Lok Sabha Question No. 1838 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-28
Subject: Allocation of Funds to States for Maintenance of Roads
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Sadashiv Kisan Lokhande, Giridhari Yadav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO . 1838

ANSWERED ON 28 th  NOVEMBER, 2019

## ALLOCATION OF FUNDS TO STATES FOR MAINTENANCE OF ROADS

## 1838. SHRI SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE: SHRI GIRIDHARI YADAV:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

(a)  the  details  of  funds  demanded  by  the  State  Governments  for  maintenance  and repairing  of  National  Highways  during  the  last  three  years  along  with  the  funds allocated/released as per their demands;

(b) whether the States are not getting funds for the purpose from the Union Government as per their demand;

- (c) if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor; and

(d) whether there are any rules for maintenance and repairing of National Highways and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

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

The Maintenance and Repair (M&R) of NHs is governed by the NHs Rules, 1957 amended from time to time and extant policies of the Ministry. The estimation of fund requirement  for  M&R  of  NHs  is  made  on  the  basis  of    'Report  of  the  Committee  on Norms for Maintenance of Roads in India' published by the Indian Roads Congress in 2001.

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 Defect 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.

Usually, the Annual Outlay earmarked for M&R of NHs have been about 35% to 45% of the estimated requirement of funds as per the Ministry's norms. Efforts are made to keep the NHs in traffic worthiness within available resources as per inter-se priority and traffic density.

The  State/Union  Territory  (UT)/  Agency  -  wise  details  of  funds  allocated  and spent/released for M&R of NHs during last three years is annexed.

## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1838  FOR  ANSWER  ON  28.11.2019  ASKED  BY SHRI SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE AND SHRI GIRIDHARI YADAV REGARDING ALLOCATION OF FUNDS TO STATES FOR MAINTENANCE OF

## ROADS

The  State/Union  Territory  (UT)/  Agency  -  wise  details  of  funds  allocated  and spent/released for M&R of NHs during last three years.

| Sl.   | States/UTs/Agency         | 2016-17   | 2016-17   |        |        | Amount in Rs. crore   | Amount in Rs. crore   |
|-------|---------------------------|-----------|-----------|--------|--------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| No.   | States/UTs/Agency         | Alloc.    | Expd.*    | Alloc. | Expd.* | Alloc.                | Expd.*                |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh            | 129.87    | 123.10    | 83.52  | 77.02  | 87.98                 | 20.61                 |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh         | 36.63     | 28.87     | 42.67  | 36.31  | 34.10                 | 15.97                 |
| 3     | Assam                     | 136.50    | 97.52     | 122.63 | 89.28  | 48.33                 | 11.33                 |
| 4     | Bihar                     | 104.77    | 88.68     | 121.68 | 97.29  | 38.86                 | 20.91                 |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh              | 51.00     | 36.05     | 28.17  | 21.95  | 28.59                 | 10.79                 |
| 6     | Goa                       | 34.13     | 24.96     | 21.60  | 14.75  | 8.10                  | 4.87                  |
| 7     | Gujarat                   | 121.69    | 108.44    | 65.19  | 68.43  | 80.30                 | 64.49                 |
| 8     | Haryana                   | 56.31     | 50.38     | 40.38  | 39.53  | 0.80                  | 0.26                  |
| 9     | Himachal Pradesh          | 94.85     | 89.41     | 79.02  | 56.46  | 55.45                 | 43.01                 |
| 10    | Jammu &Kashmir            | 10.34     | 6.50      | 12.95  | 2.96   | 33.48                 | 9.14                  |
| 11    | Jharkhand                 | 91.26     | 96.14     | 65.48  | 54.69  | 44.31                 | 32.25                 |
| 12    | Karnataka                 | 204.53    | 161.51    | 126.78 | 88.91  | 66.21                 | 46.52                 |
| 13    | Kerala                    | 115.46    | 91.18     | 113.99 | 99.15  | 81.95                 | 29.93                 |
| 14    | Madhya Pradesh            | 24.35     | 10.98     | 75.37  | 48.75  | 40.59                 | 11.23                 |
| 15    | Maharashtra               | 319.23    | 276.21    | 225.75 | 200.99 | 387.90                | 352.83                |
| 16    | Manipur                   | 27.86     | 6.77      | 23.06  | 12.01  | 34.94                 | 21.67                 |
| 17    | Meghalaya                 | 57.83     | 60.17     | 107.60 | 122.37 | 121.29                | 67.35                 |
| 18    | Mizoram                   | 64.51     | 66.87     | 125.93 | 125.25 | 158.98                | 126.86                |
| 19    | Nagaland                  | 47.77     | 45.09     | 55.32  | 55.64  | 63.33                 | 50.65                 |
| 20    | Odisha                    | 88.39     | 86.88     | 34.81  | 27.74  | 43.24                 | 25.90                 |
| 21    | Punjab                    | 78.00     | 74.60     | 38.00  | 30.45  | 33.20                 | 10.62                 |
| 22    | Rajasthan                 | 64.91     | 63.71     | 69.78  | 63.30  | 52.73                 | 18.23                 |
| 23    | Sikkim                    | 1.99      | 0.00      | 4.13   | 4.13   | 16.00                 | 17.30                 |
| 24    | Tamil Nadu                | 156.66    | 151.23    | 74.39  | 72.99  | 52.77                 | 42.68                 |
| 25    | Telangana                 | 117.15    | 107.92    | 54.36  | 52.15  | 37.34                 | 22.73                 |
| 26    | Tripura                   | 52.78     | 52.22     | 40.65  | 43.19  | 47.94                 | 47.35                 |
| 27    | Uttar Pradesh             | 140.27    | 119.81    | 88.53  | 56.51  | 73.07                 | 40.12                 |
| 28    | Uttarakhand               | 52.67     | 32.39     | 31.98  | 18.92  | 38.06                 | 15.04                 |
| 29    | West Bengal               | 93.47     | 76.75     | 60.78  | 59.74  | 32.27                 | 28.54                 |
| 30    | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00   | 0.00   | 0.00                  | 0.00                  |
| 31    | Chandigarh                | 1.49      | 0.00      | 1.26   | 0.00   | 0.10                  | 0.00                  |
| 32    | Dadar &Nagar Haveli       | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.11   | 0.00   | 0.10                  | 0.00                  |
| 33    | Daman &Diu                | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.07   | 0.00   | 0.10                  | 0.00                  |
| 34    | Delhi                     | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.98   | 0.00   | 0.50                  | 0.00                  |

## Cont. from Pre Page

| Amount in Rs. crore   | Amount in Rs. crore   | Amount in Rs. crore   | Amount in Rs. crore   | Amount in Rs. crore   | Amount in Rs. crore   | Amount in Rs. crore   | Amount in Rs. crore   |
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| Sl. No.               | States/UTs/Agency     | 2016-17               | 2016-17               | 2017-18               | 2017-18               | 2018-19               | 2018-19               |
|                       |                       | Alloc.                | Expd.*                | Alloc.                | Expd.*                | Alloc.                | Expd.*                |
| 36                    | Puducherry            | 1.21                  | 1.02                  | 1.14                  | 0.36                  | 1.08                  | 0.99                  |
| 37                    | NHAI                  | 100.00                | 100.00                | 575.00                | 575.00                | 272.19                | 272.19                |
| 38                    | NHIDCL                | 52.00                 | 52.00                 | 125.00                | 125.00                | 100.00                | 100.00                |
| 39                    | BRO                   | 115.00                | 114.75                | 135.00                | 134.78                | 115.00                | 114.81                |

Alloc. :- Allocation

Expd. :- Expenditure

NHAI:- National Highways Authority of India

NHIDCL:- National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd.

BRO:- Border Roads Organisation

*At the end of Financial Year so as to ensure full utilization of funds, authorizations were  made  on  purely  'First  Come  First  Serve'  basis  for  Periodic  Renewal  (PR)  / Improvement  for  Road  Quality  Programme  subject  to  the  condition  that,  the  total overall  expenditure  does  not  exceed  the  total  allocation  made  during  that  Financial Year. Therefore, Expenditure to some States have been more than the allocation made to that State during that Financial Year.

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