Lok Sabha Question No. 2591 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-16
Subject: Development of Green Express Highways
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: K. Muraleedharan

be pleased to state:

- (a) the list of routes that have been identified for development as Green Express Highways in the country;
- (b) whether construction  work  has  begun  thereon  and  if  so,  the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government  is using environmental friendly material  to  construct  the  said  highways,  if  so,  the  details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  establish  only  electric vehicle charging stations and not the petroleum/diesel stations along the said highways and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a)  &  (b)  The  corridors  proposed  for  construction  of  greenfield expressway/access  controlled  highway  along  with  its  status  is attached at Annexure.
- (c) Yes  Sir.  The  Government  is  using  various  environmental friendly  material  like  fly/pond  ash,  plastic  waste,  waste  material, geocell, geogrid etc.
- (d) The  Government  is  constructing  wayside  amenities  having provisions of electric vehicle charging  stations, fuel stations (petroleum/diesel  stations)  on  the  expressways/access  controlled highway.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2591

ANSWERED ON 16 TH  MARCH, 2023

## DEVELOPMENT OF GREEN EXPRESS HIGHWAYS

2591. SHRI K. MURALEEDHARAN:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) and (b) OF LOK SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2591  ANSWERED  ON  16 TH MARCH,  2023  ASKED  BY  SHRI  K.  MURALEEDHARAN  REGARDING ' DEVELOPMENT OF GREEN EXPRESS HIGHWAYS '

|     | Sr.NoCorridor Name             | Under Construction (km)   |   Awarded - Not Appointed (km) |   Under Bidding (km) |   Bids to be Invited (km) | Total (km)   |
|-----|--------------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|--------------|
| 1   | Delhi - Mumbai EXP             | 1,275                     |                             93 |                    0 |                        18 | 1,386        |
| 1.A | Delhi - Vadodara               | 845                       |                              0 |                    0 |                         0 | 845          |
| 1.B | Vadodara - Mumbai              | 370                       |                             62 |                    0 |                        18 | 450          |
| 1.C | Delhi - Faridabad - Sohna      | 60                        |                             31 |                    0 |                         0 | 91           |
| 2   | Ahmedabad - Dholera            | 109                       |                              0 |                    0 |                         0 | 109          |
| 3   | Bengaluru - Chennai            | 231                       |                             31 |                    0 |                         0 | 262          |
| 4   | Delhi - Amritsar - Katra       | 479                       |                            150 |                    0 |                        39 | 669          |
| 5   | Kanpur - Lucknow EXP           | 63                        |                              0 |                    0 |                         0 | 63           |
|     | Expressway Total               | 2,158                     |                            274 |                    0 |                        57 | 2,489        |
| 6   | Ambala - Kotputli              | 313                       |                              0 |                    0 |                         0 | 313          |
| 7   | Amritsar - Bhatinda - Jamnagar | 801                       |                            116 |                    0 |                         0 | 917          |
| 7.a | Amritsar to Bhatinda           | 39                        |                            116 |                    0 |                         0 | 155          |
| 7.b | Sangariya to Santalpur         | 762                       |                              0 |                    0 |                         0 | 762          |
| 8   | Raipur - Vishakhapatnam        | 447                       |                             19 |                    0 |                         0 | 465          |
| 9   | Hyderabad Vishakhapatnam       | 222                       |                              0 |                    0 |                         0 | 222          |
| 10  | UER II                         | 75                        |                              0 |                    0 |                         0 | 75           |
| 11  | Chennai - Salem                | 0                         |                              0 |                    0 |                       277 | 277          |
| 12  | Chittor Thatchur               | 99                        |                             17 |                    0 |                         0 | 116          |
| 13  | Bangalore Ring Road            | 101                       |                             35 |                  136 |                         8 | 280          |

| 14   | Delhi - Saharanpur - Dehradun                           | 239   |   0 | 0     | 0     | 239   |
|------|---------------------------------------------------------|-------|-----|-------|-------|-------|
| 15   | Durg Raipur Arang                                       | 0     |  92 | 0     | 0     | 92    |
| 16   | Hyderabad - Raipur                                      | 0     |   0 | 0     | 335   | 335   |
| 17   | Surat - Nashik - Ahmednagar - Solapur                   | 121   |   0 | 118   | 480   | 719   |
| 18   | Solapur - Kurnool - Chennai                             | 294   |   0 | 0     | 46    | 340   |
| 19   | Indore - Hyderabad                                      | 407   |  80 | 31    | 7     | 525   |
| 20   | Kharagpur - Siliguri                                    | 0     |   0 | 0     | 235   | 235   |
| 21   | Kota Indore (Garoth to Ujjain)                          | 135   |   0 | 0     | 0     | 135   |
| 22   | Nagpur - Vijayawada                                     | 95    |   0 | 306   | 0     | 401   |
| 23   | Sanchore - Deesa - Mehsana - Ahmedabad                  | 0     |   0 | 212   | 0     | 212   |
| 24   | Bengaluru - Kadappa - Vijayawada EXP                    | 0     | 274 | 68    | 0     | 342   |
| 25   | Varanasi - Ranchi - Kolkata                             | 0     |   0 | 361   | 251   | 612   |
| 26   | Kota - Etawah                                           | 0     |   0 | 219   | 193   | 412   |
| 27   | Mohali - Sirhind - Khanna Bypass - Malerkotla - Barnala | 0     |   0 | 0     | 108   | 108   |
|      | Access Controlled                                       | 3,347 | 634 | 1,451 | 1,939 | 7,371 |
|      | Expressway                                              | 2,158 | 274 | 0     | 57    | 2,489 |
|      | Grand Total                                             | 5,505 | 908 | 1,451 | 1,996 | 9,860 |

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