Rs 2 lakh cr road projects to be awarded: How to improve on Highway construction?

I think this would be the major bottleneck at times where the contractor doesn't perform the way he should do and for that there might be various reasons like may be the cost of materials suddenly increased and there might problem in Land aquisition deals like, there might be delay in the deals and finally the contractors not taking the complete incharge of the work and this results in poor performance and if this area is checked properly then we can improve on the Highway construction..

Due to corruption only 50% is used for works and thus output if kept 100% then quality of works reduces to % below accordingly.

Delhi Metro is a clasic case wherein the project was completed in record time inspite of numerous public & social issues. One thing that went right was the INTENT of the govt to commission it on time. On other hand there are many other examples wherein the projects have been delayed considerably resulting in cost escalation by thousands of crores. Accordingly the effective utilisation of capital come down.

Whatever roads and highways are built,no maintenance is there for them.Funds alloted for the highways will go into pockets of someone else.When there is insufficient fund,how govt. will do that much which they have promised.Bcause they cant ask for more,so what they will do,keep quiet .Thats why 6 months work will continue till 6 years.

with out local govt support ,cooparation quality and awareness it tend to dealy in projects.

Well i have seen that everyone is blaming the contractors, land owners, government, and other authorities.. BUT do you people look the other way round..??? do you think that all the drivers both LMV/HGV are following the right road rules and regulations and im sure that you all know the answers very well..

So i would again say that UNLESS AND UNTIL EACH AND EVERY INDIVIUAL CHANGES HIS/HER MIND SET AND START WORKING / PARTICIPATING WHOLE HEARTEDLY INDIA WILL NOT RISE..!!!   So people

STOP COMPLAINNIG  START ACTING..!!!

along with the problems like budget allocation, land aquisition, poor quality of contractors and yes curruption one more aspect is important that newly constructed roads are getting detoriated / damaged soon, this is due to poor planning.

As every one knows that the road is constructed as per it's carrying capacity and it has been studied and planned keeping future trafic load in mind, otherwise like every year most of the fund allocated for construction of new roads get diverted for repairs of the old road and due to the poor quality and many other reasons we know well is wasted and this is a never ending story. The best way is to plan well keeping in mind the traffic load atleast for 25 years ahead then only it'll work out.

I view that Indian Road Engineers ,Contractors and consultants have produced better roads conforming the international standards when comes to national highways. The people were averse to long journeys on bus and bus journeys were relatively shorter preivously.But nowadays the long bus tours from chennai to howra and the like are as effective as Train jouneys:faster;more comfortable and enjoyable.The public and transport owners are happy to pay toll tax because they enjoy comfort and speed.

With the prevailing BOT contracts: NHAI Contractor Consultant team has been very effective and Government has taken wise decision to invest more money in road transport. I add that this is investment should be  and is like any other capitalist institution. I am sure it will reap rich dividends.

Sofar the land acquisitions are concerned, I agree that there are lots of hinderances and lot of time is wasted in litigation.Instead of settling the public with some one time compensation the public should be invited as stakeholder and share holder by forming the land owners corporations for a paticular stretch of the National Highway by allowing the devidend to reach the land owners as honoroium paid periodically: and associating them to own the amenity areas like petrol pumps;hospitality centres and the like commercial activities along trhe high way to lessenthe governments burden on rehabilating them. 

we always plan ad hoc. Although the dream project of major highway linking all major cities of india was conceptualised during A B Vajpayee's regime, the project could not got proper support by successor govt with equal priority. However the concept is back on implementation table.

The projects got entangled at various places in various problems of clearance,thanks to the abscence of single window clearance and lack of coordination among various authorities/ministries. this leads to not only delay in project but cost escalation also. The agencies executing the works need to be compensated for such cost escalation.

To avoid the problem of various clearances it is imperative to have proper planning,survey and identification of incumbing bottlenecks and formulate a procedure to tackle these in a time bound manner with specific roles attached to the concerned departments.

A holistic approach is always the most optimal and economical in long run.

Detailed  Hydrology study will help in managing  safe disposal of storm water which otherwise will damage structural stability of road.

Every contractor should be paid for their quality of work and not for the quantity of work they have done. India is still behind because everyone believes in quantity of work rather than quality of work. Why such a small nation like Switzerland has a reputation that whatever is produce there, will be of best quality? India needs strict quality control and has to stop paying according to the quantity of work.

I am agree with Mr. S.B.DIKSHIT & Mr. Jaspal Singh Sodhi . my view is if consultant check the work of construction step by step then how contrator is resposibl for poor work .

Keeping all the below mentione d factors on same platform still roads fail because of following 2 main reasons.

1.Poor drainage system for roads it can be due to wrong design improper camber or poor workmanship but due to which passage of water is possible and bindre gets disintegrate.

2.Lack of quality binder

In many Sites Land not clear by Forest Dept. So it should be reason to late the project.

Out of many reasons which has the worst effect is delay in land acquisition. If this can be improved both schedule and quality of road will be improved.

Highways require propoer design, land acqusition, preparation of quality detailed project reports from consultants and finalisation of toll system.

The major problem is construction of highways is that the allocation of funds and a proper monitor has always been a bottleneck. Corruption at every level of hierarchy, Ministry provides contracts on the basis that certain percent of the contract amount is given as corruption and so is the departments down the ladder and finally the contractor gets only 45-50% of the allocated funds, the amount which not enough to yield him profits 

The roads are to be planned and designed keeping in view of long term usages, with proven international methodologies and standards.

To have timely & wisely identified Infrastructure as a growth driver, Co's like SREI Infrastructure are already on their way to build the super-highways of tomorrow. taking advantage of the NHAI's National Highways Development Project (NHDP) which is aimed at building India 's Largest ever highways project along with World class roads with uninterrupted traffic flow, we at SREI bid for the projects which are PPP on BOT basis, an provide ancillary services like debt syndication, project advisory, traffic forecast & consultancy, venture capital, bridge loans, SPV formation, etc.

less the government interfere in infrastructural development ,better it is.Build Operate,Lease and Transfer is only the best option available for fast paced development.

Good Query?

First thing Govt. has to be proactive, whichever Govt it is.

Next who is the Minister looking that Portfolio Matter , wheather he is really interested to Put India Globally in terms of Infrastructure or looking at votebank.

There should be plan which includes Schedule and quality.

If completed before schedule and with Quality to be rewarded and for delay Heavy Penalty and for poor quality he should not be allowed to submit any tenders for some stipualated period unitil he shows that he has improved again in terms of Schedule and Quality.