Lok Sabha Question No. 2282 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-14
Subject: Roads Identified under PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Girish Chandra

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2282 ANSWERED ON 14/03/2023

## ROADS IDENTIFIED UNDER PMGSY

## 2282.   SHRI GIRISH CHANDRA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of construction of roads under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in the State of Uttar Pradesh (UP);
- (b) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to remove the obstacles coming in its way along with the details of the outcome thereof;
- (c) the number of roads identified under the said Yojana during each of the last three years and the current year; and
- (d) the details of the projects identified under the said Yojana, district-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)   Since  inception  till  07.03.2023,  19,416  road  works  of  length  64,634  Km  have  been constructed  under  various  interventions/  verticals  of  Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  Sadak  Yojana (PMGSY) in the State of Uttar Pradesh.
- (b)   The progress of implementation of rural roads under PMGSY is regularly reviewed by way  of  Regional  Review  Meetings  (RRMs),  the  Performance  Review  Committee  (PRC) Meetings,  Pre-Empowered  /Empowered  Committee  Meetings  with  the  States.  At  District level, the District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee (DISHA) headed by  a  Member  of  Parliament  (LS)  monitors  the  implementation  of  various  schemes  of Government  of  India  including  PMGSY.  In  addition  to  this,  special  review  meetings/ monthly review meetings are also held by Secretary/Additional Secretary/Joint Secretaries, Ministry of Rural Development with Chief Secretaries/ Principal Secretaries of the States. In  these  meetings,  hand  holding  of  the  State  is  done  and  efforts  are  made  to  remove  the obstacles. As a result, 100% of the works sanctioned under PMGSY-I & II and 70% of the works sanctioned under RCPLWEA have been completed. Under PMGSY-III, 40% of the sanctioned works have been completed, as these works have been sanctioned in recent past. The timeline for completion of RCPLWEA is March, 2023 and for PMGSY-III, it is March, 2025.
- (c)   In  the year 2019-20,   the balance 257 km road length was sanctioned to the state out of  the   target  of  7,575  under  PMGSY-II,   whereas  in  the   year   2020-21  and  2021-22, 18,563 km of road works under PMGSY-III have been sanctioned to the State out of the allocated target of 18,937.5 km.

The details of road works sanctioned under PMGSY ( PMGSY-II and PMGSY-III) during the last three years and the current year is given as under :-

| Year                       | No. of Road works sanctioned   | Road length sanctioned (in Km)   | No. of Bridges sanctioned   |
|----------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|                            | 12                             | 287                              | 2019-20 11                  |
| 2020-21                    | 883                            | 6,188                            | 4                           |
| 2021-22                    | 1,624                          | 12,375                           | 0                           |
| 2022-23 (as on 07.03.2023) | 0                              | 0                                | 0                           |
| Total                      | 2,519                          | 18,850                           | 15                          |

## (d)         The  details  of  the  projects  sanctioned  in  the  various  districts  of  Uttar  Pradesh during the last three years and the current year may be seen at omms.nic.in>proposals>sanctioned projects.

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