Lok Sabha Question No. 1913 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-27
Subject: Population Norms for Construction of Roads under PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SHIVKUMAR CHANABASAPPA UDASI, POONAMBEN HEMATBHAI MAADAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1913

TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 7.0 7.2017

## POPULATION NORMS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS UNDER PMGSY

## 1913. SHRI SHIVKUMAR UDASI: SHRIMATI POONAMBEN MAADAM:

W ill the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the length of road targetted to be constructed per day under Pradhan Mantri Gram Yojana (PMGSY) and the actual length of road constructed during the last two fin years and the current year;
- (b) the length of roads constructed under PMGSY in rural areas of the country during three years, State/UT - wise;
- (c) whether the roa ds cannot be constructed in villages with low population density d existing rules of PMGSY and if so, the number of such villages at present, St -wise;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to relax the norms on population for construction of roads under PMGSY in villages located in Scheduled Caste dominated areas; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT ( SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV )

(a)to(e) : 'Rural  Roads'  is  a  State  subject  and    Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  Sadak  Yojana (PMGSY) is a           one - time special intervention of the Government of India to provide connectivity, by way of a single all - weather road, to the eligible unconnected habitatio ns in the core  network.  Projects  under  PMGSY  are  executed  by  State  Governments  through  th designated agencies i.e.  State Rural Roads Development Agencies (SRRDAs) at the State and Programme Implementation Units (PIUs)  at the district level.  The programme envisages connecting all eligible unconnected habitations with a population of 500 persons and per 2001 Census) in plain areas and 250 persons and above (as per 2001 Census) in Category  States  (Arunachal  Pradesh,  Assam,  Manip ur,  Meghalaya,  Mizoram,  Nagaland, Sikkim,Tripura Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand), Tribal (Schedule - V) areas, the Desert Areas  (as identified in Desert Development Programme) and in Select and Backward Districts (as identified b y the Ministry of Home Affairs/Planning Commission). For most intensive IAP blocks as identified by the Ministry of Home Affairs the unco habitations with population 100 and above (as per 2001 Census) are eligible to be cove PMGSY.  The PMG SY permits upgradation (to prescribed standards) of existing rural ro districts where all the eligible habitations of the designated population size have b all  weather  road  connectivity.  Under  PMGSY,  the  unit  is  a  'Habitation'  and  not  a  R evenue village.  All the inhabitants of the eligible habitations get benefit from the road under PMGSY.

Out  of  1,78,184  eligible  habitations  existing  in  the  Core  Network,  1,27,427  habitat been connected under PMGSY as on 30.6.2017 .  The Ministry of Rural Development has set a target of road connectivity to all eligible habitations under PMGSY by 2019.

The Government has also launched PMGSY -II  which  envisages  consolidation  of  the  existin Rural Road Network to improve its overall ef ficiency as a provider of transportation services people, goods and services.  It also focuses to cover upgradation of existing selected (Through Routes and Major Rural Links) based on their economic potential and their facilitating the growth of rural market centre and rural hubs.

The details of the road length targeted for construction and actual achievement thereof last two years and the current year are as follows: -

* From 1 st April, 2017 to 30 th June, 2017

| Year    | Target (in Km)   | Road length constructed (in Km)   | Per day construction (in Km)   |
|---------|------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 2015-16 | 33,649           | 36,449.34                         | 99.86                          |
| 2016-17 | 48,812           | 47,447                            | 130                            |
| 2017-18 | 57,000           | 10,644.98                         | 116.97*                        |

State - wise/UT- wise  details  of  road  length  constructed  under  PMGSY  during  the  last  3  years at Annexure.

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| Details of road length constructed under PMGSY during 2014 -15 to 2016 -17.            | Details of road length constructed under PMGSY during 2014 -15 to 2016 -17.            | Details of road length constructed under PMGSY during 2014 -15 to 2016 -17.            | Details of road length constructed under PMGSY during 2014 -15 to 2016 -17.            | Details of road length constructed under PMGSY during 2014 -15 to 2016 -17.            |
| Sl. No.                                                                                | Name of the                                                                            | State Road Length constructed                                                          | (in                                                                                    | State Road Length constructed                                                          |
|                                                                                        |                                                                                        | 2014-15                                                                                | 2015-16                                                                                | 2016-17                                                                                |
| 1                                                                                      | 2                                                                                      | 3                                                                                      | 4                                                                                      | 5                                                                                      |
| 1                                                                                      | Andhra Pradesh                                                                         | 595.13                                                                                 | 849.73                                                                                 | 733.55                                                                                 |
| 2                                                                                      | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                      | 546.58                                                                                 | 512.67                                                                                 | 1,360.51                                                                               |
| 3                                                                                      | Assam                                                                                  | 869.81                                                                                 | 477.63                                                                                 | 929.52                                                                                 |
| 4                                                                                      | Bihar                                                                                  | 3,631.92                                                                               | 3,730.09                                                                               | 6,601.62                                                                               |
| 5                                                                                      | Chattisgarh                                                                            | 2,648.14                                                                               | 1,859.48                                                                               | 1,019.57                                                                               |
| 6                                                                                      | Goa                                                                                    | -                                                                                      | -                                                                                      | -                                                                                      |
| 7                                                                                      | Gujarat                                                                                | 1,892.16                                                                               | 1,670.68                                                                               | 211.88                                                                                 |
| 8                                                                                      | Haryana                                                                                | 633.39                                                                                 | 318.99                                                                                 | 62.85                                                                                  |
| 9                                                                                      | Himachal Pradesh                                                                       | 484.96                                                                                 | 755.31                                                                                 | 1,429.27                                                                               |
| 10                                                                                     | Jammu & Kashmir                                                                        | 934.66                                                                                 | 488.11                                                                                 | 1,785.16                                                                               |
| 11                                                                                     | Jharkhand                                                                              | 1,750.32                                                                               | 1,346.24                                                                               | 3,119.52                                                                               |
| 12                                                                                     | Karnataka                                                                              | 627.68                                                                                 | 831.23                                                                                 | 897.09                                                                                 |
| 13                                                                                     | Kerala                                                                                 | 345.74                                                                                 | 363.94                                                                                 | 314.33                                                                                 |
| 14                                                                                     | Madhya Pradesh                                                                         | 5,180.92                                                                               | 4,453.23                                                                               | 5,081.97                                                                               |
| 15                                                                                     | Maharashtra                                                                            | 499.97                                                                                 | 892.13                                                                                 | 2,000.70                                                                               |
| 16                                                                                     | Manipur                                                                                | 300.01                                                                                 | 543.82                                                                                 | 1,485.85                                                                               |
| 17                                                                                     | Meghalaya                                                                              | 44.59                                                                                  | 193.29                                                                                 | 368.87                                                                                 |
| 18                                                                                     | Mizoram                                                                                | 48.60                                                                                  | 136.54                                                                                 | 298.08                                                                                 |
| 19                                                                                     | Nagaland                                                                               | 215.30                                                                                 | 129.00                                                                                 | 395.00                                                                                 |
| 20                                                                                     | Odisha                                                                                 | 3,842.68                                                                               | 3,779.98                                                                               | 5,796.93                                                                               |
| 21                                                                                     | Punjab                                                                                 | 737.46                                                                                 | 545.00                                                                                 | 586.53                                                                                 |
| 22                                                                                     | Rajasthan                                                                              | 3,233.33                                                                               | 2,420.75                                                                               | 3,110.10                                                                               |
| 23                                                                                     | Sikkim                                                                                 | 120.92                                                                                 | 344.50                                                                                 | 247.42                                                                                 |
| 24                                                                                     | Tamil Nadu                                                                             | 1,965.28                                                                               | 318.38                                                                                 | 883.19                                                                                 |
| 25                                                                                     | Telangana                                                                              | Nil                                                                                    | 514.83                                                                                 | 408.64                                                                                 |
| 26                                                                                     | Tripura                                                                                | 239.42                                                                                 | 352.12                                                                                 | 405.62                                                                                 |
| 27                                                                                     | Uttar Pradesh                                                                          | 2,000.34                                                                               | 5,032.15                                                                               | 3,095.25                                                                               |
| 28                                                                                     | Uttarakhand                                                                            | 714.62                                                                                 | 1,191.06                                                                               | 1,989.32                                                                               |
| 29                                                                                     | West Bengal                                                                            | 2,232.88                                                                               | 2,398.48                                                                               | 2,825.53                                                                               |
|                                                                                        | TOTAL                                                                                  | 36,336.81                                                                              | 36,449.34                                                                              | 47,447.00                                                                              |