Lok Sabha Question No. 4012 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-19
Subject: NH-Projects in Bihar
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Shri Janardan Singh Sigriwal

be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of National Highways (NHs) along with their number and length thereof, Statewise;
- (b) whether there are plans for electrification of all stretches of NHprojects in the country, particularly in Bihar;
- (c)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  steps  taken  so  far  in  this direction; and
- (d) the number of ongoing NH projects in Bihar along with likely date of completion thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a)     There are 670 nos. of National Highways (NHs) in the country with  total  length  of  about  1,46,195  km  at  present.  State  /  Union
- Territory (UT) - wise details of NHs are at Annexure.
- (b)  and  (c)        As  part  of  policy  of  Government,  highway  lighting facility is provided for following NHs sections:-
- (i)       Toll  Plaza  Area:  The  lighting  in  and  around  toll  plaza,  toll booths, office building, on the approach road, etc.
- (ii)     Rest Areas

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4012

## ANSWERED ON 19 TH  DECEMBER, 2024

## NH-PROJECTS IN BIHAR

## 4012.  SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

- (iii)    Truck lay-bye
- (iv)    Bus Bay & Bus Shelter Locations
- (v)     Grade Separated Structures, interchanges, Flyovers, Underpasses  (vehicular/pedestrian)  and  Overpasses:  The  top  and underside of the grade separated structures and interchanges area at the ground level upto 50 m beyond and punt from where flaring of the main carriageway takes place shall be provided with lighting.
- (vi)    Built-up sections on the project highway both in the median of main carriageway and on the service roads on either side.

Accordingly, highway lighting facilities have been provided in about  25,400  km  length  of  NHs  in  the  country,  including  296  km length in the State of Bihar.

- (d)      70  projects in about 2,093 km length of NHs costing about ₹ 64,536  Crore  are  under  construction  in  the  State  of  Bihar,  with completion in a phased manner by 2027-28.

ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  4012 ANSWERED  ON  19.12.2024 ASKED  BY  SHRI  JANARDAN  SINGH  SIGRIWAL  REGARDING  NHPROJECTS IN BIHAR

## State / UT - wise details of NHs: -

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                           |   No. of NHs | NH Length (in km)   |
|-----------|------------------------------------|--------------|---------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh                     |           55 | 8,683               |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh                  |           14 | 4,367               |
| 3         | Assam                              |           38 | 4,077               |
| 4         | Bihar                              |           56 | 6,132               |
| 5         | Chandigarh                         |            1 | 15                  |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh                       |           20 | 3,620               |
| 7         | Delhi                              |           12 | 157                 |
| 8         | Goa                                |            6 | 299                 |
| 9         | Gujarat                            |           45 | 8,111               |
| 10        | Haryana                            |           39 | 3,347               |
| 11        | Himachal Pradesh                   |           19 | 2,607               |
| 12        | Jammu and Kashmir                  |           11 | 1,935               |
| 13        | Jharkhand                          |           32 | 3,633               |
| 14        | Karnataka                          |           49 | 8,191               |
| 15        | Kerala                             |           12 | 1,858               |
| 16        | Ladakh                             |            3 | 806                 |
| 17        | Madhya Pradesh                     |           47 | 9,160               |
| 18        | Maharashtra                        |          102 | 18,462              |
| 19        | Manipur                            |           11 | 1,840               |
| 20        | Meghalaya                          |            5 | 1,156               |
| 21        | Mizoram                            |            9 | 1,499               |
| 22        | Nagaland                           |           12 | 1,670               |
| 23        | Odisha                             |           32 | 5,897               |
| 24        | Puducherry                         |            2 | 64                  |
| 25        | Punjab                             |           38 | 4,264               |
| 26        | Rajasthan                          |           53 | 10,733              |
| 27        | Sikkim                             |            8 | 709                 |
| 28        | Tamil Nadu                         |           50 | 7,000               |
| 29        | Telangana                          |           30 | 4,926               |
| 30        | Tripura                            |            6 | 889                 |
| 31        | Uttar Pradesh                      |           90 | 12,123              |
| 32        | Uttrakhand                         |           26 | 3,664               |
| 33        | West Bengal                        |           35 | 3,910               |
| 34        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands          |            1 | 331                 |
| 35        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu |            4 | 59                  |
|           | Total                              |          670 | 146,195             |

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