Lok Sabha Question No. 2759 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-02
Subject: Expenditure on Construction of Highways and Roads
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: NATUBHAI GOMANBHAI PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2759

ANSWERED ON 02 ND  AUGUST, 2018

## EXPENDITURE ON CONSTRUCTION OF HIGHWAYS AND ROADS

## 2759. SHRI NATUBHAI GOMANBHAI PATEL:

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

be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  amount  spent  by  the  Government  on  the  construction  of  highways  and  roads  in  the country;
- (b) the State-wise number of roads constructed with the said amount; and
- (c) the target set for the construction of total kilometers of roads by the Government in 2018-19 and the details of the amount likely to be spent thereon?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI MANSUKH L. MANDAVIYA)

(a) and (b) This  Ministry  is  primarily  responsible  for  development  &  maintenance  of National Highways (NHs). The Ministry has taken up development of NHs/ roads under various schemes  such  as  National  Highways  Development  Project  (NHDP),  Bharatmala  Pariyojna Phase-I,  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,  Externally  Aided Projects (EAP), National Highways (Original) [NH (O)], etc.

The allocation of funds and expenditure incurred for development of NHs / roads under these schemes during 2017-18 was Rs. 1,09,453.84 crore and Rs.  1,00,179.05 crore respectively including Internal and Extra Budgetary Resources (IEBR).

Details of State-wise length of NHs / roads constructed during 2017-18 is annexed.

(c) It has been targeted to complete development of about 10,000 km length of NHs / roads during 2018-19. An allocation of Rs. 1,20,556.74 crore has been made accordingly under Budget Estimate 2018-19 including IEBR of Rs. 62,000 crore.

## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  AND  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2759  ANSWERED  ON  02.08.2018  ASKED  BY  SHRI NATUBHAI GOMANBHAI PATEL REGARDING EXPENDITURE ON CONSTRUCTION OF HIGHWAYS AND ROADS

Details of State-wise length of NHs / roads constructed during 2017-18

| S No   | State/UTs         |   Length in km |
|--------|-------------------|----------------|
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh    |            458 |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh |            188 |
| 3      | Assam             |            302 |
| 4      | Bihar             |            370 |
| 6      | Chhattisgarh      |            522 |
| 7      | Delhi             |            139 |
| 8      | Goa               |             20 |
| 9      | Gujarat           |            189 |
| 10     | Haryana           |            291 |
| 11     | Himachal Pradesh  |            134 |
| 12     | Jammu &Kashmir    |            162 |
| 13     | Jharkhand         |            236 |
| 14     | Karnataka         |            768 |
| 15     | Kerala            |             17 |
| 16     | Madhya Pradesh    |            594 |
| 17     | Maharashtra       |           1348 |
| 18     | Manipur           |            231 |
| 19     | Meghalaya         |             48 |
| 20     | Mizoram           |             43 |
| 21     | Nagaland          |              0 |
| 22     | Odisha            |            535 |
| 23     | Puducherry        |             17 |
| 24     | Punjab            |            357 |
| 25     | Rajasthan         |           1075 |
| 26     | Sikkim            |             45 |
| 27     | Tamil Nadu        |            306 |
| 28     | Telangana         |            160 |
| 29     | Tripura           |             82 |
| 30     | Uttar Pradesh     |            693 |
| 31     | Uttarakhand       |            256 |
| 32     | West Bengal       |            222 |
| 33     | A &NIslands       |             21 |
| Total  | Total             |           9829 |

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