(a) whether the condition of several National Highways has worsened in some States due to
excessive rains during the past few months;
(b) if so, the extent of damage caused to National Highways due to rains, State-wise;
(c) the funds allocated for repair and maintenance of the National Highways, State-wise; and
(d) the norms governing provision of funds for the repair and maintenance of the National Highways thus damaged?
THE MINISTER OF SHIPPING, ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI T.R.BAALU)
(a) to (d) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 4 FOR ANSWER ON 22.11.2006
ASKED BY PROF. MAHADEORAO SHIWANKAR, AND SHRI MANSUKHBHAI D. VASAVA REGARDING “NATIONAL HIGHWAYS DAMAGED DUE TO RAINSâ€
(a) Yes, Sir Several National Highways have been damaged due to rains during the current year.
(b) and (c ) There have been damages like pot holes, cracks in road surface, erosion of berms and approaches,
damages to cross drainage works and bridge structures, washing out of road portions, land slides, settlement of
roads etc. on various National Highways due to the recent rains/floods. The State-wise details of assessment of
fund requirement of damages to National Highways due to rains and funds allocated during the current year for repair
and maintenance of National Highways including flood damage repairs are given in the Annexure.
(d) Funds for repair of damages of National Highways caused by rains/floods are allocated to the states based on
the assessment of the extent of damages and also availability of funds.
ANNEXURE
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) AND (c ) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.4 FOR ANSWER ON 22.11.2006 ASKED
BY PROF. MAHADEORAO SHIWANKAR AND SHRI MANSUKHBHAI D. VASAVA REGARDING `NATIONAL HIGHWAYS DAMAGE DUE TO RAINS`
Sl. No. Name of the State Extent of Damages due Funds Allocated for Maintenance & Repairs to Rains Rs. crore including damages caused due to rain/flood Rs. crore
1 Andhra Pradesh 61.33 73.71 2 Arunachal Pradesh 0.40 0.28 3 Assam 4.39 25.46 4 Bihar 35.34 34.25 5 Chhattisgarh 11.67 23.85 6 Goa 2.49 3.58 7 Gujarat 52.05 34.81 8 Haryana 2.00 14.08 9 Himachal Pradesh 7.10 16.80 10 Jharkhand 13.85 21.68 11 Karnataka 53.00 38.38 12 Kerala 14.00 32.89 13 Madhya Pradesh 4.00 62.94 14 Maharashtra 171.00 59.74 15 Manipur 2.75 6.31 16 Meghalaya 4.07 11.21 17 Mizoram 3.15 4.30 18 Nagaland 1.95 3.83 19 Orissa 22.50 41.15 20 Punjab 0.50 17.93 21 Rajasthan 65.00 60.58 22 Tamil Nadu 11.77 29.07 23 Uttar Pradesh 21.89 55.19 24 Uttaranchal 7.57 18.66 25 West Bengal 9.00 17.83 26 Chandigarh 0.00 0.78 27 Delhi 0.00 0.43 28 Pondicherry 0.25 0.89