Lok Sabha Question No. 898 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-24
Subject: NHs in Punjab
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Shri Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa

## be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  National  Highways  (NHs)  passing  through  Gurdaspur  and Pathankot districts of Punjab, district-wise; and
- (b) whether any proposals have been received from State Government  of Punjab for construction or expansion of  new highways, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a)  Six  number  National  Highways (NHs) namely NE-5, NH-54, NH-354, NH-354B, NH-503A  & NH-503D pass through Gurudaspur district and five number National Highways namely NE-5, NH-44, NH-54, NH-154 & NH-154A pass through Pathankot district in the State of Punjab.
- (b) The Government in the Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways receives proposals from various State Government / Union Territories  (UTs),  including  from  the  State  Government  of  Punjab, from  time  to  time,  for  declaration  /  upgradation  of  State  roads, including State Highways (SHs), as new NHs. Decisions are taken to notify State Roads as NHs from time to time based on requirement of  connectivity,  inter-se  priority,  traffic  level  and  synergy  with  PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan (NMP).

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 898 ANSWERED ON 24 TH  JULY, 2025

## NHs IN PUNJAB

## 898.  SHRI SUKHJINDER SINGH RANDHAWA:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

Development and maintenance of NHs is a continuous process and new  projects are taken up depending upon techno-economic feasibility of proposals, traffic intensity, inter-se priority and synergy with PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan (NMP). Details of projects sanctioned during FY 2025-26 for improving the connectivity of NHs in the State of Punjab is annexed.

## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 898 FOR ANSWER ON 04.07.2025 ASKED BY SHRI SUKHJINDER SINGH RANDHAWA REGARDING NHs IN PUNJAB

## Details of Projects sanctioned during 2025-26:

|   Sl. No. | Name of Project                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |   Total Project Cost (TPC) Rs in crore | Date of sanction   |   Length | State            |
|-----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|--------------------|----------|------------------|
|         1 | Widening and upgradation from two lanes with paved shoulder to four lane in Km 17.600 to 21.350 of NH-07 Section Sulemanki Border - Fazilka on EPC Mode                                                                                                                             |                                  29.97 | 04.06.2025         |     3.75 | Punjab           |
|         2 | Strengthening of stretches of NH-148B from (Km 234.900 to Km 244.750 and Km 287.710 to Km 349.640) and NH- 703 (Km 182.750 to Km 189.240) in the State of Punjab                                                                                                                    |                                  87.08 | 27.05.2025         |    65.45 | Punjab           |
|         3 | Construction of 6 lane Zirakpur Bypass (Starting from Junction with NH-7 (Zirakpur- Patiala) (Design Ch. 0+000) and ending at Junction with NH-5 (Zirakpur-Parwanoo) (Design Ch. 16+800) (Total Length 19.200 Km) in State of Punjab and Haryana under NH(O) on Hybrid Annuity Mode |                                1878.31 | 17.04.2025         |    19.2  | Punjab & Haryana |

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