Parliament Question: – Status of Ambitious Bharatmala Pariyojana
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 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
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.