Lok Sabha Question No. 215 (STARRED), answered on 2021-03-09
Subject: Construction of Roads in Remote and Border Areas under PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Kishan Kapoor

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

## LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 215

ANSWERED ON 09.03.2021

## CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS IN REMOTE AND BORDER AREAS UNDER PMGSY

## *215.   SHRI KISHAN KAPOOR:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the total length of roads in kilometers constructed in remote and border areas of northern States of the country under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY); and
- (b) the details in respect of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab till December, 2020?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a) & (b)  A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## Statement referred to in reply of Lok Sabha Starred Question 215 for answere on 9.3.2021

(a) & (b)  A total of 37,451 km road length has been sanctioned under PMGSY, out of which, 31,660  km  road  length  has  been  completed  in  the  remote  and  border  areas  of  North  Indian States/Union  Territories  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  Sadak  Yojana  (PMGSY).  Details  of  the same including Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab is given at Annexure-I .

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Details  of  road  length  sanctioned  and  completed  in  remote  and  border  areas  of  north  Indian States  (Since  inception  till  December,  2020  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  Sadak  Yojana (PMGSY))

| S. N.   | State/UT         | Name of the District   | No. of Road works sanctioned   | Road Length Sanctioned (km)   | No. of Road Works Completed   | Road Length Completed (km)   |
|---------|------------------|------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
| 1       | Jammu &Kashmir   | Baramula               | 214                            | 959.87                        | 121                           | 695.63                       |
| 2       | Jammu &Kashmir   | Jammu                  | 149                            | 728.44                        | 106                           | 550.27                       |
| 3       | Jammu &Kashmir   | Kupwara                | 182                            | 841.18                        | 133                           | 697.36                       |
| 4       | Jammu &Kashmir   | Poonch                 | 165                            | 877.55                        | 119                           | 694.19                       |
| 5       | Jammu &Kashmir   | Rajouri                | 290                            | 1,986.76                      | 199                           | 1,517.69                     |
| 6       | Jammu &Kashmir   | Udhampur               | 405                            | 3,092.50                      | 200                           | 1,858.29                     |
| 7       | Himachal Pradesh | Kinnaur                | 62                             | 537.35                        | 36                            | 347.36                       |
| 8       | Himachal Pradesh | Lahul And Spiti        | 29                             | 318.55                        | 26                            | 283.92                       |
| 9       | Ladakh           | Leh                    | 45                             | 535.76                        | 27                            | 277.36                       |
| 10      | Ladakh           | Kargil                 | 97                             | 671.69                        | 74                            | 502.84                       |
| 11      | Rajasthan        | Barmer                 | 1,515                          | 7,476.75                      | 1,488                         | 7,025.48                     |
| 12      | Rajasthan        | Bikaner                | 521                            | 3,307.45                      | 506                           | 3,019.64                     |
| 13      | Rajasthan        | Jaisalmer              | 297                            | 2,200.41                      | 281                           | 2,003.43                     |
| 14      | Rajasthan        | Sri Ganganagar         | 168                            | 1,083.42                      | 160                           | 966.14                       |
| 15      | Uttar Pradesh    | Balrampur              | 211                            | 717.45                        | 211                           | 707.51                       |
| 16      | Uttar Pradesh    | Gorakhpur              | 331                            | 1,022.42                      | 331                           | 1,009.58                     |
| 17      | Uttar Pradesh    | Lakhimpur-Kherii       | 355                            | 1,035.51                      | 355                           | 1,006.97                     |
| 18      | Uttar Pradesh    | Maharajganj            | 243                            | 831.05                        | 243                           | 821.84                       |
| 19      | Uttar Pradesh    | Pilibhit               | 212                            | 730.73                        | 212                           | 715.87                       |
| 20      | Uttar Pradesh    | Shrawasti              | 172                            | 574.47                        | 172                           | 563.14                       |
| 21      | Uttar Pradesh    | Siddharathnagar        | 287                            | 925.09                        | 286                           | 905.86                       |
| 22      | Uttarakhand      | Chamoli                | 224                            | 2,290.66                      | 115                           | 1,805.96                     |
| 23      | Uttarakhand      | Champawat              | 120                            | 1,069.97                      | 71                            | 805.05                       |
| 24      | Uttarakhand      | Pithoragarh            | 233                            | 2,146.72                      | 112                           | 1,400.29                     |
| 25      | Punjab           | Firozpur               | 54                             | 458.41                        | 54                            | 458.14                       |
| 26      | Punjab           | Gurdaspur              | 124                            | 432.41                        | 124                           | 422.98                       |
| 27      | Punjab           | Pathankot              | 25                             | 109.04                        | 25                            | 108.63                       |
| 28      | Punjab           | Tarn Taran             | 77                             | 489.25                        | 77                            | 488.85                       |
| Total   | Total            | Total                  | 6,807                          | 37,450.81                     | 5,864                         | 31,660.28                    |

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