Lok Sabha Question No. 3638 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-24
Subject: Targets for Construction of National Highways
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Poonam (Mahajan) Vajendla Rao

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3638

ANSWERED ON 24 TH  MARCH, 2022

## TARGETS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

3638. SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN:

## WILL THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the targets fixed by the Government for construction of National Highways (NHs) in the country;
- (b) the pace at which these targets are being achieved every year;
- (c) the number of road projects which could not be completed within the stipulated period of time, State wise; and
- (d)  the  number  of  new  proposals  for  NH  projects  received  by  the Government?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a)  &  (b)  Development of National Highways (NHs) is a continuous process as per requirement of connectivity, inter-se priority, traffic density  and  available  resources.  Ministry  envisaged  to  construct about 60,000 Km of National Highways during the five year period from 2019-20 to 2023-24, of which 31,609 Km has been constructed up to February-2022 and the balance length of about 28,391 Km is

planned to be constructed in the remaining period from March-2022 to the end of the financial year 2023-24.

(c) Time for completion of project is generally kept as 2-3 years from the date of award. Out of the sanctioned National Highway Projects in the country, the details of delayed projects as on Feb-2022, is at Annexure-I.

(d) Ministry has received 582 new proposals for NH Projects from the States/UTs during the current financial year up to February-2022.

ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  3638  FOR  ANSWER  ON  24.03.2022 ASKED BY SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN AS REGARDING TARGETS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

## State/UT wise details of delayed projects as on Feb 2022

|   S. No. | State/UT                               |   Number |   Total length (in km) |   Length constructed (in km) |
|----------|----------------------------------------|----------|------------------------|------------------------------|
|        1 | Andaman and Nicobar                    |        8 |                  193.4 |                        151.7 |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh                         |       46 |                 1108.4 |                        955.6 |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh                      |       14 |                  216.7 |                        176.4 |
|        4 | Assam                                  |       22 |                  568   |                        427   |
|        5 | Bihar                                  |       56 |                 1755.3 |                       1203.3 |
|        6 | Chhattisgarh                           |       36 |                 1499.7 |                       1001.7 |
|        7 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu |        3 |                    7.5 |                          2.5 |
|        8 | Delhi                                  |        1 |                    4.2 |                          1.1 |
|        9 | Goa                                    |       15 |                  158.4 |                        114.7 |
|       10 | Gujarat                                |       25 |                  569.9 |                        369.6 |
|       11 | Haryana                                |       23 |                  374.1 |                        308   |
|       12 | Himachal Pradesh                       |       17 |                  195   |                        118.2 |
|       13 | Jammu and Kashmir                      |       11 |                  272.1 |                        220   |
|       14 | Jharkhand                              |       15 |                  443.3 |                        374.6 |
|       15 | Karnataka                              |       34 |                 1241.4 |                        967.3 |
|       16 | Kerala                                 |       13 |                  239.4 |                        198.1 |
|       17 | Madhya Pradesh                         |       25 |                  953.8 |                        787.1 |
|       18 | Maharashtra                            |      179 |                 6279.7 |                       5060.7 |
|       19 | Manipur                                |        6 |                   94.1 |                         78.6 |
|       20 | Meghalaya                              |        6 |                   51.5 |                         29.3 |
|       21 | Mizoram                                |       11 |                  316.2 |                        244.7 |
|       22 | Nagaland                               |       18 |                  352.5 |                        274.7 |
|       23 | Odisha                                 |       38 |                 1807.9 |                       1491.1 |
|       24 | Puducherry                             |        0 |                    0   |                          0   |
|       25 | Punjab                                 |       14 |                  268.6 |                        187.5 |
|       26 | Rajasthan                              |       32 |                 1206.1 |                       1017.4 |
|       27 | Sikkim                                 |        8 |                   67.2 |                         41   |
|       28 | Tamil Nadu                             |       30 |                  907.2 |                        657.6 |
|       29 | Telangana                              |       17 |                  482   |                        413.2 |
|       30 | Tripura                                |        7 |                   93   |                         19.5 |
|       31 | UT Ladakh                              |        0 |                    0   |                          0   |

| 32   | Uttar Pradesh   |   28 |   1496.4 |   1237.7 |
|------|-----------------|------|----------|----------|
| 33   | Uttarakhand     |   39 |    683.8 |    557.6 |
| 34   | West Bengal     |   26 |    359.8 |    233.4 |
|      | TOTAL           |  823 |  24267   |  18921   |

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