Lok Sabha Question No. 3081 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-12
Subject: National Highway Projects
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Upendra Singh Rawat, Kaushal Kishore

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3081

ANSWERED ON 12 TH  MARCH, 2020

## NATIONAL HIGHWAY PROJECTS

## 3081. SHRI UPENDRA SINGH RAWAT: SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सडक परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of National Highway (NH) projects taken up in the country, State/UTwise particularly in Uttar Pradesh;
- (b) the details thereof including the status of plantation on both side of these NHs; and
- (c)  the time since when these projects are under construction along with the time by which these are likely to be completed?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

(a) to (c) 1440 projects on National Highways are under construction in the country including the  65  National  Highway  projects  in  Uttar  Pradesh.    Details  of  these  National  Highway Projects  are  placed  at Annexure-I. Projects  are  given  a  time  period  of  2  to  3  years  for completion.

The  plantation  on  both  sides  of  Highways  in  the  country  is  carried  out  as  per  relevant provisions of Manual published by Indian Roads Congress (IRC), Green Highways Policy, 2015 and other guidelines of Government of India.  Plantations are generally undertaken after substantial completion of Civil works.  The status of plantation activities depend on the stage of the project.

## ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  to  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3081 FOR ANSWER ON 12.03.2020 ASKED BY SHRI UPENDRA  SINGH  RAWAT,  SHRI  KAUSHAL  KISHORE  REGARDING NATIONAL HIGHWAY PROJECTS

The State-wise details of the projects which are under construction as on 31.12.2019

| S. No.   | State                  |   No. |   Length (Km) |   Cost (Rs. in Cr.) |
|----------|------------------------|-------|---------------|---------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh         |    58 |          2031 |               27435 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh      |    46 |          1086 |               10736 |
| 3        | Assam                  |    50 |          1350 |                8037 |
| 4        | Andaman& Nicobar       |     9 |           262 |                1734 |
| 5        | Bihar                  |    74 |          2416 |               28397 |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh           |    47 |          1966 |               12914 |
| 7        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli |     2 |             8 |                  95 |
| 8        | Delhi                  |    11 |           301 |               12027 |
| 9        | Goa                    |    16 |            97 |                5450 |
| 10       | Gujarat                |    44 |          1595 |               27408 |
| 11       | Haryana                |    44 |          1572 |               28425 |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh       |    45 |           458 |                8359 |
| 13       | Jammu and Kashmir      |    22 |           551 |               14630 |
| 14       | Jharkhand              |    42 |          1000 |                8324 |
| 15       | Karnataka              |    82 |          3333 |               33561 |
| 16       | Kerala                 |    26 |           529 |                7617 |
| 17       | Madhya Pradesh         |    67 |          3205 |               30621 |
| 18       | Maharashtra            |   223 |          9283 |              101682 |
| 19       | Manipur                |    17 |           499 |                3247 |
| 20       | Meghalaya              |     6 |            82 |                 917 |
| 21       | Mizoram                |    14 |           507 |                6429 |
| 22       | Nagaland               |    23 |           429 |                4584 |
| 23       | Odisha                 |    53 |          2789 |               24957 |
| 24       | Puducherry             |     2 |             1 |                  39 |
| 25       | Punjab                 |    40 |           928 |               12496 |
| 26       | Rajasthan              |    63 |          3820 |               28270 |
| 27       | Sikkim                 |    13 |           217 |                2289 |
| 28       | Tamil Nadu             |    67 |          1955 |               26539 |
| 29       | Telangana              |    40 |          1430 |               14996 |
| 30       | Tripura                |     5 |            85 |                 758 |
| 31       | Uttar Pradesh          |    65 |          3266 |               53481 |
| 32       | Uttarakhand            |    70 |          1307 |               16771 |
| 33       | West Bengal            |    54 |          1381 |               22357 |
|          | TOTAL                  |  1440 |         49740 |              585582 |

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