Lok Sabha Question No. 3329 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-16
Subject: All Weather Roads
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Devendrappa Y

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3329 ANSWERED ON 16.03.2021

## ALL WEATHER ROADS

## 3329.   SHRI Y. DEVENDRAPPA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the number and details of eligible habitations connected by all-weather roads in the country, Statewise; and
- (b) the target of the number of eligible habitations to be connected by all-weather roads and the time-frame for achievement of the target, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): 'Rural Roads' is a State subject and Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) was launched as a one-time special intervention to provide rural connectivity, by way of a single all-weather road, to the eligible unconnected habitations of designated population size (500+ in plain areas and 250+ in North-Eastern States, Himalayan States, Himalayan Union Territories, Deserts  and  Tribal  Areas  as  per  2001  census)  in  the  core  network  for  uplifting  the  socioeconomic condition of the rural population. In the critical Left Wing Extremism affected blocks (as  identified  by  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs),  provision  were  made  to  connect  habitations  with population 100 persons and above (as per 2001 census).

Against 1,78,184 eligible habitations of 250+ and 500+ population size identified for coverage under the scheme, 16,086 habitations have been provided connectivity by the States out of their own resources and 4,689 habitations have either been dropped or have not been found feasible due  to  various  reasons.  Out  of  the  balance  1,57,409  habitations  sanctioned  for  providing connectivity under the PMGSY, 1,54,555 have already been connected by all-weather roads and the balance 2,854 habitations are targeted for connectivity by March, 2022.

Under  100-249  population  category  habitations  in  LWE  areas,  out  of  6,286  habitations sanctioned for providing all-weather road connectivity, 5,560 habitations have been provided allweather  road  connectivity  and  balance  726  habitations  are  targeted  for  all-weather  road connectivity by March, 2022.

The  State/UT-wise  status of providing connectivity to eligible habitations are given at Annexure .

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## Annexure

## State-wise details of eligible habitations connected and balance to be connected by all-weather roads

| Annexure referred to in part(a) &(b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.3329 for 16.3.2021   | Annexure referred to in part(a) &(b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.3329 for 16.3.2021   | Annexure referred to in part(a) &(b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.3329 for 16.3.2021   | Annexure referred to in part(a) &(b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.3329 for 16.3.2021   | Annexure referred to in part(a) &(b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.3329 for 16.3.2021   | Annexure referred to in part(a) &(b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.3329 for 16.3.2021   |
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| Sr. No.                                                                                      | State Name                                                                                   | Habitation category 250+& 500+                                                               | Habitation category 250+& 500+                                                               | Habitation category 100-249                                                                  | Habitation category 100-249                                                                  |
|                                                                                              |                                                                                              | Connected                                                                                    | Balance habitations                                                                          | Connected                                                                                    | Balance habaitations                                                                         |
| 1                                                                                            | Andaman And Nicobar Islands                                                                  | 6                                                                                            | 1                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            |
| 2                                                                                            | Andhra Pradesh                                                                               | 1,215                                                                                        | 19                                                                                           | 139                                                                                          | 63                                                                                           |
| 3                                                                                            | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                            | 526                                                                                          | 115                                                                                          | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            |
| 4                                                                                            | Assam                                                                                        | 13,380                                                                                       | 367                                                                                          | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            |
| 5                                                                                            | Bihar                                                                                        | 29,308                                                                                       | 776                                                                                          | 1,341                                                                                        | 88                                                                                           |
| 6                                                                                            | Chhattisgarh                                                                                 | 9,488                                                                                        | 248                                                                                          | 887                                                                                          | 301                                                                                          |
| 7                                                                                            | Goa                                                                                          | 1                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            |
| 8                                                                                            | Gujarat                                                                                      | 3,048                                                                                        | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            |
| 9                                                                                            | Haryana                                                                                      | 1                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            |
| 10                                                                                           | Himachal Pradesh                                                                             | 2,405                                                                                        | 159                                                                                          | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            |
| 11                                                                                           | Jammu And Kashmir                                                                            | 1,932                                                                                        | 216                                                                                          | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            |
| 12                                                                                           | Jharkhand                                                                                    | 9,544                                                                                        | 10                                                                                           | 1,396                                                                                        | 31                                                                                           |
| 13                                                                                           | Karnataka                                                                                    | 296                                                                                          | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            |
| 14                                                                                           | Kerala                                                                                       | 402                                                                                          | 2                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            |
| 15                                                                                           | Madhya Pradesh                                                                               | 17,484                                                                                       | 45                                                                                           | 3                                                                                            | 9                                                                                            |
| 16                                                                                           | Maharashtra                                                                                  | 1,335                                                                                        | 12                                                                                           | 42                                                                                           | 32                                                                                           |
| 17                                                                                           | Manipur                                                                                      | 590                                                                                          | 62                                                                                           | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            |
| 18                                                                                           | Meghalaya                                                                                    | 383                                                                                          | 220                                                                                          | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            |
| 19                                                                                           | Mizoram                                                                                      | 215                                                                                          | 17                                                                                           | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            |
| 20                                                                                           | Nagaland                                                                                     | 95                                                                                           | 14                                                                                           | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            |
| 21                                                                                           | Odisha                                                                                       | 15,178                                                                                       | 150                                                                                          | 1,507                                                                                        | 188                                                                                          |
| 22                                                                                           | Punjab                                                                                       | 389                                                                                          | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            |
| 23                                                                                           | Rajasthan                                                                                    | 15,981                                                                                       | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            |
| 24                                                                                           | Sikkim                                                                                       | 330                                                                                          | 20                                                                                           | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            |
| 25                                                                                           | Tamilnadu                                                                                    | 1,985                                                                                        | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            |
| 26                                                                                           | Tripura                                                                                      | 1,936                                                                                        | 72                                                                                           | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            |
| 27                                                                                           | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                | 11,748                                                                                       | 1                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            |
| 28                                                                                           | Uttarakhand                                                                                  | 1,625                                                                                        | 247                                                                                          | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            |
| 29                                                                                           | West Bengal                                                                                  | 13,070                                                                                       | 86                                                                                           | 138                                                                                          | 12                                                                                           |
| 30                                                                                           | Telangana                                                                                    | 595                                                                                          | 0                                                                                            | 107                                                                                          | 2                                                                                            |
| 31                                                                                           | Ladakh                                                                                       | 64                                                                                           | 1                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            |
|                                                                                              | Total                                                                                        | 1,54,555                                                                                     | 2,854                                                                                        | 5,560                                                                                        | 726                                                                                          |