Lok Sabha Question No. 506 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-11-28
Subject: Upgradation of State Highways to National Highways
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Shri Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy, Shri Putta Mahesh Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 506

## ANSWERED ON 28 TH  NOVEMBER, 2024

## UPGRADATION OF STATE HIGHWAYS TO NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

506.  SHRI MAGUNTA SREENIVASULU REDDY: SHRI PUTTA MAHESH KUMAR:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  regarding  the  total  number  of  State  Highways  that have been upgraded to National Highways over the last five years, State-wise  including  Andhra  Pradesh  and  especially  those  passing through Prakasam and Eluru districts;
- (b)  the  details  regarding  the  total  number  of  proposals  submitted, under consideration, accepted and rejected over the last five years, State-wise  including  Andhra  Pradesh,  especially  for  those  State Highways passing through Prakasam and Eluru districts; and
- (c) the details regarding the total amount of fund allocated for the purpose of upgrading State Highways to National Highways over the last five years, State-wise including Andhra Pradesh and especially for works on highways in Prakasam and Eluru districts?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

(a) and (b) Government receives proposals from various State Governments  /  Union  Territories  (UTs),  including  from  the  State Government of Andhra Pradesh, from time to time,  for declaration / upgradation of State roads, including State Highways (SHs), as new National Highways (NHs). Decisions are taken based on the broad principles of declaration of NHs, requirement of connectivity, interse priority and availability of funds.

State  /  UT  -  wise  details  of  State  Roads,  including  SHs  and greenfield  stretches,  notified  as  NHs  during  the  last  five  years, including for the State of Andhra Pradesh, are at Annexure-I.

Three NHs (NH-216H, NH-365BG and NH-544G), passing through  Eluru and  Prakasam  districts  in  the  State  of  Andhra Pradesh,  have  been  notified  during  the  last  five  years,  i.e.  since 01.04.2019.

- (c) Development and Maintenance of NHs is a continuous process and  works  on  NHs  are  accordingly  taken  up  based  on  the  traffic density,  condition  of  the  roads,  inter-se  priority  and  availability  of funds.

Development  and  Maintenance  of  all  State  roads,  including SHs, are the responsibility of the concerned State Governments.

State  /  UT  -  wise  details  of  funds  allocated  and  expenditure incurred towards development and maintenance of NHs during the last five years, including for the State of Andhra Pradesh (including Prakasam and Eluru districts), are at Annexure-II.

ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) AND (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 506 ANSWERED ON 28.11.2024 ASKED  BY  SHRI  MAGUNTA  SREENIVASULU  REDDY  AND  SHRI PUTTA  MAHESH  KUMAR  REGARDING  UPGRADATION  OF  STATE HIGHWAYS TO NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

State  /  UT  -  wise  details  of  State  Roads,  including  SHs  and greenfield  stretches,  notified  as  NHs  during  the  last  five  years, including for the State of Andhra Pradesh: -

|   Sr. No. | State / UT                           |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 | 2022-23   |   2023-24 |
|-----------|--------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh                       |         0 |       846 |       447 | 481       |         0 |
|         2 | Arunachal Pradesh                    |         0 |         0 |         0 | 1,748     |        82 |
|         3 | Assam                                |         0 |        97 |        71 | 0         |         0 |
|         4 | Bihar                                |         0 |       413 |       169 | 0         |       162 |
|         5 | Chhattisgarh                         |         0 |        15 |         0 | 0         |         0 |
|         6 | Goa                                  |         0 |         6 |         0 | 0         |         0 |
|         7 | Gujarat                              |       265 |       844 |       141 | 0         |       214 |
|         8 | Haryana                              |         0 |        71 |        23 | 132       |         0 |
|         9 | Jammu & Kashmir                      |         0 |         0 |        55 | 124       |        59 |
|        10 | Jharkhand                            |         0 |        26 |        37 | 0         |       203 |
|        11 | Karnataka                            |         0 |        77 |       229 | 461       |        69 |
|        12 | Kerala                               |         0 |         0 |         0 | 76        |         0 |
|        13 | Madhya Pradesh                       |         0 |       178 |       121 | 93        |         0 |
|        14 | Maharashtra                          |       174 |       265 |       122 | 142       |       -13 |
|        15 | Manipur                              |         0 |        90 |         0 | 0         |         0 |
|        16 | Mizoram                              |         0 |         0 |         0 | 76        |         0 |
|        17 | Nagaland                             |         0 |         0 |       123 | 0         |         0 |
|        18 | Odisha                               |         0 |       136 |         0 | 0         |         0 |
|        19 | Puducherry                           |         0 |         0 |         0 | 0         |         0 |
|        20 | Punjab                               |        50 |       775 |       140 | 0         |         0 |
|        21 | Rajasthan                            |         0 |         8 |       127 | 230       |         0 |
|        22 | Sikkim                               |         0 |       246 |         0 | 0         |         0 |
|        23 | Tamil Nadu                           |         0 |       117 |         0 | 142       |         0 |
|        24 | Tripura                              |         0 |         0 |         0 | 35        |         0 |
|        25 | Telangana                            |         0 |       469 |       661 | 0         |         0 |
|        26 | Uttarakhand                          |         0 |       463 |       240 | 0         |         0 |
|        27 | Uttar Pradesh                        |         0 |        94 |       414 | 54        |      -129 |
|        28 | West Bengal                          |         0 |         0 |         9 | 0         |       235 |
|        29 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |         6 |         0 |         0 | 0         |         0 |

## ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  506 ANSWERED ON 28.11.2024 ASKED BY SHRI MAGUNTA SREENIVASULU REDDY AND SHRI PUTTA MAHESH KUMAR REGARDING UPGRADATION OF STATE HIGHWAYS TO NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

State / UT - wise details of funds allocated and expenditure incurred towards development and maintenance of NHs during the last five years, including for the State of Andhra Pradesh (including Prakasam and Eluru districts): -

|         |                   |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         | Amount in Rs. Crore   | Amount in Rs. Crore   |
|---------|-------------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| Sr. No. | State/UT          | 2019-20 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2022-23 | 2023-24               | 2023-24               |
|         |                   | Alloc.  | Expd.   | Alloc.  | Expd.   | Alloc.  | Expd.   | Alloc.  | Expd.   | Alloc.                | Expd.                 |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 6,618   | 6,618   | 4,281   | 4,281   | 5,890   | 5,890   | 6,957   | 6,957   | 11,440                | 11,440                |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh | 1,710   | 1,710   | 2,512   | 2,512   | 2,718   | 2,718   | 3,140   | 3,140   | 2,649                 | 2,649                 |
| 3       | Assam             | 2,436   | 2,436   | 3,753   | 3,753   | 3,150   | 3,150   | 4,557   | 4,557   | 9,137                 | 9,137                 |
| 4       | Bihar             | 4,392   | 4,392   | 6,716   | 6,716   | 9,174   | 9,174   | 9,347   | 9,347   | 10,749                | 10,749                |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      | 1,653   | 1,653   | 2,224   | 2,224   | 1,936   | 1,936   | 2,468   | 2,468   | 4,255                 | 4,255                 |
| 6       | Goa               | 977     | 977     | 734     | 734     | 615     | 615     | 673     | 673     | 620                   | 620                   |
| 7       | Gujarat           | 5,102   | 5,102   | 7,533   | 7,533   | 10,710  | 10,710  | 9,831   | 9,831   | 10,900                | 10,900                |
| 8       | Haryana           | 6,721   | 6,721   | 10,651  | 10,651  | 7,203   | 7,203   | 3,924   | 3,924   | 6,062                 | 6,062                 |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh  | 1,238   | 1,238   | 2,033   | 2,033   | 3,164   | 3,164   | 4,534   | 4,534   | 5,175                 | 5,175                 |
| 10      | Jharkhand         | 2,312   | 2,312   | 2,627   | 2,627   | 2,853   | 2,853   | 3,127   | 3,127   | 4,599                 | 4,599                 |
| 11      | Karnataka         | 7,860   | 7,860   | 5,838   | 5,838   | 7,681   | 7,681   | 6,763   | 6,763   | 12,695                | 12,695                |
| 12      | Kerala            | 1,265   | 1,265   | 12,831  | 12,831  | 10,136  | 10,136  | 3,994   | 3,994   | 10,419                | 10,419                |
| 13      | Madhya Pradesh    | 6,429   | 6,429   | 8,250   | 8,250   | 9,006   | 9,006   | 6,210   | 6,210   | 7,447                 | 7,447                 |
| 14      | Maharashtra       | 24,166  | 24,166  | 20,844  | 20,844  | 18,655  | 18,655  | 18,355  | 18,355  | 19,867                | 19,867                |
| 15      | Manipur           | 1,180   | 1,180   | 978     | 978     | 2,142   | 2,142   | 2,737   | 2,737   | 2,598                 | 2,598                 |
| 16      | Meghalaya         | 901     | 901     | 861     | 861     | 819     | 819     | 684     | 684     | 1,803                 | 1,803                 |
| 17      | Mizoram           | 1,252   | 1,252   | 1,238   | 1,238   | 2,054   | 2,054   | 3,218   | 3,218   | 2,189                 | 2,189                 |
| 18      | Nagaland          | 1,003   | 1,003   | 2,382   | 2,382   | 1,943   | 1,943   | 1,666   | 1,666   | 1,414                 | 1,414                 |

|         |                           |         |         |         |         |         |         | Amount in Rs.   | Amount in Rs.   | Amount in Rs.   | Amount in Rs.   |
|---------|---------------------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| Sr. No. | State/UT                  | 2019-20 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2021-22 | 2022-23         | 2022-23         | 2023-24         | 2023-24         |
|         |                           | Alloc.  | Expd.   | Alloc.  | Expd.   | Alloc.  | Expd.   | Alloc.          | Expd.           | Alloc.          | Expd.           |
| 19      | Odisha                    | 3,355   | 3,355   | 5,336   | 5,336   | 4,510   | 4,510   | 4,643           | 4,643           | 5,948           | 5,948           |
| 20      | Punjab                    | 2,777   | 2,777   | 3,301   | 3,301   | 7,179   | 7,179   | 10,093          | 10,093          | 12,419          | 12,419          |
| 21      | Rajasthan                 | 6,515   | 6,515   | 7,340   | 7,340   | 11,353  | 11,353  | 9,719           | 9,719           | 8,874           | 8,874           |
| 22      | Sikkim                    | 286     | 286     | 1,053   | 1,053   | 811     | 811     | 1,008           | 1,008           | 684             | 684             |
| 23      | Tamil Nadu                | 5,757   | 5,757   | 4,868   | 4,868   | 4,305   | 4,305   | 8,230           | 8,230           | 9,925           | 9,925           |
| 24      | Telangana                 | 3,048   | 3,048   | 2,907   | 2,907   | 3,458   | 3,458   | 3,622           | 3,622           | 6,117           | 6,117           |
| 25      | Tripura                   | 175     | 175     | 1,026   | 1,026   | 1,085   | 1,085   | 1,156           | 1,156           | 1,546           | 1,546           |
| 26      | Uttar Pradesh             | 13,375  | 13,375  | 18,768  | 18,768  | 13,944  | 13,944  | 21,453          | 21,453          | 28,114          | 28,114          |
| 27      | Uttarakhand               | 2,940   | 2,940   | 2,800   | 2,800   | 2,112   | 2,112   | 3,219           | 3,219           | 4,545           | 4,545           |
| 28      | West Bengal               | 2,665   | 2,665   | 2,658   | 2,658   | 3,642   | 3,642   | 3,053           | 3,053           | 3,543           | 3,543           |
| 29      | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 267     | 267     | 349     | 349     | 246     | 246     | 143             | 143             | 96              | 96              |
| 30      | Chandigarh                | 0       | 0       | 2       | 2       | 6       | 6       | 1               | 1               | 0               | 0               |
| 31      | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      | 0       | 0       | 43      | 43      | 30      | 30      | 26              |                 | 2               | 2               |
| 32      | Daman & Diu               | 0       | 0       |         |         |         |         |                 | 26              |                 |                 |
| 33      | Delhi / Headquarters      | -743    | -743    | -1,482  | -1,482  | 3,961   | 3,961   | 7,164           | 7,164           | 3,223           | 3,223           |
| 34      | Jammu & Kashmir           | 2,256   | 2,256   | 2,932   | 2,932   | 6,817   | 6,817   | 7,370           | 7,370           | 10,528          | 10,528          |
| 35      | Ladakh                    | 0       | 0       | 24      | 24      | 352     | 352     | 574             | 574             | 658             | 658             |
| 36      | Puducherry                | 1       | 1       | 21      | 21      | 1       | 1       | 61              | 61              | 35              | 35              |

## Alloc. - Allocation; Expd. - Expenditure

## Negative figure against State during the year indicates transfer of project/expenditure from that State to other State. *****