Lok Sabha Question No. 313 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-19
Subject: Road Construction under PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: PRALHAD VENKATESH JOSHI

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 313 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.07.2018

## ROAD CONSTRUCTION UNDER PMGSY

## 313. SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the length of roads constructed under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) during the last five years in Kilometers, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has any mechanism to monitor the progress and quality of road construction under PMGSY; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

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

(a) : The  length  of  roads  constructed    (in  Kilometer)  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Gram Sadak  Yojana  (PMGSY)  during  the  last  five  years  State/UT-wise  and  year-wise  is  given  in Annexure.

(b)& (c): The  progress  of  implementation  of  rural  roads  under  PMGSY  is  regularly reviewed during 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  a 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/ Additional Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development with Chief Secretaries of the States.

In order to bring the execution of PMGSY works to the desired quality standard, a three tier  quality  management  mechanism  has  been  institutionalized.    Under  the  first  tier,  the Programme  Implementation  Units  (PIUs)  are  required  to  ensure  process  control  through mandatory  tests  on  material  and  workmanship  at  field  laboratory.    The  second  tier  is  a structured  independent  quality  monitoring  at  the  State  level  through  State  Quality  Monitors (SQMs) to ensure that every work is inspected at initial stage, middle stage and final stage of the  construction.    Under  the  third  tier,  independent  National  Quality  Monitors  (NQMs)  are deployed for random inspection of road works to monitor quality and also to provide guidance of senior professionals to the field functionaries. Based on the periodic monitoring of quality of roads under the 3-tier mechanism, corrective measures, wherever necessary, are taken by the State Governments.

Ministry  has  also  launched  'Meri  Sadak'  Mobile  App  for  Citizen  Feed  Back  System  for PMGSY roads on 20 th July, 2015 for citizens to enable them to submit their feedback related to slow  pace,  abandoned  works,  poor  quality  of  works  of  PMGSY  roads  by  way  of  capturing roads/bridges photographs. The Nodal Officers are required to provide an interim reply to the citizen within 7 days from the receipt of the feedbacks. A final Action Taken Report is required to be submitted to the citizen within a period of 60 days.

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Annexure referred to in part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No 313 for 19.7.2018

| #                 | States (s)          | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   |
|-------------------|---------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1                 | Andhra Pradesh      | 118.91    | 540.72    | 972.73    | 733.55    | 154.06    |
| 2                 | Arunachal Pradesh   | 634.91    | 7.00      | 306.14    | 1360.51   | 1132.02   |
| 3                 | Assam               | 1858.81   | 1276.94   | 989.48    | 929.52    | 1618.63   |
| 4                 | Bihar               | 5479.78   | 4075.06   | 3445.51   | 6601.62   | 5226.69   |
| 5                 | Chhattisgarh        | 1256.25   | 2843.58   | 2041.40   | 1019.57   | 1901.49   |
| 6                 | Goa                 | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      |
| 7                 | Gujarat             | 968.13    | 2834.86   | 693.87    | 211.88    | 50.31     |
| 8                 | Haryana             | 16.05     | 360.49    | 549.18    | 62.85     | 38.28     |
| 9                 | Himachal Pradesh    | 479.06    | 707.38    | 658.64    | 1429.27   | 1772.53   |
| 10                | Jammu &Kashmir      | 866.22    | 858.83    | 789.86    | 1785.16   | 1804.54   |
| 11                | Jharkhand           | 876.80    | 1811.51   | 1281.22   | 3119.52   | 4525.12   |
| 12                | Karnataka           | 205.16    | 470.08    | 999.51    | 897.09    | 58.98     |
| 13                | Kerala              | 188.25    | 266.16    | 393.90    | 314.33    | 373.64    |
| 14                | Madhya Pradesh      | 2652.04   | 4847.83   | 4984.02   | 5081.97   | 5222.45   |
| 15                | Maharashtra         | 778.88    | 528.91    | 890.71    | 2000.70   | 569.76    |
| 16                | Manipur             | 428.51    | 301.68    | 364.55    | 1485.85   | 731.20    |
| 17                | Meghalaya           | 43.99     | 30.72     | 150.96    | 368.87    | 150.33    |
| 18                | Mizoram             | 254.45    | 37.14     | 117.32    | 298.08    | 237.13    |
| 19                | Nagaland            | 97.20     | 198.30    | 93.50     | 395.00    | 85.00     |
| 20                | Odisha              | 1838.58   | 4181.61   | 3894.04   | 5796.93   | 7175.77   |
| 21                | Punjab              | 784.66    | 556.17    | 728.21    | 586.53    | 851.75    |
| 22                | Rajasthan           | 2291.15   | 3412.16   | 2175.37   | 3110.10   | 3260.98   |
| 23                | Sikkim              | 179.59    | 165.25    | 390.77    | 247.42    | 419.16    |
| 24                | Tamil Nadu          | 796.28    | 1629.96   | 590.17    | 883.19    | 1611.76   |
| 25                | Tripura             | 284.25    | 239.21    | 357.33    | 405.62    | 313.14    |
| 26                | Uttar Pradesh       | 770.48    | 2985.65   | 3406.93   | 3,095.25  | 4106.46   |
| 27                | Uttarakhand         | 478.21    | 478.04    | 1025.29   | 1,989.32  | 1839.11   |
| 28                | West Bengal         | 2548.38   | 2215.16   | 2466.15   | 2825.53   | 3213.11   |
| 29                | Telangana           | 182.49    | 200.64    | 397.25    | 408.64    | 302.93    |
|                   | Grand Total         | 27,357.47 | 38061.01  | 35154.00  | 47447.00  | 48746.31  |
| Union Territories | Union Territories   |           |           |           |           |           |
| 30                | A &NIslands         | 0         | 0         | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      |
| 31                | Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 0         | 0         | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      |
| 32                | Daman &Diu          | 0         | 0         | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      |
| 33                | Delhi               | 0         | 0         | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      |
| 34                | Lakshadweep         | 0         | 0         | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      |
| 35                | Pondicherry         | 0         | 0         | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      |
| Total (UTs)       | Total (UTs)         | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      |
| Grand total       | Grand total         | 27,357.47 | 38061.01  | 35154.00  | 47447.00  | 48746.31  |