Lok Sabha Question No. 2749 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-01
Subject: Non-Metallic National Highways
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: MEKAPATI RAJAMOHAN REDDY, JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA, KAMAL NATH, K. GOPAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2749 ANSWERED ON  1 ST  DECEMBER, 2016

## NON-METALLIC NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

2749.  SHRI M. RAJA MOHAN REDDY:

SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA:

SHRI KAMAL NATH:

DR. K. GOPAL:

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

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the latest official statistics reveal that around 78 percent of National Highways across the country have either one or two lane, if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (b) whether  the  Union  Government  has  proposed/fixed  target  for  four  laning  of  entire stretches of National Highways if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether it is a fact that a large percentage of National Highways are still non-metallic, if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the time by which all the stretches of non-metallic National Highways are likely to be surfaced with metallic one?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

(a) to (b) Around 75% of  National Highways in the country are single, intermediate and two laned which are being developed and maintained to keep the NHs in traffic worthy condition depending upon the availability of funds and inter se priority. Details are at Annexure-I. Ministry has  planned  to  construct  around  2700  km  four  lane  and  500  km  six  &  above  lane  during  the current financial year 2016-17.

(c) No Madam.

(d) Question does not arise.

ANNEXURE REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2749  ANSWERED  ON  1.12.2016  ASKED  BY  SHRI  M. RAJA MOHAN REDDY, SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA, SHRI KAMAL NATH AND DR. K. GOPAL REGARDING NON-METALLIC NATIONAL HIGHWAYS.

The State / Union Territory-wise and lane-wise distribution of NH length in km (Provisional) (Single lane/2-lane)

| Sl. No.   | State/ UT               | Single Lane/ Intermediate Lane   | 2-Lane   |
|-----------|-------------------------|----------------------------------|----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh          | 1,014                            | 2,651    |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh       | 1,931                            | 563      |
| 3         | Assam                   | 997                              | 2,231    |
| 4         | Bihar                   | 835                              | 3,215    |
| 5         | Chandigarh              | 0                                | 0        |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh            | 449                              | 2,358    |
| 7         | Delhi                   | 0                                | 0        |
| 8         | Goa                     | 51                               | 174      |
| 9         | Gujarat                 | 466                              | 2,162    |
| 10        | Haryana                 | 123                              | 1,543    |
| 11        | Himachal Pradesh        | 1,158                            | 1,462    |
| 12        | Jammu &Kashmir          | 1,067                            | 1,360    |
| 13        | Jharkhand               | 322                              | 2,041    |
| 14        | Karnataka               | 855                              | 3,835    |
| 15        | Kerala                  | 428                              | 1,290    |
| 16        | Madhya Pradesh          | 2,952                            | 3,362    |
| 17        | Maharashtra             | 806                              | 3,300    |
| 18        | Manipur                 | 290                              | 1,424    |
| 19        | Meghalaya               | 696                              | 452      |
| 20        | Mizoram                 | 1,359                            | 22       |
| 21        | Nagaland                | 1,081                            | 92       |
| 22        | Odisha                  | 167                              | 3,862    |
| 23        | Puducherry              | 0                                | 40       |
| 24        | Punjab                  | 382                              | 1,473    |
| 25        | Rajasthan               | 301                              | 4,920    |
| 26        | Sikkim                  | 213                              | 250      |
| 27        | Tamil Nadu              | 65                               | 2,853    |
| 28        | Telangana               | 166                              | 1,551    |
| 29        | Tripura                 | 682                              | 124      |
| 30        | Uttar Pradesh           | 695                              | 5,364    |
| 31        | Uttarakhand             | 1,973                            | 684      |
| 32        | West Bengal             | 491                              | 1,431    |
| 33        | Andaman &Nicobar Island | 319                              | 11       |
| 34        | Dadra Nagar Haveli      | 31                               | 0        |
| 35        | Daman &Diu              | 22                               | 0        |
|           | Total                   | 22,388                           | 56,098   |