Lok Sabha Question No. 29 (STARRED), answered on 2022-07-19
Subject: Construction of Roads under PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav, Vinayak Bhaurao Raut

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 29

ANSWERED ON 19/07/2022

## CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS UNDER PMGSY

- *29. SHRI SANJAY JADHAV: SHRI VINAYAK RAUT:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the total length of roads sanctioned and constructed in the country under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) along with status of roads during each of the last  five years, State/UT and district-wise including Parbhani, Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg and Osmanabad Constituencies of Maharashtra, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Lakshadweep;
- (b) whether any criteria is prescribed for construction of roads under PMGSY and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of institutions authorized in the States to evaluate the criteria under PMGSY;
- (d) whether the recommendation letter of the common citizen is also considered in respect of construction  of  roads  under  PMGSY,  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  if  not,  the  reasons therefor;
- (e) whether any complaints of negligence in repair work of the roads have been received and if so, the details thereof along with the action taken against the culprits; and
- (f) whether the Government has set up any deadline to complete all roads by the end of the year 2022 and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI GIRIRAJ SINGH)

(a) to (f) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## The statement referred to in reply to Parts (a) to (f) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. *29 due for   answer on  19.07.2022.

(a) As on 13th  July,  2022,  a  total  of  7,93,568  km  road  length  has  been  sanctioned  under various interventions/verticals of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), against which a total of 7,12,223 Km road length has been completed. The details of the road length sanctioned and constructed state-wise under various interventions/verticals of PMGSY during each of the last five years are given in Annexure-I .

The state-wise, district-wise and year-wise details of road length sanctioned  and  constructed in the  country  under  various  interventions  of  PMGSY  may  be  accessed  at      the  programme website omms.nic.in=>progress monitoring=>Financial Year wise    Achievement.

As  regards  details  of  the  road  length  sanctioned  and  constructed  in  the  districts  of Parbhani, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg and Osmanabad districts of Maharashtra during each of the last five years is concerned,  the details are given in Annexure-II.

Union  Territories  of  Dadar  Nagar  Haveli  and  Lakshadweep  have  not  submitted  project proposals for sanction under PMGSY.

(b  &  c)  Rural  roads  under  PMGSY  are  constructed  and  maintained as  per  the  technical specifications  and  geometric  design  standards  given  in  the  Ministry  of  Rural  Development Specifications for Rural Roads, Rural Roads Manual of the Indian Roads Congress (IRC) (IRCSP:20)  and  also,  where  required,  the  Hill  Road  Manual  (IRC:SP:48)  and  other  relevant  IRC Codes & Manuals.

There is a detailed process and procedure laid down in the programme guidelines for scrutiny and  subsequent  sanction  of  projects  proposals  under  PMGSY  which  includes  scrutiny  of proposals  by  the  State  Technical  Agencies  (STAs),  which  are  the  prestigious  engineering colleges  in  the  State  and  on  sample  basis  by  Principal  Technical  Agencies  (PTAs)  which  are reputed Technical and Research Institutions such as the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). Thereafter, National Rural Infrastructure Development Agency (NRIDA), a technical arm of the Ministry  also  scrutinizes  DPRs  on  a  sample  basis.  The  list  of  STAs  and  PTAs  is  given  at Annexure-III .

(d) Recommendation letters received from common citizens for construction of any specific road  are  forwarded  to  the  concerned  State  Government  for  taking  suitable  action  and  for inclusion in the list of candidate roads if the same are found to be in accordance with the relevant programme guidelines.

Besides,  there  is  a  laid  down  procedure  in  the  programme  guidelines  for  consultation  with general public and public representatives at the time of preparation of candidate list of roads and preparation  of  DPR.  The  priority  list  of  roads  is  approved  by  Block  Parishad/  Zila  Panchayat which involves public representation.

(e) Rural  road  is  a  state  subject  and  maintenance  of  roads  is  the  responsibility  of  the concerned state governments. All complaints either received directly in the Ministry or through Meri  Sadak  App  (developed  for  registering  feedback  and  complaints  by  common  citizen)  are sent  to  the  concerned  State  Governments  for  redressal,  which  is  monitored  by  the  Ministry regularly.

National Quality  Monitors appointed by the Ministry are  also deputed to check the quality of maintenance work on PMGSY roads. If any works are found having unsatisfactory grading, the concerned state governments are asked to get it rectified/ repaired.

Further, as a measure of further enhancing the focus on maintenance of roads during the defect liability  period  and  also  streamlining  the  delivery  of  routine  maintenance  of  PMGSY  roads, Electric Maintenance of Rural Roads (eMARG) has been introduced, which is conceptualized on Performance  Based  Maintenance  Contracts  (PBMC).  Payment  to  the  contractor  is  now  made through eMARG which is based on the minimum condition of road, its cross drainage works and traffic  assets.  Payments  are  based  on  how  well  the  contractor  manages  to  comply  with  the performance standards or service levels defined in the contract, and not on piece work.

(f) The  Government  of  India  has  fixed  a  deadline  for  completion  of  all  works  under PMGSY-I & II by September, 2022 and for projects under Road Connectivity Project for Left Wing Extremism Affected Areas (RCPLWEA) is March, 2023. The implementation period of PMGSY-III is upto March, 2025.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to point (a) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.*29 for reply on 19.07.2022

## States/UT wise details of road length sanctioned and completed during last 5 years under PMGSY

Road length (in km)

| Sr.   |                     | 2017-18                | 2017-18               | 2018-19                | 2018-19               | 2019-20                | 2019-20     | 2020-21                          | 2020-21               | 2021-22                | 2021-22               |
|-------|---------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|-------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
| No.   | State               | Road Length Sanctioned | Road Length Completed | Road Length Sanctioned | Road Length Completed | Road Length Sanctioned | Road Length | Completed Road Length Sanctioned | Road Length Completed | Road Length Sanctioned | Road Length Completed |
| 1.    | Andaman& Nicobar    | 37.29                  | 0.00                  | 39.11                  | 0.00                  | 0.00                   | 0.00        | 96.66                            | 30.62                 | 0.00                   | 14.11                 |
| 2.    | Andhra Pradesh      | 769.36                 | 154.06                | 548.26                 | 336.73                | 1577.24                | 300.52      | 1445.09                          | 530.79                | 24.58                  | 1263.18               |
| 3.    | Arunachal Pradesh   | 684.46                 | 1132.02               | 4978.90                | 1317.64               | 550.91                 | 1731.34     | 0.00                             | 1795.50               | 0.00                   | 597.51                |
| 4.    | Assam               | 6823.72                | 1618.63               | 1800.25                | 4295.49               | 1724.35                | 3646.74     | 2759.72                          | 2684.17               | 0.00                   | 2164.09               |
| 5.    | Bihar               | 2275.24                | 5220.59               | 686.97                 | 3307.59               | 3046.13                | 718.58      | 1390.31                          | 2255.01               | 189.20                 | 1861.97               |
| 6.    | Chhattisgarh2966.13 |                        | 1901.49               | 2665.51                | 3112.36               | 5472.82                | 1952.38     | 1882.45                          | 4689.24               | 0.00                   | 3033.59               |
| 7.    | Goa                 | 0.00                   | 0.00                  | 0.00                   | 0.00                  | 0.00                   | 0.00        | 0.00                             | 0.00                  | 0.00                   | 0.00                  |
| 8.    | Gujarat             | 14.39                  | 49.31                 | 0.00                   | 14.39                 | 0.00                   | 0.00        | 3015.37                          | 201.76                | 0.00                   | 1008.67               |
| 9.    | Haryana             | 0.00                   | 38.28                 | 0.00                   | 4.95                  | 0.00                   | 0.00        | 1905.88                          | 224.06                | 590.45                 | 1384.43               |
| 10.   | Himachal Pradesh    | 1986.06                | 1772.53               | 2220.79                | 1334.35               | 1251.16                | 1086.81     | 0.00                             | 1915.57               | 0.00                   | 1623.95               |
| 11.   | Jammu And Kashmir   | 1196.18                | 1760.21               | 4298.31                | 1559.10               | 679.55                 | 1174.94     | 0.00                             | 3166.76               | 0.00                   | 3283.30               |
| 12.   | Jharkhand           | 2975.19                | 4519.15               | 709.49                 | 3570.42               | 2228.75                | 1407.78     | 0.00                             | 2008.23               | 2115.25                | 1001.02               |
| 13.   | Karnataka           | 0.00                   | 47.93                 | 0.00                   | 6.36                  | 3195.44                | 6.00        | 2182.19                          | 565.91                | 0.00                   | 2524.70               |
| 14.   | Kerala              | 259.31                 | 372.97                | 111.79                 | 314.47                | 0.00                   | 125.85      | 104.56                           | 76.78                 | 581.67                 | 66.65                 |
| 15.   | Madhya Pradesh      | 6352.47                | 5218.35               | 13.10                  | 4520.54               | 1473.37                | 1872.30     | 4779.21                          | 2957.59               | 5408.11                | 4443.01               |
| 16.   | Maharashtra         | 601.67                 | 569.76                | 0.00                   | 266.83                | 453.87                 | 120.49      | 2581.72                          | 180.50                | 344.20                 | 199.16                |
| 17.   | Manipur             | 2913.78                | 731.20                | 1720.67                | 852.24                | 325.00                 | 754.34      | 0.00                             | 892.62                | 0.00                   | 683.51                |
| 18.   | Meghalaya           | 267.59                 | 150.33                | 2174.09                | 211.42                | 101.20                 | 273.95      | 0.00                             | 728.25                | 0.00                   | 825.85                |
| 19.   | Mizoram             | 282.62                 | 237.13                | 498.12                 | 266.59                | 194.25                 | 344.55      | 0.00                             | 246.29                | 0.00                   | 346.50                |
| 20.   | Nagaland            | 263.74                 | 85.00                 | 261.08                 | 208.99                | 227.60                 | 188.70      | 0.00                             | 35.80                 | 0.00                   | 198.47                |
| 21.   | Odisha              | 5666.14                | 7140.77               | 4802.84                | 8129.88               | 97.07                  | 5298.43     | 5446.34                          | 1844.27               | 4023.09                | 2829.16               |
| 22.   | Punjab              | 0.00                   | 851.75                | 0.00                   | 246.78                | 0.00                   | 28.98       | 2055.72                          | 1.09                  | 28.27                  | 285.02                |
| 23.   | Rajasthan           | 3464.26                | 3249.06               | 0.00                   | 2528.27               | 2198.39                | 103.39      | 3622.98                          | 1856.01               | 0.00                   | 3255.38               |
| 24.   | Sikkim              | 605.30                 | 419.16                | 120.99                 | 351.92                | 0.00                   | 68.22       | 0.00                             | 156.96                | 0.00                   | 141.12                |
| 25.   | Tamilnadu           | 2653.58                | 1611.36               | 1285.41                | 2166.86               | 1044.04                | 1065.92     | 2153.97                          | 871.27                | 1253.53                | 2063.17               |
| 26.   | Tripura             | 76.89                  | 313.14                | 8.63                   | 169.09                | 307.23                 | 85.20       | 0.00                             | 108.80                | 0.00                   | 171.62                |
| 27.   | Uttar Pradesh       | 426.87                 | 4106.46               | 926.09                 | 1688.27               | 287.23                 | 376.08      | 6287.38                          | 717.76                | 12482.79               | 3368.44               |
| 28.   | Uttarakhand         | 1766.86                | 1839.11               | 6209.05                | 1756.27               | 905.83                 | 2036.49     | 0.00                             | 3364.68               | 1156.77                | 2067.17               |
| 29.   | West Bengal         | 5667.62                | 3213.11               | 2523.81                | 5111.22               | 0.00                   | 2180.04     | 0.00                             | 2178.96               | 0.00                   | 525.96                |
| 30.   | Telangana           | 1098.64                | 302.93                | 0.00                   | 381.20                | 246.75                 | 205.84      | 2336.99                          | 315.39                | 58.86                  | 630.83                |
| 31.   | Ladakh              | 0.00                   | 44.34                 | 372.14                 | 63.09                 | 79.33                  | 150.73      | 0.00                             | 86.23                 | 0.00                   | 109.23                |
|       | Total               | 52095.37               | 48670.10              | 38975.39               | 48093.29              | 27667.49               | 27304.59    | 44152.66                         | 36686.87              | 28256.75               | 41970.79              |

Annexure- II Annexure referred to in reply to point (a) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.*29 for reply on 19.07.2022

## Details of road length sanctioned and completed in the districts Parbhani, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg and Osmanabad of Maharashtra during last 5 years under various interventions of PMGSY

Road length (in km)

| Sr.   | Name of the District s   | 2017-18                 | 2017-18                | 2018-19                 | 2018-19                | 2019-20                 | 2019-20                | 2020-21                 | 2020-21                | 2021-22                 | 2021-22                |
|-------|--------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
| No.   | Name of the District s   | Road Length Sanctio ned | Road Length Comple ted | Road Length Sanctio ned | Road Length Comple ted | Road Length Sanctio ned | Road Length Comple ted | Road Length Sanctio ned | Road Length Comple ted | Road Length Sanctio ned | Road Length Comple ted |
| 1.    | Osmana bad               | 0.00                    | 9.00                   | 0.00                    | 1.20                   | 0.00                    | 0.00                   | 119.58                  | 0.00                   | 0.00                    | 0.00                   |
| 2.    | Parbhan i                | 0.85                    | 10.57                  | 0.00                    | 0.85                   | 0.00                    | 0.00                   | 0.00                    | 0.00                   | 0.00                    | 0.00                   |
| 3.    | Ratnagi ri               | 0.00                    | 2.14                   | 0.00                    | 0.00                   | 0.00                    | 0.00                   | 0.00                    | 0.00                   | 0.00                    | 0.00                   |
| 4.    | Sindhud urg              | 0.00                    | 23.01                  | 0.00                    | 0.00                   | 0.00                    | 0.00                   | 0.00                    | 0.00                   | 0.00                    | 0.00                   |

## Annexure referred to in reply to point (b & c) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.*29 for reply on 19.07.2022

## Details of State Technical Agencies (STAs) and Principal Technical Agencies (PTAs)

## List of State Technical Agencies (STAs)

|   Sr. No. | Name of State/UTs           | Name of the State Technical Agencies                                                |
|-----------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | J.N.T. U. College of Enigineering, Kukatpalli, Hyderabad                            |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh              | National Institute of Technology (Formerly Regional Engineering College), Warrangal |
|         3 | Andhra Pradesh              | J.N.T. U. College of Enigineering, Kukatpalli                                       |
|         4 | Andhra Pradesh              | University College of Engineering, JNTU,Kakinada                                    |
|         5 | Andhra Pradesh              | University College of Engineering, Osmania University                               |
|         6 | Andhra Pradesh              | Andhra University College of Engineering,Visakhapatnam                              |
|         7 | Arunachal Pradesh           | Jorhat Engineering College, Jorhat, Assam                                           |
|         8 | Assam                       | Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati                                            |
|         9 | Assam                       | Assam Engineering College, Jalukbari , Guwahati                                     |
|        10 | Bihar                       | National Institute of Technology,Ashok Rajpath,Patna                                |
|        11 | Bihar                       | Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology                                                 |
|        12 | Bihar                       | Bhagalpur College of Engineering, Bhagalpur                                         |
|        13 | Bihar                       | Department of Civil &Environment Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Patna |
|        14 | Bihar                       | National Institute of Technology, G E Road, Raipur                                  |
|        15 | Chhattisgarh                | Department of Civil Engg, Bhilai Institute of Technology, Durg                      |
|        16 | Chhattisgarh                | Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Odisha                                  |
|        17 | Goa                         | Goa College of Engg., Farmagudi                                                     |
|        18 | Gujarat                     | Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology,Ichchhanath, Surat              |
|        19 | Haryana                     | Civil Engg. Dept., Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology       |
|        20 | Haryana                     | National Institute of Technology, (Formerly Regional Engg College)                  |

|   21. | Haryana          | Department of Civil Engg, PEC University of Technology                                                   |
|-------|------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    22 | Himachal Pradesh | National Institute of Technology (Formerly Regional Engineering College)Hamirpur                         |
|    23 | Jammu &Kashmir   | Dept. of Civil Engg. NIT Srinagar                                                                        |
|    24 | Jammu &Kashmir   | Govt. College of Engineering &Technology                                                                 |
|    25 | Jharkhand        | Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra                                                                     |
|    26 | Karnataka        | Bangalore University, Jnanabharathi Campus                                                               |
|    27 | Karnataka        | Transportation Engineering Division, Dept. of Civil Engineer National Institute of Technology, Surathkal |
|    28 | Karnataka        | PES College Of Engg.                                                                                     |
|    29 | Karnataka        | P.D.A. College of Engineering, Aiwan                                                                     |
|    30 | Ladakh           | Dept. of Civil Engg. NIT Srinagar ,Jammu &Kashmir                                                        |
|    31 | Karnataka        | Rasta, Road Institute,Volvo Company Campus, Peenya Industrial Area                                       |
|    32 | Karnataka        | Government SKSJ Technological Institue, K R Circle                                                       |
|    33 | Kerala           | College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram                                                               |
|    34 | Kerala           | National Institute Of Technology,Calicut                                                                 |
|    35 | Madhya Pradesh   | Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology                                                            |
|    36 | Madhya Pradesh   | Jabalpur Engineering College, Jabalpur                                                                   |
|    37 | Madhya Pradesh   | SGSITS, CED, Indore                                                                                      |
|    38 | Madhya Pradesh   | Samrat Ashok Technological Institute                                                                     |
|    39 | Madhya Pradesh   | Madhav Institute of Technology &Science                                                                  |
|    40 | Madhya Pradesh   | Ujjain Engineering College, Ujjain                                                                       |
|    41 | Maharashtra      | Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, South Ambazariwad,                                        |
|    42 | Maharashtra      | Sardar Patel College of Engineering,Munshi Nagar Gate, Andheri(W)                                        |
|    43 | Maharashtra      | Govt. College of Engineering, Aurangabad                                                                 |
|    44 | Maharashtra      | Govt. College of Engineering, Shivajinagar,Pune                                                          |

|   45. | Maharashtra   | Govt. College of Engineering, kathora naka,                               |
|-------|---------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    46 | Manipur       | National Institute of Technology, (Formerly Regional Engineering College) |
|    47 | Manipur       | Manipur Institute of Technology, Imphal                                   |
|    48 | Meghalaya     | Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati                                  |
|    49 | Mizoram       | Indian Institute of Technolgy, Kharagpur                                  |
|    50 | Nagaland      | Jorhat Engineering College,Jorhat                                         |
|    51 | Odisha        | National Institute of Technology,Rourkela                                 |
|    52 | Odisha        | College of Engg. &Technology, Bhubaneshwar ,                              |
|    53 | Odisha        | Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla                         |
|    54 | Odisha        | Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar                               |
|    55 | Odisha        | Indira Gandhi Institute of Technologyt Dhenkanal                          |
|    56 | Punjab        | Thapar Institute Of Engineering &Technology, Patiala                      |
|    57 | Punjab        | Giani Zail Singh Campus College of Engineering &Technology,Bathinda       |
|    58 | Punjab        | Department of Civil Engg, PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh        |
|    59 | Punjab        | Guru nanak Dev Engineering College ,Ludhiana                              |
|    60 | Rajasthan     | Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur                         |
|    61 | Rajasthan     | University College of Engineering,Rajasthan Technical University          |
|    62 | Rajasthan     | M.B.M Engineering College, Jai Narayan Vyas University, Jodhpur           |
|    63 | Sikkim        | Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, East Sikkim                       |
|    64 | Sikkim        | Government Engineering College, Jalpaiguri                                |
|    65 | Tamil Nadu    | National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli                          |
|    66 | Tripura       | National Institute of Technology, Agartala                                |
|    67 | Uttar Pradesh | Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad                 |
|    68 | Uttar Pradesh | Hurcourt Butler Technical University, Kanpur,                             |

|   69. | Uttar Pradesh   | M.M.M. University of Technology, Gorakhpur                                                                     |
|-------|-----------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    70 | Uttarakhand     | Indian Institute of TechnologyRoorkee                                                                          |
|    71 | Uttar Pradesh   | Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology, Sultanpur                                                                 |
|    72 | Uttar Pradesh   | Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi                                                    |
|    73 | Uttar Pradesh   | Institute of Engineering and Technology, Lucknow                                                               |
|    74 | Uttar Pradesh   | Indian Institute of Technology (Formerly University of Roorkee) Roorkee                                        |
|    75 | Uttarakhand     | Deptt. of Civil Engineering, College of Technology, G.B. Pant University of Agticulture &Technology, Pantnagar |
|    76 | West Bengal     | Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur                                                                      |
|    77 | West Bengal     | Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur,Howrah                                         |
|    78 | West Bengal     | Jadavpur University,S C Mallik Road, Kolkata                                                                   |
|    79 | West Bengal     | Government Engineering College, Jalpaiguri                                                                     |
|    80 | West Bengal     | National Institute of Technology, Durgapur                                                                     |

## List of Principal Technical Agencies (PTAs)

|   Sr. No. | States Covered                                                                                                           | Name of the PTAs                                              |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | All States and UTs (Over and Above all PTAs)                                                                             | Central Road Research Institute (CRRI), New Delhi             |
|         2 | Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar                                                                                     | Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee                       |
|         3 | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                           | National Institute of Technology,Warangal                     |
|         4 | Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir & Himachal Pradesh                                                           | Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani             |
|         5 | Karnataka, Tamilnadu, Kerala and Goa                                                                                     | College of Engineering, Bangalore University, Bangalore       |
|         6 | North Eastern States of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura and West Bengal | Indian Institute Of Technology, Kharagpur                     |
|         7 | Chattisgarh, Jharkhand and Odisha                                                                                        | Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneshwar                  |
|         8 | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                           | Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT), Bhopal |

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