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Roads & Highways: Going Forward 26th November, 2015, Le-Meridien, New Delhi

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BackgroundRoad Transport is a critical infrastructure for economic development of a country. It Influences the pace, structure and pattern of development. India heavily relies on its robust road network, which is expected to grow from 97,135kms in 2014-15 to 100,000 kms by the end of 2017. At present India is the World’s second largest road network after the US that carries almost 65 percent of freight and 90 per cent of passenger traffic. Road commands No. 2 position in total government infra investments in both eleventh five year and Twelfth five year plan. The value of roadways and bridge infrastructure in India is expected to grow at a CAGR of 17.4% between 2012-17, to reach USD 10 Billion.

Indian road sector is looking forward to play a vital role in changing the connectivity landscape of the country by creating an extensive network of seamless, world class highways/roads highways which will provide linkages with minor ports, industrial towns and tourist centers.

“The Road Development Plan Vision: 2021”prepared by the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MORTH) envisaged a modest target of development of 10,000 km length of Expressways in the Country by 2021, against a need of Expressway Network of 15,766 km by 2020.

Indian Government is committed that now participation in the Indian road sector will allow Investors to do business in a stable economic environment bolstered by sound and consistent policies and processes as well as an improved governance that will reduce the time and cost of doing business. It has launched major initiatives along with the amendments in old policies to upgrade and strengthen the road sector. The current government aims that the investment in this sector should be cost-effective, responsive, safe and environmentally sustainable.

However key issues faced by the sector which should be addressed are delay in project awards, flimsy financial funding, and rigidities in contractual arrangements, land acquisition,delay in dispute resolution and various departmental clearances issues. Challenges are many – overall economic downturn, lack of equity in the market, difficulty in arranging debt, highly-leveraged balance sheets for highway developers. Environmental concerns have been on the top concern for the road sector. The provision of efficient, flexible, safe and clean transport infrastructure can be regarded as a necessary precondition for economic development as it boosts productivity by facilitating the movement of people and goods.

There is an improvement in domestic macro factors which has put India on a relatively stronger footing, Further India needs to bulletproof itself from adverse effects of recent global volatility and also needs to seize the opportunities that have emerged, and are likely to emerge, due to the changing world economic order.This spells out the need to accelerate growth of the roads network in the near future, and thus address the specific challenges.

Infraline is organizing “annual Conference on roads & highways: going forward” which aims to focus on the specific challenges which will accelerate growth of the roads network in the near future. Groupthink emerging out of a collective assembly of all stakeholders has frequently been a great way to find solutions to stiff challenges.

Conference onRoads & Highways: Going Forward

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a MuST aTTEnd For• Road Development Agencies• EPC Contractors• Construction Firms and Contractors• Road Operators• Financial Institutions• Multilateral Funding Agencies• State Road Development Corporations

• Construction Equipment Companies

• Consultants and Advisory Firms

• Equipment Manufacturers and Suppliers

• OMT Contractors

• Legal Firms

• Toll Operators

26th November, 2015, Le-Meridien, New Delhi

inaugural Session: overview of the Sector

• AnOverview-RoadwaysProgressinIndia:Targetv/sAchieved

• AssessmentofcurrentRoadnetworkinIndia• CapacityDevelopmentinphysicalroadinfrastructure-

Need of the Hour• FocusonNorthEastRegion-NHIDCL• Aimingforqualityconstruction• KeyGrowthTrendsWitnessedinRoadDevelopment• BestPracticesofPPP&OMTGlobally• GovernmentPolicies–Initiatives&WayForward

Networking Tea Break

financing and investment opportunities

• InvestmentTrends-(FDIs)-ShareofRoadSector• Innovative&SustainableFunding–Emergingmodes• EffectivenessofSwissChallengeMethod&Hybrid

Annuity model• RoleofFundingAgencies• ExploreLandPoolingmodelforPPP&SEZprojects• CostEconomicsofroadprojects• BestPerformingStatesintermsofattractingPrivate

Investments

Networking Lunch Break

Technological advancement

• RecentGlobaladvancesandtheirrelevancetoIndian needs

• Reducingthecarbonfootinginroadconstruction• SmartTransportsystem-VariousIntelligentTransport

aBouT uSInfraline organises conferences in the areas of Roads, Infrastructure, Power, Oil & Gas, Coal, and Renewable Energy. Our conferences have seen far reaching successes and have received rave reviews. Schedules are adhered to and there is adequate time for discussion. A lot of emphasis is given to networking and exploring business opportunities. We are also an accredited premier service provider of critical business information, industry databases, business intelligence and related services in the Energy Sector. The company offers various reports and online databases on major infrastructure like Roads, Metals & Mining, Coal, Oil & Gas, Power, Upstream and Renewable Energy.

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Applications• RealTimeEnforcement-‘Roads&Highways

Information System’ (RAHI) • Emergingconceptofequipmentrental

Networking Tea Break

issues and Challenges

• NecessityofInnovationinRoadInfrastructure• SafeMobilityonExpressway&Highways• Lackofstringentaccidentinvestigationtoaddress

the root cause of Road Traffic Fatalities• Needtostandardizethedatacollectionprocess

required for efficient planning• Socialissuespertainingtopayingtollfeeand

Location of toll plaza• CostoverrunsduetodelaysingettingStatutory

Clearances

Valedictory: Way forward

• PanelDiscussionon“SettingupanIndependentRegulator for the Road sector”

• Thewayforward• OpenForum• VoteofThanks

PrEviouS ParTiciPanTSAbhijeet Group, ACC Cement, Ashok Leyland, Atlas Copco, Auctus Advisors, Autostrade, B.G. Shirke, Care Ratings, Caterpillar, CES India, Consulting Engineers, COWI India, DeltaInfra, E&Y, East Nippon Expressway Company, ELP, Egis, EPIL, Essae Digitronics, Etap Automation, Gammon, GIERTSEN, GMR Group, Goldman Sachs, HCC,Hochtief, ICICIbank, IFCI, IL&FS Transportation Networks, India Insurance, IOCL, Isolux Corsan, JCB, L&T Infrastructure Finance, Louis Berger, Luthra & Luthra, Metso Minerals, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, JICA, NDMC, NHAI, Nomura, Prakash Asphaltings, Maharashtra PWD, Punj Lloyd, Ramky, Rio Tinto, S.V Infrastructure, SA Syncon Infrastructure Services, SBI Caps, Shell India, Sika India, Soma Enterprise, SREI Infrastructure Finance, Strata Geosystems, SDG, Sterlite, Telegra, Total Vinergy Bitumen, Totem Infra, TIL, Uniquest, URS Scott Wilson, VINCI Concessions, Volvo, etc.

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