Lok Sabha Question No. 2264 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-08
Subject: Construction of Ring Road
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: BHAVANA GAWALI (PATIL), ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2264

ANSWERED ON 08 TH  MARCH, 2018

## CONSTRUCTION OF RING ROAD

## 2264. SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI PATIL: SHRI ARVIND SAWANT:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has formulated any scheme for construction of ring roads in important states of the country;
- (b) if so, the names of States included under the said scheme along with the location identified in this regard;
- (c) the total cost likely to be incurred towards construction of these ring roads;
- (d) whether the Government has prepared any Detailed Project Report for this purpose; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI MANSUKH L. MANDAVIYA)

(a) to (c): Yes Madam. The Cabinet has accorded approval to the investment proposal for the programme Bharatmala Pariyojana (BMP) Phase I on 24.10.2017 for development / upgradation of 34,800 km of National Highways (NHs) with an outlay of Rs 5,35,000 crore. There are six components under this approved  programme  apart  from  balance  works  under  the  ongoing  National Highways Development Project (NHDP).  Details are as follows:

| iii.   | National Corridors Efficiency Improvement   | 5,000 km   |
|--------|---------------------------------------------|------------|
| iv.    | Border and International Connectivity Roads | 2,000 km   |
| v.     | Coastal and Port Connectivity Roads         | 2,000 km   |
| vi.    | Expressways                                 | 800 km     |
|        | Total:                                      | 24,800 km  |
|        | Balance works under NHDP                    | 10,000 km  |
|        | Total for Phase I                           | 34,800 km  |

The  above  is  to  be  implemented  over  a  period  of  five  years  i.e.  2017-18  to

2021-22. Under  the  component  'National  Corridors  Efficiency  Improvement'  of  BMP Phase I, decongestion of identified National Corridors shall be taken up through suitable interventions like lane expansion, development of ring-roads, bypasses and elevated corridors. 5,000 kms of such projects shall be taken up under this component of BMP Phase I with an outlay of Rs 100,000 crore. This shall ease traffic  flow  in  major  cities  and  strategically  important  cities  in  the  country. The list of ring roads proposed are in Annexure . (d) & (e) National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has already awarded the work of Detailed Project Report (DPR) preparation for ring roads at Bangalore,

Madurai, Sagar and Bhubaneswar.

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO   IN REPLY OF PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2264 ANSWERED ON 08.03.2018 ASKED BY SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI PATIL AND SHRI ARVIND SAWANT REGARDING 'CONSTRUCTION OF RING ROAD'

## List of cities for Ring Roads under Bharatmala Pariyojana

|   Sr. No. | Corridor      |
|-----------|---------------|
|         1 | Pune          |
|         2 | Bangalore     |
|         3 | Sambalpur     |
|         4 | Madurai       |
|         5 | Indore        |
|         6 | Dhule         |
|         7 | Raipur        |
|         8 | Shivpuri      |
|         9 | Delhi         |
|        10 | Bhubaneshwar  |
|        11 | Gurugram      |
|        12 | Surat         |
|        13 | Patna         |
|        14 | Lucknow       |
|        15 | Varanasi      |
|        16 | Vijayawada    |
|        17 | Chitradurga   |
|        18 | Amravati (AP) |
|        19 | Sagar         |
|        20 | Solapur       |
|        21 | Jaipur        |
|        22 | Belgaum       |
|        23 | Nagpur        |
|        24 | Agra          |
|        25 | Kota          |
|        26 | Dhanbad       |
|        27 | Udaipur       |
|        28 | Ranchi        |