Lok Sabha Question No. 426 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-17
Subject: Geo-Satellite Monitoring of Rural Roads
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO .426 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.11.2016

## GEO - SATELLITE MONITORING OF RURAL ROADS

## 426. SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK: SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE: SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  a  pilot  project  for  geosatellite monitoring  of  road  construction  has  found nearly one - third of the village roads in ten districts across the country to than the sanctioned length and if so, the details thereof and the reasons ther
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  taken  up the  matter  with  the  respective  State Government in this regard and if so, the details thereof, State/UT - wise;
- (c) whether the Government has decided to universalize the monitoring system and enter into an agreement with the National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA) which manages India's satellite data in this regard; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## ( SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV )

(a)t o(d ) : In order to create a mechanism to detect the variance between the progr implementation of the scheme and the progress reported manually/electronically by th on a real time basis, 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  Development  &  Panchyati  Raj,  Hyderabad  h entered into an Memorandum of Understanding on 16.12.2015 regarding the use of Sate imagery for planning and monitoring of PMGSY (Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana) road in  five  States  (two  districts  each)  selected  under  this  project.  The  States/dist under this project are:

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

The report of CGARD based on the sample study reveals that 70 roa d works out of 242 road works analyzed using Satellite Imageries have variations in road length con vis - à- vis road length sanctioned. The district - wise such variation is given below.

| State         | District   |   No. of Roads analyzed | Variation in total Road length   |
|---------------|------------|-------------------------|----------------------------------|
| Assam         | Kamrup     |                      28 | 6                                |
| Assam         | Darrang    |                      33 | 4                                |
| Rajasthan     | Jaipur     |                      32 | 7                                |
| Rajasthan     | Alwar      |                      28 | 13                               |
| Chhattisgargh | Korba      |                      32 | 10                               |
| Chhattisgargh | Raigarh    |                      35 | 5                                |
| Telanagna     | Karimnagar |                      11 | 4                                |
| Telanagna     | Nalgonda   |                      17 | 8                                |
| Odisha        | Nayagarh   |                      20 | 10                               |
| Odisha        | Puri       |                       6 | 3                                |
| Total         | 10         |                     242 | 70 (29%)                         |

The report of CGARD has recently been shared with the concerned States for comments appropriate action.

Based on the outcome of sample study in 10 districts in 5 States, the Ministry ha decision to universalize this intervention across all St ates.

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