Lok Sabha Question No. 1739 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-28
Subject: Repair of Roads under 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 UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1739

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.12.2017

## REPAIR OF ROADS UNDER PMGSY

## 1739.   SHRIMATI RANJEET RANJAN: SHRI RAJESH RANJAN:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to construct those roads in Bihar under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) which are yet to be constructed and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the time by which the said roads are likely to be constructed;
- (c) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  release  the  funds  for  repair  of  roads constructed under the PMGSY in Bihar; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a): State  has  reported  38,431  eligible  unconnected  habitations  in  Bihar.  Out  of  which 31,053 habitations have been sanctioned under PMGSY. Further the State has reported that, 6831 eligible unconnected habitations have been connected by State Government schemes/not feasible at present. Proposals to connect the remaining 547 eligible unconnected habitations have been recommended by the Empowered Committee and are under process for sanction.

Ministry of Rural Development had launched PMGSY -II in 2013-14. PMGSY-II is mainly focusing the up-gradation of Through routes and Main Rural Links catering to large population by connecting population over a large area and which act as a collectors of traffic from smaller roads and such roads would provide access to growth centres and pass through or  terminate  in  a  Rural  Hub.  Under  PMGSY  II,  roads  already  constructed/upgraded  under PMGSY-I, will become eligible on completion of design life and on the basis  of capacity requirement to accommodate traffic if it has gone beyond the projected traffic and such traffic cannot  be  accommodated  in  the  existing  carriageway  width,  with  the  required  level  of service. The detoriated condition of the road due to non maintenance or non-undertaking of renewal  works  at  the  required  time  cannot  become  a  criterion  for  taking  the  roads  of PMGSY-I in PMGSY-II. A target length of 50,000 Kms has been allocated among the States including Bihar under PMGSY-II for the 12 th Five-year plan period.

(b): As per the PMGSY Programme Guidelines, the roads sanctioned under the scheme, where  the  land  along  the  proposed  alignment,  is  free  from  all  encumbrances,  are  to  be completed by the implementing agencies with a maximum period of 24 months. However, there are cases when the road works are delayed because of factors like availability of land, adverse law and order situations, limited contracting and execution capacities etc. Ministry has  taken  a  decision  vide  letter  dated  20 th November,  2015  to  accelerate  execution  of PMGSY works and complete the connectivity  mandate  of  the  balance  eligible  habitations under PMGSY-I by March, 2019 itself, before the target year of 2022.

(c)& (d):  All roads sanctioned under PMGSY will be covered by 5 years Maintenance by contractors (Defective Liability Period) and after defect liability period, State should maintain the roads. Maintenance of these roads is the responsibility of the State Government out of its own resources.

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