Lok Sabha Question No. 2679 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-02
Subject: Proposal to Connect Remote and Undeveloped Areas
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: NARANBHAI KACHHADIA, CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI, RAMDAS CHANDRABHANJI TADAS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2679

ANSWARED ON 2 ND  AUGUST, 2018

## PROPOSAL TO CONNECT REMOTE AND UNDEVELOPED AREAS

2679.   SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA: SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI: SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS:

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

be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Ministry  has  any  proposal  to  connect  remote  &  undeveloped  areas  by National/State Highways to ensure speedy growth of the sector;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) whether there is any such proposal for undeveloped areas in the periphery of Rajasthan and Maharashtra State?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI MANSUKH L. MANDAVIYA)

(a) to (c) The Ministry is primarily responsible for development and maintenance of National Highways (NHs).

The Ministry considers declaration of some State roads as new NHs from time to time  depending  upon  requirement  of  connectivity,  inter-se-priority  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 1,29,709 km since then. Apart from this, the Ministry has approved 'InPrinciple' about 51,940 km length of State roads as new NHs subject to outcome of their Detailed Project Reports (DPRs).

The  Government  has  identified  115  numbers  of  aspirational  districts  and  taken initiatives  for  finalisation  of  Action  Plan  for  development  of  facilities/  infrastructure related with Health and Nutrition, Education, Basic Infrastructure, Agriculture and Water Resources, Financial Inclusion and Skill Development, etc.

Accordingly, the Ministry has prepared Action Plan to provide NH/  road connectivity to all the 115 identified aspirational districts by 2021-22, involving total road length of about 15,451 km costing about Rs.1,11,712 crore. Out of this, so far about 4,350 km length of roads have been developed.

(d) The development and maintenance of NHs is a continuous process. The works on NHs,  including  those  in  the  remote  and  undeveloped  areas,  are,  accordingly,  taken  up depending upon inter-se priority,  traffic  density  and  availability  of  funds.  The  details  of such projects taken up in the States of Rajasthan and Maharashtra, are annexed .

ANNEXURE REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2679 ANSWERED ON 02.08.2018 ASKED BY SHRI NARANBHAI  KACHHADIYA,  SHRI  CHANDRA  PRAKASH  JOSHI  AND  SHRI RAMDAS  C.  TADAS  REGARDING  PROPOSAL  TO  CONNECT  REMOTE  AND UNDEVELOPED AREAS

The details of projects taken up in the States of Rajasthan and Maharashtra for providing NH/ Road connectivity for identified Aspirational Districts.

| Sr. No.                                  | State                                    | District                                 | Length (km)                              |
|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| Works taken-up upto 2013-14              | Works taken-up upto 2013-14              | Works taken-up upto 2013-14              | Works taken-up upto 2013-14              |
| 1.                                       | Maharashtra                              | Gadchiroli                               | 49.51                                    |
| 2.                                       | Maharashtra                              | Osmanabad                                | 190.20                                   |
|                                          | Sub-total                                |                                          | 239.71                                   |
| 3.                                       | Rajasthan                                | Jaiselmer                                | 131.41                                   |
| 4.                                       | Rajasthan                                | Karauli                                  | 100.90                                   |
| 5.                                       | Rajasthan                                | Sirohi                                   | 244.12                                   |
|                                          | Sub-total                                |                                          | 476.43                                   |
| Works taken-up during 2014-15 to 2017-18 | Works taken-up during 2014-15 to 2017-18 | Works taken-up during 2014-15 to 2017-18 | Works taken-up during 2014-15 to 2017-18 |
| 6.                                       | Maharashtra                              | Gadchiroli                               | 429.34                                   |
| 7.                                       | Maharashtra                              | Nandurbar                                | 88.35                                    |
| 8.                                       | Maharashtra                              | Osmanabad                                | 107.25                                   |
| 9.                                       | Maharashtra                              | Washim                                   | 231.95                                   |
|                                          | Sub-total                                |                                          | 856.89                                   |
| 10.                                      | Rajasthan                                | Baran                                    | 21.70                                    |
| 11.                                      | Rajasthan                                | Dholpur                                  | 75.01                                    |
| 12.                                      | Rajasthan                                | Jaiselmer                                | 238.05                                   |
|                                          | Sub-total                                |                                          | 334.76                                   |
|                                          | Total                                    |                                          | 1,907.79                                 |

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