Lok Sabha Question No. 1573 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-09
Subject: Agencies Involved under PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: HARISHCHANDRA DEORAM CHAVAN, MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1573 TO BE ANSWERED ON 9.3.2017

## Agencies Involved under PMGSY

†1573. SHRI HARISHCHANDRA CHAVAN:

## SHRI MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  held  any  agency  responsible  for  the  unsatisfactory  ong work, poor quality of rural roads and lack of proper maintenance of these roads;
- (b) if so, the details thereof during the last three years and the current year, State/ UT - wise;
- (c) the names of the agencies against whom action has been taken, State/UT - wise; and
- (d) the outcome of the said action?

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

(a)to(d) As per the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) Guidelines and Operations Manual, ensuring the quality of the road works is responsibility of the State Government are implementing the Programme. To this end, all works must be effectively supervised. The Quality  Control  Register  prescribed  by  the  NRRDA  to  operationalise  the  provisions  of mandatory testing prescribed under the specifications areinvariably tobe maintained for each of the road w orks. It is also prescribed that p ayment shall not be made to the Contractor unless the tests have been conducted as per the prescribed procedure and the results have been foun satisfactory. A three - tier Quality Management mechanism is envisaged und er the PMGSY . The first tier of quality management mechanism is in - house quality control system of the Executing Agency whereas, the second tier of quality management mechanism will be independent qual assurance system operationalized by the State Gover nment. Therefore, the State Governments would be responsible for the first two - tiers of the Quality Management Structure. The third tier i envisaged as independent quality management mechanism operationalised by the NRRDA, as such, this tier would be enfo rced by NRRDA through the National Quality Monitors (NQMs.)

The quality of road work is graded under three categories viz., 'Satisfactory' (S),  Satisfactory Requiring improvement' (SRI), and 'Unsatisfactory' (U). In the case of road works graded as SRI and  U,  the  concerned  State  Government  has  to  ensure  that  the  contractor  replaces material or rectifies the workmanship (as the case may be) within a reasonable time perio

Action Taken Reports of the road works graded as Satisfactory Requiring Improv ement (SRI) and  Unsatisfactory  by  the  State  Quality  Monitors  are  monitored  by  the  respective Governments. Similarly, for road works graded as Satisfactory Requiring Improvement (S and Unsatisfactory on the basis of observations of National Quality Monitors, the Action Taken Reports for such cases, submitted by respective States are monitored by National Rural Development Agency.

As regards, proper maintenance of road works under PMGSY, all projects under the programm are covered by a five - yearmaintenance contract along with the construction contract, with t same contractor. During the initial five years maintenance period (defect liability pe contractor is required to maintain the roads to the defined serviceable standards and re nsible for rectifying all defects. After the completion of defect liability period of five yea are transferred to the respective States for maintenance.

A statement containing details of inspections conducted by State Quality Monitors (SQMs) and National Quality Monitors (NQMs) during the last three  years and current years is given at A nnexure .

The  States  implement  the  programme  through  respective  State  Rural  Roads  Development Agencies. States being the Executive Agencies, details about Actio n Taken against the erring Contracting agencies are not maintained Centrally, inthe Ministry.

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| Sr. No.                                                                                      | Name of the State                                                                            | Total no. of inspection conducted                                                            | Total no. of inspection conducted                                                            | Total no. of inspection conducted                                                            | Total no. of inspection conducted                                                            | Total no. of inspection conducted by NQMs                                                    | Total no. of inspection conducted by NQMs                                                    | Total no. of inspection conducted by NQMs                                                    | Total no. of inspection conducted by NQMs                                                    |
| Sr. No.                                                                                      | Name of the State                                                                            | 2013-14                                                                                      | 2014-15                                                                                      | 2015-16                                                                                      | 2016-17(upto Feb,2017)                                                                       | 2013- 14                                                                                     | 2014- 15                                                                                     | 2015- 16                                                                                     | 2016- 17(upto Feb,2017)                                                                      |
| 1                                                                                            | Andhra Pradesh                                                                               | 318                                                                                          | 755                                                                                          | 542                                                                                          | 243                                                                                          | 12                                                                                           | 45                                                                                           | 173                                                                                          | 37                                                                                           |
| 2                                                                                            | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                            | 261                                                                                          | 146                                                                                          | 150                                                                                          | 258                                                                                          | 46                                                                                           | 15                                                                                           | 55                                                                                           | 39                                                                                           |
| 3                                                                                            | Assam                                                                                        | 1179                                                                                         | 1296                                                                                         | 833                                                                                          | 956                                                                                          | 260                                                                                          | 300                                                                                          | 237                                                                                          | 534                                                                                          |
| 4                                                                                            | Bihar                                                                                        | 4408                                                                                         | 5447                                                                                         | 6599                                                                                         | 5373                                                                                         | 282                                                                                          | 606                                                                                          | 455                                                                                          | 1295                                                                                         |
| 5                                                                                            | Chhattisgarh                                                                                 | 1191                                                                                         | 2096                                                                                         | 2272                                                                                         | 1097                                                                                         | 138                                                                                          | 298                                                                                          | 333                                                                                          | 267                                                                                          |
| 6                                                                                            | Gujarat                                                                                      | 664                                                                                          | 2953                                                                                         | 806                                                                                          | 111                                                                                          | 66                                                                                           | 233                                                                                          | 177                                                                                          | 40                                                                                           |
| 7                                                                                            | Haryana                                                                                      | 1                                                                                            | 285                                                                                          | 99                                                                                           | 17                                                                                           | 0                                                                                            | 64                                                                                           | 42                                                                                           | 0                                                                                            |
| 8                                                                                            | Himachal Pradesh                                                                             | 170                                                                                          | 377                                                                                          | 331                                                                                          | 479                                                                                          | 87                                                                                           | 130                                                                                          | 172                                                                                          | 146                                                                                          |
| 9                                                                                            | Jammu And Kashmir                                                                            | 630                                                                                          | 651                                                                                          | 726                                                                                          | 562                                                                                          | 77                                                                                           | 119                                                                                          | 209                                                                                          | 78                                                                                           |
| 10                                                                                           | Jharkhand                                                                                    | 858                                                                                          | 1849                                                                                         | 1682                                                                                         | 1481                                                                                         | 162                                                                                          | 179                                                                                          | 277                                                                                          | 709                                                                                          |
| 11                                                                                           | Karnataka                                                                                    | 28                                                                                           | 746                                                                                          | 520                                                                                          | 448                                                                                          | 14                                                                                           | 141                                                                                          | 217                                                                                          | 46                                                                                           |
|                                                                                              | Kerala                                                                                       | 137                                                                                          | 401                                                                                          | 790                                                                                          | 728                                                                                          | 42                                                                                           | 77                                                                                           | 218                                                                                          | 108                                                                                          |
| 12 13                                                                                        | Madhya Pradesh                                                                               | 2341                                                                                         | 3351                                                                                         | 5824                                                                                         | 3691                                                                                         | 313                                                                                          | 761                                                                                          | 823                                                                                          | 543                                                                                          |
| 14                                                                                           | Maharashtra                                                                                  | 711                                                                                          | 1829                                                                                         | 954                                                                                          | 774                                                                                          | 40                                                                                           | 232                                                                                          | 487                                                                                          | 205                                                                                          |
| 15                                                                                           | Manipur                                                                                      | 31                                                                                           | 204                                                                                          | 336                                                                                          | 303                                                                                          | 0                                                                                            | 37                                                                                           | 90                                                                                           | 56                                                                                           |
| 16                                                                                           | Meghalaya                                                                                    | 61                                                                                           | 102                                                                                          | 66                                                                                           | 168                                                                                          | 27                                                                                           | 49                                                                                           | 42                                                                                           | 61                                                                                           |
|                                                                                              | Mizoram                                                                                      | 34                                                                                           | 77                                                                                           | 40                                                                                           | 30                                                                                           | 32                                                                                           | 10                                                                                           | 1                                                                                            | 17                                                                                           |
| 17 18                                                                                        | Nagaland                                                                                     | 48                                                                                           | 48                                                                                           | 0                                                                                            | 2                                                                                            | 21                                                                                           | 0                                                                                            | 10                                                                                           | 4                                                                                            |
| 19                                                                                           | Odisha                                                                                       | 2572                                                                                         | 2414                                                                                         | 3588                                                                                         | 3695                                                                                         | 260                                                                                          | 384                                                                                          | 569                                                                                          | 795                                                                                          |
| 20                                                                                           | Punjab                                                                                       | 119                                                                                          | 227                                                                                          | 214                                                                                          | 300                                                                                          | 147                                                                                          | 81                                                                                           | 178                                                                                          | 94                                                                                           |
| 21                                                                                           | Rajasthan                                                                                    | 507                                                                                          | 1973                                                                                         | 1470                                                                                         | 1586                                                                                         | 192                                                                                          | 159                                                                                          | 463                                                                                          | 314                                                                                          |
| 22                                                                                           | Sikkim                                                                                       | 123                                                                                          | 221                                                                                          | 114                                                                                          | 174                                                                                          | 42                                                                                           | 18                                                                                           | 37                                                                                           | 38                                                                                           |
| 23                                                                                           | Tamilnadu                                                                                    | 736                                                                                          | 2005                                                                                         | 1275                                                                                         | 1036                                                                                         | 175                                                                                          | 363                                                                                          | 215                                                                                          | 166                                                                                          |
| 24                                                                                           | Telangana                                                                                    | 188                                                                                          | 168                                                                                          | 243                                                                                          | 154                                                                                          | 23                                                                                           | 28                                                                                           | 108                                                                                          | 61                                                                                           |

| 25   | Tripura       |   112 |   340 |   226 |   342 |   39 |   59 |   59 |   76 |
|------|---------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|------|------|------|------|
| 26   | Uttar Pradesh |  2108 |  2614 |  2222 |  1712 |  251 |  449 |  491 |  259 |
| 27   | Uttarakhand   |   361 |   402 |   829 |   692 |    9 |   99 |   94 |   76 |
| 28   | West Bengal   |  1217 |  1581 |  1855 |  1581 |  220 |  290 |  284 |  309 |
|      | Total         | 21114 | 34558 | 34606 | 27993 | 2977 | 5226 | 6516 | 6373 |