Economic Editors Conference

MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT &

HIGHWAYS
 Indias Road Network
(Km)

National Highways 78,651

Expressways 200
State Highways 1,56,181
Other Roads 44,55,510
Total 46,90,542
National Highways constitute only 1.7% of length,
but carry 40% of the traffic on Indian Roads.
 NHDP
National Highways Development Program is worlds largest road
development program based on Public Private Partnership (PPP)
Model.

Under NHDP, the NHAI has

Completed Length :18,760 Kms
Presently Under Implementation :14,130 Kms
Balance for award : 22868 Kms

All seven phases of NHDP cover 55,000 Kms + approximately.

(including 5700 Km approx. of 6-Laning of Phase I [GQ])

Other than NHDP, Government is also implementing major road

development programmes in North East (SARDP-NE) for 6418 Kms
(NH-3513 Kms and SH-2905 Kms) and in Left Wing Extremism (LWE)
affected areas for 5477 Kms (NH-1126 Kms and SH-4351 Kms).
 Robust PPP Model
The road development regime changed from public funded
projects to PPP projects in order to harness the efficiency
and competence of the private sector, leverage its resource
raising capacity and ensuring quality operation and
maintenance during its life cycle.

Standard documents for the Bidding and Model

Concession agreements have been developed and
standardized.

A robust PPP policy framework has gradually evolved and

matured.
 Year 2012-13 is challenging

While a record length of 7957 Kms was awarded in 2011-12,

the scenario during the current fiscal year appears
challenging.

NHAI has made adequate preparations regarding land

acquisition and feasibility reports - a large shelf of projects
is available 12000+ kms.

While Annual Prequalification has facilitated bidders, e-

Procurement has boosted bidders confidence into the
transparency of the systems.

Some new policy initiatives have been taken to furtehr

streamline and expedite the development of highways.
 New Policy Initiatives -
EPC
New EPC agreement document for construction of two
lane (with paved shoulders) National Highways has
been approved by the Cabinet.

Allows major shift in public procurement from Item Rate

Construction Contract to EPC Contract.

Design responsibilities vests with the contractor to

enable him to use best practices and innovate for
efficiencies.

About 4000 Kms planned to be awarded on EPC mode

of delivery in 2012-13 to infuse public capital in the road
sector and boost confidence of the Industry.
 New Policy Initiatives -
OMT
Operate, Maintain & Transfer (OMT) Policy is now in
place.

Maintenance is critical for the service life of high valued

road infrastructure. A need was felt to tap private sector
efficiencies in operation, fee-collection and maintenance.

Presently, maintenance of public funded roads is through

annual Operation & Maintenance contracts and user fee
collected through different agencies.

In OMT contracts, the concessionaire is given contract for

5 to 9 years with responsibilities for maintenance and
tolling together.
 SPECIAL ACCELERATED ROAD DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMME IN NORTH EAST (SARDP-NE)
OBJECTIVE is to upgrade National Highways to 2/ 4 lane to provide connectivity of all 88
District Headquarters and backward and remote areas of NE region by at least 2-lane road,
improve roads of strategic importance and improve connectivity to neighboring countries.

Under SARDP-NE, the Govt. has approved 6418 Kms (NH-3513 Kms and SH-2905 Kms)

THE PROGRESS OF THE SARDP-NE AT A GLANCE

Phase A Arunachal Package

In Hybrid
Item Total
EPC principle Total EPC BOT
incl. BOT (Annuity)
886 km * 2379 km
3213 km 4099 km 1543km 776 km
Total Length (km) (Rs 8948 (Rs 11919
(Rs 12821 cr) (Rs 21769 cr) (Rs 6808 cr) (Rs 5111 cr)
cr) cr)
132 Km 558 km 774 km 1332 km
2266 Km 2398 Km
Works sanction/ (Rs (Rs 2699 (Rs (Rs
(Rs 9245 cr) (Rs 10271 cr)
awarded 1026cr) cr) 5111 cr) 7810 cr)
3732 km (Rs 18,081 cr)
Roads completed 825 km 39 km 864 km 40 km Nil 40 km
Target for
March, 2015 for ongoing works June, 2016
completion
* Out of 886 km NHAI is implementing 39 4 km on BOT(Annuity), MoRT&H 140 km on BOT(Annuity) & 347km on EPC
 Status of LWE projects
To improve road connectivity of identified
backward area, which are affected by Left
Wing Extremism (LWE), for transforming
socio-economic conditions of the
community.
Under Road Requirement Plan-I, 5477 km
(1126 Km of NH + 4351 Km of SH) existing
roads at a cost of Rs. 7,300 crores in 34
Districts of 8 States identified by MHA and
States are being improved to 2-lane.
 Statewise Progress of LWE
projects
STATE LENGTH ESTIMATE WORKS Length
IDENTIFIED SANCTIONED AWARDED completed
(in km) (in km) (Rs. crore) (in km) (Rs. crore) (in km)
ANDHRA 620 620 1131 620 887 428
PRADESH
BIHAR 674 674 616 674 530 527
CHHATTISGARH 2092 1968 2658 1500 1577 452
JHARKHAND 753 760 1099 645 740 64
MADHYA 237 237 212 144 99 72
PRADESH
MAHARASHTRA 420 470 810 447 584 209
ORISSA 614 614 949 614 831 94
UTTAR PRADESH 67 67 42 67 37 19
TOTAL 5477 5410 7517 4711 6233 1865
 Road Transport
Vahan & Sarathi Software platforms for the Registration of
Motor Vehicles and Driving Licenses at State & National levels
Pan India Inter-operability and Inter-Connectivity of all RTOs.
Uniformity.
Issuance of DL & RC in Smart Enforcement of regulations.
Card Mode
SMS and Internet based access Check on fitness of vehicles.
to data
Transparent, online services Check on insurance status.
Tracking ownership
985 out of 986 RTOs already covered. (Only one RTO in
Kalimpong being covered).
Data of 9.96 crore RCs and 2.60 crore DLs already captured in
National Register. Action undertaken to digitize remaining
legacy data (RC- 5.29 Cr., DL- 5.86 Cr.)
Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2012
INITIATIVES FOR SEAMLESS INTER-STATE TRANSPORT
(Through consensus building among States)

National Permit Scheme established for seamless movement of

goods vehicles across the country on payment of annual fee.

Efforts are being made to reach a consensus on rationalization of

Motor Vehicle Taxes throughout the country. Committees have been
constituted consisting of Ministers and Secretaries of the State
Governments on the following issues:
a) Rationalization of life time tax on two wheelers, cars/LMVs and
taxis/maxies at a floor rate of 6% of the sale price (excluding
VAT).
b) Rationalization of taxes on temporary or permanent re-location
of two-wheelers, cars/LMVs and taxies/maxies.
c) National Permit Scheme for commercial passenger vehicles.
 Road Safety
National Road Safety Council under the
Chairmanship of Union Minister of RT&H meets
regularly to formulate policies and plans to
mitigate road accidents.
Education
Awareness campaign through print & electronic media,
organization of road safety week, distribution of road
safety awards, seminars, engagement with schools and
universities
Driving training, refresher training, training to trainers
Improvements in issue of driving licence
Engineering
Road Safety Audit: Identification and remedy of black
spots
Making road safety an integral part of design to enhance
 Road Safety .. Contd..
Enforcement
Provision of speed radar guns, interceptors
and breath analyzers for better enforcement
National Highways Administrators- Nodal
officers for road safety on the National
Highways
Advisories to states to enforce helmets, seat
belts, check overloading

Emergency Care
Efforts undertaken for a unified call centre
NHARSS Provision of ambulance and cranes
National Ambulance Code being finalized for
standardizing ambulance services
 ICT Initiatives
Electronic Toll Collection:
Collection by 2014 , on all NHs, toll collection
would be through ETC system based on RFID technology.
Presently Pilot projects on Zirakpur- Parwanoo, Mumbai-
Ahmedabad, Bengaluru- Chennai stretches undertaken.
e-Procurement and e-Tendering:
e-Tendering has been introduced for the
projects under NHDP being executed by the NHAI.
All concession agreements and the details of Consultants etc. have
been put in the public domain on NHAI web site.
Facebook based system has been created allowing direct
comments from people and redressal of grievances.
Road Information System, GIS based Asset Management
System (GIS-AMS)and use of Satellite Imagery System
(SIS) for monitoring projects in far- flung and inaccessible areas.
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP): steps undertaken for
procurement and commissioning of the system in MoRTH & NHAI.
E-Office being implemented in Ministry
Challenges - Financing
Financial closures have not been easy to come by in
recent times.

High Level Committee on Financing Infrastructure set

up under Mr. Deepak Parekh has recently submitted
its report.

New innovative financing models are being explored:

Re-inventing the role of IIFCL to facilitate credit

enhancement and takeout financing.
Infrastructure Debt Fund
Introduction of tax-free Infrastructure Bonds
 The Road Ahead
Reinforce the enabling environment for
private investment.

Aggressively pursue technology (ETC,

ITS) for improved riding experience, road
safety and transport management.

Adopt standardized systems and

processes for accelerating investment
flows & for ensuring safe and
competitive delivery.
 The Road Ahead-..
Contd..
Leverage budgetary resources & multi-lateral
loans for Public Private Partnerships.

Adopt best practices and continue to innovate.

Accelerate the roll-out of PPP projects.

Build capacities both in private and public

sectors.

Roll out of large public funded road projects in

EPC mode would boost confidence and infuse
liquidity in the industry.
 Major milestones for all
weather connection to
Laddakh
Z-Morh tunnel (6.5 Km tunnel + 6 region
Km approach road) at a cost of Rs.
2700 Crores sanctioned in BoT
(Annuity) mode.
Zozilla pass tunnel (13 Km long
tunnel project) also planned.
The tunnels proposed above would
provide all weather connectivity to
Kargil Leh Laddakh region.
This is in the series of major other Z-Morh Tunnel
tunnel projects under construction
in J&K

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Chenani-Nashri
Quazigund Banihal Tunnel