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What is Sethu Bharatam Project?
The project aims to build rail-over-bridges and rail-under-bridges so that all national highways could be free from railway level crossings. It is a three-year project. While Rs. 20,800 crore will be spent on 208 rail-over bridges and rail-under bridges, 1,500 bridges will be renovated or reconstructed at a cost of Rs 30,000 crore.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Rs 50,000 crore ‘Setu Bharatam’ project on March 4. The project aims to build rail-over-bridges and rail-under-bridges so that all national highways could be free from railway level crossings. It is a three-year project. While Rs. 20,800 crore will be spent on 208 rail-over bridges and rail-under bridges, 1,500 bridges will be renovated or reconstructed at a cost of Rs 30,000 crore.
This is being done to prevent the frequent accidents and loss of lives at level crossings. Around 208 Railway Over Bridges (ROB)/Railway Under Bridges (RUB) will be built at the level crossings at a cost of Rs. 20,800 crore as part of the programme.
The details of 208 ROBs are as follows: Andhra Pradesh (33), Assam (12), Bihar (20), Chhattisgarh (5), Gujarat (8), Haryana (10), Himachal Pradesh (5), Jharkhand (11), Karnataka (17), Kerala (4), Madhya Pradesh (6), Maharashtra (12_, Odisha (4), Punjab (10), Rajasthan (9), Tamil Nadu (9), Uttarakhand (2), Uttar Pradesh (9) and West Bengal (22).
Detailed Project Reports have already been received for 73 ROBs and of these 64 ROBs are likely to be sanctioned with an estimated cost of Rs 5600 crore by this financial year i.e. 2015-16. In addition to this, about 1500 old and worn down bridges will also be improved in a phased manner at a cost of Rs 30,000 crore.
The Ministry has already invited bids for appointing consultancy for preparing Detailed Project Report for this. The target is to award the consultancy work by March, 2016. The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has also established an Indian Bridge Management System (IBMS) at the Indian Academy for Highway Engineer in Noida. India has about 52.32 lakh kilometers of road network, which is the second largest in the world.
