Lok Sabha Question No. 430 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-17
Subject: Widening of Roads under PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: ALOK SANJAR

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO .430

TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.11.2016

## WIDENING OF ROADS UNDER PMGSY

## 430. SHRI ALOK SANJAR:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there is any proposal to widen the roads under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sad Yojana (PMGSY) keeping in view the burgeoning problem of traffic congestion;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  time  by  which  the  said  pr oposal  is  likely  to  be implemented; and
- (c) the  number  of  roads  proposed  to  be  covered  under  the  said  scheme,  State/UTwis including Madhya Pradesh?

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

- ( a) to (b) : Rural Roads' is a State subject and Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) is a one - time special intervention to provide rural connectivity, by way of a single all - weather road, to the eligible unconnected habitations in the core network. According to t he Rural Roads Manual, IRC SP: 20 and based on recommendations of Expert committee, the road way width prescribed for Plain and Rolling area is 7.50 m for Through Roads and 6.00 m for Link r The  carriageway  width  for  Through  road  is  3.75  m  and  Link  ro ad  is  3.00  m.  In  respect  of Mountainous and steep area, the Roadway width is 6.00 m for both Through road and Link r and  carriageway  width  is  3.75  m  for  Through  roads  and  3.00  m  for  Link  roads.  PMGSY -II, launched  in  2013  for  consolidation  of  existing  ru ral  road  network  and  it  aims  to  cover upgradation (including widening) of selected rural roads. Compared to PMGSY -I, in PMGSY - II States have been permitted to upgrade roads with carriageway width upto 5.50 m and Roadw width of 9 m based on the traffic in tensity and growth potential.
- (c) : The total target length under PMGSY -II is 50,000 Km. The State - wis  target is annexed .

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## Annexure referred to Lok Sabha Un - starred Q.No. 430 due for answer on 17. 11.2016 State - wisetarget under PMGSY - II

| S. No.   | Name of State(s)   | Length in km   |
|----------|--------------------|----------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh     | 2,285          |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh  | 550            |
| 3        | Assam              | 1,730          |
| 4        | Bihar              | 2,465          |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh       | 2,245          |
| 6        | Goa                | 25             |
| 7        | Gujarat            | 1,205          |
| 8        | Haryana            | 1,000          |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh   | 1,250          |
| 10       | Jammu & Kashmir    | 780            |
| 11       | Jharkhand          | 1,650          |
| 12       | Karnataka          | 2,245          |
| 13       | Kerala             | 570            |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh     | 4,945          |
| 15       | Maharashtra        | 2,620          |
| 16       | Manipur            | 325            |
| 17       | Meghalaya          | 490            |
| 18       | Mizoram            | 195            |
| 19       | Nagaland           | 225            |
| 20       | Odisha             | 3,760          |
| 21       | Punjab             | 1,345          |
| 22       | Rajasthan          | 3,465          |
| 23       | Sikkim             | 115            |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu         | 2,950          |
| 25       | Tripura            | 310            |
| 26       | Uttarakhand        | 915            |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh      | 7,575          |
| 28       | West Bengal        | 2,515          |
| 29       | Union Territories  | 250            |
|          | Total              | 50,000         |