Lok Sabha Question No. 1514 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-24
Subject: Monitoring of Quality Roads under PMGSY by using Space Technology
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: BHARAT SINGH, RAMESH POKHRIYAL NISHANK

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO .1514

TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.11.2016

## MONITORING OF QUALITY ROADS UNDER PMGSY BY USING SPACE TECHNOLOGY

## 1514. SHRI BHARAT SINGH:

## DR. RAMESH POKHRIYAL "NISHANK":

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  space  technology  is being  applied  in  monitoring  the  quality  of roads construction under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY);
- (b) ifso, the details thereof and the States being covered under it along with the amount being spent on this Yojana;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to cover the entire country under this yojana and if so, the details thereof ;
- (d) whetherthe Government has made any co - ordination with the Department of Space in this regard and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) the  special  arrangements  made  for monitoring  the  naxalite  affected,  backward, remote, border and hilly areas of the country; and
- (f) the amount likely to be spent on this yojana?

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

(a)to(f) : To monitor the variance between the progress of implementation of the scheme the  progress  reported  electronically  by  the  States on  the  scheme  MIS,  ie.  OMMAS, the National Rural Roads Development Agency (NRRDA), Ministry of Rural Development and Centre  for  Geo -In formatics  Application  in  Rural  Development  (CGARD)  of  National Institute of  Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, Hyderabad entered into an Memoran of Understanding on 16.12.2015 to useSatellite imagery for planning and monitoring of Pradhan  Mantri  Gra m  Sadak  Yojana( PMGSY ) roads  in  five  States  (two  districts  each selected under this Pilot project. The States/districts selected under this project

- (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)

The esti mated cost of this pilot project i s Rs. 100 .82lakh, out of which, Rs. 30.24 6 lakh has so far been released to CGARD , NIRD, Hyderabad .

The report of CGARD based on the pilot project reveals that 70 road works out of 242  road  works  analyzed  using  Satellite  Imageries  have shown variations  in  road  length constructed vis - à- vis road length sanctioned. The district - wisesta us 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 alsobeen share d with the concerned States for comments and appropriate  action. Based  on  the  outcome  of  sample  study  in  10  districts  in  5  States Ministry has taken a decision to universalize this intervention across all States including Left Wing Extremism affected districts, backward, remote border and hilly areas in co llaboration with National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) under Department of Space.

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