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Published:December 15, 2017 5:59 PM
Bharatmala Pariyojna is a umbrella program under Ministry of Road Transport and Highway , it is a biggest initiative to improve road connectivity after NHDP program. It connects Gujarat , Rajasthan , Punjab , Himachal Pradesh , Jammu and Kashmir , Uttarakhand , West Bengal , UP , Bihar ,Sikkim , Assam, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur this program still includes 10,000 kms of NHDP. Total road length which will be covered under first phase is near about 66,000 kms by 2020 and it is planned to begin by end of 2018 , now as per some recent input ministry is also planning to include SARDP-NE and LWE areas under this initiative as well. In the biggest highway development project yet, the Union road transport and highways ministry approved developing about 83,677 km of roads around India at an investment of Rs 6.92 lakh crore by 2022. Component of Bharatmala Pariyojna (Phase-I) Category Description Total Length Identified (km) Upgrade proposed in Phase I (km) National Corridors Efficiency Improvement Lane expansion, de-congestion of existing National Corridors 13,100 5,000 Economic Corridors development Connecting economically important production & consumption centers 26,200 9,000 Inter-corridor and Feeder routes development Inter-connection between economic corridors, first mile & last mile connectivity 15,500 6,000 International and Border Connectivity Roads Boosting trade with neighboring countries 5,300 2,000 Coastal and Port Connectivity Roads Connectivity to coastal areas to enable port-led economic development 4,100 2,000 Expressways Greenfield expressways 1,900 800 Total 66,100 24,800 Key Highlights Total length to be covered 66,000 kms Total length to be covered in Phase – I is 24,800 Total length including NHDP Projects is 34,800 Emphasis on use of technology & scientific planning for Project Preparation and Asset Monitoring Expected to create 1 crore new jobs in India Project delivery-Phase I to be completed by 2022 Major changes from NHDP to Bharatmala Program Existing (NHDP) Proposed (Bharat Mala) Six Corridors (GQ, NS-EQ) Fifty Corridors 40% freight on National Highways 70-80% freight on National Highways 300 districts connected by 4+ Lane Highways 550 districts connected by 4+ Lane Highways Identified High Investment Areas 1 Coast Line & Border roads Development of Roads along border and coastal areas along with improving port connectivity with Sagarmala 2 Expressways in conjunction with Sagarmala NHDP VI & Sagarmala recommendations largely overlap and have been merged. The expressways will be built on priority of EXIM trade requirements. Length (Km): 3114 ; Estimated Cost: USD 22.40 billion 3 National Corridors efficiency enhancement program (NCEEP) Golden Quadrilateral (GQ), NS-EW shall be declared as National Corridors Logistics parks 6 laning of Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) 4 laning of NS-EW De-congestion of Delhi, De- congestion of Bangalore. This phase will subsume NHDP V, VII Length (Km): 3600 Estimated Cost: USD 18.80 billion 4 Economic Corridors efficiency enhancement program (ECEEP) 25 economic corridors similar to national corridors (GQ, NS-EW) identified for development under corridor approach. This phase will subsume portions of NHDP III, IV with the Length of 15680 km and Estimated Cost of USD 13 bn 5 Up-gradation of single lane NH & other high traffic NH 2 Lane to 12 Lane Paved Shoulder /4 Lane , this phase will subsume portions of NHDP IV and Length 9000 kms with Estimated Cost of USD 14.20 billion 6 BRT (Bus Rapid Transport) Backward Areas, Religious, Tourist Places, Connectivity Program Length (Km): 6572 Estimated Cost: USD 10.00 billion 7 Setu Bharatam Pariyojana Details: 208 ROB (Rail Over Bridge) + 1500 bridges Estimated Cost: USD 7.60 billion and Total Length (km) : 44000 with Estimated Cost: USD 97.20 billion Approaching Fund Requirements By selling long tenure bonds to aid the government’s biggest roads development project BHARATMALA the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has borrowed INR 5,000 crs from the country’s biggest debt buyer Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF). Authorities focusing on capital outlay plan involving a INR 5.35 lakh crore asset in road works covering 34,800 kilometers through the Bharat Mala program, and another INR 1.57 lakh crore on 48,877 kilometers of road construction to be managed by the NHAI. Today, we are much focused on of expressway and ring road projects, which are independently in the size of INR 10,000-20,000 crore. Funding to develop such big projects through government sources or toll income monetization is major issue. Here we need to develop some new funding mechanisms. Developing Friendly Relationship and Connecting with Neighboring Nation Length of 2,000 km with an outlay of INR 25,000 crore earmarked to connect India's major highway corridors to international trade points. To improve North East connectivity focus on to Transit through Bangladesh Bangladesh , Bhutan , Nepal and Myanmar , Thailand corridors will make North East hub of East Asia This will help to export/import trade with Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar Bharat Mala enhances the much highlighted Sagar Mala program designed to refurbish domestic port networks and associated systems to lower logistics costs that have been a major drag on growth. Investment plans and reforms are much needed as the majority of freight to and from major Indian ports is operated via roadways, which at the biggest container handler Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust amounts to as much as 85 percent. Although government authorities have been working rapidly to draw more truckloads to rails via a spate of incentive schemes in order to ease constant port congestion, a major shift is unlikely in the near future along with intermodal connectivity bottlenecks. The opportunity here is huge in the Bharatmala and Sagarmala projects. Between 2002 and 2012, the EPC business went up tenfold, and companies which were INR 300-500 crore could grab an opportunity to grow to INR 3,000 - 5,000 crore. This scale of growth will happen again under new program. In technology terms there is a need to scale-up and technology incorporation experience. If we are looking at developing of 8,000-9,000 km in the next 6-7 years, we have to grow up our resources and to think for new areas. InfralineEnergy Disclaimer: The views expressed here are solely those of the author in his private capacity and do not in any way represent the views of the InfralineEnergy (Technologies India Pvt. Ltd.). The organization is not liable for any use that may be made of the information contained therein and any direct/indirect consequences resulting therefrom.
Bharatmala Pariyojna is a umbrella program under Ministry of Road Transport and Highway , it is a biggest initiative to improve road connectivity after NHDP program. It connects Gujarat , Rajasthan , Punjab , Himachal Pradesh , Jammu and Kashmir , Uttarakhand , West Bengal , UP , Bihar ,Sikkim , Assam, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur this program still includes 10,000 kms of NHDP.
Total road length which will be covered under first phase is near about 66,000 kms by 2020 and it is planned to begin by end of 2018 , now as per some recent input ministry is also planning to include SARDP-NE and LWE areas under this initiative as well.
In the biggest highway development project yet, the Union road transport and highways ministry approved developing about 83,677 km of roads around India at an investment of Rs 6.92 lakh crore by 2022.
Component of Bharatmala Pariyojna (Phase-I)
Category
Description
Total Length Identified (km)
Upgrade proposed in Phase I (km)
National Corridors Efficiency Improvement
Lane expansion, de-congestion of existing National Corridors
13,100
5,000
Economic Corridors development
Connecting economically important production & consumption centers
26,200
9,000
Inter-corridor and Feeder routes development
Inter-connection between economic corridors, first mile & last mile connectivity
15,500
6,000
International and Border Connectivity Roads
Boosting trade with neighboring countries
5,300
2,000
Coastal and Port Connectivity Roads
Connectivity to coastal areas to enable port-led economic development
4,100
Expressways
Greenfield expressways
1,900
800
Total
66,100
24,800
Key Highlights
Major changes from NHDP to Bharatmala Program
Existing (NHDP)
Proposed (Bharat Mala)
Six Corridors (GQ, NS-EQ)
Fifty Corridors
40% freight on National Highways
70-80% freight on National Highways
300 districts connected by 4+ Lane Highways
550 districts connected by 4+ Lane Highways
Identified High Investment Areas
1
Coast Line & Border roads
Development of Roads along border and coastal areas along with improving port connectivity with Sagarmala
2
Expressways in conjunction with Sagarmala
NHDP VI & Sagarmala recommendations largely overlap and have been merged. The expressways will be built on priority of EXIM trade requirements. Length (Km): 3114 ; Estimated Cost: USD 22.40 billion
3
National Corridors efficiency enhancement program (NCEEP)
Golden Quadrilateral (GQ), NS-EW shall be declared as National Corridors Logistics parks
This phase will subsume NHDP V, VII Length (Km): 3600 Estimated Cost: USD 18.80 billion
4
Economic Corridors efficiency enhancement program (ECEEP)
25 economic corridors similar to national corridors (GQ, NS-EW) identified for development under corridor approach. This phase will subsume portions of NHDP III, IV with the Length of 15680 km and Estimated Cost of USD 13 bn
5
Up-gradation of single lane NH & other high traffic NH
2 Lane to 12 Lane Paved Shoulder /4 Lane , this phase will subsume portions of NHDP IV and Length 9000 kms with Estimated Cost of USD 14.20 billion
6
BRT (Bus Rapid Transport)
Backward Areas, Religious, Tourist Places, Connectivity Program Length (Km): 6572 Estimated Cost: USD 10.00 billion
7
Setu Bharatam Pariyojana
Details: 208 ROB (Rail Over Bridge) + 1500 bridges Estimated Cost: USD 7.60 billion and Total Length (km) : 44000 with Estimated Cost: USD 97.20 billion
Approaching Fund Requirements
By selling long tenure bonds to aid the government’s biggest roads development project BHARATMALA the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has borrowed INR 5,000 crs from the country’s biggest debt buyer Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF).
Authorities focusing on capital outlay plan involving a INR 5.35 lakh crore asset in road works covering 34,800 kilometers through the Bharat Mala program, and another INR 1.57 lakh crore on 48,877 kilometers of road construction to be managed by the NHAI.
Today, we are much focused on of expressway and ring road projects, which are independently in the size of INR 10,000-20,000 crore. Funding to develop such big projects through government sources or toll income monetization is major issue. Here we need to develop some new funding mechanisms.
Developing Friendly Relationship and Connecting with Neighboring Nation
Length of 2,000 km with an outlay of INR 25,000 crore earmarked to connect India's major highway corridors to international trade points.
Bharat Mala enhances the much highlighted Sagar Mala program designed to refurbish domestic port networks and associated systems to lower logistics costs that have been a major drag on growth.
Investment plans and reforms are much needed as the majority of freight to and from major Indian ports is operated via roadways, which at the biggest container handler Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust amounts to as much as 85 percent.
Although government authorities have been working rapidly to draw more truckloads to rails via a spate of incentive schemes in order to ease constant port congestion, a major shift is unlikely in the near future along with intermodal connectivity bottlenecks.
The opportunity here is huge in the Bharatmala and Sagarmala projects. Between 2002 and 2012, the EPC business went up tenfold, and companies which were INR 300-500 crore could grab an opportunity to grow to INR 3,000 - 5,000 crore. This scale of growth will happen again under new program.
In technology terms there is a need to scale-up and technology incorporation experience. If we are looking at developing of 8,000-9,000 km in the next 6-7 years, we have to grow up our resources and to think for new areas.
InfralineEnergy Disclaimer:
The views expressed here are solely those of the author in his private capacity and do not in any way represent the views of the InfralineEnergy (Technologies India Pvt. Ltd.). The organization is not liable for any use that may be made of the information contained therein and any direct/indirect consequences resulting therefrom.
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