Lok Sabha Question No. 31 (STARRED), answered on 2020-02-04
Subject: Link Routes under PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Ajay (Teni) Misra

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 31

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.02.2020

## LINK ROUTES UNDER PMGSY

## *31. SHRI AJAY KUMAR MISRA TENI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether after inter-linking the villages of the country, the Government proposes to  construct  link  routes  between  the  rural  institutions  in  the  third  phase  of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY);
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

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

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

## Statement referred to in reply to Parts (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 31 due for answer on 04.02.2020

(a) to (c): The  Government  has  approved  phase-III  of  Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) with an aim to consolidate 1,25,000 km Through Routes and Major Rural Links  connecting  habitations,  inter-alia  to  Gramin  Agricultural  Markets  (GrAMs),  Higher Secondary Schools and Hospitals at an estimated cost of Rs 80,250 crore (Central Share- Rs. 53,800 crore, State Share- Rs. 26,450 crore). The State-wise allocation of Road length under PMGSY-III is as under:-

| S. No.   | Name of State(s)   | Allocated Length under PMGSY-III )in km)   |
|----------|--------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh     | 3285                                       |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh  | 1375                                       |
| 3        | Assam              | 4325                                       |
| 4        | Bihar              | 6162.5                                     |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh       | 5612.5                                     |
| 6        | Goa                | 62.5                                       |
| 7        | Gujarat            | 3012.5                                     |
| 8        | Haryana            | 2500                                       |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh   | 3125                                       |
| 10       | Jammu &Kashmir     | 1950                                       |
| 11       | Jharkhand          | 4125                                       |
| 12       | Karnataka          | 5612.5                                     |
| 13       | Kerala             | 1425                                       |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh     | 12362.5                                    |
| 15       | Maharashtra        | 6550                                       |
| 16       | Manipur            | 812.5                                      |
| 17       | Meghalaya          | 1225                                       |
| 18       | Mizoram            | 487.5                                      |
| 19       | Nagaland           | 562.5                                      |
| 20       | Odisha             | 9400                                       |
| 21       | Punjab             | 3362.5                                     |
| 22       | Rajasthan          | 8662.5                                     |
| 23       | Sikkim             | 287.5                                      |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu         | 7375                                       |
| 25       | Telangana          | 2427.5                                     |
| 26       | Tripura            | 775                                        |
| 27       | Uttarakhand        | 2287.5                                     |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh      | 18937.5                                    |
| 29       | West Bengal        | 6287.5                                     |
| 30       | Union Territories  | 625                                        |
|          | Total              | 125,000                                    |