22 National Highway projects in Gujarat to be completed by end of FY 2024-25: Centre

New Delhi: The Union Government today stated that there are 22 National Highway projects under construction in the state of Gujarat, which are slated to be completed by the end of FY 2024-25. It is also noteworthy that 9 of these highway projects faced delays due to land acquisition issues.

Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Jairam Gadkari, in response to a question in the Lok Sabha during the ongoing winter session of Parliament, shared this information.

In a reply Gadkari stated: The Government in Ministry of Road Transport & Highways sets targets for construction of National Highways(NHs) in terms of length, and monitors the progress in terms of length constructed under various projects on aggregated basis for each State/UT. Presently, target has been set for construction of about 10,400 km of NHs under various projects during the current financial year, of which some projects are targeted to be completed during the financial year. The State/UT wise number of projects including in the States of Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, which are presently targeted to be completed by the end of Financial Year 2024-25 is at Annexure-I.

The State/UT wise details of length of NHs constructed during the previous 3 years, aggregated over various projects, is at Annexure- II.

The State/UT wise details of delayed projects where Land Acquisition was one of the factors causing delay, is at Annexure-I. The Government closely monitors various issues affecting completion of NH projects like land acquisition, encroachment removal, law & order issues, utility shifting, non-availability of soil/aggregate, environment/forest/wildlife clearances, ROB & RUB issues, contractual issues, etc. with all stakeholders including State Governments and other Central Ministries/Departments. Regular meetings with concerned State officials at local/district/state level are held on daily/weekly/monthly/quarterly basis, as per requirements based on the criticality of the issues.

ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) AND (d) TO (g) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 245 ON 12th DECEMBER, 2024 ASKED BY SHRI OM PRAKASH BHUPALSINH ALIAS PAVAN RAJENIMBALKAR AND SHRI SANJAY HARIBHAU JADHAV REGARDING ‘CONSTRUCTION OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS’

The State-wise number of projects which are targeted to be completed by the end of FY 2024-25 across the Country along with details of delayed projects where Land Acquisition was one of the factors causing delay

S.No	State/ UT’s	Total No of Projects	Projects where problems of land acquisition caused delay
1	Andhra Pradesh	32	14
2	Arunachal Pradesh	9	0
3	Assam	19	3
4	Bihar	32	14
5	Chhattisgarh	21	2
6	Goa	14
7	Gujarat	22	9
8	Haryana	8	1
9	Himachal Pradesh	18	0
10	Jharkhand	6	3
11	Karnataka	14	7
12	Kerala	6
13	Madhya Pradesh	22	7
14	Maharashtra	69	25
15	Manipur	13	8
16	Meghalaya	10	1
17	Mizoram	10	8
18	Nagaland	10	0
19	Odisha	23	12
20	Punjab	9	6
21	Rajasthan	21	9
22	Sikkim	3	0
23	Tamil Nadu	21	8
24	Telangana	26	11
25	Tripura	4	4
26	Uttar Pradesh	42	14
27	Uttarakhand	25	4
28	West Bengal	16	9
29	UT’s	23	9
	Grand Total	548	188

 

ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 245 ON 12th DECEMBER, 2024 ASKED BY SHRI OM PRAKASH BHUPALSINH ALIAS PAVAN RAJENIMBALKAR AND SHRI SANJAY HARIBHAU JADHAV REGARDING ‘CONSTRUCTION OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS’

The State/UT wise details of length (Km) of NHs constructed during the previous 3 years, aggregated over various projects

Sl. No.	Name of the State / Union Territory	2023-24	2022-23	2021-22
1	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	11	25	39
2	Andhra Pradesh	799	438	347
3	Arunachal Pradesh	262	320	206
4	Assam	272	310	318
5	Bihar	497	488	576
6	Chandigarh	0	0	0
7	Chhattisgarh	251	243	320
8	D & NH	0	0	0
9	Daman and Diu	0	0	0
10	Delhi	53	43	5
11	Goa	11	16	65
12	Gujarat	622	658	249
13	Haryana	300	358	290
14	Himachal Pradesh	251	139	146
15	Jammu and Kashmir	243	217	263
16	Jharkhand	248	245	298
17	Karnataka	741	393	419
18	Kerala	282	171	76
19	Ladakh	81	51	0
20	Madhya Pradesh	792	667	871
21	Maharashtra	1463	1087	1534
22	Manipur	202	269	221
23	Meghalaya	162	98	26
24	Mizoram	209	205	239
25	Nagaland	159	236	254
26	Odisha	357	410	544
27	Puducherry	11	0	0
28	Punjab	409	274	150
29	Rajasthan	868	715	722
30	Sikkim	78	49	45
31	Tamil Nadu	814	690	470
32	Telangana	513	172	236
33	Tripura	47	204	181
34	Uttar Pradesh	939	642	824
35	Uttarakhand	216	219	354
36	West Bengal	190	284	169