Lok Sabha Question No. 6282 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-05
Subject: New NHs
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: R. PARTHIPAN, ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT, B.V. NAYAK, (ADV.) JOICE GEORGE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6282

ANSWERED ON 05 TH  APRIL, 2018

## NEW NHS

6282.  SHRI R. PARTHIPAN: SHRI ARVIND SAWANT: SHRI B.V. NAIK: ADV. JOICE GEORGE:

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

be pleased to state:

- (a) the norms laid down and the procedure followed to declare any road as National Highway (NH) along with the number of roads declared / identified as NHs during the last three years, State-wise, including Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu;
- (b) whether the Government has received proposals from State Governments for declaration of State roads as new NHs;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the financial outlay for each road made during the last three years along with the progress made therein?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI MANSUKH L.MANDAVIYA)

(a) to (c) The criteria for declaration of State roads as new National Highways (NHs) include roads  running  through  length  /  breadth  of  the  country,  connecting  adjacent  countries,  National Capitals  with  State  Capitals  /  mutually  the  State  Capitals,  major  ports,  non-major  ports,  large industrial centers or tourist centers, roads meeting very important strategic requirement in hilly and isolated  area,  arterial  roads  which  enable  sizeable  reduction  in  travel  distance  and  achieve substantial economic growth thereby, roads which help opening up large tracts of backward area and hilly regions (other than strategically important ones), achieving a National Highways grid of 100 km, etc. The demands from States / public representatives, are, also duly considered.

The Ministry keeps on receiving proposals for declaration of State roads as new NHs from various  State  Governments/Union  Territories  (UTs).  The  Ministry  considers  declaration  of  some State roads as new NHs from time to time depending upon requirement of connectivity, inter-sepriority and availability of funds.

The total length of NHs as on 31.03.2014 was about 91,287 km; this has been enhanced to about  1,22,432  km  as  on  February,  2018.  Further,  the  Ministry  has  approved  In-Principle declaration  of  about  55,  233  km  length  of  State  roads  as  new  NHs  subject  to  outcome  of  the Detailed Project Reports (DPRs).

The State/UT-wise details of State roads notified as NHs during 2014-15 to 2017-18 (upto Feb, 2018) and State roads approved In-Principle for declaration as new NHs, including those for the States of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, is at Annexure-I .

(d) The funds for development of NHs are not allocated project-wise or NH length-wise. The State/UT-wise details of allocation of funds and expenditure for development of NHs during 201415 to 2017-18 (upto Feb, 2018) are at Annexure-II . The development and maintenance of NHs is a continuous process. Works on NHs are, accordingly, taken up to keep the NHs in traffic worthy conditions depending upon inter-se priority, traffic density and availability of funds.

## ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  6282  ANSWERED  ON  05.04.2018  ASKED  BY  SHRI  R. PARTHIPAN AND OTHERS REGARDING NEW NHS

The details of State roads notified as NHs during 2014-15 to 2017-18 (upto February, 2018) and State roads approved In-Principle for declaration as new NHs

(Length in km)

| Sr. No.   |                     | Total NH length as on   | Length of State roads notified as NHs during   | Length of State roads notified as NHs during   | Length of State roads notified as NHs during   | Length of State roads notified as NHs during   | Total NH length as   | Length of State roads approved   |
|-----------|---------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|----------------------|----------------------------------|
|           | Name of State/UT    | 31.03.2014              | 2014-15                                        | 2015-16                                        | 2016-17                                        | 2017-18 (upto Feb, 2018)                       | on Feb, 2018         | In-Principle as new NHs          |
| (1)       | (2)                 | (3)                     | (4)                                            | (5)                                            | (6)                                            | (7)                                            | (8)                  | (9)                              |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh      | 6,590                   | 80                                             | 676                                            | 1,003                                          | 397                                            | 6,383                | 804                              |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh   | 2,027                   | 733                                            | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 2,537                | 513                              |
| 3         | Assam               | 3,634                   | 76                                             | 9                                              | 24                                             | 0                                              | 3,845                | 1,836                            |
| 4         | Bihar               | 4,467                   | 152                                            | 160                                            | 0                                              | 0                                              | 4,839                | 4,033                            |
| 5         | Chandigarh          | 24                      | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 15                   | 0                                |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh        | 3,031                   | 0                                              | 0                                              | 154                                            | 291                                            | 3,523                | 2,403                            |
| 7         | Delhi               | 80                      | 0                                              | 0                                              | -11                                            | 10                                             | 79                   | 0                                |
| 8         | Goa                 | 269                     | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 31                                             | 293                  | 406                              |
| 9         | Gujarat             | 4,694                   | 978                                            | 0                                              | 46                                             | 439                                            | 5,456                | 2,140                            |
| 10        | Haryana             | 2,050                   | 185                                            | 395                                            | 0                                              | 118                                            | 2,741                | 1,017                            |
| 11        | Himachal Pradesh    | 2,196                   | 70                                             | 176                                            | 0                                              | 0                                              | 2,642                | 4,549                            |
| 12        | Jammu &Kashmir      | 2,319                   | 274                                            | 8                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 2,601                | 507                              |
| 13        | Jharkhand           | 2,968                   | 11                                             | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 2,661                | 2,686                            |
| 14        | Karnataka           | 6,177                   | 138                                            | 70                                             | 259                                            | 434                                            | 7,195                | 6,116                            |
| 15        | Kerala              | 1,700                   | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 21                                             | 1,782                | 514                              |
| 16        | Madhya Pradesh      | 5,116                   | 0                                              | 9                                              | 2,660                                          | 199                                            | 8,053                | 5,374                            |
| 17        | Maharashtra         | 6,249                   | 734                                            | 387                                            | 8,002                                          | 2,322                                          | 17,759               | 4,611                            |
| 18        | Manipur             | 1,452                   | 257                                            | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 1,746                | 90                               |
| 19        | Meghalaya           | 1,171                   | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 1,204                | 325                              |
| 20        | Mizoram             | 1,222                   | 245                                            | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 1,423                | 0                                |
| 21        | Nagaland            | 741                     | 194                                            | 0                                              | 23                                             | 0                                              | 1,547                | 806                              |
| 22        | Odisha              | 4,550                   | 0                                              | 193                                            | 0                                              | 576                                            | 5,413                | 1,817                            |
| 23        | Puducherry          | 53                      | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 64                   | 0                                |
| 24        | Punjab              | 1,699                   | 233                                            | 530                                            | 0                                              | 540                                            | 3,309                | 1,087                            |
| 25        | Rajasthan           | 7,646                   | 80                                             | 20                                             | 0                                              | 1,065                                          | 8,972                | 5,241                            |
| 26        | Sikkim              | 149                     | 170                                            | 154                                            | 0                                              | 0                                              | 463                  | 534                              |
| 27        | Tamil Nadu          | 4,975                   | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 1,034                                          | 6,001                | 822                              |
| 28        | Telangana           | 0                       | 0                                              | 119                                            | 760                                            | 488                                            | 3,786                | 1,821                            |
| 29        | Tripura             | 509                     | 0                                              | 228                                            | 1                                              | 0                                              | 854                  | 212                              |
| 30        | Uttar Pradesh       | 7,986                   | 620                                            | 0                                              | 228                                            | 306                                            | 9,017                | 3,542                            |
| 31        | Uttarakhand         | 2,282                   | 432                                            | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 2,842                | 728                              |
| 32        | West Bengal         | 2,908                   | 0                                              | 46                                             | 0                                              | 7                                              | 3,004                | 608                              |
| 33        | A&NIslands          | 300                     | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 331                  | 91                               |
| 34        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 31                      | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              |                                                | 31                   | 0                                |
| 35        | Daman &Diu          | 22                      | 0                                              | 0 $                                            |                                                | 0                                              |                      | 0                                |
|           | TOTAL               | 91,287                  | 5,662 $                                        | 3,180                                          | 0 13,148 $                                     | 0 8,278 $                                      | 22 1,22,432          | 55,233                           |

$- including adjustments on account of realignment, construction of bypasses, length de-notified, etc.

## ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6282 ANSWERED ON 05.04.2018 ASKED BY SHRI R. PARTHIPAN AND OTHERS REGARDING NEW NHS

The State/Union Territory (UT)-wise details of allocation of funds and expenditure for development of NHs during the last three years

(Amount in Rs. Crore)

| Sr.   | States / UTs / Agency                                             | 2014-15   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2016-17   | 2017-18 @   | 2017-18 @   |
|-------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------|-------------|
| No.   |                                                                   | Alloc.    | Expd.     | Alloc.    | Expd.     | Alloc.    | Expd.     | Alloc.      | Expd.       |
| (1)   | (2)                                                               | (3)       | (4)       | (5)       | (6)       | (7)       | (8)       | (9)         | (10)        |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh                                                    | 221.45    | 221.45    | 1,039.42  | 1,000.43  | 2,010.31  | 2,014.50  | 1,753.48    | 1,665.77    |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh                                                 | 0.50      | 0.50      | 2.40      | 1.83      | 100.00    | 90.66     | 26.00       | 37.66       |
| 3     | Assam                                                             | 141.76    | 141.76    | 78.79     | 78.09     | 177.44    | 137.80    | 163.31      | 273.67      |
| 4     | Bihar                                                             | 276.65    | 276.65    | 706.92    | 707.86    | 1,362.64  | 1,331.61  | 1,654.10    | 1,211.48    |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh                                                      | 71.25     | 71.25     | 359.94    | 339.80    | 1,553.30  | 1,495.68  | 1,109.35    | 1,059.33    |
| 6     | Goa                                                               | 17.72     | 17.72     | 120.00    | 119.98    | 400.00    | 434.51    | 430.00      | 452.50      |
| 7     | Gujarat                                                           | 206.96    | 206.96    | 228.60    | 225.77    | 251.87    | 213.41    | 252.79      | 159.29      |
| 8     | Haryana                                                           | 60.48     | 60.48     | 90.00     | 89.85     | 150.00    | 161.27    | 102.00      | 85.16       |
| 9     | Himachal Pradesh                                                  | 134.57    | 134.57    | 140.00    | 139.96    | 210.95    | 182.14    | 254.45      | 288.43      |
| 10    | Jammu &Kashmir                                                    | 0.00      | 0.00      | 25.00     | 22.86     | 40.06     | 23.16     | 31.56       | 31.73       |
| 11    | Jharkhand                                                         | 63.83     | 63.83     | 35.00     | 38.08     | 200.00    | 212.50    | 215.00      | 253.87      |
| 12    | Karnataka                                                         | 269.72    | 269.72    | 633.43    | 639.55    | 783.52    | 871.96    | 1,118.16    | 1,053.88    |
| 13    | Kerala                                                            | 67.18     | 67.18     | 132.24    | 137.65    | 259.89    | 237.80    | 168.77      | 117.58      |
| 14    | Madhya Pradesh                                                    | 239.23    | 239.23    | 937.76    | 928.29    | 1,760.00  | 1,558.90  | 869.00      | 828.64      |
| 15    | Maharashtra                                                       | 190.04    | 190.04    | 431.20    | 423.28    | 1,371.92  | 1,154.00  | 3,226.88    | 2,578.79    |
| 16    | Manipur                                                           | 32.60     | 32.60     | 40.00     | 40.00     | 25.25     | 18.65     | 60.38       | 65.31       |
| 17    | Meghalaya                                                         | 43.30     | 43.30     | 15.00     | 15.00     | 41.27     | 28.44     | 27.94       | 28.28       |
| 18    | Mizoram                                                           | 39.53     | 39.53     | 35.00     | 28.50     | 40.00     | 46.13     | 30.00       | 23.76       |
| 19    | Nagaland                                                          | 46.20     | 46.20     | 50.00     | 46.27     | 50.00     | 38.84     | 92.00       | 38.26       |
| 20    | Odisha                                                            | 322.99    | 322.99    | 591.44    | 592.24    | 925.55    | 951.35    | 687.84      | 640.52      |
| 21    | Punjab                                                            | 2,328.04  | 2,328.04  | 1,852.26  | 1,855.24  | 2,740.50  | 2,702.48  | 790.61      | 718.06      |
| 22    | Rajasthan                                                         | 107.16    | 107.16    | 849.95    | 849.56    | 964.83    | 1,012.99  | 997.57      | 835.75      |
| 23    | Sikkim                                                            | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 5.75        | 5.09        |
| 24    | Tamil Nadu                                                        | 167.13    | 167.13    | 337.02    | 336.47    | 575.00    | 640.11    | 707.00      | 603.25      |
| 25    | Telangana                                                         | 210.79    | 210.79    | 661.00    | 657.10    | 380.00    | 358.43    | 405.00      | 347.19      |
| 26    | Tripura                                                           | 0.00      | 0.00      | 5.00      | 0.00      | 5.00      | 2.38      | 37.00       | 53.56       |
| 27    | Uttar Pradesh                                                     | 493.81    | 493.81    | 1,530.34  | 1,527.74  | 1,849.02  | 1,820.85  | 1,076.94    | 1,001.79    |
| 28    | Uttarakhand                                                       | 169.51    | 169.51    | 245.92    | 245.69    | 332.62    | 314.48    | 790.37      | 747.92      |
| 29    | West Bengal                                                       | 283.61    | 283.61    | 808.95    | 811.98    | 1,333.62  | 1,223.19  | 1,195.00    | 966.91      |
| 30    | Andaman & Nicobar Islands                                         | 14.61     | 14.61     | 2.00      | 1.53      | 0.13      | 0.13      | 0.00        | 0.00        |
| 31    | Chandigarh                                                        | 4.95      | 4.95      | 1.00      | 0.00      | 2.00      | 0.69      | 6.00        | 5.30        |
| 32    | Delhi                                                             | 0.02      | 0.02      | 1.00      | 0.00      | 1.00      | 0.62      | 2.00        | 0.00        |
| 33    | Puducherry                                                        | 12.73     | 12.73     | 20.00     | 18.10     | 20.00     | 14.28     | 16.00       | 10.24       |
| 34    | Other projects under NH(O)*                                       | 758.05    | 713.42    | 511.00    | 443.44    | 791.38    | 787.79    | 185.00      | 185.00      |
| 35    | National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)- Cess*                | 6,885.89  | 6,885.89  | 15,420.00 | 15,420.00 | 2,326.50  | 2,326.50  | 12,429.45   | 12,429.45   |
| 36    | NHAI- Toll *                                                      | 5,448.00  | 5,448.00  | 6,500.00  | 6,500.00  | 7,500.00  | 7,500.00  | 8,462.14    | 8,462.14    |
| 37    | NHAI- NH(O) *                                                     | 600.00    | 600.00    | 370.27    | 370.27    | 5,389.02  | 5,389.02  | 3,000.00    | 3,000.00    |
| 38    | Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. (NHIDCL) under NH(O)* | -         | -         | 1.15      | 1.15      | 72.20     | 72.20     | 100.00      | 100.00      |

| Sr. No.   | States / UTs / Agency                                                                                                                 | 2014-15   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2016-17   | 2017-18 @   | 2017-18 @   |
|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------|-------------|
| Sr. No.   | States / UTs / Agency                                                                                                                 | Alloc.    | Expd.     | Alloc.    | Expd.     | Alloc.    | Expd.     | Alloc.      | Expd.       |
| (1)       | (2)                                                                                                                                   | (3)       | (4)       | (5)       | (6)       | (7)       | (8)       | (9)         | (10)        |
| 39        | Border Roads Organization (BRO) *                                                                                                     | 292.00    | 268.79    | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00        | 0.00        |
| 40        | Special Accelerated Road Development Programme for North- East Region (SARDP- NE) including Arunachal Package*                        | 3,000.00  | 2,843.33  | 4,900.00  | 4,803.07  | 4,520.00  | 4,464.71  | 5,265.00    | 4,263.43    |
| 41        | Special Programme for development of Roads In Left Wing Extremism affected Area (LWE) including Development of Vijayawada-Ranchi Road | 1,174.00  | 1,164.59  | 1,121.00  | 996.11    | 760.00    | 739.27    | 900.00      | 693.17      |
| 42        | Externally Aided Projects - Head Quarters #                                                                                           | 276.00    | 239.93    | 22.00     | 9.25      | 59.38     | 56.72     | 202.00      | 124.59      |
| 43        | IEBR / Borrowings by NHAI                                                                                                             | 7,611.11  | 3,343.40  | 42,694.50 | 23,281.00 | 59,279.00 | 33,118.00 | 59,279.00   | 38,893.00   |

*- State/UT wise allocations are not made. @-upto February 2018 #-figures for 2014-15 Include total allocation for NH works also

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