Ministry of Road Transport & Highways sets steep targets for 2016-17 : Aims at 2.5 times increase in award and construction of National Highways
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways sets steep targets for 2016-17 :
Aims at 2.5 times increase in award and construction of National Highways
Minister
of Road Transport & Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari has fixed a 2.5
times increase in the target for award and construction of National
Highways for the year 2016-17. Encouraged by the good performance of his
Ministry in 2015-16, Shri Gadkari expressed confidence that the pace of
development that was established last year will result in even better
outcomes during the current year. The Minister has set a target of
25,000 km of National Highways to be awarded in 2016- 17 as against the
10,000 km awarded in 2015-16. The construction target has been set at
15,000 km as against the 6000 km constructed last year. Of the total
length of National Highways targeted for award, 15,000 km would fall
under the target of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and
10,000 km under the target of the Ministry and National Highways and
Infrastructure Development Corporation (NHIDCL). NHAI’s target for
construction has been fixed at 8000 km while for the Ministry and
NHIDCL, the target is 7000 km .
The year 2015-16 has been one of very positive outcomes for the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways. Works on a length of more than 10,000 km were awarded for the very first time. The completion of construction of 6000 km marked a year-over-year increase of nearly 36 %. The speeding up of road projects has been made possible due to several policy interventions which include the Ministry being empowered to decide mode of delivery, increased threshold for project approval, enhanced inter-ministerial coordination Exit Policy, promoting innovative project implementation models like Hybrid Annuity Model , amendments to the Model Concession Agreement (MCA) for BOT projects, segregation of Civil Cost from Capital Cost for NH projects for appraisal & approval, rationalized compensation to concessionaires for languishing NH projects in BOT mode for delays not attributable to them, delegation of powers to Chief Engineers regarding periodic renewal, delegation of powers to MORTH ROs regarding utility shifting and delegation of powers to evaluate and award tenders of upto Rs 300 cr.
The year 2015-16 has been one of very positive outcomes for the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways. Works on a length of more than 10,000 km were awarded for the very first time. The completion of construction of 6000 km marked a year-over-year increase of nearly 36 %. The speeding up of road projects has been made possible due to several policy interventions which include the Ministry being empowered to decide mode of delivery, increased threshold for project approval, enhanced inter-ministerial coordination Exit Policy, promoting innovative project implementation models like Hybrid Annuity Model , amendments to the Model Concession Agreement (MCA) for BOT projects, segregation of Civil Cost from Capital Cost for NH projects for appraisal & approval, rationalized compensation to concessionaires for languishing NH projects in BOT mode for delays not attributable to them, delegation of powers to Chief Engineers regarding periodic renewal, delegation of powers to MORTH ROs regarding utility shifting and delegation of powers to evaluate and award tenders of upto Rs 300 cr.
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