The Government of India has received a loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to finance the cost of implementing the North Eastern States Road Investment Project (NESRIP). NESRIP is a 100% centrally sponsored scheme. ADB will finance up to 70% of the project costs. While the central government will finance the costs of capital investment, the state governments will bear the expenses towards land acquisition, resettlement and rehabilitation, environmental and mitigation measures and road maintenance for 5 years after the end of the construction contracts (part of the construction contracts). The total estimated cost of NESRIP is US$ 428.7 million of which ADB proposes to finance up to US$ 300 million. The loan proceeds will be passed on to MDONER, which will in turn pass on the same to the State Implementing Agencies.
The main objectives of NESRIP are to:
The Ministry for Development of North Eastern Region (MDONER), GoI is the Executing Agency (EA) and is responsible for the overall management and coordination of sub-projects and components under NESRIP. MDONER has established a Project Management Unit (PMU) headed by a senior MDONER official, who is the Project Director for the overall Investment Program. PMU is expected to have adequate staffing covering the areas of expertise including administrative, finance, technical and management &monitoring of project. The PMU is assisted by Project Management Consultants (PMC). The state PWDs (the Implementing Agencies (IAs) in the project states are responsible to manage individual sub-projects. Each state PWD has established a Project Implementation Unit (PIU). A PIU is headed by a senior state PWD official of the rank of Chief Engineer, who is the State Project Director, and is staffed with officials in the field of contract management, procurement, environmental management, resettlement and rehabilitation, accounting, etc. Works under individual subprojects will be executed by civil works contractors to be engaged by the PIUs. Further, each PIU will be assisted by a Construction Supervision Consultant (CSC) in supervision of the civil works.
Improvement and Upgradation of road section of Kalitakuchi to Barpeta (AS-37) & Bilasipara (NH-31) to Fakiragram (AS-11) of Tranche-1 Roads in the state of Assam under NESRIP (Package No. AS-CW1).
| Sanctioned Amount | INR 169.94 Crore |
|---|---|
| Total Road Length | {58.50KM(AS-37C)+ 16.20KM(AS-11) =} 74.70KM |
| Name of Civil Contractor | M/s BLA-SGCCL (JV), 4th floor, Amaze Tower, A.T. Road, Paltan Bazar, Guwahati-1 |
| Tender Amount | INR 120.92 Crore |
| Date of Commencement | 10-12-2012 |
| Completion Period | 36 month |
| Stipulated Date of Completion | 09-12-2015 (as per original work programme) 31-08-2019 (Proposed for extension) |
| Physical Progress | 62.88% {31.00KM(AS-37C) + 16.20KM(AS-11) = 47.20KM} |
| Financial Progress | 61.82% |
Improvement and Up-gradation of Road section of Tamulpur to Paneri (AS-02), Paneri to Udalguri (AS-03) and 5nos. of major bridges on AS-02 & AS-03 of Tranche-2 Roads in the state of Assam under NESRIP (Package No AS-CW2).
| Sanctioned Amount | INR 319.29 Crore |
|---|---|
| Total Road Length | {43.00KM(AS-02)+ 18.60KM(AS-03)} = 61.60KM |
| Numbers of Major Bridges | 5 (five) numbers |
| Name of Civil Contractor | M/s DRA-SGCCL -ANPL(JV), 4th floor, Amaze Tower, A.T. Road, Paltan Bazar, Guwahati-1 |
| Tender Amount | INR 289.16 Crore |
| Date of Work Order | 10-02-2015 |
| Date of Commencement | 12-03-2015 |
| Completion Period | 48 month |
| Stipulated Date of Completion | 11-03-2019 |
| Physical Progress | 25.14% |
| Financial Progress | 17.83% |
| Loan 2770-IND [Tranche-I] | Delay in Completion of project | Project delayed mainly due to Land Acquisition, R&R, Utility shifting & Tree cutting issues. LA issues of two districts (Nalbari & Barpeta) are going to be resolved soon. (LA proposal approved by Finance deptt. and in process for release of AA in progress) For Kamrup district, LA requirement is Rs. 24.3 Cr. And is proposed to be released in the next phase. It is proposed to complete 51Km of road out of 58Km within the sanctioned amount by March, 2019. |
| Loan 3073-IND [Tranche-II] | Slow Progress | Slow progress due to non-finalization of design issues of major bridges All design issues of the construction of major bridges resolved. Delay in Utility Shifting and Tree cutting. All payments made to line departments and work has started. Issues now resolved and project work is in progress. |
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| NESRIP Tranche-I Revised Sanction | 332.21 KB |  |
| NESRIP Tranche-I Sanction | 2.65 MB | |
| NESRIP Tranche-II Revised Sanction | 542.69 KB | |
| NESRIP Tranche-II Sanction | 4.14 MB | |