Lok Sabha Question No. 3877 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-08
Subject: Road Density
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: RABINDRA KUMAR JENA, (ADV.) JOICE GEORGE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3877

ANSWERED ON 8 TH  DECEMBER, 2016

## ROAD DENSITY

## 3877.   SHRI RABINDRA KUMAR JENA: ADV. JOICE GEORGE:

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

be pleased to state:

- (a) the current road density in the country, State-wise; and
- (b) whether the Government has any plans to increase the road density in the coming years to boost economic activities, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI MANSUKH L. MANDAVIYA)

(a) and (b) The  Ministry  is  primarily  responsible  for  development  and  maintenance  of National Highways (NHs). State/Union Territory (UT)-wise details of NH density in the country is annexed.

Declaration of State Roads as new NHs are done from time to time keeping in view the requirements of connectivity, inter-se priority and availability of funds.

About  47,890  km  length  of  State  Roads  have  been  approved  'In-Principle'  for  their declaration as new NHs subject to outcome of their Detailed Project Reports (DPRs). Initiatives have been taken for their DPR preparations.

The Ministry has taken up detailed review of NHs network with a view to develop the road connectivity to Border areas, development of Coastal roads including road connectivity for Non  Major  ports,  improvement  in  the  efficiency  of  National  Corridors,  development  of Economic  Corridors,  along  with  integration  with  Sagarmala,  construction  /  rehabilitation  / widening of major bridges and Railway Over Bridges (ROBs) / Railway Under Bridges (RUBs) on NHs, connectivity Improvement Program for Char-Dham (Kedarnath, Badrinath, Yamunothri &  Gangothri in Uttarakhand) etc., under proposed new programmes. However, these programmes are yet to be formally launched.

ANNEXURE ANNEXURE

REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  AND  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  3877  ANSWERED  ON  08.12.2016  ASKED  BY  SHRI RABINDRA KUMAR JENA AND ADV. JOICE GEORGE REGARDING ROAD DENSITY

## States/ UT-wise details of NH density in the country

| Sl. No.   | Name of State/U.T.   | Total NH length in km   |   Density of NH (in km/ 1000 sq. km) |   Density of NH (in km/ lakh population) |
|-----------|----------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh       | 5,961                   |                                 36   |                                     11.9 |
| 2.        | Arunachal Pradesh    | 2,513                   |                                 30   |                                    181.7 |
| 3.        | Assam                | 3,845                   |                                 49   |                                     12.3 |
| 4.        | Bihar                | 4,839                   |                                 51.4 |                                      4.7 |
| 5.        | Chandigarh           | 15                      |                                134   |                                      1.4 |
| 6.        | Chhattisgarh         | 3,168                   |                                 23.4 |                                     12.4 |
| 7.        | Delhi                | 80                      |                                 53.9 |                                      0.5 |
| 8.        | Goa                  | 262                     |                                 68.7 |                                     18   |
| 9.        | Gujarat              | 5,017                   |                                 25.6 |                                      8.3 |
| 10.       | Haryana              | 2,622                   |                                 59.3 |                                     10.3 |
| 11.       | Himachal Pradesh     | 2,641                   |                                 47.4 |                                     38.5 |
| 12.       | Jammu &Kashmir       | 2,601                   |                                 11.7 |                                     20.7 |
| 13.       | Jharkhand            | 2,654                   |                                 33.3 |                                      8.5 |
| 14.       | Karnataka            | 5,974                   |                                 31.1 |                                      9.8 |
| 15.       | Kerala               | 1,812                   |                                 46.6 |                                      5.4 |
| 16.       | Madhya Pradesh       | 7,563                   |                                 24.5 |                                     10.4 |
| 17.       | Maharashtra          | 7,471                   |                                 24.3 |                                      6.6 |
| 18.       | Manipur              | 1,746                   |                                 78.2 |                                     64.1 |
| 19.       | Meghalaya            | 1,204                   |                                 53.7 |                                     40.6 |
| 20.       | Mizoram              | 1,381                   |                                 65.5 |                                    126.6 |
| 21.       | Nagaland             | 1,173                   |                                 70.7 |                                     59.2 |
| 22.       | Odisha               | 4,838                   |                                 31.1 |                                     11.5 |
| 23.       | Puducherry           | 64                      |                                129.4 |                                      5.1 |
| 24.       | Punjab               | 2,769                   |                                 55   |                                     10   |
| 25.       | Rajasthan            | 7,906                   |                                 23.1 |                                     11.5 |
| 26.       | Sikkim               | 463                     |                                 65.2 |                                     76.2 |
| 27.       | Tamil Nadu           | 5,038                   |                                 38.7 |                                      7   |
| 28.       | Telangana            | 2,636                   |                                 23   |                                      7.5 |
| 29.       | Tripura              | 806                     |                                 76.9 |                                     22   |
| 30.       | Uttar Pradesh        | 8,497                   |                                 35.6 |                                      4.3 |
| 31.       | Uttarakhand          | 2,714                   |                                 48.6 |                                     26.8 |
| 32.       | West Bengal          | 2,956                   |                                 33.3 |                                      3.2 |
| 33.       | A &NIslands          | 331                     |                                 40.1 |                                     87   |
| 34.       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli  | 31                      |                                 63.7 |                                      9   |
| 35.       | Daman &Diu           | 22                      |                                196.4 |                                      9.1 |
|           | TOTAL                | 103,613                 |                                 31.5 |                                      8.6 |

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