Completed sections of public funded stretches of
National Highways (NHs) under National Highways
Development Project (NHDP) are maintained through Operation & Maintenance
Contracts (O&M) or long term Operation – Maintenance - Toll (OMT)
concessions. O&M contracts are short
term contracts, generally for a period of one year. These are item rate
contracts. Supervision is carried out by Supervision Consultants. Under OMT concept, maintenance is awarded to
a concessionaire for a period of 4 or 9 years. The concessionaire collects toll
and provides O&M services throughout the concession period. The performance
of the Concessionaires is monitored by the Independent Engineer.
The State-wise details of complaints received by National Highways Authority of
India (NHAI) regarding non-compliance of criteria/rules for M&R of NHs along with the action taken are given below:-
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Sl. No.
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State
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Details of complaints received
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Details of action taken thereof
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1.
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Andhra Pradesh
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Lack of maintenance of NH-7 Kurnool
to Anantapur.
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Investigations are
underway and it is premature to comment anything on the outcome of the
investigation at this stage.
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2.
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Bihar / Jharkhand
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Short term improvement /
maintenance of Aurangabad-Gorhar section from km
180 to 320 and from km 398.75 to 441.563 in the State of Bihar & Jharkhand on NH-2.
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3.
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Haryana
/ Punjab / Rajasthan
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Poor maintenance of NH-1 Panipat-Jalandhar
(Haryana & Punjab) section and NH-8 Jaipur-Gurgaon (Rajasthan & Haryana)
section.
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4.
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Maharashtra
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Non-maintenance of Pune-Satara
section of NH-4 (BOT basis) and work under PIU Chitradurga
on NH-4.
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5.
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Odisha
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Against NHAI officials of PIU, Bhubaneswar
regarding maintenance work.
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6.
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Tamil Nadu
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Faulty annual maintenance in Chennai-Vellore
section of NH-4.
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7.
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Uttar Pradesh
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Maintenance / renewal of
Agra-Aligarh section of NH-93 from km 0.00 to 79.00
(for road stretch from km 29.00 to 40.00).
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8.
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West Bengal / Odisha
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Short term improvement / maintenance of Kharagpur-Balasore
section in West Bengal & Odisha.
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This information was
given by the Minister of State of Road Transport and Highways, Shri Jitin Prasada in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
Sanjay
Kumar/kd