Lok Sabha Question No. 90 (STARRED), answered on 2017-12-21
Subject: Monitoring of Construction of Rural Roads
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: G. HARI

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

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 90 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2017

## MONITORING OF CONSTRUCTION OF RURAL ROADS

## *90. SHRI G. HARI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  ensure  efficient  and  stringent  monitoring  of construction of rural roads across the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government also proposes to examine global standards in the application of technology for road construction; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

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

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

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## Statement referred to in reply to Parts (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 90  for answer on 21.12.2017

(a): The construction of rural roads under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) is  regularly  monitored  by  way  of  Regional  Review  Meetings  (RRMs),  Performance  Review Meeting  (PRC),  Pre-Empowered  Committee  and  Empowered  Committee  Meetings  with  the States.    At  District  level,  the  District  Development  Coordination  and  Monitoring  Committee (Disha) headed by a Member of Parliament monitors the implementation of various schemes of Government of India including Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana.  In addition to this, review meetings are also held by Secretary/ Additional Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development with Chief  Secretaries  of  the  States.  For  effective  monitoring  of  road  works  constructed  under Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  Sadak  Yojana  (PMGSY),  an  On-line  Management,  Monitoring  and Accounting  System  (OMMAS) (www.omms.nic.in) has  also  been  developed.    A  three-tier Quality Control mechanism viz. Project Inspection Unit (PIU), State Quality Monitors (SQM) and National Quality Monitors (NQM) is envisaged under the PMGSY for ensuring construction of  quality  road  works.  Further,  the  Government  has  decided  to  use  geo-  informatics  using satellite imagery, on a real time basis, to verify the progress of implementation of PMGSY as reported electronically by the States.

(b) & (c):   In  India,  Indian  Roads  Congress  (IRC),  an  autonomous  body  of  Ministry  of  Road, Transport and Highways (MoRTH), prescribes the standards for construction of roads including PMGSY roads.  Various Committees of IRC, consider the different technologies being adopted globally for construction of roads and recommends the appropriate technologies for adoption in India.    These  recommendations  are  finally  approved  by  IRC  Council  and  then  adopted  as Technical Standards for Indian roads. Under PMGSY, efforts have been made to adopt various new technologies including stabilization techniques, cold mix, waste plastic, nano-technology, natural and man-made textiles, use of locally available materials, use of waste materials, etc. The States  have  reported  completion  10,984  Km  of  road  length  using  such  Technologies  under PMGSY since its inception.

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