Lok Sabha Question No. 4560 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-23
Subject: Inclusion of Routes Under PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Ravindra Kushawaha, Ravi Kishan Shukla

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4560 ANSWERED ON 23.03.2021

## INCLUSION OF ROUTES UNDER PMGSY

## 4560.   SHRI RAVINDRA KUSHWAHA: SHRI RAVI KISHAN:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Union  Government  has  received  proposals  from  the  State  Governments including Uttar Pradesh regarding inclusion of few routes under the main network of roads under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGKY);
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the action taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c)  Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) was launched by Government of India 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) is eligible to be covered under PMGSY.

As the programme unfolded, a need was felt for consolidation of the existing Rural Road Network to improve its efficiency not only as a provider of transportation services, but also as a vehicle of social and economic development. Accordingly, in the year 2013, PMGSY-II was launched for upgradation 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/upgradation of strategically important roads was launched as a separate vertical under PMGSY. In the year 2019, 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.

Since inception till date (18/03/2021), the details of works sanctioned and completed in all the states of the country under various verticals of PMGSY are as under-

| Verticals        | No. of Road works Sanctioned   | Road Length sanctioned (in km)   | No. of Road works completed   | Road Length completed (in km)   | No. of LSBs sanctioned   | No. of LSBs completed   |
|------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
| PMGSY-I 1,64,735 | 6,44,633                       | 1,56,971                         | 6,02,788                      | 7,379                           | 4,897                    |                         |
| PMGSY-II 6,711   | 49,925                         | 4,708                            | 41,790                        | 757                             | 434                      |                         |
| RCPLWE 897       | 9,286                          | 129                              |                               | 3,118                           | 73                       | 73                      |
| PMGSY-III 6,206  | 48,166                         |                                  | 39                            | 7,019                           | 356                      | 4                       |
| Total            | 1,78,549                       | 7,52,010                         | 1,61,847                      | 6,54,715                        | 8,565                    | 5,408                   |

## LSB = Long Span Bridge

Since inception till date (18/03/2021), the details of works sanctioned and completed in the State of Uttar Pradesh under various verticals of PMGSY are as under-

| Verticals   | No. of Road works Sanctioned   | Road Length sanctioned (in km)   | No. of Road works completed   | Road Length completed (in km)   |   No. of LSBs sanctioned |   No. of LSBs completed |
|-------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
| PMGSY-I     | 17,576                         | 50,325 17,563                    |                               | 49,347                          |                        0 |                       0 |
| PMGSY-II    | 963                            | 7,614                            | 962                           | 7,509                           |                        2 |                       2 |
| RCPLWE      | 25                             | 541                              | 6                             | 174                             |                       11 |                       0 |
| PMGSY-III   | 898                            | 6,287                            | 0                             | 0                               |                        5 |                       0 |
| Total       | 19,462                         | 64,767                           | 18,531                        | 57,030                          |                       18 |                       2 |

Works under PMGSY-I & II are proposed for completion in March, 2022, while those under RCPLWEA are proposed for completion in March, 2023.

Currently,  the  States  are  submitting  proposals  under  PMGSY-III.  Since,  the  launch  of  PMGSY-III  in 2019, the following States have been sanctioned works under this vertical.

| Sr. No.   | State          | Road Length Sanctioned (in Km)   |
|-----------|----------------|----------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh | 2,314                            |
| 2         | Assam          | 2,760                            |
| 3         | Chhattisgarh   | 5,612                            |
| 4         | Gujarat        | 3,015                            |
| 5         | Haryana        | 1,906                            |
| 6         | Karnataka      | 5,428                            |
| 7         | Kerala         | 105                              |
| 8         | Madhya Pradesh | 6,224                            |
| 9         | Odisha         | 3,327                            |
| 10        | Punjab         | 1,046                            |
| 11        | Rajasthan      | 5,821                            |
| 12        | Tamilnadu      | 3,201                            |
| 13        | Telangana      | 1,120                            |
| 14        | Uttar Pradesh  | 6,287                            |
| Total     | Total          | 48,166                           |

Apart from the above, proposals have been received from the states of Maharashtra and Bihar. Additional proposals have also been received from the states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Odisha and Madhya Pradesh.

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