Question : DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

(a) whether there is any Centrally sponsored scheme for maintenance, repairing, widening and development of various National Highways in different parts of the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether proposals have been received from various State Governments for the said works;

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

(e) whether there is a need to increase the thickness of the surface of various highways according to IRC standards particularly Highways No.11 and 12 passing through Jaipur in Rajasthan;

(f) if so, the action taken/proposed to be taken in this regard;

(g) the details of funds allocated for the various works on National Highways during the Ninth Five Year Plan, State-wise; and

(h) the details of funds utilised so far, State-wise?

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

(a) There is no Centrally Sponsored Scheme for maintenance repairing widening and development of the National Highways. The development and maintenance of National Highways in the country are the responsibility of the Union Government.

(b), (c) & (d) Do not arise,

(e) & (f) Improvement comprising, inter alia, increase of crust thickness of National Highways including those of National Highways No-11 and National Highway No-12 is a continuous process and action is taken depending on the traffic volume, condition of the roads, inter-se priority and availability of funds.

(g) & (h) State-wise details of funds allocated and utilized on National Highways during Ninth Five Year Plan is annexed.

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (g) &(h) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 3964 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 20-4-2005 REGARDING DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

ALLOCATION AND UTILIZATION OF FUNDS FOR VARIOUS WORKS ON NATIONAL HIGHWAYS DURING THE NINTH FIVE YEAR PLAN (Rs in lakhs)

NAME OF STATES/UTS	1997-1998	1998-1999	1999-2000
Alloc- Utili-	Alloc- Utili-	Alloc-	Utili-	ation sation	ation sation	ation	sation
ANDHRA PRADESH 5957.19 5200.16	4879.82 4273.04 5707.87	3736.50
ASSAM 1860.80 1388.24	2661.10 1577.99 4239.32	2769.61
BIHAR 1952.00 2094.54	3417.35 3238.60 6117.52	5950.16
CHANDIGARH 30.00 29.20 82.00 79.82 100.00 73.93
CHHATTISGARH 0.00 0.00 0.00	0.00 0.00 0.00
DELHI 800.00 858.21	1400.00 1225.54 700.00 422.13
GOA 971.56 1003.02	1100.00 1172.54 1700.02	1670.19
GUJARAT 4322.42 4916.93	6628.54 9332.70 8851.90	8683.39
HARYANA 10040.00 10191.24	7588.50 6913.16 10000.00	9046.65
HIMACHAL PRADESH. 1700.00 1664.94	2500.00 2500.00 4000.00	3502.72
JAMMU & KASHMIR 150.00 25.00 100.00 6.15 100.00 0.91
JHARKHAND 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
KARNATAKA 4236.78 4085.65	3709.01 3772.04 6113.84	6846.09
KERALA 8042.48 8182.48	7080.16 8820.63 12837.07 10808.59
MADHYA PRADESH 4657.06 4215.68	8247.73 7932.47 12334.80 11547.45
MAHARASHTRA 8062.43 8062.43 11382.63 11659.74 17808.08 16661.96
MANIPUR 702.19 670.06 700.30 828.29 1014.15 894.90
MEGHALAYA 979.50 900.51	1060.50 911.03 1785.28	1372.61
MIZORAM 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 300.00 282.90
NAGALAND 100.00 134.77 200.00 210.87 800.00 886.17
ORISSA 6475.20 6417.39	9726.82 8711.02 9228.02	9198.17
PONDICHERRY 70.00 15.38 100.81 86.30 319.46 281.27
PUNJAB 5378.88 4977.53	7148.88 7672.10 5300.10	4233.38
RAJASTHAN 4315.83 4521.80	4605.81 4620.18 5214.02	4311.94
SIKKIM 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
TAMIL NADU 2567.92 1948.93	3921.37 3652.38 6754.08	5348.20
TRIPURA 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 0.00
UTTAR PRADESH 12535.27 11899.20 12649.35 10722.86 12647.45 11776.30
UTTARANCHAL 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
WEST BENGAL 7335.00 7641.38 10150.94 8394.40 8818.02	8072.55

(Table continued...)
NAME OF STATES/UTS	2000-2001	2001-2002
Alloc-	Utili-	Alloc-	Utili-	ation	sation	ation	sation
ANDHRA PRADESH	11188.26	10792.54	10379.70	9455.81
ASSAM	5253.64	4874.05	7605.19	7489.83
BIHAR	6927.56	6015.11	6532.00	4914.62
CHANDIGARH	144.00	139.57	150.00	144.62
CHHATTISGARH	1227.80	472.08	3228.00	3228.00
DELHI	483.00	483.00	600.00	482.25
GOA	2300.00	2138.45	2000.00	1975.05
GUJARAT	9099.97	8675.49	7042.71	5396.60
HARYANA	10100.00	9251.97	10388.47	10388.46
HIMACHAL PRADESH.	4415.00	3893.44	5500.00	4415.72
JAMMU & KASHMIR	250.00	51.59	230.00	222.73
JHARKHAND	2200.00	1188.78	3500.00	2670.15
KARNATAKA	8104.00	7553.96	10947.56	10607.17
KERALA	8978.03	4390.91	9261.56	8225.23
MADHYA PRADESH	13472.11	12649.59	9099.00 9	242.20
MAHARASHTRA	21236.20	19631.80	19371.95	17232.97
MANIPUR	851.31	535.22	1452.59 1046.71
MEGHALAYA	1708.34	1563.01	2270.00	1684.47
MIZORAM	1000.00	994.51	2600.00	2167.15
NAGALAND	1500.00	1489.52	1500.00	1496.94
ORISSA	10046.89	8496.21	7912.70	5666.87
PONDICHERRY	200.00	146.65	212.00	199.26
PUNJAB	5365.00	3855.15	6413.00	5866.47
RAJASTHAN	8720.00	8403.34	8746.00	8367.82
SIKKIM	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
TAMIL NADU	10342.21	8264.40	9739.00	9679.28
TRIPURA	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
UTTAR PRADESH	14949.76	13938.81	14662.88	13368.60
UTTARANCHAL	199.35	123.88	2500.00	2102.29
WEST BENGAL	12800.00	10983.46	8422.04	7785.67