Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Government of India

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NHIDCL have been assigned with the development of 3,213 Km of roads and blance 886 km
has been approved in 'Principle'. 3,339 Km of length has been awarded and 2,101 Km of
roads have been completed till March, 2019. The SARDP NE Phase 'A' is expected to be
completed by March, 2023-24.
3.10 Arunachal Pradesh Package of Roads and Highways
The Arunachal Pradesh Package of Roads and Highways covering 2,319 km (2205 Km NHs
and 114 Km State/GS Roads) of Road stretch was approved by the Government as part of
SARDP-NE on 09.01.2009. Out of this, 776 km has been approved by the Government for
execution under BOT (Annuity) basis and for the remaining 1,543 km are to be developed on
EPC mode/Item Rate Contract as per Ministry's extant policy. Projects of 1,934 km length
have been awarded and 928 Km of road has been completed till Mach, 2019. The entire
Arunachal Padesh package is targeted for completion by March, 2023-24.
An amount of Rs.30,315 crore has been spent in SARDP incl. Arunachal Pradesh Package.
3.11 Improvement of Road connectivity in Left Wing Extremism (LWE) Areas
3.11.1 The Government on 26-02-2009 has approved the Road Requirement Plan (RRP) for
development of 1177 km NHs and 4,276 km State Roads (total 5477 km) to 2-lane at a cost of ₹
7300 crore in LWE affected 34 districts affected by LWE in the States of Andhra Pradesh,
Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha and Uttar Pradesh
for all inclusive growth of these areas. MoRT&H has been entrusted with the responsibility of
developing roads in LWE affected areas of the country.
3.11.2 As on 31st March, 2019, the detailed estimates for 5,422 km length have been sanctioned at an
estimated cost of Rs. 8,673.90 Crore, out of which, works on 5,419 km length costing ` 8,739
Crore have been awarded. Development in 4,792 km length has been completed up to March,
2019 and cumulative expenditure incurred so far is `.7,311 Crore.
3.12 Development of Vijayawada Ranchi route:
3.12.1 Out of 1,622 km long LWE affected Vijayawada - Ranchi route, development of 600 km (net
length 594 km) of State Roads in Odisha (549 km Newly declared NH and 45 km SH), not
covered in any Central or State Scheme has been approved by the Government at a cost of
₹1,200 crore on 4th November, 2010.
3.12.2 So far, the detailed estimates for all the 9 packages in an aggregate length of 592 km have been
sanctioned at an estimated cost of ₹. 1,347 crore and works were awarded. The development
on 569 km has been completed at the cumulative expenditure of ₹. 1,055 crores up to March,
2019.

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