Constraints, Issues and Challenges in Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Model in Road Construction Industry As per Indian Perspective

  Mohammad Akrma Ali,  Asim Farooq

With over 4.6 million km, India has the second largest road networks in the world. Unfortunately the road development fails to meet the growing up needs due to limited budget allocation. This has made the government of India realize the importance of involvement of private sector in the road development. Therefore, PPP has considerably scaled up in the last decade. PPP, undoubtedly, is one of the best efforts that has been taken by the Government of India. Numerous infrastructure projects have been constructed by PPP but at the same time many questions have been raised: What are the reasons for the delay of the PPP road projects? Why are the projects still inferior in comparison to the output that nations, like USA, China etc. have achieved through the same model? At one hand, considering India’s need, PPP is not just a choice but a compulsion. But on the other hand, there are number of issues which have to be solved out. This paper highlights various such issues which persist directly or indirectly at various stages of progression of a road project under PPP scheme. The paper also finds out the root causes of several issues with the help of data sources and past experience of effected projects from project announcement stage to execution stage. A case study of road projects under PPP scheme in China has been considered into account in this paper for better understanding of the lessons to be learned. Apart from the aforesaid, the major issues directly related to limited participation of private sector under PPP scheme have been summarized. The need to carry out this paper work is strongly felt for its readers to bridge the gap between issues and prospects of the Indian PPP model in road construction industry.

Keywords- PPP; MORTH; NHAI; BOT

Unique Identification Number - IJEDR1504032
Page Number(s) - 221-229
Pubished in - Volume 3 | Issue 4 | 31 October 2015
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Publisher - IJEDR (ISSN - 2321-9939)

  Mohammad Akrma Ali,  Asim Farooq,   "Constraints, Issues and Challenges in Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Model in Road Construction Industry As per Indian Perspective", International Journal of Engineering Development and Research (IJEDR), ISSN:2321-9939, Volume.3, Issue 4, pp.221-229, 31 October 2015, Available at :http://www.ijedr.org/papers/IJEDR1504032.pdf