According to the Economic Survey, “Against the target of awarding projects for a total length of about 9,800 km under various phases of National Highways Development Project (NHDP)
during 2009-10, projects have been awarded for a total length of about 1,285 km up to November 2009”.
Only 13 percent of road projects were awarded during this fiscal year. The major reasons for such delays are the introduction of new methods for approval (public-private-partnership projects), delay in acquisition of land and environment clearances.
According to ministry of road transport and highways, some 131 projects are delayed due to problems such as land acquisition, shifting of utilities, approvals for road over bridges, environmental clearance, law and order issues, and poor performance of few contractors and so on. In 2009-10, only about 1,490 km of highways has been developed till November 2009 as against the target of about 3,165 km of highways under NHDP.
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