Government hoping to earn Rs.6 crore per kilometer from monetization of completed National Highways. India News – Times of India

New Delhi: The government has estimated an advance earning of Rs 6 crore per km from completed national highways, which will be monetized from this financial year. To begin with, it has identified 104 major highway sections funded by the government, with a total length of 6,800 km. These include the 135-km Eastern Peripheral Expressway built to decongest Delhi, the 145-km stretch of Panipat-Jalandhar, the longest road tunnel connecting Chenani to Nashri in Jammu and Kashmir, the 59-km-long Bhubaneshwar-Puri road. Is. National Highway stretch and the 326 km long Hyderabad-Bengaluru corridor.
According to National Monetization Pipeline (nmp) which was launched on Monday, the government set a target of monetization of railway assets including 400 railway stations, 90 passenger trains, 1,400 km of railway tracks, 265 good sheds owned by the national transporter, 637 km of dedicated freight corridors (DFCs) Is. and associated infrastructure. It also plans to monetize 15 railway stadiums and some residential colonies on railway land.
While it is estimated that the National Highways Authority of India (chewing) will monetize 26,700 km upon completion national highways Railways will generate around Rs 1.52 lakh crore in the next four years by monetizing its assets, by 2025, to generate a revenue of Rs 1.6 lakh crore for the government.
On the roadmap for monetization of NH, the report said that as of March 2020, the length of toll roads under public-funded and annuity mode is about 16,387 km. “Based on past trends in rewards and pace of construction, it is estimated that NHAI is adding at least 2,000-3,000 kms of monetized toll roads to its asset base every year,” the report said.
For NMP, only NH network of four lane and above configuration is considered, where tolling rights are reserved with NHAI. NHAI has been monetizing its assets since 2017 when it had bid for the first bundle of completed blocks under Toll handling and transfer (TOT) mode. NHAI to monetize the completed NH stretch Unless Mode and Infrastructure Investment Fund (InvIT).
As far as monetization of railway assets is concerned, the report states that the railways will monetize 40 stations during 2021-22 and generate Rs 76,250 crore by 2025 in 120 each in the next three financial years. Similarly, it is estimated that the revenue generated from monetization of 90 passenger trains will be around Rs 21,642 crore. The third largest revenue of Rs 20,178 crore is expected to come from monetization of DFCs.

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