Parliament Question: Maintenance of National Highways

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1033 ANSWERED ON 05th FEBRUARY, 2026 MAINTENANCE OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS 1033. SHRI MAGUNTA SREENIVASULU REDDY: SHRI PRABHAKAR REDDY VEMIREDDY: Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री be pleased to state: (a) the details of National Highway stretches in Andhra Pradesh presently under maintenance, including length, location and executing agency; (b) the details of accidents reported on National Highway stretches in Andhra Pradesh under maintenance during the last five years, including the number of incidents, fatalities and injuries; (c) the measures taken by the Government to reduce maintenance timelines, minimise traffic disruption and enhance safety during maintenance of National Highways; (d) whether action has been initiated against contractors for deliberate or avoidable delays in maintenance works; (e) if so, the details of penalties imposed, contracts terminated or other remedial steps taken; and (f) whether the Government has considered or adopted the use of advanced technologies such as satellite mapping, artificial intelligence, and real-time monitoring systems to expedite maintenance and improve safety of national highways, if so, the details thereof? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI) (a) The details of National Highway stretches in Andhra Pradesh presently under maintenance, including length, location and executing agency are at Annexure-A. (b) The details of accidents occurred on National Highway stretches in Andhra Pradesh under maintenance during the last five years are as follows:1. No. of Accidents/ Injuries = 31,652 2. No. of Fatalities = 4,383 (c) The Government in the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways undertakes maintenance of National Highways on a continuous basis to ensure traffic-worthy conditions with minimum disruption to road users. Maintenance is carried out through Performance-Based Maintenance Contracts (PBMC) and Short-Term Maintenance Contracts (STMC) with defined response timelines. For NH stretches under maintenance, responsibility rests with the Contractor during the defect liability period. Regular condition assessments, advance planning, and use of appropriate modern technologies are adopted to reduce maintenance timelines. Traffic management measures, including phased execution and off-peak works, are implemented to minimise inconvenience and enhance operational efficiency. (d) & (e) There is no report of deliberate or avoidable delays in maintenance works by the contractors during last three years. (f) Government has considered advanced technologies/ equipment during maintenance of National Highways, for improving the safety. Some of the measures are as under: (i) Advanced Traffic Management System (ATMS): ATMS is a technology-driven, intelligent transportation framework that uses real-time data from cameras, sensors, and AI to optimize traffic flow and enhance safety on roads and highways. It integrates components like adaptive signals, incident detection, and Variable Message Signs (VMS) to reduce congestion, emissions, and improve emergency response on National Highways. (ii) Network Survey Vehicle (NSV): NSV is a specialized vehicle equipped with advanced sensors including LiDAR, 3D laser scanners, high-resolution 360-degree cameras, and DGPS, used to automatically map road conditions and inventory at highway speeds, assess pavement distress, roughness, road safety, and assets, with data crucial for maintenance management. (iii) Drone Analytics Monitoring System (DAMS): DAMS is an AI-powered, end-to-end platform used to transform raw aerial drone footage into actionable, geotagged 2D/3D insights. It automates monitoring for infrastructure projects, detecting defects like potholes, cracks, and encroachments, while generating analytical dashboards for project management.Annexure - A ANNEXURE-A REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1033 ANSWERED ON 05-02-2026 ASKED BY SHRI MAGUNTA SREENIVASULU REDDY, SHRI PRABHAKAR REDDY VEMIREDDY REGARDING MAINTENANCE OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS. A. Details of National Highway Stretches under Maintenance by executing agency State PWD S. Stretch under NH Length No Maintenance Location No. (Km) . From (Km) To (Km) NH- Mudigubba- 1 0 32 32 342 Puttaparthi KA/AP Border- 2 NH-42 4.35 76 71.65 Ananthapuramu Urban link road of 3 NH-42 0 9.2 9.2 Ananthapuramu Town Rapthadu- 4 NH-42 76 137.049 61.05 Bathalapalli - Mudigubba 5 NH-42 134 159 25 Mudigubba - Kadiri NH- Ananthapuramu 6 0 5.4 5.4 544D Town limits Ananthapuramu - NH- 7 0 102.22 102.22 Kalyanadurg - 544DD Molakalmur Kodikonda NH- Checkpost - 8 0 99.179 99.179 544E Hindupur - Madakasira - Sira KA/AP Border - Gooty 9 NH-67 368.92 467 98.09 - Tadipatri NH - 10 0 60.025 60.03 Rayachoti - Angallu 340Kadiri- Mulakalacheruvu- 11 NH-42 168.45 299.78 131.21 Madanapalle- Punganuru- Palamaneru Section Palamaneru- 12 NH-42 300 382.08 82.08 Krishangiri road 13 NH-75 506.1 508.7 2.6 Mangalore- Thiruvannamalai 14 NH-75 518.7 534.35 15.65 Road Kurnool-Chittoor- 15 NH-40 250 299.85 49.85 Ranipeta road Kurnool-Chittoor- 16 NH-40 300.2 337.7 37.5 Ranipeta road Kurnool-Chittoor- 17 NH-40 350.2 351.542 1.34 Ranipeta road Kurnool-Chittoor- 18 NH-40 354.662 356.062 1.4 Ranipeta road Kurnool-Chittoor- 19 NH-40 337.7 354.831 17.13 Ranipeta road 21.2 NH- (Selected Putturu-Uttukottai 20 0 40.2 716A stretches road ) NH- 21 19.2 59.4 40.2 Pendurthi - Bowdara 516B NH- Pathapatnam - 22 0 41.979 41.98 326A Narasannapeta Saluru ghat - 23 NH-26 473.284 486 12.71 jeegram Vizianagaram 24 NH-26 537.6 552 17.2 Bypass 25 NH-26 486.831 491.42 5.92 Salur Bypass W&S from 491/000 to 26 NH-26 491 525.2 32.2 525/200 Overlay from 525/200 27 NH-26 525.2 537.6 12.4 to 537/600 28 NH-26 514.775 516.775 2 ROB-ManapuramNH- Amalapuram - 29 0 31.7 31.7 216E Ravulapalem Road NH- Rajamahendravaram 30 0 43.7 43.7 516E - Vizianagaram road Kurnool-Ranipet 31 NH-40 189.1 248 58.9 Road Hubli - 32 NH-67 476.7 588 111.3 Krishnapatnam road NH- Renigunta - Kadapa - 33 123.6 153.6 30 716 Muddanur NH- Renigunta - Kadapa - 34 168.1 171 2.9 716 Muddanur NH- Rayachoty - 35 56.6 143.5 86.9 440 Chagalamarri Road NH- Jeelugumilli Kovvur 36 22.6 46 23.4 365BB road NH- Jeelugumilli Kovvur 37 60.7 86.7 26 365BB road NH- Devarapalli- 38 0 56.23 56.23 516D Jeelugumilli Road NH- Pamarru Digamarru 39 61.54 107.76 46.22 165 Road NH- Ananthapur-Guntur 40 322.84 417 94.16 544D Road Vodarevu- NH- 41 0 81.69 81.69 Chilakaluripet - 167A Nekerekal Road NH- Kondamodu- 42 167A 0 49.917 49.92 Perecherla Road G NH- Nagarjunasagar - 43 86.562 133.922 47.36 565 Davulaplly Raod NH- Macherla-Dachepalli 44 0 43.659 43.66 167AD Road Pedana - Nuzveedu - NH- 45 0 119.95 119.95 Vissannapeta - 216H Lakshmipuram RoadNH- Seethramapuram - 46 167B 0 36.4 36.4 Duttaluru G NH- Mydukur - 47 58.635 189.05 130.72 167B SIngarayakonda NH- Dornala T Junction - 48 360.156 402.468 42.31 565 Penchalakona NH-67 Link road between 49 1.05 3.47 2.42 link NH67 to NH16 NH- Ananthapur - Guntur 50 74.427 213 138.57 544D road Hyderabad- NH- 51 191 244 53 Srisailam-Tokapalli 765 road NH- 52 73 131.4 58.4 Kurnool- Guntur road 340C NH- Nallakaluva- 53 137.03 154.2 17.17 167K Velugodu NH- Adoni- Yemmiganur - 54 70 125.15 55.15 167 Maadavaram section NH- 55 62.7 71.4 7.303 Adoni Bypass 167 Total Length (Km) 2562.62 B. Details of National Highway Stretches under Maintenance by executing agency PIU, MoRTH Stretch under NH S.No Maintenance Length (Km) Location No. From (Km) To (Km) Gurajanapalli- NH- Polekuru- 1 46.725 107.725 61 216 Komaragiri- Pasarlapudi Dhindi- Losari- NH- 2 128.503 254.556 126.053 Machavaram- 216 AvanigaddaRepalle- NH- 3 260.581 380.585 120.004 Eepurupalem- 216 Ongole NH- Paderu- 4 2.4 27.48 24.9 516E Gondiguda NH- Bowdara- 5 0 26.937 25.777 516E Vizianagaram Total Length (Km) 357.734 C. Details of National Highway Stretches under Maintenance by executing agency NHAI S. NH No. Length Location No. (Km) Vijayawada Bypass from Gollapudi to 1 NH- 16 13.41 Chinnakakani in Vijayawada - Gundugolanu Section Chilkararupet bypass section 2 NH- 16 16.384 Giddalur – Vinukonda section 3 NH-544D 112.797 Chilakaluripet - Vijayawada section 4 NH-16 68.204 Hyderabad – Bangalore section 5 NH-44 83 Bangalore – Chennai Expressway 6 NE-7 29 (Bangarupalem - Gudipala (phase-II) section Varadharajula- Kumarajapet of 7 NH-716B 40.6 Chittoor – Thatchur Section Veera Kaveri Raja Puram - 8 NH-716B 30.585 Pondavakkam of Chittoor-Thatchur Section Kadapa - Kurnool section 9 NH-18 188.752 Mydukur - Badvel section 10 NH-67 45.14 Kurnool - Mandlem section (Package‐1) 11 NH-340C 30.6 Mandlem - Atmakur section (Package‐ 12 NH-340C 35.151 2)Nellore Bypass section & Badvel - NH-16 & 13 40.811 Chunculuru section NH-67 14 NH-16 110.8 Tada - Nellore section Chunculuru - Nellore section 15 NH-67 86.32 Vaggampalle - Dornala T Junction 16 NH-565 66.156 section Davulapalli - Vaggampalli section 17 NH-565 138.366 Chilakaluripet – Nellore section 18 NH-16 183.62 Ankapalli - Annavaram (Tuni) section 19 NH-16 89.27 Annavaram - Diwancheruvu section 20 NH-16 70.975 Diwancheruvu - Siddhantham section 21 NH-216A 49.042 Siddhantham - Gundugolanu section 22 NH-216A 71.952 Kakinada bypass 23 NH-216A 27.5 Gundugolanu Devarapalli Kovvuru 24 NH- 16 69.884 Penchalakona - Yerpedu section 25 NH-565 84 Nalagampalli - AP/Karnataka Border 26 NH-44 47.687 Section Renigunta - Naidupeta section 27 NH-71 57.046 Madanapalli - Pileru section 28 NH-71 53.07 Gundugolanu - Kalaparru section 29 NH-16 27.4 Kalaparru - Chinna Avutupalli section 30 NH-16 27.4 Nandigama Bypass and 31 NH-65 13.46 Kanchikacherla Vijayawada bypass from Chinna 32 NH-16 28.74 Autupalli - Gollapudi sectionNandigama - Vijayawada section 33 NH-65 35.684 Chinna Avutupalli - Kanaka Durgamma 34 NH-16 23.774 Varadhi of Vijayawada–Gundugolanu Section Vijayawada – Machilipatnam section & 35 NH-16 64.061 Eastern side Benz Circle Flyover Ibrahimpatnam – Chandragudem – AP/Telangana Border section 36 NH-30 70.19 Anandapuram – Pendurthi – Anakapalli 37 NH-16 50.38 section Ranasthalam – Anadapuram section 38 NH-16 47 Narasannapeta -Ranasthalam section 39 NH-16 49.63 Icchapuram – Narasannapeta Section 40 NH-16 96.7 Anandapuram- Visakhapatnam and 41 NH-16 58.276 Ranasthalam Town Aluru - Jakkuva Section under Raipur- NH- 42 24.2 Visakhapatnam Economic Corridor 130CD [Package-1(AP)] Jakkuva – Korlam Section under NH- 43 23.955 Raipur-Visakhapatnam Economic 130CD Corridor [Package-2(AP)] Korlam - Kantakapalle under Raipur- NH- 44 22.465 Visakhapatnam Economic Corridor 130CD [Package-3(AP)] Kantakapalle – Sabbavaram Section NH- 45 16.598 under Raipur- Visakhapatnam 130CD Economic Corridor [Package-4(AP)] Total Length 2620 (Km) *****