Lok Sabha Question No. 1858 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-14
Subject: Infrastructure Development Projects
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Shivkumar Chanabasappa Udasi, Saikia Dilip, Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah, Ranjeetsingh Naik Nimbalkar, Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre, Devji Mansingram Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1858

ANSWERED ON 14 TH  DECEMBER, 2023

## INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

†1858 .   SHRI SHIVAKUMAR C. UDASI:

SHRI DILIP SAIKIA:

SHRIMATI MALA RAJYA LAXMI SHAH:

SHRI RANJEETSINGH NAIK NIMBALKAR:

SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE:

SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

## be pleased to state:

- (a) the manner in which the increase in budget allocations for road transport and highways since 2014 translated into tangible infrastructure  development  outcomes,  particularly  in  Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and North-Eastern States;
- (b) the specific examples of infrastructure projects that have been completed or are in progress due to the increased funding; and
- (c)  the  manner  in  which  these  projects  impacted  connectivity, accessibility and economic development in the respective regions?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

(a) to (c) The Ministry is primarily responsible for development and maintenance of National Highways (NHs). Budgetary allocation of the Ministry  has  increased from  about Rs.

31,130 Crore to in 2013-14 to Rs. 2,70,435 Crore in 2023-24. Capital expenditure on NHs has been significantly increased from about Rs. 51,000 Crore in 2013-14 to more than Rs. 2,40,000 Crore in 2022-23. Infrastructure  sector  which  is  the  prime  mover  of  the  economy contribute to the faster economic growth and development.

Such increased budgetary allocation led to expansion of NH network in the country from about 91,287 km in March, 2014 to about 1,46,145 km at present, including the States of Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and North-eastern

States. Length  of  4  Lane  plus  NH  network  including  High  Speed Corridors has increased by more than 250% from about 18,371 km in March, 2014 to about 46,179 km so far. Also length of less than 2 Lane NHs has decreased from about 27,517 km in March, 2014 to about 14,870 km which is now only about 10% of the NH network. Ministry has  focused  on  development  of  greenfield  High  Speed  Corridors. Project implementation has already been started on 21 green field access-controlled corridors including expressways in which work in about 3,336 km length has been completed. The above developments have increased the connectivity and accessibility to the NHs across the country and also increased the logistics efficiency Year-wise details of constructed NH length during the last nine years are as under:-

| Length in Km   | Length in Km       | Length in Km   | Length in Km   | Length in Km   | Length in Km   |
|----------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| Year           | Strengthening etc. | 2 Lane         | 4 Lane         | 6/8 Lane       | Total          |
| 2014-15        | 649                | 2,750          | 733            | 278            | 4,410          |
| 2015-16        | 802                | 3,970          | 1,010          | 279            | 6,061          |
| 2016-17        | 1,349              | 5,060          | 1,655          | 167            | 8,231          |
| 2017-18        | 2,446              | 4,868          | 2,199          | 316            | 9,829          |
| 2018-19        | 1,719              | 6,033          | 2,517          | 587            | 10,855         |
| 2019-20        | 862                | 6,031          | 2,728          | 616            | 10,237         |
| 2020-21        | 4,907              | 4,408          | 2,913          | 1,099          | 13,327         |
| 2021-22        | 2,790              | 3,704          | 2,798          | 1,165          | 10,457         |
| 2022-23        | 2,152              | 3,544          | 3,294          | 1,341          | 10,331         |

Ministry has completed various flagship projects or its sections which are already completed and opened to traffic to enable ease of movement. Some of these include Delhi-Dausa - Lalsaut section (229 km) and entire section in Madhya Pradesh (210km) of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, Amritsar-Bhatinda-Jamnagar (470  km)  in  the  State  of Rajasthan, Suryapet -Khammam section of HyderabadVishakhapatnam,  Indore-Hyderabad  (175  km),  new  Brahamputra Bridge  near  Tejpur  in  Assam  on  NH-37A(old),  Kaladan  Multi  Modal Transit Transport Project in Mizoram, Shillong Nongstoin-Tura section of NH-44E & NH 127B in Meghalaya. Also,  several  flagship  corridors  of  Ministry  e.g.  Vadodara  Mumbai Section of Delhi - Mumbai Expressway, Bengaluru - Chennai Expressway,    Bengaluru  Ring  Road,  Raipur -Vishakhapatnam Economic  Corridor,  Char  Dham  Projects  in  Uttarakhand,  Trans Aurnachal Highway (NH-13, NH-15 and NH-215) in Arunachal Pradesh, Imphal-Moreh section in the Manipur, Dimapur -Kohima section etc. are in progress.

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