National Highways Development Project

The National Highways Development Project is a project to upgrade, rehabilitate and widen major highways in India to a higher standard. The project was implemented in 1998 under the leadership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. "National Highways" account for only about 2% of the total length of roads, but carry about 40% of the total traffic across the length and breadth of the country. This project is managed by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) under the Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways. The NHAI has invested US$71 billion for this project, as of 2006. The NHDP represents 49,260 km of roads and highways work and construction in order to boost economic development of the country.

The Network of National Highways in India

The project is composed of the following phases:

National Highways Development Project at a glance
NHDP Phase Particulars Length Indicative cost ₹ ( in cr)
NHDP-I & II Balance work of GQ and EW-NS corridors 13,000 km (8,100 mi) 42,000
NHDP-III 4-laning 10,000 km (6,200 mi)55,000
NHDP-IV 2-laning 20,000 km (12,000 mi)25,000
NHDP-V 6-laning of selected stretches 5,000 km (3,100 mi)17,500
NHDP-VI Development of expressways 1,000 km (620 mi)15,000
NHDP-VII Ring Roads, Bypasses, Grade Separators, Service Roads etc. 700 km (430 mi) 15,000
Total 45,000 km (28,000 mi)1,69,500 (Revised to 2,20,000)

Note: 1 crore= 10 million

Timeline of the National Highways Development Project
PriorityNHDP PhaseLength (km)StatusApprovalCompletion
1 Phase I5,846 km (3,633 mi)Fully complete December 2000December 2006
2 Phase II7,300 km (4,500 mi)Award in progress December 2003December 2009
3 Phase III A4,000 km (2,500 mi)Already identified March 2005December 2009
4 Phase V6,500 km (4,000 mi)5700 km of GQ + 800 km to be identified November 2005December 2012
5 Phase III B6,000 km (3,700 mi)Already identified March 2006 December 2012
6 Phase VII A700 km (430 mi)Ring roads to be identified December 2006December 2012
7 Phase IV A5,000 km (3,100 mi)To be identified December 2006December 2012
8 Phase VII BRing roads to be identified December 2007December 2013
9 Phase IV B5,000 km (3,100 mi)To be identified December 2007December 2013
10 Phase VI A400 km (250 mi)Already identified December 2007December 2014
11 Phase VII CRing roads to be identified December 2008December 2014
12 Phase IV C5,000 km (3,100 mi)To be identified December 2008December 2014
13 Phase VI B600 km (370 mi)To be identified December 2008December 2015
14 Phase IV D5,000 km (3,100 mi)To be identified December 2009December 2015

"Financing of the National Highway Development Programme" (PDF). 

Plans

The Indian Government has set ambitious plans for upgrading of the National Highways in a phased manner in the years to come. The details are as follows:

Status from NHAI website

National Highways Development Project is being implemented in all phases except phase VI at present. The present phases are improving more than 49,260 km of arterial routes of NH network to international standards. The project-wise details of NHDP all phases is below:

NATIONAL HIGHWAY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT(NHDP)
Projects Total Length(Km.) Already 4/6 Laned(Km.) Under Implementation (Km.) Contracts Under Implementation (No.) Balance length for award(Km.)
NHDP GQ 5,846 5,846

(100.00%)

0 0 -
NS - EW

Ph. I & II

7,142 6,499 391 31 252
Port

Connectivity

435 379 56 7 -
NHDP Phase III 11,809 7,144 2,986 78 1,679
NHDP Phase IV 13,203 2,893 6,139 90 4,171
NHDP Phase V 6,500 2,483 974 25 3,043
NHDP Phase VI 1,000 - 165 8 835
NHDP Phase VII 700 22 79 3 599
NHDP Total 46,635 25,266 10,790 242 10,579
Others (Ph.-I, Ph.-II & Misc.) 1926 1712 214 11 -
SARDP -NE 110 105 5 1 -
Total by NHAI 48,671 27,083* 11,009 254 10,579
*Total 20,000 km was approved under NHDP Phase IV, out of which 14,799 km was assigned to NHAI and remaining Km with MORTH.

See also

References

  1. "Govt declares Golden Quadrilateral complete". The Indian Express. 7 January 2012.
  2. "National Highways Development Project Map". National Highways Institute of India.

External links

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