Lok Sabha Question No. 381 (STARRED), answered on 2025-03-27
Subject: Four, Six and Eight Laning of NHs
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Shri Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav

be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  number  of  National  Highways  (NHs)  in  the  country,  Statewise;
- (b) the details of the plan for converting NHs into four, six, and eight lanes;
- (c)  the  details  of  NHs  currently  being  converted/planned  to  be converted  into  eight  lanes,  State-wise  including  district-wise  in Maharashtra;
- (d) the details of two-lane NHs in Maharashtra, district-wise; and
- (e) the timeline for converting the said NHs into four and six lanes including the targets and deadlines set for this conversion/upgradation?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) to (e) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 381 ANSWERED ON 27 TH  MARCH, 2025

FOUR, SIX AND EIGHT LANING OF NHS

†*381.  SHRI SANJAY HARIBHAU JADHAV:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (e) OF LOK SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  381  ANSWERED  ON  27.03.2025 ASKED  BY  SHRI  SANJAY  HARIBHAU  JADHAV  REGARDING  FOUR,

SIX AND EIGHT LANING OF NHS

- (a)     There are 670 nos. of National Highways (NHs) in the country with total length of 1,46,204 km at present. State / Union Territory (UT) - wise details of NHs are at Annexure-I.
- (b) Development  and  maintenance  of NHs  is a continuous process.  Works  on  NHs,  including  capacity  augmentation  to  four, six, and eight lane configuration, are accordingly taken up based on the  traffic  density,  condition  of  the  road,  inter-se  priority  and synergy with PM GatiShakti National Master Plan (NMP).

At  present,  636  NHs  projects  of  four  /  six  /  eight  laning  in 16,422 km length costing ₹ 6.35 Lakh Crore are under construction in  the  country,  out  of  which  8,852  km  length  is  completed.  These projects are under various stages of construction with completion in a phased manner by FY 2028-29.

Additionally,  193  NHs  projects  of  four  /  six  /  eight  laning  in 5,496  km  length  costing  ₹  2.18  Lakh  crore  have  been  approved  / awarded in the country.

- (c)      At  present,  24  NHs  projects of  eight-laning in 546 km length costing  ₹  44,401  crore  are  under  construction  in  the  country, project-wise details of which are at Annexure-II.

Additionally, the Government has approved construction of 30 km  long  Eight  Lane  Elevated  Nashik  Phata  -  Khed  Corridor  near Pune in the State of Maharashtra at a cost of ₹ 7,827 Crore.

- (d)     Length of two-lane NHs spread across various districts of the State  of  Maharashtra  is  about  10,300  km  (out  of  total  18,462  km length in the State).
- (e)     At present, 64 NHs projects of four / six / eight laning in 1,632 km  length  costing  ₹  61,458  Crore  are  under  construction  in  the State of Maharashtra, out of which 1,092 km length is completed. These  projects  are  under  various  stages  of  construction  with completion in a phased manner by FY 2027-28.

ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 381 ANSWERED ON 27.03.2025 ASKED BY SHRI  SANJAY  HARIBHAU  JADHAV  REGARDING  FOUR,  SIX  AND EIGHT LANING OF NHS

## State / UT - wise details of NHs: -

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                           |   No. of NHs | NH Length (in km)   |
|-----------|------------------------------------|--------------|---------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh                     |           55 | 8,683               |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh                  |           14 | 4,367               |
| 3         | Assam                              |           38 | 4,077               |
| 4         | Bihar                              |           56 | 6,132               |
| 5         | Chandigarh                         |            1 | 15                  |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh                       |           20 | 3,620               |
| 7         | Delhi                              |           12 | 157                 |
| 8         | Goa                                |            6 | 299                 |
| 9         | Gujarat                            |           45 | 8,111               |
| 10        | Haryana                            |           39 | 3,347               |
| 11        | Himachal Pradesh                   |           19 | 2,607               |
| 12        | Jammu and Kashmir                  |           11 | 1,935               |
| 13        | Jharkhand                          |           32 | 3,633               |
| 14        | Karnataka                          |           49 | 8,191               |
| 15        | Kerala                             |           12 | 1,858               |
| 16        | Ladakh                             |            3 | 806                 |
| 17        | Madhya Pradesh                     |           47 | 9,169               |
| 18        | Maharashtra                        |          102 | 18,462              |
| 19        | Manipur                            |           11 | 1,840               |
| 20        | Meghalaya                          |            5 | 1,156               |
| 21        | Mizoram                            |            9 | 1,499               |
| 22        | Nagaland                           |           12 | 1,670               |
| 23        | Odisha                             |           32 | 5,897               |
| 24        | Puducherry                         |            2 | 64                  |
| 25        | Punjab                             |           38 | 4,264               |
| 26        | Rajasthan                          |           53 | 10,733              |
| 27        | Sikkim                             |            8 | 709                 |
| 28        | Tamil Nadu                         |           50 | 7,000               |
| 29        | Telangana                          |           30 | 4,926               |
| 30        | Tripura                            |            6 | 889                 |
| 31        | Uttar Pradesh                      |           90 | 12,123              |
| 32        | Uttrakhand                         |           26 | 3,664               |
| 33        | West Bengal                        |           35 | 3,910               |
| 34        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands          |            1 | 331                 |
| 35        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu |            4 | 59                  |
|           | Total                              |          670 | 146,204             |

## ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 381 ANSWERED ON 27.03.2025 ASKED BY SHRI  SANJAY  HARIBHAU  JADHAV  REGARDING  FOUR,  SIX  AND EIGHT LANING OF NHS

## Project -wise details of Eight-laning NHs Projects under construction in the country: -

|   S. No. | State       | Project Name                                                                                                                             |   Length (km) | Cost (in ₹ Crore)   |   Length Completed (in km) |
|----------|-------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|---------------------|----------------------------|
|        1 | Gujarat     | Vadodara-Mumbai section of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway (NE-4) (Phase I - Package-5) (Kim to Ankleshwar)                                      |            25 | 1,325               |                         15 |
|        2 | Gujarat     | Vadodara-Mumbai section of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway (NE-4) (Phase I - Package-7) (Gandeva to Ena)                                         |            28 | 1,710               |                         23 |
|        3 | Gujarat     | Vadodara-Mumbai section of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway (NE-4) (Phase-I Package-8) (Jujuwa - Gandeva)                                         |            35 | 3,834               |                          0 |
|        4 | Gujarat     | Vadodara-Mumbai section of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway (NE-4) (Phase-I Package-9) (Karvad - Jujuwa)                                          |            27 | 2,594               |                          0 |
|        5 | Gujarat     | Vadodara-Mumbai section of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway (NE-4) (Phase I - Package-10) (Talsari to Karvad)                                     |            25 | 1,910               |                          4 |
|        6 | Gujarat     | Delhi-Vadodara section of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway (NE-4) (Package-26)                                                                    |            33 | 1,971               |                         24 |
|        7 | Gujarat     | Delhi-Vadodara section of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway (NE-4) (Package-27)                                                                    |            26 | 1,372               |                         26 |
|        8 | Gujarat     | Delhi-Vadodara section of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway (NE-4) (Package-28)                                                                    |            25 | 1,339               |                         25 |
|        9 | Gujarat     | Delhi-Vadodara section of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway (NE-4) (Package-30) [Baletiya Village - Junction near Pratap Nagar Village]            |            22 | 1,185               |                         20 |
|       10 | Gujarat     | Delhi-Vadodara section of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway (NE-4) (Package-31) [Junction near Pratap nagar Village - Junction near Dodka Village] |            19 | 1,548               |                         19 |
|       11 | Maharashtra | Vadodara-Mumbai section of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway (NE-4) (Phase II - Package-11) (Ganjad - Talsari)                                     |            26 | 1,525               |                         25 |
|       12 | Maharashtra | Vadodara-Mumbai section of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway (NE-4) (Phase II - Package-12) (Masvan - Ganjad)                                      |            26 | 1,711               |                         14 |
|       13 | Maharashtra | Vadodara-Mumbai section of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway (NE-4) (Phase II - Package-13) (Shirsad - Masvan)                                     |            27 | 3,537               |                         18 |

| S. No.   | State       | Project Name                                                                                                                                                                     |   Length (km) | Cost (in ₹ Crore)   |   Length Completed (in km) |
|----------|-------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|---------------------|----------------------------|
| 14       | Maharashtra | Vadodara-Mumbai section of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway (NE-4) (Phase II - Package-14) (Shirsad - Akloli)                                                                             |            17 | 2,059               |                          7 |
| 15       | Maharashtra | Vadodara-Mumbai section of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway (NE-4) (Phase II - Package-15) (Akloli - Amne)                                                                                |            18 | 2,611               |                         12 |
| 16       | Maharashtra | Vadodara-Mumbai section of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway (NE-4) (Phase II - Package-16) (Amne - Bhoj)                                                                                  |            25 | 4,052               |                         19 |
| 17       | Maharashtra | Vadodara-Mumbai section of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway (NE-4) (Phase II - Package-17) (Bhoj - Morbe)                                                                                 |            10 | 2,209               |                          1 |
| 18       | Maharashtra | Vadape to Thane section of NH-848                                                                                                                                                |            21 | 1,253               |                         11 |
| 19       | Odisha      | 8 laning of Chandikhole - Paradip Section of NH- 53 (Package-1)                                                                                                                  |            18 | 930                 |                          5 |
| 20       | Odisha      | 8 laning of Chandikhole - Paradip Section of NH- 53 (Package-2)                                                                                                                  |            21 | 920                 |                          8 |
| 21       | Odisha      | 8 laning of Chandikhole - Paradip Section of NH- 53 (Package-3)                                                                                                                  |            21 | 862                 |                          8 |
| 22       | Odisha      | 8 laning of Chandikhole - Paradip Section of NH- 53 (Package-4)                                                                                                                  |            17 | 882                 |                          0 |
| 23       | Rajasthan   | Delhi-Vadodara section of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway (NE-4) (Package-10) [End of Interchange on NH-166 near village Mui to Hardeoganj village near Indergarh]                       |            26 | 1,273               |                         21 |
| 24       | Rajasthan   | Delhi-Vadodara section of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway (NE-4) (Package-15) [Junction with NH-12 near village Ummedpura to Major bridge over Takli river near Nayagaon Jageer village] |             8 | 1,789               |                          3 |
|          |             | Total                                                                                                                                                                            |           546 | 44,401              |                        306 |

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