Lok Sabha Question No. 238 (STARRED), answered on 2023-03-16
Subject: Development of National Highways and Greenfield Expressways
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Raghu Ramakrishna Raju Kanumuru, Manne Srinivas Reddy

## be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that 91,287 kms of National Highways (NHs) were laid till March, 2014 and 1,44,983 kms of NHs were laid by January, 2023 in the country and if so, the details thereof, State-wise along with the funds sanctioned/spent for the purpose;
- (b) whether the Government has set a target to increase the length of NHs to 2 lakh kms in the next two years under Bharatmala Pariyojana with a budget of Rs. 11 lakh crore including development of 1,000 kms of  Greenfield  expressways  with  an  expenditure  of  Rs.  7  lakh  crore having  road  quality  of  international  standards  for  transportation  of goods to far-flung areas; and
- (c)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  steps  being  taken  by  the Government in this regard?

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 238 ANSWERED ON 16 TH  MARCH, 2023

## DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AND

## GREENFIELD EXPRESSWAYS

*238.  SHRI KANUMURU RAGHU RAMA KRISHNA RAJU: SHRI MANNE SRINIVAS REDDY:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI) (a) to (c) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  to  (c)  OF  LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 238 ANSWERED ON 16.03.2023 ASKED BY SHRI KANUMURU RAGHU RAMA KRISHNA RAJU AND SHRI MANNE SRINIVAS REDDY REGARDING DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AND GREENFIELD EXPRESSWAYS

(a) to (c)    Total length of National Highways (NHs) in the country has increased from about 91,287 km in March, 2014 to about 1,45,155 km at present. State / Union Territory (UT) -wise details of notified NHs at present vis-à-vis those in March, 2014 are annexed.

The Ministry considers declaration of some State roads, including State  Highways  (SHs),  as  NHs  from  time  to  time  based  on  the requirement of connectivity, inter-se priority and availability of funds.

The year-wise details of funds allocated and released/ expenditure incurred since 2014-15 to 2022-23 for development and maintenance of NHs are as follows: -

| Amount in Rs. Crore                                                                                                                       | Amount in Rs. Crore                                                                                                                       | Amount in Rs. Crore                                                                                                                       | Amount in Rs. Crore                                                                                                                       | Amount in Rs. Crore                                                                                                                       | Amount in Rs. Crore                                                                                                                       | Amount in Rs. Crore                                                                                                                       | Amount in Rs. Crore                                                                                                                       | Amount in Rs. Crore                                                                                                                       | Amount in Rs. Crore                                                                                                                       | Amount in Rs. Crore                                                                                                                       |
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|                                                                                                                                           | Allocation / Target                                                                                                                       | Allocation / Target                                                                                                                       | Allocation / Target                                                                                                                       | Allocation / Target                                                                                                                       | Expenditure / Release of Funds / Actuals                                                                                                  | Expenditure / Release of Funds / Actuals                                                                                                  | Expenditure / Release of Funds / Actuals                                                                                                  | Expenditure / Release of Funds / Actuals                                                                                                  | Expenditure / Release of Funds / Actuals                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                                           |
| Year                                                                                                                                      | Budgetary                                                                                                                                 | IEBR Target                                                                                                                               | Others* Total                                                                                                                             | Pvt. Investment Target                                                                                                                    | Budgetary                                                                                                                                 | IEBR Actual                                                                                                                               | Others*                                                                                                                                   | Total                                                                                                                                     | Pvt. Investment Actual                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                           |
| 2014-15                                                                                                                                   | 7,611                                                                                                                                     | 27,318                                                                                                                                    | 34,929                                                                                                                                    | 19,232                                                                                                                                    | 26,972                                                                                                                                    | 3,343                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                           | 30,315                                                                                                                                    | 19,232                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                           |
| 2015-16                                                                                                                                   | 42,695                                                                                                                                    | 43,667                                                                                                                                    | 86,362                                                                                                                                    | 29,770                                                                                                                                    | 43,099                                                                                                                                    | 23,281                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                           | 66,380                                                                                                                                    | 29,770                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                           |
| 2016-17 44,222                                                                                                                            | 59,279                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                           | 103,501                                                                                                                                   | 26,850                                                                                                                                    | 43,129                                                                                                                                    | 33,118                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                           | 76,247                                                                                                                                    | 16,029                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                           |
| 2017-18 53,182                                                                                                                            | 59,279                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                           | 112,461                                                                                                                                   | 32,400                                                                                                                                    | 52,336                                                                                                                                    | 50,533                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                           | 102,869                                                                                                                                   | 16,501                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                           |
| 2018-19 70,742                                                                                                                            | 62,000                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                           | 132,742                                                                                                                                   | 25,000                                                                                                                                    | 68,484                                                                                                                                    | 61,217                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                           | 129,701                                                                                                                                   | 21,605                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                           |
| 2019-20 74,767                                                                                                                            | 75,000                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                           | 149,767                                                                                                                                   | 25,000                                                                                                                                    | 68,279                                                                                                                                    | 74,988                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                           | 143,267                                                                                                                                   | 21,926                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                           |
| 2020-21 94,256                                                                                                                            | 65,000                                                                                                                                    | 9,731                                                                                                                                     | 168,987                                                                                                                                   | 26,400                                                                                                                                    | 91,032                                                                                                                                    | 65,036                                                                                                                                    | 9,731                                                                                                                                     | 165,799                                                                                                                                   | 12,476                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                           |
| 2021-22 123,472                                                                                                                           | 65,000                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                           | 25,000 213,472                                                                                                                            | 30,000                                                                                                                                    | 115,303                                                                                                                                   | 65,150                                                                                                                                    | 21,356                                                                                                                                    | 201,809                                                                                                                                   | 19,206                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                           |
| 2022-23 (till 28.02.2023)                                                                                                                 | 189,679                                                                                                                                   | 1,000                                                                                                                                     | 25,000 215,679                                                                                                                            | 30,000                                                                                                                                    | 187,991                                                                                                                                   | 798                                                                                                                                       | 10,434                                                                                                                                    | 199,223                                                                                                                                   | 19,824                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                           |
| IEBR - Internal & Extra Budgetary Resources *- Others includes funds from monetisation of NHs (including InvIT & Project based Financing) | IEBR - Internal & Extra Budgetary Resources *- Others includes funds from monetisation of NHs (including InvIT & Project based Financing) | IEBR - Internal & Extra Budgetary Resources *- Others includes funds from monetisation of NHs (including InvIT & Project based Financing) | IEBR - Internal & Extra Budgetary Resources *- Others includes funds from monetisation of NHs (including InvIT & Project based Financing) | IEBR - Internal & Extra Budgetary Resources *- Others includes funds from monetisation of NHs (including InvIT & Project based Financing) | IEBR - Internal & Extra Budgetary Resources *- Others includes funds from monetisation of NHs (including InvIT & Project based Financing) | IEBR - Internal & Extra Budgetary Resources *- Others includes funds from monetisation of NHs (including InvIT & Project based Financing) | IEBR - Internal & Extra Budgetary Resources *- Others includes funds from monetisation of NHs (including InvIT & Project based Financing) | IEBR - Internal & Extra Budgetary Resources *- Others includes funds from monetisation of NHs (including InvIT & Project based Financing) | IEBR - Internal & Extra Budgetary Resources *- Others includes funds from monetisation of NHs (including InvIT & Project based Financing) | IEBR - Internal & Extra Budgetary Resources *- Others includes funds from monetisation of NHs (including InvIT & Project based Financing) |

Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase -I,  approved by the  Government in 2017 at a cost of Rs. 5.35 Lakh Crore, includes development of 24,800 km length of Greenfield Expressways / Access Controlled Highways / Economic Corridors, Inter-corridor and feeder roads including National

Corridors  Efficiency  improvement  projects,  Border  and  International connectivity  roads,  Coastal  and  port  connectivity  roads  and  balance approximately 10,000 km subsumed under National Highways Development Project (NHDP). Till date, projects in about 26,037 km length have been approved and awarded with Total Capital Cost of about Rs. 8,15,771 Crore and completion  in  about  12,554  km  length  has  been  achieved  under  the programme. The  programme  inter-alia  envisages  development  of  about  27 Greenfield Expressways / Access Controlled Highways in about 9,860 km length for a total cost of about Rs. 4.08 Lakh Crore. Out of this, projects in about 6,413 km have been awarded with Total Capital Cost of about Rs. 2,89,604 Crore and completion in about 2,625 km length has been achieved till date. Entire Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase-I is targeted for completion in phased manner by 2027-28.

## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (c) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 238 ANSWERED ON 16.03.2023 ASKED BY SHRI  KANUMURU  RAGHU  RAMA  KRISHNA  RAJU  AND  SHRI  MANNE SRINIVAS REDDY REGARDING DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AND GREENFIELD EXPRESSWAYS

State / UT -wise details of notified NHs at present vis-à-vis those in March, 2014: -

|   Sr. No. | State/U.T.        | Total NH length as on 31.03.2014   | Existing NH length as on 28.02.2023   |
|-----------|-------------------|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh    | 6,590*                             | 8,683                                 |
|         2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 2,027                              | 4,285                                 |
|         3 | Assam             | 3,634                              | 4,077                                 |
|         4 | Bihar             | 4,467                              | 5,969                                 |
|         5 | Chandigarh        | 24                                 | 15                                    |
|         6 | Chhattisgarh      | 3,031                              | 3,620                                 |
|         7 | Delhi             | 80                                 | 157                                   |
|         8 | Goa               | 269                                | 299                                   |
|         9 | Gujarat           | 4,694                              | 7,885                                 |
|        10 | Haryana           | 2,050                              | 3,391                                 |
|        11 | Himachal Pradesh  | 2,196                              | 2,607                                 |
|        12 | Jammu & Kashmir   | 2,319^                             | 1,876                                 |
|        13 | Jharkhand         | 2,968                              | 3,430                                 |
|        14 | Karnataka         | 6,177                              | 8,037                                 |
|        15 | Kerala            | 1,700                              | 1,858                                 |
|        16 | Ladakh            | 0                                  | 806                                   |
|        17 | Madhya Pradesh    | 5,116                              | 9,105                                 |
|        18 | Maharashtra       | 6,249                              | 18,459                                |
|        19 | Manipur           | 1,452                              | 1,840                                 |
|        20 | Meghalaya         | 1,171                              | 1,156                                 |
|        21 | Mizoram           | 1,222                              | 1,499                                 |
|        22 | Nagaland          | 741                                | 1,670                                 |
|        23 | Odisha            | 4,550                              | 5,897                                 |
|        24 | Puducherry        | 53                                 | 64                                    |
|        25 | Punjab            | 1,699                              | 4,239                                 |
|        26 | Rajasthan         | 7,646                              | 10,706                                |
|        27 | Sikkim            | 149                                | 709                                   |

| Length in Km                                                                                          | Length in Km                                                                                          | Length in Km                                                                                          | Length in Km                                                                                          |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sr. No.                                                                                               | State/U.T.                                                                                            | Total NH length as on 31.03.2014                                                                      | Existing NH length as on 28.02.2023                                                                   |
| 28                                                                                                    | Tamil Nadu                                                                                            | 4,975                                                                                                 | 7,000                                                                                                 |
| 29                                                                                                    | Telangana                                                                                             | 0                                                                                                     | 4,926                                                                                                 |
| 30                                                                                                    | Tripura                                                                                               | 509                                                                                                   | 889                                                                                                   |
| 31                                                                                                    | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                         | 7,986                                                                                                 | 12,270                                                                                                |
| 32                                                                                                    | Uttarakhand                                                                                           | 2,282                                                                                                 | 3,664                                                                                                 |
| 33                                                                                                    | West Bengal                                                                                           | 2,908                                                                                                 | 3,675                                                                                                 |
| 34                                                                                                    | Andaman & Nicobar Islands                                                                             | 300                                                                                                   | 331                                                                                                   |
| 35                                                                                                    | Dadra & Nagar Haveli                                                                                  | 31                                                                                                    | 37                                                                                                    |
| 36                                                                                                    | Daman & Diu                                                                                           | 22                                                                                                    | 22                                                                                                    |
|                                                                                                       | TOTAL                                                                                                 | 91,287                                                                                                | 1,45,155                                                                                              |
| * - Erstwhile Andhra Pradesh including Telangana ^ - Erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir before re-organisation | * - Erstwhile Andhra Pradesh including Telangana ^ - Erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir before re-organisation | * - Erstwhile Andhra Pradesh including Telangana ^ - Erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir before re-organisation | * - Erstwhile Andhra Pradesh including Telangana ^ - Erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir before re-organisation |

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