The National Highways Development Project (NHDP) – the largest highway project ever undertaken by the country is being implemented by the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI).The NHDP consists of following components:
NHDP Phase I & II
National Highways Development Project phase I and II comprises four laning of about 14,471 km under Golden Quadrilateral (GQ), North-South and East-West corridor, Port Connectivity and other projects.
Golden Quadrilateral (GQ)
The GQ comprising aggregate length of 5846 km at an estimated cost of Rs.30,300 crore (1999 price) was approved in December, 2000. Most of the works were awarded in 2002. The GQ has now been completed to the extent of 94%.
North-South and East-West (NSEW) Corridors
The NSEW corridors comprise an aggregate length of 7300 km. As on December 2006, four / six laning of 882 km of the NSEW corridors has already been completed and work on 5352 km is under implementation. The work on the remaining length of the NSEW corridors is yet to be awarded. The NSEW corridor is scheduled for completion by December 2008.
Port connectivity and other projects
The ports are an important infrastructure for economic growth of the country.Connectivity of the ports through high quality roads to other centres of economic activities is quite crucial for speedy movements of goods to and from the ports. It was,therefore, decided in December 2000 to develop and upgrade road connectivity to all the 12 major ports in the country namely Kolkata, Haldia, Paradip, Vishakhapatnam,Chennai, Tuticorin, Cochin, Mangalore, Mormugao, Jawaharlal Nehru Port, Mumbai and Kandla. The project for connecting Kandla port has been completed by NHAI,which is entrusted with the responsibility of developing and upgrading road connectivity to all these major ports.
As on December 2006, four laning of about 135 km roads of port connectivity and 287 km of other National Highways have been completed. Four laning of about 224 km roads of port connectivity and 638 km of other National Highways is under implementation and the balanced length is to be awarded.
NHDP Phase IIIA
Four laning of 4035 km on Build,Operate and Transfer (BOT) basis has been approved at an estimated cost of Rs.22,207 crore under NHDP Phase-IIIA. Seventeen BOT contracts covering 1296 km under NHDP Phase-IIIA have been awarded upto December 2006. NHDP Phase IIIA is proposed to be completed by December 2009.
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