Lok Sabha Question No. 129 (STARRED), answered on 2016-11-24
Subject: Use of GIS and Space Imagery Data for PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RANJEET RANJAN, RAJESH RANJAN  (PAPPU  YADAV)

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

## LOK SABHA 129

## STARRED QUESTION NO.

TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.11.2016

## USE OF GIS AND SPACE IMAGERY DATA FOR PMGSY

## *129. SHRIMATI RANJEET RANJAN:

## SHRI RAJESH RANJAN:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  provisions  made  for  quality  check  of  the  material  at  procurement  stage, construction stage, as well as at the maintenance stage of the Pradhan Mantri Sadak Yojana (PMGSY);
- (b) whether  the  Union  Government  has  started  using  GIS  and  Space  Imagery  for improving the planning and monitoring aspects of the scheme and if so, the det thereof  including  the  data  available  on  the  improvement  in  the  planning  proc timeline and monit oring since the introduction of GIS and Space Imagery techniques;
- (c) the savings generated by the use of GIS or Space Imagery along with the aspect the road building process which has witnessed maximum improvement through their use; and
- (d) whetherthe Space Imagery input is being used by the Union Government to approve payments and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR )

( a) to (d ): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## Statement referred inreplyto Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 129 due for answer on 24.11.2016

Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) prescribes that , the value of finished items of work  executed  is to  bepaid  to  the  contractor  in  accordance  with  the  bill  of  quantit Separate payment for procurement of materials is not made to the contractor. Further, the agreement, the contractor is required to carry out mandatory tests of quality of material and  workmanship,  during  execution,  as  prescribed  in  the  specification  for  which contractor establishes a field lab having requisite equipments and manpower, at a lo decided by the Engineer in - charg e  of  PMGSY. The Project Implementation Unit (PIU) is mandated to verify the setting up of field labs by the contractor. The existence of the well as the quality testing done by them is also checked by State Quality Monitors ( and National Quality Monitors (NQMs). Payment of first bill to th e  contractor  by  PIU  is linked to the establishment of such field labs by the contractor.

In order to create a mechanism to detect the variance between the progress of implemen of the scheme and the progress reported electronically by the States on t he programme MIS, ie. OMMAS, the National Rural Roads Development Agency (NRRDA), Ministry of Rural Development and Centre for Geo -Informatics Application in Rural Development (CGARD) of  National  Institute  of  Rural  Developm nt  &  Panchyati  Raj,  Hyderabad entered  into  an Memorandum  of  Understanding  on  16.12.2015  regarding  the  use  of  Satellite  imagery  fo planning and monitoring of PMGSY roads in five States (two districts each) selected u this project. The States/districts selected under this project are:

- (1) Assam (Kamrup and Darrang Districts).
- (2) Chhattisgarh (Raigarh and Korba Districts).
- (3) Odisha (Puri and Nayagarh Districts).
- (4) Rajasthan (Jaipur and Alwar Districts).
- (5) Telangana (Nalgonda and Karimnagar Districts)

Under the project the follow ing parameters have been covered:

- ( a) Checkingthe feasibility of the proposed alignment of Roads in terms of its cost effectiveness and other geo - morphological constraints.
- ( b) Checkingthe progress report by the States (OMMAS) with respect to;
- (i) Reported alig nment i.e. habitations covered.
- (ii) Reported physical progress of construction.

The report of CGARD based on the sample study reveals that 70 road works out of 242 r works analyzed using Satellite Imageries have variations in road length constructed vi s- à- vis road length sanctioned.

The  report  of  CGARD  has  been  shared  with  the  concerned  States  for  comments  and appropriate  action.  Based  on  the  outcome  of  sample  study  in  10  districts  in  5  Stat Ministry has taken a decision to universalize this intervention across all States in co rdination with National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA) under Department of Space.

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