Lok Sabha Question No. 134 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-02
Subject: Monitoring and Maintenance of National Highways
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA, KAMAL NATH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 134 ANSWERED ON  2 ND  FEBRUARY, 2017

## MONITORING AND MAINTENANCE OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

## 134. SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA: SHRI KAMAL NATH:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS सडक परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether most of the important National Highways stretches are in dilapidated conditions resulting in accidents;
- (b) if  so,  whether  the  Government  has  allocated  funds  for  maintenance  and  repair  of  the existing National Highways stretches;
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  take  any  steps  to  ensure  proper  monitoring  and maintenance of National Highways stretches; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

(a) Development and Maintenance of National Highways (NHs) is a continuous process and they are kept in traffic worthy condition depending upon the availability of funds and inter se priority.

(b) to (c) Funds  allocated  for  maintenance  and  repair  of  the  existing  National  Highways stretches are at Annexure-I.

(d) to (e) Regular  meetings  are  held  with  project  developers,  State  Governments  and contractors.  Regular  review  meetings  are  held  in  Head  Quarter  by  Ministry  with  Regional Officers, concessionaires /contractors to make the construction of projects hassle free and to keep the road in traffic worthy condition within available resources.

## Annexure-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (b)  TO  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  134  ANSWERED  ON  2.2.2017 ASKED  BY  SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA AND SHRI KAMAL NATH REGARDING MONITORING AND MAINTENANCE OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS.

Allocation of Funds for Repair and Maintenance of National Highways during 2016-17

|   S No | States/UTs/Scheme   |   Allocation (Crore) |
|--------|---------------------|----------------------|
|      1 | A &NIslands         |                 4.33 |
|      2 | Andhra Pradesh      |               104.15 |
|      3 | Arunachal Pradesh   |                29.69 |
|      4 | Assam               |               121.91 |
|      5 | Bihar               |               101.79 |
|      6 | Chandigarh          |                 1.64 |
|      7 | Chhattisgarh        |                52.4  |
|      8 | D &NHaveli          |                 0.14 |
|      9 | Daman &Diu          |                 0.09 |
|     10 | Delhi               |                 1.4  |
|     11 | Goa                 |                41.51 |
|     12 | Gujarat             |               128.09 |
|     13 | Haryana             |                54.82 |
|     14 | Himachal Pradesh    |               107.82 |
|     15 | Jammu &Kashmir      |                22.89 |
|     16 | Jharkhand           |                81.77 |
|     17 | Karnataka           |               204.53 |
|     18 | Kerala              |               127.96 |
|     19 | Madhya Pradesh      |                25.25 |
|     20 | Maharashtra         |               274.78 |
|     21 | Manipur             |                34.96 |
|     22 | Meghalaya           |                56.18 |
|     23 | Mizoram             |                56.92 |
|     24 | Nagaland            |                54.04 |
|     25 | Odisha              |                80.39 |
|     26 | Puducherry          |                 2.56 |
|     27 | Punjab              |                82.48 |
|     28 | Rajasthan           |                80.82 |
|     29 | Sikkim              |                 3.99 |
|     30 | Tamil Nadu          |               143.98 |
|     31 | Telangana           |                97.7  |
|     32 | Tripura             |                51.27 |
|     33 | Uttar Pradesh       |               130.16 |
|     34 | Uttarakhand         |                52.84 |
|     35 | West Bengal         |                86.74 |
|     37 | NHAI                |               100    |
|     38 | BRO                 |               100    |
|     39 | NHIDCL              |                50    |

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