Parliament Question: Central Road and Infrastructure Fund

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 872 ANSWERED ON 23rd JULY, 2026 CENTRAL ROAD AND INFRASTRUCTURE FUND 872. SHRI Y S AVINASH REDDY: Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री be pleased to state: (a) the total funds sanctioned and released to Andhra Pradesh under the Central Road and Infrastructure Fund from Financial Year 2019- 20 to Financial Year 2025-26 along with a purpose-wise breakup for roads, bridges and Road Over Bridges/Road Under Bridges; (b) the status of Central Road and Infrastructure Fund proposals submitted by Andhra Pradesh for State Highways and Major District Roads since June, 2024 including pending and approved projects; (c) whether Government has assessed regional disparities in road connectivity in Andhra Pradesh and made any dedicated National Highway allocations for Rayalaseema region especially in YSR Kadapa District, if so, the details thereof; and (d) the number of fatalities on National Highways in Andhra Pradesh during Financial Year 2024-25 and the status and funding of the black spot rectification programme during the last two years? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI) (a) Government considers sanctioning of projects under Central Road and Infrastructure Fund (CRIF) in two schemes i.e., CRIF (State Roads) and CRIF (Setu Bandhan). The details of funds sanctioned & released under these two schemes from the Financial Year (FY) 2019- 20 to 2025-26 for the State of Andhra Pradesh is at Annexure - А. (b) State Government submits priority list of projects under CRIF for consideration from time to time. Government considers approval of list of projects from the priority list submitted by StateGovernment based on Bank of Sanction & CRIF guidelines. State government has submitted 20 no of proposals having length of 299.2 km amounting to Rs.694.85 crore which have been approved since June, 2024. (c) The allocation of funds for development of National Highways is allocated State-wise but not region-wise. However, for Rayalaseema region 94 No of projects having length of 2572 Km amounting to Rs. 36,682 crore have been completed and 39 No of projects having length of 1013 Km amounting to Rs.17,509 crore are under implementation. (d) There are 3286 number of fatalities on National Highways in Andhra Pradesh during Financial Year 2024-25. Road safety/ Blackspot rectification works are accorded high priority, and appropriate road safety interventions are incorporated and executed as part of all ongoing National Highway development and Maintenance works in accordance with the prescribed standards and project requirements. However, separate funding for road safety interventions is not allocated, as these interventions are incorporated within the scope of ongoing development and maintenance works on National Highways. During last 2 years, 240 Black spots were rectified with short term measures and 43 Black spots were rectified with long term measures.Annexure - A ANNEXURE-A REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 872 ANSWERED ON 23-07-2026 ASKED BY SHRI Y S AVINASH REDDY REGARDING CENTRAL ROAD AND INFRASTRUCTURE FUND CRIF (Roads) S. Funds Allocated Amount released Financial Year No. /Accrual(Rs in Cr.) (Rs in Cr.) 1 2019-20 349.64 350.08 2 2020-21 321.58 322.00 3 2021-22 334.79 300.80 4 2022-23 346.10 344.73 5 2023-24 354.97 485.48 6 2024-25 354.88 302.53 7 2025-26 382.68 435.03 CRIF (Setu Bandhan) S. Funds Allocated / Amount released Financial Year No. Accrual (Rs in Cr.) (Rs in Cr.) 1 2019-20 Nil Nil 2 2020-21 Nil Nil 3 2021-22 Nil Nil 4 2022-23 63.51 11.82 5 2023-24 65.13 Nil 6 2024-25 65.12 20.03 7 2025-26 73.40 73.40 *****