Performance of Highways and Minor Ports Department During 2023-2024
The Government of Tamil Nadu, Highways and Minor Ports Department document, Performance of Highways and Minor Ports Department During 2023-2024, has an effective date of 6 August 2026 and reports the department's road assets, infrastructure and financial performance. The document does not state a government order number, change land rights or identify any property for acquisition.
Purpose and scope
The Performance of Highways and Minor Ports Department During 2023-2024 is an administrative performance report from the Government of Tamil Nadu, Highways and Minor Ports Department. It describes the roads and structures maintained by the Highways Department, the work undertaken through different schemes, expenditure up to 31 March 2024 and budget estimates for 2024-2025.
The report explains that the department plans, designs and constructs road widening and improvement works, bridges, bypasses, ring roads and grade separators. Road and bridge maintenance is carried out through non-plan schemes.
Road network and structures
The Highways Department reports that it maintains or accounts for an overall road network of 74,021 km.
Key classifications are:
- National Highways, 6,805 km, including 1,677 km maintained by the State National Highways wing and 5,128 km by the National Highways Authority of India.
- State Highways, 12,349 km.
- Major District Roads, 12,034 km.
- Other District Roads, 42,833 km.
- Roads other than National Highways, 67,216 km.
The report lists 143,443 structures. These include 133,949 culverts, 9,183 major and minor bridges, 150 road over bridges, 70 road under bridges, 15 pedestrian or limited-use subways and 76 grade separators. It also records road surface and lane-width details.
Programmes and financial information
The Highways and Minor Ports Department report provides scheme-level budget and expenditure figures in lakh rupees. Reported areas include:
- The Comprehensive Road Infrastructure Development Programme.
- Road maintenance, widening and bridge rehabilitation.
- Bypasses, ring roads and city traffic improvement works.
- Chennai Outer Ring Road and Chennai Peripheral Ring Road projects.
- Railway over bridges and under bridges.
- Rural roads and projects supported by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development.
- Projects receiving assistance from international funding bodies.
The plan schemes table gives a total budget estimate of 1,178,192.57 lakh for 2023-2024, expenditure of 1,196,948.84 lakh up to 31 March 2024 and a budget estimate of 1,275,782.64 lakh for 2024-2025.
Relevance to property owners and buyers
The performance report includes budget entries for acquiring land for bypasses and sections of the Chennai Peripheral Ring Road. However, the supplied text does not identify survey numbers, villages, individual properties, owners or acquisition notices. A buyer or owner cannot use this report alone to determine whether a particular property will be acquired or affected by a highway project.
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Common questions
Does this document acquire my land for a highway project?
No property is identified for acquisition in the supplied text. The report lists budgets for some land acquisition activities but gives no survey numbers, villages, owners or parcel-specific notices.
Does the report change land use or property ownership rights?
The supplied text does not make any land-use or ownership change. It reports highway assets, projects, expenditure and budget estimates.
How much road network does the Highways Department report?
The report gives an overall total of 74,021 km, including 6,805 km of National Highways and 67,216 km of other roads.
Can I confirm that my property is affected by a bypass from this report?
No. Although the report includes bypass works and land acquisition budget entries, it does not provide parcel-level or location-specific acquisition details.
