(a) whether the Government proposes to hike the quantum of State-wise allocation from the Central Road Fund (CRF);
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) the details of works taken with the help of CRF in the State of Kerala;
(d) the number of proposals from various States for improvements of roads with Central
Road Fund pending for sanction, State-wise;
(e) the reasons for the pendency; and
(f) the time by which the proposals are likely to be cleared?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE
MINISTRY OF SHIPPING, ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI K.H. MUNIYAPPA)
(a) No, Sir.
(b) Does not arise.
(c) A total 36 number of proposal amounting to Rs. 225.76 Crore have been approved so
far in the State of Kerala.
(d) State-wise number of proposals pending for approval for improvement of roads from
the Central Road Fund is annexed.
(e) The main reasons for pendency of the proposals for improvement from Central Road
Fund are available bank of sanction, non-submission of utilization certificates by the State
Governments of the released amount, proposals not meeting the prescribed guidelines, proposals
received recently and lower priority indicated by the State Government.
(f) Approval of the CRF proposals is a continuous process. The approval depends upon
fulfillment of the prescribed guidelines, utilization of fund and submission of the
utilization certificates by the State Governments.
ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 760 FOR ANSWER
ON 21ST NOVEMBER, 2007, ASKED BY DR. K.S. MANOJ AND SHRI EKNATH M. GAIKWAD REGARDING
“INCREASE IN THE QUANTUM OF CRFâ€
S.No. Name of State/ Number of Pending Union Territory Proposals
1 Andhra Pradesh 0 2 Arunachal Pradesh 5 3 Assam 2 4 Bihar 7 5 Chhattisgarh 5 6 Chandigarh 0 7 Delhi 3 8 Goa 0 9 Gujarat 0 10 Haryana 0 11 Himachal Pradesh 0 12 Jammu and Kashmir 0 13. Jharkhand 0 14 Karnataka 87 15 Kerala 0 16. Madhya Pradesh 17 17. Maharashtra 219 18 Manipur 1 19 Meghalaya 5 20 Mizoram 9 21 Nagaland 0 22 Orissa 0 23 Punjab 9 24 Puducherry 0 25 Rajasthan 16 26 Sikkim 3 27 Tamil Nadu 0 28 Tripura 0 29 Uttarakhand 0 30 Uttar Pradesh 11 31 West Bengal 0 32. A & N Island 0 33. Dadar & Nagar Havelli 0 34. Daman & Diu 0 35. Lakshdweep 0