During the last five years, from
2005-06 to 2009-10, the
Ministry of Road Transport
and Highways has undertaken
3,692 national highway projects.
Of this, 2,423 projects (about
65.63 per cent) have
been completed;
1,242 (33.64 per cent)
are under progress;
and 297 projects (8
per cent) are in the
tendering stage.
The largest number
of projects were taken
up in Uttar Pradesh
(316) followed by
Maharashtra (247),
Uttarakhand (246),
Tamil Nadu (238), Karnataka
(231), Assam (215), Orissa (207)
and Andhra Pradesh (202).
Of the projects undertaken, 214
projects have been completed in
Uttar Pradesh, 127 in Maharashtra,
160 in Uttarakhand, 51
in Tamil Nadu, 187 in Karnataka,
125 in Assam, 124 in Orissa,
and 141 in Andhra Pradesh.
NHAI completed the construction
of 5,038 km of national highways
i.e. 13.80 km per day in
2009-2010 and has completed 684
km of 4,770 km of national highways
targeted for construction in
the current year.
Six laning of 6,500 km of national
highways, including the entire
Golden Quadrilateral and 800 km
of other high-density traffic corridors,
have been targeted for completion
by December 2012. These
projects, under NHDP-Phase V,
are being implemented mainly on
PPP basis.