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Main Report Chapter 00- Executive Summary
AKHNOOR - POONCH ROAD
Highway Engineering Consultant Page | 1
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1 GENERAL
The Border Road Organisation (BRO) has been entrusted with the assignment of Consultancy Services
for feasibility study and preparation of Detailed Project Report for Providing Pre-Construction
Services for improvement of Existing road in the State of Jammu & Kashmir for Two/Four lane with
paved shoulder configuration.
BRO now invites proposal from Technical consultants for carrying out detailed project report for
proper structuring and implementation of projects on EPC/PPP mode of AKHNOOR – POONCH
ROAD in the State of Jammu & Kashmir.
In order to fulfill the traffic needs and road safety requirement, BRO has appointed the M/s
HIGHWAY ENGINEERING CONSULTANT as consultants to Providing Consultancy Services for
feasibility study and preparation of Detailed Project Report of AKHNOOR – POONCH ROAD in
the State of Jammu & Kashmir for up-gradation to Two Lanes with paved shoulder /four lane
configurations.
The road is taken into consideration in section: 2 Akhnoor – Poonch Road, Existing Ch-49+150
to 64+535 & Design Ch-46.450 to 55.800 (Design Length – 09.35 km).
2 OBJECTIVES
o The main objective of the consultancy service is to establish the technical, economical, and
financial viability of the project and prepare detailed project reports for rehabilitation and
upgrading of the existing road to 2/4 lane configuration.
o The viability of the project shall be established taking into account the requirements with regard to
rehabilitation, upgrading and improvement based on highway design, pavement design, provision
of service roads wherever necessary, type of intersections, rehabilitation and widening of existing
and/or construction of new bridges and structures, road safety features, quantities of various items
of works and cost estimates and economic analysis.
o The Detailed Project Report would inter-alia include detailed highway design, design of pavement
and overlay with options for flexible or rigid pavements, design of bridges and cross drainage
structures and grade separated structures, design of service roads, quantities of various items,
detailed working drawings, detailed cost estimates, economic and financial viability analyses,
environmental and social feasibility, social and environmental action plans as appropriate and
documents required for tendering the project on commercial basis for international / local
competitive bidding.
o The DPR consultant should ensure detailed project preparation incorporating aspects of value
engineering, quality audit and safety audit requirement in design and implementation.

3 SCOPE OF SERVICES
The scope of consultancy services includes:
• Engineering Surveys and Investigations.
• Highway Design.
• Environmental Impact Assessment.
• Estimation of Project Cost.
• Economic Analysis.
• Preparation of Feasibility study Report and Detailed Project Report.
• Submission of Deliverables.
4 APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY
The consultant’s approach towards the approach is in accordance to the TOR in lines with the project
objectives. The prescribed engineering surveys and investigations have been carried out on the Project
Road conforming to MORTH/IRC Specifications/Codes as per TOR to generate adequate database for
preparing the most proposal for the rehabilitation and upgrading of the existing National Highway.
5 PROJECT HIGHWAY
5.1 Project Route as per Contract Agreement
Project Corridor starts from 30+000 Km away from Akhnoor Bypass towards Tain Bridge of Latitude
& Longitude (32°53'36.13"N, 74°44'9.47"E) of Akhnoor District and Road Terminates at Poonch
236+780 Km of Poonch District, of Latitude & Longitude (33°46'9.63"N, 74° 06'32.94"E) in the State
of Jammu &Kashmir.
The Existing Road is of Flexible pavement in most of the stretch having the existing carriageway width
is generally 7.0m for Akhnoor to Poonch. The Existing Project corridor is length of 206.78 km. The
condition of Carriageway is generally fair. The Start and End Points are indicated below in Figure.

Starting Point of Project At 30+000 End Point of Project At 236+000
Figure: Start & End Point of the Project Road
The road falls under three districts of the J&K state i.e Akhnoor, Rajouri and Poonch. These districts
are along the international border with Pakistan.
The location map of proposed road is given below:
Figure: Location Map of the Project Road

5.2 Finalization of Project Alignment
The alignment of project strech from Akhnoor to Poonch starts at km 30+000 of NH 144A at Akhnoor
Bypass end point and Ends at km 236+780 of NH 144A in Poonch. A presentation was done to Chief
Engineer MoRTH (Delhi) on 20th.July.2018, subsequently to Secretary at MoRT&H New Delhi on
20th August.2018, Alignment was Approved by Chief Engineer MoRT&H, on 5.09.2018 vide thair
letter No NHs/2014/NH-I/Zone-II We have incorporated all observations made by chief Engineer
MORTH and ADG BRO as well regarding most suitable routes as discussed during the presentation
with ADG, MoRT&H where it was suggested to study possibility of bypasses and tunnels in addetion to
Geomatric emprovement of the Section. The Project corridor is divided in 8- PKGs to ease the
construction.
The revised bypass alignment and existing alignment stretch proposed with 2 Lane with paved
shoulder and raised footpath in built up area on both side of proposed 2 lane road as per provision of
IRC: SP: 73-2018.
Project Route: alignments proposed are as under in Table:
S.No. PKGs
Existing Changes
Length (km)
From (km) To (km)
1 PKG-1 30000 49150 19.150
2 PKG-2 49150 64535 15.385
3 PKG-3 64535 85385 20.850
4 PKG-4 85385 102000 16.615
5 PKG-5 102000 134850 32.850
6 PKG-6 134850 162470 27.620
7 PKG-7 162470 193120 30.650
8 PKG-8 193120 229730 36.610
The further details of the project Alignment have been discussed in Chapter-5 of this report.
The project road is Akhnoor to Poonch Road,PKG-II Road Start from km 49+150 of NH-144A at 3
legged Junction of Latitude & Longitude (33°0'31.76"N, 74°39'28.74"E) and End of project km
64+535 at 3 legged Junction of Latitude & Longitude (33°02'31.44"N, 74°35'42.52"E).The project
road start design ch-46.450 and end of project ch-55.800.The length of the project is 9.35 km. The
project road passes through Jammu district in the State of Jammu & Kashmir.
6 TERRAIN
The terrain is mountainous and Plane/rolling the proposed alignment.

7 REFERENCING SYSTEM
Along the existing road, Kilometer stones are existing in entire length of the project highway. It is
called the “Existing Chainage”. During topography survey with LiDAR, observations made are
referred to “Design Chainage” .The relationship between the “Existing Chainage” and the “Design
Chainage” as per field surveys of the location of existing km stones using the LiDAR for the “Project
Highway”, Design Chainage corresponding to existing chainage. (The existing length of project road is
15.385 km and design length of project is 9.35 km.)
8 ROAD INVENTORY
The project corridor traverses mostly mountainous and rolling terrain. The land use is
predominantly agricultural and built up areas. The present carriageway of the project highway is 7
m.The type of the existing pavement is flexible. The type of shoulder is earthen or hard excluding the
urban areas. The details of existing carriageway width are given in Table E-1.
Table E-1: Details of Existing Carriageway Width
Sr.No.
Existing Chainage(km) Length Carriageway
Width (m)
Earthen
Shoulders (m)
From To (km)
1 49+150 64+535 15.385 7
1.0 to 1.5m on
either side
Total Length 15.385 Km
Existing Carriageway of project Road

9 GEOMETRICS
In the following sections, where improvement of the existing road geometrics to the prescribed
standards is not possible, the existing road geometrics shall be improved to the extent possible within
the given right of way and proper road signs and safety measures shall be provided for safe regulation
of fast moving, slow moving and pedestrian traffic. The details of the locations
having poor geometric characteristics are given in Table E-2.
Table E-2: Locations of poor road geometry
Sl. No.
Stretch/Design
Chainages
(from km to km)
Type of deficiency
Remarks
Radius of curve Design Speed
----Nil---
10 ROAD CROSSINGS / JUNCTIONS
There are 01 numbers of major junctions along the project section of the project road and 09 minor
junctions. The approach roads are basically feeder roads connecting to villages, agricultural fields and
factories along the project road. Mostly these are WBM roads. Rest of the intersections is of lower
significance with local roads in urban settlements, village roads and earthen roads. The lists of major
junctions are presented in Table E-3below.
Table E-3: List of Major Junctions
Sr.
No.
Location
At
Grade
Side
Category of cross road
Chainage Location NH SH MDR Others
1 56.590 To Katra Y RHS - SH - -
The lists of junctions with secondary importance are presented in Table E-4.
Table E-4: List of Existing Junctions with Secondary Importance
Sr. No. Chainage Type Side
Type of Road
SH/MDR/VR/PMGSY
1 49.120 X LHS RHS VR
2 56.390 Y LHS VR
3 56.520 Y LHS VR
4 57.250 Y RHS VR
5 59.190 T LHS VR
6 59.390 Y LHS VR

Sr. No. Chainage Type Side
Type of Road
SH/MDR/VR/PMGSY
7 61.530 T RHS VR
8 62.450 Y LHS VR
9 64.560 Y LHS VR
11 RAILWAY CROSSINGS
The project Stretch not have any Railway Crossing.
12 CROSS DRAINAGE STRUCTURES
Package -02 (Existing from 49+150 km to 64+535 km and Design CH. from 46+450 km to 55+800 km ) is
the part of The project which is from Km 30+000 Km (Akhnoor) to Km 108+54 (Tain bridge) under 12 TF
and from Km 108+54 to Km 236+78 (Poonch) under 31 TF on NH-144A in the state of Jammu & Kashmir.
Detailed inventory and condition survey was carried out along the project stretch, during which 84 culverts,
03Minor bridges, 0 Major bridge were observed as existing Structures to cater for drains, streams, rivers
and railway crossing. The proposed structures and rehabilitation scheme for existing structures proposed to
be retained has been finalized based on detailed inventory, Horizontal Alignment, Geotechnical
investigation, Hydrological study etc.
The total number of structure on the site is given in below table-
Details of Existing Cross Drainage Structures
Sr. No. Details Total Nos.
1 No. of Major Bridge Nil
2 No. of ROB Nil
3 No. of Flyover Nil
4 No. of Minor Bridge 03
5
No. of Vehicular and
Non Vehicular Underpasses/VOP
Nil
6 No. of Box Culverts Nil
7 No. of Slab Culverts 84
8 No. of Arch Culverts Nil
10 No. of Pipe Culverts Nil
11 No. of Tunnels Nil

Details of Existing Bridges:
Minor Bridge at Inventory /ExistingTopo Km61+110/61+300:
The Existing Minor Bridge has span arrangement1x6.6 m with total overall width of 8.8 m. The existing bridge has
RCC Slab resting on RCC Sub-Structure and depth of super structure is 0.6m. The bridge is found to be high level
as per local enquiry and hydrological calculation. Existing Bridge is in fair condition.
Minor Bridge at Inventory / ExistingTopo Km62+070/62+253:
The Existing Minor Bridge has span arrangement 1x6.8 m with total overall width of 10 m. The existing bridge has
RCC Slab resting on Stone masonry Substructure and depth of super structure is 0.6m. The bridge is found to be
high level as per local enquiry and hydrological calculation. Existing Bridge is in fair condition.
Minor Bridge at Inventory / ExistingTopo Km 63+780/63+987:
The Existing Minor Bridge has span arrangement 1x7m with total overall width of 11.7 m. The existing bridge has
RCC Slab resting on Stone masonry Substructure and depth of super structure is 0.6m. The bridge is found to be
high level as per local enquiry and hydrological calculation. Existing Bridge is in good condition.
Flow Chart for Existing Bridges
Existing Bridges
- 03 Nos.
Major Bridges - 0 Nos.
High Level - 0 Nos.
Minor Bridges - 03 Nos.
High Level - 03
Nos.
Submersible - 0
Nos.

Details of Existing Culverts:
The similar procedures were adopted for the inventory and condition surveys for cross-drainage structures as per
guidelines stipulated in IRC-SP: 19-2001. The existing culverts observed along the project road are RCC Slab
culverts types. The structural conditions of Slab culverts is generally poor. Poor conditions are mainly due to
partially choked or buried culverts, heavy vegetation etc. Some common distresses observed were damaged
parapets, cracked/ damaged headwalls, abutments and return walls, corroded exposed reinforcement, insufficient
waterway etc.
S.
No
Flow Chart for Existing Culverts
Existing
CH.
Type of
Structures
(Pipe. Slab
Box. Arch)
Thickness
of Slab
(m)
Span
Arrangement
Width
of
Culvert
(m)
Direction of
Flow
Recommendations
1 49+280 SLAB 0.25 1x2 9.2 L-R Widening
2 49+425 SLAB 0.25 1x2 9 R-L Abandoned
Existing Culverts
- 84 Nos.
Pipe Type
- 0 Nos.
Slab Type
- 84 Nos.
Arch Type
- 0 Nos

S.
No
Existing
CH.
Type of
Structures
(Pipe. Slab
Box. Arch)
Thickness
of Slab
(m)
Span
Arrangement
Width
of
Culvert
(m)
Direction of
Flow
Recommendations
3 50+205 SLAB 0.3 1x2 9 L-R Reconstruction
5 51+430 SLAB 0.3 1x2 9 R-L Widening
6 51+595 SLAB 0.3 1x2 9 R-L Widening
7 51+900 SLAB 0.3 1x2 9 R-L Reconstruction
9 52+295 SLAB 0.3 1x2 9.7 R-L Reconstruction
10 52+410 SLAB 0.3 1x2 9.5 R-L Reconstruction
11 53+190 SLAB 0.3 1x2 8.5 R-L Abandoned
12 53+605 SLAB 0.3 1x2 8.5 L-R Abandoned

S.
No
Existing
CH.
Type of
Structures
(Pipe. Slab
Box. Arch)
Thickness
of Slab
(m)
Span
Arrangement
Width
of
Culvert
(m)
Direction of
Flow
Recommendations
23 54+920 SLAB 0.25 1x2.6 9 R-L Abandoned
32 56+125 SLAB 0.3 1x2 10 L-R Abandoned

S.
No
Existing
CH.
Type of
Structures
(Pipe. Slab
Box. Arch)
Thickness
of Slab
(m)
Span
Arrangement
Width
of
Culvert
(m)
Direction of
Flow
Recommendations
37 57+525 SLAB 0.25 1x1.5 9.5 L-R Abandoned

S.
No
Existing
CH.
Type of
Structures
(Pipe. Slab
Box. Arch)
Thickness
of Slab
(m)
Span
Arrangement
Width
of
Culvert
(m)
Direction of
Flow
Recommendations
48 59+360 SLAB 0.25 1x1.5 10 L-R Abandoned

S.
No
Existing
CH.
Type of
Structures
(Pipe. Slab
Box. Arch)
Thickness
of Slab
(m)
Span
Arrangement
Width
of
Culvert
(m)
Direction of
Flow
Recommendations

S.
No
Existing
CH.
Type of
Structures
(Pipe. Slab
Box. Arch)
Thickness
of Slab
(m)
Span
Arrangement
Width
of
Culvert
(m)
Direction of
Flow
Recommendations
80 64+040 SLAB 0.3 1x2 9 L-R Widening
13 Traffic Survey Schedule
Exiting Chainage
Date of I Traffic Survey
Duration
From To
Classified Traffic Volume Count
35.050 18.04.2018 24.04.2018 7 Days/24 Hours
68.100 18.04.2018 24.04.2018 7 Days/24 Hours
92.000 18.04.2018 24.04.2018 7 Days/24 Hours
153.400 25.04.2018 01.05.2018 7 Days/24 Hours
183.000 25.04.2018 01.05.2018 7 Days/24 Hours
219.500 25.04.2018 01.05.2018 7 Days/24 Hours

14 PROPOSED BYPASSES
Realignments and bypasses have been proposed where it is not feasible to improve the existing alignment of
2-lane road to the desired design standards. The constraints at each location have been described in the
chapter 5. The details of stretches to be bypass are given in Table E-15.
Table E-15: Details of Bypasses
S. No.
Name of bypass
(town)
Chainage (km)
Length (in
Km)
Carriageway
From To Width (m) Type
NIL
15 PROPOSED SERVICE ROAD
Service road is proposed at urban area where dense commercial activities found along the project road. The
Service Roads shall be as per details tabulated below.
(a)Service Roads
Service roads shall be constructed at the following locations and as per cross sections shown
above
Sr.
No.
Location of Service Road
Right hand side
(RHS)/Left hand side
(LHS)/or Both side
Length (Km) of
Service Road
Remark
NIL
(a) Slip Roads
Slip Road at Grade Separated structure approaches portion shall be provided on both sides.
Slip roads shall be constructed at the following locations and as per cross sections shown
above.
Sr.
No.
Location of Service Road
(Design Chainage)
Right hand side
(RHS)/Left hand side
(LHS)/or Both side
Length (Km) of
Service Road
Remark
NIL

16 PROPOSED PAVEMENT COMPOSITION
i) Flexible Pavement:
The summary of the crust is as given below:
S. No. Description
Minimum Crust Composition of
Flexible Pavement
1 BC 50 mm
2 AIL 100 mm
3 CTB 115 mm
5 CTSB 200 mm
Total 465 mm
Note:- Service/Slip Roads/overlay shall be constructed with flexible type of pavement.
17 PROPOSED STRUCTURES
IMPROVEMENT PROPOSALS FOR BRIDGES
As per the proposed Alignment along the Project Stretch 0 Major Bridge, 02 Minor bridge and 28culverts are
proposed. All Major and Minor Bridges have been proposed to 2-lane configurations as per applicable manual of
specifications (i.e. IRC: SP:73-2015).

a. Minor Bridge Proposal:
Proposals of Minor Bridges are given in to the Table no. 17.1.
A. IMPROVEMENT PROPOSALS FOR MAJOR / MINOR BRIDGES
0 Nos. of Major Bridges and 02 No. of Minor Bridges are recommended for Improvement along the proposed
alignment. The existing conditions of the Cross Drainage structures was found to be in fair/Poor condition
therefore these structures should be Reconstruction/New construction/Retain/Widening .
Proposed Bridges
– 02 Nos.
Major Bridges
– 0 Nos.
New Construction
– 0 Nos.
Retained
– 0 Nos.
Minor Bridges
– 02 Nos.
New
Construction
– 01 Nos.
Re- Construction
– 01 Nos.
Widening
– 0 Nos.
Retained
– 0 Nos.

Table 17.1: List of Bridges:
Proposed Details
S.
No.
Inventory
Ch.
Topo
Ch.
D. Ch.
Proposed
Span
Arrangement
Proposed
Structure
Type
Type of
Structure
Recommended Proposals
1 - New 51+600 1x10
RCC
SLAB
MNB
Due to Bypass
New-Construction of a new 2-lane
Bridge proposed with over all 16m
width.
2 63+780 63+987 55+150 1x12 RCC Slab MNB
Due to Realignment
Re-construction of a new 2-lane
Bridge proposed with over all 16m
width.
B. IMPROVEMENT PROPOSALS FOR EXISTING CULVERTS
28culverts are proposed along the project road including additional culverts The improvement proposals for
existing culverts are proposed for 2-lane carriageway for built up sections (as per the Manual of Specifications).
1. Out of 28, 06 culverts are proposed for reconstruction. The existing culverts along the project road are
mainly in poor condition, inadequate waterway and realignment has been recommended for reconstruction.
2. Out of 28, 06existing Slab culverts are all proposed forwidening.
3. Out of 28,16culverts are all proposed for new construction.
4. Some Culverts were found partly choked. The Culverts having inadequate waterway has been
recommended for reconstruction with increased waterway.
5. At most of the locations efforts have been made to replace all existing Slab/Pipe Culverts with RCC Box
Culverts as the existing Road Level will be raised. Although these proposals are tentative & liable to
change depending on the finalization of Vertical Report & after submission of Feasibility report.
6. New Box type culverts has been recommended with min. 2 m clear span and min. 1.5 m vertical clearance
as per IRC:SP:13-2004.
7. All Culverts are proposed for full formation width of the Roadway.
8. In case of culverts whose bed and floor have scoured off severely and considerable afflux is observed, the
same will be replaced with new culverts having adequate vents.

9. In new alignments, sufficient numbers of balancing culverts are to be provided wherever alignment crosses
through flat agricultural fields and lies in close vicinity to high embankments of proposed high level
bridges. The location of these culverts shall be finalized depending upon the final & approved alignment.
S.No.
Details of Proposed Culverts
List of Culverts
Existing
Ch.
Design
Ch.
Proposed
Span
Proposed
Structure
type
Direction
of Flow
Over All
Width
(OW)
Proposal
1 49+280 46+580 1x2.0 Slab L-R 14 Widening
2
-
46+720 1x2.0 RCC BOX L-R 14 New Construction
3 50+205 47+455 1x2.0 RCC BOX L-R 14 Reconstruction
Proposed Culverts
- 28 Nos.
Box Culverts
-22 Nos.
New Construction
- 16 Nos
Reconstruction
- 06 nos.
Slab Culverts
-06 Nos.
Widening
- 06 Nos
Pipe Culverts
-0 Nos.

S.No.
Existing
Ch.
Design
Ch.
Proposed
Span
Proposed
Structure
type
Direction
of Flow
Over All
Width
(OW)
Proposal
4
-
48+150 1x2.0 RCC BOX R-L 14 New Construction
5 51+430 48+648 1x2.0 Slab R-L 12 Widening
6 51+595 48+805 1x2.0 Slab R-L 12 Widening
7 51+900 49+110 1x3.0 RCC BOX R-L 12 Reconstruction
8
-
49+360 1x2.0 RCC BOX R-L 12 New Construction
11
-
50+240 1x2.0 RCC BOX L-R 11.5 New Construction
12 50+350 1x2.0 RCC BOX L-R 11 New Construction
13
-
14
-
15
-
16
-
17
-
18
-
51+310 1x2.0 RCC BOX L-R 11 New Construction
19
-

S.No.
Existing
Ch.
Design
Ch.
Proposed
Span
Proposed
Structure
type
Direction
of Flow
Over All
Width
(OW)
Proposal
20
-
21
-
22
-
23
-
24 64+040 55+335 1x2.0 Slab L-R 11.5 Widening
26 64+285 55+580 1x2.0 RCC BOX L-R 11.5 Reconstruction
27 64+450 55+715 1x2.0 RCC BOX L-R 11 Reconstruction
18 TUNNEL:
The primary motivation of the four numbers of road Tunnel but in this strech is one number of tunnel
comming sinc the State of Jammu & Kashmir is to reduce the heavy vehicular traffic along NH 144A
connecting Jammu, Akhnoor, Naoshera and Poonch also shorten existing routes between communities and
districts in the State of Jammu & Kashmir, which are often cut off from each other or are difficult to reach
during rainy season. Due to the hilly nature of the state, roads are the key component of transportation and
transport planning in Jammu & Kashmir. The four numbers of tunnels would avoid the steep gradients and
tight curves which are typical features of the present road connecting Akhnoor and Poonch. The tunnels
would provide a better and more comfortable travelling experience avoiding sudden rise and fall of
gradient, benefitting not only the local population but also tourists from the neighboring states of Punjab,
Haryana, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh. The four number of tunnels proposed under the scope of the

project are highly important in promoting regional connectivity and would save a greater travelling
distance and time.
S.no.
Design Change
Length Location
From To
1 52.300 55.090 2.790 Sungal Village
19 PROPOSED FACILITIES:
I. TOLL PLAZA:
Sr. No. Design Chainage in Km. Figure (As per IRC-SP-73-2018)
NIL
II. BUS SHELTER & BUS-BAYS WITH SHELTER:
Bus Bays shall be provided at following locations conforming to section 12 of manual of specifications
and standards. Bus shelters are provided in the remaining villages of the section.
S.No. Design Chainage in Km Bus Way/Bus Shelter Side
1 45.139 Bus way L.H.S.
2 45.155 Bus way R.H.S.
3 47.976 Bus way R.H.S.
III. TRUCK LAY BYE:
Sr.No. Design Chainage in Km Truck lay bye Side
NIL
IV. HIGHWAY LIGHTING: Street lighting and lighting system shall be provided in accordance with
Clause 12.4, Section 12 of the Manual of Specifications and Standards mentioned in Schedule D.
V. SAFETY BARRIERS: Safety barriers (“W” beam type) shall be provided as per manual, relevant IRC
codes and MoRT&H specifications.

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