Lok Sabha Question No. 339 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-20
Subject: PMGSY in Tamil Nadu
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: S. Venkatesan, Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 339 ANSWERED ON 20/07/2021

## PMGSY IN TAMIL NADU

## 339. SHRI S. VENKATESAN:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of colonies connected so far under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in the country, along with the district-wise details in respect of Tamil Nadu including Madurai; and
- (b) the number of roads identified under PMGSY during the said period?

## ANSWER

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

(a)& (b) Rural  Roads  is  a  State  subject.  Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  Sadak  Yojana  (PMGSY) was launched as a one-time special intervention to support enhancement of rural connectivity, by way of a single all-weather road, to the eligible unconnected habitations of designated population size  (500+  in  plain  areas  and  250+  in  North-Eastern  States,  Himalayan  States  and  Himalayan Union  Territories  as  per  2001  census)  in  the  core  network  for  uplifting  the  socio-economic condition of the rural population. Relaxation has been provided to the Tribal (Schedule V) areas and  Selected  Tribal  and  Backward  Districts  (as  identified  by  the  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs (MHA) and Planning Commission), and unconnected habitations in these areas with a population of 250 persons and above in the Core Network as per Census 2001 are eligible for connectivity under the scheme. In the critical Left Wing Extremism affected blocks (as identified by Ministry of  Home Affairs), additional relaxation has been given to connect habitations with population 100 persons and above as per 2001 census.

The unit for PMGSY programme is habitation. Against 1,78,184 habitations of the population size  250+  and  500+  identified  for  coverage  under  PMGSY,  16,086  habitations  have  been provided connectivity by the States/UTs out of their own resources and 4,716  habitations have either  been dropped or have not been found feasible. Out of the balance 1,57,382  habitations sanctioned for providing connectivity under the PMGSY, 1,55,245 habitations have already been provided  connectivity.  In  the  State  of  Tamilnadu,  1,985  habitations  of  500+  and  1,000+ population size were sanctioned for coverage under PMGSY and all the habitations have already been connected. The district-wise details of habitations sanctioned and connected in the State of Tamilnadu, including Madurai are attached as Annexure .

The mandate of PMGSY has been subsequently widened to include new interventions.  PMGSYII was launched in the year 2013, with a target to upgrade 50,000 Kms  of the existing rural road network  to  improve  its  overall  efficiency  as  a  provider  of  transportation  services  for  people, goods  and  services.   Road  Connectivity  Project  for  Left  Wing  Extremism  Affected  Areas (RCPLWEA)  was  launched  in  the  year  2016  for  construction/upgradation  of  strategically important roads chosen in the 44 worst affected LWE districts and adjoining districts in the 9 States  of  Andhra  Pradesh,  Bihar,  Chhattisgarh,  Jharkhand,  Madhya  Pradesh,  Maharashtra, Odisha,  Telangana  and  Uttar  Pradesh.  PMGSY-III  was  launched  in  the  year  2019  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.

The status  of  implementation  of  various  interventions/verticals  of  PMGSY  across  the  country and in the Tamilnadu State and Madurai district as on 15 th July, 2021 is as under:-

## Overall status in the country

| Name of intervention   | Sanctioned      | Sanctioned   | Completed       | Completed   | Balance*        | Balance*    |
|------------------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
|                        | Number of roads | Road length  | Number of roads | Road length | Number of roads | Road length |
| PMGSY-I                | 1,64,816        | 6,45,644     | 1,58,305        | 6,07,871    | 6,511           | 22,710      |
| PMGSY-II               | 6,708           | 49,904       | 5,206           | 44,340      | 1,502           | 5,124       |
| RCPLWEA**              | 894             | 9,268        | 190             | 4,126       | 704             | 5,123       |
| PMGSY-III              | 8,089           | 62,968       | 302             | 13,644      | 7,787           | 49,318      |
| Total                  | 1,80,507        | 7,67,784     | 1,64,003        | 6,69,981    | 16,504          | 82,275      |

## Tamilnadu State

| Name of intervention   | Sanctioned      | Sanctioned   | Completed       | Completed   | Balance*        | Balance*    |
|------------------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
|                        | Number of roads | Road length  | Number of roads | Road length | Number of roads | Road length |
| PMGSY-I                | 7,678           | 16,320       | 7,668           | 16,151      | 10              | 18          |
| PMGSY-II               | 860             | 2,940        | 852             | 2,934       | 08              | 04          |
| PMGSY-III              | 880             | 3,198        | 99              | 660         | 781             | 2,538       |
| Total                  | 9,418           | 22,458       | 8,619           | 19,745      | 799             | 2,560       |

## Madurai district

| Name of intervention   | Sanctioned      | Sanctioned   | Completed       | Completed   | Balance*        | Balance*    |
|------------------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
|                        | Number of roads | Road length  | Number of roads | Road length | Number of roads | Road length |
| PMGSY-I                | 280             | 512          | 280             | 512         | 0               | 0           |
| PMGSY-II               | 36              | 126          | 36              | 126         | 0               | 0           |
| PMGSY-III              | 13              | 42           | 02              | 06          | 11              | 35          |
| Total                  | 329             | 680          | 318             | 644         | 11              | 35          |

## Road length in Km

## Road length in Km

## Road length in Km

* Balance road length may be less than the difference of sanctioned and completed length due to various  reasons  such  as  reduction  in  curve  length,  change  in  alignment,  construction  of  part length by other agencies, etc.

** Does not pertain to Tamilnadu.

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## Annexure referred to in part (a)  of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.339 for 20 th July,

## 2021

## District-wise details of sanctioned and  connected habitations in Tamil Nadu

| Sl. No   | Name of district   | Total sanctioned Habitations   | Total Connected Habitations   |
|----------|--------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1        | Ariyalur           | 26                             | 26                            |
| 2        | Coimbatore         | 39                             | 39                            |
| 3        | Cuddalore          | 49                             | 49                            |
| 4        | Dharmapuri         | 33                             | 33                            |
| 5        | Dindigul           | 77                             | 77                            |
| 6        | Erode              | 53                             | 53                            |
| 7        | Kanchipuram        | 23                             | 23                            |
| 8        | Kanniyakumari      | 62                             | 62                            |
| 9        | Karur              | 36                             | 36                            |
| 10       | Krishnagiri        | 33                             | 33                            |
| 11       | Madurai            | 73                             | 73                            |
| 12       | Nagapattinam       | 110                            | 110                           |
| 13       | Namakkal           | 12                             | 12                            |
| 14       | Perambalur         | 11                             | 11                            |
| 15       | Pudukkottai        | 84                             | 84                            |
| 16       | Ramanathapuram     | 119                            | 119                           |
| 17       | Salem              | 51                             | 51                            |
| 18       | Sivagangai         | 58                             | 58                            |
| 19       | Thanjavur          | 93                             | 93                            |
| 20       | The Nilgiris       | 4                              | 4                             |
| 21       | Theni              | 50                             | 50                            |
| 22       | Tiruchirappalli    | 120                            | 120                           |
| 23       | Tirunelveli        | 62                             | 62                            |
| 24       | Tiruppur           | 124                            | 124                           |
| 25       | Tiruvallur         | 86                             | 86                            |
| 26       | Tiruvannamalai     | 45                             | 45                            |
| 27       | Tiruvarur          | 98                             | 98                            |
| 28       | Tuticorin          | 52                             | 52                            |
| 29       | Vellore            | 40                             | 40                            |
| 30       | Villupuram         | 101                            | 101                           |
| 31       | Virudhunagar       | 50                             | 50                            |
| 32       | Kallakurichi       | 42                             | 42                            |
| 33       | Chengalpattu       | 13                             | 13                            |
| 34       | Ranipet            | 21                             | 21                            |
| 35       | Tirupathur         | 21                             | 21                            |
| 36       | Tenkasi            | 14                             | 14                            |
|          | Total              | 1,985                          | 1,985                         |