Lok Sabha Question No. 4337 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-19
Subject: Conversion of Roads into NHs
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Singh, Pratima Bhoumik

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4337 ANSWERED ON 19 TH  MARCH, 2020

## CONVERSION OF ROADS INTO NHS

## 4337. SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH: MS. PRATIMA BHOUMIK:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of roads which were converted into National Highways (NHs) in the country, State-wise during the last three years;
- (b) whether the proposals of declaration of road/routes as new NHs in the States of Jharkhand and Tripura are pending with the Government and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (c) whether the Government has any plan to declare any road/routes as new NHs in the said States and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) State / Union Territory (UT)-wise details of State Roads notified as National Highways (NHs) in the country, during the last three years is placed at Annexure .
- (b) and (c) The Ministry keeps on receiving proposals from various State Governments/UTs, etc., including from the State Governments of Jharkhand and Tripura, for declaration  of  State  roads  as  new  NHs.  The  Ministry  considers  declaration  of  some  State roads, as new NHs from time to time based on requirement of connectivity, inter-se priority and availability of funds.

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4337 ANSWERED ON 19.03.2020 ASKED BY SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH  AND  MS.  PRATIMA  BHOUMIK  REGARDING  CONVERSION  OF  ROADS INTO NHS

The State/UT-wise details of state roads notified as  NHs in the country during the last three years: -

| Sr. No.                                                                                             | State / UT                                                                                          | 2016-17                                                                                             | 2017-18                                                                                             | (Length in km) 2018-19                                                                              |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1                                                                                                   | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                      | 1,003.00                                                                                            | 416.55                                                                                              | 501.06                                                                                              |
| 2                                                                                                   | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                   | 0.00                                                                                                | 0.00                                                                                                | 0.00                                                                                                |
| 3                                                                                                   | Assam                                                                                               | 24.00                                                                                               | 0.00                                                                                                | 0.00                                                                                                |
| 4                                                                                                   | Bihar                                                                                               | 0.00                                                                                                | 17.50                                                                                               | 480.59                                                                                              |
| 5                                                                                                   | Chhattisgarh                                                                                        | 154.00                                                                                              | 290.76                                                                                              | 15.00                                                                                               |
| 6                                                                                                   | Delhi                                                                                               | -11.00                                                                                              | 9.90                                                                                                | 87.10                                                                                               |
| 7                                                                                                   | Goa                                                                                                 | 0.00                                                                                                | 30.90                                                                                               | 0.00                                                                                                |
| 8                                                                                                   | Gujarat                                                                                             | 46.00                                                                                               | 729.13                                                                                              | 585.00                                                                                              |
| 9                                                                                                   | Haryana                                                                                             | 0.00                                                                                                | 165.10                                                                                              | 378.10                                                                                              |
| 10                                                                                                  | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                    | 0.00                                                                                                | 0.00                                                                                                | 0.00                                                                                                |
| 11                                                                                                  | Jammu & Kashmir ^                                                                                   | 0.00                                                                                                | 0.00                                                                                                | 57.00                                                                                               |
| 12                                                                                                  | Jharkhand                                                                                           | 0.00                                                                                                | 0.00                                                                                                | 673.57                                                                                              |
| 13                                                                                                  | Karnataka                                                                                           | 259.00                                                                                              | 889.00                                                                                              | 131.94                                                                                              |
| 14                                                                                                  | Kerala                                                                                              | 0.00                                                                                                | 21.00                                                                                               | 0.00                                                                                                |
| 15                                                                                                  | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                      | 2,660.00                                                                                            | 270.85                                                                                              | 552.70                                                                                              |
| 16                                                                                                  | Maharashtra                                                                                         | 7,928.00                                                                                            | 2,344.58                                                                                            | 0.00                                                                                                |
| 17                                                                                                  | Manipur                                                                                             | 0.00                                                                                                | 0.00                                                                                                | 0.00                                                                                                |
| 18                                                                                                  | Meghalaya                                                                                           | 0.00                                                                                                | 0.00                                                                                                | 0.00                                                                                                |
| 19                                                                                                  | Mizoram                                                                                             | 0.00                                                                                                | 0.00                                                                                                | 0.00                                                                                                |
| 20                                                                                                  | Nagaland                                                                                            | 22.70                                                                                               | 0.00                                                                                                | 0.00                                                                                                |
| 21                                                                                                  | Odisha                                                                                              | 0.00                                                                                                | 575.53                                                                                              | 330.30                                                                                              |
| 22                                                                                                  | Punjab                                                                                              | 0.00                                                                                                | 628.00                                                                                              | 4.61                                                                                                |
| 23                                                                                                  | Rajasthan                                                                                           | 0.00                                                                                                | 1,041.31                                                                                            | 1,425.81                                                                                            |
| 24                                                                                                  | Sikkim                                                                                              | 0.00                                                                                                | 0.00                                                                                                | 0.00                                                                                                |
| 25                                                                                                  | Tamil Nadu                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                                | 1,843.45                                                                                            | 0.00                                                                                                |
| 26                                                                                                  | Tripura                                                                                             | 1.20                                                                                                | 0.00                                                                                                | 0.00                                                                                                |
| 27                                                                                                  | Telangana                                                                                           | 759.60                                                                                              | 488.28                                                                                              | 0.00                                                                                                |
| 28                                                                                                  | Uttarakhand                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                | 0.00                                                                                                | 0.00                                                                                                |
| 29                                                                                                  | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                       | 228.00                                                                                              | 2,762.00                                                                                            | 360.46                                                                                              |
| 30                                                                                                  | West Bengal                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                | 8.00                                                                                                | 590.42                                                                                              |
|                                                                                                     | Total                                                                                               | 13,075                                                                                              | 12,532                                                                                              | 6,174                                                                                               |
| ^ - erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir before re-organization into UT of Ladakh and State of Jammu & Kashmir | ^ - erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir before re-organization into UT of Ladakh and State of Jammu & Kashmir | ^ - erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir before re-organization into UT of Ladakh and State of Jammu & Kashmir | ^ - erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir before re-organization into UT of Ladakh and State of Jammu & Kashmir | ^ - erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir before re-organization into UT of Ladakh and State of Jammu & Kashmir |

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