Cement, Energy and Environment

to further improve durability and eco– friendliness of structures. It is important to assess this aspect and work out the cost of s tructures . This approach can lead to an enormous amount of national savings in terms of infrastructure costs. In order to practically implement all this, regulatory and government bodies mus t promote the concept by proper specification and taxa tion s tructure. Courtesy: Mastcrb uildci~ Feb-Mar 02, Pp 45-54 Email: dicomnet@vsnl. com Web: www.masterbuilderindia .com STATE OF NHDP (NATIONAL HIGHWAYS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME) AND OTHER NHAI (NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY) OF INDIA PROJECTS AS ON JANUARY 31, 2002 Project awarded between August 2001 and January 2002 on the Golden Quadrilateral Project (State) NH Length Awarded Date of Date of (Fund ed by] No. (km) cost (Rs starting completion billion) P<1nagarh-P<1lsit (West Bengal) [Annuity] 2 65.0 350.00 Jun-02 Dec-03 Tuni-Dharmav<J ram (Andhra Pradesh) [Annu ity] 5 47.0 231.00 Nov-01 Dcc-03 Dh<1rm<1vamm-Rajahmundry (.1\ ndhra Pmdcsh) 6 53.0 206.00 Nov-01 Dec-03 M<1h<1rashtra Border-Be lg<1um (Karnataka) [Annuity] 4 77.0 332.00 .\Jov-01 Dec-03 Mahapura near Jaipur-Kishangarh (Rajasthan) [BOT] 8 93.0 644.00 J an-01 Dcc-03 Krishn<1giri-Vanivambadi (Tami l Nadu) [NHAlj 46 49.0 163.46 Oct-01 Dec-01 V;miyambadi-Pallikonda (Tamil N<1du) [NHAl] 46 51.0 183.72 Oct-01 Dec-03 Nasirabad-Gulabpura (Rajasth an) [NHA I] 79 56.0 ]31.75 Nov-01 Dec-03 Gulabpura-Bhilwara Bypass (Rajasthan) [NHAI] 79 50.0 104.90 Nov-01 Dec-03 Bhilwara Bypass-Chittorgarh (Rajasthan) [NHA I] 79 66.0 151.04 Nov-01 Dec-03 Tumkur-Sira (Karnataka) [ADB] 4 41.4 153.23 Jan-02 Dcc-03 Sira-Chitradurga (Karna taka) [ADB] 4 66.7 253.24 Jan-02 Dec-03 Chitradurga Bypass (Karnataka) [ADB] 4 18.0 87.24 jan-02 Dec-03 Chitr<1durga-Harihar (K<1rnataka) [ADB] 4 77.0 264.87 Jan-02 Dec-03 Harihar-Haveri (Karnataka) [ADB] 4 56.0 200.92 Jan-02 Dec-03 Vivekanand Bridge (West Bengal ) [BOT] 2 6.0 600.00 )an-02 Jan-05 Sata ra-Khagal (Maharashtra) [BOT] 4 133.0 530.00 jan-02 Apr-04 -± Ianing of Durgapur expressway Dankuni-Palsit (West 2 65.0 432.40 Oct-02 Feb-05 Bengal) [BOT] Construction of 4-l<lne Nellore Bypass (Andhra 5 17.2 12.96 Oct-02 Nov-04 Pr<~dcsh) [BOTJ Bclgaum-Dh<1rwad (Karnataka) [NHAI] 4 62.0 204.00 Ma r-02 Scp-04 Golden Quad ri lateral Total 1,149.0 5,328.00 Projects awarded between August 2001 and January 2002 on the North-South and East-West Corridors Project (State) NH Length Awarded cos t Date of Date o f (Funded by] No. (km ) {Rs billion) starting completion Lucknow-kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [NI-JAI] ?~ -J 15.5 -±2.82 Scp-01 Apr-03 Jlyderabad-Bangalore Section (K<~ rn ataka) [NHAI] 7 25.0 147.75 Sep-01 M<~r-0-l No rth-South a nd East-West Total 41.5 191.00