Lok Sabha Question No. 1913 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-11
Subject: Expansion of National Highways
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Shri Imran Masood

be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  approved  new  projects  for  the expansion of national highways;
- (b)  if  so,  the  names  of  the  States  where  these  projects  are  being implemented;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  developed  a  special  monitoring
- mechanism to ensure the quality of road construction; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1913

ANSWERED ON 11 TH  DECEMBER, 2025

## EXPANSION OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

†1913.   SHRI IMRAN MASOOD:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

(a) and  (b)   Development  and  maintenance  of  National  Highways (NHs) is a continuous process. Works on NHs are taken up based on the traffic  density,  connectivity requirement, condition of the road and synergy with PM GatiShakti National Master Plan (NMP).

State  /  Union  Territory  (UT)  -  wise  details  of  Development  / Construction / Upgradation projects on NHs approved during the last year and current year are at Annexure.

(c) and (d) All efforts are made to ensure that the National Highways (NHs) are constructed as per quality standards specified in  the  Indian  Roads  Congress  (IRC)  specifications  and  codes.  To ensure  that  highway  construction  adheres  to  stipulated  quality standards,  Consultants  [Authority's  Engineer  (AE)  /  Independent Engineer  (IE)]  are  appointed  by  the executing  agencies  for  day-today  supervision  of works  at  site.  Officials  of  executing  agencies undertake inspections from time to time and ensure adherence of conformity  of  quality  of  the  work  done  by  the  Concessionaire  / Contractor with stipulated requirements. Deficiencies, if any, observed during such examination / supervision are brought to the notice  of  the  Concessionaire  /  Contractor  for  taking  up  necessary corrective measures. Actions against defaulting agencies are taken as  per  the  provisions  of  the  Contract  agreement  in  case  of  any defaults.

The Government has taken the following additional initiatives for  improvement  of  quality  control  systems  in  implementation  of

NHs works, some of which are as stated below: -

- i. Adoption of Automated & Intelligent / Machine-aided Construction (AI-MC) in NH projects;
- ii. Mandatory  assessments  of  road  conditions  through  Network Survey  Vehicle  (NSV)  before  start  of  work,  before  issue  of completion certificate and thereafter at regular intervals of six months after completion of the work, thereby enabling quality assessment  of  NHs  at  regular  intervals  for  (a)  ensuring  the maintenance during Concession period / DLP and (b) prioritizing  maintenance  requirements  to  maintain  NHs  in traffic  worthy  condition,  and  revamping  of  NSV  system    for road condition assessment using analytics and enforcement of contractual provisions during Operation and Maintenance (O&M) through dedicated central cell;
- iii. Analysis  of  High-Resolution  Imagery  collected  from  Drone Surveys in Drone Analytics Monitoring System (DAMS) integrated with Artificial Intelligence /  Machine  Learning
4. algorithms  for  periodic  evaluation  of  progress  and  quality  of ongoing NHs works from time to time;
- iv. Deployment of Mobile Quality Control Vans (MQCVs) equipped with Non-Destructive Testing Equipment in four States, namely in  Gujarat,  Rajasthan,  Odisha  and  Karnataka  as  pilot,  for diagnostic assessments of overall health and quality of works from time to time during project implementation phases;
- v. Deployment  of  Third  Party  Quality  Auditors  for  independent quality audits of NH works on a case-to-case basis.

## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) AND (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1913 ANSWERED ON 11.12.2025 ASKED BY SHRI IMRAN MASOOD REGARDING EXPANSION OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

State / UT -wise details of Development / Construction / Upgradation  projects  on  NHs  approved  during  the  last  year  and current year: -

| S.No.   |                   | 2024-25   | 2024-25   | 2024-25   | Length in Km; Cost in ₹ Crore 2025-26 (Till November, 2025)   | Length in Km; Cost in ₹ Crore 2025-26 (Till November, 2025)   | Length in Km; Cost in ₹ Crore 2025-26 (Till November, 2025)   |
|---------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|         | State/UT          | No.       | Length    | Cost      | No.                                                           | Length                                                        | Cost                                                          |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 22        | 166       | 2,193     | 6                                                             | 159                                                           | 4,985                                                         |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh | 6         | 95        | 18        | 5                                                             | 52                                                            | 440                                                           |
| 3       | Assam             | 8         | 223       | 6,382     | 2                                                             | 86                                                            | 6,961                                                         |
| 4       | Bihar             | 12        | 103       | 3,694     | 10                                                            | 357                                                           | 12,717                                                        |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      | 9         | 143       | 3,595     | 9                                                             | 73                                                            | 694                                                           |
| 6       | Goa               | 12        | 54        | 4,348     | 3                                                             | 3                                                             | 40                                                            |
| 7       | Gujarat           | 22        | 526       | 16,122    | 14                                                            | 259                                                           | 2,036                                                         |
| 8       | Haryana           | 6         | 61        | 755       | 2                                                             | 26                                                            | 182                                                           |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh  | 11        | 31        | 254       | 3                                                             | 8                                                             | 1,065                                                         |
| 10      | Jharkhand         | 7         | 147       | 3,829     | 2                                                             | 41                                                            | 1,099                                                         |
| 11      | Karnataka         | 4         | -         | 5         | 1                                                             | 66                                                            | 83                                                            |
| 12      | Kerala            | 3         | 18        | 1,103     | 0                                                             | 0                                                             | 0                                                             |
| 13      | Madhya Pradesh    | 21        | 846       | 19,790    | 4                                                             | 112                                                           | 2,047                                                         |
| 14      | Maharashtra       | 60        | 939       | 23,339    | 22                                                            | 494                                                           | 6,673                                                         |
| 15      | Manipur           | 3         | 140       | 1,356     | 2                                                             | 45                                                            | 116                                                           |
| 16      | Meghalaya         | 2         | 23        | 590       | 2                                                             | 196                                                           | 23,815                                                        |
| 17      | Mizoram           | 1         | -         | 7         | 3                                                             | 152                                                           | 227                                                           |
| 18      | Nagaland          | 4         | 20        | 123       | 1                                                             | 13                                                            | 24                                                            |
| 19      | Odisha            | 16        | 180       | 5,447     | 9                                                             | 131                                                           | 8,507                                                         |
| 20      | Punjab            | 15        | 168       | 2,608     | 3                                                             | 88                                                            | 1,995                                                         |
| 21      | Rajasthan         | 19        | 238       | 3,154     | 10                                                            | 188                                                           | 3,726                                                         |
| 22      | Sikkim            | 1         | 5         | 161       | 1                                                             | -                                                             | 7                                                             |
| 23      | Tamil Nadu        | 22        | 342       | 4,221     | 10                                                            | 141                                                           | 4,294                                                         |
| 24      | Telangana         | 1         | 14        | 516       | 2                                                             | -                                                             | 7                                                             |
| 25      | Uttar Pradesh     | 22        | 355       | 18,388    | 2                                                             | 36                                                            | 1,772                                                         |
| 26      | Uttarakhand       | 24        | 38        | 1,670     | 18                                                            | 84                                                            | 1,799                                                         |
| 27      | West Bengal       | 29        | 338       | 14,800    | 6                                                             | 23                                                            | 275                                                           |
| 28      | Chandigarh        | 0         | 0         | 0         | 1                                                             | 2                                                             | 247                                                           |
| 29      | Delhi             | 0         | 0         | 0         | 1                                                             | 50                                                            | 956                                                           |
| 30      | Jammu & Kashmir   | 5         | 29        | 1,262     | 2                                                             | 81                                                            | 32                                                            |
| 31      | Ladakh            | 1         | 11        | 29        | 3                                                             | 88                                                            | 76                                                            |
| 32      | Puducherry        | 0         | 0         | 0         | 2                                                             | 18                                                            | 461                                                           |

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