Lok Sabha Question No. 369 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-19
Subject: New Technologies in PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Jagdambika Pal

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 369 ANSWERED ON 19/07/2022

## NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN PMGSY

## 369. SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) scheme along with the length of roads which have been constructed, till date;
- (b) the total expenditure of the roads constructed under PMGSY since its inception, yearwise;
- (c) whether the Government has used any new technology in the road construction under PMGSY to reduce the construction cost and escalate the pace of construction;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the details of Geographic Information System (GIS) data produced by the Government for the rural habitations under PMGSY?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b)       Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana-I (PMGSY-I) was launched as a one-time special intervention to provide 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,  Himalayan  Union  Territories  and  certain  other backward and tribal areas as per 2001 census) in the core network for uplifting the socioeconomic  condition  of  the  rural  population.  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.  Since inception till 13 th July, 2022, 6,45,566 km road length has been sanctioned and 6,17,013 km completed under PMGSY-I.

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. Since inception till  13 th July,  2022,  49,880  km  road  length  has  been  sanctioned  and  47,559  km  completed under PMGSY-II.

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. Since inception till 13 th July, 2022, 12,081 km road length has been sanctioned and 6,179 km completed under RCPLWEA.

Union Government had approved the PMGSY III programme in 2019, which mainly focuses on  the  consolidation  of  125000  Km  existing  through  routes  and  Major  Rural  Links  that connect habitations, inter-alia, to Gramin Agricultural Markets (GrAMs), Higher Secondary Schools and Hospitals. Since inception till 13 th July, 2022, 86,039 km road length has been sanctioned and 41,440 km completed under PMGSY-III.

Overall,  since  inception  till  13 th July,  2022,  7,93,567  km  road  length  has  been  sanctioned under  all  the  interventions/  verticals  of  PMGSY,  against  which  7,12,190  km  has  been constructed.

The  details  of  expenditure  incurred  (including  state  share)  year-wise  under  various interventions/  verticals  of  PMGSY  can  be  seen  at omms.nic.in->progress  monitoring>Fund Position Report Live .

(c)  &  (d)        Under  PMGSY,  firm  steps  have  been  taken  to  ensure  resource  efficiency through different interventions. Use of new/green technologies is one such intervention which has resulted not only in savings of carbon footprint but also in savings of fuel. New / Green technology economizes the construction cost of road as well as disposal of different industrial as well as municipal waste effectively, which not only saves the environment but conserve use  of  virgin  mining  materials  effectively.  Also  it  enhances  the  execution  capacity  and reduces the construction period.

In  order to  promote  cost-effective  and fast construction technologies in the construction of rural  roads,  using  New  materials/Waste  materials/Locally  available  materials,  NRIDA  has issued  'Guidelines  on  Technology  Initiatives',  in  May  2013.   The  States  were  asked  to propose at least 15% of the length of annual proposals using any of the new technologies/ materials.  This  initiative  has  helped  introduce  more  than  40  technologies  including waste plastics,  cold  mix  technology,  cell  filled  concrete,  stabilization  using  cement  and  lime, nano  technology  and  Full  Depth  Reclamation  (FDR) .  Further,  the  Vision  document  on New  Technology  Initiatives,  2022  has  been  launched  in  May  2022,  which  prescribes enhanced use of new technologies/ materials in the construction of PMGSY roads.

Since  inception  till  13 th July,  2022,  1,17,095  km  road  length  has  been  sanctioned  for construction using new and green technologies, out of which 73,792 Km road length has been constructed.

(e)        As a part of the implementation of PMGSY, GIS data for 800,000+ rural facilities as points,  1  Million  +  habitations  and  25,00,000+  km  of  rural  roads  have  been  collected  and digitized using GIS platform developed for the scheme. The complete details of geospatial information  under  PMGSY-I  &  II  is  available  in  public  domain  on pmgsy-grris.nic.in . Under PMGSY III, GeoSadak application has been developed, which is an Online Geospatial Transaction  System  that  enables  the  States  to  upload,  generate  report  and  edit  GIS  data online.

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