New Delhi: The government has increased the fund allocation for development by more than four times. National In eight years, highways allocation increased from Rs 24,700 crore in 2014-15 to Rs 1.17 lakh crore in 2021-22, an increase of 448%.
road transport and Ministry of Highways Told Lok Sabha Last week’s annual average build National Highway 9,000 km in the last seven years and on an average, 10,781 km were awarded for widening and construction of national highways. It said that 41 projects costing around Rs 26,500 crore have been delayed due to various reasons, including non-availability of land and financial inefficiency of the contractors. The data also shows that the Ministry of Highways has resumed notification national highways After taking a brief break in 2019-20. In fact, in the last 10 years, the declaration of NHs reached the lowest level in 2019-20, when hardly 495 km of state roads were converted into NHs. But in 2020-21 it increased to 5,381 km.
Converting state roads into national highways has always been seen as a political achievement, both Center and states. Data from 2011-12 shows that a maximum length of 13,085 km of state roads were notified as National Highways in 2016-17 and 12,503 kms were added to the NH network in 2017-18. In the subsequent two years it was reduced to 6,174 km and 495 km.
road transport and Ministry of Highways Told Lok Sabha Last week’s annual average build National Highway 9,000 km in the last seven years and on an average, 10,781 km were awarded for widening and construction of national highways. It said that 41 projects costing around Rs 26,500 crore have been delayed due to various reasons, including non-availability of land and financial inefficiency of the contractors. The data also shows that the Ministry of Highways has resumed notification national highways After taking a brief break in 2019-20. In fact, in the last 10 years, the declaration of NHs reached the lowest level in 2019-20, when hardly 495 km of state roads were converted into NHs. But in 2020-21 it increased to 5,381 km.
Converting state roads into national highways has always been seen as a political achievement, both Center and states. Data from 2011-12 shows that a maximum length of 13,085 km of state roads were notified as National Highways in 2016-17 and 12,503 kms were added to the NH network in 2017-18. In the subsequent two years it was reduced to 6,174 km and 495 km.
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