50. 3) Environment around the road! Example: * Error of drivers of other vehicles like bullock carts, cycles, rickshaw, jay walking, pedestrians, school children being run over, cattle or dogs etc. running onto roads . 4) Defects in roads: * A study of accidents registered with the concerned authorities shows that the number of accidents due to this reason is around 25% of total accidents. Even allowing for some errors in analysis of reasons for accidents, the figure will not exceed more than 40%.
61. Cheque of Rs. 504 crores, largest ever “negative grant” for any highway project, being presented to Hon’ble.Shri.Dr. Manmohan Singhji Kholi, The Prime Minister Republic of INDIA. From left to right Sh. V.D. Mhaiskar, CMD, IDAA Ltd., Sh. Pradeep Kumar Chairman, National Highways Authority of India, Sh. Vijay Singh, Secretary, Department of Road Transport and Highways, Thiru T. R. Baalu, Union Minister of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways and Sh. K. H. Muniyappa, Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways.
62. Thiru T. R. Baalu, Union Minister of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways presenting to Hon’ble.Shri.Dr. Manmohan Singhji Kholi, The Prime Minister Republic of INDIA, a cheque of Rs. 471 crores received from M/s. L&T Vadodara Bharuch Tollway Ltd as negative grant towards six-laning of Vadodara--Bharuch Section on NH-8. Also seen, from left to right, Sh. Pradeep Kumar, Chairman, National Highways Authority of India and Sh. Vijay Singh, Secretary, Department of Road Transport and Highways
64. Sh. Pradeep Kumar (second from left), Chairman, National Highways Authority of India receiving a cheque of Rs. 55.11 crores from GMR Group representatives Sh. G. Subba Rao and Sh. B.V. Suresh Babu, as negative grant towards 4-laning of Tindivanam-Ulunderpet section of NH-45 in Tamil Nadu. Also seen (from left to right), senior NHAI officials Dr. S.N. Dash, Member (Finance), Sh. A.V. Sinha, Member (Technical), Sh. Nirmal Jit Singh, Member (Technical) and Sh. Ashok Wasson, Chief General Manager.
65. French delegation from the Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Tourism & The Sea recently visited NHAI. From left to right, Sh. Pradeep Kumar, Chairman, National Highways Authority of India, Sh. A. V. Sinha, Member (Technical), NHAI, Mr. Hubert Peigne, President of Indo-French Working Group on Roads and Mr. Dominique Burgunder, Director, International Directorate General of Roads.
66. Sh. Pradeep Kumar, Chairman and Mr. James McClung, Sr. Vice President, Louis Berger Group Inc USA exchanging Agreement document on Consultancy services for bridge on Chambal river in Rajasthan. Also seen (on left) Sh. A. K. Mishra, GM (EW-V) and Sh. B. N. Singh, CGM (EW).
79. DETAILS OF 4-LANED STRECHES UNDER NHDP PHASE-I IN ANDHRA PRADESH The National Highway No.5 from Tada (Chennai/AP Border) to Ichapuram (AP/Orissa Border) for a length of 1024 Km. was 4-laned, which forms part of Chennai-Kolkata Section of GQ under NHDP Phase-I. S. No. Name of work Length (Km.) 1 Ichapuram – Srikakulam – Champawati 183.80 2 Champawati – Visakhapatnam – Tuni 145.80 3 Tuni – Rajahmundry – Gundugolanu 222.50 4 Gundugolanu – Vijayawada 77.95 5 Vijayawada – Chilakaluripet 82.50 6 Chilakaluripet – Tada (AP/TN Border) 311.45 Total 1024.00
86. Sl. No. Name of the Package Length (in Km) Status 4 NS2/BOT/AP-1 Armur to Adloor Yellareddy Km 308.000 to Km 367.000 59 Bids under finalization. Likely to be Awarded in April, 2009 5 NS2/BOT/AP-2 Adloor Yellareddy to Kallakal Km 367.000 to Km 447.000 80 Work awarded to M/s. GMR Pochanpalli Expressways Ltd. under BOT (Annuity) Scheme and the civil work is in progress. So far 92.53% work completed against 97.39% targetted. 6 NS-8 Package Kallakal to Gundlapochampalli Km 447.000 to Km 464.000 17 Work Completed.
87. Sl. No. Name of the Package Length (in Km) Status 7 NS-23 (AP) Package Gundlapochampalli to Bowenpalli Km 464.000 to Km 474.000 10 Balance work awarded to M/s. M.B. Patil Construction Ltd., under NHAI Funding and the work is in progress. So far 78.00% work completed against 100.00% targetted. Contractor has requested NHAI for further extension of time upto 31.03.2009 for completing the balance works. 8 Km 474 to Km 485 of Nagpur-Hyderabad of NH-7 11 This is Hyderabad city limits. Already four laned long back.
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89. Sl. No. Name of the Package Length (in Km) Status 4 NS2/BOT/AP-4 Jadcherla to End of proposed Kothakota Bypass - Km 80.050 to Km 135.469 55.419 Work awarded to M/s. L&T Western Andhra Tollways Pvt. Ltd., under BOT. Work Completed 5 NS2/BOT/AP-5 End of proposed Kothakota Bypass to Kurnool - Km 135.469 to Km 211.00 75.531 Work awarded to M/s. Andhra Pradesh Expressway Ltd., under BOT (Annuity) Scheme and the civil work is in progress. So far 83.00% work completed against 96.00% targetted.
90. Sl. No Name of the Package Length (in Km) Status 6 ADB-II/C-10 Kalluru to Amakthadu Km 211 to Km 251 40 Work awarded to M/s. CGGC-Soma under Loan Assistance of ADB and the civil works are in progress. So far 29.992% & 34.88% works completed against 54.53% & 57.53% respectively. 7 ADB-II/C-11 Amakthadu to Pottondoddi Km 251 to Km 293.40 42.40 8 ADB-II/C-12 Pottondoddi to Garladinne Km 293.40 to Km 336 42.60 Work awarded to M/s. CEC/Taiwan under Loan Assistance of ADB and the civil works are in progress. So far 30.46% & 24.38% works completed against 68.89% & 77.12% respectively. 9 ADB-II/C-13 Garladinne to Marur Km 336 to Km 376 40
91. Sl. No. Name of the Package Length (in Km) Status 10 ADB-II/C-14 Marur to Penukonda Km 376 to Km 418 42 Work awarded to M/s. CGGC-Soma under Loan Assistance of ADB and the civil works are under progress. So far 37.58% & 41.64% works completed against 66.64% & 65.94% respectively. 11 ADB-II/C-15 Penukonda to AP/Karnataka Km 418 to Km 463.6 45.6