An expenditure of Rs.14,792 crore were made under the Special Accelerated Road Development Programme for North East (SARDP-NE) and another expenditure of Rs.982 Crore were made  under the National Highway Original){NH(O)} programmes during the last three years including the current year, for the  development of NHs in the North Eastern region of the country.

The details of allocations and expenditure in this regard are as follows :

Scheme / Programme	2014-15		2015-16		2016-17		2017-18		Total
	Allocation	Expenditure	Allocation	Expenditure	Allocation	Expenditure	Allocation	Expenditure	Allocation	Expendi-ture
NH (O)
Arunachal Pradesh	0.5	0.5	2	2	100	91	40	0.01	143	93
Assam	130	130	75	73	170	131	240	85	615	419
Manipur	33	33	40	40	25	19	240	2	338	93
Meghalaya	43	43	15	15	40	28	50	6	148	92
Mizoram	40	40	35	29	40	46	60	6	175	120
Nagaland	46	46	50	46	50	43	190	27	336	162
Sikkim	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
Tripura	0	0	5	0	5	2	100	0	110	3
Total NH(O)	292	292	222	205	430	360	922	126	1866	982
SARDP-NE	3000	2843	4874	4848	4250	4191	5265	2910	17389	14792
Total NH(O) + SARDP-NE	3292	3135	5096	5052	4680	4551	6187	3036	19255	15774

 

This information was given by Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways and Shipping Shri Pon. Radhakrishnan in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.

 

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