economic survey of himachal pradesh 2011-12 - Government of ...

14. TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION
Roads and Bridges (State Sector)
14.1 Roads are an essential
ingredient of infrastructure of
economy. In the absence of any
other suitable and viable modes of
transportation like railways and
waterways, roads play a vital role in
boosting the economy of the hilly
state like Himachal Pradesh. Starting
almost from a scratch the state
Government has constructed 34,000
Kms. of motorable roads inclusive of
jeepable and track till December,
2011. Government has been assigning a
very high priority to road sector. For
the year 2011-12, there is an outlay of
` 657.02 crore. The target fixed for
2011-12 and achievements made upto
December, 2011 are given as under:-
Item
Table-14.1
Unit Target
for
2011-
12
Achieve-
ment
upto
Dec.,
2011
2011-12
Anticipated
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
1.Motorable
2.Cross-
Kms 665 365 500
drainage
3.Metalling
” 1090 637 800
& Tarring ” 1005 424 700
4.Jeepable ” 20 5 20
5.Bridges
6.Villages
No. 47 24 47
connectivity ” 195 79
160
14.2 In the State as on
31.12.2011, 9,709 villages as detailed
122
below in table 14.2 were connected
with roads:-
Table-14.2
Villages
connected
with road
As on 31 st March As on
2008 2009 2010 2011 Dec.,
2011
1. 3 4 5 6.
Villages
with
population
more than
1500 200 202 205 208 208
1000-1500 248 262 266 266 270
500-1000 1050 1151 1208 1 216 1243
200-500 2970 3092 3191 3240 3269
Below 200 4371 4536 4671 4700 4719
Total 8839 9243 9541 9630 9709
National Highways (Central Sector)
14.3 The process of
improvement of National Highways in
the state having total length of 1,458
Km, which include urban links and byepasses,
continued during the year also.
Upto the end of December, 2011,
expenditure of `100.40 crore has been
incurred.
Railways
14.4 There are only two
narrow gauge railway lines connecting
Shimla with Kalka (96 Km.) and
Jogindernagar with Pathankot (113
Km.) and one 33 Km. broad gauge
railway line from Nangal Dam to
Charuru (District Una).