Lok Sabha Question No. 982 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-13
Subject: Construction of Roads under Phases of PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Ajay Kumar Mandal, Ramesh Chander Kaushik, Rama Devi, Locket Chatterjee, Sunil Kumar Pintu, Sunil Baburao Mendhe, Dileshwar Kamait

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 982 ANSWERED ON 13/12/2022

## CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS UNDER PHASES OF PMGSY

982. SHRI AJAY KUMAR MANDAL: SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK: SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI: MS. LOCKET CHATTERJEE: SHRI SUNIL KUMAR PINTU: SHRI SUNIL BABURAO MENDHE: SHRI DILESHWAR KAMAIT:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the total length of roads in various Phases approved and constructed under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), Statewise including Sonipat of Haryana, Bhagalpur, Sheohar, Sitamarhi, East Champaran and Supaul of Bihar, West Bengal and Maharashtra;
- (b) whether several proposals are pending for approval under PMGSY Phase-I, II and III separately of Maharashtra and Sonipat, Bhagalpur, Sheohar, Sitamarhi, East Champaran, Supaul and Hugli districts under PMGSY;
- (c) if so, the reasons therefor along with the time by which the said proposals are likely to be approved; and
- (d) the measures taken for ensuring the proper maintenance of roads constructed under PMGSY?

## ANSWER

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

(a) The details of total length of roads sanctioned and constructed under various ongoing interventions/verticals of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), State/UT-wise are given at Annexure .  The details of road length sanctioned and completed in Sonipat District of Haryana and Bhagalpur, Sheohar, Sitamarhi, East Champaran and Supaul districts of Bihar under PMGSY as on 8 th December, 2022 are as under:-

## Road length in Km

| Name of the State   | Name of the district   | Sanctioned road length   | Completed road length   |
|---------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
| Haryana             | Sonipat                | 492                      | 474                     |
| Bihar               | Bhagalpur              | 1,470                    | 1,323                   |
| Bihar               | Sheohar                | 396                      | 309                     |
| Bihar               | Sitamarhi              | 1,964                    | 1,737                   |
| Bihar               | East Champaran         | 2,971                    | 2,569                   |
| Bihar               | Supaul                 | 843                      | 685                     |

(b)  and  (c)  All  the  projects  under  PMGSY-I  and  II  have  already  been  sanctioned  to  the States/UTs.  Under PMGSY-III, Ministry has allocated the target length to the States/UTs.

The district-wise allocation of the target within the overall target allocated to the State under PMGSY-III is done by the respective State Governments.

The State of Haryana has already been accorded all the sanctions under PMGSY-I, II and III, as  per  the  allocated  targets  to  the  State.  There  is  no  proposal  of  Bihar  and  West  Bengal pending in the Ministry as of now for approval. Proposal in respect of State of Maharashtra for  548  road  works  of  3,334  Km  under  PMGSY-III  was  considered  in  the  meeting  of  the Empowered Committee held on 16 th November, 2022. The observations of the Empowered Committee  have  been  communicated  to  the  State  Government  for  submitting  compliance report.

(d) As per the programme guidelines of PMGSY, 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.

Further, in order to ensure that states provide required maintenance funds during the design life of the road being constructed under PMGSY-III, States have to enter into a Memorandum of  Understanding  with  the  Ministry  of  Rural  Development,  Government  of  India  before launching  of  the  scheme  in  the  concerned  state  for  providing  adequate  funds  for  the maintenance  of  roads  constructed/  upgraded  under  PMGSY  for  initial  five-years  routine maintenance, and for further five-year routine maintenance including periodic renewal as per requirement.

As  a  measure  of  enhancing  the  focus  on  maintenance  of  roads  during  the  defect  liability period  (five  years  from  the  date  of  completion  of  road)  and  streamlining  the  delivery  of routine  maintenance  of  PMGSY  roads  on  the  basis  of  performance-based  maintenance contract, Electronic Maintenance of PMGSY roads (eMARG) has been implemented in all the states.

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## Annexure referred to in part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.982 for 13.12.2022

## Total road length sanctioned and completed under various interventions/verticals of PMGSY, State-wise

Road length in Km

| S.No.   | State Name          | Road length Sanctioned   | Road Length Completed   |
|---------|---------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
| 1       | Andaman And Nicobar | 200                      | 50                      |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh      | 18,973                   | 16,866                  |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh   | 14,384                   | 13,109                  |
| 4       | Assam               | 32,420                   | 30,759                  |
| 5       | Bihar               | 65,576                   | 56,552                  |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh        | 45,612                   | 41,902                  |
| 7       | Goa                 | 156                      | 155                     |
| 8       | Gujarat             | 15,731                   | 14,368                  |
| 9       | Haryana             | 8,111                    | 7,457                   |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh    | 22,295                   | 20,728                  |
| 11      | Jammu And Kashmir   | 20,326                   | 17,781                  |
| 12      | Jharkhand           | 30,576                   | 27,636                  |
| 13      | Karnataka           | 23,978                   | 22,504                  |
| 14      | Kerala              | 4,577                    | 3,828                   |
| 15      | Ladakh              | 1,207                    | 1,013                   |
| 16      | Madhya Pradesh      | 93,640                   | 86,719                  |
| 17      | Maharashtra         | 30,947                   | 27,038                  |
| 18      | Manipur             | 11,673                   | 10,506                  |
| 19      | Meghalaya           | 4,755                    | 4,040                   |
| 20      | Mizoram             | 4,483                    | 4,241                   |
| 21      | Nagaland            | 4,382                    | 4,158                   |
| 22      | Odisha              | 74,724                   | 65,968                  |
| 23      | Puducherry          | 106                      | 15                      |
| 24      | Punjab              | 10,364                   | 8,863                   |
| 25      | Rajasthan           | 75,667                   | 72,760                  |
| 26      | Sikkim              | 4,915                    | 4,577                   |
| 27      | Tamilnadu           | 23,708                   | 22,115                  |
| 28      | Telangana           | 14,555                   | 12,090                  |
| 29      | Tripura             | 5,470                    | 4,783                   |
| 30      | Uttar Pradesh       | 77,050                   | 63,592                  |
| 31      | Uttarakhand         | 20,277                   | 19,143                  |
| 32      | West Bengal         | 37,899                   | 36,441                  |
|         | Total               | 7,98,739                 | 7,21,756                |