Lok Sabha Question No. 2504 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-13
Subject: Repair of Highways
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Shri Kuldeep Indora

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2504 ANSWERED ON 13 TH  MARCH, 2025

## REPAIR OF HIGHWAYS

2504. SHRI KULDEEP INDORA:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has issued any new guidelines to National Highways  Authority  of  India  (NHAI)  which  is  responsible  for  the maintenance and development of National Highways for ensuring the longevity  and  continuous  improvement  of  the  country's  vital  road network;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  has  directed  the  NHAI  to  immediately repair the damaged highways in Rajasthan; and
- (c)  the  steps  that  are  being  taken  for  strengthening  the  overall  road infrastructure in Rajasthan with a particular reference to Sriganganagar and Hanumangarh districts?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a)  Development  and  maintenance  of  National  Highways  (NHs)  is  a continuous process. Works on notified NHs, including capacity augmentation, are taken up based on the traffic density, condition of the road, inter-se priority and synergy with PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan.

The  Government  has  planned  that  all  NHs  sections  of  National Highways should be under Maintenance, through one of the following mechanisms:

- i. Maintenance  &  Repair  (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.
- ii. 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).

## (b) Repair of any damages on NHs is a continuous process and is taken up whenever such damages occur.

## (c) Following 06 project highways have been developed in Sriganganagar and Hanumangarh districts by the Government:

| Project Name                                                                                                                                                         | District Name               | Length (Km)   | Remarks            |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------|--------------------|
| Construction of 6-lane access controlled Greenfield highway from Sangariya (near Chautala)- Rasisar (near Bikaner) section of                                        | Hanumangarh                 | 60.285        | Operational        |
| NH-754K as a part of Amritsar- Jamnagar Economic Corridor.                                                                                                           | Sriganganagar35.292         |               | Operational        |
| Construction/upgradation of two lanes with paved shoulders of NH- 911 from Sriganganagar to Raisinghnagar (Design Chainage - 0.500 Km. to Design Chainage 101.00 Km. | Sriganganagar102.076Ongoing |               |                    |
| Upgradation to 2L+PS of NH-54 Hanumangarh to Kenchiyan from Km 0/0 to Km 49/605                                                                                      | Hanumangarh                 | 49.6          | Under Construction |
| Maintenance of Pakka Saharna to Kaluwala NH-954 in the State of Raj.                                                                                                 | Hanumangarh Sriganganagar   | 7.3           | Under Construction |
| "Strengthening for Suratgarh- Sriganganagar section of NH- 62(old NH-15) from Km 173/002 to                                                                          | Hanumangarh                 | 8.5           | Under DLP          |

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| 250/900 in the state of Raiasthan "                                                                                                                                                               | Sriganganagar69.4   |           |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|-----------|
| Development and Operation of Bikaner-Suratgarh section of NH- 15 (Km 553.869 of NH-11 to Km 173.000 of NH-15) via Km 10.630 of NH-15 by Two Laning with paved shoulder in the State of Rajasthan. |                     | Under O&M |

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