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Parliament Question: Development and Maintenance of National Highways

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**Executive Summary** This document is the response to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 56, answered on January 29th, 2026, regarding the Development and Maintenance of National Highways in India. The Minister of Road Transport and Highways provides details on budgetary allocations, special projects, accident statistics, and Advanced Traffic Management Systems (ATMS). Key information is provided in the form of annexures (Annexure-I, II, and III). **Key Points / Main Content** * **Budgetary Allocations & Expenditure:** * State/Union Territory-wise and year-wise details of funds allocated and expenditure incurred towards development and maintenance of National Highways for the last five years are provided in Annexure-I. * **National Highway Development & Maintenance:** * Development and maintenance of NHs is a continuous process. * Works include capacity augmentation, rectification of black spots, and road safety improvements. * Projects are based on traffic density, connectivity, road condition, and alignment with the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan (NMP). * State/UT-wise and year-wise details of NHs projects awarded during the last five years are at Annexure-II. * **Road Accidents:** * Road accidents are multi-causal, resulting from human error, road condition, environment, and vehicular condition. * State/UT-wise details of the number of accidents and fatalities on NHs during the last five years are at Annexure-III. * **Advanced Traffic Management Systems (ATMS):** * ATMS facilities were initially implemented as part of individual Highway Projects. * ATMS was installed in about 19,000 km of NHs length as part of this. * The government has adopted a region-wise implementation of ATMS for national roll-out on all four-lane and above NHs in a phased manner. * ATMS includes electronic enforcement devices, like AI-based video incident detection for surveillance and incident identification. * Details of the five ATMS projects undertaken by the Government on key high density highway corridors is also provided. **Impact Analysis** **Central Government / Ministry of Road Transport and Highways:** * **Impact:** Must continue to allocate funds, plan, and execute NH development projects based on the factors mentioned, with an increased focus on ATMS implementation across the NH network. * **Action Required:** Continue to monitor and improve road safety, expand ATMS coverage, and align project planning with the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan. **State Governments / Union Territories:** * **Impact:** Responsible for reporting road accident data, coordinating highway projects, and potentially implementing ATMS initiatives within their regions. * **Action Required:** Provide accurate and timely accident data, cooperate in the development of NHs, and possibly participate in regional ATMS implementation plans. **Citizens / Highway Users:** * **Impact:** Affected by the quality of NHs, the efficiency of traffic management, and the level of road safety. * **Action Required:** Be aware of and adhere to traffic rules, understand the potential benefits of improved ATMS, and report any road safety concerns.

Key Entities Referenced

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways: The primary government body responsible for national highway development and maintenance. National Highways (NHs): The core infrastructure element that is the subject of the policy. Advanced Traffic Management Systems (ATMS): Technology deployed on National Highways for traffic management, accident detection and surveillance. PM GatiShakti National Master Plan (NMP): Referenced plan used to improve connectivity and infrastructure development. Lok Sabha: The house of the Parliament of India where this question was raised.
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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 56 ANSWERED ON 29TH JANUARY, 2026 DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS 56. SHRI ESWARASAMY K: Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार् ग मंत्री be pleased to state: (a) the details of budgetary allocations and expenditure incurred on National Highway development and maintenance during the last five years, year-wise and State-wise; (b) whether the Government has launched any special projects for highway expansion, upgradation and road safety during this period and if so, the details thereof; (c) the number of accidents and fatalities reported on National Highways in each of the last five years, State-wise and the main causes identified; and (d) the number and location of National Highway stretches where Advanced Traffic Management Systems (ATMS) have been installed, the total cost incurred and whether there is a proposal to extend ATMS coverage to all National Highway stretches and if not, the reasons therefor? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI) (a) State / Union Territory (UT) - wise and year - wise details of funds allocated and expenditure incurred towards development andmaintenance of National Highways (NHs) during the last five years are at Annexure-I. (b) Development and maintenance of NHs is a continuous process. Works on NHs, including capacity augmentation to four / six / eight lane standards, rectification of black spots and other road safety related engineering improvement works, are accordingly taken up based on the traffic density, connectivity requirement, condition of the road and synergy with PM GatiShakti National Master Plan (NMP). State / UT – wise and year - wise details of NHs projects awarded during the last five years are at Annexure-II. (c) The analysis of road accident data from the States / UTs reveals that road accidents are multi-causal and are the result of interplay of various factors which can broadly be categorized into human error, road condition / environment and vehicular condition. State / UT – wise details of the number of accidents and fatalities reported on NHs during each of the last five years are at Annexure-III. (d) Earlier, the Advanced Traffic Management System (ATMS) facilities have been implemented as part of individual Highway Projects as the cost towards ATMS was inbuilt in the civil works of highways construction. ATMS in about 19,000 km of NHs length were installed as part of this. However, the Government has taken up Region-wise implementation of Advanced Traffic Management System (ATMS) for National roll out in all Four lane and above NHs in phased manner to have an all-integrated development of traffic management rather than project level implementation. ATMS has provisions for various electronic enforcement devices, including AI based Video Incident Detection, for surveillance of the highway stretches, which help in speedy identification of incidents (including traffic violations) on thehighway stretches and effectively monitor the highways, thereby improving incident response time and road safety. Details of the five ATMS projects taken up by the Government on key high density highway corridors are as under:- Corridor Name Length (km) Cost (Rs. Cr) State(s) Bangalore – Mysore 117 3.63 Karnataka (Augmentation) Dwarka Expressway 58 16.65 Delhi, Haryana Delhi-Agra 180 49.03 Uttar Pradesh Lucknow Ring Road 103 55.69 Uttar Pradesh Urban Extension Road 75 28.00 Delhi, Haryana (UER)-IIANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 56 ANSWERED ON 29.01.2026 ASKED BY SHRI ESWARASAMY K REGARDING DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS State / UT - wise and year - wise details of funds allocated and expenditure incurred towards development and maintenance of National Highways (NHs) during the last five years: - Amount in ₹ Crore 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Sr. No. State/UT Alloc. Expd. Alloc. Expd. Alloc. Expd. Alloc. Expd. Alloc. Expd. 1 Andhra Pradesh 4,281 4,281 5,890 5,890 6,957 6,957 11,440 11,440 11,777 11,756 2 Arunachal Pradesh 2,512 2,512 2,718 2,718 3,140 3,140 2,649 2,649 3,972 3,599 3 Assam 3,753 3,753 3,150 3,150 4,557 4,557 9,137 9,137 7,209 7,207 4 Bihar 6,716 6,716 9,174 9,174 9,347 9,347 10,749 10,749 8,840 8,840 5 Chhattisgarh 2,224 2,224 1,936 1,936 2,468 2,468 4,255 4,255 2,392 2,280 6 Goa 734 734 615 615 673 673 620 620 851 651 7 Gujarat 7,533 7,533 10,710 10,710 9,831 9,831 10,900 10,900 8,262 8,091 8 Haryana 10,651 10,651 7,203 7,203 3,924 3,924 6,062 6,062 4,391 4,344 9 Himachal Pradesh 2,033 2,033 3,164 3,164 4,534 4,534 5,175 5,175 3,998 3,994 10 Jharkhand 2,627 2,627 2,853 2,853 3,127 3,127 4,599 4,599 5,334 5,169 11 Karnataka 5,838 5,838 7,681 7,681 6,763 6,763 12,695 12,695 11,147 10,819 12 Kerala 12,831 12,831 10,136 10,136 3,994 3,994 10,419 10,419 5,100 5,082 13 Madhya Pradesh 8,250 8,250 9,006 9,006 6,210 6,210 7,447 7,447 7,819 7,799 14 Maharashtra 20,844 20,844 18,655 18,655 18,355 18,355 19,867 19,867 18,697 18,512 15 Manipur 978 978 2,142 2,142 2,737 2,737 2,598 2,598 2,018 2,011 16 Meghalaya 861 861 819 819 684 684 1,803 1,803 1,835 1,697Amount in ₹ Crore 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Sr. No. State/UT Alloc. Expd. Alloc. Expd. Alloc. Expd. Alloc. Expd. Alloc. Expd. 17 Mizoram 1,238 1,238 2,054 2,054 3,218 3,218 2,189 2,189 2,114 2,091 18 Nagaland 2,382 2,382 1,943 1,943 1,666 1,666 1,414 1,414 1,681 1,600 19 Odisha 5,336 5,336 4,510 4,510 4,643 4,643 5,948 5,948 6,121 5,786 20 Punjab 3,301 3,301 7,179 7,179 10,093 10,093 12,419 12,419 8,137 7,898 21 Rajasthan 7,340 7,340 11,353 11,353 9,719 9,719 8,874 8,874 6,330 6,301 22 Sikkim 1,053 1,053 811 811 1,008 1,008 684 684 473 441 23 Tamil Nadu 4,868 4,868 4,305 4,305 8,230 8,230 9,925 9,925 9,077 9,068 24 Telangana 2,907 2,907 3,458 3,458 3,622 3,622 6,117 6,117 7,564 7,496 25 Tripura 1,026 1,026 1,085 1,085 1,156 1,156 1,546 1,546 778 767 26 Uttar Pradesh 18,768 18,768 13,944 13,944 21,453 21,453 28,114 28,114 20,682 20,665 27 Uttarakhand 2,800 2,800 2,112 2,112 3,219 3,219 4,545 4,545 3,996 3,835 28 West Bengal 2,658 2,658 3,642 3,642 3,053 3,053 3,543 3,543 2,241 2,240 29 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 349 349 246 246 143 143 96 96 204 204 30 Chandigarh 2 2 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 31 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 43 43 30 30 26 26 2 2 100 46 32 Daman & Diu 33 Delhi / Headquarters -1,482 -1,482 3,961 3,961 7,164 7,164 3,223 3,223 2,840 2,840 34 Jammu & Kashmir 2,932 2,932 6,817 6,817 7,370 7,370 10,528 10,528 10,331 10,204 35 Ladakh 24 24 352 352 574 574 658 658 794 768 36 Puducherry 21 21 1 1 61 61 35 35 29 23 Alloc. – Allocation; Expd. – Expenditure Negative figure against State/UT during the year indicates transfer of project/expenditure from that State/UT to other State/UT.ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 56 ANSWERED ON 29.01.2026 ASKED BY SHRI ESWARASAMY K REGARDING DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS State / UT – wise and year - wise details of NHs projects awarded during the last five years: - Length in Km Sl. No. State / UT 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 0 0 0 57 0 2 Andhra Pradesh 409 1,061 1,329 416 418 3 Arunachal Pradesh 374 14 41 86 384 4 Assam 352 223 574 268 304 5 Bihar 824 707 473 350 195 6 Chandigarh 0 0 0 0 0 7 Chhattisgarh 378 327 266 197 243 8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 0 0 0 0 0 9 Daman and Diu 0 10 0 37 0 10 Delhi 9 61 0 0 0 11 Goa 0 37 1 36 5 12 Gujarat 610 518 312 533 212 13 Haryana 276 91 441 72 45 14 Himachal Pradesh 255 236 266 108 20 15 Jammu & Kashmir 248 287 120 244 77 16 Jharkhand 384 285 694 197 225 17 Karnataka 571 763 837 575 440 18 Kerala 343 338 164 61 20 19 Ladakh 230 0 0 0 0 20 Madhya Pradesh 608 805 1,007 729 869 21 Maharashtra 780 1,324 914 1,166 1,176 22 Manipur 399 351 192 20 0 23 Meghalaya 153 126 151 95 65 24 Mizoram 194 189 58 21 42 25 Nagaland 329 154 152 167 113 26 Odisha 606 348 247 394 166 27 Puducherry 0 11 0 0 0 28 Punjab 265 1,169 320 69 148 29 Rajasthan 385 516 1,034 531 629 30 Sikkim 198 23 27 0 0 31 Tamil Nadu 427 515 431 372 429 32 Telangana 140 410 984 301 21 33 Tripura 281 28 39 177 27 34 Uttar Pradesh 388 1,311 1,011 982 874 35 Uttarakhand 331 352 248 231 80 36 West Bengal 220 140 44 87 310ANNEXURE-III ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 56 ANSWERED ON 29.01.2026 ASKED BY SHRI ESWARASAMY K REGARDING DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS State / UT – wise details of the number of accidents and fatalities reported on NHs during each of the last five years: - State/UT - wise Details of Accidents (Nos.) & Fatalities (Nos.) on NHs S. No. State / UT 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Accidents Fatalities Accidents Fatalities Accidents Fatalities Accidents Fatalities Accidents Fatalities 1 Andhra Pradesh 8,241 3,602 8,650 3,793 8,276 3,806 8258 4014 8011 4105 2 Arunachal Pradesh 147 87 131 73 156 88 145 96 67 37 3 Assam 3,408 1,574 3,244 1,428 3,427 1,564 3766 1722 6306 1602 4 Bihar 4,349 3,517 4,601 3,953 4,925 4,078 4681 4012 4320 3837 5 Chhattisgarh 3,610 1,663 4,115 1,885 4,144 1,910 4156 1952 2728 1347 6 Goa 1,116 83 1,259 127 1,125 102 920 108 829 106 7 Gujarat 3,406 2,077 3,536 2,109 3,607 2,233 3519 2192 3944 2380 8 Haryana 3,174 1,766 3,727 2,038 3,642 2,033 3844 2052 4641 1885 9 Himachal Pradesh 1,179 425 1,258 443 1,074 365 1018 312 893 291 10 Jharkhand 1,890 1,496 2,125 1,699 1,994 1,672 2039 1686 2056 1783 11 Karnataka 11,462 3,487 13,384 4,164 14,270 4,383 14208 4278 13537 3993 12 Kerala 8,048 975 17,627 1,197 10,640 1,056 9757 940 9195 907 13 Madhya Pradesh 11,030 3,389 13,860 4,025 14,561 4,476 13937 4644 7788 2882 14 Maharashtra 7,501 4,080 9,417 4,923 10,881 5,780 11285 5812 9592 5718 15 Manipur 236 77 313 74 272 51 210 49 196 56 16 Meghalaya 153 112 157 98 114 78 135 102 108 69 17 Mizoram 29 23 77 72 57 47 69 66 42 24 18 Nagaland 488 25 304 55 201 60 86 37 53 14 19 Odisha 4,087 1,933 4,317 2,043 4,587 2,180 4555 2358 3398 1974 20 Punjab 2,288 1,950 2,293 1,881 2,388 1,895 1912 1562 1111 858State/UT - wise Details of Accidents (Nos.) & Fatalities (Nos.) on NHs S. No. State / UT 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Accidents Fatalities Accidents Fatalities Accidents Fatalities Accidents Fatalities Accidents Fatalities 21 Rajasthan 6,424 3,829 7,093 4,156 7,179 4,172 7174 4285 6686 4255 22 Sikkim 73 23 74 27 83 24 56 24 53 21 23 Tamil Nadu 16,869 5,263 18,972 5,978 20,582 6,258 20672 6376 21122 6156 24 Telangana 7,214 2,735 7,505 3,010 8,103 3,058 8599 3066 8395 2652 25 Tripura 199 94 241 105 255 129 242 114 174 95 26 Uttarakhand 711 430 827 545 840 564 828 543 875 605 27 Uttar Pradesh 14,540 8,506 14,990 8,479 15,184 8,446 17113 9560 10842 6973 28 West Bengal 3,821 2,177 3,993 2,017 3,841 1,957 4172 2113 4027 2043 29 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 41 5 43 11 39 6 52 14 85 10 30 Chandigarh 29 21 29 9 11 4 13 3 12 6 31 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 15 0 0 14 9 3 2 2 1 8 32 Daman & Diu 733 33 Delhi 457 201 799 252 745 230 593 258 1827 260 34 Jammu & Kashmir 1,899 268 2,378 259 2,342 294 2,120 271 181 416 35 Ladakh 119 27 196 30 132 37 191 45 8011 35 36 Puducherry 587 87 448 71 497 74 631 105 465 79 Total 128,825 56,007 151,997 61,038 150,177 63,112 150,958 64,772 1,34,307 57,482 Figures for calendar year 2024 onwards based on latest eDAR (Electronic Detailed Accident Report) data. *****

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