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Road Ministry seeks Rs 80,000 crore from finance ministry to fund highway expansion plan

14 Jan 2016 Evaluate

With a view to fund its highway expansion plan in the financial year 2016-17 beginning April 1, Road transport and highways ministry has sought Rs 80,000 crore from the finance ministry, the amount is almost double of what the ministry had received in the budget for 2015-16. The ministry is planning to use the funds in the government’s most ambitious Bharat Mala project. The ministry is also looking to raise funds through tax-free bonds and Road, transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari is expected to meet finance minister Arun Jaitley by the end of this week to put forward his proposal.

Additionally, Gadkari in next year will be setting up an aggressive target of awarding around 15,000 km of roads, of which 30 per cent will be done through private participation and the rest through the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) model. Besides, the ministry has also proposed to construct 15 expressways, out of which eight have already been approved by the Cabinet. These expressway projects would be taken on the newly-conceived hybrid annuity model.

Bharat Mala project envisages construction of 25,000 km of roads along India's borders, coastal areas, ports, religious and tourist places as well as over 100 district headquarters. The ministry aims to complete the project by 2022. The ministry, which has proposed Bharat Mala as an umbrella scheme, estimates an investment of Rs 80,000 crore on the 7,000 km stretch of border and coastal roads, Rs 85,000 crore on religious and tourists places connectivity, and Rs 30,000 crore on Setubharatam, which includes construction of 1,500 bridges and over-bridges.  Road construction has been among the top priorities of the Narendra Modi-led government and in the 2015-16 Budget it allocated Rs 42,000 crore for road and highway construction.

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