Lok Sabha Question No. 403 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-03
Subject: Construction of NHs
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Kishan Kapoor

## be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  total  length  of  National  Highways  (NHs)  currently  under construction in the country; and
- (b) the length of details of NHs for which construction of work is likely to be completed during the next five years, state-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) to (b) Development of National Highways (NHs) is a continuous process  and  the  Ministry  takes  up  NH  projects  based  on  the requirements of connectivity, traffic density, inter se priority, and the availability of resources. Out of the ongoing works as on 31 st  December, 2021, balance length of NHs for construction is 24,387 Km, the State/ UT wise length is at Annexure-I.

As a part of this ongoing development process, Ministry envisaged to construct 60,000 km of National Highways during the five year period from 2019-20 to 2023-24, of which 23,564 km was constructed during the two years of 2019-20 and 2020-21 and balance length of about 36,500 km of National Highways is planned to be constructed in the next three years from 2021-22 to 2023-24.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 403

## ANSWERED ON 03 RD  FEBRUARY, 2022

## CONSTRUCTION OF NHS

403. SHRI KISHAN KAPOOR:

## WILL THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 403 FOR ANSWER ON 03.02.2022 ASKED BY SHRI KISHAN KAPOOR AS REGARDING CONSTRUCTION

OF NHs

State/UT  wise  details  of  ongoing  National  Highway  projects  as  on 31.12.2021

|   S. No. | State/UT                               |   Number |   Total length (in km) |   Length constructed (in km) |   Balance Length for construction (in km) |
|----------|----------------------------------------|----------|------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andaman and Nicobar                    |       12 |                    327 |                          244 |                                        83 |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh                         |      109 |                   2912 |                         1964 |                                       947 |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh                      |       50 |                   1455 |                          660 |                                       795 |
|        4 | Assam                                  |      108 |                   3123 |                         1612 |                                      1511 |
|        5 | Bihar                                  |       80 |                   1763 |                         1184 |                                       578 |
|        6 | Chhattisgarh                           |       50 |                   2011 |                         1238 |                                       773 |
|        7 | Dadar and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu |        4 |                     17 |                            3 |                                        15 |
|        8 | Delhi                                  |        8 |                     79 |                            0 |                                        79 |
|        9 | Goa                                    |       28 |                    226 |                          103 |                                       123 |
|       10 | Gujarat                                |       75 |                   2008 |                          957 |                                      1050 |
|       11 | Haryana                                |       52 |                   1372 |                          857 |                                       514 |
|       12 | Himachal Pradesh                       |       54 |                    633 |                          271 |                                       362 |
|       13 | J&K                                    |       47 |                   1001 |                          492 |                                       508 |
|       14 | Jharkhand                              |       50 |                   1428 |                          775 |                                       653 |
|       15 | Karnataka                              |      110 |                   3719 |                         2523 |                                      1195 |
|       16 | Kerala                                 |       44 |                   1035 |                          434 |                                       601 |
|       17 | Madhya Pradesh                         |       91 |                   3352 |                         2350 |                                      1001 |
|       18 | Maharashtra                            |      372 |                  11369 |                         8122 |                                      3247 |
|       19 | Manipur                                |       60 |                   1270 |                          350 |                                       921 |
|       20 | Meghalaya                              |       27 |                    288 |                           48 |                                       240 |
|       21 | Mizoram                                |       37 |                   1007 |                          342 |                                       665 |
|       22 | Nagaland                               |       51 |                    992 |                          406 |                                       586 |
|       23 | Odisha                                 |       74 |                   3110 |                         2239 |                                       871 |
|       24 | Puducherry                             |        4 |                     11 |                            0 |                                        11 |
|       25 | Punjab                                 |       60 |                   1618 |                          480 |                                      1138 |
|       26 | Rajasthan                              |       93 |                   3835 |                         2692 |                                      1144 |
|       27 | Sikkim                                 |       32 |                    398 |                           70 |                                       327 |

| 28   | Tamil Nadu    |   115 |   3347 |   2157 |   1190 |
|------|---------------|-------|--------|--------|--------|
| 29   | Telangana     |    57 |   2169 |   1707 |    462 |
| 30   | Tripura       |    25 |    447 |    176 |    271 |
| 31   | UT Ladakh     |    12 |    230 |      0 |    230 |
| 32   | Uttar Pradesh |    97 |   4431 |   2994 |   1437 |
| 33   | Uttarakhand   |   113 |   1713 |   1286 |    427 |
| 34   | West Bengal   |    79 |   1488 |   1056 |    432 |
|      | TOTAL         |  2280 |  64182 |  39795 |  24387 |

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