(a) the number and details of National Highways in the country at present alongwith their
condition State-wise;
(b) the number and details of national Highways required to be repaired;
(c) whether proposals have been received from the State Governments regarding construction of new
National Highways and repair of existing ones, State-wise; and
(d) if so, the details thereof alongwith the steps taken by the Government in this regard?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS(SHRI R.P.N.SINGH)
(a) and (b) The State-wise details of the number of National Highways (NHs) and their total
length are at Annexure-I. The development and maintenance of NHs is a continuous process and
accordingly all the NHs in the country are being kept in traffic worthy condition within the
available resources, depending upon traffic density and inter-se priority of works.
(c) and (d) The State-wise details of proposals received from the State Governments for
declaration of new NHs are at Annexure-II. Keeping in view the limited availability of resources,
at present emphasis is being given for development of roads already declared as NHs instead of
declaring more roads as NHs. The State-wise details of proposals received from the State
Governments during 2009-10 for Periodical Renewal (PR) of the NH stretches is at Annexure-III.
These proposals are under various stages of sanction as per availability of funds and inter-se
priority. No proposals for sanction of estimates for Flood Damage Repair (FDR) works have been
received so far during 2009-10. However, necessary temporary measures for restoration of the
stretches of NHs damaged due to rain/floods, etc. in traffic worthy condition are in different
stages of progress.