Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Parliament Question: – Status of Ambitious Bharatmala Pariyojana
Posted On: 18 DEC 2024 1:58PM by PIB Delhi
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.
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