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Government of India
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
18 DEC 2024 1:58PM by PIB Delhi
Parliament Question: - Status of Ambitious Bharatmala Pariyojana

Bharatmala Pariyojana was approved by Government of India in 2017 covering a length of 34,800 km to improve connectivity and reduce logistic cost in the country. As on 31.10.2024, projects covering a total length of 26,425 km have been awarded and 18,714 km has been constructed. The State/UT-wise details of progress of project under Phase-I of Bharatmala are Annexed.

No State-wise fund allocation is being made to National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for Bharatmala Pariyojana. Further, the total expenditure incurred by NHAI under Bharatmala Pariyojana is Rs.4.72 lakh Crore upto 30.11.2024.

So far, 18 projects with a length of 424 km have been awarded and 189 km has been constructed under Port and Coastal Connectivity Roads Category. Various projects envisaged under Bharatmala Scheme are providing linkage/ connectivity to different major/ minor ports in various coastal States including the State of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal.

ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2657 ANSWERED ON 18/12/2024 ASKED BY SHRI PARIMAL NATHWANI REGARDING STATUS OF AMBITIOUS BHARATMALA PARIYOJANA.

State Wise Progress Details for Bharatmala Pariyojana

State

Total Length

(km)

Length Awarded (km)

Length Constructed till 31st Oct’24

(km)

Andhra Pradesh

2,525

1,936

994

Assam

433

431

378

Bihar

1,572

1,159

641

Chhattisgarh

571

471

221

Delhi

203

203

178

Goa

26

26

26

Gujarat

1,577

1,194

923

Haryana

1,058

1,058

870

Himachal Pradesh

167

167

113

Jammu & Kashmir

433

251

115

Jharkhand

1,000

801

440

Karnataka

2,059

1,603

1,043

Kerala

1,126

708

396

Madhya Pradesh

3,063

2,017

1,407

Maharashtra

3,029

2,174

1,837

Manipur

635

635

394

Meghalaya

170

170

107

Mizoram

593

593

451

Nagaland

208

208

155

Odisha

1,586

967

871

Punjab

1,764

1,553

603

Rajasthan

2,503

2,360

2,241

Tamil Nadu

2,414

1,476

1,185

Telangana

1,719

1,026

746

Tripura

94

94

68

Uttar Pradesh

3,127

2,496

1,854

Uttarakhand

273

264

146

West Bengal

874

385

314

Total

34,800

26,425

18,714

 

This information was given by the The Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways, Shri Nitin Gadkari in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

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