New Delhi: The national highways network of India is a network of highways that is managed and maintained by agencies of the Government of India.
About 20,557 km of National Highways are under DPR preparation as on 30th June in 2017-18. The State and UT-wise details of National Highways (NHs) in the country is as follows:-
State/ UT –wise details of NHs
|
Sl. No. |
Name of State/ UT |
Total Length (in km) |
|
|
1 |
Andhra Pradesh |
6,286 |
|
|
2 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
2,537 |
|
|
3 |
Assam |
3,845 |
|
|
4 |
Bihar |
4,839 |
|
|
5 |
Chandigarh |
15 |
|
|
6 |
Chhattisgarh |
3,232 |
|
|
7 |
Delhi |
79 |
|
|
8 |
Goa |
262 |
|
|
9 |
Gujarat |
5,017 |
|
|
10 |
Haryana |
2,641 |
|
|
11 |
Himachal Pradesh |
2,642 |
|
|
12 |
Jammu & Kashmir |
2,601 |
|
|
13 |
Jharkhand |
2,661 |
|
|
14 |
Karnataka |
6,791 |
|
|
15 |
Kerala |
1,782 |
|
|
16 |
Madhya Pradesh |
7,854 |
|
|
17 |
Maharashtra |
15,436 |
|
|
18 |
Manipur |
1,746 |
|
|
19 |
Meghalaya |
1,204 |
|
|
20 |
Mizoram |
1,422 |
|
|
21 |
Nagaland |
1,547 |
|
|
22 |
Odisha |
4,838 |
|
|
23 |
Puducherry |
64 |
|
|
24 |
Punjab |
2,769 |
|
|
25 |
Rajasthan |
7,906 |
|
|
26 |
Sikkim |
463 |
|
|
27 |
Tamil Nadu |
5,381 |
|
|
28 |
Telangana |
3,786 |
|
|
29 |
Tripura |
854 |
|
|
31 |
Uttar Pradesh |
8,711 |
|
|
30 |
Uttarakhand |
2,842 |
|
|
32 |
West Bengal |
2,998 |
|
|
33 |
A & N Islands |
331 |
|
|
34 |
Dadra & Nagar Haveli |
31 |
|
|
35 |
Daman & Diu |
22 |
|
|
|
Total |
115,435 |
This information was given by Minster of State for Road Transport & Highways and Shipping, Shri Pon. Radhakrishnan in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.
The roads under SARDP-NE were approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs while the development of highways under NH (O) are taken up on the basis of inter-se priority, traffic volume and availability of funds.
This information was given by Minster of State for Road Transport & Highways and Shipping, Shri Pon. Radhakrishnan in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.
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