Lok Sabha Question No. 661 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-11-28
Subject: Amenities alongside National Highways
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Shri Bhumare Sandipanrao Asaram, Shri Ravindra Dattaram Waikar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-661 ANSWERED ON 28 th  November, 2024

Amenities alongside National Highways

661. Shri Ravindra Dattaram Waikar:

Shri Bhumare Sandipanrao Asaram:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन एवं िाजमार्ग मंत्री

## be pleased to state:

- (a)   whether  the  Government proposes to enhance travel experience for travellers, promote  tourism  facilities  and improve safety on National Highway (NH) network;
- (b)   if so, the details of such facilities on various NHs in Maharashtra including Mumbai, Konkan and Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad) region;
- (c)   whether the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) proposes to  take  up  a  major  initiative  to  integrate  wayside  amenities  in  the design  of  Highways  across  the  country,  if  so,  the  details  thereof. State-wise;
- (d)    whether  the  said  initiative  by  NHAI  also  helps  in  improving  the quality  of  life  in  rural  and  remote  areas  connected  by  National Highways; and
- (e)    if so, the details thereof including Mumbai and Konkan region?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) Yes Sir, Government envisions development of Wayside Amenities generally at 40-60 km intervals along National Highways/ Expressways subject  to  land  availability  and  financial  viability.  These  highway amenities  are  aimed  to  cater  to  a  wide  spectrum  of  highway  users including  truck  drivers.  Following  facilities  are  being  developed  / provisioned in the Wayside Amenities across the country:
- i. Food court / restaurant
- ii. Convenience Stores
- iii.
- Toilet Facility
- iv.
- v.
- vi.
- vii.
- viii.
- ix.
- x.
- xi.
- Drinking Water
- Car / Bus Parking
- First aid / medical room including child care room
- Landscaping
- Children's play area and open gym
- Safety awareness corner
- Sanitary Pad vending machine with incinerator
- Dedicated area for promoting local artisans / products
- (b) The  above  mentioned  facilities  are  provisioned  in  06  nos.  of Wayside  Amenities  to  be  developed  along  part  of  Vadodra-MumbaiExpressway falling  under  Mumbai, Konkan and Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar  region  in  the  state  of  Maharashtra.  List  of  the  such  Wayside Amenity locations is attached at Annexure-I.
- (c)   Yes Sir, State-wise details of Wayside Amenities being developed / proposed  along  National  Highways  /  Expressways  in  the  country  is attached at Annexure-II.
- (d) & (e) In Wayside Amenities being developed / proposed to be taken up along the National Highways / Expressways (including 06 nos. along part  of  Vadodra-  Mumbai-Expressway  falling  under  Mumbai,  Konkan

and  Chhatrapati  Sambhaji  Nagar  region  in  the  state  of  Maharashtra) provision for a dedicated area for promoting local artisans in the form of  kiosk  /  stall  /  dedicated  covered  zone  has  been  kept,  which  will benefit local artisans. This initiative will improve employment opportunities for local people.

Annexure-I

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY TO PART (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 661 ANSWERED ON 28.11.2024 ASKED BY SHRI RAVINDRA DATTARAM WAIKAR AND SHRI BHUMARE SANDIPANRAO ASARAM REGARDING AMENITIES ALONGSIDE NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

|   Sr. No. | Package                                                                                    | Name of Projects                                                                                                                                                                                                 | PIU   | Side   | Project Chainage   |   Site Area (in Ha) |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|--------|--------------------|---------------------|
|         1 | Vadodara Mumbai Expressway (Package XI) lane 77.000 (Ganjad Section Mumbai in Hybrid under | Construction of Eight access controlled Expressway from Km toKm 103.400 to Talasari of Vadodara Expressway) the State of Maharashtra on Annuity mode Bharatmala                                                  | Thane | LHS    | 90+100             |               12.75 |
|         2 | Vadodara                                                                                   | Construction of Eight lane access                                                                                                                                                                                | Thane | LHS    | 67+900             |                0.1  |
|         3 | Mumbai Expressway (Package XII)                                                            | controlled Expressway from Km 50.700 to Km 77.000 (Masvan to Ganjad Section of Vadodara Mumbai Expressway) in the State of Maharashtra on Hybrid Annuity mode under Bharatmala Pariyojana (PhaseII- Package-XII) | Thane | RHS    | 70+400             |                0.1  |
|         4 |                                                                                            | Construction of Eight                                                                                                                                                                                            | Thane | RHS    | 49+300             |               10.5  |
|         5 | Vadodara                                                                                   | lane access                                                                                                                                                                                                      | Thane | LHS    | 47+500             |                0.1  |
|         6 | Mumbai                                                                                     | controlled                                                                                                                                                                                                       | Thane | RHS    | 42+000             |                0.1  |
|         7 | Expressway (Package                                                                        | Expressway from Km 26.582 to Km 50.700                                                                                                                                                                           | Thane | LHS    | 41+000             |               10.5  |

|    | XIII)                                        | (Koshimbe to Masvan ) of Main Expressway and Km 0+0 to Km3+000 of SPUR (Shirsad to Masvan Section of Vadodara Mumbai Expressway) in the State of Maharashtra on Hybrid Annuity mode under Bharatmala Pariyojana (Phase II- Package-XIII)                  |       |     |        |      |
|----|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|-----|--------|------|
|  8 | Vadodara                                     | Construction of Eight lane access controlled Expressway from Km                                                                                                                                                                                           | Thane | LHS | 16+000 |  0.1 |
|  9 | Mumbai Expressway SPUR (Package XIV)         | 3.000 to Km 20.200 (Chandip to Akloli- Spur) Section of Vadodara Mumbai Expressway) in the State of Maharashtra on Hybrid Annuity mode under Bharatmala Pariyojana (PhaseII- Package-XIV)                                                                 | Thane | RHS | 11+000 |  0.1 |
| 10 | Vadodara Mumbai Expressway SPUR (Package XV) | Construction of Eight lane access controlled Expressway from Km 20.200 to Km 43.000(Akloli to Amne-Spur)Section of Vadodara Mumbai Expressway) in the State of Maharashtra on Hybrid Annuity mode under Bharatmala Pariyojana(Phase II- Package XV) Eight | Thane | LHS | 25+662 | 10.5 |
| 11 | Vadodara Mumbai Expressway                   | Construction of lane access controlled                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | Thane | LHS | 50+800 | 12.8 |

|   SPUR (Package XVI) | Expressway from Km 43.000 to Km 69.800 (Amane to Bhoj                                                                                            |       |     |        |      |
|----------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|-----|--------|------|
|                   12 | Section Spur of Vadodara Mumbai Expressway) in the State of Maharashtra on Hybrid Annuity mode under BharatmalaPariyojana (Phase II-Package XVI) | Thane | RHS | 61+300 | 10.5 |

Annexure-II

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (C)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 661 ANSWERED ON 28.11.2024 ASKED BY SHRI RAVINDRA DATTARAM WAIKAR AND SHRI BHUMARE SANDIPANRAO ASARAM REGARDING AMENITIES ALONGSIDE NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

|   S.No. | State          | NH Number              | No. of WSAs   |
|---------|----------------|------------------------|---------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh | 16                     | 17            |
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh | 40                     | 2             |
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh | 44                     | 2             |
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh | 65                     | 4             |
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh | 544D                   | 2             |
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh | AH-45                  | 1             |
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh | Bangalore-Chennai      | 4             |
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh | NH-16                  | 7             |
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh | NH-216                 | 1             |
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh | NH-216A                | 4             |
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh | NH-26                  | 4             |
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh | NH-65                  | 1             |
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh | NH-716                 | 1             |
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh | Raipur- Vishakhapatnam | 4             |
|       2 | Assam          | 27                     | 11            |
|       3 | Bihar          | 5                      | 2             |
|       3 | Bihar          | 31                     | 4             |
|       3 | Bihar          | 319                    | 2             |
|       3 | Bihar          | NH-131A                | 1             |
|       3 | Bihar          | NH-327                 | 2             |
|       3 | Bihar          | 30                     | 1             |
|       4 | Chhattisgarh   |                        |               |
|       4 | Chhattisgarh   | 130                    | 2             |
|       4 | Chhattisgarh   | NH-43                  | 1             |
|       4 | Chhattisgarh   | Raipur- Vishakhapatnam | 4             |
|       5 | Gujarat        | 27                     | 3             |
|       5 | Gujarat        | 48                     | 3             |
|       5 | Gujarat        | Ahmedabad- Dholera     | 2             |
|       5 | Gujarat        | Delhi-Mumbai           | 33            |
|       5 | Gujarat        | NH-341                 | 1             |

|                   | Trans-Rajasthan       |   4 |
|-------------------|-----------------------|-----|
| Haryana           | 10                    |   3 |
|                   | 21                    |   2 |
|                   | 48                    |   2 |
|                   | 65                    |   1 |
|                   | 73                    |   2 |
|                   | 152                   |   1 |
|                   | 352                   |   1 |
|                   | 709                   |   4 |
|                   | 148B                  |   2 |
|                   | Delhi-Amritsar- Katra |  12 |
|                   | Delhi-Mumbai          |   6 |
|                   | EPE- NE2              |   2 |
|                   | NH-709                |   1 |
|                   | Trans-Haryana         |  12 |
| Himachal          | 3                     |   3 |
| Pradesh           | 530                   |   2 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 1                     |   1 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 44                    |  15 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Delhi-Amritsar- Katra |   5 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | NH-1                  |   1 |
|                   | NH-44                 |   5 |
| Jharkhand         | 18                    |   1 |
| Jharkhand         | 19                    |   2 |
| Jharkhand         | 40                    |   2 |
| Jharkhand         | 49                    |   2 |
| Jharkhand         | NH 320                |   2 |
|                   | NH-143                |   1 |
|                   | NH-19                 |   3 |
| Karnataka         | 13                    |   2 |
| Karnataka         | 40                    |   3 |
| Karnataka         | 48                    |   1 |
| Karnataka         | 63                    |   6 |
| Karnataka         | 65                    |   2 |
| Karnataka         | 66                    |   1 |
| Karnataka         | 75                    |   3 |
| Karnataka         | 135                   |   1 |
|                   | 206                   |   1 |

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|    |             | 150 (A)             |   2 |
|----|-------------|---------------------|-----|
|    |             | Bangalore Ring Road |   3 |
|    |             | Bangalore-Chennai   |   2 |
|    |             | NH-48               |   1 |
|    |             | NH-67               |   5 |
|    |             | NH-73               |   1 |
| 11 | Kerala      | 544                 |   4 |
| 12 | Madhya      | 12                  |   1 |
| 12 | Madhya      | 27                  |   2 |
| 12 | Madhya      | 34                  |   1 |
| 12 | Madhya      | 39                  |   1 |
| 12 | Madhya      | 44                  |   4 |
| 12 | Madhya      | 46                  |   6 |
| 12 | Madhya      | 47                  |   2 |
| 12 | Madhya      | 52                  |   1 |
| 12 | Madhya      | 60                  |   2 |
| 12 | Pradesh     | 75                  |   1 |
| 12 | Madhya      | 319                 |   2 |
| 12 | Madhya      | Delhi-Mumbai        |  10 |
| 12 | Madhya      | Kota-Indore (752D)  |   3 |
| 12 | Madhya      | NH-135C             |   2 |
| 12 | Madhya      | NH-3                |   1 |
| 12 | Madhya      | NH-44               |  18 |
| 12 | Madhya      | NH-45               |   1 |
| 12 | Madhya      | NH-46               |  14 |
| 12 |             | NH-543              |   4 |
| 13 | Maharashtra | 40                  |   1 |
| 13 | Maharashtra | 44                  |   2 |
| 13 | Maharashtra | 47                  |   2 |
| 13 | Maharashtra | 50                  |   1 |
| 13 | Maharashtra | 52                  |   5 |
| 13 | Maharashtra | 53                  |   2 |
| 13 | Maharashtra | 60                  |   2 |
| 13 | Maharashtra | 160                 |   2 |
| 13 | Maharashtra | 161                 |   1 |
| 13 | Maharashtra | 361                 |   6 |
| 13 | Maharashtra | 930                 |   2 |
| 13 | Maharashtra | 547E                |   1 |
| 13 | Maharashtra | Delhi-Mumbai        |  12 |

|    |           | Indore- Hyderabad      |   6 |
|----|-----------|------------------------|-----|
|    |           | NH- 52                 |   2 |
|    |           | NH- 65                 |   2 |
|    |           | NH-166                 |   5 |
|    |           | NH-222 (New NH- 61)    |   1 |
|    |           | NH-361                 |   1 |
|    |           | NH-48                  |   1 |
|    |           | NH-60                  |   1 |
|    |           | NH-65                  |   1 |
|    |           | NH-66                  |   2 |
|    |           | NH-848                 |   2 |
| 14 | Manipur   | 102                    |   8 |
| 15 | Meghalaya | 6                      |   5 |
| 16 | Odisha    | 16                     |   5 |
| 16 |           | 520                    |   1 |
| 16 |           | NH-16                  |   1 |
| 16 |           | Raipur- Vishakhapatnam |   8 |
| 17 | Punjab    | 44                     |   6 |
| 17 | Punjab    | 54                     |   3 |
| 17 | Punjab    | Delhi-Amritsar- Katra  |  26 |
| 17 | Punjab    | NH-44                  |   5 |
| 17 | Punjab    | NH-54                  |   6 |
| 18 | Rajasthan | 12                     |   2 |
| 18 | Rajasthan | 21                     |   2 |
| 18 | Rajasthan | 23                     |   1 |
| 18 | Rajasthan | 25                     |   1 |
| 18 | Rajasthan | 27                     |   4 |
| 18 | Rajasthan | 44                     |   4 |
| 18 | Rajasthan | 48                     |   4 |
| 18 | Rajasthan | 52                     |   4 |
| 18 | Rajasthan | 76                     |   1 |
| 18 | Rajasthan | 148                    |   1 |
| 18 | Rajasthan | 148-C                  |   2 |
| 18 | Rajasthan | Delhi-Mumbai           |  28 |
| 18 | Rajasthan | NH-11                  |   2 |
| 18 | Rajasthan | NH-27                  |   1 |

|    |               | NH-68                     |   2 |
|----|---------------|---------------------------|-----|
|    |               | Trans-Rajasthan           |  28 |
|    |               | 44                        |   6 |
|    |               | 45                        |   9 |
|    |               | 135                       |   2 |
|    |               | 45B                       |   4 |
| 19 | Tamil Nadu    | Bangalore-Chennai         |   4 |
|    |               | NH-16                     |   2 |
|    |               | NH-544                    |   1 |
|    |               | NH-83                     |   1 |
|    |               | NH-948                    |   1 |
|    |               | 44                        |   4 |
|    |               | 163                       |   2 |
|    |               | Hyderabad- Vishakhapatnam |   4 |
| 20 | Telangana     | Indore- Hyderabad         |   3 |
|    |               | Nagpur-Vijaywada          |   6 |
|    |               | Solapur-Kurnool           |   2 |
|    |               | 9                         |   2 |
|    |               | 19                        |  13 |
|    |               | 27                        |   9 |
|    |               | 28                        |   1 |
|    |               | 34                        |   2 |
|    |               | 44                        |   1 |
|    |               | 91                        |   2 |
|    |               | 135                       |   2 |
| 21 | Uttar Pradesh | 233                       |   1 |
|    |               | 530                       |   1 |
|    |               | AH-43                     |   1 |
|    |               | Delhi-Sahranpur- Dehradun |  10 |
|    |               | NE2                       |   4 |
|    |               | NE3                       |   2 |
|    |               | NH-30                     |   1 |
|    |               | NH-530                    |   2 |
| 22 | Uttarakhand   | 34                        |   2 |
|    |               | Delhi-Sahranpur- Dehradun |   4 |
|    |               | NH-109                    |   1 |

|       |             | NH-7           |   1 |
|-------|-------------|----------------|-----|
| 23    | West Bengal | 12             |   8 |
| 23    | West Bengal | 16             |   5 |
| 23    | West Bengal | 19             |   5 |
| 23    | West Bengal | 45             |   2 |
| 23    | West Bengal | 49             |   2 |
| 23    | West Bengal | 31 (New NH-27) |   3 |
| 23    | West Bengal | NH-12          |   2 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL       | TOTAL          | 704 |

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