Lok Sabha Question No. 4577 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-23
Subject: Improving Rural Roads
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Malook Nagar

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4577

ANSWERED ON 23.03.2021

## IMPROVING RURAL ROADS

## 4577.   SHRI MALOOK NAGAR:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the schemes of the Government for renovation of roads in rural areas to reduce the number of road accidents;
- (b) whether more than half of the roads in rural areas are kutcha and most of the bridges and culverts are old and narrow;
- (c) if so, whether the Government is contemplating to renovate the said roads, bridges and culverts;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the steps being taken by the Government to improve the dilapidated condition of roadways facilities?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

(a) to  (e)  Rural  roads  is  a  state  subject.  However  as  a  part  of  poverty  reduction  strategy, Government  of  India  launched  Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  Sadak  Yojana  (PMGSY)  on  25th December,  2000  for  providing  connectivity  by  way  of  an  all  weather  road  to  the  eligible unconnected habitations as per core-network with a population of 500 persons in plain areas. In respect  of  Special  Category  States  (i.e.  Arunachal  Pradesh,  Assam,  Manipur,  Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand), the Desert Areas (as identified in the Desert Development Programme), the Tribal (Schedule V) areas and Selected Tribal and Backward Districts (as identified by the Ministry of Home Affairs and Planning Commission), the objective is to connect eligible unconnected habitations with a population of 250 persons and above (Census 2001). For most intensive Integrated Action Plan (IAP)  blocks  as  identified  by  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  the  unconnected  habitations  with population  100  and  above  (as  per  2001  Census)  were  included  under  PMGSY.  PMGSY  also permits the up-gradation (to prescribed standards) of the  existing roads in those districts where all  the  eligible  habitations  of  the  designated  population  size  as    mentioned  above  have  been provided all-weather road connectivity.

In  the  year  2013,  PMGSY-II  was  launched  for  up-gradation  of  selected  Through  Routes  and Major  Rural  Links  (MRLs)  with  a  target  to  upgrade  50,000  Km  in  various  States  and  Union Territories. Subsequently, in 2016, Road Connectivity Project for Left Wing Extremism Affected Areas (RCPLWEA) for construction/up-gradation of strategically important roads was launched as  a  separate  vertical  under  PMGSY.  In  the  year  2019,  the  Central  Government  launched PMGSY-III  for  consolidation  of  1,25,000  Km  Through  Routes  and  Major  Rural  Links connecting habitations,  inter-alia, to Gramin Agricultural Markets (GrAMs), Higher Secondary Schools and Hospitals.

A total of 2,50,541 km road length has been upgraded under all the verticals of PMGSY. The details of road works upgraded/renovated and  Long Span  Bridges (LSBs) completed across the country under various verticals of PMGSY as on 18.03.2021 is as under:-

| S. No.   | Verticals   | Road Length upgraded/renovated (in km)   | No. of LSBs completed   |
|----------|-------------|------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
| 1.       | PMGSY-I     | 1,98,566                                 | 4,898                   |
| 2.       | PMGSY-II    | 41,808                                   | 434                     |
| 3.       | RCPLWE      | 3,118                                    | 73                      |
| 4.       | PMGSY-III   | 7,049                                    | 4                       |
| Total    | Total       | 2,50,541                                 | 5,409                   |

Further, in order to incentivize the best performing States, this Ministry also provides financial incentive for maintenance of roads which have crossed the Defect Liability Period (DLP). The details of financial incentive released to States during the last 4 financial years and the current year are given at Annexure-I .

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Annexure-I

## Annexure referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.  4577 due for reply on 23.03.2021

| Financial Incentive Details [Rs in Crore]   | Financial Incentive Details [Rs in Crore]   | Financial Incentive Details [Rs in Crore]   | Financial Incentive Details [Rs in Crore]   | Financial Incentive Details [Rs in Crore]   | Financial Incentive Details [Rs in Crore]   | Financial Incentive Details [Rs in Crore]   |
|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| S.No                                        | State/UT                                    | 2016-17                                     | 2017-18                                     | 2018-19                                     | 2019-20                                     | 2020-21                                     |
| i                                           | Andhra Pradesh                              | -                                           | 52.37                                       | 32.98                                       | 39.60                                       | 36.47                                       |
| ii                                          | Assam                                       | 73.76                                       | -                                           | 36.18                                       | -                                           | -                                           |
| iii                                         | Bihar                                       | 74.77                                       | -                                           | 79.43                                       | -                                           | -                                           |
| iv                                          | Chhattisgarh                                | -                                           | -                                           | -                                           | 75.15                                       | 87.44                                       |
| v                                           | Haryana                                     | 20.25                                       | -                                           | 13.2                                        | 15.67                                       | -                                           |
| vi                                          | Himachal Pradesh                            | 86.61                                       | 39.39                                       | 26.12                                       | 32.59                                       | -                                           |
| vii                                         | Jammu And Kashmir                           | -                                           | -                                           | 9.31                                        | -                                           | -                                           |
| viii                                        | Jharkhand                                   | -                                           | 34.37                                       | -                                           | -                                           | -                                           |
| ix                                          | Karnataka                                   | 71.95                                       | -                                           | 46.63                                       | -                                           | 47.12                                       |
| x                                           | Kerala                                      | -                                           | -                                           | 5.11                                        | 6.66                                        | -                                           |
| xi                                          | Madhya Pradesh                              | 200.24                                      | 219.55                                      | 144.19                                      | 180.27                                      | 198.18                                      |
| xii                                         | Manipur                                     | 15.82                                       | 12.5                                        | -                                           | -                                           | -                                           |
| xiii                                        | Meghalaya                                   | 5.9                                         | 4.36                                        | -                                           | -                                           | -                                           |
| xiv                                         | Odisha                                      | 175.67                                      | 109.61                                      | 73.68                                       | 95.94                                       | 155.48                                      |
| xv                                          | Punjab                                      | 20.66                                       | 20.42                                       | -                                           | -                                           | -                                           |
| xvi                                         | Rajasthan*                                  | -                                           | 230.36                                      | 150.05                                      | 184.74                                      | -                                           |
| xvii                                        | Sikkim                                      | 14.21                                       | -                                           | -                                           | -                                           | -                                           |
| xviii                                       | Tamil Nadu                                  | 55.58                                       | 45.32                                       | 30.14                                       | 40.07                                       | 48.33                                       |
| xix                                         | Tripura                                     | -                                           | -                                           | -                                           | 9.66                                        | -                                           |
| xx                                          | Uttar Pradesh                               | 240.22                                      | -                                           | 116.63                                      | -                                           | -                                           |
| xxi                                         | Uttarakhand                                 | 20.85                                       | 15.9                                        | -                                           | -                                           | -                                           |
| xxii                                        | West Bengal                                 | -                                           | 58.35                                       | 40.54                                       | 57.70                                       | 88.31                                       |
| Total                                       | Total                                       | 1076.49                                     | 842.5                                       | 804.19                                      | 738.05                                      | 662.13                                      |