Lok Sabha Question No. 1436 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-24
Subject: Upgradation of State Highways to National Highways
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: RAMESH BIDHURI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1436 ANSWERED ON 24 TH  NOVEMBER, 2016

## UPGRADATION OF STATE HIGHWAYS TO NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

## 1436.   SHRI RAMESH BIDHURI:

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

be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of such State Highways which have been declared as National Highways during the last three years;
- (b) whether the Government has received any proposals from the Government of Delhi regarding declaration of State Highways as National Highways during the said period; and
- (c) if so, the action taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

(a) to (c) The  Ministry  keeps  on  receiving  proposals  for  declaration  of  various  State  roads from  various  States/Union  Territories  (UTs)  as  new  National  Highways  (NHs).  The  Ministry considers declaration of State Roads as new NHs from time to time keeping in view the requirement of connectivity, inter-se priority and availability of funds. The details of State roads declared as new NHs in the country during last three years and the current year are annexed.

ANNEXURE REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1436  ANSWERED  ON  24.11.2016  ASKED  BY  SHRI RAMESH BIDHURI REGARDING UPGRADATION OF STATE HIGHWAYS TO NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

The State/UT-wise details of new NHs declared in the country during the last three years and the current year:-

(Length in km)

| Sl. No.   | State/UT            | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   |
|-----------|---------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh      | 289       | 80        | 676       |           |
| 2.        | Arunachal Pradesh   |           | 733       |           |           |
| 3.        | Assam               | 605       | 76        | 9         | 24        |
| 4.        | Bihar               | 299       | 152       | 160       |           |
| 5.        | Chhattisgarh        | 742       |           |           | 90        |
| 6.        | Gujarat             | 115       | 978       |           | 46        |
| 7.        | Haryana             | 417       | 185       | 395       |           |
| 8.        | Himachal Pradesh    | 690       | 70        | 176       |           |
| 9.        | Jammu &Kashmir      | 624       | 274       | 8         |           |
| 10.       | Jharkhand           | 594       | 11        |           |           |
| 11.       | Karnataka           | 1,535     | 138       | 70        |           |
| 12.       | Kerala              | 243       |           |           |           |
| 13.       | Madhya Pradesh      |           |           | 9         | 2,369     |
| 14.       | Maharashtra         | 740       | 734       | 387       | 36        |
| 15.       | Manipur             | 135       | 257       |           |           |
| 16.       | Mizoram             | 195       | 245       |           |           |
| 17.       | Nagaland            | 247       | 194       |           | 22.7      |
| 18.       | Orissa              | 134       |           | 193       |           |
| 19.       | Punjab              | 142       | 233       | 530       |           |
| 20.       | Rajasthan           | 466       | 80        | 20        |           |
| 21.       | Sikkim              |           | 170       | 154       |           |
| 22.       | Tamil Nadu          | 32        |           |           |           |
| 23.       | Tripura             | 109       |           | 228       | 1.2       |
| 24.       | Telangana           |           |           | 119       |           |
| 25.       | Uttarakhand         | 240       | 432       |           |           |
| 26.       | Uttar Pradesh       | 168       | 620       |           | 14        |
| 27.       | West Bengal         | 227       |           | 46        |           |
| 28.       | Dadar &Nagar Haveli | 31        |           |           |           |
| 29.       | Daman &Diu          | 22        |           |           |           |
|           | Total               | 9,041     | 5,662     | 3,180     | 2,602.9   |

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