Lok Sabha Question No. 3393 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-20
Subject: Maintenance of National Highways
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Smt. Delkar Kalaben Mohanbhai, Dr. Shivaji Bandappa Kalge, Shri Bhumare Sandipanrao Asaram, Shri Gyaneshwar Patil

## be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  cognizance  of  the  poor maintenance of National Highways by the concerned agencies and operators, if so, the action taken by the Government against them;
- (b)  the  standards  or  norms  for  maintenance  of  National  Highways along with the frequency of review, States/UTs-wise, particularly in
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli; and
- (c) whether the Government proposes to introduce a new monitoring system to improve the maintenance work of National Highways, if so,  the  details  thereof,  State/UT-wise,  particularly  in  Dadra  and Nagar Haveli and Khandwa Parliamentary Constituency of Madhya Pradesh and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district of Maharashtra?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a)  and  (b)  The  Government  has  prioritized  the  maintenance  of existing  National  Highway  (NH)  network  and  inter-alia  evolved  a mechanism  to  ensure  Maintenance  and  Repair  (M&R)  of  all  NHs sections through accountable maintenance agency.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3393

ANSWERED ON 20 TH  MARCH, 2025

## MAINTENANCE OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

†3393.   SHRI BHUMARE SANDIPANRAO ASARAM:

DR. SHIVAJI BANDAPPA KALGE: SMT. DELKAR KALABEN MOHANBHAI: SHRI GYANESHWAR PATIL:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

NHs projects are executed on mainly three modes i.e. (i) Build Operate and Transfer (BOT); (ii) Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM) and (iii) Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC). Concession period for projects on Build Operate and Transfer (BOT) is 15 to 20 years and on Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM) is generally 15 years.  For EPC  projects,  Defect  Liability  Period  (DLP)  is  5  years  for  the bituminous  pavement  works  and  10  years  for  concrete  pavement works.  For  TOT  and  InvIT  projects,  concession  period  including maintenance is for 20 to 30 years. Concession period for Projects on Operation, Maintenance and Transfer (OMT) is generally 9 years.

Contractors / Concessionaires are responsible for maintenance  of  the  respective  NHs  stretches  within  the  DLP  / concession period of the project.

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).  While  STMC  works  are  generally undertaken  for  a  contract  period  of  1-2  year,  PBMC  works  are undertaken  for  a  contract  period  of  about  5-7  years.  State  /  UT  wise  details  of  such  maintenance  works  approved  during  the  FY 2024-25 are at Annexure-I.

Repair  of  identified  defects  /  issues  in  the  road  condition  as well  as  other  maintenance  /  repair  works  are  completed  by  the Contractor  /  Concessionaire  within  the  stipulated  timeline  as  per provisions  of  the  Contract.  Compliance  is  ensured  through  regular inspection by field officers, including Authority Engineer / Independent Engineer deployed for supervision of projects. For noncompliance during DLP / Concession period, penalties are imposed as  per  the  contract  conditions  or  DLP  period  is  extended.  Penalty provisions  include  due  payment  deductions,  damage  recoveries, debarment / blacklisting etc.

- (c)     App based monitoring through National Highways Authority of India  (NHAI)  One /  Tatpar  App  facilitates  efficient  highway  project management by the internal stakeholders (Field officers / Engineers / Contractors / Concessionaires) directly from onsite, through digital

reporting  of  daily  and  monthly  defects,  submission  of  geo-tagged and  time-stamped  photos  for  inspections  and  digital  uploading  of test results.

ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) AND (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3393 ANSWERED ON 20.03.2025 ASKED BY SHRI BHUMARE SANDIPANRAO ASARAM, DR. SHIVAJI BANDAPPA KALGE, SMT. DELKAR KALABEN MOHANBHAI AND  SHRI  GYANESHWAR  PATIL  REGARDING  MAINTENANCE  OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

State / UT - wise details of maintenance works approved during the FY 2024-25:-

|        |                   | Length in Km / Cost in ₹ Crore   | Length in Km / Cost in ₹ Crore   | Length in Km / Cost in ₹ Crore   | Length in Km / Cost in ₹ Crore   |
|--------|-------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| S. No. | State/UT          | STMC Works                       | STMC Works                       | PBMC Works                       | PBMC Works                       |
|        |                   | Length                           | Cost                             | Length                           | Cost                             |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh    | 1,624                            | 176                              | 378                              | 491                              |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh | 311                              | 44                               | 0                                | 0                                |
| 3      | Assam             | 845                              | 120                              | 145                              | 221                              |
| 4      | Bihar             | 653                              | 48                               | 420                              | 508                              |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh      | 211                              | 22                               | 0                                | 0                                |
| 6      | Goa               | 119                              | 18                               | 6                                | 22                               |
| 7      | Gujarat           | 1,296                            | 287                              | 256                              | 361                              |
| 8      | Haryana           | 697                              | 98                               | 243                              | 321                              |
| 9      | Himachal Pradesh  | 452                              | 57                               | 0                                | 0                                |
| 10     | Jharkhand         | 223                              | 21                               | 104                              | 69                               |
| 11     | Karnataka         | 1,028                            | 104                              | 172                              | 242                              |
| 12     | Kerala            | 17                               | 1                                | 0                                | 0                                |
| 13     | Madhya Pradesh    | 1,574                            | 229                              | 456                              | 468                              |
| 14     | Maharashtra       | 1,937                            | 323                              | 1,449                            | 1,345                            |
| 15     | Manipur           | 177                              | 28                               | 0                                | 0                                |
| 16     | Meghalaya         | 45                               | 6                                | 8                                | 3                                |
| 17     | Mizoram           | 273                              | 69                               | 0                                | 0                                |
| 18     | Nagaland          | 182                              | 79                               | 0                                | 0                                |
| 19     | Odisha            | 979                              | 67                               | 210                              | 229                              |
| 20     | Punjab            | 705                              | 78                               | 233                              | 288                              |
| 21     | Rajasthan         | 517                              | 144                              | 736                              | 679                              |
| 22     | Sikkim            | 47                               | 45                               | 64                               | 67                               |
| 23     | Tamil Nadu        | 1,380                            | 169                              | 97                               | 105                              |
| 24     | Telangana         | 370                              | 24                               | 406                              | 352                              |
| 25     | Tripura           | 113                              | 54                               | 122                              | 195                              |
| 26     | Uttar Pradesh     | 1,222                            | 126                              | 490                              | 621                              |
| 27     | Uttarakhand       | 237                              | 77                               | 0                                | 0                                |
| 28     | West Bengal       | 546                              | 283                              | 94                               | 131                              |
| 29     | Jammu & Kashmir   | 96                               | 34                               | 28                               | 37                               |
| 30     | Ladakh            | 6                                | 10                               | 0                                | 0                                |
| 31     | Puducherry        | 903                              | 442                              | 130                              | 198                              |
|        | Total             | 17,884                           | 2,842                            | 6,118                            | 6,757                            |

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