Lok Sabha Question No. 5263 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-25
Subject: Conversion of State Highways into National Highways
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu, Vellalath Kochukrishnan Nair. Sreekandan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5263 ANSWERED ON 25 TH  JULY 2019

## CONVERSION OF STATE HIGHWAYS INTO NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

## 5263.  SHRI LAVU SRI KRISHNA DEVARAYALU: SHRI V.K.SREEKANDAN:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Union Government has taken a decision to declare about 39,040 km of State roads as national highways and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether many State Governments have requested for more State roads to be declared as national highways in addition to the above and if so, the details thereof;

(c) the length of State Highways (SHs) converted into National Highway (NH) during each of the last five years and the current year, State/UT-wise;

(d) the criteria being followed in converting SH into NH;

(e) the details and the present status of proposals from the Government of Andhra Pradesh for converting SH into NH which are pending with the Union Government; and

(f) whether there is a proposal in this year's Budget to financially help State Governments to develop SH and if so, the details and the present status thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

(a) to (e) The Ministry keeps on receiving proposals from various State Governments/Union Territories (UTs), etc., including the Government of Andhra Pradesh for declaration  of  State  roads,  including  State  Highways  (SHs),  as  new  National  Highways (NHs). The Ministry considers declaration of some State roads as new NHs from time to time based on requirement of connectivity, inter-se priority and availability of funds.

The existing criteria for declaration of State roads including SHs as new NHs include roads running through length / breadth of the country, connecting adjacent countries, National Capitals with State Capitals / mutually the State Capitals, major ports, non-major ports, large industrial  centers  or  tourist  centers,  roads  meeting  very  important  strategic  requirement  in hilly and isolated area, arterial roads which enable sizeable reduction in travel distance and achieve  substantial  economic  growth  thereby,  roads  which  help  opening  up  large  tracts  of backward  area  and  hilly  regions  (other  than  strategically  important  ones),  achieving  a National Highways grid of 100 km, etc.

About 2,677 km length of State roads including SHs, were declared as  NHs in the State of Andhra Pradesh since April, 2014.

State/UT-wise and year-wise details of State Roads including SHs declared as NHs since April, 2014 is Annexed .

(f) The Ministry is primarily responsible for development and maintenance of NHs. The Ministry also allocates funds for development of State Roads including SHs under the Central Road Fund (CRF) Scheme and Economic Importance & Inter State Connectivity (EI& ISC) as per provisions of the CRF Act, 2000 amended by the Finance Act from time to time. The CRF has been replaced by the Central Road and Infrastructure Fund (CRIF) vide amendment to the CRF Act, 2000 by the Finance Act, 2018.

The Vote on Account (VOA) allocation of Rs. 2,582.29 crore and Rs. 200 crore has been earmarked under CRF and EI&ISC allocations respectively during 2019-20.

Total  allocation  of  Rs.  7,421.58  crore  and  Rs.  500  crore  has  been  proposed  to  be allocated  under  CRF  and  EI&ISC  schemes  during  2019-20  respectively  under  Budget Estimates 2019-20.

## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  5263  ANSWERED  ON  25.07.2019  ASKED  BY  SHRI LAVU SRI KRISHNA DEVARAYALU AND SHRI V.K.SREEKANDAN REGARDING CONVERSION OF STATE HIGHWAYS INTO NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

The State/UT-wise details of new NHs declared in the country since 2014-15:-

Length in km

| Sr. No.   | State / UT        | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 80        | 676       | 1003      | 417       | 501       |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 733       | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 3         | Assam             | 76        | 9         | 24        | 0         | 0         |
| 4         | Bihar             | 152       | 160       | 0         | 18        | 481       |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 0         | 0         | 154       | 291       | 15        |
| 6         | Delhi             | 0         | 0         | -11       | 10        | 87        |
| 7         | Goa               | 0         | 0         | 0         | 31        | 0         |
| 8         | Gujarat           | 978       | 0         | 46        | 729       | 585       |
| 9         | Haryana           | 185       | 395       | 0         | 165       | 378       |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh  | 70        | 176       | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 11        | Jammu & Kashmir   | 274       | 8         | 0         | 0         | 57        |
| 12        | Jharkhand         | 11        | 0         | 0         | 0         | 674       |
| 13        | Karnataka         | 138       | 70        | 259       | 889       | 132       |
| 14        | Kerala            | 0         | 0         | 0         | 21        | 0         |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh    | 0         | 9         | 2660      | 271       | 553       |
| 16        | Maharashtra       | 734       | 415       | 7928      | 2,345     | 0         |
| 17        | Manipur           | 257       | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 18        | Meghalaya         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 19        | Mizoram           | 245       | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 20        | Nagaland          | 194       | 0         | 23        | 0         | 0         |
| 21        | Odisha            | 0         | 193       | 0         | 576       | 330       |
| 22        | Punjab            | 233       | 530       | 0         | 628       | 5         |
| 23        | Rajasthan         | 80        | 20        | 0         | 1,041     | 1,426     |
| 24        | Sikkim            | 170       | 154       | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu        | 0         | 0         | 0         | 1,843     | 0         |
| 26        | Tripura           | 0         | 228       | 1         | 0         | 0         |
| 27        | Telangana         | 0         | 119       | 760       | 488       | 0         |
| 28        | Uttarakhand       | 432       | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 29        | Uttar Pradesh     | 620       | 0         | 228       | 2,762     | 360       |
| 30        | West Bengal       | 0         | 46        | 0         | 8         | 590       |
|           | Total             | 5,662     | 3,208     | 13,075    | 12,532    | 6,174     |

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