Lok Sabha Question No. 5440 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-05
Subject: Bihar Rural Road Projects under PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Alok Kumar Suman

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5440

ANSWERED ON 05/04/2022

## BIHAR RURAL ROAD PROJECTS UNDER PMGSY

## 5440.   DR. ALOK KUMAR SUMAN:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has received any proposal from the State Government of Bihar for implementation of Bihar Rural Road Projects under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has extended any financial support to this project in Bihar and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the details of the total rural roads covered in Bihar under PMGSY?

## ANSWER

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

- a)        All the works under PMGSY-I &II have been sanctioned to the State of Bihar . The State  has been allocated a target road length of 6,162.50 km under PMGSY-III, out of which, 1,390.31 km road length with value of projects of Rs. 1,197.28 crore has been sanctioned to the state .The State of Bihar has submitted the project proposal of 475 roads of 4079.69 Km and 73 Long Span Bridges (LSBs) with value of project Rs. 3369.14 Crore under PMGSY-III .  The  same   has  been  examined  in  the  meeting  of  the  Pre  Empowered  Committee  held  on 30.3.22. State will have to comply with the observations of the committee before the proposal can  be  considered  by  the  Empowered  Committee  for  recommendation  to  the  Competent Authority for approval.

Further, the state of Bihar has also submitted the project proposals of 28 roads of 163.98 Km road  length  and  13  LSBs  with  value  of  project  Rs.  196.93  crore  under  Road  Connectivity Projects of Left Wing Extremism Affected Areas(RCPLWEA). The same has been examined in the Ministry in the meeting of Empowered Committee held on 8.2.22 but the State has not decided the Implementing Agency for the same.  The decision regarding this is pending with the State.

- b) Since inception till 30.03.2022, a sum of Rs. 23,445 crore has been released as central share of funds to the state of Bihar for the works sanctioned under all the verticals of PMGSY including  RCPLWEA.  In  the  current  Financial  Year,  a  sum  of  Rs.  375  crore  has  been released to the state of Bihar .  The State has an  unspent balance of Rs. 651.24 Crore as on 30.03.2022.  No projects under PMGSY are affected due to lack of funds.
- c)    The details of works under different interventions/ verticals of PMGSY in the State of Bihar (till 30.03.2022) are as  under:-

|                         | Sanctioned   | Sanctioned           | Sanctioned   | Sanctioned                              | Completed    | Completed            | Completed    | Balance       | Balance               | Balance      |                             |
|-------------------------|--------------|----------------------|--------------|-----------------------------------------|--------------|----------------------|--------------|---------------|-----------------------|--------------|-----------------------------|
| Interventio n/ Vertical | No. of roads | Road Lengt h (in km) | No. of LSB s | Value of Project s (VoP) (Rs. in crore) | No. of roads | Road Lengt h (in km) | No. of LSB s | No. of road s | Road Length * (in km) | No. of LSB s | Expenditur e (Rs. in crore) |
| PMGSY-I                 | 17,57 2      | 55,074               | 1215         | 30,962                                  | 17,16 4      | 52,222               | 942          | 408           | 1,007                 | 273          | 26,283                      |
| PMGSY-II                | 345          | 2,456                | 103          | 1,570                                   | 278          | 2,304                | 45           | 67            | 144                   | 58           | 1,405                       |
| RCPLWEA                 | 125          | 1817                 | 69           | 2,272                                   | 57           | 1,274                | 24           | 68            | 533                   | 45           | 1,379                       |
| PMGSY-III               | 169          | 1390                 | 39           | 1,197                                   | 0            | 0                    | 0            | 169           | 1,390                 | 39           | 0                           |
| Total                   | 18,21 1      | 60,737               | 1426         | 36,001                                  | 17,49 9      | 55,800               | 1,01 1       | 712           | 3074                  | 415          | 29,067                      |

*Balance road length is less than the difference of sanctioned and completed length due to the reasons that some habitations were connected with less than the sanctioned length due to reduction in road length, change in alignment, construction of part length by other agencies, etc.

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