Lok Sabha Question No. 2700 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-27
Subject: Pending Roads under PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: BALABHADRA MAJHI

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2700

TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.12.2018

## PENDING ROADS UNDER PMGSY

## 2700.   SHRI BALABHADRA MAJHI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the population norms for constructing roads under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) across the country particularly in villages of backward areas;
- (b) whether  many  roads  under  the  said  scheme  are  pending/incomplete  in  Nabarangpur, Malkangiri and Koraput Districts of Odisha;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor, District-wise; and
- (d) the action taken against the agency/ agencies involved therein?

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

(a): Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) is a one-time special intervention of the Union  Government  to  provide  rural  connectivity,  by  way  of  single  all-weather  road,  to  the eligible  unconnected habitations in the core network. Under PMGSY, all eligible unconnected habitations with more than 500 population in plain areas, 250+ population in Special Category States( Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand), the Desert Areas (as identified in the District  Development  Programme),  the  Tribal  (Schedule  V)  areas  and  Selected  Tribal  and Backward districts as identified by the Ministry of Home Affairs/NITI Aayog as per 2001 census are  to  be  connected  by  all  weather  road.    For  critical  Left  Wing  Extremism  (LWE)  affected blocks  in  nine  States  of  Andhra  Pradesh,  Bihar,  Chhattisgarh,  Jharkhand,  Madhya  Pradesh, Maharashtra,  Odisha,  Uttar  Pradesh  and  West  Bengal  (as  identified  by  MHA),  additional relaxation has been given to connect habitations with population of 100 persons and above.

(b) to (d): As reported by the State Government, till November, 2018, 1978 road works have been sanctioned under PMGSY in the districts of Koraput, Malkangiri and Nabarangapur of the State of Odisha. Out of this, 1210 road works have been completed in these districts as per the details given below:-

| S.No.   | District Name   |   No. of road works sanctioned |   No. of road works completed |   No. of incomplete road works |
|---------|-----------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| i.      | Koraput         |                            911 |                           519 |                            392 |
| ii.     | Malkangiri      |                            466 |                           225 |                            241 |
| iii.    | Nawarangpur     |                            601 |                           466 |                            135 |
|         | Total           |                           1978 |                          1210 |                            768 |

The delay in  completion  of  the  road  works  in  all  of  these  three  districts  is  mainly  due  to  the following reasons:-

- (i) Non-responsive tenders in many projects for multiple times due to Non-participation by bidders;
- (ii) Delay in forest clearances;
- (iii) Court Cases;
- (iv) Laxity on part of concerned agencies.

when the reasons for delay in completion of the works is attributed to the agency, suitable action on the agencies are taken by terminating the contract and/or by imposing penalty as per the codal provisions  prescribed in the Standard Bidding Document.

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