Lok Sabha Question No. 291 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-08
Subject: Repairing of Damaged NHs due to Natural Calamities
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Sanjeev Kumar Singari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  No. 291 ANSWERED ON 08 th  DECEMBER, 2022

## REPAIRING OF DAMAGED NHS DUE TO NATURAL CALAMITIES

291.    DR. SANJEEV KUMAR SINGARI:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्गमंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  assessment  of  the damage caused to National Highways (NHs) due to natural calamities in Andhra Pradesh;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the Government has conducted any repair works on these damaged NHs;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e)  the  funds  sanctioned  and  released  for  repairing  of  damaged  NHs during the last five years, Statewise including Andhra Pradesh?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS

(Shri NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

(a) to (d)    Yes Sir, National Highways are monitored continuously for damages  including  damages  caused  due  to  natural  calamities  and necessary  repair  and  maintenance  actions  are  taken  based  on  the extent  of  damages.   During  the  year  2021-22,  Flood  Damage  Repair

(FDR) works amounting to Rs 24 Crore have been approved for repair of NHs damaged due to natural calamities in the State of Andhra Pradesh.

(e)   The funds allocated and released for repairing the damaged NHs during the last five years, State-wise including for the State of Andhra Pradesh are at Annexure.

## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY to PART (e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 291 FOR ANSWER FOR 08.12.2022 ASKED BY DR. SANJEEV KUMAR SINGARI REGARDING REPAIRING OF DAMAGED NHS DUE TO NATURAL CALAMITIES.

The State/UT-wise details of funds allocated/utilized for maintenance of NHs during each of the last five years and

## current year

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs/Agency   | 2017-18   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2020-21   | 2021-22   | 2021-22   | 2022-23 (till 31.10.2022)   | 2022-23 (till 31.10.2022)   |
|-----------|---------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|           |                     | Alloc.    | Expd.     | Alloc.    | Expd.     | Alloc.    | Expd.     | Alloc.    | Expd.     | Alloc.    | Expd.     | Alloc.                      | Expd.                       |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh      | 83.52     | 77.02     | 87.98     | 20.61     | 89.6      | 65.37     | 147.44    | 113.91    | 150.92    | 85.89     | 107.3                       | 39.59                       |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh   | 42.67     | 36.31     | 34.1      | 15.97     | 28.72     | 25.27     | 78.76     | 111.39    | 68.84     | 76.08     | 64.64                       | 9.48                        |
| 3         | Assam               | 122.63    | 89.28     | 48.33     | 11.33     | 28.49     | 3.28      | 130.68    | 73.19     | 110.7     | 38.6      | 54.95                       | 2.59                        |
| 4         | Bihar               | 121.68    | 97.29     | 38.86     | 20.91     | 50.31     | 15.24     | 115.92    | 64.86     | 108.32    | 72        | 50.68                       | 0.53                        |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh        | 28.17     | 21.95     | 28.59     | 10.79     | 25.02     | 16.79     | 44.13     | 16.72     | 32.77     | 15.16     | 22.43                       | 1.43                        |
| 6         | Goa                 | 21.6      | 14.75     | 8.1       | 4.87      | 6.59      | 1.13      | 18.95     | 8.02      | 16.19     | 6.58      | 12.17                       | 4.42                        |
| 7         | Gujarat             | 65.19     | 68.43     | 80.3      | 64.49     | 100.23    | 91.43     | 186.28    | 114.78    | 168.58    | 48.92     | 183.4                       | 55.94                       |
| 8         | Haryana             | 40.38     | 39.53     | 0.8       | 0.26      | 0.5       | 0.02      | 3         | 0         | 3.5       | 0         | 6.92                        | 0                           |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh    | 79.02     | 56.46     | 55.45     | 43.01     | 37.9      | 28.34     | 83.4      | 73.98     | 88.59     | 55.05     | 50.65                       | 16.38                       |
| 10        | Jharkhand           | 65.48     | 54.69     | 44.31     | 32.25     | 26.83     | 26.07     | 39.71     | 23.13     | 49        | 21.92     | 30.86                       | 15.08                       |
| 11        | Karnataka           | 126.78    | 88.91     | 66.21     | 46.52     | 60.88     | 30.87     | 148.3     | 132.44    | 151.44    | 94.06     | 52.51                       | 19.08                       |
| 12        | Kerala              | 113.99    | 99.15     | 81.95     | 29.93     | 77.19     | 64.27     | 127.06    | 178.97    | 121.62    | 47.74     | 30.85                       | 1.75                        |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh      | 75.37     | 48.75     | 40.59     | 11.23     | 25.11     | 14.8      | 102.05    | 28.11     | 63.84     | 10.79     | 25.84                       | 0                           |
| 14        | Maharashtra         | 225.75    | 200.99    | 387.9     | 352.83    | 125.25    | 42.48     | 281.53    | 157.14    | 270.81    | 44.81     | 111.67                      | 13.51                       |
| 15        | Manipur             | 23.06     | 12.01     | 34.94     | 21.67     | 7.1       | 2.38      | 26.11     | 22.89     | 19.38     | 14.23     | 6.6                         | 0                           |
| 16        | Meghalaya           | 107.6     | 122.37    | 121.29    | 67.35     | 70.36     | 39.15     | 61.66     | 45.64     | 64.07     | 52.86     | 26.77                       | 7.6                         |

| 17   | Mizoram                | 125.93   | 125.25   | 158.98   | 126.86   | 48.97   | 37.23   | 34.91   | 21      | 44.96    | 33.9    | 17.53   | 3.54    |
|------|------------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|---------|---------|---------|---------|----------|---------|---------|---------|
| 18   | Nagaland               | 55.32    | 55.64    | 63.33    | 50.65    | 42.42   | 32.73   | 62.14   | 46.24   | 70.09    | 28.47   | 32.25   | 5.49    |
| 19   | Odisha                 | 34.81    | 27.74    | 43.24    | 25.9     | 55.31   | 49.95   | 63.16   | 104.68  | 99.73    | 63.31   | 36.81   | 12.47   |
| 20   | Punjab                 | 38       | 30.45    | 33.2     | 10.62    | 10.74   | 5.43    | 34.72   | 27.81   | 27.85    | 16.05   | 53.31   | 17.13   |
| 21   | Rajasthan              | 69.78    | 63.3     | 52.73    | 18.23    | 51.9    | 40.02   | 125.86  | 78.02   | 111.51   | 16.14   | 39.44   | 13.4    |
| 22   | Sikkim                 | 4.13     | 4.13     | 16       | 17.3     | 11.94   | 10.36   | 5.88    | 6.85    | 8.87     | 7.91    | 6.27    | 1.93    |
| 23   | Tamil Nadu             | 74.39    | 72.99    | 52.77    | 42.68    | 36.85   | 16.21   | 92.68   | 92.18   | 75.95    | 25.25   | 64.12   | 43.75   |
| 24   | Telangana              | 54.36    | 52.15    | 37.34    | 22.73    | 82.6    | 59.55   | 128.43  | 72.54   | 103.3    | 36.79   | 96.78   | 37.02   |
| 25   | Tripura                | 40.65    | 43.19    | 47.94    | 47.35    | 25.71   | 14.54   | 16.68   | 12.13   | 9.03     | 0       | 2.94    | 0       |
| 26   | Uttar Pradesh          | 88.53    | 56.51    | 73.07    | 40.12    | 116.22  | 73.54   | 139.57  | 90.81   | 133.63   | 71.34   | 67.38   | 25.43   |
| 27   | Uttarakhand            | 31.98    | 18.92    | 38.06    | 15.04    | 27.97   | 14.42   | 46.21   | 32.79   | 40.41    | 12.69   | 28.18   | 6.3     |
| 28   | West Bengal            | 60.78    | 59.74    | 32.27    | 28.54    | 41.66   | 38.03   | 51.5    | 34.89   | 46.11    | 33.11   | 31.06   | 6.24    |
| 29   | Chandigarh             | 1.26     | 0        | 0.1      | 0        | 0.2     | 0       | 3.11    | 2.03    | 9.3      | 5.69    | 5.08    | 0.88    |
| 30   | Dadar & Nagar Haveli ^ | 0.11     | 0        | 0.1      | 0        | 0.2     | 0       |         |         |          | 0       |         | 0       |
| 31   | Daman & Diu ^          | 0.07     | 0        | 0.1      | 0        | 0.2     | 0       | 0.86    | 0       | 0.68     |         | 0.21    |         |
| 32   | Delhi                  | 0.98     | 0        | 0.5      | 0        | 0.5     | 0       | 0.25    | 0       | 0.2      | 0       | 0.17    | 0       |
| 33   | Jammu & Kashmir $      | 12.95    | 2.96     | 33.48    | 9.14     | 2.02    | 0.34    | 9.37    | 0       | 4.11     | 0       | 5.71    | 0       |
| 34   | Ladakh                 | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0       | 0       | 5.13    | 3.39    | 3.64     | 0       | 1.04    | 0       |
| 35   | Puducherry             | 1.14     | 0.36     | 1.08     | 0.99     | 1.97    | 0.09    | 2.35    | 1.98    | 1.37     | 0.3     | 0.1     | 0       |
|      | Total                  | 2038.06  | 1741.22  | 1843.99  | 1210.17  | 1317.46 | 859.33  | 2417.79 | 1792.51 | 2279.31  | 1035.64 | 1326.62 | 360.96  |
|      | NHAI                   | 575      | 575      | 272.19   | 272.19   | 400     | 400     | 400     | 400     | 1909.36  | 1909.36 | 900     | 900     |
|      | NHIDCL                 | 125      | 125      | 100      | 100      | 200     | 200     | 248.17  | 248.17  | 325      | 325     |         | 0       |
|      | BRO                    | 135      | 134.78   | 115      | 114.81   | 142     | 134.23  | 220     | 219.78  | 170      | 152.06  | 180     | 106.28  |
|      | Bridge management      | 2.69     | 2.68     |          |          |         |         |         |         |          |         |         |         |
|      | First come first serve |          |          |          |          | -59.46  | #       | -632.04 | #       | -1182.15 | #       |         |         |
|      | Grand Total            | 2875.75  | 2578.68  | 2331.18  | 1697.17  | 2000    | 1593.56 | 2653.92 | 2660.46 | 3501.52  | 3422.06 | 2406.62 | 1367.24 |

Alloc. -Allocation; Expd. - Expenditure

Authorizations were made to incur expenditure on purely 'First Come First Serve' basis subject to the condition that total overall expenditure does no t exceed total allocation made during that Financial Year to ensure that there are least surrender of funds. Therefore, expenditure for some States have been more than the allocation made during that Financial Year. $- Erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir State before reorganisation to State of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh UT ^- Erstwhile UTs before merger *- Negative allocation is reflected as funds were re-appropriated from State PWD to NHAI/NHIDCL due to lower expenditure being incurred. However the State/UT wise allocation was not reduced due to sanction purposes. #- Expenditure included in State/UT wise Allocation and expenditure in the above statement includes PR/IRQP which is funded from NH(O) from 2021-22. Therefore, total allocation is greater than total outlay of M&R.

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