Lok Sabha Question No. 761 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-17
Subject: Construction of National Highways
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Shobha Karandlaje

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 761

ANSWERED ON 17 TH  SEPTEMBER, 2020

## CONSTRUCTION OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

## 761.  KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

## be pleased to state:

- (a)     whether  the  National  Highways  Authority  of  India  (NHAI) has  achieved  highest  target  for  construction  of  National Highways  (NHs)  in  the  country  in  Financial  Year  2019-20 and if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (b)     the  initiatives  taken  to  revive  the  stalled  projects  and expedite completion of new projects in order to accelerate the pace of highway construction across the country;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  surpassed  the  target  for construction of NHs in the country for the period from April to August, 2020 and if so, the details thereof including the target fixed and achieved during the said period;
- (d) whether it is a fact that 3300 km  of NH works have been awarded in the current year till August, which is more than double  of  the  1367  kms  during  the  same  period  last  year and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether  sanctions  for  construction  of  2983  kilometers  of NHs  were  issued  during  the  said  period  and  if  so,  the details thereof?

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## ANSWER (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a)        The  construction  of  National  Highways  achieved  by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) during last 5  years is 2015-16:  1,988  km;  2016-17:  2,628  km;  2017-18:  3,070  km; 2018-19: 3,380 km and 2019-20: 3,979 km. The State wise details of  construction  of  NHs  undertaken  by  NHAI  in  2019-20  is  at Annexure.
- (b) Regular Meetings at various levels with Project Developers,  State  Governments  and  Contractors  are  held  to speed up the stalled Highway Projects.
- (c)        3,322  km  NH  length  has  been  constructed  from  April  to August, 2020 against the target of 2998 km.
- (d)        About  3,500  km  of  NH  works  have  been  awarded  till August,  2020.  Whereas  about  1367  km  of  NH  works  were awarded during the same period in last year.
- (e)        1,265  km,  1,183  km  &  535  km  of  NH  works  were sanctioned for State PWDs, NHAI and NHIDCL respectively.

ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  761  ON  17 TH  SEPTEMBER,  2020 ASKED BY KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE REGARDING 'CONSTRUCTION OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS'

Details  of  construction  work  undertaken  on  NHs  by  National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) in the Year 2019-20.

|   Sl. No. | Name of the State / Union Territory   |   Length (in km) |
|-----------|---------------------------------------|------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh                        |           247.18 |
|         2 | Arunachal Pradesh                     |             0    |
|         3 | Assam                                 |             2.2  |
|         4 | Bihar                                 |            46.21 |
|         5 | Chandigarh                            |             0    |
|         6 | Chhattisgarh                          |            30.7  |
|         7 | Delhi                                 |            13.53 |
|         8 | Goa                                   |             0    |
|         9 | Gujarat                               |           201.37 |
|        10 | Haryana                               |           216.26 |
|        11 | Himachal Pradesh                      |            35.09 |
|        12 | Jammu & Kashmir                       |             7.92 |
|        13 | Jharkhand                             |           197.44 |
|        14 | Karnataka                             |           279.85 |
|        15 | Kerala                                |            13.1  |
|        16 | Laddakh                               |             0    |
|        17 | Madhya Pradesh                        |           247.49 |
|        18 | Maharashtra                           |           370.36 |
|        19 | Manipur                               |             0    |
|        20 | Meghalaya                             |             0    |
|        21 | Mizoram                               |             0    |
|        22 | Nagaland                              |             0    |
|        23 | Odisha                                |           302.72 |
|        24 | Puducherry                            |             0    |
|        25 | Punjab                                |           114.7  |
|        26 | Rajasthan                             |           874.99 |
|        27 | Sikkim                                |             0    |
|        28 | Tamil Nadu                            |           103.1  |

| 29    | Telangana     |   48.36 |
|-------|---------------|---------|
| 30    | Tripura       |    0    |
| 31    | Uttar Pradesh |  440.97 |
| 32    | Uttarakhand   |   76.81 |
| 33    | West Bengal   |   83.88 |
| 34    | A & N Islands |    0    |
| 35    | Expressway    |   24.88 |
| Total | Total         | 3979.11 |

*****