Lok Sabha Question No. 3695 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-09
Subject: Damaged Rural Roads and Bridges by Floods
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Tejpratap Singh,Yadav, ANJU BALA

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3695 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.08.2018

## DAMAGED RURAL ROADS AND BRIDGES BY FLOODS

## 3695.   SHRI TEJ PRATAP SINGH YADAV: SHRIMATI ANJU BALA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether several rural roads/bridges have been damaged and washed away due to floods in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  including  Sugauli-Piparpati  road  in  Champaran  district  of Bihar;
- (c) whether the Union Government has received any proposal from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh for funds to repair/rebuild such flood damaged rural roads; and if so, the details thereof along with the reaction of the Union Government thereto;
- (d) the details of funds made available to Bihar and Uttar Pradesh during the last three years District-wise; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Union Government to repair/rebuild the roads/ bridges damaged due to floods in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh?

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

(a)  &  (b):    As  reported  by  the  State  Governments  of  Bihar  and  Uttar  Pradesh,  Rural roads/bridges including roads constructed under Pradhan Mantri Gram  Sadak  Yojana (PMGSY) sustained damages due to flood in these States in the year 2017. The damage to the rural  roads  and  bridges  as  reported  by  the  State  Governments  of  Bihar  and  Uttar  Pradesh  is summarized below:

| Name of the State   |   No. of Rural Roads Affected |   Total Length (in km.) |   Damaged Length (in km.) |   No. of Damaged Culverts |   No. of Damaged Bridges |   No. of Damaged Approach road to bridges |
|---------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| Bihar               |                          3119 |                 13836.9 |                   4236.61 |                       484 |                       51 |                                        45 |
| Uttar Pradesh       |                            01 |                     1.5 |                      0.3  |                        00 |                       00 |                                        00 |

The  Sugauli-Piparpanti  road  is  not  a  PMGSY  road  but  a  Major  District  Road  under  Road Construction Department (RCD), Bihar. As reported by Road Construction Department (RCD), this road has a total length of 7 km of which 200 mts got damaged during the flood.

(c):  The  road  damaged  in  the  State  of  Uttar  Pradesh  is  under  5  years  routine  maintenance period. Routine Maintenance and repair works are done by the State Government through their own  resources.  No  proposal  was  received  in  the  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  from Government of Bihar for funds to repair/rebuild such flood damaged roads. The Programme guidelines of PMGSY  also  do  not  have  any  provision for repair or replacement or reconstruction of rural roads earlier constructed under PMGSY and damaged/washed away as a result of natural disaster.

(d):  The details of funds made available to Bihar and Uttar Pradesh during the last three years for implementation of PMGSY are given below:-

| Name of the State   | Funds released (Rs. in crore)   | Funds released (Rs. in crore)   | Funds released (Rs. in crore)   |
|---------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|                     | 2015-16                         | 2016-17                         | 2017-18                         |
| Bihar               | 2781                            | 3033.105                        | 1349.31                         |
| Uttar Pradesh       | 1110.35                         | 1234.87                         | 866.81                          |

Further release of funds to Project Implementation Units (PIUs) of the Districts is done by the State Government.

(e):    The  State  Government  of  Bihar  has  reported  that  almost  all  the  roads/bridges  of  Rural Works Department, Bihar which got damaged during the floods have been restored and made motorable.

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