Lok Sabha Question No. 5328 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-25
Subject: Maintenance of National Highways
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: A. Chellakumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5328

## ANSWERED ON 25 TH  JULY, 2019

## MAINTENANCE OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

## 5328.  DR. A. CHALLAKUMAR:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  maintenance  of  certain  stretches  of  National  Highways  (NHs)  has  been entrusted to the concerned State Governments and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether certain State Governments are not ready to bear the amount for the maintenance of these NHs and if so, the details thereof; and

(c)  the  amount  spent  and  paid  by  the  Government  of  Tamil  Nadu  for  the  repair  of  NH-66 during the last two years and the current year, year-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

(a)  About  57,954  km  length  of  National  Highways  (NHs)  are  entrusted  with  various  State Governments/ Union Territories (UTs).

(b) The Ministry is responsible for Development and Maintenance & Repair (M&R) of NHs. The Ministry allocates funds  for various executing agencies, including State Governments/ UTs, for development and maintenance of NHs.

The inter-se priority for carrying out M&R of NHs generally depends upon nature and extent  of  damages,  overall  condition  of  NH  stretches,  traffic  density,  minimum  works required to be undertaken to ensure traffic worthiness of NHs, the NH stretches under Defects Liability  Period  (DLP)  obligation  or  stretches  under  Build,  Operate  and  Transfer  (BOT)/ Hybrid  Annuity  Mode  (HAM)/  Operate,  Maintenance  and  Transfer  (OMT)  Concessions, ongoing works on NHs, status of action taken up for new developmental works, availability of funds, etc.

(c) The Ministry does not allocate NHs-wise funds for M&R of NHs. Year-wise funds allocated  for  M&R  of  NHs  entrusted  with  the  State  Government  of  Tamil  Nadu  and expenditure incurred during last two years and current year are as follows: -

| Amount Rs. in crore   | Amount Rs. in crore   | Amount Rs. in crore   | Amount Rs. in crore    |
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
| Sr. No.               | Financial Year        | Allocation            | Expenditure            |
| 1                     | 2017-18               | 74.39                 | 72.99                  |
| 2                     | 2018-19               | 52.77                 | 42.64 (Provisional)    |
| 3                     | 2019-20               | 21.92                 | 2.20 (upto 30.06.2019) |

Apart from these, the details of funds spent by the National Highways Authority of India  (NHAI)  for  M&R  of  NH-66  in  the  State  of  Tamil  Nadu  during  last  two  years  and current year are as follows: -

|   Sr. No. | Financial Year   | Amount Rs. in crore Expenditure   |
|-----------|------------------|-----------------------------------|
|         1 | 2017-18          | 5.63                              |
|         2 | 2018-19          | 6.98 (Provisional)                |
|         3 | 2019-20          | 1.13 (upto 30.06.2019)            |

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