- The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has initiated mega road development programme in North East with name "Special Accelerated Road Development Programme in North East (SARDP-NE)".The scope of the programme has been enlarged from time to time, since September. 2005. As on date Government has given approval for 2/4 laning of 6418 km of various categories of roads under Phase 'A' and Arunachal Package of SARDP-NE in entire North East at an estimated investment of about Rs 33.500 crore. Apart from the above Government has also given approval to preparation of detailed project report for 3723 km of roads under Phase 'B' so as to enable Government to plan expenditure on these roads during next 5 years plans.
- Apart from SARDP-NE National highways Authority of India is implementing the 4 laning of 672 km of East West Corridor from Srirampur (Assam/ W. Bengal border) to Silchar in Assam at an estimated cost of Rs 6000 crorc and 2 laning with paved shoulders from Jowai to Rattecherra (104 km) in Meghalaya under NHDP-III.
- As seen from the above an amount of about Rs 40,000 crore for massive road infrastructure development has been committed by the Government for North East. These programmes once implemented fully will change the face of the North Eastern States.
- Objectives of SARDP-NE:
Upgrade National Highways connecting State Capitals to 2/ 4 lan
Upgrade National Highways connecting State Capitals to 2/ 4 lan
Improve roads of strategic importance in border area.
Improve connectivity to neighboring countries
- The SARDP-NE programme has been divided into 3 parts:
Phase 'A'
Arunachal Pradesh Package of Roads and Highways (Arunachal Package)
Phase 'B'
- Details of approvals: (Rs in crore)
Phase Length(km) approved Approved for execution Approved 'in-principle' Approved for DPR preparation Total approved Length (km) Estimated cost Length (km) Estimated cost Length (km) Estimated cost Length (km) Estimated cost Phase 'A' 3213 12821 886 8948 - - 4099 21769 Arunachal Package 2319 11703 - - - - 2319 11703 Phase 'B' - - - - 3723 64 3723 64 Total 5532 24524 886 8948 4825 64 10141 33536 - The State wise distribution of roads under the 3 parts is as under:
STATE SARDP-NEPhase 'A' Arunachal Package SARDP-NEPhase 'B' Grand Total NHs SR/ GS Total NH SR/ GS/ Strtg Total NH SR/ GS/ Strtg Total NH SR/ GS/ Strtg Total Arunachal Pradesh 52 212 264 1346 835 2181 0 931 931 1398 1978 3376 Assam 1179 177 1356 126 12 138 0 285 285 1305 474 1779 Manipur 39 166 205 0 0 0 0 202 202 39 368 1779 Meghalaya 259 526 785 0 0 0 161 201 362 420 727 1147 Mizoram 221 100 321 0 0 0 416 272 688 637 372 1009 Nagaland 81 350 431 0 0 0 622 169 791 703 519 1222 Sikkim 80 505 585 0 0 0 0 68 68 80 573 653 Tripura 130 22 152 0 0 0 86 310 396 216 332 548 Total 2041 2058 4099 1472 847 2319 1285 2438 3723 4798 5343 10141 SR: State roads; GS: General Staff roads Strtg: Strategic roads
- Status of the SARDP-NE programme
Phase 'A' of SARDP-NE
Phase 'A' involve improvement/ construction of 4099km of roads (2.041 km NH and 2058 km State roads and other roads) at an estimated cost of Rs.21,769 crore. Out of these 3325km roads, has been approved for execution and balance 774 km has been approved 'in- principle'.
The implementation of these roads has been entrusted to various Agencies such as State PWDs, BRO and NHAI. So far, 2391km roads at Rs 10,186 crore under SARDP-NE Phase 'A' have been sanctioned/awarded and 385 km @ Rs 2683 crore are under process of approval/tendering/ examination. The likely target date of completion for sanctioned road stretches of Phase A' is March 2015.
Arunachal Pradesh Package of Roads and Highways.
Under this package 776 km road stretches were approved on Hybrid HOT (Annuity) basis. Tenders for all 4 sub-projects of 774 km (revised length) have been awarded at total project cost(TPC) of Rs 5111 crore.
Road stretches aggregating to 1543 km length have been approved for execution on Cash contract basis. Out of these, about 547 km length has been sanctioned/awarded amounting to Rs 2699 crore, till date.
The total sanctions accorded is for 1322 km roads at Rs 7810 crore and 79 km (a), Rs 354 crore are under process of approval/examination. The entire Arunachal Pradesh Package is targeted for completion by March, 2017.
Performance of SARDP-NE (as in April, 2012)Total approval of SARDP-NE is for 3616 km (a) Rs 17,568 crore, till date.Year Sanctions/ Award Length completed (km) Financial (Rs. Crore) Length (km) Cost (Rs in crore) Allocation Expenditure 2006-07 501 1285 Preliminary 550 450 2007-08 240 615 150 700 652 2008-09 187 835 290 1000 637 2009-10 188 1070 156 1200 676 2010-11 1615 9439 146 1500 1065 2011-12 992 4752 150 1950 1940 Total 3723 17996 892 6900 5420 - Status of allocation and expenditure
Year Allocation Expenditure/Release Total BRO State PWDs NHAI 2006-07 550 108.00 47.51 294.00 449.51 2007-08 700 222.00 135.74 294.00 651.74 2008-09 1000 389.00 248.25 - 637.25 2009-10 1200 387.23 288.68 - 675.91 2010-11 1500 410.00 657.28 - 1067.28 2011-12 1600 - - - 1421 Grand Total 6550 2997.85 (45.77%) Year Sanctions/Award (KM) Length Completed (KM) 2006-07 501 Preliminary 2007-08 240 150 2008-09 187 290 2009-10 188 156 2010-11 1615 146 2011-12 983 (as on 23.3.2012 60 (as on 31.12.2011) Grand Total 1314 802 - Length awarded and constructed:
Total length approved - 3616 km @ Rs.17, 568 crore till date.
Total length awarded - 1314 km
Total length constructed - 802 km
Target for award in 2011-12 - 1991 km
Target for completion in 2011-12 - 270 km