Lok Sabha Question No. 397 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-17
Subject: National Highways
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: NISHIKANT  DUBEY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 397

ANSWERED ON 17 TH  NOVEMBER, 2016

## NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

## 397. SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY:

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

be pleased to state:

- (a) the length of National Highways (NHs) in the country, State-wise;
- (b) the proposals for new projects pending with the Government, State-wise; and
- (c) the steps proposed to be taken to improve NHs in the country including Jharkhand?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

- (a) The State/Union Territory (UT)-wise length of National Highways (NHs) in the country is at Annexure-I.
- (b) The development and maintenance of NHs is a continuous process. The works on NHs are accordingly taken up as per available resources, traffic density and inter-se priority.

The  Ministry  has  taken  up  development  of  NHs  under  various  phases  of  National Highways Development Project (NHDP), Special Accelerated Road Development Programme for the North East Region (SARDP-NE) including Arunachal Pradesh Package of Roads, Special Programme  for  Development  of  Roads  in  the  Left  Wing  Extremism  (LWE)  affected  areas, National Highways Interconnectivity Improvement Project (NHIIP), etc.

The State/UT-wise details of proposals received from various State Governments / UTs for  development  of  NHs  under  National  Highways  (Original)  [NH  (O)]  scheme  during  the current financial year and the proposals sanctioned is at Annexure-II. Similar details in respect of other schemes being implemented through the State Governments / UTs are being compiled and the same shall be laid on the table of the house.

- (c) The Ministry has taken up detailed review of NHs network with a view to develop the road connectivity to Border areas, development of Coastal roads including road connectivity for Non  Major  ports,  improvement  in  the  efficiency  of  National  Corridors,  development  of Economic  Corridors,  along  with  integration  with  Sagarmala,  construction  /  rehabilitation  / widening of major bridges and Railway Over Bridges (ROBs) / Railway Under Bridges (RUBs) on NHs, connectivity Improvement Program for Char-Dham (Kedarnath, Badrinath, Yamunothri &  Gangothri in Uttarakhand) etc., under proposed new programmes. However, these programmes are yet to be formally launched.

## The State/UT-wise details of length of National Highways

|   Sl. No. | Name of State            | Total Length (in km)   |
|-----------|--------------------------|------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh           | 5,464.74               |
|         2 | Arunachal Pradesh        | 2,513.05               |
|         3 | Assam                    | 3,844.67               |
|         4 | Bihar                    | 4,838.79               |
|         5 | Chandigarh               | 15.28                  |
|         6 | Chhattisgarh             | 3,168.40               |
|         7 | Delhi                    | 80.00                  |
|         8 | Goa                      | 262.00                 |
|         9 | Gujarat                  | 5,016.90               |
|        10 | Haryana                  | 2,622.48               |
|        11 | Himachal Pradesh         | 2,642.48               |
|        12 | Jammu &Kashmir           | 2,601.00               |
|        13 | Jharkhand                | 2,653.64               |
|        14 | Karnataka                | 6,502.29               |
|        15 | Kerala                   | 1,811.52               |
|        16 | Madhya Pradesh           | 7,572.57               |
|        17 | Maharashtra              | 7,470.79               |
|        18 | Manipur                  | 1,745.74               |
|        19 | Meghalaya                | 1,204.36               |
|        20 | Mizoram                  | 1,381.00               |
|        21 | Nagaland                 | 1,172.79               |
|        22 | Odisha                   | 4,837.52               |
|        23 | Puducherry               | 64.03                  |
|        24 | Punjab                   | 2,769.15               |
|        25 | Rajasthan                | 7,906.20               |
|        26 | Sikkim                   | 463.00                 |
|        27 | Tamil Nadu               | 5,006.14               |
|        28 | Tripura                  | 806.20                 |
|        29 | Telangana                | 2,635.84               |
|        30 | Uttarakhand              | 2,714.00               |
|        31 | Uttar Pradesh            | 8,487.00               |
|        32 | West Bengal              | 2,955.80               |
|        33 | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 330.70                 |
|        34 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | 31.00                  |
|        35 | Daman &Diu               | 22.00                  |

ANNEXURE REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 397 ANSWERED ON 17.11.2016 ASKED BY SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY REGARDING NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

## State/UT wise status of sanctions of NH works under NH(O)

| Sl. No.   | State/Union Territory   | Proposals Received   | Proposals Received   | Proposals Sanctioned   | Proposals Sanctioned   |
|-----------|-------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/Union Territory   | Nos.                 | Amount (Rs. Cr)      | Nos.                   | Amount (Rs. Cr)        |
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh          | 9                    | 1518.18              | 6                      | 1474.61                |
| 2.        | Arunachal Pradesh       | NIL                  | NIL                  | NIL                    | NIL                    |
| 3.        | Assam                   | 19                   | 957.85               | 9                      | 387.23                 |
| 4.        | Bihar                   | 5                    | 392.72               | 3                      | 363.01                 |
| 5.        | Chandigarh              | 2                    | 8.84                 | 2                      | 8.84                   |
| 6.        | Chhattisgarh            | 12                   | 1184.70              | NIL                    | NIL                    |
| 7.        | Delhi                   | NIL                  | NIL                  | NIL                    | NIL                    |
| 8.        | Goa                     | 9                    | 296.52               | 3                      | 29.94                  |
| 9.        | Gujarat                 | 9                    | 344.20               | 2                      | 95.28                  |
| 10.       | Haryana                 | 26                   | 1303.01              | 8                      | 94.61                  |
| 11.       | Himachal Pradesh        | 19                   | 440.00               | 8                      | 95.18                  |
| 12.       | Jammu &Kashmir          | NIL                  | NIL                  | NIL                    | NIL                    |
| 13.       | Jharkhand               | 13                   | 665.31               | 12                     | 463.31                 |
| 14.       | Karnataka               | 40                   | 3551.22              | 28                     | 2309.55                |
| 15.       | Kerala                  | 2                    | 26.19                | 2                      | 26.19                  |
| 16.       | Madhya Pradesh          | 3                    | 500.03               | 2                      | 465.34                 |
| 17.       | Maharashtra             | 74                   | 2253.81              | 59                     | 1638.20                |
| 18.       | Manipur                 | 3                    | 15.38                | 3                      | 15.38                  |
| 19.       | Meghalaya               | NIL                  | NIL                  | NIL                    | NIL                    |
| 20.       | Mizoram                 | 17                   | 404.15               | NIL                    | NIL                    |
| 21.       | Nagaland                | 2                    | 804.34               | NIL                    | NIL                    |
| 22.       | Odisha                  | 6                    | 1224.88              | 3                      | 646.71                 |
| 23.       | Puducherry              | NIL                  | NIL                  | NIL                    | NIL                    |
| 24.       | Punjab                  | 27                   | 395.54               | 19                     | 307.99                 |
| 25.       | Rajasthan               | 68                   | 437.01               | 53                     | 337.39                 |
| 26.       | Sikkim                  | NIL                  | NIL                  | NIL                    | NIL                    |
| 27.       | Tamil Nadu              | 27                   | 261.67               | 24                     | 191.92                 |
| 28.       | Telangana               | 6                    | 674.88               | 5                      | 669.65                 |
| 29.       | Tripura                 | 4                    | 454.31               | 3                      | 50.01                  |
| 30.       | Uttar Pradesh           | 12                   | 2224.06              | 9                      | 1705.94                |
| 31.       | Uttarakhand             | 22                   | 280.24               | 12                     | 196                    |
| 32.       | West Bengal             | 11                   | 1906.96              | 6                      | 182.06                 |
| 33.       | A &NIsland              | NIL                  | NIL                  | NIL                    | NIL                    |
|           | TOTAL                   | 447                  | 22526                | 281                    | 11754.34               |

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