Lok Sabha Question No. 3644 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-08
Subject: Road Connectivity in NER
Ministry: DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION
Asked by: JITENDRA CHAUDHURY

Government of India

Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region

## LOK SABHA

Unstarred Question No. 3644

To be answered on

Wednesday, August 8, 2018/Shravana 17, 1940(Saka)

## Question

## Road Connectivity in NER

3644.  SHRI JITENDRA CHAUDHURY:

Will  the  Minister  of  DEVELOPMENT  OF  NORTH  EASTERN  REGION  be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of national highways under construction in the north east Tripura;
- (b) whether  the  road  connectivity  in  the  North  Eastern  Region  (NER)  is  not adequate and if so, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the national highways are not fully maintained in the north east and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the  action  taken  by  the  government  to  improve  the  road  connectivity  and maintenance of the roads in the NER?

## ANSWER

## The Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region [Dr. Jitendra Singh]

- (a) As per information available, the details of National Highways under construction in the north east Tripura are given in the Annexure .

(b) to (d) Development and Maintenance of National Highways (NHs) is a continuous process  and the highways  are kept in  traffic-worthy  condition  depending  upon  the availability  of  funds  and  inter  se  priority.  Under  the Special  Accelerated  Road Development Programme  for North-East (SARDP-NE) including Arunachal Package of Roads and Highways, 6418 km of road stretches of National Highways and  State  Roads  have  been  taken  up  to  improve  the  connectivity  in  the  North Eastern  Region  (NER).  In  order  to  expedite  road  construction,  Ministry  of  Road Transport & Highways has set up a company named as 'National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited' (NHIDCL) for construction/upgradation/widening of National Highways in the region. Under Bharatmala Pariyojana (BMP), road stretches aggregating to about 5301 km in NER have been approved for improvement. Out of this, 3246 km road length has been approved for development of Economic Corridor in North East.

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Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question No. 3644 for answer on 08.08.2018

## Details of ongoing works on National Highways (NHs) in Tripura

|   S. No. | Name of Project                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |   Length (in km) |
|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|
|        1 | Strengthening including construction of paved shoulder from Km 284.00 to Km 308.00 of NH-8 (old NH-44) Agartala-Churaibari Section in Tripura                                                                                                        |            24    |
|        2 | Construction of RCC bridge of 30 mm span over Sanicherra at Km 291.00 on Churaibari-Agartala section of NH-44 in Tripura.                                                                                                                            |             0.03 |
|        3 | Construction of 1.50 m wide paved shoulder on either side of 10 Km stretch from Km 308.00 to Km 318.00 along with widening of intermediate lane to 2-lane from Km 313.00 to Km 318.00 on Churaibari-Agartala section of NH-08 (Old NH-44) in Tripura |            10    |
|        4 | Widening to 2-lane with paved shoulder in/c. Geometric improvement from Km 318.00 to Km 339.94 on Churaibari-Agartala section of NH-44 under EPC mode.                                                                                               |            21.94 |
|        5 | Improvement / widening to 2-lane with paved shoulders of Agartala-Udaipur section from Km 6.8 to Km 55.00 of NH- 44 in the State of Tripura under SARDP-NE Phase 'A'                                                                                 |            48.36 |
|        6 | Construction of cable stayed RCC bridge including viaduct and approaches over river Feni at Sabroom on Indo-Bangladesh border on NH-44 in the State of Tripura on EPC mode                                                                           |             1.89 |