Lok Sabha Question No. 43 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-20
Subject: Upgradation of SHs into NHs
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: K. Shanmuga Sundaram, Kanakmal Katara, Pushpendra Singh Chandel

## be pleased to state:

- (a) the criteria adopted for conversion/upgradation of various State Highways (SHs) into National Highways (NHs) in the country;
- (b) the details of the roads converted to NHs in the country during the
- last five years, State-wise including Bundelkhand;
- (c)  the  details  of  SHs  identified  for  upgradation  into  NHs  in  the country under the National Highways Development Project (NHDP), State-wise particularly in Rajasthan and Bundelkhand;
- (d) the funds sanctioned so far for the said projects; and
- (e)  whether  there  is  any  scheme  to  operate  toll  free  roads  in economically backward areas of the country, particularly in Bundelkhand and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 43 ANSWERED ON 20 TH  JULY, 2023

## UPGRADATION OF SHS INTO NHS

43. SHRI SHANMUGA SUNDARAM K.: SHRI KANAKMAL KATARA: SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

- (a)     State roads, including State Highways (SHs), are declared as National  Highways  (NHs)  from  time  to  time  on  the  basis  of  well established principles. The important criteria for declaration of NHs include the following: -
- i.
- Roads running through length / breadth of the country.
- ii. Connecting  adjacent  countries,  National  Capitals  with  State Capitals / mutually the State Capitals, major ports, non-major ports, large industrial centers or tourist centers.
- iii. Roads  having  important  strategic  requirement  in  hilly  and
- isolated area.
- iv. Arterial roads which enable sizeable reduction in travel distance and achieve substantial economic growth.
- v. Roads which help in opening up large tracts of backward area and hilly region.
- vi. Roads contributing towards achievement of National Highways grid of 100 km.
- vii.
- Synergy with PM GatiShakti National Master Plan (NMP).
- (b)      State  /  Union  Territory  (UT) -wise  details  of  State  roads, including SHs, notified as NHs during the last five years, including for the  States  of  Madhya  Pradesh  and  Uttar  Pradesh,  are  placed  at Annexure-I.
- (c)     The Ministry keeps on receiving proposals from various State Governments  /  UTs,  including  from  the  State  Governments  of Rajasthan,  Madhya  Pradesh  and  Uttar  Pradesh,  for  declaration  / upgradation of State roads, including SHs, as new NHs.  Decisions are  taken  based  on  the  fulfillment  of  the  criteria,  requirement  of connectivity, inter-se priority and availability of funds.

National  Highways  Development  Project  (NHDP)  has  been subsumed under Phase-I of Bharatmala Pariyojana (BMP). State / UT wise details of State roads, including SHs, notified as NHs under BMP, including for the States of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar

-Pradesh, are placed at Annexure-II.

- (d)     The year-wise details of funds released / expenditure incurred by the Ministry for projects under BMP during the last five years and the current year are as follows: -
- (e) User Fee collection on NHs and exemption of vehicles plying on NHs from paying the User Fee are as per the National Highways Fee Rules, 2008, as amended from time to time.

|                           | Amount in Rs. Crore   |
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
| Year                      | Expenditure under BMP |
| 2018-19                   | 97,036                |
| 2019-20                   | 106,321               |
| 2020-21                   | 111,097               |
| 2021-22                   | 122,950               |
| 2022-23                   | 144,894               |
| 2023-24 (till 30.06.2023) | 79,015                |

## ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 43 ANSWERED ON 20.07.2023 ASKED BY SHRI  SHANMUGA  SUNDARAM  K.,  SHRI  KANAKMAL  KATARA  AND SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL REGARDING UPGRADATION OF SHS INTO NHS

State / UT -wise details of State roads, including SHs, notified as NHs during the last five years, including for the States of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh: -

|         |                      |         |         |         | Length in Km   | Length in Km   |
|---------|----------------------|---------|---------|---------|----------------|----------------|
| Sr. No. | State/UT             | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22        | 2022-23        |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh       | 501     | 0       | 846     | 447            | 481            |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh    | 0       | 0       | 0       | 0              | 1,748          |
| 3       | Assam                | 0       | 0       | 97      | 71             | 0              |
| 4       | Bihar                | 481     | 0       | 413     | 169            | 0              |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh         | 15      | 0       | 15      | 0              | 0              |
| 6       | Delhi                | 87      | 0       | 0       | 0              | 0              |
| 7       | Goa                  | 0       | 0       | 6       | 0              | 0              |
| 8       | Gujarat              | 585     | 265     | 844     | 141            | 0              |
| 9       | Haryana              | 378     | 0       | 71      | 23             | 132            |
| 10      | Jammu and Kashmir ^  | 96      | 0       | 0       | 55             | 124            |
| 11      | Jharkhand            | 682     | 0       | 26      | 37             | 0              |
| 12      | Karnataka            | 132     | 0       | 77      | 229            | 461            |
| 13      | Kerala               | 0       | 0       | 0       | 0              | 76             |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh       | 493     | 0       | 178     | 121            | 93             |
| 15      | Maharashtra          | 0       | 174     | 265     | 122            | 142            |
| 16      | Manipur              | 0       | 0       | 90      | 0              | 0              |
| 17      | Mizoram              | 0       | 0       | 0       | 0              | 76             |
| 18      | Nagaland             | 0       | 0       | 0       | 123            | 0              |
| 19      | Orissa               | 331     | 0       | 136     | 0              | 0              |
| 20      | Puducherry           | 0       | 0       | 0       | 0              | 0              |
| 21      | Punjab               | 5       | 50      | 775     | 140            | 0              |
| 22      | Rajasthan            | 1,426   | 0       | 8       | 127            | 230            |
| 23      | Sikkim               | 0       | 0       | 246     | 0              | 0              |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu           | 0       | 0       | 117     | 0              | 142            |
| 25      | Telangana            | 0       | 0       | 469     | 661            | 0              |
| 26      | Tripura              | 0       | 0       | 0       | 0              | 35             |
| 27      | Uttar Pradesh        | 360     | 0       | 94      | 414            | 54             |
| 28      | Uttarakhand          | 12      | 0       | 463     | 240            | 0              |
| 29      | West Bengal          | 591     | 0       | 0       | 9              | 0              |
| 30      | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 0       | 6       | 0       | 0              | 0              |
|         | TOTAL                | 6,174   | 495     | 5,237   | 3,129          | 3,794          |

Above figures are based on reconciled NH Length Data from 2014-15 onwards.

^ - erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir before re-organisation

## ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 43 ANSWERED ON 20.07.2023 ASKED BY SHRI  SHANMUGA  SUNDARAM  K.,  SHRI  KANAKMAL  KATARA  AND SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL REGARDING UPGRADATION OF SHS INTO NHS

State / UT -wise details of State roads, including SHs, notified as NHs under BMP, including for the States of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh: -

|    |                      | Length in Km   |
|----|----------------------|----------------|
|  1 | Andhra Pradesh       | 2,280          |
|  2 | Assam                | 168            |
|  3 | Bihar                | 885            |
|  4 | Chhattisgarh         | 305            |
|  5 | Delhi                | 80             |
|  6 | Goa                  | 37             |
|  7 | Gujarat              | 1,316          |
|  8 | Haryana              | 711            |
|  9 | Jammu and Kashmir    | 208            |
| 10 | Jharkhand            | 354            |
| 11 | Karnataka            | 1,250          |
| 12 | Kerala               | 76             |
| 13 | Madhya Pradesh       | 1,144          |
| 14 | Maharashtra          | 1,363          |
| 15 | Manipur              | 90             |
| 16 | Nagaland             | 107            |
| 17 | Orissa               | 1,008          |
| 18 | Punjab               | 1,356          |
| 19 | Rajasthan            | 2,682          |
| 20 | Sikkim               | 246            |
| 21 | Tamil Nadu           | 1,674          |
| 22 | Telangana            | 1,130          |
| 23 | Uttar Pradesh        | 732            |
| 24 | Uttarakhand          | 682            |
| 25 | West Bengal          | 833            |
| 26 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 6              |

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