GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3138
ANSWERED ON 18th DECEMBER, 2025
SURPLUS LAND HELD BY NHAI
3138. DR. M K VISHNU PRASAD:
Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री
be pleased to state:
(a) the details of surplus land held by the National Highways Authority
of India (NHAI), State-wise and...
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3138 ANSWERED ON 18th DECEMBER, 2025 SURPLUS LAND HELD BY NHAI
3138. DR. M K VISHNU PRASAD:
Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री
be pleased to state:
(a) the details of surplus land held by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), State-wise and district-wise in Tamil Nadu; and
(b) whether the Government has proposed to develop these surplus lands with the help of private players, if so, the details thereof? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)
(a) The details of surplus land held by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), State-wise and district-wise in Tamil Nadu are annexed at Annexure-A.
(b) The Government intends to make gainful utilisation of the surplus land, including through establishment of wayside amenities and parking facilities apart from plantation.ANNEXURE-A ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3138 FOR ANSWER ON 18.12.2025 ASKED BY DR. M K VISHNU PRASAD REGARDING SURPLUS LAND HELD BY NHAI State-wise data of surplus land held by NHAI as on 01.07.2025:
Sr. No. State Name Area of Surplus land parcel (plot/ piece) in
(Hectares) 1 Andhra Pradesh 18.26 2 Assam 10.07 3 Bihar 162.86 4 Chhattisgarh 204.12 5 Delhi 296.99 6 Gujarat 97.77 7 Haryana 8.6845 8 Himachal Pradesh 29.75 9 Jharkhand 20.41 10 Karnataka 219.72 11 Kerala 6.23 12 Madhya Pradesh 37.76 13 Maharashtra 43.22 14 Odisha 20.21 15 Punjab 14.9255 16 Rajasthan 48.89 17 Tamil Nadu 63.57 18 Telangana 26.56 19 Uttar Pradesh 101.427 20 Uttarakhand 28.46 21 West Bengal 95.65 Total Area (Hect.) 1555.54Information on NHAI’s Surplus Land (District-Wise) in Tamil Nadu as on
01.07.2025:
Sr. No. District Name Area (hect.) 1 Chengalpattu 0.5872 2 Coimbatore 0.5838 3 Cuddalore 3.7487 4 Dharmapuri 0.1217 5 Dindigul 0.597 6 Kancheepuram 6.451 7 Krishnagiri 2.1093 8 Mayiladuthurai 14.5415 9 Nagapattinam 4.5364 10 Pudukkottai 0.0213 11 Sivagagnai 0.0772 12 Sivaganga 1.1417 13 Sivagangai 4.5233 14 Sivagangai 0.3327 15 Thanjavur 0.485 16 Tiruppur 3.7239 17 Tiruvallur 0.58 18 Trichy 2.326 19 Tuticorin 4.335 20 Vellore 7.9883 21 Villupuram 4.6995 22 Virudhunagar 0.072 Grand Total 63.5825 *****