Lok Sabha Question No. 1009 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-27
Subject: Construction of Multilane Roads
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Ranjanben Dhananjay Bhatt

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1009

ANSWERED ON 27 TH  JUNE, 2019

## CONSTRUCTION OF MULTILANE ROADS

1009.  SHRIMATI RANJAN BEN DHANANJAY BHATT:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS सडक़ प  रवहन और राजमाग मं ी

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is seriously considering to construct multilane roads in various parts of the country;
- (b) if so, whether the Government has taken any steps in this regard so far; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

(a) to (c) The total length of National Highways (NHs) is about 1,32,500 km at present. The Lanewise distribution of NHs as on 31.03.2019 is as under:

|   Sr. No. | Lane configuration of NHs     | Approx. Length (km)   |
|-----------|-------------------------------|-----------------------|
|         1 | Less than 2-Lane NH standards | 36,310                |
|         2 | 2-Lane NH standards           | 65,123                |
|         3 | 4-Lane or more NH standards   | 31,067                |

The development and maintenance of National Highways (NHs) is a continuous process. The works on NHs are accordingly taken up  from time to time as per  inter-se priority, traffic density and availability of funds to keep the NHs in traffic worthy conditions.

The  Ministry  took  up  development  of  NHs/  roads  under  various  phases  of  National Highways  Development  Project  (NHDP),  Special  Accelerated  Road  Development  Programme for the North East Region (SARDP-NE) including Arunachal Pradesh Package of Roads, Special Programme  for  Development  of  Roads  in  the  Left  Wing  Extremism  (LWE)  affected  areas, Externally  Aided Projects (EAP), National Highways (Original) [NH(O)] scheme, etc. Various phases  of  NHDP  envisaged  development  of  NHs  to  4/6  lane  and  2  lane  NH  standards, development of expressways, etc. Development of most of the roads/ NHs under other schemes envisages their upgradation to 2 lane NH standards.

The Ministry had taken up detailed review of NHs network with a view to develop the road connectivity to Border areas, development of Coastal roads including road connectivity for Non-Major  ports,  improvement  in  the  efficiency  of  National Corridors,  development  of Economic Corridors, Inter Corridors and Feeder Routes along with integration with Sagarmala, etc., under 'Bharatmala Pariyojana'.

The  Cabinet  Committee  on  Economic  Affairs  (CCEA)  has  approved  the  proposal  for investment  approval  for  Phase-I  of  'Bharatmala  Pariyojana'  during its  meeting  held  on 24.10.2017. 'Bharatmala Pariyojana' Phase-I includes development of about 9,000 km length of Economic corridors, about 6,000 km length of Inter-corridor and feeder roads, about 5,000 km length  of  National  Corridors  Efficiency  improvements,  about  2,000  km  length  of  Border  and International connectivity roads, about 2,000 km length of Coastal and port connectivity roads, about  800  km  length  of  Expressways  and  balance  length  of  about  10,000  km  of  roads  under NHDP.

The general principle  for  upgradation  of  roads  under  Phase-I of  Bharatmala Pariyojana includes development of Economic corridors primarily to 4/6 lane NH standards, Inter-corridor and feeder roads primarily to 4 lane NH standards and Border, International connectivity roads, Coastal and port connectivity roads primarily to 2 lane NH standards.

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