Lok Sabha Question No. 5405 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-05
Subject: PMGSY in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Kanakmal Katara, Keshari Devi Patel

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5405

ANSWERED ON 05/04/2022

## PMGSY IN UTTAR PRADESH AND RAJASTHAN

## 5405.   SHRI KANAKMAL KATARA: SHRIMATI KESHARI DEVI PATEL:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to cover small towns having population less than the norms under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY);
- (b) if so, the details of the norms fixed in this regard;
- (c) whether the roads left out under the said yojana in Uttar Pradesh including Phulpur Parliamentary Constituency in Prayagraj district and Rajasthan including BanswaraDungapur have been reviewed and if so, the status thereof;
- (d) the details of the steps taken to construct quality roads under the said yojana; and
- (e) the details of the plan to repair/reconstruct five years old roads constructed under the said yojana?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) As per programme guidelines, the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) covers only the rural areas. There is no proposal to relax the norms for eligibility and cover small towns under the scheme.

(c)     The  status  of  implementation  of  various  verticals  of  PMGSY  in  the  Prayagraj (Allahabad) district of Uttar Pradesh and Banswara and Dungarpur districts of Rajasthan is given below:-

## Prayagraj

| Name of vertical   | Sanctioned   | Completed   |   Balance* |
|--------------------|--------------|-------------|------------|
| PMGSY-I            | 874          | 870         |          0 |
| PMGSY-II           | 116          | 116         |          0 |
| PMGSY-III          | 467          | 104         |        363 |
| Total              | 1,457        | 1,090       |        363 |

## Banswara

## Road length in Km

## Road length in Km

| Name of vertical   | Sanctioned   | Completed   |   Balance* |
|--------------------|--------------|-------------|------------|
| PMGSY-I            | 2,680        | 2,654       |          0 |
| PMGSY-II           | 112          | 112         |          0 |
| PMGSY-III          | 94           | 90          |          0 |
| Total              | 2,886        | 2,856       |          0 |

## Dungarpur

| Name of vertical   | Sanctioned   | Completed   |   Balance* |
|--------------------|--------------|-------------|------------|
| PMGSY-I            | 2,820        | 2,692       |          0 |
| PMGSY-II           | 73           | 73          |          0 |
| PMGSY-III          | 210          | 206         |          4 |
| Total              | 3,103        | 2,971       |          4 |

Road length in Km

*Balance road length can be 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.

(d) Rural roads under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (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) (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 NRIDA for random inspection of road and bridge works to monitor quality and also to provide guidance to the field functionaries.

(e) Maintenance  of  roads  constructed  under  the  programme  is  the  responsibility  of  the State Governments and all road works are covered by initial five year maintenance contracts to be entered into along with the construction contract, with the same contractor, as per the Standard  Bidding  Document. Maintenance funds to service the  contract  are  required  to  be budgeted  by  the  State  Governments  and  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  State  Rural  Roads Development  Agencies  (SRRDAs)  in  a  separate  maintenance  account.  On  expiry  of  the  5 year  post  construction  maintenance,  PMGSY  roads  are  required  to  be  placed  under  Zonal maintenance contracts consisting of 5 year maintenance including renewal as per maintenance cycle, from time to time, which are also financed by the state governments.

As per the programme guidelines of PMGY-III, no roads can be taken up under PMGSY-III before completion of 10 years of design life.

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