Lok Sabha Question No. 912 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-24
Subject: NHs and SHs Connectivity  in Tribal Areas of Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Shri Appalanaidu Kalisetti

## be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  the  existing  National  Highway  (NH)  and  State Highway (SH) connectivity to tribal areas in North Andhra Pradesh especially in Vizianagaram, Parvathipuram Manyam, Alluri Sitharama Raju and Anakapalli districts along with the information on road length, type, condition, district-wise;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  has  identified  any  tribal  areas  in Andhra  Pradesh  that  currently  lack  adequate  road  or  highway connectivity and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the number and status of road development projects sanctioned, implemented  or  completed  in  these  areas  in  the  last  five  years, project-wise and district-wise;
- (d)  the  funds  allocated,  released  and  utilised  for  these  projects  in the last five years; and
- (e  )  whether  any  proposals  from  the  State  Government  of  Andhra Pradesh for improving tribal area connectivity are pending with the Union Government and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

(a) to (c) Government in the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways is mainly responsible for development and maintenance of National

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 912 ANSWERED ON 24 TH  JULY, 2025

## NHS AND SHS CONNECTIVITY IN TRIBAL AREAS OF ANDHRA PRADESH

## 912.  SHRI APPALANAIDU KALISETTI:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

Highways (NHs). The details of NHs passing through the districts of Vizianagaram,  Parvathipuram  Manyam,  Alluri  Sitharama  Raju  and Anakapalli in the State of Andhra Pradesh are at Annexure- I. The details  of  ongoing  NH  works  and  those  completed  during  the  last five years along with their sanctioned cost, expenditure incurred in these districts are at Annexure-II.

- (d) Funds are allocated on a consolidated, State-wise basis for the development  and  maintenance  of  National  Highways,  and  not earmarked project-wise. The details of funds allocated and expenditure incurred towards development and maintenance of NHs in  the  State  of  Andhra  Pradesh  during  the  last  five  years  are  as under;
- (e)  Government  keeps  on  receiving  proposals  from  various  State Governments/UTs, etc., including from the State of Andhra Pradesh for  declaration / up-gradation of State roads as National Highways (NHs). Government considers declaration of some of the State roads as NHs from time to time based on the requirements of connectivity, inter-se  priority,  traffic  levels  and  synergy  with  PM  Gati  Shakti National Master Plan (NMP).

| Year    |   Allocation (Rs. in Crore) |   Expenditure (Rs. in Crore) |
|---------|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
| 2020-21 |                        4281 |                         4281 |
| 2021-22 |                        5890 |                         5890 |
| 2022-23 |                        6957 |                         6957 |
| 2023-24 |                       11440 |                        11440 |
| 2024-25 |                       11777 |                        11756 |

ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 912 FOR ANSWER ON 24.07.2025 ASKED BY SHRI APPALANAIDU KALISETTI REGARDING NHS  AND  SHS  CONNECTIVITY  IN  TRIBAL  AREAS  OF  ANDHRA PRADESH

Details of NHs passing through the districts of Vizianagaram, Parvathipuram Manyam, Alluri Sitharama Raju and Anakapalli in the state of Andhra Pradesh

|   Sl No | NH No.   | Districts of North Andhra Pradesh in which NH passes through   | Lane status                                            |   Length of NH in the Districts ( in km) |
|---------|----------|----------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|       1 | 16       | Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam & Anakapalli           | 4/6                                                    |                                      374 |
|       2 | 130CD    | Parvathipuram Manyam, Vizianagara & Anakapalli                 | 6                                                      |                                       99 |
|       3 | 516C     | Visakhapatnam                                                  | 4/6                                                    |                                       14 |
|       4 | 26       | Parvatipuram, Manyam & Vizianagaram                            | 2Lane with paved shoulders/4 Lane with paved shoulders |                                      117 |
|       5 | 326      | ASR                                                            | 2Lane with paved shoulders                             |                                        9 |
|       6 | 30       | ASR                                                            | 2Lane/2Lane with paved shoulders                       |                                       64 |
|       7 | 516E     | ASR & Vizianagaram                                             | Single Lane/2Lane/2Lane with Paved Shoulders           |                                      360 |

ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 912 FOR ANSWER ON 24.07.2025 ASKED BY SHRI APPALANAIDU KALISETTI REGARDING NHS  AND  SHS  CONNECTIVITY  IN  TRIBAL  AREAS  OF  ANDHRA PRADESH

Details of ongoing NH works and competed during the last five years along with their sanctioned cost, expenditure incurred in districts of Vizianagaram, Parvathipuram Manyam, Alluri Sitharama Raju and Anakapalli in the State of Andhra Pradesh

|   Sl. No . | Name of Project                                                                                                                                               |   Total Projec t Cost (Rs in Cr) |   Expenditu re till date (Rs in Cr) | Cumulati ve Physical Progress (in %)   | Districts covered                   |
|------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|          1 | Development of Six Lane Aluru - Jakkuva Section of NH- 130CD Road from Km 365.033 to Km 396.800 under Raipur- Visakhapatnam Economic Corridor [Package-1(AP)] |                            922.5 |                              534.56 | 84 %                                   | Parvathipuram Manyam & Vizianagaram |
|          2 | Development of Six Lane Jakkuva - Korlam Section of NH-130CD Road from Km. 396.800 to Km. 421.100 under                                                       |                            663.6 |                              464.74 | Complet ed                             | Vizianagaram                        |

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|    | Raipur- Visakhapatnam Economic Corridor [Package-2(AP)]                                                                                                                   |         |        |            |                           |
|----|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|--------|------------|---------------------------|
|  3 | Development of Six Lane Korlam - Kantakapalle Section of NH- 130CD Road from Km. 421.100 to Km 445.100 under Raipur- Visakhapatnam Economic Corridor [Package-3(AP)]      | 772.7   | 727.69 | Complet ed | Vizianagaram              |
|  4 | Development of Six Lane Kantakapalle - Sabbavaram Section of NH- 130CD Road from Km. 445.100 to Km. 464.662 under Raipur- Visakhapatnam Economic Corridor [Package-4(AP)] | 824.2 8 | 548.92 | Complet ed | Vizianagaram & Anakapalli |
|  5 | Construction of 6 lane elevated corridor including its approaches                                                                                                         | 137.8   |   0.32 | 3%         | Srikakulam                |

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|    | from Km. 629+880 to Km. 634+470 (Design Chainage) of NH-16 in Ranasthalam Town portion                                                           |         |        |                    |                           |
|----|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|--------|--------------------|---------------------------|
|  6 | 6L Connectivity to Port Road from Sabbavaram Sheelanagar- NH516C                                                                                 | 963.9 3 |  62.13 | Not Yet Appointe d | Visakhapatnam &Anakapalli |
|  7 | Improvement of 4L road to 6L road and 4L dedicated Port Roads for the Port connectivity road from Convent junction to Sheelanagar Junction       | 685.9 9 | 333.21 | 55%                | Visakhapatnam             |
|  8 | 4L Road from existing East break water upto Convent Junction from Phase 1 of the project start from Km. 0.312 [End of Vishakhapatna m Port Trust | 51.31   |  48.27 | Complet ed         | Visakhapatnam             |

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|        | 3.800 [VCTPL Exit Gate]                                                                                      |          |         |            |                                          |
|--------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|---------|------------|------------------------------------------|
| 9      | Construction of Flyover/Underp                                                                               | 58.72    |   37.97 | 83%        | Visakhapatnam                            |
| 10     | 4L of Ichapuram to Narasannapeta from Km. 470.415 to Km. 581.700 (Capacity Augmentation) of NH-16 (Old NH-5) | 562.3 1  |  535.55 | Complet ed | Srikakulam                               |
| 11 6 - | L of Narasannapeta Ranastalam section from Km580.671 to Km.629.880 of                                        | 1803. 89 | 1216.97 | Complet ed | Srikakulam                               |
| 12     | Ranasthalam (Km.634.000) to Anandapuram (Km.681.000) of NH-16                                                | 1632. 02 | 1199.75 | Complet ed | Srikakulam, Vizianagaram & Visakhapatnam |
| 13     | 6L of Anandapuram - Pendurthi -                                                                              | 2957. 25 | 2185.74 | Complet ed | Visakhaptnam&Anaka palli                 |

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| Anakapalli Section from km. 681.000 to km. 731.780 of NH-16                                                                         |         |        |            |                      |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|--------|------------|----------------------|
| 14 Grade Separator from H-7 Area to Port Connectivity Road bypassing Convent                                                        | 59.91   |  44.17 | Complet ed | Visakhapatnam        |
| 15 Rehabilitation and Up- gradation from km 170.700 (Bhadrachalam) to Km 234.567 (konta) of NH- 30 to two lane with paved Shoulders | 436.0 9 | 225.77 | 89 %       | ASR District         |
| 16 Widening to two lane with paved shoulder of Rampachodava ram - Koyyuru section of NH- 516E from km 43.700 to Km 113.820          | 568.1 2 | 331.32 | 92 %       | ASR District         |
| 17 Construction of the Bypass road from Km.486/831 to 491/420 of                                                                    | 70.81   |  57.55 | Complet ed | Parvathipuram Manyam |

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| Raipur Visakhapatnam section of NH.43 ( New NH-26)                                                                      |        |        |            |                                     |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------|------------|-------------------------------------|
| 18 Construction of approaches to the existing 2lane ROB in lieu of L.C.No.RV 324 @ Km 436/12-13 between komatipalli and |  42.76 |  32.18 | 90 %       | Vizianagaram                        |
| 19 Widening to two lane with paved shoulder of Chintoor to Motu section of NH 326 from km 0.00 to km 9.6000 (Design     |  98.49 |  27.32 | 44%        | ASR District                        |
| 20 Widening and Strengthening to two lane with paved shoulders including Geometrical improvements from Km               | 221.4  | 155.93 | Complet ed | Parvathipuram Manyam & Vizianagaram |

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| 491.000 to 525.200 of Raipur- Visakhapatnam section of NH-                                                                                                 |         |        |      |                                                        |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|--------|------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| 21 Rehabilitation and up- gradation to 2 lane with paved shoulders configuration of Koyyuru - Chaprathipalem (km 120+000 to 165+500) Section of NH- 516E   | 349.2 9 | 227.68 | 86%  | Alluri Sitharama Raju District and Anakapalli District |
| 22 Rehabilitation and up gradation to 2 lane with paved shoulders configuration of Chaprathipalem - Lambasingi (km 165+500 to 205+000) Section of NH- 516E | 311.2 2 | 151.58 | 76 % | Alluri Sitharama Raju District                         |
| 23 Rehabilitation and up gradation to 2 lane with paved shoulders configuration of Lambasingi - Paderu (km                                                 | 358.0 5 |  73.55 | 23%  | Alluri Sitharama Raju District                         |

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| 205+000 to 253+974) Section of NH- 516E                                                                                                                         |         |        |      |                                |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|--------|------|--------------------------------|
| 24 Construction of Paderu bypass Km 0+000 to Km 13+000 2 lane with paved shoulder on NH 516E                                                                    | 244.4 3 |  23.37 | 3%   | Alluri Sitharama Raju District |
| 25 Rehabilitation and Upgradation to 2-Lane with Paved Shoulder Configuration of Paderu - Gondiguda Section (Km 2+400 to Km 27+480) of NH-                      | 202.5 3 | 183.91 | 99 % | Alluri Sitharama Raju District |
| 26 Rehabilitation and Up- gradation to 2- lane with paved shoulders configuration of Gondiguda- Araku (upto Bhallaguda) Section (km 27+480 to km 51+772) of NH- | 289.1 1 | 246.11 | 95%  | Alluri Sitharama Raju District |

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| 27 Rehabilitation and Upgradation 2-lane paved shoulder configuration Bowdara Vizianagaram (Km 0.00 to 26.937) section of NH 516E                                                     |   to with of to Km 159.0 7 |   153.17 | Complet ed         | Alluri Sitharama Raju District and Vizianagaram District   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|----------|--------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
| 28 Construction of 2-lane ROB in lieu of Level Crossing no KK- 26 (Railway Ch. Km 109/20-21) at existing km 37+003 of NH- 516E in the State of Andhra Pradesh under NH(O) on EPC mode |                      88.56 |      0.7 | Not Yet Appointe d | Alluri Sitharama Raju District                             |

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