Lok Sabha Question No. 1046 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-08
Subject: Security Audit of the Old Bridges
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: MANSHANKAR NINAMA, SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE, RAM CHARITRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1046 ANSWERED ON 8 th   FEBUARY, 2018

## SECURITY AUDIT OF THE OLD BRIDGES

## 1046. SHRI MANSHANKAR NINAMA: SHRI SADASHIV LOKHANDE: SHRI RAM CHARITRA NISHAD :

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has conducted any security audit of the old bridges in the country, if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has prepared a priority list of bridges to be reconstructed, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Central  Government  has  provided  financial  assistance  to  State Governments for construction of economically important inter-State bridges and roads  during  the  last  three  years,  if  so,  the  details  thereof,  State-wise  and  yearwise; and
- (d) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  have  a  central  data  on  the  safety  related issues and allied matters of the Bridges in the country, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI MANSUKH L. MANDAVIYA)

- (a) & (b) Ministry has conducted condition survey on various Bridges/ Structures on National Highways in the country. The State-wise details are at Annex-I. As per the  condition  survey  conducted,  147  bridges  require  immediate  repair  for  which concerned executive agencies have been instructed to undertake necessary remedial measures.
- (c) The  State-wise  details  of  road  and  bridge  works  sanctioned  under  Economic Importance and Inter State Connectivity scheme during the last three years are at Annex-II.
- (d) Ministry has developed Indian Bridge Management System (IBMS) for inventory and condition of Bridges/ Structures on National Highways.

ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A & B) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  1046  FOR  ANSWER  ON  08.02.2018  ASKED  BY SHRI  MANSHANKAR  NINAMA,  SHRI  SADASHIV  LOKHANDE  AND  SHRI RAM  CHARITRA  NISHAD  REGARDING  SECURITY  AUDIT  OF  THE  OLD BRIDGES.

| State/Union Territory    |   Total no. of structures |
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
| Jammu &Kashmir           |                      4698 |
| Himachal Pradesh         |                      7673 |
| Haryana                  |                      3558 |
| Punjab                   |                      3733 |
| Chandigarh               |                         3 |
| Uttarakhand              |                      7082 |
| Uttar Pradesh            |                      8514 |
| Delhi                    |                        40 |
| Rajasthan                |                      4962 |
| Bihar                    |                      4939 |
| West Bengal              |                      4028 |
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands |                      1165 |
| Odisha                   |                      9260 |
| Jharkhand                |                      3818 |
| Andhra Pradesh           |                      9001 |
| Telangana                |                      4634 |
| Gujarat                  |                     10899 |
| Madhya Pradesh           |                      8601 |
| Chattisgarh              |                      3774 |
| Tamil Nadu               |                      8784 |
| Puducherry               |                        75 |
| Karnataka                |                     10977 |
| Maharashtra              |                     15727 |
| Goa                      |                       321 |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |                        44 |
| Kerala                   |                      2717 |
| Assam                    |                      5422 |
| Sikkim                   |                       697 |
| Meghalaya                |                      2860 |
| Manipur                  |                      3513 |
| Mizoram                  |                      3600 |
| Nagaland                 |                      3711 |
| Tripura                  |                      1188 |
| Arunachal Pradesh        |                      6218 |
| Total                    |                    166236 |

ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (C)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  1046  FOR  ANSWER  ON  08.02.2018  ASKED  BY SHRI  MANSHANKAR  NINAMA,  SHRI  SADASHIV  LOKHANDE  AND  SHRI RAM  CHARITRA  NISHAD  REGARDING  SECURITY  AUDIT  OF  THE  OLD BRIDGES.

(Amount in Rs. Crore)

| State/Union Territory   | Financial year   | Financial year   | Financial year   |
|-------------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| State/Union Territory   | 2014-15          | 2015-16          | 2016-17          |
| Andhra Pradesh          | -                | 20.2             | 8.00             |
| Arunachal Pradesh       | -                | 9.86             | 71.47            |
| Assam                   | 60.47            | -                | -                |
| Bihar                   | 23.96            | -                | -                |
| Chandigarh              | -                | -                | -                |
| Chhattisgarh            | -                | -                | -                |
| Goa                     | -                | -                | 86.01            |
| Gujarat                 | 19.24            | -                | -                |
| Haryana                 | -                | -                | -                |
| Himachal Pradesh        | 37.43            | 25.38            | -                |
| Jammu &Kashmir          | -                | 1.59             | -                |
| Jharkhand               | 24.23            | 20.85            | -                |
| Karnataka               | -                | -                | -                |
| Kerala                  | -                | -                | -                |
| Madhya Pradesh          | -                | -                | -                |
| Maharashtra             | -                | -                | -                |
| Manipur                 | 37.29            |                  | 57.10            |
| Meghalaya               | -                | 56.68            | 67.68            |
| Mizoram                 | 23.97            | -                | -                |
| Nagaland                | 56.97            | 40               | 415.26           |
| Odisha                  | -                | 52.51            | -                |
| Puducherry              | -                | -                | -                |
| Punjab                  | 12.97            | -                | 21.93            |
| Rajasthan               | 19.54            | 37.85            | -                |
| Sikkim                  | -                | -                | 1.00             |
| Tamil Nadu              | -                | 90.91            | 90.99            |
| Telangana               | -                | 36.46            | -                |
| Tripura                 | -                | -                | -                |
| Uttar Pradesh           | 85.12            | 254.46           | -                |
| Uttarakhand             | -                | -                | -                |
| West Bengal             | -                | -                | -                |
| A &NIsland              | -                | -                | -                |

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