Lok Sabha Question No. 737 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-06
Subject: Upgradation of National Highways
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Raja Amareshwara Naik, Vinod Kumar Sonkar, Bhola Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 737 ANSWERED ON 06 TH  FEBRUARY, 2020

## UPGRADATION OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

## 737. SHRI RAJA AMARESHWARA NAIK: SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR: SHRI BHOLA SINGH:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has planned to extend/ upgrade various National Highways in the Country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof including the progress made in this regard so far;
- (c) whether the Government has constructed more than 100 National Highways during the last five years; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) to (d) Development and maintenance of NHs is a continuous process which is carried out depending  on  the  requirement  of  connectivity,  traffic  density,  inter-se  priority  and availability of funds. The Ministry had taken up detailed review of NHs network and has given investment approval for Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase I Scheme for development of about  35,000  km  of  NH  network  in  the  country.  Details  of  National  Highways  (NHs) constructed, State-wise including Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh, during last five years are placed at Annexure-I .

## ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  to  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 737 FOR ANSWER ON 06.02.2020 ASKED BY SHRI RAJA  AMARESHWARA  NAIK,  SHRI  VINOD  KUMAR  SONKAR,  SHRI  BHOLA SINGH REGARDING UPGRADATION OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS.

Details of National Highways (NHs) constructed, State-wise including Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh, during last five years

| S No   | State / UT        | Length Constructed (in km)   | Length Constructed (in km)   | Length Constructed (in km)   | Length Constructed (in km)   | Length Constructed (in km)   |
|--------|-------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
| S No   | State / UT        | 2014-15                      | 2015-16                      | 2016-17                      | 2017-18                      | 2018-19                      |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh    | 136                          | 462                          | 402                          | 459                          | 438                          |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh | 88                           | 80                           | 174                          | 188                          | 157                          |
| 3      | Assam             | 178                          | 87                           | 165                          | 302                          | 323                          |
| 4      | Bihar             | 115                          | 181                          | 400                          | 370                          | 333                          |
| 5      | Chandigarh        | 1                            | 0                            | 0                            | 0                            | 0                            |
| 6      | Chhattisgarh      | 307                          | 327                          | 483                          | 522                          | 397                          |
| 7      | Delhi             | 0                            | 0                            | 0                            | 139                          | 42                           |
| 8      | Goa               | 0                            | 2                            | 4                            | 20                           | 11                           |
| 9      | Gujarat           | 139                          | 277                          | 86                           | 189                          | 303                          |
| 10     | Haryana           | 86                           | 170                          | 369                          | 290                          | 226                          |
| 11     | Himachal Pradesh  | 34                           | 100                          | 72                           | 134                          | 157                          |
| 12     | Jammu &Kashmir    | 57                           | 34                           | 33                           | 162                          | 95                           |
| 13     | Jharkhand         | 126                          | 119                          | 211                          | 236                          | 287                          |
| 14     | Karnataka         | 130                          | 314                          | 656                          | 768                          | 779                          |
| 15     | Kerala            | 29                           | 10                           | 45                           | 17                           | 121                          |
| 16     | Madhya Pradesh    | 335                          | 306                          | 475                          | 594                          | 829                          |
| 17     | Maharashtra       | 124                          | 324                          | 750                          | 1,345                        | 2,293                        |
| 18     | Manipur           | 46                           | 6                            | 4                            | 231                          | 318                          |
| 19     | Meghalaya         | 88                           | 50                           | 6                            | 48                           | 13                           |
| 20     | Mizoram           | 5                            | 15                           | 88                           | 43                           | 59                           |
| 21     | Nagaland          | 13                           | 25                           | 4                            | 0                            | 34                           |
| 22     | Odisha            | 386                          | 268                          | 490                          | 535                          | 534                          |
| 23     | Puducherry        | 14                           | 22                           | 8                            | 17                           | 12                           |
| 24     | Punjab            | 115                          | 154                          | 384                          | 357                          | 209                          |
| 25     | Rajasthan         | 853                          | 1,063                        | 1,125                        | 1,075                        | 728                          |
| 26     | Sikkim            | 30                           | 0                            | 0                            | 45                           | 83                           |
| 27     | Tamil Nadu        | 58                           | 237                          | 469                          | 307                          | 356                          |
| 28     | Telangana         | 171                          | 222                          | 113                          | 161                          | 370                          |
| 29     | Tripura           | 18                           | 0                            | 42                           | 82                           | 41                           |
| 30     | Uttar Pradesh     | 542                          | 669                          | 584                          | 694                          | 882                          |
| 31     | Uttarakhand       | 49                           | 335                          | 203                          | 256                          | 237                          |
| 32     | West Bengal       | 138                          | 203                          | 386                          | 222                          | 127                          |
| 33     | A&N Islands       | 0                            | 0                            | 0                            | 21                           | 61                           |
| Total  | Total             | 4410                         | 6061                         | 8231                         | 9829                         | 10855                        |