Ministry of Road Transport & Highways

321 NHs projects of about 8,544 km worth Rs. 1,49,758 Crore taken up for improvement in connectivity of tourist/religious places

Posted On: 21 DEC 2023 2:57PM by PIB Delhi

The Ministry is primarily responsible for development and maintenance of National Highways (NHs). The development of NHs is carried out after network planning on PM Gati Shakti principle with whole of the government approach. While planning the development, important Economic, Tourist and Religious connections are invariably taken up with special focus on Way Side Amenities (WSAs), adequate signages and road side / median beautifications etc. Thus, there is no requirement of dedicated funding / scheme for development of tourist / religious destinations.

The Ministry has taken up 321 NHs projects in a length of about 8,544 km and amounting to Rs. 1,49,758 Crore for improvement of important tourist / religious connectivity. State / Union Territory (UT) - wise details of the same are at Annexure.

ANNEXURE

State / UT - wise details of NHs projects for improvement of important tourist / religious connectivity: -

Sl. No.

State/UT

No.

Length (in km)

Cost (in Rs. Cr)

1

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

2

3

540

2

Andhra Pradesh

5

211

2,588

3

Arunachal Pradesh

7

411

7,648

4

Assam

9

235

1,861

5

Bihar

7

303

10,028

6

Chhattisgarh

1

43

1,368

7

Dadra & Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu

1

25

2,369

8

Gujarat

7

233

6,902

9

Haryana

2

54

2,410

10

Himachal Pradesh

6

139

1,095

11

Jammu & Kashmir

16

244

7,531

12

Jharkhand

5

101

316

13

Karnataka

5

217

3,466

14

Kerala

4

147

12,427

15

Madhya Pradesh

5

179

2,196

16

Maharashtra

3

109

4,755

17

Manipur

14

313

4,362

18

Meghalaya

5

369

4,195

19

Mizoram

14

464

9,137

20

Nagaland

29

603

8,409

21

Odisha

4

145

2,501

22

Rajasthan

9

963

6,274

23

Sikkim

19

266

4,901

24

Tamil Nadu

11

296

10,601

25

Tripura

10

241

3,247

26

Uttar Pradesh

18

631

7,721

27

Uttarakhand

43

676

10,305

28

Uttarakhand

12

106

2,876

29

West Bengal

40

588

5,361

30

Ladakh

8

230

2,368

 

This information was given by the Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Shri Nitin Gadkari in a written reply to the Lok Sabha today.

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