Lok Sabha Question No. 389 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-04
Subject: Hurdles in PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Krupal Balaji Tumane

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 389

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.02.2020

## HURDLES IN PMGSY

## 389. SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  construction  of  roads  under  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  Sadak  Yojana (PMGSY)  is  not  being  done  as  per  the  prescribed  norms  and  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (b) the steps taken by the Government to overcome these hurdles and the details of the results achieved from the action taken thereon;
- (c) the number of roads identified under the said scheme during the last three years and the current year; and
- (d) the details of the projects identified under the said scheme, district-wise?

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

(a) to (b): The roads under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) are being constructed and  measured  as  per  the  Specifications  for  Rural  Roads  of  Ministry  of  Rural  Development published  by  Indian  Roads  Congress  (IRC)  in  2014,  the  Standards  prescribed  in  Rural  Roads Manual IRC-SP: 20, published by IRC and other relevant IRC guidelines in respect of geometric Design Standards,  Pavement  Design  and  construction  specifications  as  per  the  requirements  of site condition.

As an important step to achieve quality output for each road under the Programme, proper survey and adequate investigations are stipulated.  A Detailed Project Report (DPR) is a pre-requisite for project clearance.  At the time of DPR preparation transect walk is also done with the Panchayat and community members along the proposed alignment of the road. Independent scrutiny of the DPRs to ensure the adequacy of designing and project preparation is carried out by prominent institutions of Engineering and Technology in the country, identified as State Technical Agencies (STAs). The proposals of the State are then put up before the Empowered Committee chaired by Secretary of Department of Rural Development, for its consideration. The proposals approved by the Competent Authority are conveyed to the State Government for execution.

As  per  the  PMGSY  Programme  Guidelines,  ensuring  the  quality  of  the  road  works  is responsibility of the respective State Governments which are implementing the Programme. The Ministry of Rural Development/ NRIDA issue from time to time general guidelines on quality control and prescribe Quality Assurance Handbook for Rural Roads to regulate the quality control processes, at work level. There is a a very well structured three-tiered Quality Control mechanism for  ensuring  construction  of  quality  road  works  and  durability  of  road  assets  under  PMGSY. 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.

Whenever,  a  work  is  reported  deficient  by  NQMs,  on  account  of  both  structural  and  nonstructural  defects,  the  PIU  ensures  that  the  contractor  replaces  the  material  or  rectifies  the workmanship, as the case may be. The action taken report (ATR), for each such work, is verified on  ground  by  the  State  Quality  Monitors  (SQMs).  Thereafter,  the  State  Quality  Coordinator (SQC)  examines  the  ATR  for  each  such  work  and  furnishes  the  compliance  report  regularly through  programme  Management  Information  System-Online  Management,  Monitoring  and Accounting System (OMMAS). To fast track the compliance on NQM observations, provisions have been made to upload and monitor the action taken report for each work through web based programme  MIS-  OMMAS.  Close  monitoring  has  improved  the  quality  of  projects  and    a consistent decline in overall 'unsatisfactory' percentage of completed and ongoing projects has been observed during the last three years.

(c): The year-wise details of road works sanctioned during the last three years and current year are given at Annexure-I.

(d): The District-wise list of roads sanctioned under PMGSY are available at www.omms.nic.in  Progress Monitoring  Physical Progress of works.

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## Annexure-I

Annexure referred to in part(c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No 389 to be answered on 04.02.2020 Details of road works sanctioned during the last three years and current year under PMGSY

| S.N   | State                       | 2016-17      | 2016-17     | 2017-18      | 2017-18     | 2018-19      | 2018-19     | 2019-20      | 2019-20     |
|-------|-----------------------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|-------------|
| S.N   | State                       | No. of Roads | Road Length | No. of Roads | Road Length | No. of Roads | Road Length | No. of Roads | Road Length |
| 1     | Andaman And Nicobar Islands | 0            | 0.00        | 25           | 39.78       | 40           | 65.42       | 0            | 0.00        |
| 2     | Andhra Pradesh              | 0            | 0.00        | 176          | 846.16      | 135          | 581.89      | 82           | 716.35      |
| 3     | Arunachal Pradesh           | 117          | 1,744.42    | 43           | 684.46      | 270          | 5,053.78    | 80           | 550.91      |
| 4     | Assam                       | 295          | 935.91      | 2,394        | 7,045.29    | 491          | 1,925.71    | 261          | 1,750.33    |
| 5     | Bihar                       | 1,896        | 4,045.85    | 629          | 2,307.47    | 373          | 860.02      | 452          | 2,702.98    |
| 6     | Chhattisgarh                | 442          | 2,537.95    | 220          | 2,974.14    | 738          | 2,800.19    | 386          | 4,232.57    |
| 7     | Goa                         | 0            | 0.00        | 0            | 0.00        | 0            | 0.00        | 0            | 0.00        |
| 8     | Gujarat                     | 11           | 26.51       | 5            | 14.39       | 7            | 8.48        | 0            | 0.00        |
| 9     | Haryana                     | 5            | 52.91       | 0            | 0.00        | 0            | 0.00        | 0            | 0.00        |
| 10    | Himachal Pradesh            | 494          | 3,151.37    | 330          | 2,022.91    | 374          | 2,367.35    | 112          | 1,251.16    |
| 11    | Jammu And Kashmir           | 513          | 3,519.94    | 141          | 1,208.83    | 703          | 4,821.32    | 139          | 783.88      |
| 12    | Jharkhand                   | 1,369        | 4,350.34    | 1,116        | 3,113.97    | 396          | 1,166.58    | 286          | 2,399.63    |
| 13    | Karnataka                   | 1            | 5.06        | 0            | 0.00        | 0            | 0.00        | 0            | 0.00        |
| 14    | Kerala                      | 162          | 451.78      | 66           | 263.37      | 39           | 129.87      | 0            | 0.00        |
| 15    | Madhya Pradesh              | 907          | 2,981.99    | 986          | 6,579.93    | 35           | 155.05      | 15           | 112.28      |
| 16    | Maharashtra                 | 0            | 0.00        | 143          | 690.76      | 0            | 0.00        | 6            | 23.10       |
| 17    | Manipur                     | 0            | 0.00        | 263          | 2,924.78    | 110          | 1,722.87    | 55           | 325.00      |
| 18    | Meghalaya                   | 0            | 0.00        | 61           | 267.59      | 410          | 2,192.40    | 22           | 101.20      |
| 19    | Mizoram                     | 56           | 655.94      | 26           | 282.62      | 46           | 498.12      | 8            | 199.83      |
| 20    | Nagaland                    | 0            | 0.00        | 19           | 263.74      | 19           | 261.08      | 13           | 227.60      |
| 21    | Odisha                      | 2,399        | 10,046.58   | 1,604        | 5,738.60    | 1,023        | 5,073.31    | 19           | 97.07       |
| 22    | Punjab                      | 0            | 0.00        | 1            | 4.24        | 0            | 0.00        | 0            | 0.00        |
| 23    | Rajasthan                   | 1,558        | 4,680.05    | 401          | 3,464.26    | 55           | 185.68      | 32           | 79.33       |
| 24    | Sikkim                      | 120          | 636.02      | 100          | 605.30      | 34           | 120.99      | 0            | 0.00        |
| 25    | Tamilnadu                   | 569          | 1,326.31    | 775          | 2,675.29    | 575          | 1,293.23    | 4            | 43.46       |
| 26    | Tripura                     | 26           | 120.47      | 20           | 76.89       | 6            | 13.18       | 44           | 313.32      |
| 27    | Uttar Pradesh               | 783          | 5,632.78    | 59           | 502.36      | 273          | 1,351.36    | 12           | 287.23      |
| 28    | Uttarakhand                 | 191          | 1,696.89    | 219          | 1,776.24    | 737          | 6,209.05    | 112          | 905.83      |
| 29    | West Bengal                 | 845          | 4,594.89    | 1,436        | 5,706.03    | 320          | 2,654.62    | 48           | 195.17      |
| 30    | Telangana                   | 43           | 90.21       | 248          | 1,113.17    | 14           | 39.06       | 40           | 253.84      |
|       | Total                       | 12,802       | 53,284.16   | 11,506       | 53,192.57   | 7,223        | 41,550.57   | 2,228        | 17,552.05   |