ROADS IN MADHYA PRADESH, MAHARASHTRA
AND CHHATTISGARH
RAJYA SABHA
The status of Golden Quadrilateral
and North-South and East-West Corridors under National Highways
Development Project (NHDP) is as under:
Golden Quadrilateral
(GQ)
Total length - 5846
km
Already 4 laned - 1408
km
Under Implementation - 4354
km
Balance for award -
84 km
North-South and East-West
Corridors (NS & EW)
Total length - 7300
km*
Already 4 laned -
557 km
Under Implementation -
423 km
Balance for award - 6294km
*Length originally
approved. Actual length at present is 7274 km excluding common
length of 442 km of North-South and East-West corridors with Golden
Quadrilateral (GQ).
The status of 4-laned and to
be 4/6 laned lengths of National Highways in the States of Madhya
Pradesh, Maharashtra and Chattisgarh under NHDP is as under:
|
State |
Total Length
(km.) under NHDP |
Already
four laned (km.) |
To be 4-6
laned (km.) |
Target
date of completion |
| |
GQ |
NS&EW |
GQ |
NS&EW |
GQ |
NS&EW |
GQ |
NS&EW |
|
Madhya Pradesh |
- |
666 |
- |
9 |
- |
657 |
- |
December2007 |
|
Maharashtra |
489 |
232 |
195 |
35 |
294 |
197 |
December 2004 |
December 2007 |
|
Chhattisgarh |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
This information was
given by the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways,
Maj. Gen. (Retd.), B.C. Khanduri in a written reply to a question
of Shri P.K. Maheshwari in Rajya Sabha today.
