Lok Sabha Question No. 1353 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-09
Subject: Rural Road Projects in Naxal Affected Areas
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: MEKAPATI RAJAMOHAN REDDY, JAYADEV GALLA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO .1353

TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.0 2.2017

## RURAL ROAD PROJECTS IN NAXAL AFFECTED AREAS

## 1353. SHRI M. RAJA MOHAN REDDY: SHRI JAYADEV GALLA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has recently approved road projects worth Rs. 11000 c under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) with the objective to lay 540 Kms of rural roads primarily me ant for naxal affected areas of the country;
- (b) if so, the details of districts where roads are going to be constructed, Sta - wise including Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and the details of implementation peri the said projects; and
- (c) whether  bridges  and  cross  drainage  works  are  also  proposed  to  be  taken  up PMGSY and if so, the details thereof, State/UT - wise?

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

- (a): The Government has  approved  a  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  namely  'Road Connectivity Project for Left Wing Extremism (LWE) Affected Areas' to improve the rural road connectivity in the worst LWE affected districts from security angle. Under the project, construction/upgra dation of 5,411.81km of road and 126 bridges/cross Drainage(CD) works will be taken up at an estimated cost of Rs 11,724.53 crore.

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- (b): This project would be implemented in44 districts ( 35 worst affected LWE districts and 9 adjoining districts) in ni ne States. State - wise details are given as per Annexure - I. The proposed duration of implementation is 4 years i.e. from 2016 - 17 to 2019 - 20.
- (c) : 126 bridges/ CD works are proposed to be taken up under this scheme in 35 L districts and 9 adjoining districts. State wise details of bridges are given at Annexure - II.

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Annexure referred to part (b) in reply of LokSabha Unstarred question no. 1353 to be answered on 09.02.2016

## List of LWE affected districts included in Road Connectivity

|   S no. | State          |   S no. | LWE Districts   | 09 adjoining districts   |
|---------|----------------|---------|-----------------|--------------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh |       1 | Visakhapatnam   |                          |
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh |       2 |                 | East Godvari             |
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh |       3 |                 | Vizianagaram             |
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh |       4 |                 | Srikakulam               |
|       2 | Bihar          |       5 | Aurangabad      |                          |
|       2 | Bihar          |       6 | Gaya            |                          |
|       2 | Bihar          |       7 | Jamui           |                          |
|       2 | Bihar          |       8 | Nawada          |                          |
|       2 | Bihar          |       9 | Banka           |                          |
|       2 | Bihar          |      10 | Muzaffarpur     |                          |
|       3 | Chhattisgarh   |      11 | Bijapur         |                          |
|       3 | Chhattisgarh   |      12 | Sukma           |                          |
|       3 | Chhattisgarh   |      13 | Bastar          |                          |
|       3 | Chhattisgarh   |      14 | Dantewada       |                          |
|       3 | Chhattisgarh   |      15 | Kanker          |                          |
|       3 | Chhattisgarh   |      16 | Narayanpur      |                          |
|       3 | Chhattisgarh   |      17 | Rajnandgaon     |                          |
|       3 | Chhattisgarh   |      18 | Kondagaon       |                          |
|       4 | Jharkhand      |      19 | Gumla           |                          |
|       4 | Jharkhand      |      20 | Khunti          |                          |
|       4 | Jharkhand      |      21 | Latehar         |                          |
|       4 | Jharkhand      |      22 | West singhbjum  |                          |
|       4 | Jharkhand      |      23 | Bokaro          |                          |
|       4 | Jharkhand      |      24 | Hazaribagh      |                          |
|       4 | Jharkhand      |      25 | Chatra          |                          |
|       4 | Jharkhand      |      26 | Garhwa          |                          |
|       4 | Jharkhand      |      27 | Lohardaga       |                          |
|       4 | Jharkhand      |      28 | Simdega         |                          |
|       4 | Jharkhand      |      29 | Palamu          |                          |
|       4 | Jharkhand      |      30 | East Singhbhum  |                          |
|       4 | Jharkhand      |      31 | Ranchi          |                          |
|       4 | Jharkhand      |      32 | Dumka           |                          |
|       4 | Jharkhand      |      33 | Ramgarh         |                          |
|       4 | Jharkhand      |      34 | Giridih         |                          |
|       5 | Maharashtra    |      35 | Gadchiroli      |                          |
|       6 | Odisha         |      36 | Koraput         |                          |
|       6 | Odisha         |      37 | Malkangiri      |                          |
|       7 | Telangana      |      38 | Khammam         |                          |
|       7 | Telangana      |      39 |                 | Adilabad                 |
|       7 | Telangana      |      40 |                 | Warangal                 |
|       7 | Telangana      |      41 |                 | Karim Nagar              |

|   8 | Madhya Pradesh   |   42 | Balaghat   |
|-----|------------------|------|------------|
|   9 | Uttar Pradesh    |   43 | Sonebhadra |
|   9 | Uttar Pradesh    |   44 | Chandauli  |

## Annexure referred to part (c) in reply of LokSabha unstarred question no. 1353 to be answered on 09.02.2016

State wise details of bridges to be constructed: -

|   S.No. | Name of States   | No. of Bridges   |
|---------|------------------|------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh   | 9                |
|       2 | Bihar            | Nil              |
|       3 | Chhattisgarh     | 11               |
|       4 | Jharkhand        | 59               |
|       5 | Maharashtra      | 39               |
|       6 | Odisha           | Nil              |
|       7 | Telangana        | 2                |
|       8 | Madhya Pradesh   | 6                |
|       9 | Uttar Pradesh    | Nil              |
|      10 | Total            | 126              |