Lok Sabha Question No. 3878 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-17
Subject: Road Connectivity through PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Rampreet Mandal

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3878 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.03.2020

## ROAD CONNECTIVITY THROUGH PMGSY

## 3878.   SHRI RAMPRIT MANDAL:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is contemplating to connect every village of the country through Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY);
- (b) the criteria for selection of villages;
- (c) the number of villages in States/Union Territories in the country including Bihar benefited under the scheme during the last three years;
- (d) the time schedule of repairing of these roads; and
- (e) whether these roads are repaired on the basis of intensity of weather condition and traffic pressure etc. of a particular location and if so, the details thereof?

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

(a) to (b) The unit for Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) is a Habitation and not a Revenue village or a Panchayat.  The Government launched PMGSY in December 2000, 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 and 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), additional relaxation has been given to connect habitations with population 100 persons and above (2001 census).

- (c)        The number of habitations in States/Union Territories in the country including Bihar benefited under PMGSY during the last three years is as per Annexure.

(d) to (e)   PMGSY roads are constructed by the State Governments with a design life of at least  10  years.  As  per  PMGSY  guidelines,  maintenance  of  roads  constructed  under  the programme is the responsibility of the State Governments and all road works are covered by initial five year maintenance contracts to be entered into along with the construction contract, with  the  same  contractor,  as  per  the  Standard  Bidding  Document.  Maintenance  funds  to service the contract are required to be budgeted by the State Governments and placed at the disposal of the State  Rural  Roads  Development  Agencies  (SRRDAs)  in  a  separate maintenance account. On expiry of this 5 year post construction maintenance, PMGSY roads are required to be placed under Zonal maintenance contracts consisting of 5 year maintenance including renewal as per cycle, from time to time.

Since 2016-17, financial incentives are given to top performing States, which show higher achievement in the year on the basis of set parameters. This financial incentive is used by the States specifically for periodic maintenance of roads. Further, as a measure of  enhancing the focus on maintenance of roads during the defect liability period and also streamline the delivery  of  routine  maintenance  of  PMGSY  roads,  the  Ministry  has  implemented  the Electronic Maintenance of PMGSY roads (eMARG) in all the States. The  eMARG is a GISbased  Enterprise  e-Governance  end-to-end  solution,   which  entails  performance  based evaluation of roads for making maintenance related payments of these roads.

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| ANNEXURE   | ANNEXURE                         | ANNEXURE              | ANNEXURE              | ANNEXURE              |
|------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| S.No       |                                  | Habitations Connected | Habitations Connected | Habitations Connected |
| S.No       | State                            | 2016-17               | 2017-18               | 2018-19               |
| 1          | Andaman And Nicobar Islands (UT) | 0                     | 0                     | 0                     |
| 2          | Andhra Pradesh                   | 74                    | 32                    | 73                    |
| 3          | Arunachal Pradesh                | 6                     | 26                    | 70                    |
| 4          | Assam                            | 315                   | 318                   | 1,638                 |
| 5          | Bihar                            | 4,493                 | 3,409                 | 2,753                 |
| 6          | Chhattisgarh                     | 275                   | 404                   | 481                   |
| 7          | Goa                              | 0                     | 0                     | 0                     |
| 8          | Gujarat                          | 11                    | 11                    | 10                    |
| 9          | Haryana                          | 0                     | 0                     | 0                     |
| 10         | Himachal Pradesh                 | 100                   | 57                    | 83                    |
| 11         | Jammu And Kashmir                | 238                   | 153                   | 221                   |
| 12         | Jharkhand                        | 1,030                 | 1,712                 | 1,713                 |
| 13         | Karnataka                        | 4                     | 0                     | 0                     |
| 14         | Kerala                           | 7                     | 16                    | 16                    |
| 15         | Madhya Pradesh                   | 1,069                 | 1,642                 | 671                   |
| 16         | Maharashtra                      | 26                    | 34                    | 49                    |
| 17         | Manipur                          | 28                    | 58                    | 63                    |
| 18         | Meghalaya                        | 22                    | 48                    | 42                    |
| 19         | Mizoram                          | 0                     | 0                     | 0                     |
| 20         | Nagaland                         | 0                     | 0                     | 2                     |
| 21         | Odisha                           | 1,645                 | 1,780                 | 1,673                 |
| 22         | Punjab                           | 0                     | 0                     | 0                     |
| 23         | Rajasthan                        | 1,114                 | 761                   | 10                    |
| 24         | Sikkim                           | 3                     | 4                     | 52                    |
| 25         | Tamilnadu                        | 9                     | 0                     | 0                     |
| 26         | Tripura                          | 22                    | 38                    | 31                    |
| 27         | Uttar Pradesh                    | 149                   | 36                    | 5                     |
| 28         | Uttarakhand                      | 168                   | 207                   | 202                   |
| 29         | West Bengal                      | 1,161                 | 784                   | 546                   |
| 30         | Telangana                        | 1                     | 10                    | 63                    |
|            | Total                            | 11,970                | 11,540                | 10,467                |