Lok Sabha Question No. 5438 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-25
Subject: Development of NH along Coastlines
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, Heena Vijaykumar Gavit, Amol Ramsing Kolhe, Supriya Sadanand Sule, Kuldeep Rai Sharma, Dhanush M Kumar

be pleased to state:

- (a) the total length of National Highways (NHs) along the coastline, State/ UT-wise including Andaman and Nicobar Islands;
- (b)  the  total  length  of  coastal  roads  which  has  not  been  upgraded  to  NHs,  State/  UT-wise including A&N Islands;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  not  achieved  the  target  of  developing  NHs  along  the coastline in view of the importance of coastal highways and if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to upgrade coastal roads/highways to NHs across the country;
- (e) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise along with the time by which these are likely to be upgraded; and
- (f) whether the Government  has  received certain proposals from  coastal States for upgradation of State Highways and if so, the details and the present status thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) State/Union  Territory  (UT)  wise  length  of  National  Highways  (NHs)  along  the coastline, including Andaman and Nicobar Islands, is as follows:-

|   Sr. No. | State                    |   Length (km) |
|-----------|--------------------------|---------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh           |           974 |
|         2 | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |            25 |
|         3 | Daman &Diu               |            22 |
|         4 | Goa                      |           262 |

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5438

ANSWERED ON 25 TH  JULY, 2019

## DEVELOPMENT OF NH ALONG COASTLINES

5438.   DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE: DR. HEENA GAVIT: DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE: SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE: SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA: SHRI DHANUSH M. KUMAR:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

|   5. | Gujarat     |   1362 |
|------|-------------|--------|
|    6 | Karnataka   |    298 |
|    7 | Kerala      |    692 |
|    8 | Maharashtra |    493 |
|    9 | Odisha      |    447 |
|   10 | Puducherry  |     41 |
|   11 | Tamil Nadu  |    576 |
|   12 | West Bengal |     14 |

(b) to (f) The Ministry keeps on receiving proposals from various State Governments/Union  Territories  (UTs),  etc.,  for  declaration  of  State  roads  including  State roads along coastlines 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 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  programme  envisages  development  of about 26,000 km length of Economic Corridors, which along with Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) and  North-South  and  East-West  (NS-EW)  Corridors  are  expected  to  carry  majority  of  the Freight Traffic on roads. Further, about 8,000 km of Inter Corridors and about 7,500 km of Feeder Routes have been identified for improving effectiveness of Economic Corridors, GQ and NS-EW Corridors. The programme envisages development of Ring Roads / bypasses and elevated  corridors  to  decongest  the  traffic  passing  through  cities  and  enhance  logistic efficiency.

The  Cabinet  Committee  on  Economic  Affairs  (CCEA)  approved  the  proposal  for investment approval of Rs. 6,92,324 crore for Phase-I of 'Bharatmala Pariyojana' and other ongoing Central Road Sector schemes 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 National Highways Development Project (NHDP). The programme is targeted for completion in 20212022.

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