Haryana infrastructure snippets

The Public Private Partnership (PPP) concept has proved to be a success in road sector in Haryana with PPP projects implemented by the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) and Rs 1,000 crore spent so far on national highways since 2004 and remaining work of Rs 2,940 crore at various stages of implementation in the state and of Rs 6,670 crore worth projects in the pipeline. The Haryana State Infrastructure and Industrial Development Corporation (HSIIDC) is constructing an outer ring road being provided to Delhi to decongest it from traffic and Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway (western) at a cost of Rs 1,200 crore.
The Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE) is being constructed by the NHAI at a cost of Rs 1,900 crore. The state government has also approved the improvement of Gurgaon-Faridabad road,Ballabhgarh-Pali-Dhauj-Sohna road, Chandimandir-Jallah road, Bhuria-Khadri-Deodha Nainawali road and Yamunanagar-Ladwa-Karnal road on built operate and transfer (BOT)basis.
Official sources said that the Haryana public works (building and roads) department had allotted 12 more works involving an investment of Rs 944.23 crore . These projects included four-laning, widening and strengthening of the Gurgaon-Nuh Rajasthan border road, Hodal-Nuh-Pataudi-Patauda road and Jhajjar-Farukh Nagar-Gurgaon road.
The construction of a two-lane rail over bridge (ROB) at Taraori on the Delhi-Ambala railway line crossing in Karnal district would involve an expenditure of Rs22 crore. Similarly, construction of a two-lane ROB at Samalkha on the Delhi-Ambala railway line crossing in Panipat district would also cost Rs 22 crore.
Another ROB would be constructed on the Rewari-Bhatinda railway line in Sirsa town on National Highway10.Improvement of Rai Nahra Bahadurgarh road, improvement of Jhajjar-Jahazgarh Chhuchhakwas Dadri road, Rohtak-Kharkhoda Delhi border, Sampla-Jhajjar road, Murthal-Sonepat road and Sonepat-Kharkhoda-Sampla road had also been taken up.
Official sources said about Rs 4,740 crore had already been spent on development of roads, bridges and buildings during the period from March 2005 to October 2008 as against Rs 2,334 crore spent by the previous government during its full term of five years.
A special thrust was being laid on the construction of road over bridges (ROBs) to facilitate trade and commerce and to reduce congestion and pollution. During the tenure of present state government, seven ROBs had already been completed, eight ROBs were slated to be completed by March, 2009 and work on 13 ROBs was likely to be completed by the end of 2009. Projects costing Rs 1,133 crore had been sanctioned under Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojana by the present government against Rs 100 crore spent by the previous government.
Under an ambitious Rajiv Gandhi Bridges and Roads Infrastructure Development Programme, projects costing Rs 3,000 crore would be completed by the public works department (buildings and roads) by March 2010, the spokesman said adding that projects costing Rs 1850 crore had already been completed and projects costing about Rs 800 crore would be completed by March 31, 2009. Considering the damage to roads caused by heavy monsoon this year,the state government had undertaken programme of repairing roads on large-scale to make them free from potholes.By November 1, 2008, 6020 kms length of roads had been made free from potholes through mechanized mobile maintenance vans, the spokesman added.