Lok Sabha Question No. 1993 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-09
Subject: Proposals for Conversion of SHs into NHs
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Nusrat Jahan Ruhi

## be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of proposals  received  from  various  States  for conversion  of  State-Highways  (SHs)  into  National  Highways  (NHs) during the last three years, State and year-wise;
- (b) the details of proposals under which SHs have been converted into NHs, State and year-wise; and
- (c) the details of proposals still pending?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

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

State/UT-wise details of State Roads converted to NHs during last 3 years is annexed.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1993 ANSWERED ON 9 TH  DECEMBER, 2021

PROPOSALS FOR CONVERSION OF SHS INTO NHS 1993. SHRIMATI NUSRAT JAHAN RUHI:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  to  (c)  OF  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1993 ANSWERED ON 09.12.2021 ASKED BY SHRIMATI NUSRAT JAHAN RUHI REGARDING PROPOSALS FOR CONVERSION OF SHS INTO NHS

State /UT-wise details of State roads, including SHs, declared as NHs during the last three years:-

|       |                           |               |     | Length in km   |
|-------|---------------------------|---------------|-----|----------------|
| No. 1 | State/U.T. Andhra Pradesh | 2018-19 501** |     | 2020-21 846    |
| 2     | Assam                     |               |     | 97             |
| 3     | Bihar                     | 481           |     | 414            |
| 4     | Chhattisgarh              | 15            |     | 15             |
| 5     | Delhi                     | 87            |     |                |
| 6     | Goa                       |               |     | 6              |
| 7     | Gujarat                   | 585           | 265 | 844            |
| 8     | Haryana                   | 378           |     | 71             |
| 9     | Jammu & Kashmir^          | 57            |     |                |
| 10    | Jharkhand                 | 674           |     | 26             |
| 11    | Karnataka                 | 132           |     | 92             |
| 12    | Ladakh                    |               |     | 80*            |
| 13    | Madhya Pradesh            | 553           |     | 178            |
| 14    | Maharashtra               |               | 174 | 265            |
| 15    | Manipur                   |               |     | 90             |
| 16    | Odisha                    | 330           |     | 136            |
| 17    | Puducherry                |               |     | 37*            |
| 18    | Punjab                    | 5             | 50  | 775            |
| 19    | Rajasthan                 | 1426          |     | 8              |
| 20    | Sikkim                    |               |     | 246            |
| 21    | Tamil Nadu                |               |     | 117            |
| 22    | Telangana                 |               |     | 469            |
| 23    | Uttar Pradesh             | 360           |     | 94             |
| 24    | Uttarakhand               |               |     | 475            |
| 25    | West Bengal               | 590           |     |                |
| 26    | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      |               | 6   |                |

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