Lok Sabha Question No. 5382 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-04-03
Subject: NH Construction in Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Dr. C M Ramesh

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has set a target to construct ten thousand four hundred kilometers of National Highways (NHs) during the current financial year, if so, the status of achieving the target, State-wise,
- (b) whether 32 National Highway projects are proposed to be completed in Andhra Pradesh by the end of the financial year 2024-25; (c) if so, the details of each of the 32 projects, including cost, project distance and districts covered, (d) whether the Government is facing issues related to land acquisition for 14 projects, if so, the details of each project facing land acquisition issues; (e) the manner in which the Government is coordinating with the State Government of Andhra Pradesh to resolve land acquisition issues; and (f) the timeline for the completion of all these 32 projects?

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 - 5382 ANSWERED ON 03 th  APRIL, 2025

## NH CONSTRUCTION IN ANDHRA PRADESH

5382. DR. C M RAMESH:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

- (a)  The Government in the Ministry of Roads Transport & Highways had set a target of construction of National Highways (NHs) for about 10,400 km during the previous Financial Year 2024-25. The State/UT wise details of length of NHs  constructed during 2024-25 (till February, 2025) is at Annexure-I.
- (b)  and  (c)  During  the  financial  year  2024-25,  20  NH  projects  have been  completed  in  the  State  of  Andhra  Pradesh,  including  those which are provisionally or physically completed. The project details are at Annexure-II.
- (d)  to  (f)  Currently, there are 17 NH projects in the State of Andhra Pradesh, for which construction phase has spilled beyond the original construction  period  specified  in  the  contract  agreement,  without achieving  any  of  the  various  stages  of  completion,  mainly  due  to issues  of  land  acquisition.  These  projects  are  now  targeted  to  be completed by March, 2026. The project details are at Annexure-III.

The Government is actively coordinating with the State Government of Andhra Pradesh and holding regular meetings at various levels to resolve land acquisition issues.

## ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5382 FOR ANSWER ON 03.04.2025 ASKED BY DR. C M RAMESH REGARDING NH CONSTRUCTION IN ANDHRA PRADESH

The  State/UT  wise  details  of  length  of  NHs  constructed  during  the financial year 2024-25 (till February, 2025)

|   Sl. No. | State/UT                                 |   Achievement (km) |
|-----------|------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|         1 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands                |                  1 |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh                           |                652 |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh                        |                120 |
|         4 | Assam                                    |                225 |
|         5 | Bihar                                    |                343 |
|         6 | Chhattisgarh                             |                282 |
|         7 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli And Daman and Diu |                  0 |
|         8 | Delhi                                    |                  7 |
|         9 | Goa                                      |                 20 |
|        10 | Gujarat                                  |                393 |
|        11 | Haryana                                  |                193 |
|        12 | Himachal Pradesh                         |                137 |
|        13 | Jammu & Kashmir                          |                181 |
|        14 | Jharkhand                                |                165 |
|        15 | Karnataka                                |                435 |
|        16 | Kerala                                   |                107 |
|        17 | Ladakh                                   |                 50 |
|        18 | Madhya Pradesh                           |                654 |
|        19 | Maharashtra                              |                982 |
|        20 | Manipur                                  |                136 |
|        21 | Meghalaya                                |                 89 |
|        22 | Mizoram                                  |                 88 |
|        23 | Nagaland                                 |                169 |
|        24 | Odisha                                   |                274 |
|        25 | Punjab                                   |                171 |
|        26 | Rajasthan                                |                761 |
|        27 | Sikkim                                   |                 33 |
|        28 | Tamil Nadu                               |                399 |
|        29 | Telangana                                |                316 |
|        30 | Tripura                                  |                 26 |
|        31 | Uttar Pradesh                            |                703 |
|        32 | Uttarakhand                              |                116 |
|        33 | West Bengal                              |                102 |
|        34 | Chandigarh                               |                  0 |
|        35 | Puducherry                               |                  0 |

## ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (b) and (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5382 FOR ANSWER ON 03.04.2025 ASKED BY DR. C M RAMESH REGARDING NH CONSTRUCTION IN ANDHRA PRADESH

The details of NH projects  completed in the state of Andhra Pradesh during the financial year 2024-25, including those which are provisionally or physically completed

|   Sl. No. | Name of Work                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |   Length (Km) |   TPC/ TCC (Rs. in Cr.) | District                    |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|         1 | 4 lane with paved shoulder from design chainage Km 96+300 (Bathalapalli) to Km 129+300 (Mudigubba) of NH 42 including Bathalapalli bypass                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |        33     |                  535.99 | Anantpur                    |
|         2 | 4-Lane ROBand its approaches in lien of existing level crossing No. 48E/C @ Km 96.80( Railway Chainage 74.431) on NH 205                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |         2.12  |                   68.83 | Anantpur                    |
|         3 | Bypassed reaches of Punganur town limits on NH-42                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |        10.035 |                   41.1  | Chittor                     |
|         4 | One time improvement of Bypassed stretches of NH 214A (New NH 216) from Km37/700 to Km38/120(Lakshmipuram realignment), Km 57.700 to 63.441(bantumilli bypass), Km 64.500 to Km 65.100(Arthamuru Bypass), Km 65.800 to Km 66.600(Munjuluru bypass) and Km 78.400 to Km 81.500 (Pedana bypass)                                                                                                                                                                   |        11.913 |                   12.38 | Krishna                     |
|         5 | One Time Improvement to Bypassed/Realigned stretches from KM140/575 to KM140/765 (Seetharampuram Realignment), KM149/530 to 153/350 (Mogalturu Bypass), KM161/400 to 161/990 (Kalipatnam Realignment), KM165/415 to 166/575 (Daritippa Realignment) and KM169/190 to KM169/550 (Dongapindi Realignment) of NH-216 (old NH214A)                                                                                                                                  |         6.08  |                    9.37 | West Godavari               |
|         6 | Widening from two lane to four lane with service roads from km 1.050 to km 3.470 of existing Link road connecting NH-67 to NH- 16 in Kovur Town                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |         2.42  |                   62.72 | Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore |
|         7 | One Time Improvement to Bypassed stretches of NH216 (Old NH214A from KM195/800 to 200/900 (Eepurupalem Bypass - 5.10KM), from KM211/520 to 215/920 (Pandillapalli bypass - 4.4KM), from 216/700 to 225/100 (Kadavakuduru to Chinganjam Bypass - 8.4KM), from KM232/700 to 235/700 (Uppugunduru Bypass - 3.00KM), from KM247/700 to 249/200 (Maddiralapadu Bypass - 1.5KM) and from KM251/700 to 254/500 (Throvagunta bypass - 2.8KM) (Total Length - 25.200KMs) |        25.2   |                   24.23 | Krishna,Bapatla             |

|   Sl. No. | Name of Work                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |   Length (Km) |   TPC/ TCC (Rs. in Cr.) | District                  |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|         8 | Rehabilitation & upgradation from 2 lane to 2 lane with paved shoulders of Mulakalacheruvu to Madanapalle section of NH-42 from Km 202/050 to Km 245/640 (Excluding Retained Stretch from Km 208/270 to Km 209/970 & Km 220/190 to Km 221/620) (Length of 40.460 Km)                                           |        40.46  |                  480.1  | Chittor                   |
|         9 | Formation of bypass to Mudigubba on NH 42 from Km 130/400 to Km 137/500 (Total length 7.749 Km)                                                                                                                                                                                                                |         7.75  |                  116.81 | Anantpur                  |
|        10 | Bowdara - Vizianagaram section of NH 516E                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |        26.93  |                  159.1  | Vizianagaram              |
|        11 | Repalle to Eeppurpalem section from Km 129/927 to Km 195/000 of NH-216                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |        62     |                  686.13 | Guntur                    |
|        12 | NH-167B from km.143/320 (Malakonda) to 189/050 (Singarayakonda) (on NH 16) to 2L+PS                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |        45.73  |                  369.81 | Prakasam                  |
|        13 | One time improvement of bypassed stretches of NH-216 (Repalle Bypass), (Kanagala Bypass) and (Chandole Bypass)                                                                                                                                                                                                 |        23.794 |                   20.51 | Bapatla                   |
|        14 | CS Puram Malakonda NH 167B                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |        44.217 |                  277.31 | Prakasam                  |
|        15 | Construction of Proposed 4-Lane ROB and its approaches in lien of existing level crossing No. 45 C @ Km 93.40 (Railway Chainage 70/903) on NH 205                                                                                                                                                              |         1.23  |                   71.15 | Sri Sathya Sai            |
|        16 | Widening to two lane with paved shoulder including strengthening of existing 2L+PS and 4 lane stretches of bypassed stretches of NH 544E of Hindupur and Parigi towns Chainage 21 / 640 to Km 41 / 699 under one time improvement in the state of Andhra Pradesh under NH (O) for the year 2021-22 on EPC mode |        20.04  |                   98.16 | Anantpur                  |
|        17 | Development of six lane Jakuvva - Korlam- section of NH- 130CD (Pkg-II)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |        24.3   |                  825.53 | Vizianagaram              |
|        18 | Six laning of Chilakaluripet Bypass Section of NH-16                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |        16.384 |                 1074.76 | Palnadu                   |
|        19 | Development of Six lane Kantakapalle - Sabbavaram Section of NH - 130CD (Pkg-IV)                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |        19.562 |                 1002.27 | Vizianagaram & Anakapalli |
|        20 | Development of 4-Lane road connectivity from existing East Break Waters up to Convent Junction                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |         3.488 |                   49.48 | Visakhapatnam             |

## ANNEXURE-III

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (d)  to  (f)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5382 FOR ANSWER ON 03.04.2025 ASKED BY DR. C M RAMESH REGARDING NH CONSTRUCTION IN ANDHRA PRADESH

The details of NH projects in the State of Andhra Pradesh for which the construction phase has spilled beyond the original construction period specified  in  the  contract  agreement  without  achieving  any  of  the various stages of completion, mainly due to issues of land acquisition

|   Sl. No | Project Name                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |   Length (in km) |   TPC/ TCC (in Cr) |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|        1 | 6L of Pondavakkam to Kannigaipair from km 96.040 to km 116.100 of NH 716B (Pkg-IV)                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |             20.1 |              818.7 |
|        2 | 6L of Veera Kaveri Raja Puram to Pondavakkam from km 61.380 to km 96.040 of NH 716B (Pkg-III)                                                                                                                                                                                                             |             34.7 |             1102.6 |
|        3 | 6L of Varadharajula to Kumarajapet from km 0.000 to km 43.800 of NH-716B (Pkg-I)                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |             43.8 |             1484.8 |
|        4 | Khammam-Devarapalle Pkg V [4L Access Controlled (Greenfield) from Gurvaygudem village to Devarapalle village (Design Chainage 132+664 to 162+126)                                                                                                                                                         |             29.5 |              711.9 |
|        5 | Rehabilitation and Up-gradation of Pasarlapudi to Dhindi section from Km 105/170 to Km 126/510 of NH -214 (New NH -216) to two lane with paved shoulder in the state of Andhra Pradesh under NHDP-IV                                                                                                      |             20.8 |              263.5 |
|        6 | Approaches to 2L ROB of LC No. RV324 @KM436/12-13 on NH43 (Manapuram)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |              1   |               37.2 |
|        7 | Two laning with paved shoulders of Paderu to GundigudaSection of NH 516E                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |             25.1 |              222.6 |
|        8 | Two laning with paved shoulders of Gondiguda to Araku (uptoBhallaguda) section of NH 516E                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |             24.3 |              296.7 |
|        9 | Widening & Strengthening of 2/4 lane to 4 lane carriageway from Km 6/0 to 15/0 of Kurnool Guntur road(NH-340C) in Kurnool District in the State of Andhra Pradesh through EPC mode                                                                                                                        |              9   |               96.2 |
|       10 | Construction of Two-Lane Major Bridge acroos Penna river at Km. 739.234 of NH-67 including approaches paralles to existing 2 lane bridge in SPS Nellore District in the State of Andhra Pradesh through EPC contract.                                                                                     |              2.7 |               99.5 |
|       11 | Rehabilitation and Upgradation to 2-lane with paved shoulders configuration of Koyyuru to Chaprathipalem section (Km 120+000 to Km 165+500) of NH-516E in the State of Andhra Pradesh under Green National Highways Corridor Project (GNHCP) with the loan assistance of World Bank on EPC mode           |             45.5 |              349.3 |
|       12 | Rehabilitation and Upgradation to 2-lane with paved should ders Sir, configuration of Chaprathipalem to Lambasingi section (Km 165+500 to Km 205+000) of NH-516E in the State of Andhra Pradesh under Green National Highways Corridor Project (GNHCP) with the loan assistance of World Bank on EPC mode |             39.5 |              311.2 |

|   Sl. No | Project Name                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |   Length (in km) |   TPC/ TCC (in Cr) |
|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|       13 | Rehabilitation and Up-gradation of existin of road from 2-lane to 2-lane with paved shoulders from km. 0.00 to km 53.590 (total length-53.590 km) of Raychoti to Vempalli section of NH- 440 in the State of Andhra Pradesh on EPC mode.                     |             53.6 |              439.8 |
|       14 | 2-lane ROB and its approaches in Lieu of existing LC No.120 is at K.M. 56.700 of NH-18 (New NH-40) under Setu Bharatam                                                                                                                                       |              1.4 |               60   |
|       15 | Construction of 4 - lane ROB at Km.74/8-9 between Kaikaluru & Pallevada Railway Stations on Gudivada Bhimavaram Section at N.H. Km. 46+651 on Pamarru and Digamarru Road of N.H.214 Bypass (New NH 165_) in Krishna district, in the state of Andhra Pradesh |              1.5 |              129.7 |
|       16 | Widening of Existing Road to Two lane with paved shoulder from Km. 0+000 to Km. 32+000 (Mudigubba to Puttaparthi) of NH-342 in the State of Andhra Pradesh on EPC mode job No. 740                                                                           |             32   |              401.7 |
|       17 | Rehabilitation and Upgradation from Km 58+635 to Km 99+409 of Kadapa/Nellore Border to CS Puram (via) Seetharampuram section of NH-167B to 2 Lane with paved shoulder configuration in the State of Andhra Pradesh. Job 736                                  |             40.8 |              285.5 |

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