Lok Sabha Question No. 589 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-22
Subject: Maintenance and Infrastructure Development of Roads
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Dibyendu Adhikari

be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  maintenance  and  infrastructure  development  of roads in the country has slowed down in last one year due to Covid pandemic;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  it  is  a  fact  that  NHAI  awarded  26  projects  of  744  km length at a cost of over Rs. 31,000 crore during April to August 2020 as compared to 676 km in FY 2019-20, 368 km in FY 2018-19 and 504 km in FY 2017-18 and if so, the present status thereof till June 2021; and
- (d)  the  action  taken  by  the  Government  towards  maintenance  of roads and highways in the country since 2019?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) & (b) The national and local level lockdowns and restrictions due to COVID-19 posed constraints to the movement and supply/availability of materials, machinery and labourwhich affected the progress of works. However, due to several

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 589 ANSWERED ON 22 nd  JULY, 2021

## MAINTENANCE AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT OF ROADS

589.  SHRI DIBYENDU ADHIKARI:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सडक परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

initiatives taken by the Government under Atmanirbhar Bharat to provide relief measures to Contractors/ Concessionaires/ Consultants, the maintenance and development works on National Highways have overshot the targets.

- (c)  NHAI  awarded  31  projects  of  890  km  length  at  a  cost  of  Rs 26,322  crore  during  April  to  August  2020.  The  length  of  projects awarded by NHAI since 2017-18 is tabulated below.
- (d) Maintenance of National Highways is a continuous process and the works on NHs are taken up as per requirements of connectivity, inter-se  priority,  traffic  density  and  available  resources.  Details  of funds allocated/utilized towards maintenance of NHs since 2019-20 is at Annexure-I.

| Year                      | Award   |
|---------------------------|---------|
| 2017-18 (April to August) | 335 km  |
| 2018-19 (April to August) | 272 km  |
| 2019-20 (April to August) | 673 km  |
| 2020-21 (April to August) | 890 km  |
| 2021-22 (April to June)   | 383 km  |

## ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (d)  OF  LOK SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  589  ON  22 nd   JULY,  2021 ASKED BY SHRI DIBYENDU ADHIKARI REGARDING 'MAINTENANCE AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT OF ROADS'

## The State/UT-wise details of funds allocated/utilized for maintenance of NHs since 2019-20

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs/Agency     | 2019-20   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2020-21   | 2021-22 (Till June, 2021)   | 2021-22 (Till June, 2021)   |
|-----------|-----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|           |                       | Alloc.    | Expd.     | Alloc.    | Expd.     | Alloc.                      | Expd.                       |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh        | 89.60     | 65.37     | 147.44    | 113.91    | 117.92                      | 10.71                       |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh     | 28.72     | 25.27     | 78.76     | 111.39    | 45.27                       | 2.30                        |
| 3         | Assam                 | 28.49     | 3.28      | 130.68    | 73.19     | 77.09                       | 11.54                       |
| 4         | Bihar                 | 50.31     | 15.24     | 115.92    | 64.86     | 91.12                       | 8.50                        |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh          | 25.02     | 16.79     | 44.13     | 16.72     | 28.27                       | 0.00                        |
| 6         | Goa                   | 6.59      | 1.13      | 18.95     | 8.02      | 15.69                       | 2.46                        |
| 7         | Gujarat               | 100.23    | 91.43     | 186.28    | 114.78    | 155.58                      | 16.02                       |
| 8         | Haryana               | 0.50      | 0.02      | 3.00      | 0.00      | 0.50                        | 0.00                        |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh      | 37.90     | 28.34     | 83.40     | 73.98     | 67.02                       | 8.88                        |
| 10        | Jharkhand             | 26.83     | 26.07     | 39.71     | 23.13     | 39.00                       | 3.72                        |
| 11        | Karnataka             | 60.88     | 30.87     | 148.30    | 132.44    | 143.44                      | 25.35                       |
| 12        | Kerala                | 77.19     | 64.27     | 127.06    | 178.97    | 92.93                       | 18.18                       |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh        | 25.11     | 14.80     | 102.05    | 28.11     | 63.84                       | 0.00                        |
| 14        | Maharashtra           | 125.25    | 42.48     | 281.53    | 157.14    | 228.51                      | 13.28                       |
| 15        | Manipur               | 7.10      | 2.38      | 26.11     | 22.89     | 12.07                       | 0.00                        |
| 16        | Meghalaya             | 70.36     | 39.15     | 61.66     | 45.64     | 45.07                       | 7.42                        |
| 17        | Mizoram               | 48.97     | 37.23     | 34.91     | 21.00     | 30.46                       | 10.90                       |
| 18        | Nagaland              | 42.42     | 32.73     | 62.14     | 46.24     | 50.59                       | 4.24                        |
| 19        | Odisha                | 55.31     | 49.95     | 63.16     | 104.68    | 79.82                       | 14.00                       |
| 20        | Punjab                | 10.74     | 5.43      | 34.72     | 27.81     | 27.85                       | 0.82                        |
| 21        | Rajasthan             | 51.90     | 40.02     | 125.86    | 78.02     | 110.01                      | 4.11                        |
| 22        | Sikkim                | 11.94     | 10.36     | 5.88      | 6.85      | 4.87                        | 0.00                        |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu            | 36.85     | 16.21     | 92.68     | 92.18     | 68.08                       | 1.82                        |
| 24        | Telangana             | 82.60     | 59.55     | 128.43    | 72.54     | 93.30                       | 12.65                       |
| 25        | Tripura               | 25.71     | 14.54     | 16.68     | 12.13     | 8.03                        | 0.00                        |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh         | 116.22    | 73.54     | 139.57    | 90.81     | 105.63                      | 4.85                        |
| 27        | Uttarakhand           | 27.97     | 14.42     | 46.21     | 32.79     | 31.62                       | 3.18                        |
| 28        | West Bengal           | 41.66     | 38.03     | 51.50     | 34.89     | 37.86                       | 1.34                        |
| 29        | Chandigarh            | 0.20      | 0.00      | 3.11      | 2.03      | 9.30                        | 3.15                        |
| 30        | Dadar& Nagar Haveli ^ | 0.20      | 0.00      | 0.86      | 0.00      | 0.68                        | 0.00                        |
| 31        | Daman & Diu ^         | 0.20      | 0.00      |           |           |                             |                             |
| 32        | Delhi                 | 0.50      | 0.00      | 0.25      | 0.00      | 0.20                        | 0.00                        |
| 33        | Jammu & Kashmir $     | 2.02      | 0.34      | 9.37      | 0.00      | 4.11                        | 0.00                        |
| 34        | Ladakh                | 0.00      | 0.00      | 5.13      | 3.39      | 3.64                        | 0.00                        |
| 35        | Puducherry            | 1.97      | 0.09      | 2.35      | 1.98      | 1.37                        | 0.00                        |
| 37        | NHAI                  | 400.00    | 400.00    | 400.00    | 400.00    | 200.00                      | 200.00                      |
| 38        | NHIDCL                | 200.00    | 200.00    | 248.17    | 248.17    | 100                         | 100.00                      |
| 39        | BRO                   | 142.00    | 134.23    | 220.00    | 219.78    | .00 170.00                  | 170.00                      |
| 40        | Bridge Management     |           |           |           |           |                             |                             |

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs/Agency             | 2019-20   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2020-21   | 2021-22 (Till June, 2021)   | 2021-22 (Till June, 2021)   |
|-----------|-------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|           |                               | Alloc.    | Expd.     | Alloc.    | Expd.     | Alloc.                      | Expd.                       |
|           | System                        |           |           |           |           |                             |                             |
| 41        | Swachhata Activities along NH |           |           |           |           |                             |                             |
| 42        | First come first serve        | -59.46    | #         |           |           |                             |                             |

$- Erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir State before reorganisation to State of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh UT ^- Erstwhile UTs before merger Authorizations were made to incur expenditure on purely 'First Come First Serve' basis subject to the condition that total overall expenditure does not 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.

## #- Expenditure included in State/UT wise

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