Lok Sabha Question No. 1669 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-28
Subject: Conversion of NHs
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: KANWAR SINGH TANWAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1669

ANSWERED ON 28 TH  DECEMBER, 2017

## CONVERSION OF NHS

## 1669.   SHRI KANWAR SINGH TANWAR:

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

be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of State Highways which have been converted into National Highways (NHs) in the country including Uttar Pradesh in last two years, State-wise; and

(b) the number of new State Highways proposed to be converted into NHs in Uttar Pradesh?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI MANSUKH L.MANDAVIYA)

(a) and (b) The  Ministry  keeps  on  receiving  proposals  from  various  State  Governments/Union Territories  (UTs)  for  declaration  of  State  roads  as  new  National  Highways  (NHs).  The  Ministry considers  declaration  of  some  State  Roads  as  new  NHs  from  time  to  time  keeping  in  view  the requirement of connectivity, inter-se priority and availability of funds.

The  State/  Union  Territory  (UT)-wise  details  of  State  roads  declared  as  new  NHs  in  the country during the last two years are annexed.

## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) AND (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  1669  ANSWERED  ON  28.12.2017  ASKED  BY  SHRI  KANWAR  SINGH TANWAR REGARDING CONVERSION OF NHS

The State/ UT-wise details of State roads declared as new NHs in the country during the last two years

(Length in km)

| Sl. No.                                | State / UT                             | 2015-16                                | 2016-17                                |
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| 1.                                     | Andhra Pradesh                         | 676                                    | 1,003                                  |
| 2.                                     | Arunachal Pradesh                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| 3.                                     | Assam                                  | 9                                      | 24                                     |
| 4.                                     | Bihar                                  | 160                                    | 0                                      |
| 5.                                     | Chhattisgarh                           | 0                                      | 154                                    |
| 6.                                     | Delhi                                  | 0                                      | -11 $                                  |
| 7.                                     | Gujarat                                | 0                                      | 46                                     |
| 8.                                     | Haryana                                | 395                                    | 0                                      |
| 9.                                     | Himachal Pradesh                       | 176                                    | 0                                      |
| 10.                                    | Jammu &Kashmir                         | 8                                      | 0                                      |
| 11.                                    | Jharkhand                              | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| 12.                                    | Karnataka                              | 70                                     | 259                                    |
| 13.                                    | Madhya Pradesh                         | 9                                      | 2,660                                  |
| 14.                                    | Maharashtra                            | 387                                    | 8,001.8                                |
| 15.                                    | Manipur                                | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| 16.                                    | Mizoram                                | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| 17.                                    | Nagaland                               | 0                                      | 22.7                                   |
| 18.                                    | Odisha                                 | 193                                    | 0                                      |
| 19.                                    | Punjab                                 | 530                                    | 0                                      |
| 20.                                    | Rajasthan                              | 20                                     | 0                                      |
| 21.                                    | Sikkim                                 | 154                                    | 0                                      |
| 22.                                    | Tripura                                | 228                                    | 1.2                                    |
| 23.                                    | Telangana                              | 119                                    | 759.6                                  |
| 24.                                    | Uttarakhand                            | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| 25.                                    | Uttar Pradesh                          | 0                                      | 228                                    |
| 26.                                    | West Bengal                            | 46                                     | 0                                      |
| Total 3,180 13,148.3 Denotified length | Total 3,180 13,148.3 Denotified length | Total 3,180 13,148.3 Denotified length | Total 3,180 13,148.3 Denotified length |

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