PIB News Update: The national and local level lockdowns and restrictions due to COVID-19 posed constraints to the movement and supply/availability of materials, machinery and labourwhich affected the progress of works. However, due to several initiatives taken by the Government under Atmanirbhar Bharat to provide relief measures to Contractors/ Concessionaires/ Consultants, the maintenance and development works on National Highways have overshot the targets.
NHAI awarded 31 projects of 890 km length at a cost of Rs 26,322 crore during April to August 2020. The length of projects awarded by NHAI since 2017-18 is tabulated below.
| Year | Award |
| 2017-18 (April to August) | 335 km |
| 2018-19 (April to August) | 272 km |
| 2019-20 (April to August) | 673 km |
| 2020-21 (April to August) | 890 km |
| 2021-22 (April to June) | 383 km |
Maintenance of National Highways is a continuous process and the works on NHs are taken up as per requirements of connectivity, inter-se priority, traffic density and available resources. Details of funds allocated/utilized towards maintenance of NHs since 2019-20 is at Annexure-I.
ANNEXURE-I
ANNEXURE REGARDING ‘MAINTENANCE AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT OF ROADS’
The State/UT-wise details of funds allocated/utilized for maintenance of NHs since 2019-20
| Sl.
No. |
States/UTs/Agency | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 (Till June, 2021) | |||
| Alloc. | Expd. | Alloc. | Expd. | Alloc. | Expd. | ||
|
1 |
Andhra Pradesh |
89.60 | 65.37 | 147.44 | 113.91 | 117.92 | 10.71 |
| 2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 28.72 | 25.27 | 78.76 | 111.39 | 45.27 | 2.30 |
| 3 | Assam | 28.49 | 3.28 | 130.68 | 73.19 | 77.09 | 11.54 |
| 4 | Bihar | 50.31 | 15.24 | 115.92 | 64.86 | 91.12 | 8.50 |
| 5 | Chhattisgarh | 25.02 | 16.79 | 44.13 | 16.72 | 28.27 | 0.00 |
| 6 | Goa | 6.59 | 1.13 | 18.95 | 8.02 | 15.69 | 2.46 |
| 7 | Gujarat | 100.23 | 91.43 | 186.28 | 114.78 | 155.58 | 16.02 |
| 8 | Haryana | 0.50 | 0.02 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 |
| 9 | Himachal Pradesh | 37.90 | 28.34 | 83.40 | 73.98 | 67.02 | 8.88 |
| 10 | Jharkhand | 26.83 | 26.07 | 39.71 | 23.13 | 39.00 | 3.72 |
| 11 | Karnataka | 60.88 | 30.87 | 148.30 | 132.44 | 143.44 | 25.35 |
| 12 | Kerala | 77.19 | 64.27 | 127.06 | 178.97 | 92.93 | 18.18 |
| 13 | Madhya Pradesh | 25.11 | 14.80 | 102.05 | 28.11 | 63.84 | 0.00 |
| 14 | Maharashtra | 125.25 | 42.48 | 281.53 | 157.14 | 228.51 | 13.28 |
| 15 | Manipur | 7.10 | 2.38 | 26.11 | 22.89 | 12.07 | 0.00 |
| 16 | Meghalaya | 70.36 | 39.15 | 61.66 | 45.64 | 45.07 | 7.42 |
| 17 | Mizoram | 48.97 | 37.23 | 34.91 | 21.00 | 30.46 | 10.90 |
| 18 | Nagaland | 42.42 | 32.73 | 62.14 | 46.24 | 50.59 | 4.24 |
| 19 | Odisha | 55.31 | 49.95 | 63.16 | 104.68 | 79.82 | 14.00 |
| 20 | Punjab | 10.74 | 5.43 | 34.72 | 27.81 | 27.85 | 0.82 |
| 21 | Rajasthan | 51.90 | 40.02 | 125.86 | 78.02 | 110.01 | 4.11 |
| 22 | Sikkim | 11.94 | 10.36 | 5.88 | 6.85 | 4.87 | 0.00 |
| 23 | Tamil Nadu | 36.85 | 16.21 | 92.68 | 92.18 | 68.08 | 1.82 |
| 24 | Telangana | 82.60 | 59.55 | 128.43 | 72.54 | 93.30 | 12.65 |
| 25 | Tripura | 25.71 | 14.54 | 16.68 | 12.13 | 8.03 | 0.00 |
| 26 | Uttar Pradesh | 116.22 | 73.54 | 139.57 | 90.81 | 105.63 | 4.85 |
| 27 | Uttarakhand | 27.97 | 14.42 | 46.21 | 32.79 | 31.62 | 3.18 |
| 28 | West Bengal | 41.66 | 38.03 | 51.50 | 34.89 | 37.86 | 1.34 |
| 29 | Chandigarh | 0.20 | 0.00 | 3.11 | 2.03 | 9.30 | 3.15 |
| 30 | Dadar& Nagar Haveli ^ | 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.86 | 0.00 | 0.68 | 0.00 |
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