Lok Sabha Question No. 904 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-07
Subject: PMGSY in Maharashtra
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE, BHAVANA GAWALI (PATIL)

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 904

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2019

## PMGSY IN MAHARASHTRA

## 904. SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE: SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI PATIL:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the construction of roads under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in the State of Maharashtra is not going on as per the scheduled time limit;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor;
- (c) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to remove the obstacles coming in its way along with the details of the outcome thereof;
- (d) the number of roads identified under the said yojana during the last three years and the current year; and
- (e) the details of the projects identified under the said yojana, Districtwise?

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

(a)& (b): As  reported  by  the  State,  out  of    6,042  works  with  length  of  27,737.01  km sanctioned under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) since inception of the scheme, 5,819 works with length of 26,104.17 km has been constructed. Further, out of 1,365 habitations sanctioned  under  PMGSY  (250+),  1,297  habitations  have  been  connected  and  only  68 habitations remain to be connected. Majority of the works measuring length 727.09 km covering 44  habitations  are  pending  in  Gadchiroli  and  Nandurbar  primarily  because  these  works  are located in remote and difficult areas and forest clearance issues.

(c): As per the Programme Guidelines, the State Governments are responsible for ensuring that lands are available and free from all encumbrances, along the entire proposed alignment, for taking up the proposed road works under PMGSY. The State Government is regularly advised to take up the matter with concerned authorities in the forest department to expedite the issue of forest clearance. In Nundurbar, 209.44 kms were pending due to forest clearance against which NOC for 143.00 kms have been obtained recently and all these works have been tendered.

(d)& (e): No roads and bridges have been sanctioned during 2015-16, 2016-17 and 201819.    During  2017-18,  total  133  No.  of  roads  and  61  No.  of  bridges  under  PMGSY  have  been sanctioned.  District-wise details of roads and bridges are as under:

| Sr. No.   | District Name   |   No. of Roads |   Total Length (in km) |   No. of LSB Works | Total Cost (Rs. in lacs)   |
|-----------|-----------------|----------------|------------------------|--------------------|----------------------------|
| 1         | Ahmednagar      |             18 |                 49.495 |                  1 | 2,663.24                   |
| 2         | Buldhana        |              2 |                  8.275 |                  2 | 914.67                     |
| 3         | Gadchiroli      |             91 |                364.52  |                 57 | 37,286.46                  |
| 4         | Nandurbar       |             13 |                 74.075 |                  0 | 5,144.07                   |
| 5         | Nashik          |              6 |                 20.08  |                  1 | 1,231.18                   |
| 6         | Parbhani        |              1 |                  0.85  |                  0 | 87.67                      |
| 7         | Pune            |              1 |                  3     |                  0 | 240.57                     |
| 8         | Raigad          |              1 |                  4.65  |                  0 | 660.00                     |
|           | Grand Total     |            133 |                524.945 |                 61 | 48,227.86                  |

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