Lok Sabha Question No. 1954 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-28
Subject: Bengaluru-Chennai Express Highway
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Pocha Brahmananda Reddy, Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu, Reddeppa Nallakonda Gari

## be pleased to state:

- (a) the  present  status  of  progress  made  in  the  construction  of Bengaluru- Chennai Express Highway under PM Gati Shakti;
- (b) the  details  and  the  present  status  of  construction  of  roads connecting  Krishnapatnam  Port  in  Andhra  Pradesh  under  PM Gati Shakti; and
- (c) the  details  of  other  road  and  highway  projects  being  executed
- in Andhra Pradesh under PM Gati Shakti?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) Total length of Bengaluru -Chennai Expressway is 262 km passing through three states viz. Karnataka (71 Km), Andhra Pradesh (85 Km) and Tamil  Nadu  (106  Km).  Entire  expressway  has  been  split  into  10 construction packages, out of which work is in progress in 6 packages (151 Km) and remaining 4 packages have also been awarded.
- (b) The present status of construction of roads connecting Krishnapatnam Port is as under:

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1954 ANSWERED ON 28 TH  JULY, 2022

## BENGALURU-CHENNAI EXPRESS HIGHWAY

1954. SHRI POCHA BRAHMANANDA REDDY: SHRI LAVU SRI KRISHNA DEVARAYALU: SHRI N. REDDEPPA:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग

मंत्री

|   S.No. | Project                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |   Length (km) | Status                             |
|---------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|------------------------------------|
|       1 | Construction of six laning of dedicated port road to Krishnapatnam Port from Km 0.00 to Km 18.00 (Package - I)                                                                                                                                                                                          |         18    | Physical Progress 51.71%.          |
|       2 | Construction of 4 laning of Chillakuru cross road to East Kanupuru (Part-1) from Km 131.500 of NH-16 to Km23+770 including flyover and approaches on NH-16 (Length 1.050 Km) and six laning of East Kanupuru to Port South Gate (Part-2) from Km 0+000 to Km 11+245 (Package - II)                      |         36.06 | Proposal is in Pre-appraisal stage |
|       3 | Construction of Greenfield road connecting North & South Industrial cluster of Khadaleru Creek near Krishnapatnam Port at Thamminapatnam (Part -1 ) to mollur near Muthukur (Km 0+000 to Km 16+046) and (Part- 2) extension of dedicated port road on NH-67 from Km 18+000 to Km 19+000 (Package - III) |         15.95 | Proposal is in Pre-appraisal stage |
|       4 | Construction of six laning from Naidupet (Greenfield) to East Kanupuru (Km 57+046 to Km 91+910 (Package - IV)                                                                                                                                                                                           |         34.88 | Proposal is in Pre-appraisal stage |
|       5 | Four laning of road from Nellore city to Krishnapatnam Port to NH-5 (Package - V)                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |         22.6  | Proposal is in Pre-appraisal stage |

(c) With  regard  to  other  major  highway  projects  in  Andhra  Pradesh, work in 3 projects with total length of 80 Km is in progress and agreement has also been signed in another 7 projects with total length of 193 Km.

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