Lok Sabha Question No. 721 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-07
Subject: Delayed Projects of NHs
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Chandrani Murmu

## be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  National  Highways  (NHs)  that  failed  to  be  completed  on schedule, State-wise;
- (b) whether  release  of  funds  or  administrative  lacuna  remained  the  major reasons for delay; and
- (c) the cost escalation due to delay, percentage-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) As  on  30 th   November,  2023,  the  construction  phase  of  667  projects  have spilled beyond their original completion schedule, without having attained any of the various stages of project completion. State-wise details are at Annexure.
- (b) No Sir.
- (c) Cost escalation due to delay, if any, is known only on actual completion of project and final settlement of bills.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 721

ANSWERED ON 7 TH  DECEMBER 2023

## DELAYED PROJECTS OF NHs

721. MS. CHANDRANI MURMU:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 721 FOR ANSWER ON 07.12.2023 ASKED BY MS. CHANDRANI MURMU REGARDING DELAYED PROJECTS OF NHs

## State/UT wise details of projects spilled beyond their original completion schedule:

| Sl. No.   | State/ UT                |   Number of projects |
|-----------|--------------------------|----------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh           |                   32 |
| 2.        | Arunachal Pradesh        |                   21 |
| 3.        | Assam                    |                   15 |
| 4.        | Bihar                    |                   31 |
| 5.        | Chhattisgarh             |                   25 |
| 6.        | Goa                      |                    3 |
| 7.        | Gujarat                  |                   31 |
| 8.        | Haryana                  |                   13 |
| 9.        | Himachal Pradesh         |                   13 |
| 10.       | Jharkhand                |                   15 |
| 11.       | Karnataka                |                   37 |
| 12.       | Kerala                   |                    6 |
| 13.       | Madhya Pradesh           |                   15 |
| 14.       | Maharashtra              |                  108 |
| 15.       | Manipur                  |                   29 |
| 16.       | Meghalaya                |                    8 |
| 17.       | Mizoram                  |                   20 |
| 18.       | Nagaland                 |                   10 |
| 19.       | Odisha                   |                   22 |
| 20.       | Punjab                   |                   14 |
| 21.       | Rajasthan                |                   28 |
| 22.       | Sikkim                   |                   10 |
| 23.       | Tamil Nadu               |                   33 |
| 24.       | Telangana                |                   21 |
| 25.       | Tripura                  |                    7 |
| 26.       | Uttar Pradesh            |                   20 |
| 27.       | Uttarakhand              |                   20 |
| 28.       | West Bengal              |                   26 |
| 29.       | Union Territories (UT's) |                   34 |
| Total     | Total                    |                  667 |

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