Lok Sabha Question No. 2666 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-01
Subject: Upgradation of National Highways
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA, CHHEDI PASWAN, SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNPURIA, KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL, SAUGATA ROY, DODDAALAHALLI KEMPEGOWDA SURESH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2666

ANSWERED ON 1 ST  DECEMBER, 2016

## UPGRADATION OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

2666.   SHRI PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA:

SHRI CHHEDI PASWAN:

SHRI SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNAPURIA:

SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL:

PROF. SAUGATA ROY:

SHRI D.K. SURESH:

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

be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  contemplating  upgradation  or  four  laning  of  all  the  National Highways (NHs) in the country, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the number and names of the State Highways and NHs which have been upgraded to four lane or six lane each year during the last three years and the amount of money sanctioned for those and released, NH/State-wise;
- (c) the details of State/National Highways pending for upgradation alongwith the time by which they are likely to be completed and the reasons for the delay in upgradation;
- (d) the names of the agencies to whom the said work has been assigned;
- (e) the State-wise requirement of land for extension of NHs, State-wise;
- (f) whether proposals have been received from different State Governments for upgradation of State to NHs during the above period; and
- (g) if so, the details thereof, State-wise and follow-up action taken thereon?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

- (a) to (d) The  Ministry  is  primarily  responsible  for  development  and  maintenance  of National Highways (NHs). Concerned State Governments are responsible for development and maintenance of State Roads including State Highways (SHs).

The Ministry  has  taken  up  various  phases  of  National  Highways  Development  Project (NHDP). Phases  I,  II  and  III  of  NHDP  are  primarily  concerned  with  four  laning  of  National Highways (NHs). Further, selected NH stretches have been taken up for 4-laning under NHDP Phase-IV. The Ministry has taken up NHDP-Phase V for six laning of about 6,500 km length of NHs. The present status of progress under these programmes are as follows:-

| NHDP Phase   | Total Length (km)   | Length Completed (km)   |   Length under Implementation (km) |   Length to be awarded (km) | Tentative revised target date of completion   |
|--------------|---------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| I            | 7,522               | 7,521                   |                                  1 |                           0 | ----                                          |
| II           | 6,647               | 5,991                   |                                408 |                         248 | December, 2020                                |

| III   | 12,172   | 7,144 #   | 3,213   | 1,815   | December, 2020   |
|-------|----------|-----------|---------|---------|------------------|
| IV*   | 7,408    | 1,271     | 4,750   | 1387    | March, 2021      |
| V     | 6,500    | 2,483     | 974     | 3,043   | March, 2021      |
| Total | 40,249   | 24,410    | 9,346   | 6,493   |                  |

*- Length selected for upgradation to 4-lane NH standard

#- includes about 870 km of 2-lane NH length

4-laning of about 580 km length of NHs are included under Special Accelerated Road Development Programme for the North East Region (SARDP-NE) including Arunachal Pradesh Package of Roads. Projects in about 444 km length have commenced for 4-laning under these programmes; out of this projects in about 77 km length have been completed. Revised target for completion of Phase-A of SARDP-NE and Arunachal Package is March, 2021.

The  State  /  Union  Territory  (UT)-wise  and  lane-wise  distribution  of  NH  length  is  at Annexure-I.

The  projects  under  NHDP  have  been  assigned  primarily  to  the  National  Highways Authority  of  India  (NHAI).  Further,  concerned  State  Governments  also  have  been  assigned specific projects under NHDP Phases -III and IV.  Projects under SARDP-NE and Arunachal Pradesh  Package  have  been  assigned  to  NHAI,  concerned  State  Governments,  Border  Roads Organization  (BRO)  and  National  Highways  and  Infrastructure  Development  Corporation Limited (NHIDCL); besides, the Ministry has taken up implementation of some projects directly under Arunachal Pradesh package.

Keeping in view the requirements to enhance Road Safety, reduce congestions, improve road connectivity / conditions, the Ministry has taken decision to augment the NHs Network of existing  1,03,613  km.    About  47,890  km  length  of  State  Roads  have  been  approved  'InPrinciple' for their declaration as new NHs subject to outcome of their Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) and initiatives have been taken for their DPR preparations.  Further, the Ministry  has reduced  threshold  traffic  for  4-laning  of  NHs  from  15,000;  11,000;  and  8,000  Passenger  Car Units (PCUs)  per day to 10,000; 8,500 and 6,000 PCUs/day  for Plain, Rolling, and Mountainous/Steep Terrains respectively.   Decisions have been taken to entrust 4-laning of all such NHs to the NHAI for their implementation through additional market borrowings, etc., in a phased manner by leveraging limited available budgetary allocation.  About 5,575 km length of NHs have been identified accordingly for their upgradations to 4 / 6 lane standards by NHAI and process have been initiated for their DPR preparations.

Allocations  of  funds  for  development  of  NHs  are  not  made  project-wise.  The  State/ UTs/Agency-wise details of allocation of funds and expenditure/ release made for development of NHs/roads under various schemes during last three years are at Annexure-II.

(e) to (g) The Ministry keeps on receiving proposals for declaration of various State roads from various States/UTs as NHs. The Ministry considers declaration of 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/UT-wise details of State roads declared as new NHs during last three years and current year is at Annexure-III.

ANNEXURE REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2666  ANSWERED  ON  01.12.2016  ASKED  BY  SHRI PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA AND OTHERS REGARDING UPGRADATION OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

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

| Sl. No.   | State/ UT               | Single Lane/ Intermediate Lane   | 2-Lane   | 4 Lane and Above   |
|-----------|-------------------------|----------------------------------|----------|--------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh          | 1,014                            | 2,651    | 1,800              |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh       | 1,931                            | 563      | 19                 |
| 3         | Assam                   | 997                              | 2,231    | 616                |
| 4         | Bihar                   | 835                              | 3,215    | 789                |
| 5         | Chandigarh              | 0                                | 0        | 15                 |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh            | 449                              | 2,358    | 361                |
| 7         | Delhi                   | 0                                | 0        | 80                 |
| 8         | Goa                     | 51                               | 174      | 37                 |
| 9         | Gujarat                 | 466                              | 2,162    | 2,390              |
| 10        | Haryana                 | 123                              | 1,543    | 956                |
| 11        | Himachal Pradesh        | 1,158                            | 1,462    | 22                 |
| 12        | Jammu &Kashmir          | 1,067                            | 1,360    | 174                |
| 13        | Jharkhand               | 322                              | 2,041    | 290                |
| 14        | Karnataka               | 855                              | 3,835    | 1,812              |
| 15        | Kerala                  | 428                              | 1,290    | 94                 |
| 16        | Madhya Pradesh          | 2,952                            | 3,362    | 1,259              |
| 17        | Maharashtra             | 806                              | 3,300    | 3,365              |
| 18        | Manipur                 | 290                              | 1,424    | 31                 |
| 19        | Meghalaya               | 696                              | 452      | 57                 |
| 20        | Mizoram                 | 1,359                            | 22       | 0                  |
| 21        | Nagaland                | 1,081                            | 92       | 0                  |
| 22        | Odisha                  | 167                              | 3,862    | 808                |
| 23        | Puducherry              | 0                                | 40       | 25                 |
| 24        | Punjab                  | 382                              | 1,473    | 914                |
| 25        | Rajasthan               | 301                              | 4,920    | 2,685              |
| 26        | Sikkim                  | 213                              | 250      | 0                  |
| 27        | Tamil Nadu              | 65                               | 2,853    | 2,087              |
| 28        | Telangana               | 166                              | 1,551    | 919                |
| 29        | Tripura                 | 682                              | 124      | 0                  |
| 30        | Uttar Pradesh           | 695                              | 5,364    | 2,428              |
| 31        | Uttarakhand             | 1,973                            | 684      | 57                 |
| 32        | West Bengal             | 491                              | 1,431    | 1,034              |
| 33        | Andaman &Nicobar Island | 319                              | 11       | 1                  |
| 34        | Dadra Nagar Haveli      | 31                               | 0        | 0                  |
| 35        | Daman &Diu              | 22                               | 0        | 0                  |
|           | Total                   | 22,388                           | 56,098   | 25,127             |

ANNEXURE REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2666  ANSWERED  ON  01.12.2016  ASKED  BY  SHRI PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA AND OTHERS REGARDING UPGRADATION OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

The State/ UT/ Agency-wise details of allocation and expenditure of funds for development of NHs/roads under various schemes during last three years

| Sl. No.                                                | States/ UTs/ Schemes/ Agency                                                                                                          | For Development of NHs (Amount in Rs. crore)   | For Development of NHs (Amount in Rs. crore)   | For Development of NHs (Amount in Rs. crore)   | For Development of NHs (Amount in Rs. crore)   | For Development of NHs (Amount in Rs. crore)   | For Development of NHs (Amount in Rs. crore)   |
|--------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                | States/ UTs/ Schemes/ Agency                                                                                                          | 2013-14                                        | 2013-14                                        | 2014-15                                        | 2014-15                                        | 2015-16                                        | 2015-16                                        |
| Sl. No.                                                | States/ UTs/ Schemes/ Agency                                                                                                          | Alloc.                                         | Expd.                                          | Alloc.                                         | Expd.                                          | Alloc.                                         | Expd.                                          |
| 1.                                                     | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                        | 188.04                                         | 187.62                                         | 221.45                                         | 221.45                                         | 1,039.42                                       | 1,000.43                                       |
| 2.                                                     | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                     | 1.09                                           | 1.09                                           | 0.50                                           | 0.50                                           | 2.40                                           | 1.83                                           |
| 3.                                                     | Assam                                                                                                                                 | 205.10                                         | 199.41                                         | 141.76                                         | 141.76                                         | 78.79                                          | 78.09                                          |
| 4.                                                     | Bihar                                                                                                                                 | 304.57                                         | 271.33                                         | 276.65                                         | 276.65                                         | 706.92                                         | 707.86                                         |
| 5.                                                     | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                          | 43.35                                          | 25.29                                          | 71.25                                          | 71.25                                          | 359.94                                         | 339.80                                         |
| 6.                                                     | Goa                                                                                                                                   | 20.66                                          | 20.66                                          | 17.72                                          | 17.72                                          | 120.00                                         | 119.98                                         |
| 7.                                                     | Gujarat                                                                                                                               | 146.54                                         | 140.91                                         | 206.96                                         | 206.96                                         | 228.60                                         | 225.77                                         |
| 8.                                                     | Haryana                                                                                                                               | 53.51                                          | 53.51                                          | 60.48                                          | 60.48                                          | 90.00                                          | 89.85                                          |
| 9.                                                     | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                      | 100.44                                         | 99.74                                          | 134.57                                         | 134.57                                         | 140.00                                         | 139.96                                         |
| 10.                                                    | Jammu &Kashmir                                                                                                                        | 0.00                                           | 0.00                                           | 0.00                                           | 0.00                                           | 25.00                                          | 22.86                                          |
| 11.                                                    | Jharkhand                                                                                                                             | 70.32                                          | 70.32                                          | 63.83                                          | 63.83                                          | 35.00                                          | 38.08                                          |
| 12.                                                    | Karnataka                                                                                                                             | 165.85                                         | 164.55                                         | 269.72                                         | 269.72                                         | 633.43                                         | 639.55                                         |
| 13.                                                    | Kerala                                                                                                                                | 272.73                                         | 258.84                                         | 67.18                                          | 67.18                                          | 132.24                                         | 137.65                                         |
| 14.                                                    | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                        | 155.01                                         | 150.67                                         | 239.23                                         | 239.23                                         | 937.76                                         | 928.29                                         |
| 15.                                                    | Maharashtra                                                                                                                           | 177.23                                         | 177.01                                         | 190.04                                         | 190.04                                         | 431.20                                         | 423.28                                         |
| 16.                                                    | Manipur                                                                                                                               | 54.72                                          | 54.39                                          | 32.60                                          | 32.60                                          | 40.00                                          | 40.00                                          |
| 17.                                                    | Meghalaya                                                                                                                             | 35.70                                          | 33.61                                          | 43.30                                          | 43.30                                          | 15.00                                          | 15.00                                          |
| 18.                                                    | Mizoram                                                                                                                               | 22.11                                          | 20.57                                          | 39.53                                          | 39.53                                          | 35.00                                          | 28.50                                          |
| 19.                                                    | Nagaland                                                                                                                              | 44.65                                          | 44.65                                          | 46.20                                          | 46.20                                          | 50.00                                          | 46.27                                          |
| 26.                                                    | Tripura                                                                                                                               | 0.00                                           | 0.00                                           | 0.00                                           | 0.00                                           | 5.00                                           | 0.00                                           |
| 27.                                                    | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                         | 284.14                                         | 284.14                                         | 493.81                                         | 493.81                                         | 1,530.34                                       | 1,527.74                                       |
| 28.                                                    | Uttarakhand                                                                                                                           | 87.84                                          | 85.90                                          | 169.51                                         | 169.51                                         | 245.92                                         | 245.69                                         |
| 29.                                                    | West Bengal                                                                                                                           | 134.10                                         | 134.10                                         | 283.61                                         | 283.61                                         | 808.95                                         | 811.98                                         |
| 30.                                                    | Andaman &Nicobar Islands                                                                                                              | 0.00                                           | 0.00                                           | 14.61                                          | 14.61                                          | 2.00                                           | 1.53                                           |
| 31.                                                    | Chandigarh                                                                                                                            | 0.00                                           | 0.00                                           | 4.95                                           | 4.95                                           | 1.00                                           | 0.00                                           |
| 32.                                                    | Delhi                                                                                                                                 | 0.00                                           | 0.00                                           | 0.02                                           | 0.02                                           | 1.00                                           | 0.00                                           |
| 33.                                                    | Puducherry                                                                                                                            | 0.00                                           | 0.00                                           | 12.73                                          | 12.73                                          | 20.00                                          | 18.10                                          |
| 34.                                                    | Other projects under NH(O)*                                                                                                           | 341.42                                         | 341.30                                         | 758.05                                         | 713.42                                         | 512.15                                         | 444.59                                         |
| 35.                                                    | NHAI- Cess*                                                                                                                           | 6,857.45                                       | 6,857.45                                       | 6,885.89                                       | 6,885.89                                       | 15,420.00                                      | 15,420.00                                      |
| 36.                                                    | NHAI- Toll                                                                                                                            | 4,770.00                                       | 4,770.00                                       | 5,448.00                                       | 5,448.00                                       | 6,500.00                                       | 6,500.00                                       |
| 37.                                                    | NHAI- NH(O)                                                                                                                           | 944.84                                         | 944.82                                         | 600.00                                         | 600.00                                         | 370.27                                         | 370.27                                         |
| 38.                                                    | BRO *                                                                                                                                 | 434.00                                         | 414.25                                         | 292.00                                         | 268.79                                         | 0.00                                           | 0.00                                           |
| 39.                                                    | SARDP-NE including Arunachal Package*                                                                                                 | 2,994.00                                       | 3,009.27                                       | 3,000.00                                       | 2,843.33                                       | 4,900.00                                       | 4,803.07                                       |
| 40.                                                    | Special Programme for development of Roads In Left Wing Extremism affected Area (LWE) including Development of Vijayawada-Ranchi Road | 1,035.00                                       | 1,021.02                                       | 1,174.00                                       | 1,164.59                                       | 1,121.00                                       | 996.11                                         |
| 41.                                                    | Externally Aided Projects - Head Quarters#                                                                                            | 42.50                                          | 0.00                                           | 276.00                                         | 239.93                                         | 22.00                                          | 9.25                                           |
|                                                        | Sub- Total                                                                                                                            | 20,765.05                                      | 20,605.47                                      | 24,672.26                                      | 24,402.27                                      | 40,852.00                                      | 40,461.99                                      |
| 42.                                                    | IEBR / Borrowings by NHAI                                                                                                             | 8,000.00                                       | 7,942.13                                       | 7,611.11                                       | 3,343.40 27,745.67                             | 42,694.50 83,546.50                            | 23,281.00                                      |
| Grand Total *- State/UT wise allocations are not made. | Grand Total *- State/UT wise allocations are not made.                                                                                | 28,765.05 28,547.60 32,283.37 63,742.99        | 28,765.05 28,547.60 32,283.37 63,742.99        | 28,765.05 28,547.60 32,283.37 63,742.99        | 28,765.05 28,547.60 32,283.37 63,742.99        | 28,765.05 28,547.60 32,283.37 63,742.99        | 28,765.05 28,547.60 32,283.37 63,742.99        |

ANNEXURE REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (e)  TO  (g)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2666  ANSWERED  ON  01.12.2016  ASKED  BY  SHRI PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA AND OTHERS REGARDING UPGRADATION OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

The State/UT-wise details of new NHs declared in the country during the last three years and the current year:-

(Length in km)

| Sl. No.   | State/UT            | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   |
|-----------|---------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh      | 289       | 80        | 676       | --        |
| 2.        | Arunachal Pradesh   | --        | 733       | --        | --        |
| 3.        | Assam               | 605       | 76        | 9         | 24        |
| 4.        | Bihar               | 299       | 152       | 160       | --        |
| 5.        | Chhattisgarh        | 742       | --        | --        | 90        |
| 6.        | Gujarat             | 115       | 978       | --        | 46        |
| 7.        | Haryana             | 417       | 185       | 395       | --        |
| 8.        | Himachal Pradesh    | 690       | 70        | 176       | --        |
| 9.        | Jammu &Kashmir      | 624       | 274       | 8         | --        |
| 10.       | Jharkhand           | 594       | 11        | --        | --        |
| 11.       | Karnataka           | 1,535     | 138       | 70        | --        |
| 12.       | Kerala              | 243       | --        | --        | --        |
| 13.       | Madhya Pradesh      | --        | --        | 9         | 2,369     |
| 14.       | Maharashtra         | 740       | 734       | 387       | 36        |
| 15.       | Manipur             | 135       | 257       | --        | --        |
| 16.       | Mizoram             | 195       | 245       | --        | --        |
| 17.       | Nagaland            | 247       | 194       | --        | 22.7      |
| 18.       | Orissa              | 134       | --        | 193       | --        |
| 19.       | Punjab              | 142       | 233       | 530       | --        |
| 20.       | Rajasthan           | 466       | 80        | 20        | --        |
| 21.       | Sikkim              | --        | 170       | 154       | --        |
| 22.       | Tamil Nadu          | 32        | --        | --        | --        |
| 23.       | Tripura             | 109       | --        | 228       | 1.2       |
| 24.       | Telangana           | --        | --        | 119       | --        |
| 25.       | Uttarakhand         | 240       | 432       | --        | --        |
| 26.       | Uttar Pradesh       | 168       | 620       | --        | 14        |
| 27.       | West Bengal         | 227       | --        | 46        | --        |
| 28.       | Dadar &Nagar Haveli | 31        | --        | --        | --        |
| 29.       | Daman &Diu          | 22        | --        | --        | --        |
|           | Total               | 9,041     | 5,662     | 3,180     | 2,602.9   |

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