Lok Sabha Question No. 2719 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-14
Subject: Completion of Road/Bridge work under PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Ramesh Bidhuri, Hemant Tukaram Godse

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2719

ANSWERED ON 14/12/2021

## COMPLETION OF ROAD/BRIDGE WORK UNDER PMGSY

## 2719.   SHRI RAMESH BIDHURI:

SHRI HEMANT TUKARAM GODSE:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has proposed to take/has taken any steps for completion of road and bridge work under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the  number  of  proposals  received  and  sanctioned  by  the  Government  regarding construction of bridges under the PMGSY during the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (c) the details regarding total road constructed under PMGSY during the last three years;
- (d) whether the Union Government has received any request from the State Governments for relaxing the norms under PMGSY, if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
- (e) the action taken/being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  As per the programme guidelines of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), the timeline for completion of road work is 12 working months from the date of issue of the work order. However, where a package comprises more than one road work, the total time given for  completion  of  the  package  is  18  calendar  months.  Similarly,  a  time  period  of  21-24 months  has  been  allowed  for  completion  of  bridge  works  exceeding  25-meter  in  length, depending on site conditions.

The  implementation  of  all  sanctioned  works  under  PMGSY  is  being  monitored  through online Monitoring Information System named Online Management, Monitoring and Accounting  System  (OMMAS)  on  real  time  basis. In  addition,  the  progress  is  regularly reviewed  by  the  Ministry  by  way  of  Regional  Review  Meetings  (RRMs),  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 Hon'ble Member  of  Parliament (LS) monitors the implementation  of  various  schemes  of  Government  of  India  including  PMGSY. Besides above,  special  review  meetings/monthly  review  meetings  are  also  held  by  Secretary/ Additional Secretary/Joint Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development with Chief Secretaries/Principal Secretaries of the States to take stock of the progress of the scheme and remove the bottlenecks, if any.

No revision of project costs are allowed for the works sanctioned under PMGSY. This acts as a disincentive for the states who delay the completion of projects. Further, action for closure of the projects is also taken from time to time wherever undue delays are seen. The issues of forest  clearance  and other bottlenecks such as availability of construction materials, law & order issues are also taken up with the concerned stakeholders.

All the projects sanctioned under PMGSY-I & II are targeted for completion by September, 2022.  The  projects  under  Road  Connectivity  Project  for  Left  Wing  Extremism  Affected Areas (RCPLWEA) are targeted for completion by March, 2023. The implementation period of PMGSY-III is upto March, 2025.

- (b)  The proposals for construction of bridges received and sanctioned under PMGSY during the last three years and current year, state-wise are given at Annexure.
- (c)  A total of 1,29,549 km road length has been constructed during the last three years and the  current  year   under  various  interventions/verticals  of  PMGSY  as  per  the  details  given below:-

| Year                       | Road length constructed (in km)   |
|----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 2018-19                    | 48,093                            |
| 2019-20                    | 27,305                            |
| 2020-21                    | 36,674                            |
| 2021-22 (as on 10.12.2021) | 17,477                            |

(d)  to  (e)  The  Government  has  received  proposals  from  State  Governments  and  public representatives to relax the norms under new connectivity component of PMGSY to include habitations as per Census, 2011, instead of 2001, as many habitations which had population of  less  than  500  and  250  in  plain  and  North-East  &  Hill  States  respectively  in  2001  have crossed the threshold population benchmark in 2011. Some proposals have also been received to further lower the population criteria below 250 also.

There is no proposal as of now to relax the norms for eligibility of habitations for providing connectivity under PMGSY.

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## Annexure  referred  to  in  part  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  2719  for 14.12.2021

## Proposals for construction of bridges received and sanctioned

| S. No.   | Name of the State   | No. of bridge proposals received& sanctioned   |
|----------|---------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh      | 47                                             |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh   | 96                                             |
| 3        | Assam               | 376                                            |
| 4        | Bihar               | 609                                            |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh        | 109                                            |
| 6        | Gujarat             | 44                                             |
| 7        | Himachal Pradesh    | 22                                             |
| 8        | Jammu And Kashmir   | 80                                             |
| 9        | Jharkhand           | 139                                            |
| 10       | Karnataka           | 101                                            |
| 11       | Kerala              | 3                                              |
| 12       | Madhya Pradesh      | 580                                            |
| 13       | Maharashtra         | 75                                             |
| 14       | Manipur             | 96                                             |
| 15       | Meghalaya           | 71                                             |
| 16       | Nagaland            | 53                                             |
| 17       | Odisha              | 156                                            |
| 18       | Punjab              | 16                                             |
| 19       | Rajasthan           | 6                                              |
| 20       | Sikkim              | 32                                             |
| 21       | Tamilnadu           | 36                                             |
| 22       | Tripura             | 2                                              |
| 23       | Uttar Pradesh       | 16                                             |
| 24       | Uttarakhand         | 271                                            |
| 25       | West Bengal         | 60                                             |
| 26       | Telangana           | 115                                            |
| 27       | Ladakh              | 1                                              |
|          | Total               | 3,212                                          |

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