02-23-2005, 10:48 PM
Lets stop any development in India- Thank you Ms Sonia and Rubber stamp PM<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>PM asks for Rs 172,000 cr review for road development plan </b>
Agencies/ New Delhi
With the possibility of imposition of a cess to implement the recommendations of the infrastructure committee looming large, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is understood to have directed a review of the proposals for road development plan as the toll-based model was found unviable by the National Advisory Council.
<b>Singh's directive follows reservations expressed by the Council headed by UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, which is of the opinion that implementation of the recommendations may have "adverse political fallout" <!--emo&:thumbdown--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumbsdownsmileyanim.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='thumbsdownsmileyanim.gif' /><!--endemo-->Â as most of the projects under the Rs 1,72,000 crore programme are continuation of the NDA regime's road development plan, official sources said.</b>
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The Left parties have also expressed concern over the toll-based model, which would be accomplished primarily through private participation.
Since a major part of the programme is based on private participation, toll is an important component on deciding the size and magnitude of the network and as such the viability of such a model is subject to serious scrutiny, sources said.
The ministry of road transport is slated to send the multi-crore project to the Cabinet for its nod in April. The project, to be completed in the next seven years, will include the next two phases of the national highway development programme, including construction of national highways, ring roads, bypasses and expressways. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Agencies/ New Delhi
With the possibility of imposition of a cess to implement the recommendations of the infrastructure committee looming large, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is understood to have directed a review of the proposals for road development plan as the toll-based model was found unviable by the National Advisory Council.
<b>Singh's directive follows reservations expressed by the Council headed by UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, which is of the opinion that implementation of the recommendations may have "adverse political fallout" <!--emo&:thumbdown--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumbsdownsmileyanim.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='thumbsdownsmileyanim.gif' /><!--endemo-->Â as most of the projects under the Rs 1,72,000 crore programme are continuation of the NDA regime's road development plan, official sources said.</b>
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The Left parties have also expressed concern over the toll-based model, which would be accomplished primarily through private participation.
Since a major part of the programme is based on private participation, toll is an important component on deciding the size and magnitude of the network and as such the viability of such a model is subject to serious scrutiny, sources said.
The ministry of road transport is slated to send the multi-crore project to the Cabinet for its nod in April. The project, to be completed in the next seven years, will include the next two phases of the national highway development programme, including construction of national highways, ring roads, bypasses and expressways. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->