Question : UPGRADATION OF STATE HIGHWAYS



(a) whether the Government has any mechanism to assess the need of converting existing highways into National Highways;

(b) if so, the details thereof alongwith the number of highways converted into National highways during last three years;

(c) whether the Union Government has received any proposal from State Governments to accord National Highway status to State highway including Gorakhpur-Sonauli road in Uttar Pradesh;

(d) if so, the details thereof alongwith the proposals cleared;

(c) the time by which the upgradation work of all these Highways including Gorakhpur-Sonauli road is likely to begin; and

(d) the time by which the pending proposals are likely to be cleared?

Answer given by the minister



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

(a)&(b) Based on the requirements projected by various State Governments, inter-se priority, availability of resources and fulfillment of the criteria laid down for declaration of National Highways, 43 State Roads (having a total length of 7457 Kms) have been declared National Highways in February, 2004.


(c)&(d) Gorakhpur-Sonauli road was declared as a National Highway on 25.02.2004. The detail of theproposals received from various State Governments for declaration of National Highways after the declarations made during February 2004 are annexed.
(e) & (f) At present emphasis is being given for development of roads already declared as National Highways instead of declaring more roads as National Highways. . Hence no proposals have been approved after February, 2004.
Annexure
ANNEXURE II REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUETION NO. 1991 FOR ANSWER ON 06-12-2005 ASKED BY SHRI YOGI ADITYA NATH REGARDING UPGRADATION OF STATE HIGHWAYS
Updated Details of proposals for declaration of new National Highways received from State Governments after 25.2.2004.

Sr.
No.	Name of the State	Details of Roads / Stretches	Length in Kms
I.	Andhra Pradesh	1.Nellore-Atmakur-Badvel-Mydukure-Gooty	314	2.Hyderabad-Ramagundam-Mancherial-Chanda	330	3.Hyderabad-Srisailam-Dornala-Nandyal	300	4.Gundugolnu-Nallageria-devarapalli-Vernagiri road	83	5.Krishnapatnam port-Nellore-Chellakara near Chitradurg	470	6.Hyderabad-Medak-Bodhan-Basar-Luxettipet	395	7.Kakinada-Dwarapuydi-Rajamundry-Kovvur-Suryapeta	300	8.Rajamundry-Maredumilli-Chinturu-Bhoopalapatnam	400	9.Kurnool-Atmatur-Dornala-Thokapalli-Pericherla-Guntur	300	10.Kodad-Miryalaguda-Devarakonda-Tandur-Chincholi	240	11.Bellary-Adoni-Raichut-Mehboobnagar-Jadcherla	200	12.Kalingapatnam-Srikakulum-Raygadh to NH 201	120	13.Sironcha Mahadevapur-Tungaturthi-Erpedu-Renigunta	650	14.Anakapalli-Anadapuram	50	15.Kuppam-Gundipalli-Kolar to NH 219	70	16.Kodad-Khammam-Thorrur-Warangal-Jagityal	290	17.Ananthapur-Uravakonda-Bellary	78	Sub-Total	4590

II Assam 1. Dhodar Ali 250 III Gujarat 1.Sarkhej-Sanand-Viramgam-NH No.8A near Maliya 186 2.Himatnagar-Mehsana-Radhanpur State Highway 165 3.Vadodara-Por-Nasik road linking NH No.8A with NH 6 245 4.Ahmedabad-Dholka-Vataman 80 5.Nadiad-Kapadwanj-Modasa joining NH 8 135 6.Shamlaji-Modasa-Godhara-Vapi State Highway No.5 506 7.Vadodara-Dabhol-Chhotaudepur to MP border 125 8.Bhaurch-Ankelshwar-Sagbara to Maharashtra border 90 9.Himatnagar-Ider-Khedbhrama-Ambaji to Abu road border 130 10.Jafarabad-Rajula-avarkundala-Patadi-Sami-Radhanpur 440 11.Gandevi-Manekpur-Chinchli upto Maharashtra border 120 12.Vadsad-Pardi-Kaparada Maharashtra border 60 13.Gandhinagar-Dehgam-Bayad-Jalod to Rajasthan border 200 14.Gandhinagar-Goraria-Visanagar-Ambaji-Abu road 170 15.Bhachau-Bhuj-Pandhro road 220 16.Bagodara-Dhanduka-Vallbhipur-Rajula-Jafarabad 265 17.Bagodara-Dhandhuka-Bhavnagar 130 18.Bhavnagar-Vataman-Padara-Karjan on NH 8 200 19.Malia-Jamnagar-Okha Dwarka 340 Sub Total 3806.00
IV Dadara & Nagar Haveli Daman-Vapi-Silvassa-Khanval-Triambakeshwar- Nasik 190.00




V Haryana 1.Ambala Cantt.(NH I) to Saha (NH 73) 15 2.Saha(NH 73) to Sahabad (NH I) 16 3.Uklana(NH 65)-Surewalchal to Tohna-Patran(NH 71) 29.40 Sub-Total 60.40
VI. Himachal Pradesh 1.Hoshiarpur-Bhankhandi 2.Jhalara-Una-Bhota-Joha-Rewalsar-Mandi Road 180
VII. Karnataka 1.Bilikere-Hassan-Belur-Tarolere 220 2.Sira-Gowribidanur-Srinivasapura-Mulbagal 210 3.Hebsur-Dharwad-Ramanagaram(Londa) 82 4.Hungund-Lingusugur-Raichur-Gadwelon to NH 7 205 5.Mysore-Bilikere-Madakeri-Puttur-BC Road 216 6.Channarayapatna-Sharavanabelagola-Hirisave 40 7.Sharavanabelogola-Ngamangala-Maddur 95 8.Mysore-Malavalli 52 9.Bagalkot-Guledagudda-Badami-Yelburga-Kunkur 130 10.Kadur-Kannanagad(SH64) 220 11.Bangalore toHindupura via Vidurashwatha 82.10 12.Mysore-Malavalli Road 45 13.Bilikere-Hassan-Hospet-Manvi-Raichur Road 612 14.Mysore-Srirangapatna-Hiriyur-Bidar Road 743 15.Bangalore-Mysore-Madikere-Puttur Road 361 16.Belgaum-Yaragalli-Mudgal-Mahaboobnagar Road 338 17.Dharwad-Ramnagar Road 52 18.Bantwal-Mudigere-Belur-Sira-State border 487 19.Jeevargi-Hattigudur-Lingasugur-Sindhanur-Bellary 248 20.Doddaballapur-Nandi-Vijayapura-Vemagal-Kolar 82 21. Hasan- Belur-Halibedu- sriyeri .. Sub-Total 4518.10

VIII. Kerala Tirur-Kottakkal-Malappuram-Manjeri-Gundalupet road 164 IX Maharashtra 1.Coastal Road ( Lokpat in Gaujarat- Cochin in Kerala) 733.87 2.Akola-Nanded-Dugulur-Raichur 457.00 3.Kolhapur-Solapur-Latur-Nanded-Yantol -Wardha- Nagpur 733.87 Sub-Total 1190.870

X Meghalaya 1.Nongstoin-Tura Road 218 2.Agia-Medhipara-Phulwabri-Barengapara road 224 Sub-Total 442
XI Nagaland 1.Bokajan in Assam Rengmapani-Kiphire in Nagaland 278 2.Halflong-Mahur-Laike-Kohima in Nagaland 182 3.Tuensang in Nagaland-Naginimora-Sibsagar in Assam 265 Sub-Total 725


XII Orissa 1.Cuttack-Paradeep 82.00 2.Sambalpur-Rourkella road 162.50 3.Jagatpur-Kendrapara-Chandbali-Bhadrak road 152.18 4.Phulbanakhara-Charichhak-Gop-Konark-Puri 104.00 5.Berhampur-Koraput road 313.60 6.Kaakhia-Jajpur-Ardi-Bhadrak road 92.50 7.Joshipur-Rairangpur-Tiringi road 40.49 8.Karamdihi-Subdega-Talsora-Luhakera 37.00 9.Rourkella-Rainbahal-Kanibahal road 111.00 10.Kukurbhuka-Lanjiberna-Salang bahal road 31.00 11.Jaleswar-Batagaon-Chandaneswar road 35.60 12.Dhenkanal-Naranpur road 100.00 13.Jeypore-Malkangiri-Motu road 323.00 Sub-Total 1584.87
XIII. Rajasthan 1.Mathura-Bharatpur road 40 2.Nasirabad-Devli road 95 3.Kotputli-Sikar road 125 4.Khairwara-Doongarpur-Baanswara-Ratlam road 210 5.Swarup-Ganj-Kotra-Som-Kherwada road 147 6.Faludi-Nagore road 140 7.Shridungargarh-Sardarshahar-Pulasar-Jasarasar 115 8.Sawaimadhopur-Shivpuri (MP) 44 9.Koshi-Kama-Deeg-Bharatpur-Roopwas-Dholpur 139 10.Gaumti-Chauraha-Desuri-Sadri-Ahor-Jalore-Barmer 306 11.Phalodi-Balotra-Jalore-Sirohi 343 12.Nagaur-Deedwana-Khur-Sikar 176 13.Kirki chowki-Bhinder-Saiulumber-Aspur-Durgapur 146 14.Hodel-Punhana-Nharatpur-Roopwas-Dholpur 202 15.Chandwaji-Chomu-Bagru on NH-8 171 16.Sirohi-Mandar-Deesa (Gujarat) 68 17.Gurgaon-Alwar-Sariska-Dausa-Swaimadhopur 248 Sub-Total 2715
XIV Sikkim 1. Alternate National Highway from Nathula to Sikkim
XV Pondicherry 1.Karaikal-Nedungadu-Kumbakonam-Tanjore road 2.Karaikal-Peralam-Mayiladuthurai-Sirkali road 3.Karaikal-Peralam-Thiruvarur road 4.Sirkali-Sembanarkoil-Akkoor road link with Karaikal
XVI Tamilnadu 1.Sathy-Athani-Bhavani road(State Highway No.82) 52.80 2.Avinashi-Tiruppur-Palladam-Pollachi-Meenkarai road 99.60 3.Trichy-Chidambaram road 135.40 4.Trichy-Namakkal road 77.40 5.Thirucharapalli-Lalgudi-Kallagudi-Udyanpalya- Ganjaikonda-Chalapuri-Mee-Kattumannagady-Chidambaram 6.Thanjavur-Adanakkottai-Pudukottai 60.00
Sub-Total 565.20



XVII. Tripura Kukital to Sabroom via Dharmanagar-Amarpur, Rupaichari 310
XVIII Uttar Pradesh 1.Kuravali-Mainpuri-Karhal-Etawah road 73.158 2.Sirsaganj-Karhal-Kishni-Vidhuna-Chobepur road 161.53 3.Bareily-Badaaun-Bilsi-Gajraula-Chandpur-Bijnaur road 262.39 4.Lucknow-Raibareily-Allahabad road 185.139 5.Jagdishpur Gauriganj-Amethi-Pratapgarh road 79.00 6.Fatehpur-Raibareily-Jagdishpur-Faizabad road 181.960 7.Lumbini Dudhi State Highway No.5 101.00 Sub-Total 943.232
XIX West Bengal 1.Bolepur-Burdwan road 2.Balgalia in West Bengal and Bihar border to Purnia 102 GRAND TOTAL 22336.672