Lok Sabha Question No. 2702 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-27
Subject: Road Construction
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA, PINAKI MISRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2702 ANSWERED ON 27 TH  DECEMBER, 2018

## ROAD CONSTRUCTION

## 2702.   PROF. PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA: SHRI PINAKI MISRA:

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

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the construction work of 150 projects of National Highways having total length of around 5000 kilometres has not started till now and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the names of the States where the said projects are located;
- (c) the date of starting and completing of construction work on said projects as per the initial assessment;
- (d) the reasons that are hindering the start of these projects; and
- (e) the details of efforts made by the Government to intervene and sort out the problems, if any, so that the projects could start without any further delay?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI MANSUKH L. MANDAVIYA)

(a)  to  (e)    Yes  Madam.  The  State-wise  details  of  the  number  of  National  Highways  projects which have not been started are given in Annexure-I. The start of these projects are delayed for want  of  fulfilment  of  condition  precedent  i.e.  acquisition  of  land,  shifting  of  utilities  (like electrical lines, Water supply lines etc.) coming in the Right of Way of the Highway, time taken in obtaining statutory clearances (such as forest, tree-felling, wildlife clearances etc.) problems encountered in availability of soil/ aggregate etc. Most of these challenges relate to the states, which are being sorted out through regular monitoring and reviews with the State Authorities. The date of start and completion depends on how quickly these issues are resolved by concerned State. After start of work, projects are completed in about 2-3 years period.

ANNEXURE REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2702  FOR  ANSWER  ON  27.12.2018  ASKED  BY  PROF. PREM  SINGH  CHANDUMAJRA  AND  SHRI  PINAKI  MISRA  REGARDING  ROAD CONSTRUCTION.

State-wise details of the number of National Highways projects which have not been started

| S No   | State / UTs       |   Nos of Project |
|--------|-------------------|------------------|
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh    |                6 |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh |                3 |
| 3      | Assam             |                1 |
| 4      | Bihar             |               12 |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh      |                1 |
| 6      | Delhi             |                2 |
| 7      | Gujarat           |               10 |
| 8      | Haryana           |                3 |
| 9      | Himachal Pradesh  |                1 |
| 10     | Jammu &Kashmir    |                2 |
| 11     | Jharkhand         |                5 |
| 12     | Karnataka         |               11 |
| 13     | Kerala            |                2 |
| 14     | Madhya Pradesh    |                2 |
| 15     | Maharashtra       |               19 |
| 16     | Manipur           |                1 |
| 17     | Nagaland          |               14 |
| 18     | Odisha            |               10 |
| 19     | Punjab            |                2 |
| 20     | Rajasthan         |                5 |
| 21     | Sikkim            |                2 |
| 22     | Tamil Nadu        |                8 |
| 23     | Telangana         |                4 |
| 24     | Uttar Pradesh     |               20 |
| 25     | Uttarakhand       |                1 |
| 26     | West Bengal       |               14 |
| 27     | A&N Islands       |                1 |
| Total  | Total             |              162 |

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