The Ministry of
Road Transport and Highways is primarily responsible for the
development and maintenance of National Highways in the country
including North Eastern States. As regards National Highways,
the details of amounts allocated for the North-Eastern States
including Sikkim and their utilisation upto December, 2002 are
given below :
|
S. No.
|
State
|
Funds
allocated during 2002-03
|
Expenditure
upto Dec. 2002
|
% of amount
utilised upto Dec.2002
|
|
1.
|
Assam
|
149.37
|
69.92
|
47
|
|
2.
|
Arunachal
Pradesh
|
31.10
|
19.14
|
62
|
|
3.
|
Manipur
|
22.60
|
11.99
|
53
|
|
4.
|
Meghalaya
|
35.19
|
15.79
|
45
|
|
5.
|
Mizoram
|
33.70
|
10.94
|
32
|
|
6.
|
Nagaland
|
19.00
|
7.02
|
37
|
|
7.
|
Sikkim
|
5.44
|
3.20
|
59
|
|
8.
|
Tripura
|
12.42
|
8.76
|
71
|
The steps taken
to ensure full utilisation of allocation by the States include
the introduction of direct payment procedure, close monitoring
of progress of works, streamlining the sanction of projects
and award of works etc.
This information
was given by the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for
Road Transport and Highways, Maj. Gen. (Retd.) B.C. Khanduri
in a written reply to a question of Shri Bhim Dahal in Lok Sabha
today.
