Lok Sabha Question No. 313 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-08
Subject: Construction of National Highways
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Chandra Sekhar Sahu, Girish Bhalchandra Bapat

## be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government  has set  up a target to construct 40 kilometers of National  Highway  (NH)  every  day  in  the  current  financial  year  and  if  so,  the extent to which  it has  been  achieved  so  far;
- (b) whether the Government has identified projects which help to provide logistic efficiency  to  the  Indian  economy  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof,  State-wise, particularly in Maharashtra and Odisha;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  identified  congestion  points  and  economic centres which have huge traffic flow amongst them for efficient and smooth  road connectivity;
- (d) if so, the details thereof, State-wise, particularly in Maharashtra and Odisha; and
- (e) whether the Government proposes to securitise some NHs and Expressways and if  so, the details thereof, State-wise?

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) Ministry has set a target of constructing 12,200 km National Highways during 2022-23, against which 4766 km has been constructed till November, 2022.
- (b) Under Bharatmala Pariyojana, apart from development of

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 313 ANSWERED ON 08 th  DECEMBER, 2022

## CONSTRUCTION OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

313. SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU: SHRI GIRISH BHALCHANDRA BAPAT:

## WILL THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

Highways/Expressways in the country which facilitate logistic efficiency to India economy, 35 Multi Modal Logistics Parks (MMLPs) are to be developed. These MMLPs  would  act  as  major  cargo  consolidation  and  distribution  hubs.  The implementation of Bharatmala Pariyojana along with 35 MMLPs in the country is expected  to  further  increase  the  logistics  efficiency.  The  List  of  35  MMLPs approved under Bharatmala Pariyojana, State-wise including Maharashtra and Odisha, is enclosed as Annexure I.

(c)  &  (d)    Under  Bharatmala  Pariyojana  191  such  points  of  congestion  were identified on the entire network. Of the 191 choke points, de-congestion projects have already been completed in 56 congestion points and de-congestion projects are under implementation in 83 congestion points. The work on remaining 52 congestions points will be awarded for construction by FY 2024-25. The status of congestion points and its improvement across the country including in the State of Maharashtra & Odisha is enclosed as Annexure II.

(e) No proposal has been approved so far to securitise NHs and Expressways.

ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 313 FOR ANSWER ON 08.12.2022 ASKED BY SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR  SAHU  AND  SHRI  GIRISH  BHALCHANDRA  BAPAT  AS  REGARDING CONSTRUCTION OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS.

## State wise list of MMLPs approved

|   S. No. | Location                                                            | State                           |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|        1 | Delhi-NCR (Delhi, Gurgaon, Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Noida)             | Delhi / Haryana / Uttar Pradesh |
|        2 | Mumbai (Mumbai, Mumbai Suburbs, JNPT, Mumbai Port, Raigad District) | Maharashtra                     |
|        3 | North Gujarat (Ahmedabad and Vadodara)                              | Gujarat                         |
|        4 | Hyderabad                                                           | Telangana                       |
|        5 | South Gujarat (Surat)                                               | Gujarat                         |
|        6 | South Punjab (Ludhiana, Sangrur, Patiala)                           | Punjab                          |
|        7 | North Punjab (Amritsar, Jalandhar, Gurudaspur)                      | Punjab                          |
|        8 | Jaipur                                                              | Rajasthan                       |
|        9 | Bangalore                                                           | Karnataka                       |
|       10 | Pune                                                                | Maharashtra                     |
|       11 | Anantapur                                                           | Andhra Pradesh                  |
|       12 | Chennai                                                             | Tamil Nadu                      |
|       13 | Nagpur                                                              | Maharashtra                     |
|       14 | Indore                                                              | Madhya Pradesh                  |
|       15 | Patna                                                               | Bihar                           |
|       16 | Kolkata                                                             | West Bengal                     |
|       17 | Ambala                                                              | Punjab                          |
|       18 | Valsad                                                              | Gujarat                         |
|       19 | Coimbatore                                                          | Tamil Nadu                      |
|       20 | Jagatsinghpur                                                       | Odisha                          |
|       21 | Nashik                                                              | Maharashtra                     |
|       22 | Guwahati                                                            | Assam                           |
|       23 | Kota                                                                | Rajasthan                       |
|       24 | Panaji                                                              | Goa                             |
|       25 | Hisar                                                               | Haryana                         |
|       26 | Visakhapatnam                                                       | Andhra Pradesh                  |
|       27 | Bhopal                                                              | Madhya Pradesh                  |
|       28 | Sundargarh                                                          | Odisha                          |
|       29 | Bhatinda                                                            | Punjab                          |
|       30 | Solan                                                               | Himanchal Pradesh               |
|       31 | Rajkot                                                              | Gujarat                         |
|       32 | Raipur                                                              | Chhattisgarh                    |
|       33 | Jammu                                                               | J&K                             |
|       34 | Kandla                                                              | Gujarat                         |
|       35 | Cochin                                                              | Kerala                          |

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  &  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 313 FOR ANSWER ON 08.12.2022 ASKED BY SHRI CHANDRA  SEKHAR  SAHU  AND  SHRI  GIRISH  BHALCHANDRA  BAPAT  AS

REGARDING CONSTRUCTION OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS.

## State  wise  list  of  congestion  points  and  its  improvement  across  the  country including State of Maharashtra & Odisha:

| State           | Completed   | Awarded   | Yet to be Awarded   |   Grand Total |
|-----------------|-------------|-----------|---------------------|---------------|
| Andhra Pradesh  | 2           | 2         | 3                   |             7 |
| Assam           | -           | 3         | 1                   |             4 |
| Bihar           | -           | 4         | -                   |             4 |
| Chhattisgarh    | 1           | -         | 4                   |             5 |
| Delhi           | 2           | -         | -                   |             2 |
| Gujarat         | 3           | 6         | 2                   |            11 |
| Haryana         | -           | 2         | 1                   |             3 |
| Jammu & Kashmir | -           | 1         | -                   |             1 |
| Jharkhand       | 1           | 2         | 1                   |             4 |
| Karnataka       | 4           | 7         | 5                   |            16 |
| Kerala          |             | 1         | 4                   |             5 |
| Madhya Pradesh  | 6           | 5         | 7                   |            18 |
| Maharashtra     | 10          | 21        | 4                   |            35 |
| Manipur         | -           | -         | 1                   |             1 |
| Meghalaya       | -           | -         | 1                   |             1 |
| Mizoram         | -           | -         | 1                   |             1 |
| Nagaland        | -           | -         | 1                   |             1 |
| Orissa          | -           | 4         | 4                   |             8 |
| Punjab          | 3           | 3         | 1                   |             7 |
| Rajasthan       | 7           | 6         | 1                   |            14 |
| Tamil Nadu      | 2           | 7         | 5                   |            14 |
| Telangana       | 1           | 1         | -                   |             2 |
| Uttar Pradesh   | 9           | 2         | 2                   |            13 |
| West Bengal     | 5           | 6         | 3                   |            14 |
| Grand Total     | 56          | 83        | 52                  |           191 |

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