Projects awarded after adequate preparation of land acquisition and preconstruction activities
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) is spending more than Rs.240,000 crore in 2022-23 on road projects, supporting India’s target of early achievement of US$5 trillion economy.
Updating Rajya Sabha on projects on 13 Dec 2023, Minister Nitin Gadkari said focus was on development of High-Speed Access Controlled Corridors and 4 Lane Road network.
Project implementation has already been started on 21 green field access-controlled corridors while 3,336-km expressways have been completed.
The Ministry has also emphasized on minimising less than 2 Lane NHs by upgrading these to Minimum 2 Lane / 2 Lane with Paved Shoulder.
Meanwhile, 35 Multimodal Logistics Parks (MMLPs) have been identified for development as part of BMP to improve logistics efficiency to the Indian economy, said the Ministry. Fifteen MMLPs have been prioritized for development under BMP-I.
Besides utilizing municipal waste for embankment construction, waste plastics is being used in Bituminous construction and waste slag in Cement Concrete Construction towards carbon neutrality and sustainable development.
Gadkari listed out key strategies adopted and employed to achieve the above remarkable growth and achievements of NH network in the country undertaken by Ministry.
These are:
Promoting Contractor’s Ecosystem by rationalising the projects and contract documents;
All project planning including preparation of DPR mandated on PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan (NMP) Portal;
Awarding projects after adequate preparation in terms of land acquisition and preconstruction activities;
Simplified procedure for approval of GAD (General Arrangement Drawing) by Railways;
Streamlining land acquisition process;
Adoption of new technologies and continuously upgrading the standards and specifications;
Raising resources from innovative financing models etc.
Relaxations in contract provisions under “Atmanirbhar Bharat” to improve liquidity of funds;
Revamped dispute resolution mechanism;
Portal based project monitoring leading to early resolution of issues; Periodic reviews of projects at various levels. Fiinews.com
