Road Projects Worth Rs.1615 Crores Awarded for Naxal Affected Areas

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Press Information Bureau

Government of India

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Ministry of Road Transport & Highways

Road Projects Worth Rs.1615 Crores Awarded for Naxal Affected Areas

New Delhi: August 4, 2010.

 

 

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways  has awarded 53 works  costing Rs.1615 crores  for road connectivity in the  Left Wing Extremism  affected areas. This forms part of the overall 138 sanctioned estimates

for 3831 km. length costing Rs.4390 crore. The largest numbers of works have been awarded in Chattisgarh (19 works for a length of 699 km. costing Rs. 839 crore).  State-wise status of sanctions and award of works is given below:

S.No..	State	Works sanctioned			Tenders invited			Works awarded
		No.	Length  (in km)	Cost (in crore)	No.	Length (in km)	Cost(in. crore)	No.	Length  (in km)	Cost (in crore)
1	Andhra Pradesh	17	438	552	17	438	552	12	252	284
2	Bihar	31	456	377	23	335	268	9	115	138
3	Chhattisgarh	35	1480	1789	34	1316	1558	19	699	839
4	Jharkhand	10	414	515	10	414	515	0	0	0
5	Madhya Pradesh	4	126	100	4	126	100	3	80	66
6	Maharashtra	31	404	375	22	329	313	7	117	94
7	Orissa	8	446	645	8	446	645	3	140	194
8	Uttar Pradesh	2	67	37	2	67	37	0	0	0
	Total	138	3831	4390	120	3471	3988	53	1403	1615

The Government has approved on 26.02.2009 a scheme for development of 1202 km National Highways and 4363 km State Roads to two lane standards at an estimated cost of Rs. 7300 crore in Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected areas of 34 Districts in 8 States in February, 2009.

                This information was provided by Shri R.P.N Singh, Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways in the Rajya Sabha today.

 

rs: pm/dk/kol/15:03 hrs.

 

Press Information Bureau

Government of India

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Ministry of Road Transport & Highways                                

65% of NHs Projects Undetaken During the Last Five Years Completed

New Delhi: August 4, 2010.

 

During last five years (from 2005-06 to 2009-10), the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has undertaken 3692 projects for development of National Highways in the country. Of this, 2423 projects (about 65.63 %) have been completed, 1242 (33.64%) are under progress and 297 projects (8%) are in tender stage.

The largest number of projects were taken in Uttar Pradesh (316) followed by Maharashtra (247), Uttarakhand (246), Tamil Nadu (238), Karnataka (231), Assam (215), Orissa (207) and Andhra Pradesh (202).

214 projects have been completed in Uttar Pradesh, 127 in Maharashtra, 160 in Uttarakhand, 51 in Tamil Nadu, 187 in Karnataka, 125 in Assam, 124 in Orissa and 141 in Andhra Pradesh.

This information was provided by Shri R.P.N Singh, Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways in the Rajya Sabha today.

 

rs: pm/dk/kol/15:03 hrs.

 

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