Lok Sabha Question No. 4580 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-22
Subject: Four and Six Lane NHs
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: SUSHMITA DEV, JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4580 ANSWERED ON 22 ND  MARCH, 2018

## FOUR AND SIX LANE NHS

## 4580.   KUMARI SUSHMITA DEV: SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA:

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

be pleased to state:

- (a) the  total  length  of  National  Highways  (NHs)  converted  into  four  lanes  and  six  lanes during the last three years across the country, State-wise;
- (b) the amount allocated by the Union Government for the conversion of National Highways into  four  lanes  or  six  lanes  during  the  last  three  years  and  the  amount  actually utilized/spent;
- (c) whether the targets set for conversion of NHs into four/six lanes have been achieved in the last three years; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI MANSUKH L. MANDAVIYA)

(a) to (d) The  State-wise  length  of  the  National  Highways  (NHs)  which  have  been converted into four lanes and six lanes during the last three years are given at Annexure-I. There is no separate target and funds allocation by the Union Government for the conversion of NHs into 4/6 lanes. However, the total allocation and expenditure occurred in overall development of NHs which also includes  conversion  of  NHs  into  4/6  lanes  during  the  last  three  years  are  as follows:

| S No   | Year    | Development* (Crore)   | Development* (Crore)   |
|--------|---------|------------------------|------------------------|
|        | Year    | Allocation             | Expenditure            |
| 1      | 2014-15 | 32,306.37              | 27,760.99              |
| 2      | 2015-16 | 83,547                 | 63,743                 |
| 3      | 2016-17 | 1,00,615               | 73,748                 |

*includes IEBR (Internal and Extra Budgetary Resources) /Borrowing by NHAI.

## Annexure-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4580 FOR ANSWER ON 22.03.2018 ASKED BY KUMARI SUSHMITA DEV AND SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA REGARDING FOUR AND SIX LANE NHS.

The State /UT-wise and lane wise details of length of road constructed during each of the last three years

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State / Union Territory   | Lanes (length in km)   | Lanes (length in km)   |
|-----------|---------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | Name of the State / Union Territory   | 4 lane                 | 6 lane                 |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh                        | 18.76                  | 59.78                  |
| 2         | Assam                                 | 79.1                   | 0                      |
| 3         | Bihar                                 | 16.3                   | 35.33                  |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh                          | 146.81                 | 0                      |
| 5         | Gujarat                               | 72.41                  | 88.17                  |
| 6         | Haryana                               | 397.37                 | 83.73                  |
| 7         | Himachal Pradesh                      | 17.2                   | 0                      |
| 8         | Jammu &Kashmir                        | 70.52                  | 0                      |
| 9         | Jharkhand                             | 55.26                  | 17.32                  |
| 10        | Karnataka                             | 288.31                 | 0.36                   |
| 11        | Kerala                                | 72.13                  | 0                      |
| 12        | Madhya Pradesh                        | 335.06                 | 5.56                   |
| 13        | Maharashtra                           | 359.54                 | 54.37                  |
| 14        | Manipur                               | 1.7                    | 0                      |
| 15        | Meghalaya                             | 16.56                  | 0                      |
| 16        | Odisha                                | 181.94                 | 15.38                  |
| 17        | Punjab                                | 454.74                 | 25.35                  |
| 18        | Rajasthan                             | 263.59                 | 40.38                  |
| 19        | Tamil Nadu                            | 128.72                 | 8.74                   |
| 20        | Telangana                             | 19.3                   | 0                      |
| 21        | Uttar Pradesh                         | 246.61                 | 195.32                 |
| 22        | Uttarakhand                           | 107.3                  | 0                      |
| 23        | West Bengal                           | 49.45                  | 94.42                  |
| Total     | Total                                 | 3398.68                | 724.21                 |

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