Lok Sabha Question No. 1103 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-08
Subject: New National Highways
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE, SANJAY SHAMRAO DHOTRE, BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB, KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR

be pleased to state:

- (a) the criterion adopted by the Government for construction of new National Highways (NHs) in the country along with the details of the new NHs constructed in the country during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the details of the funds allocated/released by the Government for construction of such NHs in the country along with its utilisation during the said period, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the mechanism put in place by the Government for monitoring the optimum/proper utilisation and to restrict diversion of such funds across the country;
- (d) whether certain engineering defects in construction of such NHs have come to the notice of the Government during the said period, if so, the details thereof, NH wise; and
- (e) the other steps taken by the Government to bring transparency and accountability in construction/maintenance of NHs in the country?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI MANSUKH L. MANDAVIYA)

(a) to (b) Ministry does the development and maintenance of National Highways (NHs) as per the IRC guidelines  and  National  Highway  Act  1956.  The  State-wise  details  of  the  NHs  constructed  and  funds allocated/released  in  the  country  during  each  of  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year  are  given  at Annexure-I & II.

(c) to (e) Efforts are made by this Ministry to ensure that no engineering defects crop up during and after the construction of National Highways. To ensure quality construction of National Highways, supervision consultants  namely  Independent  Engineers  and  Authority  Engineers  are  appointed  in  PPP  and  EPC projects  respectively.  In  order  to  ensure  timely  completion  of  the  projects  and  their  subsequent maintenance, regular meetings are held with project developers, State Governments and contractors.  Regular  review  meetings  are  held  in  Head  Quarter  by  Ministry/  NHAI  with  Regional Officers,  concessionaires  /contractors  to  make  the  construction  of  projects  hassle  free.  To  expedite completion of these projects, various steps are also taken which include streamlining of land acquisition & environment clearances, exit for equity investors, premium re-scheduling, close coordination with other Ministries, revamping of dispute resolution mechanism, frequent reviews at various levels etc. To bring transparency in construction of National Highways works, data of mega ongoing projects is uploaded by various  executing  agencies  of  Ministry  on  the  OCMS  portal  of  Ministry  of  Statistics  and  Programme Implementation, report of which is also open to public.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1103 ANSWERED ON 8 TH  FEBRUARY, 2018

## NEW NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

## 1103. SHRI RAHUL SHEWALE: SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE: SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB: SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR:

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

ANNEXURE REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1103  FOR  ANSWER  ON  08.02.2018  ASKED  BY  SHRI RAHUL  SHEWALE,  SHRI  SANJAY  DHOTRE,  SHRI  BHARTRUHARI  MAHTAB  AND SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR REGARDING NEW NATIONAL HIGHWAYS.

Details of the length of National Highways constructed during the last three years and current year as on 31 st Dec in 2017-18

| Sl. No.   | State / UT        | Length completed (in km)   | Length completed (in km)   | Length completed (in km)   | Length completed (in km)   |
|-----------|-------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State / UT        | 2014-15                    | 2015-16                    | 2016-17                    | 2017-18                    |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 136.4                      | 462.1                      | 401.9                      | 288.89                     |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 87.7                       | 80.0                       | 174.0                      | 114.46                     |
| 3         | Assam             | 177.8                      | 86.9                       | 165.1                      | 117.62                     |
| 4         | Bihar             | 114.6                      | 181.3                      | 400.4                      | 224.03                     |
| 5         | Chandigarh        | 1.0                        | 0.0                        | 0.0                        | 0.0                        |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh      | 306.9                      | 327.3                      | 483.1                      | 358.22                     |
| 7         | Delhi             | 0.0                        | 0.0                        | 0.0                        | 0.0                        |
| 8         | Goa               | 0.0                        | 2.0                        | 3.5                        | 7.12                       |
| 9         | Gujarat           | 139.1                      | 276.6                      | 85.9                       | 100.42                     |
| 10        | Haryana           | 86.1                       | 169.8                      | 368.9                      | 206.55                     |
| 11        | Himachal Pradesh  | 34.0                       | 100.0                      | 72.2                       | 97.93                      |
| 12        | Jammu &Kashmir    | 57.1                       | 33.9                       | 33.4                       | 151.66                     |
| 13        | Jharkhand         | 125.7                      | 118.5                      | 210.7                      | 163.2                      |
| 14        | Karnataka         | 129.8                      | 314.0                      | 655.7                      | 426.84                     |
| 15        | Kerala            | 29.4                       | 9.8                        | 45.5                       | 8.52                       |
| 16        | Madhya Pradesh    | 335.2                      | 305.9                      | 474.7                      | 369.62                     |
| 17        | Maharashtra       | 123.7                      | 323.8                      | 750.0                      | 563.98                     |
| 18        | Manipur           | 45.8                       | 6.4                        | 3.5                        | 48.35                      |
| 19        | Meghalaya         | 88.3                       | 50.1                       | 6.4                        | 22.25                      |
| 20        | Mizoram           | 5.0                        | 14.9                       | 87.5                       | 21.31                      |
| 21        | Nagaland          | 13.0                       | 25.0                       | 4.0                        | 0.0                        |
| 22        | Odisha            | 385.7                      | 267.9                      | 490.4                      | 265.14                     |
| 23        | Puducherry        | 14.2                       | 22.3                       | 7.8                        | 16                         |
| 24        | Punjab            | 114.9                      | 154.3                      | 384.4                      | 260.79                     |
| 25        | Rajasthan         | 852.9                      | 1063.2                     | 1125.1                     | 865.25                     |
| 26        | Sikkim            | 29.8                       | 0.0                        | 0.0                        | 31                         |
| 27        | Tamil Nadu        | 58.0                       | 236.7                      | 468.7                      | 180.73                     |
| 28        | Telangana         | 171.0                      | 222.0                      | 113.0                      | 78.2                       |
| 29        | Tripura           | 18.1                       | 0.0                        | 42.0                       | 37.94                      |
| 30        | Uttar Pradesh     | 542.0                      | 668.7                      | 584.3                      | 309.64                     |
| 31        | Uttarakhand       | 48.7                       | 335.1                      | 203.5                      | 181.53                     |
| 32        | West Bengal       | 138.0                      | 202.9                      | 385.8                      | 163.07                     |
| 33        | A &NIslands       | 0.0                        | 0.0                        | 0.0                        | 0.0                        |
|           | Total             | 4,410                      | 6,061                      | 8,231                      | 5,680                      |

ANNEXURE REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1103  FOR  ANSWER  ON  08.02.2018  ASKED  BY  SHRI RAHUL  SHEWALE,  SHRI  SANJAY  DHOTRE,  SHRI  BHARTRUHARI  MAHTAB  AND SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR REGARDING NEW NATIONAL HIGHWAYS.

The State/UT-wise details of funds allocated/utilized for development of NHs during each of the last three years and current year as on 31 st Dec in 2017-18

| S. NO   | States/UTs/Schemes /Agency (Sl. 1 to 33 contains allocation under NH(O), NHDP-IV through State PWD, EAP, PBFF)   | 2014-15   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2017-18   |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| S. NO   | States/UTs/Schemes /Agency (Sl. 1 to 33 contains allocation under NH(O), NHDP-IV through State PWD, EAP, PBFF)   | Alloc.    | Expd.     | Alloc.    | Expd.     | Alloc.    | Expd.     | Alloc.    | Expd.     |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                   | 221.45    | 221.45    | 1039.42   | 1000.43   | 2010.31   | 2014.5    | 1645.47   | 1364.07   |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                | 0.5       | 0.5       | 2.4       | 1.83      | 100       | 90.66     | 20        | 3.34      |
| 3       | Assam                                                                                                            | 141.76    | 141.76    | 78.79     | 78.09     | 177.4387  | 137.8     | 121.3051  | 152.69    |
| 4       | Bihar                                                                                                            | 276.65    | 276.65    | 706.92    | 707.86    | 1362.64   | 1331.61   | 1848.102  | 911.22    |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                     | 71.25     | 71.25     | 359.94    | 339.8     | 1553.296  | 1495.68   | 846.349   | 731.93    |
| 6       | Goa                                                                                                              | 17.72     | 17.72     | 120       | 119.98    | 400       | 434.51    | 400       | 309.41    |
| 7       | Gujarat                                                                                                          | 206.96    | 206.96    | 228.6     | 225.77    | 251.8742  | 213.41    | 252.7893  | 99.54     |
| 8       | Haryana                                                                                                          | 60.48     | 60.48     | 90        | 89.85     | 150       | 161.27    | 100       | 74.47     |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                 | 134.57    | 134.57    | 140       | 139.96    | 210.9462  | 182.14    | 241.4487  | 232.33    |
| 10      | Jammu &Kashmir                                                                                                   | 0         | 0         | 25        | 22.86     | 40.06     | 23.16     | 30        | 28.82     |
| 11      | Jharkhand                                                                                                        | 63.83     | 63.83     | 35        | 38.08     | 200       | 212.5     | 200       | 182.83    |
| 12      | Karnataka                                                                                                        | 269.72    | 269.72    | 633.432   | 639.55    | 783.5174  | 871.96    | 996.1583  | 767.14    |
| 13      | Kerala                                                                                                           | 67.18     | 67.18     | 132.24    | 137.65    | 259.8944  | 237.8     | 162.7717  | 105.15    |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                   | 239.23    | 239.23    | 937.76    | 928.29    | 1760      | 1558.9    | 850       | 711.55    |
| 15      | Maharashtra                                                                                                      | 190.04    | 190.04    | 431.2     | 423.28    | 1371.921  | 1154      | 3226.884  | 1943.91   |
| 16      | Manipur                                                                                                          | 32.6      | 32.6      | 40        | 40        | 25.2453   | 18.65     | 61.3755   | 29.18     |
| 17      | Meghalaya                                                                                                        | 43.3      | 43.3      | 15        | 15        | 41.268    | 28.44     | 26.9413   | 12.44     |
| 18      | Mizoram                                                                                                          | 39.53     | 39.53     | 35        | 28.5      | 40        | 46.13     | 30        | 21.87     |
| 19      | Nagaland                                                                                                         | 46.2      | 46.2      | 50        | 46.27     | 50        | 38.84     | 92        | 36.27     |
| 20      | Odisha                                                                                                           | 322.99    | 322.99    | 591.44    | 592.24    | 925.5507  | 951.35    | 630.8431  | 479.16    |
| 21      | Punjab                                                                                                           | 2328.04   | 2328.04   | 1852.26   | 1855.24   | 2740.501  | 2702.48   | 755.6142  | 618.84    |
| 22      | Rajasthan                                                                                                        | 107.16    | 107.16    | 849.95    | 849.56    | 964.8292  | 1012.99   | 980.5713  | 718.18    |
| 23      | Sikkim                                                                                                           | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 5.75      | 4.69      |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                       | 167.13    | 167.13    | 337.02    | 336.47    | 575       | 640.11    | 700       | 504.3     |
| 25      | Telangana                                                                                                        | 210.79    | 210.79    | 661       | 657.1     | 380       | 358.43    | 395       | 278.02    |
| 26      | Tripura                                                                                                          | 0         | 0         | 5         | 0         | 5         | 2.38      | 33        | 11.44     |
| 27      | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                    | 493.81    | 493.81    | 1530.34   | 1527.74   | 1849.016  | 1820.85   | 924.9359  | 741.59    |
| 28      | Uttarakhand                                                                                                      | 169.51    | 169.51    | 245.92    | 245.69    | 332.6242  | 314.48    | 701.3716  | 574.23    |
| 29      | West Bengal                                                                                                      | 283.61    | 283.61    | 808.95    | 811.98    | 1333.62   | 1223.19   | 1063      | 662.34    |
| 30      | A &NIslands                                                                                                      | 14.61     | 14.61     | 2         | 1.53      | 0.126     | 0.13      | 0         | 0         |
| 31      | Chandigarh                                                                                                       | 4.95      | 4.95      | 1         | 0         | 2         | 0.69      | 6         | 4.14      |
| 32      | Delhi                                                                                                            | 0.02      | 0.02      | 1         | 0         | 1         | 0.62      | 2         | 0         |
| 33      | Puducherry                                                                                                       | 12.73     | 12.73     | 20        | 18.1      | 20        | 14.28     | 15        | 6.88      |
| 34      | Other projects NH(O)                                                                                             | 758.05    | 713.42    | 511       | 443.44    | 791.38    | 787.79    | 0         | 0         |
| 35      | NHAI (Cess + Toll +                                                                                              | 12933.8   | 12933.89  | 22290.27  | 22290.27  | 15215.52  | 15215.52  | 19891.59  | 19891.59  |
| 36      | NHO) NHIDCL under NHO                                                                                            | 9 -       | -         | 1.15      | 1.15      | 72.2      | 72.2      | 125       | 125       |
| 37      | BRO                                                                                                              | 292       | 268.79    | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 38      | SARDP-NE + Ar Pkg                                                                                                | 3000      | 2843.33   | 4900      | 4803.07   | 4520      | 4464.71   | 5265      | 4055.42   |
| 39      | LWE +VRC                                                                                                         | 1174      | 1164.59   | 1121      | 996.11    | 760       | 739.27    | 900       | 565.97    |
| 40      | EAP                                                                                                              | 276       | 239.93    | 22        | 9.25      | 59.38     | 56.72     | 601       | 116.31    |
| 43      | IEBR / Borrowings NHAI                                                                                           | 7611.11   | 3343.4    | 42694.5   | 23281     | 59279     | 33118     | 59279     | 27755.48  |
|         | Grand Total                                                                                                      | 32283.3   | 27745.67  | 83546.5   | 63742.99  | 100615.2  | 73748.15  | 103426.3  | 64831.74  |

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