Question : REPAIR OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

(a) whether any policy decision has been taken for the construction and repair of the damaged and dilapidated national highways in the country particularly in Bihar;

(b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;

(c) whether any amount has been sanctioned by the Government for the construction of roads and bridges during the current year;

(d) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;

(e) whether any amount and time frame have been fixed for the construction and repair of the said national highways;

(f) the steps taken by the Government to expedite the said work;

(g) whether the Government has received several requests to convert State Highways into National Highways;

(h) if so, the details thereof; and

(i) the time by when a decision on the said proposals are likely to be taken?

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SHIPPING, ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS (SHRI K.H. MUNIYAPPA)

(a) & (b) The construction and repair of the National Highways through out the country including Bihar is a continuous process and all the National Highways are being kept in traffic worthy condition within the available resources. The works on the National Highways are taken up based on the condition, traffic, inter-se priority and availability of funds.

(c) & (d) The State-wise details of allocation of fund for the year 2004-05 for development and maintenance of National Highway are at Annexure-I.

(e) The development and maintenance of National Highway being a continuous process, no time frame can be given.

(f) The projects are monitored at various levels on regular basis for expediting the works.

(g) Yes, Sir.

(h) The details of the proposals received after the last declaration in February, 2004 are at Annexure-II.


(i) In February, 2004, the Ministry has declared 7457 km of State Roads as National Highways. It is premature to indicate any time frame for further declaration of National Highways.


ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (c) AND (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1353 FOR ANSWER ON 08.12.2004 ASKED BY SHRI SURENDRA PRAKASH GOYAL, SHRI D. VITTAL RAO, SHRI MAGUNTA SREENIVASULU REDDY, SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR MODI, SHRI MADHUSUDAN REDDY, SHRI M.K. SUBBA AND SHRI ILYAS AZMI REGARDING REPAIR OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS.

Statewise details of Allocation of fund for Development and Maintenance of National Highways

(Amounts are in Rs. Crore)
Sl.No.	State	Funds allocated for	Funds allocated for	Development of NH	reapir & maintenace of NH
1	Andhra Pradesh	96.74	33.64	2	Arunachal Pradesh	6.00	0.60	3	Assam	71.01	28.99	4	Bihar	79.51	49.15	5	Chandigarh	2.00	0.56	6	Chhatisgarh	51.25	26.06	7	Delhi	6.00	0.73	8	Goa	5.00	2.67	9	Gujarat	84.35	34.69	10	Haryana	53.00	11.27	11	Himachal Pradesh	45.00	17.15	12	Jammu & Kashmir	0.00	0.43	13	Jharkhand	35.00	19.78	14	Karnataka	80.60	35.83	15	Kerala	75.69	18.16	16	Madhya Pradesh	91.90	62.37	17	Maharashtra	122.98	46.53	18	Manipur	14.07	8.33	19	Meghalaya	23.43	12.46	20	Mizoram	22.00	5.43	21	Nagaland	14.00	3.77	22	Orissa	78.80	40.13	23	Pondicherry	3.00	0.80	24	Punjab	46.79	19.39	25	Rajasthan	92.72	50.98	26	Tamil Nadu	91.55	34.01	27	Uttaranchal	25.43	13.34	28	Uttar Pradesh	152.43	51.74	29	West Bengal	193.50	22.31	30	NHAI #	5058.00	70.00	31	BRO #	210.00	17.00	#	These are funds collectively allocated by NHAI & BRO for the works in various States

Sl.No.	Name of State	No. of roads	Length in Km.
1	Andhra Pradesh	17	4590.00	2	Gujarat	19	3806.00	3	Karnataka	20	4518.10	4	Kerala	1	164.00	5	Meghalaya	2	442.00	6	Nagaland	3	725.00	7	Orissa	13	1584.87	8	Rajasthan	17	2715.00	9	Tamilnadu	2	152.40	10	Tripura	1	310.00	11	Uttar Pradesh	7	943.23 #	12	Uttaranchal	2	##	13	West Bengal	2	154.00 
#	Length of one road is not furnished.	##	Length is not indicated in the proposals.