Lok Sabha Question No. 1667 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-28
Subject: Construction of New ROBs
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Krupal Balaji Tumane

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1667

ANSWERED ON 28 th  NOVEMBER 2019

## CONSTRUCTION OF NEW ROBS

## 1667.  SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  conducted  feasibility  study  regarding  new  Road  Over Bridge (ROB) projects in the country;
- (b) if so, the details of ROB projects started during last three years in the country, State/UTwise;
- (c) the measures taken by the Government for mobilizing funds to complete these projects lying pending/ incomplete for want of funds, State/UT-wise; and
- (d) total expenditure incurred on execution of ROB projects on National Highways in the country during the said period?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

(a)  to  (d)  For  replacing  all  level  crossings  on  National  Highway  corridors  by  Road  Over Bridges/ Road Under Bridges (ROBs/RUBs), Ministry has to construct complete ROBs/ RUBs (including  railway  bridge  portion)  on  National  Highways  in  the  country  based  on  feasibility study  either  as  stand-alone  project  or  as  a  part  of  major  Highway  development  project.  The State/UT-wise details of ROBs/RUBs started during last three years in the country is placed at Annexure-I.

Fund is not a constraint for completing any approved ROBs/RUBs project. Expenditure on any ROB project is incurred as a part of all highway development project. Total expenditure incurred on execution of all projects on the National Highways in the country for last three years is as under:-

| Financial Year           | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20, till 30.09.2019   |
|--------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------------------|
| Expenditure (Rs. Crores) | 73,741    | 1,00,178  | 1,27,993  | 62,179                     |

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  to  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1667 FOR ANSWER ON 28 th  NOVEMBER 2019 ASKED BY SHRI  KRUPAL  BALAJI  TUMANE  REGARDING 'CONSTRUCTION  OF  NEW ROBs'.

| Sl. No.   | Name of State/UT   |   No. of ROBs/RUBs (in progress/ completed / in pipeline) |
|-----------|--------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh     |                                                        47 |
| 2         | Assam              |                                                        35 |
| 3         | Bihar              |                                                        70 |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh       |                                                        26 |
| 5         | Delhi              |                                                        29 |
| 6         | Goa                |                                                         2 |
| 7         | Gujarat            |                                                        25 |
| 8         | Haryana            |                                                        38 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh   |                                                         5 |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir     |                                                        10 |
| 11        | Jharkhand          |                                                        33 |
| 12        | Karnataka          |                                                        61 |
| 13        | Kerala             |                                                        16 |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh     |                                                        21 |
| 15        | Maharashtra        |                                                        93 |
| 16        | Manipur            |                                                         2 |
| 17        | Odisha             |                                                        24 |
| 18        | Punjab             |                                                        28 |
| 19        | Puducherry         |                                                         2 |
| 20        | Rajasthan          |                                                        47 |
| 21        | Tamil Nadu         |                                                        63 |
| 22        | Telangana          |                                                         6 |
| 23        | Uttar Pradesh      |                                                        67 |
| 24        | Uttarakhand        |                                                        20 |
| 25        | West Bengal        |                                                        68 |
| Total     | Total              |                                                       838 |

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