Lok Sabha Question No. 223 (STARRED), answered on 2018-08-02
Subject: Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR, RAJESH RANJAN  (PAPPU  YADAV)

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 223

TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.08.2018

## PRADHAN MANTRI GRAM SADAK YOJANA

## *223.   SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR: SHRI RAJESH RANJAN:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the works under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) are being executed at a slower pace in Bihar and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the construction of roads approved five years ago is still incomplete and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to take any concrete steps to connect all the rural habitations with the main roads in Bihar; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the time by which it is likely to be completed?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## Statement referred to in reply to Parts (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No 223 due for answer on 02.08.2018

(a) to (d): Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) is a one-time special intervention of the Union Government to provide rural connectivity, by way of single all-weather road, to the eligible unconnected habitations in the core network. Under PMGSY, all eligible unconnected habitations with  more  than  500  population  in  plain  areas,  250+  population  in  Special  Category  States( Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Himachal Pradesh,  Jammu  and  Kashmir  and  Uttarakhand),  the  Desert  Areas  (as  identified  in  the  District Development  Programme),  the  Tribal  (Schedule  V)  areas  and  Selected  Tribal  and  Backward districts as identified by the Ministry of Home Affairs/NITI Aayog as per 2001 census are to be connected  by  all  weather  road.    For  critical  Left  Wing  Extremism  (LWE)  affected  blocks  (as identified by MHA), additional relaxation has been given to connect habitations with population of 100 persons and above.

As reported by the State Government of Bihar, out of 10,011 road works, measuring 38,988.50 km road length approved till March, 2013, 9,467 road works with road length 35536.43 km have been completed.

PMGSY is executed through State Rural Roads Development Agency (SRRDA) at State level and Programme Implementation Units (PIUs) at district levels. Sensing the importance and urgency of rural  roads  for  national  development,  the  sanctioning  of  the  projects  has  been  expedited  and adequate funds are being made available. The progress of implementation of PMGSY is regularly reviewed by way of Regional Review Meetings (RRMs), Performance Review Committee (PRC) Meetings  &  Pre-Empowered/Empowered Committee Meetings with the States.  At  District  level, the District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee (Disha) headed by Member of Parliament (LS) monitors the implementation of various schemes of Government of India including PMGSY.  In addition to this, special review meetings are also held by Secretary/ Joint Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development with Chief Secretaries/Principal Secretaries of the States.

All  eligible  unconnected  habitations  as  per  core  network  in  Bihar  under  PMGSY-I  have  been sanctioned road connectivity by the Ministry of Rural Development. The Government of India has taken  a  decision  to  accelerate  execution  of  PMGSY  in  all  States  including  Bihar  by  providing connectivity to eligible habitations as per the Core Network of PMGSY by March, 2019 and in the LWE blocks by 2020.