Infrastructure Development in North East region

The funds allocated and expenditure on the construction ofroads and railway lines in the North-Eastern Region(NER) States during the last five years from 2016-17 to 2020-21 and State-wise details are given at Annexure I. The details of railway and road projects sanctioned in the NER States during the last five years from 2016-17 to 2020-21 and their current status is given at Annexure II.

In addition, roads are also constructed in the NER under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY). A total of Rs. 19,537.83 crore was spent in NER in the period 2016-17 to 2020-21 under PMGSY. The Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, through its schemes, has sanctioned 68 road and bridges projects in NER worth Rs. 2,647.68 crore in the period 2018-19 to 2020-21.

As per the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, as in October 2021, the length of National Highways(NH) per 1000 sq. km of area in the North  Eastern Region is 52 km as compared to 40.2 km for the country.The length of NH in each of the NER States is more than the national average,except Arunachal Pradesh,as shown in Table 1 below.

Table-I: Length of NH in North Eastern Region (NER) states in comparison  with the national average
Country / State	Existing NH length  (in km)	Length of NH in km/ 1000 sqkm
INDIA	1,32,499	40.2
Arunachal Pradesh	2,537	30.3
Assam	3,909	49.8
Manipur	1,750	78.4
Meghalaya	1,156	51.5
Mizoram	1,423	67.5
Nagaland	1,548	93.4
Sikkim	463	65.2
Tripura	854	81.4
For all NE States	13,640	52

As on 01.04.2020, against a national average of 21 km/1000 sq. km.railway network density, North Eastern States have an average railway network density of 10.79 km/1000 sq. km. To bridge this gap, 14 new line projects have been taken up in the North Eastern Region having a total length of 1,181 km at a total cost of Rs. 56,553crore.  An outlay of Rs. 4,300 crore has been provided in 2021-22 for these projects.

Annexure-I

Allocation and Expenditure by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in the North Eastern Region during the last five years from  2016-17 to 2020-21 (Rs. in Crore)
	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21
State	Allocation	Expenditure	Allocation	Expenditure	Allocation	Expenditure	Allocation	Expenditure	Allocation	Expenditure
Arunachal Pradesh	697.57	697.57	792.18	792.18	513.80	513.80	544.80	544.80	1191.47	1191.47
Assam	454.86	454.86	595.16	595.16	1049.75	1049.75	975.96	975.96	827.64	827.64
Manipur	41.06	41.06	75.47	75.47	272.60	272.60	394.21	394.21	158.56	158.56
Meghalaya	485.73	485.73	86.34	86.34	121.19	121.19	52.94	52.94	95.93	95.93
Mizoram	260.00	260.00	391.70	391.70	617.35	617.35	250.72	250.72	177.45	177.45
Nagaland	59.14	59.14	67.43	67.43	254.46	254.46	442.42	442.42	536.96	536.96
Sikkim	78.11	78.11	243.34	243.34	192.03	192.03	75.20	75.20	337.71	337.71
Tripura	17.43	17.43	64.89	64.89	53.86	53.86	114.03	114.03	48.84	48.84
Total	2,093.90	2,093.90	2,316.51	2,316.51	3,075.04	3,075.04	2,850.28	2,850.28	3,374.56	3,374.56

Allocation and Expenditure on the construction of railway projects of New Lines and Doubling in the North-Eastern States during the last five years from 2016-17 to 2020-21
Year	Budget Grant (Rs. in crore)	Expenditure (Rs. in crore)
2016-17	6007	5990
2017-18	4007	4361
2018-19	4971	5013
2019-20	5743	5743
2020-21	3920	4325

Annexure-II

Details of the Projects sanctioned in Railways in the North Eastern Region States during the  last five years from 2016-17 to 2020-21
SN	Name of Project	Length (km)	Plan Head	Year of sanction	Cost (Rs. in Cr.)	Present status
1.	New Bongaigaon – Kamakhya via Goalpara doubling	176	Doubling	2016-17	2590	New Bongaigaon-Abhyapuri (18 km) section completed. Work has been taken up in remaining portion except 5 km length between Azara-Kamakhya section which is held up on account of National Green Tribunal (NGT) issue.
2.	New Bongaigaon – Agthori via Rangiya	143	Doubling	2019-20	2047	Earthwork and works of major and minor bridges have been taken up.
3.	Mahisasan (India) – Zero Point (Bangladesh)	3	New Line	2020-21	39	Sanctioned in 2020-21. Project is at initial stage.

Details of Works Sanctioned by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in the North Eastern Region during the last five years from  2016-17 to 2020-21
	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21
State	Length (Km)	Cost (Rs. in cr)	Length (Km)	Cost (Rs. in cr)	Length (Km)	Cost (Rs. in cr)	Length (Km)	Cost (Rs. in cr)	Length (Km)	Cost (Rs. in cr)
Arunachal Pradesh	10.9	243.89	0	0	351.42	3981.05	125.07	1159.67	52.41	1187.94
Assam	214.09	712.03	139.57	324.55	75	106.05	256.87	464.18	134.68	1224.33
Manipur	175.24	670.42	10	62.84	14.65	28.77	68	119.9	93.18	149.09
Meghalaya	12	70.86	0	11.44	0	24.06	24	107.91	43.06	332.86
Mizoram	22.64	539.82	56.45	56.45	85	109.65	10	34.41	27.98	24.07
Nagaland	84.7	1083.6	110	24.04	38	257.4	161.06	222.79	119.52	1006.03
Sikkim	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.78	27.05	11.49	29.05
Tripura	59.03	249.57	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	236.18

Details of Ongoing Road Works in the North Eastern Region
State	No. of Projects	Length (in Kms)	Cost (Rs. in cr)
Arunachal Pradesh	47	1284.85	15794.88
Assam	46	852.52	19221.44
Manipur	36	630.20	7974.59
Meghalaya	18	237.46	3193.41
Mizoram	27	785.38	12637.20
Nagaland	45	899.50	11762.94
Sikkim	20	242.44	4834.83
Tripura	21	430.22	4534.10

This information was given by The Minister  for  Development of North East Region Shri. G. Kishan Reddy in the Rajya Sabha in a written reply today.

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