Lok Sabha Question No. 1822 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-05
Subject: Maintenance of National Highways
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Adv. Chandra Shekhar

## be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  current  condition  of  existing  National  Highways,  including the percentage requiring urgent repairs or upgrades;
- (b)  the  details  of  allocation,  utilization  along  with  reasons  for underutilisation  of  funds  earmarked  for  maintenance  of  National
- Highways during the last five years;
- (c)  the  number  of  kilometers  of  National  Highways  that  have undergone maintenance or improvement works during each of the last five years, NH-wise;
- (d)  the  proposal  of  the  Government  to  address  the  maintenance backlog,  if  any,  and  strategies  to  improve  the  overall  condition  of
- the National Highways network; and
- (e) the details of innovative technologies or methods being employed or  considered  to  enhance  the  durability  and  reduce  the maintenance requirements of National Highways?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) Out of 1,46,195 km length of National Highways (NH) network in the country, damages have been reported in about 816 km length during the current financial year.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1822

## ANSWERED ON 05 TH  DECEMBER, 2024

## MAINTENANCE OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

1822.  ADV. CHANDRA SHEKHAR:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

Development and maintenance of NHs is a continuous process. The conditions of NHs are assessed from time to time by Ministry  of  Road Transport  and  Highways (MoRTH) and its various executing agencies. The maintenance works on NHs are accordingly taken up from time to time to keep the NHs in traffic worthy condition.

- (b) Details of funds allocated and expenditure incurred by MoRTH on Maintenance and Repair (M&R) of NHs during the last five years are as under:-
- (c) State  /  Union  Territory  (UT)  -  wise  details  of  NH  length maintained  /  repaired  /  improved  under  all  types  of  M&R  works during the last five years are at Annexure.
- (d) The  Government  has  prioritized  the  maintenance  of  existing NH network and inter-alia evolved a mechanism to ensure M&R of all NHs sections through accountable maintenance agency.

| Amount in Rs. Crore   | Amount in Rs. Crore   | Amount in Rs. Crore   |
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| Year                  | Allocation            | Expenditure           |
| 2019-20               | 3,418                 | 3,011                 |
| 2020-21               | 5,948                 | 5,948                 |
| 2021-22               | 5,214                 | 5,135                 |
| 2022-23               | 6,510                 | 6,278                 |
| 2023-24               | 6,581                 | 6,523                 |

The M&R of stretches of NHs, where development works have commenced or Operation, Maintenance and Transfer (OMT) Concessions/  Operation  and  Maintenance  (O&M)  Contracts  have been awarded, are the responsibility of the concerned Concessionaires/  Contractors  till  the  end  of  the  Defect  Liability Period  (DLP)/  the  Concession  Period.  Similarly,  for  NHs  stretches undertaken  under  TOT  (Toll Operate  and  Transfer) and InvIT (Infrastructure Investment  Trust), M&R  responsibility lies with concerned Concessionaire till the end of the Concession Period.

For all remaining sections of NHs stretches, Government has taken  a  policy  decision  to  undertake  maintenance  works  through Performance  based  Maintenance  Contract  (PBMC)  or  Short  Term Maintenance Contract (STMC).

(e) MoRTH encourages the adoption of innovative technologies or methods  to  enhance  the  durability  and  reduce  the  maintenance requirements  of  NHs  (depending  upon  factors  like  rainfall,  terrain type, soil category etc.). Such innovative technologies or methods include stabilization of subgrade, geosynthetic reinforced layer(s) in sub-base / base, concrete roads / whitetopping, perpetual pavement, Hi-performance  bituminous  mixes,  modified  bitumen  /  bituminous mixes,  Fiber  Reinforced  Concrete,  Cement  Grouted  Bituminous Mixes, intelligent compaction etc.

## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1822 ANSWERED  ON  05.12.2024 ASKED  BY  ADV.  CHANDRA  SHEKHAR  REGARDING  MAINTENANCE OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

State  /  UT  -  wise  details  of  NH  length  maintained  /  repaired  / improved under all types of M&R works during the last five years:-

|        |                                      |         |         |         | Length in Km   | Length in Km   |
|--------|--------------------------------------|---------|---------|---------|----------------|----------------|
| S. No. | State/UT                             | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23        | 2023-24        |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh                       | 2,757   | 3,073   | 2,950   | 3,257          | 2,757          |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh                    | 0       | 88      | 116     | 174            | 0              |
| 3      | Assam                                | 575     | 727     | 670     | 749            | 575            |
| 4      | Bihar                                | 309     | 464     | 489     | 361            | 309            |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh                         | 20      | 89      | 144     | 53             | 20             |
| 6      | Goa                                  | 13      | 13      | 13      | 50             | 13             |
| 7      | Gujarat                              | 2,998   | 3,092   | 3,130   | 3,429          | 2,998          |
| 8      | Haryana                              | 716     | 830     | 1,227   | 1,706          | 716            |
| 9      | Himachal Pradesh                     | 370     | 488     | 471     | 500            | 370            |
| 10     | Jharkhand                            | 435     | 776     | 782     | 818            | 435            |
| 11     | Karnataka                            | 2,021   | 1,881   | 1,753   | 1,627          | 2,021          |
| 12     | Kerala                               | 119     | 216     | 123     | 184            | 119            |
| 13     | Madhya Pradesh                       | 1,371   | 1,412   | 1,513   | 1,680          | 1,371          |
| 14     | Maharashtra                          | 1,102   | 1,382   | 1,467   | 1,724          | 1,102          |
| 15     | Manipur                              | 420     | 381     | 461     | 430            | 420            |
| 16     | Meghalaya                            | 47      | 73      | 40      | 232            | 47             |
| 17     | Mizoram                              | 53      | 279     | 423     | 17             | 53             |
| 18     | Nagaland                             | 63      | 159     | 83      | 84             | 63             |
| 19     | Odisha                               | 86      | 416     | 659     | 880            | 86             |
| 20     | Punjab                               | 562     | 972     | 1,083   | 1,538          | 562            |
| 21     | Rajasthan                            | 2,344   | 2,910   | 3,106   | 3,300          | 2,344          |
| 22     | Sikkim                               | 31      | 97      | 28      | 28             | 31             |
| 23     | Tamil Nadu                           | 869     | 820     | 941     | 1,329          | 869            |
| 24     | Telangana                            | 563     | 943     | 889     | 1,270          | 563            |
| 25     | Tripura                              | 185     | 432     | 343     | 337            | 185            |
| 26     | Uttar Pradesh                        | 2,460   | 2,644   | 3,021   | 3,953          | 2,460          |
| 27     | Uttrakhand                           | 218     | 407     | 739     | 718            | 218            |
| 28     | West Bengal                          | 231     | 134     | 218     | 95             | 231            |
| 29     | Andaman & Nicobar Islands            | 36      | 43      | 11      | 94             | 90             |
| 30     | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 49      | 49      | 49      | 49             | 12             |
| 31     | Jammu and Kashmir                    | 429     | 429     | 454     | 334            | 428            |
|        | Total                                | 21,450  | 25,721  | 27,393  | 31,002         | 36,503         |

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