Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Target of 12,200 km set for construction of National Highways (NHs) in the country during the current financial year 2022-23
Posted On:
29 MAR 2023 3:02PM by PIB Delhi
National Highways constructed/widened/expanded in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh State-wise during last five years are placed at Annex-A.
Amounts spent on land acquisition and highway construction/repairs, year wise and Statewise are placed at Annex-B.
Ministry has set a target of 12,200 km for construction of National Highways (NHs) in the country during the current financial year 2022-23. The targets to construction of NHs for coming years have not yet been fixed.
Annex-A
|
Sr. No.
|
State
|
National Highways constructed/ widened/ expanded (in Nos.)
|
|
1
|
Punjab
|
20
|
|
2
|
Haryana
|
19
|
|
3
|
Rajasthan
|
54
|
|
4
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
42
|
|
5
|
Chhattisgarh
|
21
|
Annex-B State: Punjab
|
Sr. No.
|
Year
|
Amounts spent on land acquisition and highway construction/repairs (Rs. in Cr.)
|
|
1
|
2017-18
|
3945
|
|
2
|
2018-19
|
3784.41
|
|
3
|
2019-20
|
3660.07
|
|
4
|
2020-21
|
3433.18
|
|
5
|
2021-22
|
3960.92
|
State: Haryana
|
Sr. No.
|
Year
|
Amounts spent on land acquisition and highway construction/repairs (Rs. in Cr.)
|
|
1
|
2017-18
|
4691.88
|
|
2
|
2018-19
|
3300.76
|
|
3
|
2019-20
|
2747.94
|
|
4
|
2020-21
|
2901.08
|
|
5
|
2021-22
|
3557.02
|
State: Rajasthan
|
Sr. No.
|
Year
|
Amounts spent on land acquisition and highway construction/repairs (Rs. in Cr.)
|
|
1
|
2017-18
|
3531.66
|
|
2
|
2018-19
|
4890.15
|
|
3
|
2019-20
|
7014.06
|
|
4
|
2020-21
|
6746.41
|
|
5
|
2021-22
|
11299.32
|
State: Madhya Pradesh
|
Sr. No.
|
Year
|
Amounts spent on land acquisition and highway construction/repairs (Rs. in Cr.)
|
|
1
|
2017-18
|
3396
|
|
2
|
2018-19
|
5603
|
|
3
|
2019-20
|
6035.13
|
|
4
|
2020-21
|
7064.43
|
|
5
|
2021-22
|
8439
|
State: Chhattisgarh
|
Sr. No.
|
Year
|
Amounts spent on land acquisition and highway construction/repairs (Rs. in Cr.)
|
|
1
|
2017-18
|
2323.74
|
|
2
|
2018-19
|
2362.14
|
|
3
|
2019-20
|
1466.77
|
|
4
|
2020-21
|
2018.65
|
|
5
|
2021-22
|
1737.60
|
This information was given by the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Shri Nitin Gadkari in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.
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