
The report added that among non-special category states, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand are the two top states in terms of proportion of development outlay, with around 35% deployed towards road asset creation, while Telangana and Andhra Pradesh are the laggards with less than 10% of development capital allocation. Indian state highways pan 166,000 km, accounting for about 4% of the total road network and carry 25 to 30% of the total road traffic. About 65% of these have less than the minimum desired two-lane carriageways, which indicates the egregious status of this network. After the National Highways Development Project (NHDP), Bharatmala Pariyojana is the largest road development program to be undertaken by the government. The estimated fund requirement for development of national highways under the new program is about ₹6,92,324 crore up to 2022 fiscal, and has led to increased outlay by the centre from 2018 fiscal onwards.