Lok Sabha Question No. 908 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-28
Subject: Repair of NHs
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: SAKSHI SWAMI MAHARAJ

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 908

ANSWERED ON 28 TH  APRIL, 2016

## REPAIR OF NHS

## 908. DR. SWAMI SAKSHIJI MAHARAJ:

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

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware that the pace of repair work on National Highways in the country including Uttar Pradesh is very slow;
- (b) the details of the repair work going on such National Highways in the country including Uttar Pradesh and the present position thereof including work schedule; and
- (c) whether  any  responsibility  has  been  fixed  and  the  action  proposed  to  be  taken  against officials/contractors  concerned,  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  if  not,  the  reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

(a) to (c) No  Madam.  Maintenance &  repair of national highways is an ongoing process. The details of length repaired in the country are annexed. On completed sections, repair &  maintenance  is  carried  out  by  O&M  contractors/BOT  concessionaires.  In  stretches  under implementation, the maintenance is carried out by the contractor/concessionaire as part of their obligations  in  the  contract.   Stretches  entrusted  to  NHAI  but  where  work  is  yet  to  start  are maintained either directly by NHAI or through state PWD.

ANNEXURE REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  908  ANSWERED  ON  28.04.2016  ASKED  BY  DR.  SWAMI  SAKSHIJI MAHARAJ  REGARDING REPAIR OF NHS

## State wise  details of  length repaired in the country during 2015-16

|   Sl. No. | Name of the State / Union Territory   |   Repaired Length (km) |
|-----------|---------------------------------------|------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh                        |                 160.4  |
|         2 | Assam                                 |                 168.46 |
|         3 | Bihar                                 |                 151    |
|         4 | Chhattisgarh                          |                 205.35 |
|         5 | Goa                                   |                  67.9  |
|         6 | Gujarat                               |                 639.39 |
|         7 | Haryana                               |                  95    |
|         8 | Himachal Pradesh                      |                 112.31 |
|         9 | Jammu &Kashmir                        |                   5    |
|        10 | Jharkhand                             |                 133    |
|        11 | Karnataka                             |                  25    |
|        12 | Kerala                                |                  65    |
|        13 | Madhya Pradesh                        |                  29.1  |
|        14 | Maharashtra                           |                 292.78 |
|        15 | Odisha                                |                 166.46 |
|        16 | Puducherry                            |                  11.38 |
|        17 | Punjab                                |                 144    |
|        18 | Rajasthan                             |                 396.89 |
|        19 | Tamil Nadu                            |                 272.41 |
|        20 | Telangana                             |                 163.8  |
|        21 | Uttar Pradesh                         |                 361    |
|        22 | Uttarakhand                           |                 126.7  |
|        23 | West Bengal                           |                  29    |

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