Lok Sabha Question No. 55 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-02
Subject: Pace of Road Construction
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Queen Oja

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 55

ANSWERED ON 2 ND  FEBRUARY, 2023

## PACE OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION

## 55. SHRIMATI QUEEN OJA:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

## be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is fact that National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has been constructing 40 kms. road per day;
- (b) if so, the details of new roads constructed per day in the country, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has undertaken any projects to connect the Northern region with other parts of the country; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) and (b) Ministry has set a target for construction of 12,200 km National Highways (NHs) during 2022-23, against which 5,774 km has been constructed till December, 2022. The details of NH constructed during the last three years and current year up to December-2022 is given in Annexure-I.
- (c) and (d) Yes Sir. Ministry has undertaken several projects in the northern States/UTs like Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttrakhand, J&K and Laddakh, to meet the requirements of traffic and connectivity. The details of projects awarded

on National Highways in these States during the last three years and current year up to December-2022 is given in Annexure-II.

## Annexure-I

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) and (b) of LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 55 FOR ANSWER ON 02.02.2023 ASKED BY SHRIMATI QUEEN OJA REGARDING PACE OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State / Union Territory    |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 (Till Dec-22) |
|-----------|----------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman and Nicobar                    |     64.94 |    113.24 |     39.48 |                    4.4  |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                         |    586.81 |    515.28 |    346.5  |                  213.04 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                      |     94.4  |    135.05 |    205.78 |                  180.26 |
| 4         | Assam                                  |    246.7  |    566.92 |    318.18 |                  182.29 |
| 5         | Bihar                                  |    196.56 |    690.63 |    576.17 |                  299.96 |
| 6         | Chandigarh                             |      0    |      0    |      0    |                    0    |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                           |    197.98 |    246.57 |    320    |                  116.13 |
| 8         | Dadar and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu |      0    |      2.5  |      0    |                    0    |
| 9         | Delhi                                  |     38.41 |     20.37 |      4.6  |                    8    |
| 10        | Goa                                    |     30.42 |     49.3  |     65.32 |                   13.94 |
| 11        | Gujarat                                |    292    |    361.31 |    249.06 |                  346.32 |
| 12        | Haryana                                |    219.84 |    406.03 |    290.31 |                  120.92 |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh                       |     76.09 |     89.04 |    145.58 |                   66.4  |
| 14        | Jammu & Kashmir                        |     46.04 |    234.39 |    262.68 |                  150.67 |
| 15        | Jharkhand                              |    297.71 |    357.61 |    298.22 |                  126.92 |
| 16        | Karnataka                              |    499.85 |    425.41 |    418.69 |                  215.6  |
| 17        | Kerala                                 |    186.4  |    344.39 |     76.12 |                   43.38 |
| 18        | Laddakh                                |      3.75 |      7.42 |      0    |                   51.02 |
| 19        | Madhya Pradesh                         |    713.62 |    876.51 |    871.24 |                  423.35 |
| 20        | Maharashtra                            |   2422.36 |   2870.12 |   1534.2  |                  684.66 |
| 21        | Manipur                                |    304.16 |    224.27 |    220.61 |                  124.19 |
| 22        | Meghalaya                              |      0    |     35.62 |     26.09 |                   27.43 |
| 23        | Mizoram                                |     42.23 |    168.54 |    238.75 |                  120.59 |
| 24        | Nagaland                               |     68    |    197.27 |    253.99 |                  162.26 |
| 25        | Odisha                                 |    440.69 |    683.28 |    544.27 |                  186.53 |
| 26        | Puducherry                             |      2.5  |      7    |      0    |                    0    |
| 27        | Punjab                                 |    343.65 |    188.33 |    149.59 |                  153.26 |
| 28        | Rajasthan                              |   1018.12 |    825.25 |    722.12 |                  481.4  |
| 29        | Sikkim                                 |     29.28 |     39.32 |     44.98 |                   15.59 |
| 30        | Tamil Nadu                             |    204.48 |    447.04 |    470.42 |                  333.34 |
| 31        | Telangana                              |    340.35 |    226.74 |    236.09 |                  100.58 |
| 32        | Tripura                                |      4.74 |     78.32 |    181.23 |                  111.45 |
| 33        | Uttar Pradesh                          |    694.38 |    917.22 |    824.36 |                  369.7  |
| 34        | Uttarakhand                            |    356.56 |    577.2  |    354.05 |                  153.34 |
| 35        | West Bengal                            |    173.91 |    399.52 |    168.57 |                  187.05 |
|           | Total                                  |  10237    |  13327    |  10457    |                 5774    |

Annexure-II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) and (d) of LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 55 FOR ANSWER ON 02.02.2023 ASKED BY SHRIMATI QUEEN OJA REGARDING PACE OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION

| Sl No.   | State/UT    |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 (Till Dec-22) |
|----------|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------|
| 1        | Delhi       |      8.4  |      9    |     60.86 |                    0    |
| 2        | Haryana     |    225.43 |    275.95 |     91.09 |                  246.37 |
| 3        | J&K         |     91.59 |    247.88 |    287.17 |                   38.1  |
| 4        | Ladakh      |      0    |    230.02 |      0    |                    0    |
| 5        | Punjab      |    208.19 |    264.5  |   1169.25 |                  736.8  |
| 6        | Uttarakhand |    279.35 |    330.79 |    351.88 |                  150.09 |
|          | TOTAL       |    813    |   1358    |   1960    |                 1171    |

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