NATIONAL HIGHWAYS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

- Where do we stand? -

Abhishek Srivastava and India Transport Portal, 2012 Tracking monthly data since December, 2011 Last update in June, 2012

Get The 20 REAL kilometers per day Statistics

OFFICIAL TARGET:
(NHPD and non NHPD)

Kilometers constructed (contracts completed and under implementation) between January and June, 2012

Phase IV

1,046.93

Phase III

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REAL NHDP PACE

(NHPD III, IV & V)

7.65
kilometers per day
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NHDP PROCESS
In order to boost economic development of the country, the Government initiated a National Highways Development Project (NHDP). The NHDP is being implemented by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). NHDP is composed of seven phases (but we are actually studying only Phase III, IV & V).

How does it work?

GENERAL ASPECT o Each phase is designed and shaped in order to adress a specific issue (Golden Quadrilateral connectivity, highways widening etc.), and then approved, o Kilometers target is asigned to such phases, o Kilometers target, cost etc. could be revised. NHDP was implemented in 1998. The NHAI has dedicated US$ 71 billion for this project, as of 2006. The total length is 45,000 kms. Highways account for 2% of the total road length but carry 40% of the total traffic.

PHASE SETTING o For each phase, a precise delineation is done (state, highway number etc.). The total length is divided into several stretches, o Each stretch represents a contract that could be either on a Build Operate Transfer or Annuity basis for example, o Each stretch is conferred to a construction company (for example after bids for project on toll mode).

Fewer bids are coming for highway projects on toll mode, so the highways ministry is likely to seek relaxation of the bidding norms. NHAI could be allowed to award the projects with 100% government funding , which have no takers under (BOTToll ) mode. About 50 construction companies are in charge of the 170 stretches presented here.

STRETCH STATUS o A Letter of Award (LOA) is granted to a winning bidder (construction companies), o Then, the company begins the stretch implementation, o When the work is done, the stretch is complete.

For example: the Guna Bypass is a phase III stretch. It has been awarded to Guna Infra in February, 2005. Implementation started in January 2006. The original completion deadline was in July 2007 but the actual completion was in December 2007. 2

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METHODOLOGY
DATA USED To draw up this document, Abhishek Srivastava and India Transport Portal used publicly and freely available data (mainly from the NHAI website). We did not use proprietary data, we did not make RTI requests. We did not use publicly available but poorly accessible information. Data gathered have been compiled in a document available on our portal (Road Construction Data). All statistics presented in this document have been made with it. LIABILITY Neither India Transport Portal nor Abhishek Srivastava are responsible and should be considered as responsible for any methodological bias, omission or calculation errors. THE LAST UPDATE WAS DONE ON JUNE, 2012. We did not use data that have been reported since this time. The only goal of this document was to create an easy to understand road construction info graphics.

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Objective:

NHDP PHASE III

WHAT HAS BEEN DONE 27 stretches have been completed for a total of 1,668.16 kilometers
AVERAGE CONSTRUCTION SPEED: 1.85 km/day AVERAGE DURATION: 30 months to end the 27 stretches AVERAGE DELAY: 1 year

12,109 kms
Of upgrades to national highways on a Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) basis, which takes into account high-density traffic, connectivity of state capitals via NHDP Phase I and II, and connectivity to centers of economic importance

IN PROGRESS 58 stretches are under implementation. They represent 5,497.99 kilometers

COMPLETE: 2,403.11 kms (but their stretches are not complete) AVERAGE 2012 SPEED: 5.74 kms/day AVERAGE DELAY: 19 months for stretches on delay

Lane repartition for the whole 118 stretches

2 11 2 lanes

AWARDED 33 stretches (3,102.95 kilometers) have been awarded and are to be implemented
For completed and under implementation stretches
It took on average 11 months between LOA and the start of implementation (The record is 25 months) 4

4 lanes

105
6 lanes

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Objective:

NHDP PHASE IV
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE There is not a single completed stretch and only one is under implementation: Nagpur Betul (MP)
This stretch is 176.3 kms long Only 2 kilometers have been made

20,000 kms
Widening highways that were not part of Phase I, II, or III. Phase IV will convert existing single lane highways into two lanes with paved shoulders

In 16 months
(That is 125 meters per month)

AWARDED 22 other stretches (3,141.67 kilometers) have been awarded and are awaiting implementation
Some have been in waiting for 19 months There are still 16,500 kilometers to be awarded They represent approximately 115 stretches

Lane repartition (all 23 stretches)

2 lanes

CONSTRUCTION PACE Regarding the 19,998 kilometers that are still to be done
If the construction pace is the same for every stretches It will take 97.3 years to complete phase IV

4 lanes

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Objective:

NHDP PHASE V
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE 3 stretches (152.7 kilometers) completed
AVERAGE SPEED: 1,79 km/month 2 were delayed by 2 months

6,500 kms
As road traffic increases over time, a number of four lane highways will need to be upgraded/expanded to six lanes

have

been

1 is one month ahead (But 2 years were allocated for 4 kms ... that is 200 meters per month)

SPEED RECORD Panipat - Jalandhar (km 96 to km 387.1) gets the speed record
10 kilometers in February, 2012

IN PROGRESS 15 stretches (1,968.15 kilometers) are under implementation

ALREADY COMPLETED: 899.69 kms AVERAGE 2012 SPEED: 1.9 km/day ON AVERAGE, BETWEEN LOA AND IMPLEMENTATION: 13 months

&
19 kilometers in March, 2012

Unfortunately, it has been stopped since then

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AWARDED 11 stretches (1,860.2 kilometers) have been awarded

Some have been recently awarded But some others have been waiting for 25 months for implementation There are still 2,519 kilometers to be awarded 6

Phase III at a glance

Objective: 12,109 kilometers
LOA between August 2003 and February 2010

Last implementation start: September, 2010

LOA between March, 2005 and August, 2011

Original completion deadline between December, 2008 and October, 2014

LOA between July, 2009 and March, 2012

1,668.16 kms complete (27 stretches)

5,497.99 kms (58 stretches) under implementation

2,403.11 kms complete

3,102.95 kms (33 stretches) awarded awaiting implementation

1,839.9 kms to be awarded

Km 0
Implementation starts between April, 2006 and March, 2012

Km 12,109

Last completion: April, 2012

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Phase IV at a glance
Objective: 20,000 kilometers
176.3 kms under implementation (2 kilometers complete)

3,141.67 kms (22 stretches) awarded awaiting implementation

16,682.03 kms to be awarded

Km 0

Km 20,000

LOA between November, 2010 and March, 2012

LOA in May, 2010 Implementation starts in February, 2011 Original completion deadline in August, 2014

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Phase V at a glance
Objective: 6,500 kilometers
LOA between February, 2008 and May, 2010 Implementation started between April, 2009 and November, 2011 Original completion deadline between October, 2011 and June, 2014

152.7 kms complete (3 stretches)

1,968.15 kms (15 stretches) under implementation 899.69 kms complete

1,860.2 kms (11 stretches) awarded awaiting implementation

2,518.95 kms to be awarded

Km 0
LOA between July, 2006 and June, 2008 Implementation started between January, 2007 and December 2008 Original completion deadline betwwen July, 2009 and December, 2010 Actual completion between September, 2009 and November, 2010 LOA between May, 2010 and March, 2012

Km 6,500

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Overall Phase III, IV & V at a glance

Objective: 38,609 kms
1820,86 kms (stretches that are complete)

7,642.14 kms under implementation

3,304.8 kms complete

8,104.82 kms awarded awaiting for implementation

21,040.88 kms to be awarded

Km 0

Km 38,609

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