Lok Sabha Question No. 1885 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-22
Subject: Expansion of Road Network
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Mohammad Jawed, Bheemrao Baswanthrao Patil

be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  schemes  implemented  by  the  Government  for improvement and expansion of road network in the country during the last three years;
- (b) the funds allocated, released and spent under the said schemes, State-wise;
- (c  )  the  details  of  works  started  to  improve  the  road  network  in Bihar and Telangana during the said period; and
- (d)  the  details  of  National  Highways  (NHs)  constructed  by  the Government in Bihar and Telangana during the said period ?

## ANSWER

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

[GEN. (DR.) V. K. SINGH (RETD.)]

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

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1885 ANSWERED ON 22 ND  SEPTEMBER, 2020

## EXPANSION OF ROAD NETWORK

1885. DR. MOHAMMAD JAWED:

SHRI B.B.PATIL:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

affected areas, Externally Aided Projects (EAP), National Highways (Original) [NH (O)] scheme, etc. Various phases of NHDP envisaged development of NHs  to 4/6 lane and 2 lane NH  standards, development  of  expressways,  etc.  Development  of  most  of  the roads/  NHs  under  other  schemes  envisages  their  upgradation  to  2 lane NH standards.

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 NonMajor  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 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) 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 inter-alia entailing development of ring roads/ bypasses,  etc.,  for  decongestion  of  choke  points/  congestions points, 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 State/UT wise details of fund allocated for development of NHs and expenditure incurred during  last three years is placed at Annexure-I.

The Ministry also allocates fund for development and maintenance of State Roads under the Central Road & Infrastructure (CRIF) and Economic Importance & Interstate Connectivity (EI&ISC) Schemes as per the CRIF Act, 2000, amended by  the  Finance  Act,  2019.  The  Central  Government  has  allowed State Governments/  UTs  to  approve/  sanction the State road projects under CRIF and EI&ISC schemes.

The State/UT wise details of accrual/ allocation of funds and the  funds  released/  expenditure  incurred  under  CRIF  and  EI&ISC during  last  three  years  is  placed  at  Annexure-II  and  Annexure-III respectively.

## (c) The details  of  works  started  to  improve  the  road  network  in Bihar and Telangana during last three years is as under:

| Length in km, Amount in Rs. crore   | Length in km, Amount in Rs. crore   | Length in km, Amount in Rs. crore   | Length in km, Amount in Rs. crore   | Length in km, Amount in Rs. crore   |
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| State                               | No. of projects                     | Length                              | Total Project Cost                  | Expenditure incurred                |
| Bihar                               | 50                                  | 1,021.19                            | 8,403.73                            | 1,917.28                            |
| Telangana                           | 26                                  | 928.92                              | 12,496.32                           | 3,575.19                            |
| Total                               | 76                                  | 1,950.11                            | 20,900.05                           | 5,492.47                            |

## (d) The details  of  National  Highways  (NHs)  constructed  in  Bihar and Telangana during is as under:

| Year    |   Bihar |   Length in km Telangana |
|---------|---------|--------------------------|
| 2017-18 |     370 |                      161 |
| 2018-19 |     333 |                      370 |
| 2019-20 |     197 |                      340 |

## ANNEXURE - I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) AND (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 1885 FOR ANSWER  ON 22.09.2020 ASKED BY DR. MOHAMMAD JAWED AND SHRI B.B.PATIL REGARDING EXPANSION OF ROAD NETWORK

The State/UT wise details of fund allocated for development of NHs and expenditure incurred during last three years

| Sl.   |                                                      |          |          | Amount in Rs. crore   | Amount in Rs. crore   | Amount in Rs. crore   | Amount in Rs. crore   |
|-------|------------------------------------------------------|----------|----------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|       | States/UTs/Schemes/Agency                            | 2017-18* | 2017-18* | 2018-19*              | 2018-19*              | 2019-20*              | 2019-20*              |
| No.   |                                                      | Alloc.   | Expd.    | Alloc.                | Expd.                 | Alloc.                | Expd.                 |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh                                       | 1,781    | 1,781    | 2,260                 | 2,054                 | 1,809                 | 2,011                 |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh                                    | 62       | 62       | 90                    | 89                    | 81                    | 81                    |
| 3     | Assam                                                | 308      | 308      | 414                   | 421                   | 430                   | 428                   |
| 4     | Bihar                                                | 1,690    | 1,524    | 1,598                 | 1,554                 | 1,899                 | 1,553                 |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh                                         | 1,108    | 1,072    | 1,831                 | 1,342                 | 709                   | 697                   |
| 6     | Goa                                                  | 527      | 527      | 940                   | 973                   | 1,004                 | 976                   |
| 7     | Gujarat                                              | 166      | 163      | 392                   | 390                   | 545                   | 719                   |
| 8     | Haryana                                              | 105      | 105      | 330                   | 375                   | 105                   | 108                   |
| 9     | Himachal Pradesh                                     | 307      | 306      | 351                   | 328                   | 160                   | 99                    |
| 10    | Jammu & Kashmir                                      | 35       | 35       | 45                    | 44                    | 50                    | 26                    |
| 11    | Jharkhand                                            | 261      | 261      | 320                   | 320                   | 163                   | 182                   |
| 12    | Karnataka                                            | 1,241    | 1,203    | 1,630                 | 1,561                 | 1,361                 | 1,293                 |
| 13    | Kerala                                               | 172      | 172      | 280                   | 301                   | 294                   | 327                   |
| 14    | Madhya Pradesh                                       | 855      | 855      | 1,665                 | 1,887                 | 2,279                 | 2,535                 |
| 15    | Maharashtra                                          | 2,966    | 2,964    | 7,051                 | 7,445                 | 10,341                | 10,998                |
| 16    | Manipur                                              | 76       | 75       | 260                   | 260                   | 397                   | 392                   |
| 17    | Meghalaya                                            | 30       | 28       | 71                    | 58                    | 35                    | 20                    |
| 18    | Mizoram                                              | 41       | 41       | 80                    | 80                    | 85                    | 85                    |
| 19    | Nagaland                                             | 38       | 38       | 200                   | 200                   | 445                   | 414                   |
| 20    | Odisha                                               | 708      | 717      | 790                   | 774                   | 451                   | 462                   |
| 21    | Punjab                                               | 746      | 746      | 786                   | 808                   | 883                   | 1,020                 |
| 22    | Rajasthan                                            | 888      | 886      | 1,296                 | 1,290                 | 1,124                 | 1,062                 |
| 23    | Sikkim                                               | 5        | 5        | 1                     | 0                     | 0                     | 0                     |
| 24    | Tamil Nadu                                           | 664      | 664      | 870                   | 884                   | 530                   | 423                   |
| 25    | Telangana                                            | 410      | 410      | 1,220                 | 1,213                 | 1,515                 | 1,494                 |
| 26    | Tripura                                              | 61       | 61       | 50                    | 50                    | 65                    | 62                    |
| 27    | Uttar Pradesh                                        | 1,111    | 1,107    | 2,040                 | 1,996                 | 1,838                 | 1,765                 |
| 28    | Uttarakhand                                          | 981      | 980      | 1,000                 | 1,011                 | 964                   | 1,044                 |
| 29    | West Bengal                                          | 1,230    | 1,185    | 991                   | 980                   | 806                   | 792                   |
| 30    | Chandigarh                                           | 5        | 5        | 2                     | 1                     | 5                     | 0                     |
| 31    | Dadar & Nagar Haveli                                 |          |          | 2                     |                       | 12                    | 0                     |
| 32    | Daman & Diu                                          |          |          |                       |                       | 8                     | 0                     |
| 33    | Delhi                                                | 36       | 23       | 3                     | 0                     | 83                    | 62                    |
| 34    | Puducherry                                           | 14       | 14       | 30                    | 13                    | 2                     | 1                     |
| 35    | Other projects under NH(O) / First come first served | 214      | 212      | -                     | -                     | 1,513                 | #                     |

|   36 | National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)- Cess $                                                                                    | 12,429   | 12,429   | 11,569   | 11,569   | 11,091   | 11,091   |
|------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
|   37 | NHAI- Toll $                                                                                                                           | 8,462    | 8,462    | 9,570    | 9,570    | 10,600   | 10,600   |
|   38 | NHAI- NH(O) $                                                                                                                          | 3,900    | 3,900    | 0        | 0        | 1,000    | 1,000    |
|   39 | NHAI-TOT $                                                                                                                             | -        | -        | 9,682    | 9,682    | 10,000   | 5,000    |
|   40 | National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. (NHIDCL) under NH(O)$                                                  | 296      | 296      | 1,000    | 1,000    | 2,165    | 2,165    |
|   41 | Border Roads Organization (BRO) $                                                                                                      | 0        | 0        | 135      | 135      | 356      | 354      |
|   42 | Special Accelerated Road Development Programme for North-East Region (SARDP- NE) including Arunachal Package$                          | 4,865    | 4,838    | 5,610    | 5,345    | 3,680    | 3,592    |
|   43 | Special Programme for development of Roads In Left Wing Extremism affected Area (LWE) including Development of Vijayawada- Ranchi Road | 1,050    | 902      | 905      | 552      | 475      | 409      |
|   44 | Externally Aided Projects - Head Quarters, NHAI, NHIDCL $                                                                              | 316      | 283      | 222      | 219      | 1,242    | 1,242    |
|   45 | IEBR / Borrowings by NHAI                                                                                                              | 59,279   | 50,533   | 62,000   | 61,217   | 75,000   | 74,988   |

*-  Authorizations were  made to incur expenditure on purely 'First Come First Serve' basis subject to the condition that total overall expenditure  does  not  exceed  total  allocation  made  during  that Financial  Year  to  ensure  that  there  are  least  surrender  of  funds. Therefore,  expenditure  for  some  States  have  been  more  than  the allocation made during that Financial Year. #- Expenditure included in State/UT wise $- State/ UT wise allocation not made Alloc. -  Allocation Expd. -  Expenditure

ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) AND (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 1885 FOR ANSWER  ON 22.09.2020 ASKED BY DR. MOHAMMAD JAWED AND SHRI B.B.PATIL REGARDING EXPANSION OF ROAD NETWORK

The  State/UT  wise  details  of  accrual/  allocation  of  funds  and  the funds  released/  expenditure  incurred  under  CRIF  during  last  three years

| Sr. No.   | State/UT             | 2017-18   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2018-19   | Amount in Rs. crore 2019-20   | Amount in Rs. crore 2019-20   |
|-----------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| Sr. No.   | State/UT             | Accrual   | Release*  | Accrual   | Release*  | Accrual                       | Release*                      |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh       | 319.68    | 331.48    | 330.27    | 326.88    | 349.64                        | 350.08                        |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh    | 123.72    | 132.74    | 127.91    | 108.39    | 133.20                        | 126.61                        |
| 3         | Assam                | 136.14    | 48.80     | 140.97    | 255.92    | 149.03                        | 149.03                        |
| 4         | Bihar                | 192.05    | 25.20     | 197.71    | 101.49    | 210.35                        | 223.16                        |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh         | 233.52    | 212.28    | 243.02    | 214.02    | 254.60                        | 371.61                        |
| 6         | Goa                  | 15.50     | 16.49     | 15.40     | 17.47     | 15.67                         | 7.29                          |
| 7         | Gujarat              | 417.06    | 74.57     | 429.28    | 531.19    | 451.33                        | 718.87                        |
| 8         | Haryana              | 181.95    | 114.14    | 185.06    | 80.93     | 185.10                        | 200.77                        |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh     | 95.81     | 92.87     | 98.98     | 92.56     | 103.27                        | 87.12                         |
| 10        | Jharkhand            | 154.79    | 109.14    | 160.40    | 63.33     | 171.07                        | 137.67                        |
| 11        | Karnataka            | 432.05    | 430.00    | 450.54    | 508.39    | 476.84                        | 382.57                        |
| 12        | Kerala               | 133.81    | 132.69    | 136.74    | 122.85    | 140.54                        | 0.00                          |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh       | 531.20    | 744.97    | 551.98    | 625.70    | 579.67                        | 693.25                        |
| 14        | Maharashtra          | 666.90    | 795.28    | 688.47    | 780.42    | 728.84                        | 629.83                        |
| 15        | Manipur              | 34.53     | 6.82      | 36.14     | 12.95     | 38.00                         | 12.64                         |
| 16        | Meghalaya            | 39.44     | 13.72     | 41.04     | 28.53     | 43.34                         | 29.10                         |
| 17        | Mizoram              | 32.02     | 29.89     | 33.06     | 23.40     | 34.55                         | 34.55                         |
| 18        | Nagaland             | 25.85     | 29.17     | 26.70     | 54.70     | 27.87                         | 9.29                          |
| 19        | Odisha               | 282.79    | 230.54    | 293.08    | 111.93    | 308.94                        | 286.96                        |
| 20        | Punjab               | 158.23    | 162.68    | 158.35    | 170.11    | 159.60                        | 259.37                        |
| 21        | Rajasthan            | 624.24    | 589.58    | 644.38    | 591.86    | 669.01                        | 415.17                        |
| 22        | Sikkim               | 11.75     | 8.04      | 12.21     | 16.76     | 12.89                         | 4.29                          |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu           | 364.88    | 303.59    | 367.76    | 416.88    | 379.65                        | 262.37                        |
| 24        | Telangana            | 251.67    | 249.13    | 263.99    | 279.08    | 276.37                        | 234.06                        |
| 25        | Tripura              | 17.71     | 3.89      | 18.44     | 3.44      | 19.13                         | 22.03                         |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh        | 552.01    | 890.24    | 578.63    | 655.91    | 624.31                        | 541.09                        |
| 27        | Uttarakhand          | 97.14     | 86.20     | 99.05     | 85.80     | 103.98                        | 42.58                         |
| 28        | West Bengal          | 203.72    | 145.01    | 212.57    | 138.33    | 224.70                        | 451.67                        |
| 29        | A& N Islands         | 16.90     | 12.60     | 20.01     | 20.52     | 20.22                         | 6.74                          |
| 30        | Chandigarh           | 4.75      | 0.00      | 5.62      | 0.00      | 5.65                          | 0.00                          |
| 31        | Dadar & Nagar Haveli | 3.82      | 0.00      | 4.52      | 0.00      | 4.57                          | 4.57                          |
| 32        | Daman & Diu          | 2.34      | 0.00      | 2.77      | 0.00      | 2.80                          | 0.00                          |
| 33        | Delhi                | 58.78     | 1.16      | 62.49     | 0.00      | 59.99                         | 0.00                          |
| 34        | Jammu & Kashmir      | 335.97    | 332.57    | 348.87    | 344.75    | 137.85                        | 152.96                        |
| 35 36     | Ladakh Puducherry    | 11.76     | 11.64     | 12.51     | 0.00      | 103.82 12.01                  | 17.36 4.00                    |

*Funds  to  some  States/UTs  have  been  released  more  than  the accrual  of  a  State  from  the  unspent  balance  of  previous  years  of that States/UTs.

ANNEXURE-III

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) AND (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 1885 FOR ANSWER  ON 22.09.2020 ASKED BY DR. MOHAMMAD JAWED AND SHRI B.B.PATIL REGARDING EXPANSION OF ROAD NETWORK

The  State/UT  wise  details  of  accrual/  allocation  of  funds  and  the funds released/ expenditure incurred under EI&ISC during last three years

|         |                                      | 2017-18   | 2017-18   |                |        | Amount in Rs. Crore   | Amount in Rs. Crore   |
|---------|--------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|----------------|--------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| Sl. No. | State / UT / Agency                  | Alloc.    | Expd.*    | 2018-19 Alloc. | Expd.* | 2019-20 Alloc.        | Expd.*                |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh                       | 14.00     | 11.79     | 0.00           | 0.00   | 0.00                  | 0.00                  |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh                    | 9.00      | 4.57      | 15.00          | 15.00  | 40.00                 | 26.49                 |
| 3       | Assam                                | 29.00     | 17.03     | 25.00          | 21.38  | 52.00                 | 39.97                 |
| 4       | Goa                                  | 34.00     | 19.78     | 30.00          | 25.77  | 20.00                 | 16.11                 |
| 5       | Gujarat                              | 9.00      | 8.72      | 7.00           | 4.24   | 2.00                  | 0.04                  |
| 6       | Haryana                              | 0.00      | 0.00      | 15.00          | 13.90  | 30.00                 | 19.66                 |
| 7       | Himachal Pradesh                     | 20.00     | 16.70     | 12.50          | 8.20   | 12.00                 | 8.35                  |
| 8       | Jharkhand                            | 19.70     | 19.02     | 0.00           | 0.00   | 0.00                  | 0.00                  |
| 9       | Karnataka                            | 15.00     | 10.50     | 5.00           | 2.56   | 2.00                  | 0.00                  |
| 10      | Maharashtra                          | 10.00     | 7.59      | 4.00           | 0.78   | 2.00                  | 0.00                  |
| 11      | Manipur                              | 32.00     | 33.91     | 25.00          | 27.91  | 25.00                 | 22.50                 |
| 12      | Meghalaya                            | 3.50      | 0.43      | 15.00          | 14.15  | 22.00                 | 20.44                 |
| 13      | Nagaland                             | 75.00     | 61.41     | 55.00          | 55.46  | 130.00                | 147.80                |
| 14      | Odisha                               | 50.00     | 49.98     | 10.00          | 14.72  | 55.00                 | 37.87                 |
| 15      | Punjab                               | 10.00     | 6.28      | 15.00          | 10.24  | 3.50                  | 1.80                  |
| 16      | Rajasthan                            | 22.60     | 18.08     | 15.00          | 9.96   | 5.00                  | 1.86                  |
| 17      | Sikkim                               | 6.60      | 7.32      | 6.00           | 12.63  | 11.50                 | 9.40                  |
| 18      | Tamil Nadu                           | 64.00     | 63.97     | 75.00          | 66.27  | 13.00                 | 11.21                 |
| 19      | Telangana                            | 10.80     | 7.62      | 12.00          | 9.98   | 10.00                 | 5.95                  |
| 20      | Uttar Pradesh                        | 115.00    | 103.29    | 90.00          | 93.78  | 26.00                 | 25.91                 |
| 21      | West Bengal                          | 35.00     | 31.23     | 3.50           | 3.33   | 0.00                  | 0.00                  |
| 22      | Jammu & Kashmir                      | 55.00     | 57.34     | 65.00          | 64.56  | 5.00                  | 4.62                  |
| 23      | National Highways Authority of India | 120.00    | 120.00    |                |        |                       |                       |

*Authorizations  were  made  to  incur  expenditure  on  purely  'First Come First Serve' basis subject to the condition that total overall expenditure  does  not  exceed  total  allocation  made  during  that Financial Year to ensure that there are minimum surrender of funds. Therefore,  expenditure  for  some  States  have  been  more  than  the allocation made during that Financial Year.

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