Question : FORMULATION OF SCHEME FOR ROAD DEVELOPMENT

(a) whether the Government have formulated any scheme for road development;

(b) if so, whether there is a proposal to make 45520 kilometre long double lanes and 8500 kilometre long single lanes from the National Highways by 2001; and

(c) if so, the additional length of the highway proposed to be declared for Madhya Pradesh and the length in Kilometres for which approval has been given during the Eighth Five Year Plan?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SURFACE TRANSPORT

(DR. DEBENDRA PRADHAN)

(a) Yes, Sir.

(b) No, Sir. However, a statement giving details of targets for the development of national highways during the 9th Five Year Plan is at Annexure-I.

(c ) No new national highway was approved for the State of Madhya Pradesh during the 8th Five Year Plan. However, during the 9th Plan so far, a length of 2228 Kms. of State roads has been declared as national highways in Madhya Pradesh..

ANNEXURE-I

STATEMENT REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 7480 FOR ANSWER ON 15TH MAY, 2000 BY SHRI KANTILAL BHURIA REGARDING FORMULATION OF SCHEME FOR ROAD DEVELOPMENT

PHYSICAL TARGETS FOR THE NINTH FIVE YEAR PLAN OF MOST (DEPARTMENT OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS)

(A) Through agencies other than NHAI:

Sl. No.	Scheme	Unit	Ninth Plan Target (1997-2002) Km/Nos.	Normal NH works

1.	Widening to two lanes	Km	1194

2.	Widening to four lanes	Km	202

3.	Strengthening weak 2 lanes	Km.	2908

4.	Bypasses	No.	20

5.	Major Bridges	No.	40
6.	Minor Bridges including ROBs	No.	226

7	Expressways	On very selective basis where traffic density is	exceptionally high

(B) Through agency of NHAI	Total length Length already	On-going	Length to be
1	covered under	four laned	works/under	awarded during	the project	implementation	IXth Plan 
(a)Golden Quadrilateral
Widening to four/six lanes	Km.5952	504	716	4732

(b)North-South & East-West
Corridors Widening to	Km.7300	628	264	366
four/six lanes
Total	13252	1132	980	5118
2.	Other Works by NHAI	Km.1000	0	214	784