Lok Sabha Question No. 2130 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-08
Subject: Widening of Roads
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: ASHWINI KUMAR, SUNIL KUMAR SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2130

ANSWERED ON 8 TH  MARCH, 2018

## WIDENING OF ROADS

## 2130.   SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR: SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH:

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

be pleased to state:

(a)  the  details  of  schemes  of  the  Government  for  the  improvement  and  expansion  of  road networks in States at present including Haryana;

(b) the funds allocated, released and spent on the above schemes, State-wise;

(c) the details of work started to improve the road network in Jharkhand and Haryana during the last three years; and

(d)  the  details  of  National  Highways  that  have  been  constructed  by  the  Government  in Jharkhand and Haryana during the last three years?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI MANSUKH L. MANDAVIYA)

(a) The  Ministry  is  primarily  responsible  for  development  and  maintenance  of  National Highways  (NHs).  The  development  and  maintenance  of  NHs  is  a  continuous  process.  The works on NHs, including those in the State of Haryana, are, accordingly, taken up depending upon inter-se priority, traffic density and availability of funds.

The  Ministry  considers  declaration  of  some  State  roads  as  new  National  Highways (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, including about 2,050 km in the State of Haryana; this has been enhanced to about 1,22,432 km since then, including about  2,741  km  in  the  State  of  Haryana  at  present.  Further,  the  Ministry  has  approved  'InPrinciple'  about  55,233  km  length  of  State  roads  (including  about  1,017  km  in  the  State  of Haryana) as new NHs subject to outcome of their Detailed Project Reports (DPRs).

The Ministry has taken up development of NHs/ roads under various phases of National Highways Development Project (NHDP), Special Accelerated Road Development Programme for  the  North  East  Region  (SARDP-NE)  including  Arunachal  Pradesh  Package  of  Roads,

Special Programme for Development of Roads in the Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected areas, Externally Aided Projects (EAP), National Highways (Original ) [NH(O)] scheme, etc.

The Ministry had taken up detailed review of NHs network with a view to develop the road connectivity to Border areas, development of Coastal roads including road connectivity for  Non-Major  ports,  improvement  in  the  efficiency  of  National  Corridors,  development  of Economic Corridors, Inter Corridors and Feeder Routes along with integration with Sagarmala, etc., under 'Bharatmala Pariyojana'. Under this proposal, the Ministry has identified stretches for  development  of  about  26,200  km  length  of  Economic  Corridors,  8,000  km  of  Inter Corridors, 7,500 km of Feeder Routes, 5,300 km Border and International connectivity roads, 4,100  km  Coastal  and  Port  connectivity  roads,  1,900  km  Expressways,  National  Corridor Efficiency improvement by development of ring roads around 28 cities, decongestion of about 125 choke points and 66 congestion points, development of 35 nos. of Multimodal Logistics Parks.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the proposal for investment  approval  for  Phase-I  of  'Bharatmala  Pariyojana'  during  its  meeting  held  on 24.10.2017.  'Bharatmala Pariyojana' Phase-I includes development of about 9,000 km length of Economic corridors, about 6,000 km length of Inter-corridor and feeder roads, about 5,000 km length of National Corridors Efficiency improvements, about 2,000 km length of Border and International connectivity roads, about 2,000 km length of Coastal and port connectivity roads, about 800 km length of Expressways and balance length of about 10,000 km of roads under NHDP.  The programme is targeted for completion in 2021-2022.

(b) State/  UT-wise  details  of  allocation  and  expenditure  for  development  of  NHs/  roads under various schemes during the current year is Annexed .

(c) and (d) The details of length of roads/ NHs, in which development works were awarded and  completion  of  construction  were  achieved  during  the  last  three  years  in  the  State  of Jharkhand and Haryana are as follows:-

(Length in km)

|           | 2014-15   | 2014-15      | 2015-16   | 2015-16      | 2016-17   | 2016-17      |
|-----------|-----------|--------------|-----------|--------------|-----------|--------------|
|           | Award     | Construction | Award     | Construction | Award     | Construction |
| Haryana   | 424       | 86           | 203       | 170          | 230       | 369          |
| Jharkhand | 78        | 126          | 189       | 118          | 299       | 211          |

## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2130 ANSWERED ON 08.03.2018 ASKED BY SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR AND SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH REGARDING WIDENING OF ROADS

State/  UT-wise  details  of  allocation  and  expenditure  for  development  of  NHs  during  the current year

(Amount in Rs. crore)

| Sr.   | State/                                                                                                                                | 2017-18 @   | 2017-18 @     |
|-------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|---------------|
| No.   | UT/ Agency/ Scheme                                                                                                                    | Allocation  | Expenditure # |
| 1.    | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                        | 1,645.48    | 1,498.79      |
| 2.    | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                     | 20.00       | 21.61         |
| 3.    | Assam                                                                                                                                 | 121.31      | 222.72        |
| 4.    | Bihar                                                                                                                                 | 1,848.10    | 1,020.44      |
| 5.    | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                          | 846.35      | 888.11        |
| 6.    | Goa                                                                                                                                   | 400.00      | 400.28        |
| 7.    | Gujarat                                                                                                                               | 252.79      | 128.60        |
| 8.    | Haryana                                                                                                                               | 100.00      | 77.34         |
| 9.    | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                      | 241.45      | 260.28        |
| 10.   | Jammu &Kashmir                                                                                                                        | 30.00       | 30.93         |
| 11.   | Jharkhand                                                                                                                             | 200.00      | 217.70        |
| 12.   | Karnataka                                                                                                                             | 996.16      | 925.16        |
| 13.   | Kerala                                                                                                                                | 162.77      | 116.99        |
| 14.   | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                        | 850.00      | 783.03        |
| 15.   | Maharashtra                                                                                                                           | 3,226.88    | 2,255.06      |
| 16.   | Manipur                                                                                                                               | 61.38       | 49.07         |
| 17.   | Meghalaya                                                                                                                             | 26.94       | 24.03         |
| 18.   | Mizoram                                                                                                                               | 30.00       | 21.87         |
| 19.   | Nagaland                                                                                                                              | 92.00       | 36.27         |
| 20.   | Odisha                                                                                                                                | 630.84      | 520.77        |
| 21.   | Punjab                                                                                                                                | 755.61      | 682.59        |
| 22.   | Rajasthan                                                                                                                             | 980.57      | 789.47        |
| 23.   | Sikkim                                                                                                                                | 5.75        | 4.69          |
| 24.   | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                            | 700.00      | 557.30        |
| 25.   | Telangana                                                                                                                             | 395.00      | 312.90        |
| 26.   | Tripura                                                                                                                               | 33.00       | 53.53         |
| 27.   | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                         | 924.94      | 871.48        |
| 28.   | Uttarakhand                                                                                                                           | 701.37      | 663.59        |
| 29.   | West Bengal                                                                                                                           | 1,063.00    | 710.19        |
| 30.   | Chandigarh                                                                                                                            | 6.00        | 5.30 0.00     |
| 31.   | Delhi                                                                                                                                 | 2.00        |               |
| 32.   | Puducherry                                                                                                                            | 15.00       | 6.88          |
| 33.   | Other projects under NH(O)*                                                                                                           | 210.00      | 210.00        |
| 34.   | National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)- Cess*                                                                                    | 11,429.45   | 11,429.45     |
| 35.   | NHAI- Toll                                                                                                                            | 8,462.14    | 8,462.14      |
| 36.   | NHAI- NH(O)                                                                                                                           | 1,500.00    | 1,500.00      |
| 37.   | National Highways &Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. (NHIDCL) under NH(O)*                                                  | 100.00      | 100.00        |
| 38.   | Special Accelerated Road Development Programme for North-East Region (SARDP-NE) including Arunachal Package*                          | 5,265.00    | 4,137.97      |
| 39.   | Special Programme for development of Roads In Left Wing Extremism affected Area (LWE) including Development of Vijayawada-Ranchi Road | 900.00      | 627.76        |
| 40.   | Externally Aided Projects - Head Quarters                                                                                             | 601.00      | 121.50        |
| 41.   | IEBR / Borrowings by NHAI*                                                                                                            | 59,279.00   | 37,791.00     |