Lok Sabha Question No. 3608 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-23
Subject: Four Lanning of National Highways
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: MANSHANKAR NINAMA, AJAY (TENI) MISRA, BHARAT SINGH, HARIOM SINGH RATHORE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3608 ANSWERED ON 23 RD  MARCH, 2017

## FOUR LANNING OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

3608.   SHRI MANSHANKAR NINAMA: SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI: SHRI BHARAT SINGH: SHRI HARIOM SINGH RATHORE:

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

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes four lanning of all the National Highways of the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of the four lane national highways in the country at present number-wise, Statewise; and
- (d)  the  present  number  of  national  highways  which  are  not  four  laned  along  with  the  details thereof, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

(a) and (b) The total number of road accidents in the country during 2015 was about 5,01,423 which resulted  into  about  1,46,133  numbers  of  persons  killed.  The  National  Highways  (NHs) accounted  for  about  29.1  %  share  of  total  road  accidents  and  35.0  %  of  total  persons  killed. Although the existing NHs comprise of about 1.9 % of total road network, they carry about 40% of total road traffic.

Keeping in view the requirements to enhance Road Safety, reduce congestions, improve road connectivity / conditions, the Ministry has taken decision to augment the NHs Network of existing  1,13,298  km.    About  57,500  km  length  of  State  Roads  have  been  approved  'InPrinciple' for their declaration as new NHs subject to outcome of their Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) and initiatives have been taken for their DPR preparations.  Further, the Ministry  has reduced  threshold  traffic  for  4-laning  of  NHs  from  15,000;  11,000;  and  8,000  Passenger  Car Units (PCUs)  per day to 10,000; 8,500 and 6,000 PCUs/day  for Plain, Rolling, and Mountainous/Steep Terrains respectively.   Decisions have been taken to entrust 4-laning of all such NHs to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for their implementation through additional market borrowings, etc., in a phased manner by leveraging limited available budgetary allocation.    About  5,575  km  length  of  NHs  have  been  identified  accordingly  for  their upgradations  to  4  /  6  lane  standards  by  NHAI  and  process  have  been  initiated  for  their  DPR preparations.

(c) and (d) The  State / Union Territory (UT)-wise and lane-wise distribution of NH length is annexed.

## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (c)  AND  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  3608  ANSWERED  ON  23.03.2017  ASKED  BY  SHRI MANSHANKAR NINAMA AND OTHERS REGARDING FOUR LANNING OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

The State / Union Territory-wise and lane-wise distribution of NH length in km (Provisional)

(Lane-length status as on 31.12.2016)

(Length in km)

| Sl. No.   | State/ UT          | Single Lane/ Intermediate Lane   | 2-Lane   | 4 Lane and Above   |
|-----------|--------------------|----------------------------------|----------|--------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh     | 1,138                            | 2,717    | 1,802              |
| 2.        | Arunachal Pradesh  | 1,910                            | 584      | 19                 |
| 3.        | Assam              | 958                              | 2,266    | 621                |
| 4.        | Bihar              | 747                              | 3,303    | 789                |
| 5.        | Chandigarh         | 0                                | 0        | 15                 |
| 6.        | Chhattisgarh       | 418                              | 2,452    | 362                |
| 7.        | Delhi              | 0                                | 0        | 80                 |
| 8.        | Goa                | 51                               | 174      | 37                 |
| 9.        | Gujarat            | 448                              | 2,177    | 2,392              |
| 10.       | Haryana            | 110                              | 1,444    | 1,069              |
| 11.       | Himachal Pradesh   | 1,150                            | 1,463    | 29                 |
| 12.       | Jammu &Kashmir     | 1,039                            | 1,360    | 202                |
| 13.       | Jharkhand          | 261                              | 2,092    | 301                |
| 14.       | Karnataka          | 997                              | 3,904    | 1,860              |
| 15.       | Kerala             | 399                              | 1,290    | 122                |
| 16.       | Madhya Pradesh     | 3,128                            | 3,421    | 1,314              |
| 17.       | Maharashtra        | 8,665                            | 3,354    | 3,418              |
| 18.       | Manipur            | 290                              | 1,424    | 31                 |
| 19.       | Meghalaya          | 696                              | 452      | 57                 |
| 20.       | Mizoram            | 1,347                            | 34       | 0                  |
| 21.       | Nagaland           | 1,081                            | 92       | 0                  |
| 22.       | Odisha             | 97                               | 3,914    | 826                |
| 23.       | Puducherry         | 0                                | 40       | 25                 |
| 24.       | Punjab             | 302                              | 1,479    | 987                |
| 25.       | Rajasthan          | 117                              | 5,101    | 2,688              |
| 26.       | Sikkim             | 213                              | 250      | 0                  |
| 27.       | Tamil Nadu         | 10                               | 2,869    | 2,127              |
| 28.       | Telangana          | 836                              | 1,577    | 922                |
| 29.       | Tripura            | 682                              | 124      | 0                  |
| 30.       | Uttar Pradesh      | 808                              | 5,420    | 2,473              |
| 31.       | Uttarakhand        | 1,948                            | 692      | 75                 |
| 32.       | West Bengal        | 441                              | 1,470    | 1,045              |
| 33.       | A &NIsland         | 319                              | 11       | 1                  |
| 34.       | Dadra Nagar Haveli | 31                               | 0        | 0                  |
| 35.       | Daman &Diu         | 22                               | 0        | 0                  |
|           | Total              | 30,659                           | 56,950   | 25,689             |