Indian Road Construction

ROAD TRANSPORT SCENARIO Economic Growth : 5 - 6% Road Transport Sector Demand Grows at 10 – 12% Need for Road & Transport Infrastructure of International Standards Major Road Development Programmes - National Highway Development Project (NHDP) - Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) - State Road Development Programmes Proposed plan expenditure in 10 th plan (for roads)– Total approx. Rs. 250,000 crores

Proportion of Freight and Passenger Transport by Road and Rail YearFreight (Tonne-km) Road:Rail Passenger (Pass.-km) Road:Rail :8926: :7142: :6659: :6263: :4779: :3587: :3085:15

Indian Road Network- Current Status National Highway (NH) *58,112 State Highways (SH)1,37,119 Major District Roads (MDR)4,70,000 Village and Other Roads (ODR & VR)26,50,000 Total Road Length 33,15,231 (in kms) NHs are less than 2% of network but carry 40% of total traffic

Energy Scenario Energy consideration is vital issue for development activities 250 million tonne oil equivalent (energy consumption) % energy is consumed in transport sector alone India has only 0.4 % of oil reserve and 5.7% of coal reserve Consumption of petroleum products increasing at 8 to 9 % rate annually Road sector alone consume 71 % of total HSD ( 32 million tonne in a year) Can easily target 10 % saving trough improvement of roads and capacity augmentation

Major Ongoing Projects  Golden Quadrilateral  North-South Corridor  East – West Corridor  PMGSY  Connectivity to major ports  Additional 10,000 Km of NH Improvement  Riding Quality Improvement Programme for National Highways  Various State Highway Improvement Projects with World Bank Aid

NATIONAL HIGHWAY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

National Highway Development Projects  Country ’ s most ambitious Highways Development Project  Highways with International Standard and facilities for uninterrupted traffic flow  Divided carriageways & Service roads  Grade separators, over bridges & underpasses  Bypasses  Wayside amenities  Enhanced safety features

NHDP – VARIOUS PHASES PHASE I & II - LAUNCHED IN ,000 KM (GQ & NSEW) - UNDER PROGRESS PHASE III A - LAUNCHED IN ,000 KM BOT PHASE III B - 10,000 KM - GOVT FUNDING - TO BE LAUNCHED

National Highways Development Projects Total Length of NHDP ( PHASE I & II )14,162 Golden Quadrilateral High Density Traffic Corridors linking Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai & Kolkata 5846 Completion by Mid 2006 North-South & East-West Corridors N-S:Kashmir to Kanyakumari : 4,000 (including Kochi-Salem) E-W: Silchar to Saurashtra : 3,300 7,300 Completion by Road connectivity to Major Ports 363 km and Other Roads 653 km

CURRENT STATUS - NHDP APPROX. 6,000 KM OF ROAD PROJECTS ARE UNDER IMPLEMENTATION. APPROX. 7,000 KM OF ROAD PROJECTS UNDER NHDP ARE STILL TO BE EXECUTED IN THE COMING 2 TO 3 YEARS.

RURAL ROADS UNDER PMGSY Aims to connect all the habitations with 500 population by the year 2007 Separate dedicated fund has been created by allocating 50% cess on diesel

Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana  A Centrally sponsored programme  Rs. 60,000 crores required upto 2010  Rs crores available per year from 50% of diesel cess  More will be available now with extra 50p chess

Construction Materials: Requirement for Rural Roads Only  Assuming equivalent of 3.00 lakh km single lane road construction  Estimated quantity of materials required:  Good earth million cubic-m  Gravel - 36 million cubic-m  Stone metal - 24 million cubic-m  Bitumen - 3 million tonnes

STATE HIGHWAYS ALMOST ALL THE STATE GOVERNMENTS HAVE TAKEN UP THE WORKS OF WIDENING, STRENGTHENING & UPGRADATION OF STATE HIGHWAYS THIS PROGRAMME IS EXPECTED TO GO ON TILL 2010.