Lok Sabha Question No. 2096 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-20
Subject: PMGSY in Backward and Tribal dominated Areas
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Arun Kumar Sagar

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2096

ANSWERED ON 20/12/2022

## PMGSY IN BACKWARD AND TRIBAL DOMINATED AREAS

## 2096.   SHRI ARUN KUMAR SAGAR:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the roads constructed along with the roads to be constructed under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in the country especially in the backward and tribal dominated areas;
- (b) whether all the roads constructed or being constructed are as per the prescribed norms in this regard; 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-I) 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  was subsequently  widened  to  include  new  intervention.  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 to Gramin Agricultural Markets (GrAMs), Higher Secondary Schools and Hospitals among the others.

All the projects under PMGSY-I & II have already been sanctioned to the States/UTs. Under RCPLWEA, all  the  works  have  been  sanctioned  except  4  bridges  of  Maharashtra.  Under PMGSY-III,  against  allocated  target  of  1,25,000  Km,  the  Ministry  has  so  far  sanctioned 91,371  Km.  The  status  of  implementation  of  PMGSY-I,  II,  III  and  RCPLWEA  as  on 15.12.2022 is given below:-

## Road length (in Km)

| Name of Vertical   | Sanctioned   | Completed   | Balance*   |
|--------------------|--------------|-------------|------------|
| PMGSY-I            | 6,45,395     | 6,20,916    | 9,189      |
| PMGSY-II           | 48,873       | 48,330      | 1,038      |
| PMGSY-III          | 91,371       | 46,404      | 44,461     |
| RCPLWEA            | 12,100       | 6,575       | 5,475      |
| Total              | 7,98,739     | 7,22,225    | 60,163     |

* 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-I . The district wise details of status of projects sanctioned under PMGSY in  all  the  districts  including  backward  and  tribal  dominated  districts  can  be  accessed  at omms.nic.in->Progress Monitoring->State MPR Abstract Report. (b) & (c)    Rural Roads are constructed under PMGSY as per the various codes and manuals of IRC including specifications for rural roads of Ministry of Rural Development, which are updated from time to time.

The details  of  IRC  Codes  &  Manual  being  used  in  the  construction  of  Rural  Roads  under PMGSY is given at Annexure-II .

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## Annexure referred to in reply of part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2096 to be answered on 20/12/2022

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

| Sr.No.   | State/ UT Name              | Road length sanctioned (km)   | Road length completed (km)   | Balance road length (km)   |
|----------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman And Nicobar Islands | 200                           | 50                           | 149                        |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh              | 18,973                        | 16,880                       | 1,555                      |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh           | 14,384                        | 13,112                       | 1,236                      |
| 4        | Assam                       | 32,420                        | 30,768                       | 1,507                      |
| 5        | Bihar                       | 65,576                        | 56,580                       | 7,103                      |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh                | 45,612                        | 41,902                       | 2,485                      |
| 7        | Goa                         | 156                           | 155                          | 0                          |
| 8        | Gujarat                     | 15,731                        | 14,370                       | 1,182                      |
| 9        | Haryana                     | 8,111                         | 7,477                        | 583                        |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh            | 22,295                        | 20,728                       | 1,259                      |
| 11       | Jammu And Kashmir           | 20,326                        | 17,782                       | 2,215                      |
| 12       | Jharkhand                   | 30,576                        | 27,642                       | 2,306                      |
| 13       | Karnataka                   | 23,978                        | 22,550                       | 1,340                      |
| 14       | Kerala                      | 4,577                         | 3,834                        | 708                        |
| 15       | Ladakh                      | 1,207                         | 1,013                        | 174                        |
| 16       | Madhya Pradesh              | 93,640                        | 86,742                       | 3,778                      |
| 17       | Maharashtra                 | 30,947                        | 27,039                       | 3,310                      |
| 18       | Manipur                     | 11,673                        | 10,506                       | 1,160                      |
| 19       | Meghalaya                   | 4,755                         | 4,040                        | 692                        |
| 20       | Mizoram                     | 4,483                         | 4,241                        | 225                        |
| 21       | Nagaland                    | 4,382                         | 4,158                        | 225                        |
| 22       | Odisha                      | 74,724                        | 66,011                       | 6,277                      |
| 23       | Puducherry                  | 106                           | 15                           | 91                         |
| 24       | Punjab                      | 10,364                        | 8,863                        | 1,461                      |
| 25       | Rajasthan                   | 75,667                        | 72,760                       | 587                        |
| 26       | Sikkim                      | 4,915                         | 4,577                        | 278                        |
| 27       | Tamil Nadu                  | 23,708                        | 22,123                       | 1,411                      |
| 28       | Telangana                   | 14,555                        | 12,094                       | 2,174                      |
| 29       | Tripura                     | 5,470                         | 4,783                        | 514                        |
| 30       | Uttar Pradesh               | 77,050                        | 63,847                       | 12,093                     |
| 31       | Uttarakhand                 | 20,277                        | 19,143                       | 943                        |
| 32       | West Bengal                 | 37,899                        | 36,441                       | 1,141                      |
|          | Total                       | 798,739                       | 722,225                      | 60,163                     |

## Annexure referred to in reply of parts (b & c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2096 to be answered on 20/12/2022

## Details of IRC Codes being used in during construction of Rural Roads under PMGSY

| IRC:16-2008                                                | Standard Specifications and Code of Practice for Prime and Tack Coat (Second Revision)                                                         |
|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| IRC:19-2005                                                | Standard Specifications and Code of Practice for Water Bound Macadam (Third Revision)                                                          |
| IRC:37-2018                                                | Guidelines for the Design of Flexible Pavements' (Fourth Revision)                                                                             |
| IRC:40-2002                                                | Standard Specifications and Code of Practice for Road Bridges, Section IV - (Brick, Stone and Cement Concrete Block Masonry) (Second Revision) |
| IRC:44-2017                                                | Guidelines for Cement Concrete Mix Design for Pavements (Third Revision)                                                                       |
| IRC:75-2015                                                | Guidelines for the Design of High Embankments (First Revision)                                                                                 |
| IRC:52-2019                                                | Guidelines for the Alignment Survey and Geometric Design of Hill Roads (Third Revision)                                                        |
| IRC:SP:20- 2002                                            | Rural Roads Manual (Under Revision)                                                                                                            |
| IRC:SP:48- 1998                                            | Hill Road Manual                                                                                                                               |
| IRC:SP:58- 2001                                            | Guidelines for Use of Fly Ash in Road Embankments                                                                                              |
| IRC:SP:59- 2019                                            | Guidelines for Use of Geo synthetics in Road Pavements and Associated Works (First Revision)                                                   |
| IRC:SP:62- 2014                                            | Guidelines for Design and Construction of Cement Concrete Pavements for Low Volume Roads (First Revision)                                      |
| IRC:SP:63- 2018                                            | Guidelines for the Use of Interlocking Concrete Block Pavement (First Revision)                                                                |
| IRC:SP:68- 2022                                            | Guidelines for Construction of Roller Compacted Concrete Pavements (First Revision)                                                            |
| IRC:SP:72- 2015                                            | Guidelines for the Design of Flexible Pavements for Low Volume Rural Roads' (First Revision)                                                   |
| IRC:SP:77- 2008                                            | Manual for Design, Construction &Maintenance of Gravel Roads                                                                                   |
| IRC:SP:78- 2008                                            | Specifications for Mix Seal Surfacing (MSS) Close-Graded Premix Surfacing (CGPS)                                                               |
| IRC:SP:82- 2008                                            | Guidelines for Design of Causeways and Submersible bridges                                                                                     |
| IRC:SP:83- 2018                                            | Guidelines for Maintenance, Repairs & Rehabilitation of Cement Concrete Pavements (First Revision)                                             |
| IRC:SP-98- 2020                                            | Guidelines for the use of Waste Plastic in Hot Bituminous Mixes (Dry Process) in Wearing Courses (First Revision)                              |
| IRC:SP-100- 2014                                           | Use of Cold Mix Technology in Construction and Maintenance of Roads Using Bitumen Emulsion                                                     |
| IRC:SP-103- 2014                                           | Guidelines on Tree Plantation along Rural Roads                                                                                                |
| IRC:SP:116- 2018                                           | Guidelines for Design and Installation of Gabion Structures                                                                                    |
| IRC:SP:121- 2018                                           | Guidelines for Use of Iron, Steel and Copper Slag in Construction of Rural Roads                                                               |
| IRC:SP:126- 2019                                           | Guidelines for the Design and Construction of Low Volume Rural Roads Using Jute Geotextiles                                                    |
| IRC:SP:129- 2022                                           | Guidelines for the Design and Construction of Roads using Coir Geotextiles                                                                     |
| IRC:SP:133- 2022                                           | Guidelines on Reducing Carbon Footprint of Road Projects                                                                                       |
| IRC:SP:135- 2022                                           | Manual for the Design of Hot Bituminous Mixes                                                                                                  |
| IRC:109-2015                                               | Guidelines for Wet Mix Macadam (First Revision)                                                                                                |
| IRC:110-2005                                               | Standard Specifications and Code of Practice for Design and Construction of Surface Dressing                                                   |
| IRC:117-2015                                               | Guidelines for the Structural Evaluation of Rigid Pavement by Falling Weight Deflectometer                                                     |
| MoRD Specifications For Rural Roads (First Revision- 2014) | MoRD Specifications For Rural Roads (First Revision- 2014)                                                                                     |