Lok Sabha Question No. 1794 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-02
Subject: Status of Roads under PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Srinivas Kesineni, Durga Prasad Rao Balli

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1794

TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.07.2019

## STATUS OF ROADS UNDER PMGSY

1794.   SHRI SRINIVAS KESINENI: SHRI BALLI DURGA PRASAD RAO:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  roads  constructed  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  Sadak  Yojana  (PMGSY) including the lengths of roads;
- (b) the  funds  sanctioned  and  released  for  each  component  of  roads  and  the  status  of  their completion during the last four years;
- (c) the  details  of  roads  being  planned/approved/  under  consideration  for  the  upcoming projects in the State; and
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a): As per the available information, a total of 1,49, 682 roads measuring length of 6,00,884 Km  has  been  constructed  across  the  Country  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  Sadak  Yojana (PMGSY) since inception till 26 th June, 2019.
- (b): The funds sanctioned & released to the States and road length completed during the last four years are as under:-

| Year(s)   | Sanctioned (Rs. in crore)   | Funds released (Rs. in crore)   | Road length completed ( in Km)   |
|-----------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 2015-16   | 15,186.71                   | 15,186.71                       | 36,449                           |
| 2016-17   | 17,584.49                   | 16,507.85                       | 47,446                           |
| 2017-18   | 15650.29                    | 15650.29                        | 48,715                           |
| 2018-19   | 1,5365.19                   | 1,5365.19                       | 49,038                           |

(c) & (d): All  road  works  measuring  length  6,47,646  Km  under  PMGSY-I  has  been sanctioned.  Under  PMGSY-II,  against  the  target  of  50,000  Km,  41,127  Km  road  length  has already been sanctioned to 18 States. Further, under Road Connectivity Project for Left Wing Extremism  Areas  (RCPLWEA),  which  is  a  separate  vertical  under  PMGSY  to  provide  road connectivity in 44 districts  of  9  States,  which  are  critical  from  security  angle,  5,066  Km  road length has been sanctioned. The details of upcoming road projects planned/under consideration for approval under PMGSY-II and RCPLWEA (Batch-II)  are as under:-

## PMGSY-II

| State             |   Road length ( in Km) |
|-------------------|------------------------|
| Arunachal Pradesh |                    550 |
| Assam             |                   1730 |
| Bihar             |                   2465 |
| Himachal Pradesh  |                   1250 |
| Jammu &Kashmir    |                    780 |
| Manipur           |                    325 |
| Mizoram           |                    195 |
| Nagaland          |                    225 |
| Tripura           |                    310 |
| Uttarakhand       |                    915 |
| Union Territories |                    250 |

## RCPLWEA (Batch-II)

| State          |   Road length (in Km) |
|----------------|-----------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh |                   948 |
| Bihar          |                   852 |
| Chhattisgarh   |                  1707 |
| Jharkhand      |                   781 |
| Maharashtra    |                   556 |
| Odisha         |                   271 |
| Telengana      |                   617 |
| Madhya Pradesh |                    30 |
| Uttar Pradesh  |                   281 |

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