Lok Sabha Question No. 2424 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-16
Subject: Upgradation of NH in Jharkhand
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: NISHIKANT  DUBEY, HARI MANJHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2424 ANSWERED ON 16 TH  MARCH, 2017

## UPGRADATION OF NH IN JHARKHAND

## 2424.   SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY: SHRI HARI MANJHI:

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

be pleased to state:

(a) whether any proposal of Jharkhand and Bihar Governments for upgrading State Highways to National Highways is pending with the Government;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c)  the  details  of  the  received/sanctioned/pending  projects  in  regard  to  various  States  for  the National Highway Projects during the last two years and the expenditure likely to be incurred on these projects;

(d) the status of all the pending proposals and the reasons for delay in their approval; and

(e) the time by which the pending projects are likely to be sanctioned?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

(a) and (b) The Ministry keeps on receiving proposals from various State Governments including those from the State Government of Jharkhand and Bihar etc., for declaration of State roads as new National Highways (NHs) from time to time. The Ministry considers declaring some State roads as new NHs from time to time based on the requirement of connectivity, inter-se priority and availability of funds.

At present,  total  length  of  NHs  in  the  States  of  Jharkhand  and  Bihar  is  about  2,653  km  and 4,838 km respectively. Further, Ministry has also approved 'In Principle' declaration of about 2,740 km and 2,405 km of State Roads as new NHs in the States of Jharkhand and Bihar respectively subject to the outcome of Detailed Project Reports (DPR) and the Ministry has initiated the task of preparation of the said DPRs.

(c) to (e) The  State/Union  Territory  (UT)-wise  details  of  the  proposals  received  /  sanctioned during the last two years is at Annexure-I. The proposals for NH development are sanctioned as per the approved  Annual  Plans  finalized  on  the  basis  of  inter-se  priority,  availability  of  funds  and  traffic levels. The proposals which are not included in the approved Annual Plan, are not sanctioned during the financial year and are returned to the respective States/ UTs.

The expenditure details for the development of NHs during the last two years is at Annexure-II.

ANNEXURE REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (c)  to  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2424  ANSWERED  ON  16.03.2017  ASKED  BY  SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY AND OTHERS REGARDING UPGRADATION OF NH IN JHARKHAND

The State /UT-wise details of proposal received and sanctioned for development of NHs under NH(O) during each of the last two years

(Amount in Rs. crore)

| Sl.   |                   | 2014-15   | 2014-15   | 2014-15    | 2014-15    | 2015-16   | 2015-16   | 2015-16    | 2015-16    |
|-------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|------------|------------|-----------|-----------|------------|------------|
|       | States/ UTs       | Received  | Received  | Sanctioned | Sanctioned | Received  | Received  | Sanctioned | Sanctioned |
| No.   |                   | No.       | Cost      | No.        | Cost       | No.       | Cost      | No.        | Cost       |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh    | 23        | 2766.84   | 12         | 1494.10    | 11        | 637.93    | 11         | 637.93     |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh | 1         | 780.00    | 0          | 0.00       | 0         | 0.00      | 0          | 0.00       |
| 3     | Assam             | 14        | 435.01    | 6          | 353.80     | 24        | 485.19    | 15         | 274.83     |
| 4     | Bihar             | 8         | 525.48    | 8          | 474.05     | 6         | 286.57    | 3          | 152.62     |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh      | 7         | 170.25    | 3          | 150.37     | 11        | 195       | 8          | 192.68     |
| 6     | Goa               | 25        | 1400.00   | 24         | 1372.35    | 15        | 2995.81   | 4          | 2701.05    |
| 7     | Gujarat           | 26        | 859.97    | 12         | 290.80     | 16        | 1147.77   | 5          | 501.64     |
| 8     | Haryana           | 21        | 406.39    | 19         | 347.02     | 27        | 369.59    | 17         | 107.21     |
| 9     | Himachal Pradesh  | 36        | 618.50    | 29         | 289.38     | 27        | 838.5     | 19         | 160.23     |
| 10    | Jammu &Kashmir    | 7         | 119.60    | 7          | 96.87      | 11        | 131.91    | 4          | 14.96      |
| 11    | Jharkhand         | 5         | 672.02    | 2          | 350.15     | 7         | 1620.00   | 2          | 447.45     |
| 12    | Karnataka         | 54        | 983.62    | 48         | 972.56     | 23        | 3445.86   | 19         | 437.91     |
| 13    | Kerala            | 13        | 604.73    | 13         | 117.19     | 19        | 152.91    | 19         | 142.4      |
| 14    | Madhya Pradesh    | 7         | 430.59    | 6          | 174.57     | 18        | 547.46    | 11         | 176.9      |
| 15    | Maharashtra       | 31        | 4200.00   | 20         | 283.75     | 29        | 4764.88   | 19         | 442.88     |
| 16    | Manipur           | 11        | 85.57     | 9          | 61.33      | 11        | 134.12    | 9          | 174.12     |
| 17    | Meghalaya         | 6         | 84.19     | 3          | 7.96       | 29        | 4764.88   | 19         | 442.88     |
| 18    | Mizoram           | 27        | 128.82    | 4          | 10.08      | 22        | 445.06    | 5          | 47.75      |
| 19    | Nagaland          | 6         | 332.63    | 1          | 1.56       | 4         | 18.61     | 4          | 18.61      |
| 20    | Odisha            | 18        | 1230.11   | 16         | 1167.59    | 21        | 1109.71   | 15         | 476.26     |
| 21    | Punjab            | 29        | 513.50    | 24         | 192.46     | 21        | 1253.48   | 8          | 204.22     |
| 22    | Rajasthan         | 19        | 1799.98   | 18         | 1065.39    | 16        | 986.4     | 11         | 956.5      |
| 23    | Tamil Nadu        | 32        | 650.00    | 17         | 787.80     | 18        | 1909.62   | 10         | 541.16     |
| 24    | Telangana         | 6         | 328.30    | 6          | 279.71     | 18        | 203.07    | 18         | 203.07     |
| 25    | Tripura           | 0         | 0.00      | 0          | 0.00       | 5         | 321.23    | 1          | 0.75       |
| 26    | Uttar Pradesh     | 21        | 1699.82   | 18         | 1440.89    | 13        | 2744.97   | 13         | 2744.97    |
| 27    | Uttarakhand       | 59        | 726.12    | 52         | 711.76     | 25        | 761.56    | 25         | 761.56     |
| 28    | West Bengal       | 16        | 491.00    | 12         | 1735.00    | 13        | 817.8     | 9          | 683.42     |
| 29    | Chandigarh        | 0         | 0.00      | 0          | 0.00       | 2         | 9.06      | 0          | 0.00       |
| 30    | Puducherry        | 2         | 27.86     | 2          | 19.74      |           | 30.77     | 1          | 2.38       |
| 31    | Bridge Works**    | 84        | 4737.15   | 52         | 1337.86    | 3 *       | *         | *          | *          |

ANNEXURE REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (c)  to  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2424  ANSWERED  ON  16.03.2017  ASKED  BY  SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY AND OTHERS REGARDING UPGRADATION OF NH IN JHARKHAND

The State /UT-wise details of funds released/spent for development of NHs during each of the last two years

(Amount in Rs. crore)

| Sl. No.                                    | States/ UTs/ Schemes/ Agency                                                                                                           | 2014-15                                    | 2015-16                                    |
|--------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| 1                                          | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                         | 221.45                                     | 1,000.43                                   |
| 2                                          | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                      | 0.50                                       | 1.83                                       |
| 3                                          | Assam                                                                                                                                  | 141.76                                     | 78.09                                      |
| 4                                          | Bihar                                                                                                                                  | 276.65                                     | 707.86                                     |
| 5                                          | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                           | 71.25                                      | 339.80                                     |
| 6                                          | Goa                                                                                                                                    | 17.72                                      | 119.98                                     |
| 7                                          | Gujarat                                                                                                                                | 206.96                                     | 225.77                                     |
| 8                                          | Haryana                                                                                                                                | 60.48                                      | 89.85                                      |
| 9                                          | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                       | 134.57                                     | 139.96                                     |
| 10                                         | Jammu &Kashmir                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                       | 22.86                                      |
| 11                                         | Jharkhand                                                                                                                              | 63.83                                      | 38.08                                      |
| 12                                         | Karnataka                                                                                                                              | 269.72                                     | 639.55                                     |
| 13                                         | Kerala                                                                                                                                 | 67.18                                      | 137.65                                     |
| 14                                         | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                         | 239.23                                     | 928.29                                     |
| 15                                         | Maharashtra                                                                                                                            | 190.04                                     | 423.28                                     |
| 16                                         | Manipur                                                                                                                                | 32.60                                      | 40.00                                      |
| 17                                         | Meghalaya                                                                                                                              | 43.30                                      | 15.00                                      |
| 18                                         | Mizoram                                                                                                                                | 39.53                                      | 28.50                                      |
| 19                                         | Nagaland                                                                                                                               | 46.20                                      | 46.27                                      |
| 20                                         | Odisha                                                                                                                                 | 322.99                                     | 592.24                                     |
| 21                                         | Punjab                                                                                                                                 | 2,328.04                                   | 1,855.24                                   |
| 22                                         | Rajasthan                                                                                                                              | 107.16                                     | 849.56                                     |
| 23                                         | Sikkim                                                                                                                                 | 0.00                                       | 0.00                                       |
| 24                                         | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                             | 167.13                                     | 336.47                                     |
| 25                                         | Telangana                                                                                                                              | 210.79                                     | 657.10                                     |
| 26                                         | Tripura                                                                                                                                | 0.00                                       | 0.00                                       |
| 27                                         | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                          | 493.81                                     | 1,527.74                                   |
| 28                                         | Uttarakhand                                                                                                                            | 169.51                                     | 245.69                                     |
| 29                                         | West Bengal                                                                                                                            | 283.61                                     | 811.98                                     |
| 30                                         | Andaman &Nicobar Islands                                                                                                               | 14.61                                      | 1.53                                       |
| 31                                         | Chandigarh                                                                                                                             | 4.95                                       | 0.00                                       |
| 32                                         | Delhi                                                                                                                                  | 0.02                                       | 0.00                                       |
| 33                                         | Puducherry                                                                                                                             | 12.73                                      | 18.10                                      |
| 34                                         | Other projects under NH(O)*                                                                                                            | 713.42                                     | 443.44                                     |
| 35                                         | National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)- Cess*                                                                                     | 6,885.89                                   | 15,420.00                                  |
| 36                                         | NHAI- Toll*                                                                                                                            | 5,448.00                                   | 6,500.00                                   |
| 37                                         | NHAI- NH(O)*                                                                                                                           | 600.00                                     | 370.27                                     |
| 38                                         | National Highways &Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. (NHIDCL) under NH(O)*                                                   | 0.00                                       | 1.15                                       |
| 39                                         | Border Roads Organization (BRO) *                                                                                                      | 268.79                                     | 0.00                                       |
| 40                                         | Special Accelerated Road Development Programme for North-East Region (SARDP-NE) including Arunachal Package*                           | 2,843.33                                   | 4,803.07                                   |
| 41                                         | Special Programme for development of Roads In Left Wing Extremism affected Area (LWE) including Development of Vijayawada-Ranchi Road* | 1,164.59                                   | 996.11                                     |
| 42                                         | Externally Aided Projects - Head Quarters #                                                                                            | 239.93                                     | 9.25                                       |
|                                            | Sub Total                                                                                                                              | 24,402.27                                  | 40,461.99                                  |
| 43                                         | IEBR / Borrowings by NHAI                                                                                                              | 3,343.40                                   | 23,281.00                                  |
|                                            | Grand Total                                                                                                                            | 27,745.67                                  | 63,742.99                                  |
| *- State/UT wise allocations are not made. | *- State/UT wise allocations are not made.                                                                                             | *- State/UT wise allocations are not made. | *- State/UT wise allocations are not made. |