Lok Sabha Question No. 1676 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-28
Subject: Repair of Flood Affected Roads
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Abdul Majeed Ariff

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1676

ANSWERED ON 28 TH  NOVEMBER, 2019

## REPAIR OF FLOOD AFFECTED ROADS

1676.   ADV. A.M. ARIFF:

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

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  noticed  that  most  of  the  roads  in  southern  States including  Kerala  have  been  damaged  due  to  the  unprecedented  heavy  rains  and landslides recently and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has assessed the quantum of such damage and if so, the details and the outcome thereof;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to give any special package for the repair/construction  of  such  roads  in  the  flood  affected  areas  and  if  so,  the  details thereof; and
- (d) whether  work  on  any  new  National  Highway  has  been  started/is  likely  to  start  in Kerala and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) & (b) The aggregate length of National Highway stretches entrusted to State PWD which are reported as damaged in Southern States including Kerala is given below:

|   Sr. No. | State          |   Affected length of NH (in Km) |
|-----------|----------------|---------------------------------|
|         1 | Tamil Nadu     |                              68 |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh |                             569 |
|         3 | Kerala         |                             400 |
|         4 | Karnataka      |                             842 |
|         5 | Telangana      |                             243 |

The details of funds allocated for incurring expenditure on maintenance and repairs of National  Highways  entrusted  with  respective  State  PWDs  under  Flood  Damage

Repair  (FDR-  New)  and  Periodical  Renewal  (PR)  for  the  year  2019-20  are  given below:

|   Sl. No. | State          |   Allocation under FDR (Rs in Cr) |   Sanction ceiling under PR (Rs in Cr) |   Total (Rs in Cr) |
|-----------|----------------|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|--------------------|
|         1 | Tamil Nadu     |                               2   |                                   50   |               52   |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh |                               4.5 |                                   88.5 |               93   |
|         3 | Kerala         |                               5   |                                  178   |              183   |
|         4 | Karnataka      |                               5   |                                  175.5 |              180.5 |
|         5 | Telangana      |                               0   |                                   41   |               41   |

In  respect  of  National  Highways  entrusted  with  NHAI,  the  damaged  stretches  have been repaired/restored from the existing Contractors/Concessionaires.

- (c) This Ministry does not give any special package for repair/construction of roads in the flood affected areas.
- (d) Development  and  maintenance  of  National  Highways  is  a  continuous  process  and works on National Highways including new National Highways are taken up based on traffic, inter-se priority and availability of funds.

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