(a) the details of schemes implemented by the Government for improvement and expansion of road network in the country during the last three years;
(b) the funds allocated, released and spent under the said schemes, State-wise;
(c ) the details of works started to improve the road network in Bihar and Telangana during the said period; and
(d) the details of National Highways (NHs) constructed by the Government in Bihar and Telangana during the said period ?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
[GEN. (DR.) V. K. SINGH (RETD.)]
(a) and (b) The Ministry is primarily responsible for development and maintenance of National Highways (NHs). The Ministry took up development of NHs / roads under various phases of National Highways Development Project (NHDP), Special Accelerated Road Development Programme for the North East Region (SARDP-NE) including Arunachal Pradesh Package of Roads, Special Programme for Development of Roads in the Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected areas, Externally Aided Projects (EAP), National Highways (Original) [NH (O)] scheme, etc. Various phases of NHDP envisaged development of NHs to 4/6 lane and 2 lane NH standards, development of expressways, etc. Development of most of the roads/ NHs under other schemes envisages their upgradation to 2 lane NH standards.
The Ministry had taken up detailed review of NHs network with a view to develop the road connectivity to Border areas, development of Coastal roads including road connectivity for Non-Major ports, improvement in the efficiency of National Corridors, development of Economic Corridors, Inter Corridors and Feeder Routes along with integration with Sagarmala, etc., under “Bharatmala Pariyojana”. Under this proposal, the Ministry identified stretches for development of about 26,200 km length of Economic Corridors, 8,000 km of Inter Corridors, 7,500 km of Feeder Routes, 5,300 km Border and International connectivity roads, 4,100 km Coastal and Port connectivity roads, 1,900 km Expressways, National Corridor Efficiency improvement by development of ring roads around 28 cities, decongestion of about 125 choke points and 66 congestion points, development of 35 nos. of Multimodal Logistics Parks.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the proposal for investment approval for Phase-I of “Bharatmala Pariyojana” during its meeting held on 24.10.2017. “Bharatmala Pariyojana” Phase–I includes development of about 9,000 km length of Economic corridors, about 6,000 km length of Inter-corridor and feeder roads, about 5,000 km length of National Corridors Efficiency improvements inter-alia entailing development of ring roads/ bypasses, etc., for decongestion of choke points/ congestions points, about 2,000 km length of Border and International connectivity roads, about 2,000 km length of Coastal and port connectivity roads, about 800 km length of Expressways and balance length of about 10,000 km of roads under NHDP.
The State/UT wise details of fund allocated for development of NHs and expenditure incurred during last three years is placed at Annexure-I.
The Ministry also allocates fund for development and maintenance of State Roads under the Central Road & Infrastructure (CRIF) and Economic Importance & Interstate Connectivity (EI&ISC) Schemes as per the CRIF Act, 2000, amended by the Finance Act, 2019. The Central Government has allowed State Governments/ UTs to approve/ sanction the State road projects under CRIF and EI&ISC schemes.
The State/UT wise details of accrual/ allocation of funds and the funds released/ expenditure incurred under CRIF and EI&ISC during last three years is placed at Annexure-II and Annexure-III respectively.
(c) The details of works started to improve the road network in Bihar and Telangana during last three years is as under:
Length in km, Amount in Rs. crore
State No. of projects Length Total Project Cost Expenditure incurred
Bihar 50 1,021.19 8,403.73 1,917.28
Telangana 26 928.92 12,496.32 3,575.19
Total 76 1,950.11 20,900.05 5,492.47
(d) The details of National Highways (NHs) constructed in Bihar and Telangana during is as under:
Length in km
Year Bihar Telangana
2017-18 370 161
2018-19 333 370
2019-20 197 340