THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SHIPPING, ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI K.H. MUNIYAPPA)
(a) About 36717 km length of National Highways are 2-lane standard and 7568 km length are 4-lane and above standard.
(b) and (c) The union Government has received 7 proposals for a length of 943.23 km length in the State of Uttar Pradesh for the declaration as new National Highways. At present, the emphasis is being given for development of roads already declared as National Highways instead of declaring more roads as National Highways. During the current year 2006-07 only one proposal for construction of drain, Hume pipe culvert with approaches in km. 220, 221 & 226 of NH-93 amounting to Rs. 0.67 crore has been received in the Ministry as on 24.04.2006.
(d) Sections of National Highway Nos. 2, 7, 11,19, 24, 24A, 25, 27, 28, 29, 56, 56A, 56B, 58, 72A, 73, 74, 75, 76, 86, 87, 91, 92, 93, 96 and 97 in the State of Uttar Pradesh are under the construction/improvement. Amount allocated for NH(Original) works for the financial year 2005-06 to the Uttar Pradesh State was Rs. 199.30 crore and the expenditure incurred by the National Highways Authority of India on the National Highways Development Programme (Phase-I, II &IIIA) during 2005-06 was Rs. 1297.49 crore.
(e) Development of National Highways is continuous process and is taken up every year according to the traffic, inter-se priority and availability of funds and ongoing works may be completed as per the project-wise schedule.
