Lok Sabha Question No. 727 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-20
Subject: NHs in the Country
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: VIRENDER KASHYAP

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 727

ANSWERED ON 20 TH  JULY 2017

## NHS IN THE COUNTRY

## 727. SHRI VIRENDER KASHYAP:

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

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has sanctioned National Highways (NHs) in the country,
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise, particularly in Himachal Pradesh (HP); and
- (c) whether  the  State  Governments  have  prepared  DPRs  for  these  roads,  if  so,  the  details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

(a)  to  (c)  The  State/UT-wise  details  of  National  Highways  (NHs)  in  the  country  including Himachal Pradesh is at Annexure-I.  About 20557 km of NHs are under DPR preparation as on 30 th June in 2017-18.

ANNEXURE REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  727  ANSWERED  ON  20.07.2017  ASKED  BY  SHRI VIRENDER KASHYAP REGARDING NHS IN THE COUNTRY.

State/ UT -wise details of NHs

| Sl. No.   | Name of State/ UT   | Total Length (in km)   |
|-----------|---------------------|------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh      | 6,286                  |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh   | 2,537                  |
| 3         | Assam               | 3,845                  |
| 4         | Bihar               | 4,839                  |
| 5         | Chandigarh          | 15                     |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh        | 3,232                  |
| 7         | Delhi               | 79                     |
| 8         | Goa                 | 262                    |
| 9         | Gujarat             | 5,017                  |
| 10        | Haryana             | 2,641                  |
| 11        | Himachal Pradesh    | 2,642                  |
| 12        | Jammu &Kashmir      | 2,601                  |
| 13        | Jharkhand           | 2,661                  |
| 14        | Karnataka           | 6,791                  |
| 15        | Kerala              | 1,782                  |
| 16        | Madhya Pradesh      | 7,854                  |
| 17        | Maharashtra         | 15,436                 |
| 18        | Manipur             | 1,746                  |
| 19        | Meghalaya           | 1,204                  |
| 20        | Mizoram             | 1,422                  |
| 21        | Nagaland            | 1,547                  |
| 22        | Odisha              | 4,838                  |
| 23        | Puducherry          | 64                     |
| 24        | Punjab              | 2,769                  |
| 25        | Rajasthan           | 7,906                  |
| 26        | Sikkim              | 463                    |
| 27        | Tamil Nadu          | 5,381                  |
| 28        | Telangana           | 3,786                  |
| 29        | Tripura             | 854                    |
| 31        | Uttar Pradesh       | 8,711                  |
| 30        | Uttarakhand         | 2,842                  |
| 32        | West Bengal         | 2,998                  |
| 33        | A &NIslands         | 331                    |
| 34        | Dadra &Nagar        | 31                     |
| 35        | Haveli Daman &Diu   | 22                     |
|           | Total               | 115,435                |