THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (DR. C. P. JOSHI)
(a) to (e) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED
QUESTION NO. 421 FOR ANSWER ON 07.05.2012 ASKED BY SHRI PRADEEP KUMAR
SINGH REGARDING COASTAL HIGHWAYS
(a) The total coastline of India is about 7,516 km. The details of the
approximate length of State/Union Territory (UT)-wise National Highways (NHs)
along the coastline are as under:
Sl. No. Name of State/Union Territory (UT) Length in km
1. Andhra Pradesh 974
2. Andaman & Nicobar Islands 25
3. Goa 262
4. Gujarat 940
5. Karnataka 298
6. Kerala 692
7 Maharashtra 475
8. Odisha 437
9. Puducherry 41
10. Tamil Nadu 154
11. West Bengal 7
This Ministry has no information regarding the length of State
roads along the coastline.
(b) The allocation of funds for development and maintenance of NHs is
made State-wise and not NH-wise. The details of funds allocated and
expenditure incurred / releases made for development and maintenance of
NHs in coastal States and other States including under port connectivity
programme under National Highways Development Project (NHDP) and other
major schemes under Central Roads Sector during the Eleventh Five Year
Plan (2007-12) period are at Annexure-I.
(c) The accrual of funds for development of State Roads (other than
Rural roads) under Central Road Fund (CRF) scheme and Economic Importance &
Inter-State Connectivity (EI & ISC) schemes for the States /UTs and the
releases made during the Eleventh Five Year Plan period are at Annexure-II.
(d) to (e) During Eleventh Five Year Plan proposals for declaration
of more than about 38,800 km length of State roads as new NHs was received
from Coastal States / UTs. Out of these, about 2,288 km length of State
roads have been declared as new NHs in these States / UTs during this period.
