Lok Sabha Question No. 334 (STARRED), answered on 2019-01-03
Subject: NHAI Proposal for Roads in Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: BHARAT SINGH, AJAY (TENI) MISRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 334

ANSWERED ON 3 RD  JANUARY, 2019

## NHAI PROPOSAL FOR ROADS IN UTTAR PRADESH

## *334.  SHRI BHARAT SINGH: SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सडक़ परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  National  Highways  Authority  of  India  (NHAI)  Standing  Committee  on Finance has formulated any proposal to improve the condition of roads in Uttar Pradesh and if so, the details thereof, district-wise;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  identified  the  national  highways  in  Uttar  Pradesh  where movement of trucks often leads to heavy traffic jam and if so, the details thereof, districtwise;
- (c) the number of highways selected for conversion of two lane roads into four lane to provide relief to the people from traffic jams during the last four years till date;
- (d) the number of national highways widened in the country especially in Uttar Pradesh during the last three years; and
- (e) whether the Government proposes to include the small highways in the national highway network, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) to (e)  A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  334  ON  3 RD JANUARY,  2019  ASKED  BY  SHRI  BHARAT SINGH,  SHRI  AJAY  MISRA  TENI  REGARDING  ' NHAI  PROPOSAL FOR ROADS IN UTTAR PRADESH '

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(a) to (e) Development  /  upgradation  of  National  Highways  passing  through  various districts  is  a  continuous  process  and  projects  for  the  same  are  taken  up  from  time  to  time depending upon their inter-se priority and availability of funds. Under the Bharatmala Pariyojana programme,  various  measures  to  remove  heavy  traffic  jam  /  congestion  have  been  envisaged such as ring roads, bypasses, grade separator structures etc. at 219 locations in the country which include cities in Uttar Pradesh.

In  the  last  four  years,  various  projects  for  development  /  upgradation  of  National Highways from single / intermediate / 2-lanes up to 4-lane configuration were taken up. The total length  of  such  projects  constructed  till  November,  2018  is  approximately  680  kms.  Further, during the past three years, development / upgradation of National Highways for an aggregate length of about 23,820 kms has been completed in the country till November, 2018 out of which approximately 1930 kms length was completed in the State of Uttar Pradesh. Inclusion of any road or highway in the National Highway network is done on the basis of fulfilment of criteria including inter-alia, traffic density, connectivity to towns having requisite population, proximity to  existing  NH  network  etc.  To  achieve  the  objective  of  corridor-based  development,  various routes / corridors have been envisaged for development as inter-corridors, feeder routes, border roads,  economic  corridors,  national  corridors  etc.  under  Bharatmala  Pariyojana  programme, through a combination of brown field projects i.e. expansion of existing roads and green field projects i.e. new alignments.

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