THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SHIPPING, ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS(SHRI K.H. MUNIYAPPA)
(a) The State wise length of National Highways is at Annexure I
(b) & (c) Details of the targets and achievements is at Annexure II
(d) There have been delays in completion of some of the works due to the law and order problems, in land acquisition, shifting of utilities , delay in environmental and forest clearance, non availability of the construction materials, tardy performance by the few contractors etc. The Government closely monitors the progress of the construction works of National Highways at various levels through quarterly reviews and also has taken steps like appointing senior officers as nodal officers for resolving problems, constituting a Committee of Secretaries to address inter-ministerial and central-state issues and has taken action against defaulting contractors in order to ensure completion of National Highways works as per stipulated time frame.
ANNEXURE I
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3484 FOR ANSWER ON 17.08.2005 ASKED BY SHRI KRISHNA MURARI MOGHE, SHRI V.K. THUMMAR, SHRIMATI SANGEETA KUMARI SINGH DEO, SHRI CHANDRABHAN SINGH, SHRI JIVABHAI AMBALAL PATEL AND SHRI HEMLAL MURMU REGARDING DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS
LENGTHOF STATE-WISE NATIONAL HIGHWAYS
Sl. No. Name of State Total Length (in km) 1 Andhra Pradesh 4472 2 Arunachal Pradesh 392 3 Assam 2836 4 Bihar 3537 5 Chandigarh 24 6 Chhattisgarh 2184 7 Delhi 72 8 Goa 269 9 Gujarat 2871 10 Haryana 1468 11 Himachal Pradesh 1208 12 Jammu & Kashmir 823 13 Jharkhand 1805 14 Karnataka 3843 15 Kerala 1440 16 Madhya Pradesh 5069 17 Maharashtra 4176 18 Manipur 959 19 Meghalaya 810 20 Mizoram 927 21 Nagaland 494 22 Orissa 3704 23 Pondicherry 53 24 Punjab 1557 25 Rajasthan 5585 26 Sikkim 62 27 Tamil Nadu 4183 28 Tripura 400 29 Uttaranchal 1991 30 Uttar Pradesh 5599 31 West Bengal 2325 32 Andaman & Nicobar 300 Total 65438
Annexure-II
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) & (c ) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3484
FOR ANSWER ON 17.08.2005 ASKED BY SHRI KRISHNA MURARI MOGHE, SHRI V.K. THUMMAR, SHRIMATI
SANGEETA KUMARI SINGH DEO, SHRI CHANDRABHAN SINGH, SHRI JIVABHAI AMBALAL PATEL AND SHRI HEMLAL
MURMU REGARDING DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS
State-wise Main Works on National Highways during 2004-2005
Sl. No. Name of the State Widening to two lane ( kms) Widening to four lane (kms) Strengthining (kms) Improvement of Riding Quality (kms) Target Percentage Achieved Target Percentage Achieved Target Percentage Achieved Target Percentage Achieved 1 Andhra Pradesh 70.00 128.57 594 83.50 652 93.40 10 100.0 2 Arunachal Pradesh 2.00 200.00 0 16 87.50 0 3 Assam 8.00 275.00 10 100.00 28 110.71 180 75.0 4 Bihar 30.00 26.67 64 143.75 76 121.05 232 134.9 5 Chandigarh 0.00 2 50.00 0 0 6 Chattisgarh 69.00 63.77 0 3 0.00 200 100.5 7 Delhi 0.00 21 0.00 21 0.00 4 8 Goa 0.00 18 72.22 18 72.22 40 95.2 9 Gujarat 19.00 168.42 137 77.37 175 100.00 21 58.3 10 Haryana 0.00 24 8.33 77 71.43 87 87.0 11 Himachal Pradesh 6.00 0.00 0 0 128 75.7 12 Jammu & Kashmir 18.00 55.56 0 0 0 13 Jharkhand 17.00 70.59 79 83.54 88 75.00 64 73.6 14 Karnataka 74.00 54.05 321 70.72 321 70.72 152 190.0 15 Kerala 13.00 15.38 17 100.00 21 80.95 150 120.0 16 Madhya Pradesh 23.00 95.65 37 45.95 42 102.38 400 95.9 17 Maharashtra 47.00 51.06 205 66.83 238 67.65 214 89.5 18 Manipur 16.00 68.75 2 0.00 0 34 113.3 19 Meghalaya 3.00 266.67 0 2 100.00 72 74.2 20 Mizoram 1.00 0.00 0 24 104.17 72 126.3 21 Nagaland 0.00 0 2 100.00 55 161.8 22 Orissa 40.00 200.00 178 48.88 181 48.62 206 144.1 23 Pondicherry 0.00 0 10 0.00 0 24 Punjab 0.00 36 100.00 47 131.91 149 97.4 25 Rajasthan 195.00 78.97 247 99.60 361 72.58 0 0.0 26 Tamil Nadu 50.00 72.00 313 91.69 478 88.28 37 102.8 27 Tripura 21.00 219.05 0 0 18 85.7 28 Uttar Pradesh 27.00 74.07 288 99.65 276 103.26 540 1080.0 29 Uttaranchal 56.00 76.79 3 100.00 0 55 500.0 30 West Bengal 20.00 55.00 352 72.44 365 83.84 71 80.7 *****
