials, brushing of the surface etc.,
Dust generation from the access roads to the soil borrow-areas, aggregate
quarries construction plants and construction camp sites.
Mitigation Measures
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During the construction stage, there are two major sources: the first one is construction
activities at working zones, which cause primarily dust emission and second are from
operation of the construction plant, equipments and machinery, which causes gaseous
pollutants. The specific measures include:
Locating Plant at a significant distance from nearest human settlement in
the predominant down wind direction.
Vehicles delivering fine materials like soil and fine aggregates shall be
covered to reduce spills on existing roads.
Batch type hot mix plants fitted with the bag filter / cyclone and scrubber
will be installed for the reduction of the air pollution.
Pollution control systems like water sprinkling and dust extractors and
cover on conveyors will be installed for the crushers.
Noise Impacts
The impacts of noise due to the project will be of temporary significance locally in the
construction phase and slight increase may occur during the operation stages. Although
the baseline day & night time noise levels monitored at various locations along the project
roads are within permissible limit specified by the MoEF for residential and rural areas,
still, noise is a major area of concern, especially since sensitive receptors (schools,
colleges and hospitals) have been located quite close to the road.
To assess the noise levels at the various sensitive receptors located along the roads,
consultant carried out the noise survey through noise integrator both at inside and outside
the sensitive receptor. List of the sensitive receptors located along the project road are
presented in Table. As such no direct impact is envisaged at all the noise sensitive
locations along the project corridor.
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Mitigation Measures
All schools, hospitals and cultural properties have been identified and those that are
close to the project roads within 100 m distance will require noise barrier to
accommodate the long term impact of the improved road. The following migration
measures will be taken during construction stage:
• Noise standards will be strictly enforced for all vehicles, plants, equipment, and
construction machinery. All construction equipment used for an 8-hour shift
should conform to a standard of less than 75 dB (A). High noise producing
generators such as concrete mixers, generators, graders, etc. must be provided
with noise shields.
• Machinery and vehicles will be maintained regularly, with particular attention to
silencers and mufflers, to keep construction noise levels to minimum.
• Workers in the vicinity of high noise levels will be provided earplugs, helmets and
will be engaged in & versified activities to prevent prolonged exposure to noise
levels of more than 90dB(A) per 8 hour shift.
• During construction vibratory compactors will be used sparingly within the urban
areas. In case of complaints from roadside residents, the engineer will ask the
site engineer to take suitable steps of restricting the work hours even further or
use an alternative roller.
• Proposed tree and shrub plantations planned for avenue plantation especially
close to settlements, may form an effective sound buffer during the operation
stage.
• People will be convinced / educated to prevent sensitive land uses from
developing up adjacent to the project corridors.
As per preliminary observation approx. 27000 trees are growing along the project road
(10 meter either side). Clearing and grubbing will lead to the loss of other floral species.
Around 8000 tree will be cut for widening of proposed road. Impacts to forests will be in
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the form of diversion of Forest land (approx.8.7968 ha) leading to the depletion of
effective area of forest land available in the state. All trees on the diverted forest land
will be cut and removed, thereby, removing natural forest wealth of irreversible
magnitude. While the impacts to flora will be high both during construction and
operation phases, the impacts to fauna will be more confined to the operational stages,
especially due to an increase in the traffic -wildlife collision.
During construction of the road, dust will be emitted and settled on the foliar surface of
leaves of plants in the close vicinity of project road. It may inter fare plant growth for
short duration as this dust will be washed off during rains.
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Name of the Name of Khasra Type Area in
No Name of the Village Nature of Land
district the taluk Number of Land hactares
.
D.P.F.
1 Mandi Sarkaghat 1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Mehduda 0.0076
Chandrakadi/231
2 Mandi Sarkaghat Sarkaghat/ 230 61 Government Jangal Mehfoja Gair Mehduda 0.0010
3 Mandi Sarkaghat Bhedi/162 1253 Government Jangal Mehfoja Mehduda 0.0537
4 Mandi Sarkaghat Bhedi/162 3125 Government Jangal Mehfoja Mehduda 0.0243
5 Mandi Sarkaghat Bhedi/162 3127 Government Jangal Mehfoja Mehduda 0.0037
6 Mandi Dharampur Logani 757/33 Government Jangal Mehfoja Mehduda 0.0362
7 Mandi Dharampur Logani 759/97 Government Jangal Mehfoja Mehduda 0.0876
8 Mandi Dharampur Logani 302 Government Jangal Mehfoja Mehduda 0.1001
9 Mandi Dharampur Logani 754/32 Government Jangal Mehfoja Mehduda 0.2223
10 Mandi Dharampur Logani 770/301 Government Jangal Mehfoja Mehduda 0.3398
11 Mandi Dharampur D.P. Kher/130 3 Government Jangal Mehfoja Mehduda 0.7419
12 Mandi Dharampur D.P. Kher/130 3/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Mehduda 0.0844
13 Mandi Dharampur D.P. Kher/130 1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Mehduda 0.0909
14 Mandi Dharampur Reur 2307/1774 Government Jangal Mehfoja Mehduda 0.0563
15 Mandi Dharampur Banal 2234/2074 Government Jangal Mehfoja Mehduda 0.0417
2842/2812/202
16 Mandi Dharampur Pehad Government Jangal Mehfoja Mehduda 0.1216
3
17 Mandi Kotli Satahan 398/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Gair Mehduda 0.0104
18 Mandi Kotli Satahan 754/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Gair Mehduda 0.3696
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Name of the Name of Khasra Type Area in
No Name of the Village Nature of Land
district the taluk Number of Land hactares
.
19 Mandi Kotli Lagadhar 1/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Gair Mehduda 0.0056
20 Mandi Kotli Lagadhar 226/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Gair Mehduda 0.3805
21 Mandi Kotli Saploh/21 61/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Gair Mehduda 0.0565
22 Mandi Kotli Saploh/21 147/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Gair Mehduda 0.0323
23 Mandi Kotli Saploh/21 65/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Gair Mehduda 0.0394
24 Mandi Kotli Saploh/21 57/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Gair Mehduda 0.1199
25 Mandi Kotli Surwari Uparli 539/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Gair Mehduda 0.1303
26 Mandi Kotli Surwari Uparli 634/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Gair Mehduda 0.1397
27 Mandi Kotli Surwari Uparli 635/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Mehduda 0.0211
28 Mandi Kotli Surwari Uparli 595/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Mehduda 0.2635
29 Mandi Kotli Sain 668/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Gair Mehduda 0.0521
30 Mandi Kotli Kushalmal 200/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Mehduda 0.1212
31 Mandi Kotli Kushalmal 215/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Gair Mehduda 0.1119
32 Mandi Kotli Kushalmal 196/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Gair Mehduda 0.0048
33 Mandi Kotli Dhaniyara 507/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja 0.0430
Jungal Mehduda
34 Mandi Kotli 1/1 Government Jagal Mahduda Kher 2.1718
Janidhridhar/20
35 Mandi Kotli Kotli 737/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Gair Mehduda 0.0641
Jangal Mehfoja Gair Mehduda,
36 Mandi Kotli Kasan 1610/1 Government 0.0824
Rain Shelter
37 Mandi Kotli Kasan 1610/1/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Gair Mehduda 0.0538
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Name of the Name of Khasra Type Area in
No Name of the Village Nature of Land
district the taluk Number of Land hactares
.
38 Mandi Kotli Nalsan 147/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Gair Mehduda 0.1853
39 Mandi Kotli Kalgram 6/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Gair Mehduda 0.0157
40 Mandi Kotli Kalgram 4/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Gair Mehduda 0.0309
41 Mandi Kotli Kalgram 13/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Gair Mehduda 0.0427
42 Mandi Kotli Kalgram 16/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Gair Mehduda 0.0014
43 Mandi Kotli Kalgram 23/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Gair Mehduda 0.0160
44 Mandi Kotli Kalgram 13/1/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Mehduda 0.0001
45 Mandi Kotli Kalgram 21/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Mehduda 0.0045
46 Mandi Kotli Satohal 102/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Mehduda 0.0084
47 Mandi Kotli Satohal 103/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Mehduda 0.0013
48 Mandi Mandi Bohin 9/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Gair Mehduda 0.0111
49 Mandi Mandi Bohin 14/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Gair Mehduda 0.0087
50 Mandi Mandi Bohin 250/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Gair Mehduda 0.0024
51 Mandi Mandi Manthala 1088/664/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja 0.0269
52 Mandi Mandi Manthala 1086/674/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja 0.0182
53 Mandi Mandi Manthala 1089/1047/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Mehduda 0.0834
54 Mandi Mandi Manthala 1061/1057/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Mehduda 0.0404
Jangal Mehfoja Gair Mehduda,
55 Mandi Mandi Maswadi 244/1 Government 0.1244
Jangal Mehfoja Mehduda
56 Mandi Mandi Maswadi 246/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Gair Mehduda 0.0123
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Name of the Name of Khasra Type Area in
No Name of the Village Nature of Land
district the taluk Number of Land hactares
.
57 Mandi Mandi Maswadi 247/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Gair Mehduda 0.0187
58 Mandi Mandi Ghera 459/24/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Gair Mehduda 0.0462
59 Mandi Mandi Ghera 469/441/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Gair Mehduda 0.0181
60 Mandi Mandi Ghera 7/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Gair Mehduda 0.0121
61 Mandi Mandi Talyahad 486/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Gair Mehduda 0.0018
62 Mandi Mandi Madwahan 143/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Gair Mehduda 0.0010
63 Mandi Mandi Madwahan 174/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja 0.0061
64 Mandi Mandi Sanyarad 578/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Gair Mehduda 0.1402
65 Mandi Mandi Sanyarad 848/675/322/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Mehduda
0.2246
66 Mandi Mandi Sanyarad 876/676/322/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Gair Mehduda
67 Mandi Mandi Sanyarad 706/669/580/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Gair Mehduda
0.2020
68 Mandi Mandi Sanyarad 875/609/580/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Gair Mehduda
69 Mandi Mandi Chadyara 739/7/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Gair Mehduda 0.2267
70 Mandi Manyana Gadal/335 1/1 Government Jangal Mehfoja Gair Mehduda 0.0728
Total 7.8914
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During construction phase of the project road, following impacts are anticipated on
wildlife habitats:
• loss of habitat of avian fauna due to felling of trees along the ROW,
• short term disturbance to avian fauna and wild animals during movement operation
of construction equipment and machines,
• Disturbance to wild animals during cutting of hills and other construction of activities.
Forest area: 24.80 km forest area exists within the corridor of impact. Approx. 10.01 ha
forest are has been diverted for widening of the project road.
Wild Life: No threatened/rare/endangered wild life crossing is found along the project
corridor
No sensitive species for flora and fauna were recorded within the core zone during the
survey. The proposed alignment does not coincide with the migratory route of birds. The
noise emissions during construction phase may have a minor impact on the fauna in the
surrounding areas.
The different type of trees present along the road corridor are –Shisham or Indian
Rosewood (Dalbergia sissoo), Chir (Pinus roxburghii), Semal (Bombax ceiba), Kadam
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As per the Red Data Book, there is no vulnerable, threatened and/or endangered
species of flora and fauna reported in the project corridor.
Tree cutting
Trees located within the toe line (bottom of formation) need to be removed for efficient
construction workmanship and more importantly to prevent collision with the trees, in
case of accident. Roadside trees with strong and rigid stems can pose safety hazards.
Some trees obstruct clear sight distances. Others have a propensity to overturn when
old and are potential safety hazards depending upon age and decay condition. All such
trees that are safety hazards need to be cleared.
There will be a significant, direct impact on cutting of the roadside trees, it includes:
• The loss of shade
• Loss of tree products
• Loss of birds nesting place
• Removal of roadside trees will also reduce comfort levels for slow moving traffic
and pedestrians.
• The removals of trees would leads to erosion and contribute to the loss of the
micro-ecosystems developed on the roadside.
• Besides this trees act as noise barrier, dust absorption, air purifier etc.
Mitigation Measures
The major impact in this project on flora involves the removal of trees to permit
construction and to provide clear zone for safety of the road users. There is NO
recorded wild life habitat in near vicinity of the project corridor.
The tree plantation felled will be replaced and compensated according to the
Compensatory Afforestation Policy under the Forest Conservation Act, 1980. Apart from
trees earmarked for feeling, no additional tree clearing within the RoW will be carried
out.
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Construction of road will involve removal of topsoil and cutting resulting in clearing of
vegetation cover and felling of trees. However such impacts will primarily occur at the
project site during initial period of the construction phase and will be minimized through
adoption of mitigation measures.
S.
Amenity Left Right Total
No.
1 Temple 17 12 29
2 School/College 14 13 27
3 Hospital 2 1 3
4 Petrol Pumps 0 1 1
5 Bus Stop 51 25 76
6 Rain water Shelter used as bus shelter 13 15 28
7 Hotel 1 1 2
8 Tea Shop 19 18 37
9 Dhaba 4 5 9
10 Automobile Shop 2 0 2
11 Repair Shop 3 1 4
During construction phase, almost temporary impacts relating to air, water and noise
could affect the local population. Nevertheless, the present level of air, water and noise
pollution is the minimum due to the dense vegetation cover, very low level of human
activity and absence of industrial activities.
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Construction and operation phases of the project road will have some beneficial impact on
social environment. Some increase in income of local people is expected as some local
unskilled, semiskilled and skilled persons will gain direct or indirect employment during
construction phase. Since the immigration of work force during construction phase is
likely to be very small, the social impacts on literacy, health care, transport facilities and
cultural aspect are expected to be insignificant.
Due to the proposed project there will be some negative and positive impacts on the
socio economics of the project areas and region as a whole.
The impacts can be classified as;
• Resettlement of People
• Relocation of Community Structures
• Acquisition of Land and Structures
• Influx of Construction Workers
• Economic Impacts
The overall local and regional impacts on the socio-economic will be positive because of
policies of the project on the improvement of the roads. Such strengthened
infrastructure is expected to contribute to the economic growth of the State and
socioeconomic well being of the people.
During operation stage air quality is likely to improve in the initial years after upgradation
of the road because of saving of fuels in the vehicular traffic riding on smooth and
improved roads with much less interruption Dust dispersion also will be substantially
reduced. But such beneficial impacts may be negated in future years through increased
volume of traffic and inadequate road maintenance.
Mitigation Measures
During the operation stage, emissions due to vehicle movement can be effectively
reduced if they conform to vehicular emission norms. However, enforcement of such
measures and formulation of a regulatory framework for this purpose is beyond scope
for this study.
Air quality monitoring for parameters SPM, RSPM, CO, SO2 , NOx, at sites where
monitoring has been carried out during the construction phase (except the hot mix plant
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site) is to be done once a year for 5 years. The monitoring schedule has been provided
in the Report.
With the increase in traffic, noise levels are expected to increase along the project
corridor. However, with reduced congestion levels as a result of widening of the
corridor and improvement of road surface, noise levels are going to be considerably
lower in the ‘with project scenario’. Sensitive receptors like schools, colleges and
hospitals along the project road will be impacted due to increased traffic volume and
consequently increased traffic noise on the widened road.
Good quality strip plantations coming up along stretches of the project corridor will also
attenuate noise level during this phase.
6.4.1.7.3 Fauna
No wildlife reported during the survey and also concern with local people hence no
Impact is anticipated.
The implementation of EMP shall be done through matrix with well defined
responsibilities. General EMP will be developed on following broad outlines.
• Pre-construction stage
• Construction stage
• Operation stage
Pre-construction stage:
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Land
Loss of The land acquisition would be in
Acquisition, NGOs, PIU
buildings accordance with the RAP and entitlement
Clearing
framework. All R&R activities are to be
encroachments
completed before allotment of work
and R&R
Relocation of
Utilities and Damage to All the utilities and common property
common utilities, resources being impacted due to the project Contractor, PIU
property Inconvenience will have to be relocated with prior approval
resources to public of the concerned Departments/Agencies
(CPR) before construction starts.
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Construction Phase:
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1. Impact on Soil Quality
Removal of Increased soil Turing of road embankment slopes, Contractor
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vegetation erosion, loss of development of compensatory afforestation and SC
cover, top soil. and Borrow area rehabilitation has to be
Excavations of done as preventive measures for soil
borrow pits erosion. Further Top soil from borrow areas
has to be stripped to a specified depth of
150 mm and stored in stockpiles of height
not exceeding 2 meters with proper
covering. This shall be restored for
rehabilitation of borrow pits. In borrow pits,
the depth of the pit should be regulated so
that the sides of the excavation will have a
slope not steeper than 1 vertical to 4
horizontal from the edge of the final section
of bank The device for checking soil erosion
Acquiring of Loss of The topsoil from all areas of cutting and Contractor
extra RoW and productive areas of storing and stock yards and and SC
construction of topsoil workers camp have shall be stripped to a
realignments, specified depth of 150 mm and stored in
Use of stockpiles of height not exceeding 2 meters
productive with proper covering. The stored topsoil will
lands for be spread back to restore the productivity of
storing, stock the exhausted borrow areas.
yards and
workers camp,
Borrowing of
earth
Movement of Compaction of Construction vehicles, machinery and Contractor
Heavy productive top equipment shall move, or be stationed in and SC
Vehicles soil pre-identified designated areas only.
Spillage of fuel,Contamination Vehicles and machinery are maintained and Contractor
lubricants and of soil and refilled in such a fashion that fuel spillage and SC
hazardous negative impact does not contaminate the soil. Fuel storage
chemicals on the growth of and refilling sites should be kept away from
the floral cross drainage structures and important
vegetation and water bodies.
Faunal
distribution.
2. Impact on Water Quality
Surface runoff Increased No labour camps, stone crushers, hot mix Contractor
from the turbidity of plants and other heavy machinery should and SC
construction water. be located near to water bodies. No
site, dumping of Deterioration of discharge from such establishments should
construction Water quality of follow their path into nearby water bodies.
debris in or community Dumping of debris in or nearby water
nearby water water sources. bodies to be strictly avoided. Waste
bodies products must be collected, stored and
taken to approve disposal sites as per
prevailing disposal norms.
Spillage of fuels Deterioration of Appropriate drainage arrangements with Contractor
and lubricants, water quality of catch drains and catch pits designed to and SC
spillage of community safely drain out the hazardous chemicals
hazardous water sources. should be provided. To avoid spillage of
chemicals fuel and lubricants, the vehicles and
equipment shall be properly maintained and
repaired. Maintenance to be carried out on
impervious
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Acquisition of Loss of drinking Any source of water for the community such Contractor
water sources water and as ponds, wells, tube-wells etc. lost and SC
like wells, irrigation water incidentally shall be replaced immediately.
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Operational Phase:
Environmental Environmental Mitigation Measures Responsibility
Activity Impact
nearby
the accident
area
Improved safety The chances of Traffic management plan to be developed, PIU, Motor
measures and accidents would especially in congested locations. Traffic Vehicles
improved be reduced control measures including speed limits to Department
traffic be enforced strictly. RoW should be and Police
management properly marked and further encroachment
of RoW should be strictly prevented. Road
side vendors should be restricted to
designated areas only.
Green areas not only improve the floral status, land-use and aesthetic look of an area,
but also serve the dual purpose of filtering any fugitive dust from unpaved or open
areas, help to abate noise effects through dampening, and replenish oxygen and
ameliorate the surrounding temperature. Therefore development of plantation is
nowadays imperative as a part of development projects.
The main objective of plantation along the project road and bypasses are:
a) To reduce impacts of air and dust pollution
b) To provide shade on hot glaring road surface during summer
c) To arrest soil erosion at embankment slopes
d) Beautification of project corridor by planting selected ornamental trees and shrubs
e) Prevention of glare from headlights of incoming vehicles during night time
f) To compensate for trees to be felled during construction
Adequate plantation programme along the project road has been planned. Considering
the inadequacy or limitation of space, a simple plantation has been considered along
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the road stretch in addition to patches of hedges on the earthen shoulder on both sides.
Development of greenbelt will include:
a) Plantation on roadside earthen shoulder on both sides of the road to enhance the
aesthetic look and to prevent soil erosion.
b) Plantation on the slopes along roadsides in certain locations on both sides of the
road to enhance the aesthetic look and to prevent soil erosion.
c) Plantation on either side of the road in the space available for greenbelt.
Roadside Plantation: IRC: SP: 21-2009 "Manual on Landscaping” shall guide the plantation
of rows of trees with staggered pitch on either side of the road. The choice of the trees shall
also be made as per the same code. Local, indigenous species shall be planted.
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Height of plant sapling at the time : Not less than 2m for large trees and not less than
of planting 1.3m for small trees
ii) Rows of tall conical canopy trees (second row)
Row to row distance from the first : 3m (in staggered manner from the first row)
Spacing between plants : 7.5m
Size of pits : 60x60x60cm
Species recommended : List of species provided in Table 6.5.2
No. of plants per km per row : 133 (approx. 1 tree/7.5m)
Height of plant sapling at the time : Not less than 2m
of planting :
It is proposed to use the same species on either side of the road. This will ensure
regularly grown avenues of the same form and type. Such avenue plantation will
achieve uniform size at about the same time and will give pleasant and consistent
avenue appearance.
Protection Measures
Brick guard along the two sides of the proposed road shall be provided to protect the
plantation. In case the same is not erected by the time of plantation then barbed wire
fencing shall have to be provided. Barbed wire fencing around the plantation area will be
provided on angle iron will be fixed at a spacing of 5m and 3-strand barbed wire will be
stretched.
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Interaction with the government, non-government and other development agents will
help in implementation of EMP. Local people shall gain knowledge on land development
and maintenance of natural resources through the formation of various economic and
social development committees.
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per km
At 4
locations,
thrice in a
Monitoring along the
year for a
road at locations
No. of period of
Operation where monitoring 216,000.00
Samples one years
was done during
(Total
constructions
4x3x1x3=
6,000
36
samples)
At 6
location,
Thrice in
Drinking water quality a year for
No. of
Construction monitoring of labour 3 432,000.00
Samples 8,000
camps/ works site years(Tot
al 6x3x3 =
54
Water samples)
Quality At 6
locations
Monitoring along the thrice in a
road at locations year for 1
Operation where monitoring -do- 8,000 year 144,000.00
was done during (Total
constructions 6x3x1 =
18
samples)
At 5
location,
Thrice in
a year for
3 years
for 24
Monitoring along the
No. of hours in
Construction Hot mix plant and 4500 202,500.00
Samples day time
Batch plant
& night
time
(Total
Noise
5x3x3
Quality
=45
Samples)
At 6
locations,
Monitoring along the Thrice in
road at locations a year for
No, of
Operation where monitoring 4500 1 years 81,000.00
Samples
was done during (Total
constructions 6x3x1
=18
Samples)
Monitoring along hot At 3
Soil No of
Construction mix plant and batch 8,000 locations, 216,000.00
Quality Samples
plant thrice in a
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year for 3
years
(Total
3x3x3 =
27
samples)
At 3
locations
thrice in a
year for
Monitoring at hot mix No. of
Operation 3,000 1years 96,000.00
plant and batch plant Samples
(Total
3x3x1 =
12
samples)
TOTAL(A+B+C) 15,421,500.00
Total Afforestation Cost 30,720,000.00
Contingency @ 5% 2307075.00
Total EMP Cost 48,448,575.00
Conclusion
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2. The extent of Land Acquisition details and forest clearance / Environment clearance
proposed shall be as minimum as possible.
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CHAPTER – 7
2.9
2.10 7.1 Background
Ministry of Road Transport & highway have taken initiatives to develop about 6,000 km
length of National Highways (NHs) to 2-lane NH standards by widening / strengthening /
construction of missing links by December, 2014 following the Corridor Development
Approach by exploring the possibility of securing World Bank Loan and also through
budgetary allocations. A total of 84 projects have been identified under this Program,
comprising 33 projects for a total length of about 3,770 km and 51 projects for a total
length of about 2,245 km for funding through World Bank Loan and budgetary
allocations respectively.
The project under consideration is one of the stretches identified in state of Himachal
Pradesh out of these 33 road corridors selected under NHIIP. The project consists of
preparation of Detailed Project Report for Rehabilitation and Upgrading to 2 lane/ 2 lane
with paved shoulder configuration and strengtheningof Hamirpur-Mandi section of NH-
70 Km 141.00 to Km 265.00 (124 Kms).
The Project road section is from Hamirpur (Km 141.000) to Mandi (Km 250.592) is part
of this NH–70 via Awah Devi, Tauni Devi, Sarkaghat and Dharampur and falls entirely in
Himachal State. The total design length of this project section is 109.592 Kms, out of
which initial 22 Kms (from Km 141.000 to Km 163.000) falls in Hamirpur district and
remaining 87.592 Km (Km 163.000 to Km 250.592) falls in Mandi District.
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Road Safety
Road safety measures have been provided for various types of road users. Followings
are the major safety measures are proposed:
1. Sign Boards
2. Road Marking
3. Road Delineators
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There are 21 WHH households that will be impacted. Women in the region
primarily are involved in household work, cultivation and other agriculture
activities. The decision making is largely limited and men take the major
decisions. Availability of all weather roads with safe connectivity with better
transport services will benefit the women in the area. Their mobility will be
augmented both in terms of access to social services higher levels of schooling
and better health facilities etc.
7.3.7 Impact on Vulnerable People
There are 76 vulnerable households as per the Resettlement Policy Framework
(RPF) out of 437 that may be impacted due to this project. Vulnerability of
project affected households has been identified based on social and economic
criteria.
The budget is indicative of outlays for the different expenditure categories and is
calculated at the current price index. These costs will be updated and adjusted to the
inflation rate as the project continues during implementation.
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CHAPTER - 8
COST ESTIMATES
8.1 GENERAL
The cost estimation have been prepared for the project corridor, for widening of
the existing road to 2-lane configuration including strengthening of the existing
pavement, reconstruction/widening of cross drainage structures, pucca
longitudinal drains, road furniture, bus bays etc. Over and above these
construction costs, provision has been made for social, environmental costs, and
land acquisition costs are also considered.
Assumptions/ considerations
Methodology adopted for the preparation of cost estimate strictly according to the
guidelines issued by MoRTH vide letter no. 12037/19/2010/sp (world bank)/p-9, dated
27-12-2010, has advised by MoRTH officials during the world bank mission meeting on
13th – 15th December 2010.
Following assumptions are made while working out the cost estimate:
1. Basic rates of labour is taken from the Notification vide Principal Secretary (Finance,
Govt. of HP letter no. Fin (PR) B (7) - 33/2010 dated 24th May, 2014, wef 1st April,
2014.
2. Basic rate of material is taken from HP SOR-2018-2019 and enhanced @ 7.5% per
annum for the construction period. Some rates were gathered from market.
3. Basic rates for machineries are taken from MoRTH DATA Book 2003 mentioned above
and enhanced @ 5% per year for the construction period, some machinery are taken
from HP SOR-2018-2019 also. Hire charges of the rest of the machineries are gathered
from Market.
4. Lead/haulage charges for borrow soil, stone aggregates and sand Quarries are taken
from the quarries identified along the project road and a lead chart for these materials is
prepared and given under table 8.1. Haulage for the average lead is worked out as per
MoRTH DATA Book, 2003.
5. For bitumen Panipat refinery is considered. Lead taken is 866 km (up and down)
6. For Steel, rate is taken from SAIL Branch, at Mandi, and Lead is taken accordingly.
7. Format for Bill of Quantities standard data book of MoRTH is adopted.
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The unit rate for each item of work has been worked out in terms of manpower,
machinery and materials. Format of standard data book has been used for rate
analysis to find out unit rate of each finished items.
Entire project has been divided into twelve categories (Bills) of work for
preparation of estimate. The quantities of each item have been worked out for
each categories of work. The detailed computerized / manual measurement
sheets are available in the Volume IX – Bill of Quantities
For total cost of the project following cost estimations in addition to cost estimate
of civil work have also been included as per below:
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The separate detailed cost estimate has been submitted accordingly provision of
Rs.36.00cr. has been taken to access total project cost.
The separate detailed cost estimate has been submitted accordingly provision of
Rs.24.00cr. has been taken to assess the total project cost.
Separate cost estimate shall be submitted before after obtaining estimates from
the various departments. For assessing the total project cost a lump-sump
provision of Rs. 30.00 cr. has been taken in the estimate.
Total cost estimate of the project thus included cost of civil works with financial
charges as the percentage of Civil Construction Cost (i.e. Contingencies @
2.8%, Maintenance cost during DLP @ 2.5%, Escalation during construction
period @ 7.5% per year, Construction Supervision Charges @ 3%, Agency
Charges @ 3.0%). Total Capital Cost includes total project cost with land
acquisition cost, R&R cost, cost of Environmental Impact Assessment, cost of
Utility Shifting.
Two Toll Plaza have been proposed. The cost of the toll plaza has been included
in the cost of the project.
Period of construction has been considered as three years. As such the funds
shall utilize in 3 years. The year wise breakup of the funds is recommended as
below:
1st Year 30 %
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2nd Year 40 %
DETAILED ESTIMATE
PROTECTION WORKS
8 13999.21 8228.15 8233.21 30460.58
(Structures)
COST OF REST AREA VIEW
9 220.00 100.00 420.00 740.00
POINT & PARKING
COST OF TRAFFIC SIGNS,
10 MARKINGS AND 2326.13 1330.94 1697.25 5354.32
APPURTENANCES
11 COST OF MISCELLANEOUS 168.16 5.08 162.92 336.16
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The objective of the chapter was to identify and prioritise the improvement options of the project
road in order to assist the client, in selecting the best combination of road works which could be
upgraded within the budget and which would maximize the economic return.
The approach involved selecting the optimum improvement alternative for the project road,
under the given traffic and road conditions based on cost-benefit analysis. Costs and benefits
for each improvement alternatives were estimated over a period of 32 years (including 2 years
construction period) and referenced to a base case, which represented minimal investment on
the roads at par with the current practices of routine and periodic maintenance in Himachal
Pradesh. All costs and benefits considered in the study have been valued in monetary terms
and expressed in both financial and economic prices, the former used for developing the project
budget and the later for determining the NPV and EIRR for each evaluated option.
The economic appraisals of the study road was carried out using the programme analysis
module of the HDM-4 model and the standard indicators of economic performance, NPV and
EIRR, used to assess the viability of improvement interventions. Unquantifiable costs and
benefits, which may arise from reduced energy consumption and accident cost, were excluded
from the economic analysis. The present chapter describes the HDM model concept,
programme analysis methodology and addresses the estimation of parameter values. It also
presents the results of the economic appraisal. As a means of gauging the robustness of the
results, the basic outputs were subjected to sensitivity analysis.
The traffic and engineering surveys that formed the basis for the analysis are described in
Chapter 3.0. Traffic Surveys and Analysis. Pavement Investigation & Design and relevant
appendices. From the survey data, a set of project road data was accumulated viz. traffic
volume, carriageway width, pavement strength, pavement condition, land use type, soil type,
etc. The base year for all data was 2010.
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The HDM-4 analytical framework is based on the concept of pavement life cycle analysis.
The model simulates, for each road section, year-by-year, the road condition and resources
used for maintenance under each alternative improvement measure, as well as the vehicle
speeds and physical resources consumed by vehicle operation. After estimation of the physical
quantities involved in construction, road works and vehicle operation was made, user-specified
prices and unit costs were applied to determine financial and economic costs. Relative benefits
were then calculated for different alternatives, followed by present value and rate of return
computations.
The HDM-4 model Version 1.3 was used for the analysis. It contains four data managers:
9.4 Traffic
• Base year (2017) AADT for motorised (MT) and non-motorised traffic (NMT) (normal traffic).
As HDM does not consider agriculture tractor-trailers as MT, these were included in NMT.
Agriculture tractor-trailers play an important role in Uttar Pradesh and their impact on the
traffic flow could not be ignored.
• Traffic composition in percentage terms in the base year (2017).
• Benefits for induced traffic were considered but for diverted traffic were ignored.
• Traffic growth rates, estimated for the corridor, as discussed in detail in Chapter 7.0: Traffic
Surveys and Analysis.
The engineering considerations for the study were aimed at providing input data for HDM-4
analysis. In view of this, effort is normally made to establish the parameters required for the
model for homogeneous sections and sub–sections. Although the feasibility study scope
warranted a macro-level approach to engineering aspects, data collection and analysis were
done in greater detail to ensure as realistic outcome as possible from the HDM.
The pavement characteristics for the existing sections and sub-sections were assessed from
field surveys and laboratory tests. These included:
Rise and fall for the project road was assessed from previous similar kind of projects. Average
curvature was worked out from site assessment. Existing drainage condition was generally
considered to be fair. Information on the year of last maintenance/ reseal was gathered from
the NH divisions/ subdivisions/concessionaire.
Prior to employing HDM-4 in any analysis, various adaptation and configuration activities are
needed. Configuration was carried out for the factors, as listed below, to reflect local conditions
i.e. Himachal Pradesh.
• Vehicle fleet
• Works standards
• Traffic flow
• Speed flow
• Climate
Six vehicle classes, viz. car, bus (standard and mini), Lcv, 2 axle truck, 3 axle truck and MAV
were used to represent all traffic and constituted the vehicle fleet for HDM-4 analysis. Two/three
wheelers are the most common mode and form a very high proportion of traffic in most states,
including Himachal Pradesh. In order to consider their impact on the traffic flow condition,
two/three wheelers were converted to car-equivalents, using conversion factors of 0.5 and 0.75
respectively, and made a part of car volume in the analysis.
The most common models in each category were chosen as the representative vehicles of
each vehicle class. These are shown in Table 9.1.
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Annexure – 9.1 provides a summary of the HDM-4 input data on the vehicle classes, their
operating characteristics and costs, costs of retreaded tyres, passenger and freight time costs
as well as fuel and lubricants costs.
9.6.3 Maintenance
Periodic and routine maintenance were applied to the section over the economic
life of the pavement after the initial improvement.
In the absence of more detailed data on the flow pattern on the road network in
terms of hourly, daily and seasonal variation, the default flow pattern of HDM –
‘inter urban’ was used for the analysis.
Speed-flow types were used for analysis as per the road functional classification
and the design standards. The capacity values adopted for each type were as per
the IRC-64 : 1990.
9.6.6 Climate
The entire state of Uttar Pradesh was classified under arid to semi-arid and
tropical cyclone region, which has been considered in HDM-4
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Within the time frame of the present study and data available, only selected
parameters under Level 1 and Level 2 that have high impact on HDM-4 analysis
results were calibrated.
The term RUE has replaced Vehicle Operating Costs (VOC) in the terminology used for road
appraisals. This is because the model incorporates issues such as effect of vehicles on
pollution, in addition to direct vehicle operating costs. In the context of this study, RUE was
taken to be equivalent to VOC.
9.7.2 Vehicle Operating Costs (VOC)
Unit costs for each vehicle type, used as inputs to the model, are presented in Annexure – 13.1.
These were obtained as follows:
• The most critical cost is that of the replacement vehicle. The commercial vehicles are
supplied by the manufacturers in the chassis form. The cost of truck and bus bodies were
obtained from body manufacturers and added to get the total cost.
• Prices of tyres, fuel and lubricating oil were also collected from respective dealers.
• Costs relating to crew wages, maintenance labour and annual overheads (insurance) were
obtained from other recent studies.
• Prevailing tax rates (excise duty, sales tax, surcharge and cess), applicable to each item for
which prices had been obtained, and their points of application, were collected from
secondary sources.
• The market/ex-showroom prices were entered as the financial prices, and applicable taxes
and duties were deducted to arrive at the ex-factory prices, which were assumed to
represent economic prices.
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• With regard to other vehicle fleet characteristics, default values of HDM model for the
selected vehicle categories were used.
The VOC by vehicle type under “without project” and “with project” situations were computed by
HDM for the projected volume of traffic. The VOC computation took into account pavement
characteristics, roughness, traffic characteristics, geometric conditions and vehicle
characteristics.
The HDM Model generated average speeds in km/hr by vehicle type, in the existing (without
project) and the improved (with project) road conditions. The time savings for passenger
vehicles were derived using an average occupancy of 3 persons for car/taxi and 40 persons for
bus as obtained from survey results in similar types of study.
The values of time for passengers in this analysis were calculated for the analysis using the
wage-rate approach. The O-D surveys carried out for the study covered only cars and buses
and not for two-wheelers. As information on income levels of the travelers were also not
collected, this was obtained from secondary sources. The study on “Updation of Road User
Cost Data” for the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MORTH), prepared by CRRI,
showed that the income levels of passengers varied according to route (trunk and secondary)
and type of vehicle. The data, which pertained to 2001, were updated to 2019-20 prices using
WPI. The values of work time for the average car, two-wheeler and bus passenger were
estimated from the monthly incomes and an average of 200 work-hours per month. Non-work
time was valued at 25% of the work time value. For goods in transit, time values were worked
out using the inventory cost method with a market rate of interest on the value of goods. Table
9.2 gives the values of time, in economic prices, which were used as HDM inputs.
For a paved road, the seven road deterioration factors are roughness-age-environment,
cracking initiation, cracking progression, rut depth progression, roughness progression,
potholing progression and ravelling initiation. Of these, roughness-age-environment factor and
cracking initiation and progression have high impact on the Road Deterioration and Works
Effect (RDWE) Model and are highly sensitive. These were calibrated to the local environment.
For other road deterioration factors (ravelling, roughness, potholing and rutting) for existing
roads, values provided by MORTH, which apply to Indian construction standards, were used in
preference to the default values. However, for the construction/ maintenance works proposed,
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it was assumed from better practice and, therefore, higher standards would apply. Hence,
default values were used for deterioration of pavements after works improvements.
The journey speeds observed on project road has been tabulated below :
Variations in prevailing speeds were because of changing shares of slow moving vehicles,
surface conditions and roadside friction. On narrow carriageways, passing vehicles reduced
speed to use the shoulders, while NMT was a major impediment for maintaining travel speeds.
HDM accepts a ‘friction factor’ for each road section and applies it to compute the vehicle
speeds. It helps to adjust the HDM-predicted speed to the observed speeds. Speed slow-
downs arising from activity near roadside settlements are replicated by adjusting the value of
the side friction adjustment factor. Roadside friction is a significant factor in speed reduction.
The intensity of interaction of non-motorised traffic (NMT) with fast moving vehicles also limits
MT speeds. This interaction is reflected by the XNMT factor. The share of NMT on project road
ranged between 1.2 and 25.1%. This information was used to adjust the XNMT factor. The
friction factors and XNMT factors used in HDM are shown in Table 9.3.
After widening, road side friction and NMT would not be totally eliminated, though the impact
would be substantially less in the case of four lane roads.
The benefits that would accrue to the society by implementing the practicable remedial
(counter) measures were considered to be significant in terms of savings in accident costs. This
is particularly true for upgrading projects. There are two main challenges in including accident
benefits – (i) predicting changes in accident rates following specific road improvements, and (ii)
costing of road accidents. However, in the present analysis, benefits from accident was
excluded.
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The engineering options formulated for the road section and then applied, depending on the
present condition and future traffic has been discussed in Chapter 3, to reiterate, the salient
aspects are repeated in this section.
The present practice of road maintenance followed by the PWD, Government of Uttar Pradesh
was considered as the base (Do Nothing) alternative. Generally no systematic and timely
maintenance/repair works have been executed in the past. However, for simplicity, some
reasonable assumptions were made. Minimum annual routine maintenance operations
simulated in the model were patching of potholes and repair of edge break. A responsive
periodic maintenance of 30mm overlay, when IRI reaches 7m/km, was assumed.
Improvement to two lane standard was considered on the basis of traffic needs.
Two improvement alternatives, Option A & B, were formulated on the basis of traffic needs and
mentioned in the Table 9.4.
HS-II 2-laning in 2021 & thereafter no 2-laning in the year 2021 & four
capacity improvement laning in the year 2031
HS-III 2-laning in 2021 & thereafter no 2-laning in the year 2021 & four
capacity improvement laning in the year 2026
The roughness after works was assumed to be 2.5 IRI for upgrading as well as rehabilitation of
pavement considering use of sensor paver and other modern equipment. In all cases, drainage
improvement was made mandatory as existing drainage condition is poor.
A construction period of two years was proposed for construction of 2 lane road with cost
phasing of 40/60 respectively.
In the model, the start year was taken as 2021 for upgrading. The base year of analysis was
taken as 2020. The analysis period for running the HDM was 32 years including construction &
project preparation period.
In flexible pavement option, all evaluations were carried out on the basis of scheduled timing of
improvement intervention guided by traffic requirement. For maintenance of the upgraded
(widened) roads, apart from routine maintenance, periodic maintenance in the form of thin
overlay (30 mm) was scheduled on the 5th and 15th years and structural overlay (40 mm) was
scheduled on the 10th and 20th years.
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The road improvement cost for widening and rehabilitation sections were calculated on a “per
km” basis for HDM inputs; Additional costs for land acquisition and environmental mitigation
measures were included in the capital cost/km and cost/sqm of respective road sections.
The basis for estimation of financial costs is explained in Chapter 8. The capital and the
maintenance costs of the road improvement options were estimated for each of the road sub-
sections. Salvage value of the investment at the end of the analysis period was taken as 15%
of the capital cost. A factor of 0.85 was used to convert financial costs to economic costs.
The routine maintenance costs adopted for the project road sections in base and improved
situations, in financial terms, are presented in Table 9.5 & 9.6 below.
HS3 : Km 208.950 – Km
250.592 41.642 747 108
Cost in Rs./Km
Existing Situation After Improvement
(without project) (with project)
Intermediate Lane / Two Lane 105,000 -
Two Lane with Hard Shoulder - 170,000
Two Lane with Paved Shoulders - 200,000
Four Lane - 400,000
Six Lane - 600,000
For periodic maintenance, namely, providing a thin overlay of 30 mm, the cost has been taken
as Rs. 350 per sq.m and for structural overlay, the cost has been taken as Rs. 2,750 per sq.m.
The HDM4 programme analysis produced an unconstrained work programme and selected that
combination of improvement options that maximized NPV for the whole network. The optimum
strategy for each road sub-section, as recommended by HDM, is presented in Table 9.7.
The net cash flow statements for all three sections are presented in Annexure 9.2
The sensitivity of the EIRR for each road section was analysed with respect to changes in the
benefit and cost streams. Sensitivity test cases included:
Not
A 4.1 4.2 4.2 4.3 392 80
Viable
Hamirpur Viable
1 to Mandi
(entire B 69.7 60.6 59.4 51.3 333 77
section)
9.9.1 Conclusion
EIRR of the section for option B (improvement as per traffic requirement) has been found
>12%. While for Option A, EIRR has been found <12% due to jam speed after 10 to 12
years of improvement. However it will happen if the assumed growth rate is
materialized.
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The financial analysis of the section from Hamirpur to Mandi (NH70) has been carried out
keeping in view the commercial viability required for executing the project through
BOT/EPC and/or private sector participation. The total project cost has been arrived at
after adding to the construction cost estimated through various technical analysis
carried out during the course of finalizing the detailed project report, the interest during
construction (IDC) and also preliminary and pre-operative expenses. The Financial
Rate of Return (FIRR) has been calculated for a maximum of 17.0 years of Concession
Period including 2.0 years of Construction Period (till 2037-38).
Financial analysis has been carried out for entire package as given below in Table 10.1
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The following recurring expenditure has been considered in arriving at the commercial viability
of the project
• Routine Maintenance – Rs. 5 lac per Km for flexible pavement & nil for rigid
pavement option.
• Toll Management Expense – Rs. 15 Cr per toll plaza per annum
• Power Charges – Rs. 1 lac per Km per annum
• Site Office Expenses including car hire charges & patrolling – 1 cr per annum
per toll plaza.
An annual inflation of 5% has been taken into account for the costs of Establishment and
Annual Maintenance.
The toll collection revenue has been calculated based on the AADT arrived in the Chapter 3 :
Traffic Surveys & Analysis and presented in Table 10.2
2 3 Multi
Homogeneous Mini Full
S. Car Lcv Axle Axle Axle Total
Section Bus Bus
No. Truck Truck Truck
Hamirpur to
Mandi (Section I)
1 1042 309 192 56 204 2 0
Km 141/000 to 1,805
Km 195/500)
Hamirpur to
Mandi (Section II)
2 1194 103 113 132 108 0 0
Km 195/500 to 1,650
Km 250/592)
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Following Toll Rates have been taken into account as per NHAI toll policy in financial analysis.
100% of passenger & goods traffic have been considered for toll calculation. Toll rates for
different categories of vehicles are given in Table 10.3 below.
The Concession/Toll Collection Period has been considered as 17 years including 2 years of
Construction Period.
After arriving at the Base Model for the packages as mentioned above, a detailed analysis has
been carried-out for resorting to VGF Option to analyze and assess which of the sections needs
the VGF support.
The base model worked-out for different Packages of Hamirpur – Mandi have been
presented in Annexure 10 and results of financial analysis for flexible pavement options
are given in Table 10.4 below.
Table 10.4 : Financial Internal Rate of Return (FIRR) without Green Field Option
Total Civil
Construction Equity
Sl Pavement Project NPV VGF
Section Cost (Cr) IRR Remarks
No. type IRR (%) (Cr) (Cr)
In 2019-20 (%)
prices
Hamirpur to 81.9% To be
I Mandi Flexible 710.4 10.4 15.1 -14.47 (880 undertaken
(Entire Cr) on EPC
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Total Civil
Construction Equity
Sl Pavement Project NPV VGF
Section Cost (Cr) IRR Remarks
No. type IRR (%) (Cr) (Cr)
In 2019-20 (%)
prices
Package) Mode
Km 141/000
to Km
250/592)
Assumptions made during financial analysis are given under Table 10.5
10.5 Conclusion
Viability Gap Funding has been found >40%, It may be concluded that the entire package, is
not viable financially on BOT mode considering with 40% Grant and 17 years Concession
Period, hence EPC/Annuity mode shall be opted.
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CHAPTER – 11
11.1 GENERAL
Quality audit is an integral part of design and implementation process. Quality audit is
series of assessment carried out by various professionals using appropriate guidelines
for each assessment. The following procedure form part of complete quality audit
system.
• Purpose of Audit
The basic aim of quality audit is to give clients a balanced overview of the project road.
By doing so, a balance approach is adopted in such a way that the aesthetic and
functional considerations complement each other. Quality audit can either be carried out
on a total road basis or by project road stretch.
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The following different elements are assessed for quality audit purposes:
• Environmental enhancements
The evaluation of road schemes during design and construction are to identify potential
safety hazards which may affect any type of road user, before the scheme is opened to
traffic, and to suggest measures to eliminate or mitigate those problems.
The Road Safety Audit shall only consider matters that have an adverse bearing on
road safety. It shall consider safety under all operating conditions. The primary purpose
of a Road Safety Audit is to identify potential safety hazards within the scheme design
as they could affect road users. The audit shall not be concerned with structural safety
Formulation of recommendations for dealing with the identified hazards should make
allowance for the fact that strategic decisions on matters such as route choice, junction
type, standard of provision and departures from standards should already reflect the
best balance of a number of factors, including safety.
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Audits and subsequent action shall be completed at the specific stages in the
preparation of the scheme. In the detailed design stage, the road safety audits for the
project road stretch from km 141.000 to km 265.000) have been done to review the
proposed design from a road safety perspective.
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• RECOMMENDATIONS
THE PROJECT TEAM HAS RESPONDED TO THE AUDIT REPORT. AUDITORS, RECOMMENDATIONS
WERE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION AT THIS COMPLETION OF DETAILED DESIGN STAGE. ALL
THE AUDIT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THIS STAGE ARE ACCORDINGLY INCORPORATED.
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Chapter-12
SAFETY CONSIDERATION
12.1. Basic safety consideration related to Designs
The evaluation of road schemes during design and construction are to identify
potential safety hazards which may affect any type of road user, before the
improved road is opened to traffic, and to suggest measures to eliminate or
mitigate those problems.
The objective is to set standards which will produce desired degree of mobility
and reduce accident risk.
The Project Road is a hill road and the entire road section is passing through
mountainous to steep terrain of Himachal Pradesh and traversing in a very few
length near Hamirpur on ridge and in most of the length in hill side cut with hill on
one side and valley on other side and situated in between 30° 41’ to 31° 47’ 30°
North Latitude and 76° 32’ to 76° 56’ East Longitude.
Safety on a hill road is directly proportional to adherence of laid down geometric
standards, specifications and traffic rules and any compromise on this, for
economic or other considerations, will only result in a road of sub standard safety
norms. It is always good to build a road to laid down standards rather than
attempt improvements after building sub-standard roads and experiencing safety
hazards.
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Normally in hill, accidents occur at places where the rhythm of motion changes
unexpectedly for a driver. Such happenings are not infrequent on hill roads due
to the following:-
a) Traveling over sharp curves of sub-normal radius in conditions of inadequate
sight distance needs frequent deceleration and acceleration.
b) Curves have to be negotiated in varying speeds due to varying degree of
curvature and applying brake when entering a curve and accelerating at the
exit.
c) Alternating entry from major valley into a side valley, crossing of streams by
narrow bridges, causeway, etc.
d) Steep grades and alternating UP and DOWN grades and negotiation of high
altitudes.
There are elements of roadway that have a direct effect on safety which include
speed, Horizontal and vertical alignments, cross-sections, inter-sections,
access control, pavement surface, illumination road signs and barriers. The
effect of these in combination and not individually determines the level of safety.
To improve safety in hill roads should be ensured that:-
i. All Geometric designs are as per standard
ii. Provision of good drainage system, protection measures like parapet,
railing, snow fences, snow shelters, rolling boulder buffer (netting), Traffic
control devices (like signs signals, pavement markings, delineators,
advance warning systems) etc are considered.
iii. Strict enforcement of laws enforcing traffic and vehicle discipline is
adhered by all road users and drivers.
Considering the above, the aim of the highway engineer should be to duly
consider the usual driving errors and response of the vehicles and design a
highway which will eliminate such errors and reduce stress on the drivers. A
well–designed and constructed road will always be less prone to accidents and
will add to safety.
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Speed Zoning along Project Road and Locations for Speed Warning Signs
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Vertical Curves:
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Vertical curves are introduced for smooth transition at grade changes. The
length of the vertical curve is controlled by sight distance requirements.
In hill areas steep grades contributes to a large extent to accidents. This may be
due to factors like insufficient sight distances, low capacity, interference to traffic
on ascending grade, and vehicles whose brakes have failed.
• Insufficient sight distance along L-section of a road due to small radius of
convex vertical curve is one of the main causes of head-on collision
accident in hill roads.
In such locations, improvements have been done where possible by:
a) Widening of lanes and marking of a continuous centre line and/or
providing cat eyes prohibiting overtaking.
b) Increasing the radius of vertical curve by cutting the providing crests so
as to confirm to the speed and curve radii requirements.
The curves have been designed and provided at all grade change considering following
standards for satisfactory appearance keeping in view the criteria of minimum site
distance.
Design speed Maximum Grade Minimum length of vertical
(km/h) Change curve (m)
Upto 35 1.5 15
40 1.2 20
50 1.0 30
The details of Horizontal & Vertical curves have been given in Volume II A :
Appendices to Road Report Part I
curve; adequate sight distance; install shoulder and centerline rumble strips;
prevent edge drop-offs; skid-resistant pavement surfaces; grooved pavement;
lighting at the curve; dynamic curve warning systems; widening the roadway;
improvement super elevation; and modification in horizontal alignment have
been considered and taken as per IRC standards after a close and detailed
discussion in the client authorities.
Minimize the adverse consequences of leaving the roadway at a horizontal
curve: Due consideration has been given to design safer slopes and ditches to
prevent rollovers; remove or relocate objects in hazardous locations; delineate
roadside objects; add or improve roadside hardware; and improve design and
application of barrier and attenuation systems.
12.1.3.1 Other issues at intersections
It is proposed to make all minor approaches perpendicular to the main road to
avoid junctions with acute angles. These angled junctions pose a particular
problem for the elderly or those with restricted neck movements, and forward
and side visibility is often restricted. Care has also been taken to site
intersections on the inside of bends as foliage often encroaches into sight lines
after several years.
Deviation from standards in modifying layouts -
The junctions in general have been designed as per IRC standards as laid down
in IRC: 41-1994. But due to terrain conditions, economic factors i.e. cost of
improvements, effect of controlling or limiting right of ways on abutting residential
and commercial properties where channelization restricts and prohibits to follow
IRC standards in intersections/junctions design. At such locations the designs
has been modified to its best with all warning cautionary signage. On the project
road all the junctions have been designed as per standard. Some Horizontal and
Vertical curves have been designed with reduced speed and with minimum
radius as per site condition looking to the economy and feasibilities. Use of
curves deviated from the standard is as below
Details of Horizontal Curves deviated from standard
Length of
S. No. Start of Curve End of Curve Radius
Curve
Length of
S. No. Start of Curve End of Curve Radius
Curve
3 141468 141502 34.13 100
4 141611 141653 41.13 200
5 141793 141847 53.7 80
6 142129 142177 48.02 50
7 142248 142287 38.37 50
8 142292 142323 30.56 50
9 142446 142469 22.9 15
10 142493 142527 34.5 20
11 142561 142573 12.82 20
12 142596 142627 31.69 50
13 142697 142717 19.47 100
14 142733 142779 45.84 50
15 142801 142830 29.13 15
16 142903 142944 41.34 30
17 142946 143001 54.4 30
18 143146 143220 74.49 100
19 143257 143295 37.84 100
20 143359 143398 39.25 100
21 143416 143449 32.18 30
22 143455 143552 97.01 60
23 143573 143609 36.59 30
24 143610 143723 113.5 100
25 143727 143770 42.89 50
26 143811 143874 62.75 50
27 143885 143918 33.08 50
28 143932 143985 52.04 50
29 144079 144105 25.87 100
30 144112 144171 58.18 80
31 144248 144295 47.01 60
32 144320 144367 47.16 50
33 144379 144399 19.07 50
34 144417 144459 42.04 30
35 144478 144494 15.89 100
36 144549 144573 23.24 15
37 144585 144607 21.87 15
38 144623 144661 38.58 40
39 144695 144758 63.02 40
40 144840 144879 38.44 40
41 144881 144943 61.32 80
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Length of
S. No. Start of Curve End of Curve Radius
Curve
42 144986 145014 28.02 30
43 145029 145054 25.26 30
44 145096 145117 20.85 50
45 145142 145196 54.15 50
46 145231 145279 48.65 30
47 145299 145325 25.58 35
48 145341 145376 35.19 40
49 145377 145439 61.44 60
50 145467 145498 30.2 60
51 145548 145613 65.06 40
52 145818 145843 25.14 20
53 145910 145944 33.94 60
54 145959 146024 64.2 35
55 146111 146128 17.15 35
56 146134 146151 17.07 25
57 146213 146235 22.43 50
58 146293 146312 19.14 200
59 146338 146415 77.13 80
60 146244 146288 44.21 15
61 146432 146472 39.37 50
62 146626 146650 24.14 20
63 146663 146685 22.78 20
64 146783 146831 47.43 40
65 146834 146871 36.61 25
66 146910 146931 20.93 25
67 147004 147057 52.96 50
68 147065 147110 45.37 50
69 147130 147177 46.96 50
70 147223 147278 55 100
71 147303 147375 71.48 60
72 147403 147473 70.58 30
73 147540 147573 33.06 25
74 147653 147721 67.8 150
75 147736 147766 29.98 50
76 147906 147943 36.85 50
77 147961 147997 35.79 50
78 148102 148122 19.41 100
79 148177 148216 38.33 100
80 148666 148728 61.54 100
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S. No. Start of Curve End of Curve Radius
Curve
81 148823 148850 27.15 100
82 148903 148946 43.46 100
83 149098 149125 27.06 50
84 149142 149171 29.65 50
85 149366 149432 66.11 200
86 149627 149641 14.67 50
87 149655 149698 43.24 25
88 149735 149762 26.83 75
89 149809 149839 29.21 150
90 149858 149909 51.06 100
91 149922 149966 44.79 100
92 150086 150107 20.9 20
93 150158 150213 54.24 50
94 150292 150351 58.41 50
95 150365 150387 21.74 50
96 150403 150433 30.15 50
97 150453 150539 85.78 80
98 150574 150612 37.91 300
99 150657 150686 29.63 50
100 150734 150781 46.89 30
101 150790 150811 21.08 30
102 150822 150860 38.15 100
103 150882 150915 32.84 30
104 150947 150974 26.48 20
105 150977 150988 11.75 20
106 151045 151060 15.02 30
107 151105 151138 32.84 50
108 151156 151191 35.49 25
109 151213 151229 15.71 15
110 151233 151250 17.15 50
111 151289 151310 20.85 25
112 151310 151322 11.36 30
113 151516 151561 44.46 50
114 151823 151872 48.79 200
115 151935 151956 20.64 30
116 151968 152000 31.31 30
117 152047 152079 32.77 30
118 152129 152161 32.24 40
119 152182 152203 21.41 20
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Curve
120 152217 152239 22.47 30
121 152271 152289 17.95 100
122 152306 152339 33.12 40
123 152362 152389 26.57 25
124 152397 152407 10.14 25
125 152462 152483 20.85 50
126 152520 152540 19.7 50
127 152619 152655 35.99 100
128 152710 152731 21.42 50
129 152787 152800 12.74 50
130 152815 152867 52 50
131 153055 153092 37.31 50
132 153151 153179 28.15 80
133 153219 153246 26.92 80
134 153256 153278 21.5 80
135 153316 153336 20.46 100
136 153388 153412 23.71 50
137 153462 153485 22.75 50
138 153657 153686 29.09 80
139 153760 153787 26.95 100
140 153798 153823 24.56 30
141 153843 153866 22.93 40
142 153889 153902 13.67 40
143 153918 153988 70.01 70
144 154008 154035 27.29 40
145 154062 154086 24.4 100
146 154101 154116 15.48 100
147 154124 154147 22.35 40
148 154173 154212 39.17 60
149 154220 154238 17.42 30
150 154308 154343 34.52 80
151 154376 154399 22.9 80
152 154424 154444 19.56 80
153 154469 154492 22.71 30
154 154499 154528 28.63 30
155 154564 154602 37.54 30
156 154626 154655 29.61 25
157 154662 154699 36.32 25
158 154709 154734 24.65 25
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Curve
159 154738 154774 36.08 40
160 154802 154826 24.26 30
161 154829 154861 32.13 20
162 154886 154905 18.75 100
163 154958 154982 23.61 50
164 155035 155073 37.96 30
165 155110 155138 28.61 30
166 155158 155201 42.98 100
167 155441 155466 25.12 100
168 155499 155561 61.95 50
169 155617 155668 50.93 60
170 155757 155776 18.27 60
171 155836 155857 21.73 60
172 155926 155942 15.95 100
173 155947 155975 28.42 30
174 155993 156012 19.56 30
175 156021 156043 22.25 30
176 156078 156090 11.71 30
177 156100 156115 14.77 30
178 156129 156152 22.3 30
179 156174 156225 50.4 35
180 156252 156274 21.94 35
181 156304 156327 23.52 50
182 156341 156359 17.46 50
183 156378 156394 15.78 50
184 156434 156455 21.11 50
185 156458 156498 39.42 80
186 156535 156651 116.1 200
187 156713 156738 24.89 500
188 156754 156775 20.41 50
189 156788 156821 33.44 50
190 156872 156903 30.53 50
191 156922 156949 26.7 30
192 157010 157024 14.06 50
193 157066 157085 18.2 100
194 157114 157143 29.28 30
195 157154 157186 31.78 80
196 157206 157236 29.73 50
197 157251 157265 13.77 50
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Curve
198 157286 157302 15.54 50
199 157339 157393 53.22 40
200 157421 157458 37.38 100
201 157491 157548 57.09 50
202 157582 157625 43.15 50
203 157664 157714 50.81 60
204 157743 157814 70.77 80
205 157850 157877 26.73 40
206 157902 157946 44.24 30
207 157995 158025 30.15 100
208 158077 158092 15.46 50
209 158116 158143 27.27 60
210 158160 158194 34.49 70
211 158212 158249 36.24 30
212 158299 158320 21.24 30
213 158342 158372 29.79 30
214 158397 158430 33.05 30
215 158454 158466 11.83 30
216 158514 158542 28.46 30
217 158554 158572 18.15 30
218 158595 158624 28.73 100
219 158650 158695 45.5 30
220 158700 158717 17.52 50
221 158719 158756 36.79 50
222 158770 158790 20.16 20
223 158807 158835 27.92 80
224 158883 158937 53.92 40
225 158945 158974 28.76 35
226 158987 159005 17.66 500
227 159066 159090 23.95 35
228 159092 159108 15.44 30
229 159152 159172 19.36 100
230 159229 159283 53.88 100
231 159356 159390 34.03 30
232 159430 159454 24.23 100
233 159468 159488 20.34 150
234 159521 159541 19.82 50
235 159544 159584 39.55 30
236 159641 159666 24.8 30
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Curve
237 159689 159701 11.81 45
238 159714 159732 17.86 50
239 159767 159800 33.15 50
240 159815 159838 22.79 60
241 159861 159897 36.07 60
242 159929 159965 36.3 40
243 160023 160047 23.05 50
244 160131 160174 43.54 50
245 160201 160228 26.83 50
246 160261 160308 46.85 50
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276 162563 162608 44.76 80
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315 165450 165484 34.52 50
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354 167981 167998 16.39 30
355 168013 168065 51.67 80
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393 170136 170169 33.21 13
394 170207 170247 40 20
395 170290 170307 17.41 100
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432 172540 172555 14.93 30
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471 174584 174628 43.74 35
472 174652 174679 27.11 50
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509 177245 177274 29.73 100
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510 177321 177365 43.29 50
511 177389 177409 19.11 80
512 177437 177472 34.98 50
513 177512 177531 19.35 100
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548 179730 179740 10.41 150
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549 179809 179829 20.35 100
550 179866 179940 73.93 80
551 179974 180015 41.08 15
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587 182470 182490 20.66 100
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588 182503 182529 26.36 80
589 182556 182586 29.25 60
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591 182628 182649 21.38 30
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626 184812 184842 29.3 50
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627 184846 184879 32.27 50
628 184930 184953 23.53 30
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666 188433 188471 37.21 20
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705 192278 192332 54.68 30
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744 194873 194913 40.16 20
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783 196752 196776 24.85 200
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822 199697 199724 26.29 30
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1377 231154 231170 16.84 20
1378 231195 231239 44.24 40
1379 231248 231262 13.83 20
1380 231290 231307 17.93 50
1381 231356 231383 27.02 40
1382 231399 231417 17.45 80
1383 231440 231467 27.55 30
1384 231473 231512 38.59 30
1385 231518 231559 40.48 40
1386 231581 231600 18.86 40
1387 231609 231639 30.05 30
1388 231648 231672 24.11 50
1389 231747 231785 38.06 25
1390 231795 231826 31.38 100
1391 231856 231916 59.58 30
1392 231922 231951 29.2 80
1393 231962 232027 65.3 50
1394 232096 232119 22.35 20
1395 232135 232158 23.76 50
1396 232185 232238 53.25 30
1397 232281 232311 30.26 60
1398 232324 232376 51.42 25
1399 232392 232416 23.86 40
1400 232431 232454 23.31 20
1401 232461 232493 31.23 20
1402 232521 232561 40.26 15
1403 232646 232684 37.74 15
1404 232716 232756 39.7 15
1405 232829 232893 63.46 25
1406 232915 232931 16.53 50
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1407 232941 232971 29.15 100
1408 232986 233023 37.39 15
1409 233038 233059 20.46 50
1410 233061 233077 15.45 50
1411 233134 233198 64.47 25
1412 233199 233244 44.94 25
1413 233249 233272 23.22 20
1414 233318 233339 20.89 20
1415 233359 233400 41.34 40
1416 233441 233492 51.03 50
1417 233505 233539 33.92 50
1418 233660 233681 20.41 60
1419 233707 233729 21.99 25
1420 233730 233768 37.59 50
1421 233773 233817 43.96 25
1422 233836 233882 45.57 30
1423 233928 233943 14.91 100
1424 233960 233987 27.2 50
1425 234054 234087 33.07 500
1426 234143 234181 38.1 50
1427 234199 234215 15.54 30
1428 234230 234252 21.95 40
1429 234268 234301 32.74 30
1430 234330 234344 14.05 30
1431 234356 234392 35.79 25
1432 234401 234417 16.37 30
1433 234447 234460 12.55 25
1434 234470 234490 19.69 300
1435 234501 234517 16.59 200
1436 234587 234636 49.02 100
1437 234638 234662 23.81 30
1438 234706 234743 37.44 30
1439 234768 234830 61.86 40
1440 234835 234868 33.24 50
1441 234874 234915 40.64 50
1442 234976 235018 42.11 25
1443 235033 235073 39.74 25
1444 235080 235097 17.29 30
1445 235118 235134 16.29 30
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Curve
1446 235182 235201 18.78 30
1447 235277 235284 6.92 30
1448 235289 235362 73.38 200
1449 235381 235401 19.92 50
1450 235407 235451 44.06 25
1451 235455 235497 41.82 20
1452 235511 235539 27.94 30
1453 235548 235571 22.97 20
1454 235618 235631 12.97 100
1455 235681 235716 35.09 40
1456 235724 235747 23.04 40
1457 235760 235779 18.67 30
1458 235789 235838 49.37 25
1459 235851 235914 62.29 25
1460 235923 235951 27.68 25
1461 235998 236035 36.6 30
1462 236061 236091 30.11 20
1463 236176 236197 21.18 30
1464 236225 236239 13.74 30
1465 236256 236305 49.15 30
1466 236333 236359 26.02 50
1467 236380 236412 32.82 20
1468 236422 236443 21.29 25
1469 236488 236501 13.25 25
1470 236504 236534 29.43 25
1471 236594 236616 22.43 25
1472 236645 236670 24.96 200
1473 236699 236739 39.69 200
1474 236779 236807 27.46 25
1475 236829 236853 24.71 30
1476 236870 236909 38.35 35
1477 236911 236959 47.57 30
1478 236976 237034 58.59 25
1479 237070 237082 12.61 25
1480 237090 237121 31.23 20
1481 237139 237155 16.25 25
1482 237211 237231 20.37 30
1483 237242 237285 42.79 30
1484 237304 237385 81.01 70
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Curve
1485 237392 237407 14.76 40
1486 237454 237469 14.37 40
1487 237479 237523 44.62 25
1488 237568 237589 21.55 20
1489 237611 237632 20.93 30
1490 237649 237668 18.78 50
1491 237679 237710 30.65 25
1492 237738 237756 18.38 25
1493 237765 237813 47.9 30
1494 237845 237862 17.51 50
1495 237873 237910 36.44 100
1496 237931 237959 28.81 20
1497 238005 238055 50.16 30
1498 238061 238082 21.15 25
1499 238092 238142 50.26 40
1500 238142 238181 38.6 30
1501 238199 238230 31.7 30
1502 238246 238263 16.9 50
1503 238279 238321 42.04 50
1504 238347 238380 32.14 30
1505 238501 238516 14.37 30
1506 238526 238565 39.13 30
1507 238588 238631 42.29 30
1508 238644 238679 35.05 40
1509 238790 238815 25.51 35
1510 238823 238850 27.27 25
1511 238865 238908 42.69 80
1512 238938 238954 15.78 50
1513 238966 238991 24.36 25
1514 239004 239032 28.63 30
1515 239040 239064 23.92 30
1516 239124 239145 21.42 80
1517 239174 239193 19.25 30
1518 239201 239228 27.14 20
1519 239251 239305 54.13 45
1520 239315 239354 39.17 40
1521 239362 239395 33.36 40
1522 239402 239428 26.88 25
1523 239436 239469 32.94 15
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Curve
1524 239479 239540 61.27 30
1525 239592 239607 14.76 20
1526 239618 239634 16.03 30
1527 239647 239663 16.14 50
1528 239680 239711 31.1 30
1529 239729 239753 23.92 30
1530 239788 239823 35.59 30
1531 239846 239875 29.27 30
1532 239925 239960 34.48 40
1533 239974 240035 60.56 40
1534 240048 240088 39.28 35
1535 240098 240132 34.05 25
1536 240144 240196 52.03 35
1537 240213 240251 38.17 25
1538 240259 240286 27.64 30
1539 240395 240446 50.99 30
1540 240457 240507 50.04 20
1541 240523 240535 12.24 40
1542 240540 240567 27.29 25
1543 240568 240598 30.29 50
1544 240605 240634 29.41 25
1545 240685 240702 16.89 40
1546 240707 240755 47.97 40
1547 240755 240802 47.42 25
1548 240818 240832 14.77 30
1549 240851 240895 44.15 25
1550 240900 240945 44.18 20
1551 240955 240988 32.66 30
1552 241008 241027 19.55 30
1553 241051 241064 13.22 50
1554 241112 241159 47.13 25
1555 241192 241241 49.68 20
1556 241344 241374 29.88 50
1557 241397 241449 51.61 25
1558 241454 241536 82.08 40
1559 241544 241569 25.64 35
1560 241576 241596 19.46 40
1561 241612 241631 18.82 100
1562 241645 241691 45.73 30
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Curve
1563 241716 241753 37.43 50
1564 241775 241826 51.32 25
1565 242024 242091 67.37 35
1566 242131 242155 24.4 30
1567 242171 242221 49.53 30
1568 242243 242278 34.72 30
1569 242315 242339 24.48 50
1570 242359 242405 46.08 40
1571 242413 242444 31.66 30
1572 242490 242516 26.38 20
1573 242536 242592 56.26 25
1574 242658 242688 30.17 50
1575 242703 242734 31.86 20
1576 242749 242784 35.19 25
1577 242786 242811 24.24 30
1578 242850 242911 60.9 100
1579 242985 243016 30.53 40
1580 243028 243042 14.26 40
1581 243069 243095 25.95 30
1582 243103 243127 24.54 25
1583 243137 243151 13.42 25
1584 243168 243222 53.85 20
1585 243253 243296 42.41 30
1586 243330 243366 36.17 30
1587 243366 243392 26.27 50
1588 243413 243448 34.59 40
1589 243456 243488 32.2 20
1590 243503 243522 18.87 20
1591 243531 243575 43.62 25
1592 243607 243648 41.09 25
1593 243666 243684 17.85 30
1594 243691 243758 66.44 40
1595 243775 243812 36.76 25
1596 243834 243868 33.54 25
1597 243880 243913 33.16 25
1598 243923 243948 25.36 20
1599 243958 243984 25.75 20
1600 244031 244062 31.65 15
1601 244080 244144 63.84 30
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Curve
1602 244176 244207 30.17 30
1603 244217 244263 46.54 50
1604 244296 244359 62.17 50
1605 244363 244389 26.18 15
1606 244396 244411 15.03 30
1607 244419 244441 22.27 20
1608 244496 244531 35.39 45
1609 244537 244567 30.07 45
1610 244601 244623 22.38 30
1611 244679 244754 74.2 150
1612 244795 244833 37.69 25
1613 244836 244852 15.76 25
1614 244859 244885 25.21 15
1615 244903 244943 40.82 20
1616 244958 244970 12.12 20
1617 244984 245021 36.88 25
1618 245034 245072 38.12 30
1619 245134 245158 24.01 20
1620 245214 245245 30.68 150
1621 245249 245275 25.66 30
1622 245304 245334 30.21 30
1623 245356 245380 23.15 50
1624 245381 245403 21.43 30
1625 245474 245515 41.11 20
1626 245520 245549 29.39 15
1627 245614 245717 103.1 120
1628 245739 245764 25.12 30
1629 245791 245808 17.32 15
1630 245834 245850 16.01 30
1631 245872 245881 9.2 50
1632 245924 245956 32.71 50
1633 245994 246040 46 60
1634 246059 246097 37.31 15
1635 246101 246120 19.13 30
1636 246126 246141 15.52 30
1637 246151 246167 15.41 30
1638 246216 246291 74.36 70
1639 246295 246318 23.49 20
1640 246370 246404 33.68 50
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Curve
1641 246436 246452 15.37 15
1642 246464 246487 22.52 15
1643 246499 246519 19.29 15
1644 246530 246569 38.65 20
1645 246733 246752 19.75 30
1646 246764 246822 57.22 30
1647 246839 246863 24.18 50
1648 246879 246909 29.52 25
1649 246924 246950 25.17 25
1650 246964 247001 36.32 25
1651 247033 247052 18.79 50
1652 247098 247132 34.21 20
1653 247211 247253 42.74 60
1654 247259 247310 51.24 40
1655 247360 247406 45.8 25
1656 247414 247429 14.48 30
1657 247451 247481 30.22 60
1658 247509 247535 25.77 60
1659 247561 247597 36.4 30
1660 247640 247694 54.4 70
1661 247728 247775 47.01 70
1662 247787 247861 73.88 80
1663 247960 247992 31.56 80
1664 248039 248091 51.61 25
1665 248187 248231 44.26 30
1666 248265 248291 26.14 50
1667 248303 248325 22 40
1668 248336 248375 38.33 30
1669 248381 248405 23.4 30
1670 248420 248449 29.5 80
1671 248502 248529 27.24 15
1672 248533 248577 43.48 50
1673 248586 248618 31.78 25
1674 248621 248694 72.5 35
1675 248760 248802 41.6 100
1676 248947 248973 26.53 100
1677 248996 249020 23.8 50
1678 249032 249054 21.31 30
1679 249068 249094 26.48 30
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Curve
1680 249109 249200 91.33 50
1681 249275 249307 32.8 80
1682 249383 249412 28.51 150
1683 249502 249544 42.01 150
1684 249430 249474 43.94 15
1685 249557 249588 31.58 150
1686 249667 249687 20.23 100
1687 249726 249747 20.29 100
1688 249800 249834 34 300
1689 249604 249649 45.2 15
1690 249917 249942 24.67 200
1691 250040 250055 14.22 500
1692 250139 250222 82.35 200
1693 250291 250319 28.36 500
1694 250358 250414 55.75 200
1695 250433 250465 32.19 200
1696 250498 250525 26.37 200
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The width of roadway is the most important factor for safety commuters on
undivided two lane carriageway. Further on hill roads, as applicable for the
project road, the adequate width of extra widening on sharp curves (Radius of
less than 300 m) is very essential from safety point of view. Recommended extra
widening at curves for 2 lane in given table:-
Widening of Pavement at curves for 2 - lane
Radius of Upto 61 to 101 to Above
21 to 40 41 to 61
curves (m) 20 100 300 300
Extra width
1.5 1.5 1.20 0.9 0.6 Nil
in metre
After detailed discussion with authorities dealing with State National Highway on
proposed cross-section of the project road to be adopted for design. The details
of both cross-sections, recommended by IRC standards and recommended by
the consultants are given below in Table:-
IRC Recommendation, as
Adopted
Scenario Component of per for
Roadway Project
IRC:SP:48- IRC:SP:74-
Road
1998 2007
Shoulder on Hill side 0.9 m 1.0 m 1.0 m
Carriageway 7.0 m 7.0 m 7.0 m
Normal
Shoulder on Valley
Scenario 0.9 m 2.0 m 2.0 m
side
Total Roadway* 8.8 m 10.0 m 10.0 m
Shoulder on Hill side 0.9 m 1.0 m 1.0 m
Carriageway 7.0 m 7.0 m 7.0 m
Constraint
Shoulder on Valley
Scenario 0.9 m 2.0 m 2.0 m
side
Total Roadway* 8.8 m 10.0 m 10.0 m
The side slopes of embankments have been kept as 1 ½:1 looking to the
characteristics of soil and restriction of available ground level conditions. It is a
deviation from the standards which provide minimum as 2: 1 slope.
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The purpose of providing wider shoulders is to make more space available for
smooth and safe maneuvering. It has also been proposed not to provide
paved/hard shoulders, it has been earthen shoulders only, as from traffic volume
point of view and desired level of service, and the paved shoulders are not
justified.
Rumble Strips
On National Highways, there is a restriction of providing speed breakers,
whether it is a Rumble Strip or the hump type, for maintaining speed of flowing
traffic smooth with minimum hurdles. As the design speed is less, provisions of
Rumble Strips have not been taken.
12.1.6 Road Signs, Pavement marking and other traffic control devices.
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Placement of sign boards place an important role. The placing of all signs have
been reviewed & relocated after calculating the time period required to see, to
take decisions to taking action and to implement by operating speeds.
In the project roads all above points have been considered & accordingly road
sign, other traffic devices, crash barriers pavement marker etc. in accordance
with IRC: 67-2012. Placements of all signage / boards have been shown in the
volume – II Drawing Part I & II.
Guard-rails are needed for guiding pedestrian to subways, foot over bridges and
surface crossings and preventing them from splitting in to the carriageway. For
the project only surface crossing has been provided, therefore provision has only
been considered at these locations.
On the project road provision of Truck lay byes have been taken in which due
consideration has been given for Ingress and Egress.
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For night time visibility adequate provisions of retro reflective signs and pavement
markings have been considered. The Raised Pavement Markers (RPMs) have been
installed specially at curves, crests, near bridges, culverts and junctions.
• Parked vehicles which deflect oncoming vehicles into adjacent vehicle paths
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IRC Standards
S.N. Geometric Element Mountainous Proposed
Steep terrain
terrain
Design Speed (Km/hr)
1 Ruling 50 40 40
Minimum 40 30 30
Exceptional - - Up to 20
Carriage Way Width (m)
2 7.0 7.0
2 lane carriageway
As per
Shoulder width (m) TCS
3 (i) Paved hard shoulder 2 X 0.9 2 X 0.9
(ii) Earth hard shoulder 2 X 0.9 2 X 0.9
4 Formation width (m)
As per
(i) Two lane carriageway 8.8 8.8
TCS
(ii) Two lane with paved shoulder 10.6 10.6
Right of way (ROW) m
open areas………..Normal 24 24 15
5
Exceptional 18 18 -
Built up areas………Normal 20 20 10
Exceptional 18 18 -
Camber/Cross fall
(In straight section)
Thin bituminous surfacing 2-2.5% 2.0-2.5%
6 High type bituminous surfacing 1.7 - 2% 1.7 - 2.0% 2.5%
Min 3% or
Min 3% or 0.5%
0.5% more
Shoulders more than 3.5%
than
pavement
pavement
Minimum Curve Radius
(Area not effected by snow)
Ruling (m) 80 50 50
7 Absolute (m) 50 30 30
Note :- Radius are for ruling
design speed and minimum
design speed respectively
Super elevation not bound by limiting to limiting to limiting to
8
snow 10% 10% 10%
Stopping sight distance (m)
9 For Design Speed 40 Km/hr 45 45 45
30 Km/hr 30 30 30
Min. Vertical Curve Length (M)
10 For Design Speed 40 Km/hr 20 20 20
upto 35 Km/hr 15 15 15
11 Gradient
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IRC Standards
S.N. Geometric Element Mountainous Proposed
Steep terrain
terrain
Ruling 5% (1 in 20) 6% (1 in 16.7) 6%
Limiting 6% (1 in 16.7) 7% (1 in 14.3) 7%
Exceptional 7% (1 in 14.3) 8% (1 in 12.5) 8%
Hair Pin Bends
Minimum. Design speed (Km/hr) 20 20 20
Minimum Roadway width at apex 11.5 11.5 11.5
Minimum. Radius for inner curve 14 14 14
12 Minimum. Length of transition
curve 15 15 15
Maximum Gradient 2.5% (1 in 40) 2.5% (1 in 40) 2.50%
0.5% (1 in
Minimum. Gradient 0.5% (1 in 200) 200) 0.50%
Superelevation 10% (1 in 10) 10% (1 in 10) 10%
In order to cater for non motorized traffic including for pedestrian some
measures are proposed. Pedestrian facilities are proposed near schools and
built up area to segregate the movement of pedestrians. This has been achieved
by providing a drain cum footpath arrangement at the end of carriageway on
both sides.
Pedestrian Crossing has been proposed at major junction & in habited areas by
providing zebra crossing with stop line.
Pickup bus stop facilities with passenger shelters are provided in almost all
villages to facilitate the passenger requirements. On entire project road 40
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number of bus shelters are provided. The details are available in Volume X A
Part – II – Proposed location of Traffic Signs.
The use of checklists is highly essential as they provide a useful aide memoire to
check that no important safety aspects are being over looked.
Table No. 12.2 – Safety issues for Non – Motorizes Traffic
A TOR guideline has been followed and all aspects as per TOR regarding safety has
been Checked and narrated below:-
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CHAPTER – 13:
13.1 GENERAL
Road user safety has economic consequences in terms of property damage and
loss of earnings or production resulting from physical injury, in addition to the
emotional consequences of pain, suffering and death. Safety and economy are
the foundations on which competent design rests. Construction zones are an
integral part of any road system. Road construction and maintenance work is
hazardous for both the site operatives and the road user. In addition, speedy
vehicles create lots of pollution due to dust and noise around the work place.
Non-uniformity and inadequacy of traffic control devices and placement of signs
at various locations increases confusion for road users. The current techniques
of road improvement wherein traffic is allowed to use part of the existing
carriageway while construction, create considerable problems for traffic.
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Sometime delays lead drivers to frustration and then tendency of over speeding
to make up time. All this is detrimental to road safety.
Construction zone creates situation where the road user faces a series of
unusual hazards in the form of unfamiliar routes, diversions, substandard
horizontal and vertical alignment, adverse cambers, construction equipment etc.
The road user also has to watch for traffic control devices apart from performing
normal driving functions of vehicle control and responding to other traffic and
hazards.
The guiding principles for safety in road construction zones are to:
• Provide safe and clearly marked lanes for guiding road users;
• Provide safe and clearly marked buffer and work zones; and provide
adequate measures that control driver behavior through construction zones.
Before starting the construction work, which will influence traffic, the
contractor has to get the legal permission of the road traffic authority and
local police about the means and extent of securing the construction zone.
It includes all those areas of carriageway in advance of the actual work site
which are required for advance warning of the hazard as well as safety zones,
the transition zones and the working zone itself.
The traffic control zone can be divided in to four components,
• Working zone
can return to normal stream between them. Separation should permit fast
moving traffic to overtake slow vehicles so as to normalize the traffic movement.
The “Advance warning zone” is the area to warn the road user of the
approaching hazard and to prepare them for the change in driving conditions. It
is essential for traffic control in the construction zone. It should provide
information on:
• The presence of the hazard through the “road works ahead” sign,
accompanied by the distance to the hazard
The transition zone is the area in which the traffic is guided into the altered traffic
flow pattern around the working zone. This is one of the most crucial zones as
far as safety aspects are concerned because most of the movements involved
are merging / turning movements.
Approach transition zone reduces the approach speed of vehicles and channel
them into the narrower and / or restricted number of lanes or it diverts traffic
away from the original carriageway. The design of the temporary road geometry
through the transition zone should take into account the following factors:
• The turning radius of the longest vehicle that generally uses the road should
be the ruling radius for curves;
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Working Zone
The Terminal Transition Zone (TTZ) provides a short distance to clear the work
area and to return to normal traffic lanes. It extends from the downstream end of
the work area to the sign indicating the end of works.
A downstream or closing taper may be placed in the TTZ. It may be useful in
smoothening of the flow of traffic. However, it may not be advisable when the
trucks carrying material move into the work area by reversing from the
downstream end of working zone.
The distance between two traffic control zones may be kept 2 km to 5 km on
urban roads or 10 km on rural roads according to gradients, traffic levels or traffic
operation schemes.
The length of Traffic Control Zone will depend on the work being undertaken.
The recommended lengths for each component of the zone are as below:
Recommended Length of Traffic Control Zones
Length of
Average Approach Length of Advance Approach Length of Working
Speed (Km/h) Warning Zone (m) Transition Zone Zone (m)
(m)
50 or less 100 50
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The Project road section is from Hamirpur (Km 141) to Mandi (Km 265) is a part of NH–
70 via Tauni Devi, Awah Devi, Sarkaghat and Dharampur and falls entirely in Himachal
State. The total length of this project section is 124 Kms, out of which initial 22 Kms
(from Km 141 to Km 163) falls in Hamirpur district and remaining 102 Km (Km 163 to
265) falls in Mandi District. The project road falls in high altitude area of Himalayas and
passes through Mountainous / Hilly Terrain.
Following measures shall be adopted for proper control, safety and smooth flow of traffic
during constriction.
Traffic control devices are the equipment’s and installations over and on the
road, which individually and collectively perform to warn, inform and guide the
road user. It also ensures protection of the road user and the vehicle, safe
passage to the road user and providing a safe working area. Four basic
attributes of traffic control devices are essential to ensure that these devices
have effective: design, placement, maintenance, and uniformity. All traffic
control devices should be clearly visible both by day and night. They should be
kept properly aligned and legible at all times. They should be installed for the
minimum required time as they are a hindrance to the normal traffic flow and
should be removed immediately after the need is fulfilled. All traffic control
devices must be serviced and maintained correctly and spare devices / parts and
points for road markings must be available at site during the entire period of
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construction. The primary traffic control devices used in work zones are signs,
delineators, barricades, traffic cones, pavement markings and flashing lights.
Signs
The road construction and maintenance signs fall into the same three major
categories as do other traffic signs that is regulatory signs, warning signs and
direction (or guidance) signs. Each sign should be well located so that its
message is seen and is clear, which will be assisted if the surroundings are
devoid of “unnecessary” sign and other clutter. These signs should be of retro-
reflective sheeting of high intensity grade or engineering grade depending upon
the importance of the road as directed by the engineer. The correct positioning
and size of sign will ensure that it can be observed and recognized, thereby
providing the driver with more time to react and take action.
The following principles should govern the positioning of sign:
• They should be so placed that driver would have adequate time for
responses;
• As a general rule, signs should be placed on the left-hand side of the road.
Where special emphasis is required, duplicate signs should be installed on
the left and right side of roadway.
• As the project road is in the Mountainous / Hilly Terrain Signs shall generally
be fixed on the valley side of the road unless traffic and road conditions
warrant these to be placed on the hill side; and
• The signs should be covered or removed when they are not required.
Direction signs are required at traffic control zones to provide the necessary
information and guidance for the alternative route and work being done.
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The most likely type of regulatory, warning and direction signs to be used
and placement of sign in traffic control zones have been shown below:
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Delineators
The delineators are the elements of a total system of traffic control and have two
distinct purposes:
Traffic cones are often made of plastic or rubber and normally have retro-
reflectorised red and white band. Their advantages are that they:
• Are well recognized and understood, without damaging vehicle when hit;
Drums
Drums can be used as either channelizing on warning devices. These are highly
visible, give the appearance of being formidable objects and therefore command
the respect of drivers. The drums are normally metal drums e.g. empty bitumen
drums cut to the required height. They can be made of plastic also. Plastic
drums are lighter, pose fewer hazards to vehicles, workers and easy for
transportation and storage and generally have one or more flat sides to preclude
rolling. Drums may be filled up with earth or sand for stability. They should be
painted in circumferential stripes of alternate black and white. Drums should be
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reflectorised for use at night and should never be placed in the roadway without
advance warning signs.
Barricades
• Protect construction such as false work for culverts and other exposed
objects.
Barricades can be portable or permanent. Portable barricades should be stable
under adverse weather conditions and appear substantial but not so much as to
cause excessive damage to the vehicle if they are struck.
Barricades are used when traffic is redirected and are more useful in repair work
that is generally intimated on emergency basis. They may be of wooden planks,
metal or other suitable material such as plastic and should be painted alternate
yellow and white strips of retro reflective paint. The strip should be slope down
ward towards the direction of traffic must turn to detouring. Permanent
barricades are erected at the point of closure when a road section is closed to
traffic on construction projects.
The barricades may be fixed or moveable as per the requirement. Typical
examples of fixed and movable barricades are as per below:
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Temporary Diversions
Where the construction zone would close the road completely, the remaining
carriageway space would be insufficient for the traffic and create large delays,
and there is no suitable alternative route, it will be necessary to construct a
temporary carriageway for all or part of the traffic. This is most common situation
in the case of reconstruction of cross drainage works.
The temporary carriageway must satisfy the following requirements:
• It should have smooth horizontal and vertical profile with smooth vertical and
horizontal curves;
• It should be dust free and should ensure clear visibility at all times of day
and night; and
Precautions at Night
Adequate lighting arrangements should be carried out for the night. Due to poor
lighting arrangements there can be accidents. Appropriate road danger lamps
can be made available at the construction sites. In addition to this, retro
reflection cautionary/ warning sign boards are to be provided for guidance to the
traffic plying through this stretch.
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MEN AT WORK
OVERTAKING PROHIBITED
TURN
BARRICADE
REFLECTORIZED
DELINEATORS AT
3 m C/C
Figure 13.2 : Layout Signs and Control Devices for Road Closed with a Diversion
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Flag Man
Where the lane kept for traffic during construction is very narrow, the traffic should be
controlled by providing Flagman at both the ends of control Traffic zone. Since Flagman
is responsible for human safety, it is important that qualified personnel be selected. A
flagman should have a least average intelligence, be mentally alert and in good
physical condition. He should have the sense of responsibility for the safety of public
and workmen and therefore be cautious but firm in manners. The flagman at the work
sites are expected to stop traffic intermittently and to maintain continuous traffic post at
the work site at reduced speeds to help and protect the workmen. For both of these
functions, the flagman must, at all times be clearly visible to approaching traffic for a
distance sufficient to permit proper response by the drivers to the flagging instructions
and to permit traffic to reduce speed before entering the work site. This distance is
basically related to approach speed and site conditions; however 60 m to 100 m is
desirable. In urban areas, this distance shall be reduced to 20 m to 50 m. The use of
the flag and sign paddle is illustrated in Fig.
The traffic management should be closely coordinated with the sequence of the
construction operations and must include the following fundamental principles
within traffic control zones.
i. Make traffic safety an integral and high priority element of the project,
ii. Avoid inhibiting traffic as much as possible,
iii. Guide drivers in a clear and positive way,
iv. Perform routine inspection of traffic control elements and traffic
operations,
v. Give care and attention to roadside safety.
The ideal situation is that the traffic should be diverted to a detour for short
duration or to a separate diversion wherever possible. Since, the project is
basically widening of the existing sub-standard 2 lane to standard 2-lane along
with hard shoulder, undertaking the construction work on half of the carriageway
and utilizing the other half of carriageway and shoulder for traffic movement
would be the better solution. The sequence of construction, the length of the
work zones and corresponding traffic controls should be carefully planned and
preferably should be as under:
Stage 1 : The shoulder adjacent to the half of the carriageway that is going to
be used as diversion should be suitable strengthened to cater to the
diverted traffic volume.
Stage 2 : Reconstruction/strengthening work shall be carried out in the other
half of the carriageway.
Stage 3 : Having completed operations in stage 2 above, the reconstructed
pavement along with the hard shoulders shall be used as diversion
while reconstructing/strengthening the other half.
Above mentioned stages are shown below in Figure 13.3.
The traffic management plan to be adopted in each case should be decided after
due consideration of all relevant facts and after taking into account the traffic,
rainfall, carriageway width and condition of the existing road to ensure the
following:
i. protection of traffic during the period of construction and the reduction of
potential delays; and
ii. Safety of the workers engaged in construction activities.
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The lateral buffer zone safety clearance is measured from the outside edge of
the working space to the bottom of the conical sections of the cones on the side
nearest to the traffic.
Where the road width is so restricted as to prohibit the provision of the
appropriate lateral buffer safety clearance mentioned above, and diversion of
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traffic would be impractical, traffic speeds must be reduced to less than 15 km/h
and an agreed safe method of working imposed on the site. Whenever traffic
speeds are to be reduced, the method must be agreed in advance with the
competent authority. It must be decided in advance of the works & should be
recorded in writing.
For two way flow of traffic pass in the working zone, the road width must be at
least 7m. Pedestrians and cyclist should be given due considerations.
On the roads with no buses or goods vehicles and low flows of vulnerable users,
width of 5.5m could be acceptable but two way working should not be possible.
In this case the cones should be used to reduce the carriageway to not more
than 3.7m and traffic should be controlled by keeping the minimum width for one-
way traffic as 3.25 with an
absolute minimum of
3m. A typical layout is
given below:
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On a number of important hill roads there is seasonal heavy traffic due to tourist
or pilgrimage season etc. when the vehicles using road shows manifold increase
over the normal period. To ensure that such increased traffic does not result in
congestion and traffic bottlenecks, possible danger and safety to road users and
vehicles and to avoid accidents, a gate system may be introduced in the affected
sector.
Traffic is allowed at fixed timings so that UP and DOWN traffic do not use the
stretch simultaneously. However, to ensure that the travelling public is not put to
inconvenience and to reduce delays, central vehicle crossing grounds could be
created the stretch so that the UP and DOWN traffic converge on to the crossing
ground and proceed further to the destination. The gates and crossing grounds
function as traffic control points properly manned with telephone, radio sets etc.
for traffic control and convenience to road users. Such system has been found to
function efficiently not only in thickly trafficked corridors but also in stretches
where road passes through difficult terrain conditions like snow fall areas, high
mountain passes, etc. A typical arrangement is given in Fig.
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The following steps should be taken at the planning and implementation stages
to ensure safety of the workmen, safe and efficient passage of traffic:
iv. At all times, the safety and convenience of pedestrians should be a major
consideration.
• General Precautions
The following defined precautions shall apply to all the work sites.
i. All the signs and delineators shall be maintained in a clean and brightly
painted condition at all times.
ii. Adequate lighting arrangements shall be made for proper visibility during
the negotiation of the work area; and
iii. Adequate arrangements like frequent sprinkling of water shall be made to
keep the area dust free.
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iv. Workers required on site during night hours must be provided with
fluorescent yellow jackets with reflective tapes;
v. Safety helmet must be given to all workmen at site and;
vi. First-aid posts should also be set up at important sites
for the through traffic to alter its course. This should be done with the help of
suitable warning signs put up in a pair, one just close to the intersection and the
other 30 to 60 meters away depending on vehicle speeds at the site. In addition,
a prominent ‘ROAD CLOSED” sign should be fixed on the far side of the
intersection blocking half the width of the carriageway. Word message on the
signs may be in more than one language according to needs of the road users.
To regulate traffic at the points of re-routing, police help may also be
requisitioned.
• Strong inviolable barriers should be erected in the immediate vicinity of the
damaged section on both sides. These should be supplemented by a “ROAD
CLOSED” sign affixed to the barrier in prominent position.
• The barricades should be protected by red warning lamps at the night which
should stay lit from sunset to sunrise. In addition, alternate black and white
diagonal strips (Reflectoriesd point/sheets) should be marked on these.
• A watchman should be present at the barrier at all times to control temporary
opening of barrier for construction traffic.
• Signs, lights, barriers and other traffic control devices should be kept maintained
in a satisfactory condition till such time the traffic is restored and allowed to
follow its normal path.
In the event of blockage of part carriageway on account of Landslides, or repair /
construction of cross drainage works in hill roads, following guidelines should be
followed.
• Traffic may be passed either over part width of the structure or a temporary
diversion, depending on site conditions, intensity and volume of traffic.
• One-way traffic operation should be established whenever the traffic is to be
allowed over part width of a structure. This should be done with the help of
flagmen, positioned on opposite sides, who should be on duty during all hours.
• Where for any reason traffic cannot be allowed over part width of a structure, a
temporary diversion should be constructed.
• At the point where traffic is to deviate from its normal path (whether on
temporary diversion of part width of the carriageway), the channel for traffic
should be clearly marked with the aid of pavement markings and painted drums
or a similar device. At night the passage should be delineated with lanterns or
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CHAPTER – 14:
14.1 CONCLUSIONS
(a) The project road Hamirpur to Mandi part of NH 70 in the state of Himachal Pradesh. The
project road is in the mountainous range of Himalayas. National Highway 70 is of
inescapable, valued and volatile strategic importance as it connects sensitive border
region of India with Tibet/China. The project road is a section of NH 70 connecting
Hamirpur district to Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh. This project had been identified
for funding through World Bank under NHIIP programme. M/s Theme Engineering
Services have been selected as consultants to undertake the feasibility study and
preparation of Detailed Project Report for 2 lane/ 2 lane with paved shoulder
configuration. The order to commence consultancy services has been issued by
MORT&H vide letter No. RW/NH-12013/28/2010/SP(D/3)/P-9 dated 15.06.2010.
Subsequently vide MORT&H letter of September, 2013, it has been mentioned that
this project is not included in the World Bank Assistance Programme. The project
road corridor takes off from km 141 of NH 70 at Hamirpur and ending at Km 265 at
Mandi.
Due to sanction of work the construction of the present project shall be from design Ch
141+000 to design Ch 250+592. Existing Kilometer stones has not spaced exactly @
1000m apart, as the survey chainage of km 141/000 comes out as 141/000 and survey
chainage of km 265/555 comes out as 259/880, hence existing length comes out as
118.880km.
(b) Project road of 118.880 km survey length consists of 1.70km length of Double Lane
(1.5%), 10km length of Intermediate Lane (8.8%) and 101.7 km length of Single Lane
(89.7%).
(c) From functional and structural characteristics of existing road, pavement of more than
50% length of the project road, need to be reconstructed.
(d) The project road can broadly be divided into four homogeneous sections with respect to
traffic volume. The Average Annual Daily Traffic for the project road varies from 194
PCU to 2936 PCU.
(e) The capital civil cost, of the 109.592 km length of upgrading of project road, including
cost of civil works for road works, culverts, bridges, protection works and wayside
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(f) The economic viability analysis carried out for the project road indicates that the project
economically viable, the IRR is more than the resource cost of capital @ 12% for base
case and sensitivities.
(g) In financial analysis, the project is financially Not Viable on BOT basis even with 40%
Grant and 18 years Concession Period. Accordingly project should be undertaken on
EPC/annuity.
The present traffic is 199 to 3014 PCU and by the end of year 2040, the PCU reaches
14000 PCU, hence two-lane road with earthen shoulders would cater for the
requirement of LOS “C”. The improvement proposals included in the project are
summarised below:
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For Overlay
(From Km 141.000 to Km 145+825) BC-40mm, DBM- 50mm, PCC by BM
7 Truck Lay-bye 02 Nos.
8 Bus Shelters 40 Nos.
9 Toll Plaza 02 Nos.
14.2 RECOMMENDATIONS
(a) The Project Influence Area (PIA) region in the state is a thriving Hydel power hub in
the state and there are number of hydro power in operation and planned for future.
The mega power projects would have major influence on the state transport sector
to meet the growing demand for transport of goods and material for hydro project
and various services associated with it. The development of present road is
essential from the fact that the PIA region has number of running and upcoming
project in near future and the project road is the only connectivity for movement of
goods, machinery and manpower.
(b) Since project is financially Non Viable on BOT basis even with 40% Grant and 19
years Concession Period, it should be undertaken on EPC/annuity. However as per
the current guidelines the project road with base year traffic of 5000 PCU per day or
below may be taken up for implementation under EPC. Hence Consultant
recommends the project road to be developed on EPC basis in 3 packages as
detailed below:
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