Lok Sabha Question No. 5380 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-05
Subject: Roads Built under PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Arun Kumar Sagar

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5380 ANSWERED ON 05/04/2022

## ROADS BUILT UNDER PMGSY

## 5380.   SHRI ARUN KUMAR SAGAR:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the roads built and to be built under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in the country especially in backward and scheduled caste dominated areas;
- (b) whether all the roads have been/are being constructed as per prescribed standards; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a)         Rural  Roads is  a State subject. Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) was launched as a one-time special intervention to provide rural connectivity, by way of a single all-weather road, to the eligible unconnected habitations of designated population size (500+ in  plain  areas  and  250+  in  North-Eastern  States,  Himalayan  States,  Himalayan  Union Territories, certain other specified areas as per 2001 census) in the core network for uplifting the  socio-economic  condition  of  the  rural  population. The  mandate  of  PMGSY  has  been subsequently  widened  to  include  new  interventions.   PMGSY-II  was  launched  in  the  year 2013,  with  a  target  to  upgrade  50,000  Kms of  the  existing  rural  road  network.   Road Connectivity Project for Left Wing Extremism Affected Areas (RCPLWEA) was launched in the year 2016 for construction/upgradation of strategically important roads chosen in the 44 worst affected LWE districts and adjoining districts in the 9 States. PMGSY-III was launched in the year 2019 for consolidation of 1,25,000 Km Through Routes and Major Rural Links connecting habitations,  inter-alia, to Gramin Agricultural Markets (GrAMs), Higher Secondary Schools and Hospitals.

All the projects under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna-I (PMGSY-I) and PMGSY-II have already  been  sanctioned  to  the  States/UTs.  Under  RCPLWEA,  10,901  Km  road  has  been sanctioned.  Further,  clarification  has  been  sought  from  states  with  regard  to  additional proposals  submitted  by  the  states  of  Bihar,  Chhattisgarh,  Jharkhand,  Maharashtra  and Telangana under RCPLWEA.  Under PMGSY-III, against allocated target of 1,25,000 Km, the Ministry has so far sanctioned 81,921 Km. The status of implementation of PMGSY-I, II, III and RCPLWEA is given below:-

| Name of vertical   | Sanctioned   | Completed   | Balance*   |
|--------------------|--------------|-------------|------------|
| PMGSY-I            | 6,45,478     | 6,14,806    | 15,579     |
| PMGSY-II           | 49,885       | 46,825      | 2,590      |
| RCPLWEA            | 10,901       | 5,604       | 5,260      |
| PMGSY-III          | 81,921       | 33,945      | 47,768     |
| Total              | 7,88,185     | 7,01,180    | 71,197     |

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

The State wise details of road length sanctioned, completed and balance for  completion is given in Annexure. The district wise details of status of projects sanctioned under PMGSY in  all  the  districts  including  backward  and  scheduled  caste  dominated  districts  can  be assessed at omms.nic.in->Progress Monitoring ->State MPR Abstract Report.

(b)  &  (c)           Rural  roads  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  Sadak  Yojana  (PMGSY)  are constructed 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) (IRC-SP:20) and also, where required, the Hill Road Manual (IRC:SP:48) and other relevant IRC Codes & Manuals.

There is a three-tiered Quality Control mechanism for ensuring construction of quality road works  and  durability  of  road  assets  under  PMGSY.   Under  the  first  tier,  the  Programme Implementation Units (PIUs) are required to ensure process control through mandatory tests on material and workmanship at field laboratory.  The second tier is a structured independent quality monitoring at the State level through State Quality Monitors (SQMs) to ensure that every work is inspected at initial stage, middle stage and final stage of construction.  Under the third tier, independent National Quality Monitors (NQMs) are deployed by the Ministry for  random  inspection  of  road  and  bridge  works  to  monitor  quality  and  also  to  provide guidance to the field functionaries.

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## Annexure referred to in part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5380 for 05.04.2022

## State-wise details of road length sanctioned, completed and balance under PMGSY

( Road length in Km )

| S.No.   | State Name          | Road Length Sanctioned   | Road Length Completed   | Balance Road Length*   |
|---------|---------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
| 1       | Andaman And Nicobar | 200                      | 45                      | 154                    |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh      | 18,973                   | 16,265                  | 2,206                  |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh   | 14,387                   | 11,903                  | 2,472                  |
| 4       | Assam               | 31,471                   | 30,391                  | 941                    |
| 5       | Bihar               | 60,738                   | 55,856                  | 3,015                  |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh        | 45,003                   | 41,490                  | 2,308                  |
| 7       | Goa                 | 156                      | 155                     | 0                      |
| 8       | Gujarat             | 15,731                   | 13,769                  | 1,814                  |
| 9       | Haryana             | 8,111                    | 7,150                   | 917                    |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh    | 21,859                   | 19,518                  | 2,047                  |
| 11      | Jammu and Kashmir   | 19,078                   | 16,971                  | 1,848                  |
| 12      | Jharkhand           | 30,518                   | 27,022                  | 2,872                  |
| 13      | Karnataka           | 24,002                   | 21,654                  | 2,302                  |
| 14      | Kerala              | 4,577                    | 3,769                   | 776                    |
| 15      | Ladakh              | 1,207                    | 890                     | 301                    |
| 16      | Madhya Pradesh      | 92,649                   | 84,385                  | 5,196                  |
| 17      | Maharashtra         | 30,947                   | 26,788                  | 3,563                  |
| 18      | Manipur             | 11,673                   | 9,369                   | 2,297                  |
| 19      | Meghalaya           | 4,755                    | 3,711                   | 1,039                  |
| 20      | Mizoram             | 4,483                    | 4,042                   | 427                    |
| 21      | Nagaland            | 4,382                    | 4,036                   | 346                    |
| 22      | Odisha              | 74,758                   | 64,928                  | 7,438                  |
| 23      | Pondicherry         | 106                      | 0                       | 106                    |
| 24      | Punjab              | 10,364                   | 8,424                   | 1,903                  |
| 25      | Rajasthan           | 75,332                   | 72,288                  | 725                    |
| 26      | Sikkim              | 4,915                    | 4,322                   | 539                    |
| 27      | Tamilnadu           | 23,711                   | 21,431                  | 2,110                  |
| 28      | Telangana           | 14,230                   | 11,573                  | 2,388                  |
| 29      | Tripura             | 5,240                    | 4,695                   | 376                    |
| 30      | Uttar Pradesh       | 77,257                   | 59,790                  | 16,425                 |
| 31      | Uttarakhand         | 20,283                   | 18,256                  | 1,858                  |
| 32      | West Bengal         | 37,087                   | 36,294                  | 488                    |
|         | Total               | 7,88,185                 | 7,01,180                | 71,197                 |