Parliament Question: Construction of National Highway Projects

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 752 ANSWERED ON 23RD JULY, 2026 CONSTRUCTION OF NATIONAL HIGHWAY PROJECTS 752. SHRI RAHUL KASWAN: Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government has conducted any comprehensive evaluation regarding progress, cost, timelines and regional balance of the Bharatmala Pariyojana, Economic Corridors and other National Highway projects during the last three years and if so, the details thereof; (b) the details of National Highway projects sanctioned, under construction and completed, State-wise including Rajasthan; (c) whether the Government has reviewed the projects delayed due to land acquisition, forest clearances, utility shifting and other reasons and if so, the major reasons therefor and the solutions proposed therein; and (d) the new monitoring and project management systems developed by the Government to ensure the timely completion of National Highway projects? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI) (a) and (b) Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase-I was approved by the Government in 2017, covering a length of 34,800 km across the Country at an estimated outlay of Rs. 5,35,000 Crore. Under the programme, projects covering a total length of 26,425 km had been awarded. Out of this, 22,709 km have already been constructed as of May 2026. State-wise details of the projects under Bharatmala Pariyojana are enclosed at Annexure-I. A study conducted by the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore, to evaluate the impact of Bharatmala Pariyojana indicates positive effects across multiple sectors. Economically, household income andexpenditure have increased. Logistics efficiency has improved with reduced costs. Businesses have benefited from better access to markets and factories. Socially, travel time to schools and healthcare facilities has decreased, enhancing accessibility. Overall, the study suggests that Bharatmala Pariyojana has significantly contributed to socio-economic growth. The details of National Highway projects/length sanctioned, under construction and completed, State-wise including Rajasthan during the last three years are enclosed at Annexure-II, Annexure-III and Annexure-IV respectively. (c) The primary reasons for delay in National Highway (NH) projects are issues/bottlenecks relating to land acquisition, delay in getting statutory clearances, utility shifting, encroachment removal, law & order, non-availability of construction material/minerals, poor performance of Contractor/Concessionaire, and Force Majeure events like the Covid-19 pandemic etc. To expedite project execution, various initiatives have been undertaken, including streamlining the land acquisition process through the Bhoomi Rashi Portal, revamping the Parivesh Portal through Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change (MoEFCC) to expedite forest and environmental clearances, enabling online approval of General Arrangement Drawings (GAD) for Road Over Bridges (ROBs) and Road Under Bridges (RUBs) from the Railways, and conducting review meetings at various levels with all stakeholders, including State Governments. The National Highway projects are regularly reviewed and monitored at various levels including through the Project Monitoring Group and "PRAGATI". (d) Further, monitoring of NH projects is being done through Data Lake 3.0, a centralized GIS-based platform covering pre-construction, construction, and operation & maintenance stages. Data Lake 3.0 is scheduled to be fully operational by April 2027. Further, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML)-enabled drone monitoring is being used to validate physical progress through geo-tagged imagery and GIS-based dashboards integrated with the Data Lake.ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) and (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 752 ANSWERED ON 23RD JULY, 2026 ASKED BY SHRI RAHUL KASWAN REGARDING CONSTRUCTION OF NATIONAL HIGHWAY PROJECTS. State-wise progress of Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase-I S. State Total Length Length Constructed Length under No. Length Awarded till May 2026 (km) construction as on May (km) (km) 2026 (km) 1 Andhra 2,525 1,936 1,554 382 Pradesh 2 Assam 433 431 414 17 3 Bihar 1,572 1,159 815 344 4 Chhattisgarh 571 471 422 49 5 Delhi 203 203 195 8 6 Goa 26 26 26 0 7 Gujarat 1,577 1,194 1,068 126 8 Haryana 1,058 1,058 1,011 47 9 Himachal 167 167 117 50 Pradesh 10 Jammu & 433 251 179 72 Kashmir 11 Jharkhand 1,000 801 557 244 12 Karnataka 2,059 1,603 1,269 334 13 Kerala 1,126 708 584 124 14 Madhya 3,063 2,017 1,826 191 Pradesh 15 Maharashtra 3,029 2,174 2,000 174 16 Manipur 635 635 570 65 17 Meghalaya 170 170 153 17 18 Mizoram 593 593 542 51 19 Nagaland 208 208 168 40 20 Odisha 1,586 967 948 19 21 Punjab 1,764 1,553 881 672 22 Rajasthan 2,503 2,360 2,264 96 23 Tamil Nadu 2,414 1,476 1,357 119 24 Telangana 1,719 1,026 955 71 25 Tripura 94 94 69 25 26 Uttar Pradesh 3,126 2,495 2,196 299 27 Uttarakhand 273 264 204 60 28 West Bengal 874 385 364 21 Total 34,800 26,425 22,709 3,716ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) and (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 752 ANSWERED ON 23RD JULY, 2026 ASKED BY SHRI RAHUL KASWAN REGARDING CONSTRUCTION OF NATIONAL HIGHWAY PROJECTS. State wise details of projects sanctioned by MoRT&H in the last three years FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25 FY 2025-26 S.No. State/UT Length Cost Length Cost Length Cost 1 Andhra Pradesh 549 1,406 166 2,193 234 5,337 2 Arunachal Pradesh 909 19,438 0 0 63 396 3 Assam 272 10,593 223 6,382 247 25,970 4 Bihar 153 6,919 103 3,694 350 12,811 5 Chhattisgarh 67 669 143 3,595 109 1,196 6 Goa 38 1,468 54 4,348 16 201 7 Gujarat 468 15,234 526 16,122 759 11,028 8 Haryana 85 1,948 61 755 36 316 9 Himachal Pradesh 99 2,766 31 254 8 1,370 10 Jharkhand 308 8,285 147 3,829 46 1,331 11 Karnataka 381 7,738 0 5 133 240 12 Kerala 14 641 18 1,103 5 179 13 Madhya Pradesh 389 6,953 846 19,790 527 8,927 14 Maharashtra 1,347 16,003 939 23,339 1,282 36,459 15 Manipur 30 473 140 1,356 82 303 16 Meghalaya 126 1,429 23 590 196 23,815 17 Mizoram 74 3,104 0 7 170 239 18 Nagaland 0 0 20 123 76 52 19 Odisha 96 2,055 180 5,447 477 11,080 20 Punjab 101 1,260 168 2,608 99 3,463 21 Rajasthan 77 859 238 3,154 508 9,222 22 Sikkim 0 0 5 161 0 16 23 Tamil Nadu 56 2,299 342 4,221 185 4,680 24 Telangana 41 663 14 516 128 3,493 25 Tripura 154 3,407 0 0 97 325 26 Uttar Pradesh 736 25,629 355 18,388 257 13,651 27 Uttarakhand 234 4,437 38 1,670 135 5,066 28 West Bengal 39 911 338 14,800 26 404 29 Delhi 0 0 0 0 53 1,383 30 Jammu & Kashmir 179 2,774 29 1,262 16 370 31 Puducherry 0 0 0 0 18 461 32 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 Chandigarh 0 0 0 0 2 247 Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 Diu 35 Ladakh 0 0 11 29 14 1,417 Total 7,022 149,361 5,155 139,741 6,354 185,448ANNEXURE-III ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) and (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 752 ANSWERED ON 23RD JULY, 2026 ASKED BY SHRI RAHUL KASWAN REGARDING CONSTRUCTION OF NATIONAL HIGHWAY PROJECTS. State-wise under-construction National Highway Projects S.No State/UT No. Length (In Km) 1 Andaman and Nicobar 3 57.3 2 Andhra Pradesh 69 1566.9 3 Arunachal Pradesh 14 496.6 4 Assam 52 1125.6 5 Bihar 67 1757.8 6 Chhattisgarh 38 727.4 7 Dadra and Nagar Haveli And Daman and Diu 2 25.2 8 Goa 15 30.0 9 Gujarat 40 876.5 10 Haryana 16 295.3 11 Himachal Pradesh 28 463.4 12 Jammu and Kashmir 38 720.0 13 Jharkhand 36 874.8 14 Karnataka 77 1990.4 15 Kerala 16 544.4 16 Ladakh 7 151.4 17 Madhya Pradesh 65 2129.5 18 Maharashtra 118 2408.1 19 Manipur 27 788.8 20 Meghalaya 12 291.6 21 Mizoram 17 440.6 22 Nagaland 19 392.1 23 Odisha 49 503.7 24 Puducherry 1 13.6 25 Punjab 31 979.8 26 Rajasthan 36 600.8 27 Sikkim 11 156.5 28 Tamil Nadu 42 697.4 29 Telangana 43 1385.1 30 Tripura 12 237.8 31 Uttar Pradesh 87 2329.4 32 Uttarakhand 74 681.0 33 West Bengal 29 178.1 Grand Total 1191 25917.0ANNEXURE-IV ANNEXURE REFFERED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) and (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 752 ANSWWERED ON 23RD JULY, 2026 ASKED BY SHRI RAHUL KASWAN REGARDING CONSTRUCTION OF NATIONAL HIGHWAY PROJECTS. State wise details of NH completed/constructed in last three years S.No State/UT No. Length (In Km) 1 Andhra Pradesh 70 1588 2 Arunachal Pradesh 38 987 3 Assam 38 499 4 Bihar 39 779 5 Chhattisgarh 21 616 6 Dadra and Nagar Haveli And Daman and Diu 1 0 7 Delhi 5 75 8 Goa 30 80 9 Gujarat 39 787 10 Haryana 23 458 11 Himachal Pradesh 31 329 12 Jammu and Kashmir 22 389 13 Jharkhand 21 375 14 Karnataka 47 1264 15 Kerala 12 156 16 Ladakh 6 99 17 Madhya Pradesh 59 1755 18 Maharashtra 180 4729 19 Manipur 15 209 20 Meghalaya 14 223 21 Mizoram 22 542 22 Nagaland 17 315 23 Odisha 53 1241 24 Puducherry 2 11 25 Punjab 24 452 26 Rajasthan 63 2178 27 Sikkim 3 34 28 Tamil Nadu 83 1973 29 Telangana 28 1016 30 Tripura 9 147 31 Uttar Pradesh 57 2035 32 Uttarakhand 55 701 33 West Bengal 52 589 Grand Total 1179 26629 *****