Question : VADODARA MUMBAI EXPRESSWAY

(a) the progress made in the construction work on the Vadodara-Mumbai Expressway alongwith the phases of planning and implementation of the project;

(b) whether the State Government of Gujarat has frozen 300m. width of land along the proposed alignment of the Vadodara-Mumbai Expressway as far back as 1991; and

(c) if so, the details thereof alongwith the time by which the project is likely to be completed?

MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI R.P.N. SINGH)

(a) Vadodara-Mumbai Expressway has been approved under NHDP Phase VI. So far alignment has been finalized and feasibility-cum-preliminary design has been undertaken.

(b) & (c) Yes, Sir. The frozen corridor will be utilized in construction of the expressway, which is targeted to be completed by December 2015.