Lok Sabha Question No. 2183 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-10
Subject: Road Connectivity in Hilly Areas
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH, ADVOCATE NARENDRA KESHAV SAWAIKAR, AJAY TAMTA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2183

ANSWERED ON 10 TH  MARCH, 2016

## ROAD CONNECTIVITY IN HILLY AREAS

## 2183.   SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH: ADV. NARENDRA KESHAV SAWAIKAR: SHRI AJAY TAMTA:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has taken special measures to improve the road connectivity in hilly States of the country including border road network in Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh;

(b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c) the details and the funds provided for construction/upgradation/maintenance of National Highways in Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and UP since April, 2015 till date?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

(a) and (b) The  Ministry  is  primarily  responsible  for  development  and  maintenance  of National  Highways  (NHs)  in  the  country,  which  is  a  continuous  process;  works  on  NHs, including those in hilly areas, are accordingly taken up as per inter se priority, traffic density and availability of funds.

The  Ministry  has,  also,  taken  up  development  of  roads  under  Special  Accelerated Road Development Programme for the North East Region (SARDP-NE) including Arunachal Pradesh Package of Roads for improvement of road connectivity in States of North Eastern region.

Further,  the  Ministry  has  taken  up  detailed  review  of  National  Highways  (NHs) network in the country including road network in Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, with a view to improve the road connectivity to coastal / border areas, backward areas, religious places, tourist places, construction / rehabilitation / widening of about 1,500 major bridges and 208 Railway Over Bridges (ROBs) / Railway Under Bridges (RUBs) on NHs, improvement of newly declared NHs providing connectivity to District Head Quarters, Connectivity  Improvement  Program  for  Char-Dham  (Kedarnath,  Badrinath,  Yamunothri  & Gangothri in Uttarakhand) under proposed Bharatmala Pariyojana.

(c) The  details of funds provided for  development  and  maintenance of  NHs  in Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and UP since April, 2015 is annexed.

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2183 ANSWERED ON 10.03.2016 ASKED BY SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH AND OTHERS REGARDING ROAD CONNECTIVITY IN HILLY AREAS

The details of funds provided for development and maintenance of NHs in Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and UP since April, 2015

(Rs. in Crore)

| Sl.   | State            | NH(O)      | NH(O)        | Maintenance and Repair   | Maintenance and Repair   |
|-------|------------------|------------|--------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| No.   |                  | Allocation | Expenditure* | Allocation               | Expenditure*             |
| 1     | Himachal Pradesh | 101.00     | 100.95       | 84.33                    | 56.27                    |
| 2     | Uttar Pradesh    | 331.00     | 328.11       | 202.48                   | 183.60                   |
| 3     | Uttarakhand      | 189.24     | 184.99       | 82.93                    | 45.34                    |

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*Expenditure upto February,2016