Lok Sabha Question No. 2380 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-03
Subject: Awards Won by MoRTH
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: S. Muniswamy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2380

## ANSWERED ON 03 RD  AUGUST, 2023

## AWARDS WON BY MoRTH

## 2380.   SHRI S. MUNISWAMY:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of awards won by the MoRTH during the last five years;
- (b)  the  details  of  innovations  and  technology  developments  being taken up for constructing the highest length of National Highways in
- the world;
- (c) India's rank in terms of length of highways and adding additional highways each year;
- (d) the additional kilometers of national highways added each year;
- and
- (e) the details of districts which are yet to have a national highway?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- a)  Details of awards won by MoRTH during last 5 years are annexed.
- b)  Various  innovative  materials  and  technology  such  as  cement treated sub-base & cement treated base courses, steel slag, waste plastic,  recycled  asphalt  pavement,  geo  synthetics,  ultra  high  fiber reinforced concrete, etc. are being used in construction of National Highways to expedite pace of construction and build durable infrastructure.
3. (c) As per the latest Basic Roads Statistics report, India has a network of about 63,31,757 kilometres of roads as of 31st March 2019, which is  the  second  largest  in  the  world,  after  the  United  States  with 66,45,709 kilometres of roads.
4. (d) Length of National Highways (in km) increased during last 5 years and current year is as under.

|   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 (upto 30.06.2023) |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------|
|      6174 |       495 |      5237 |      3129 |      3794 |                         906 |

(e)New Districts  are  added by the State Governments from time to time. 30 districts were not connected by NHs as per the analysis done by the department in 2020 based on the list of districts available at that  time.  Out  of  those  30  districts,  28  districts  have  been  further connected by NHs and 2 districts from that list are till not connected.

## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 2380 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.08.2023 ASKED  BY  SHRI  S.  MUNISWAMY  REGARDING  AWARDS  WON  BY MORTH

|   Sl. No. | Date          | Title of Award                                                                       | Issuing Authority / Department                                                                | Award conf erred to   |
|-----------|---------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|         1 | 20-Jan-18     | Best e-Governance Project- National e -Challan Traffic E nforcement System           | Nihilent & CSI (Computer Society of India)                                                    | MoRTH/NIC             |
|         2 | 13-Sep-19     | Gems of Digital India- PUCC (Pollution Under Control Certificate) Application        | Gems of Digital India                                                                         | MoRTH/NIC             |
|         3 | 13-Sep-19     | Gemsof Digital India- e -Auction of Fancy R egistration Number                       | Gems of Digital India                                                                         | MoRTH/NIC             |
|         4 | 13-Sep-19     | Gems of Digital India-e -Challan                                                     | Gems of Digital India                                                                         | MoRTH/NIC             |
|         5 | 06- Nov-2 019 | Governance Now Digital Transformation Awards                                         | NIC- eTransport I nformatics Di vision, Min istry of Electroni cs & IT, Gov ernment of Indi a | MoRTH/NIC             |
|         6 | 17-Jan-20     | CSI SIG e-Governance Award                                                           | CSI (Computer S ociety of India), SI G                                                        | MoRTH/NIC             |
|         7 | 19-Apr-22     | ELETS INNOVATION A WARDS                                                             | Elets AatmaNirbhar S ummit & Awards                                                           | MoRTH/NIC             |
|         8 | 23-Apr-20 22  | 19th CSI SIG e-Govern ance Awards 2021                                               | CSI SIG eGov                                                                                  | MoRTH/NIC             |
|         9 | 25-Mar-23     | 20th CSI SIG e-Govern ance                                                           | CSI (Computer So ciety of India), SI G                                                        | MoRTH/NIC             |
|        10 | 04-Jan-23     | Gold Digital Empower ment of Citizens Trans port Mission Mode Proj ect (e-Transport) | Digital India, Govt . of India                                                                | MoRTH/NIC             |

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