Lok Sabha Question No. 3107 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-22
Subject: Sanctioning of Roads
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Balashowry Vallabbhaneni

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3107 ANSWERED ON 22/03/2022

## SANCTIONING OF ROADS

## 3107.   SHRI BALASHOWRY VALLABHANENI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is true that out of nearly 19,000 kms of roads sanctioned under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)-I, II, III and Road Connectivity Project for Left Wing Extremism Areas (RCPLWEA), still more than 2,800 kms of roads to be completed in Andhra Pradesh;
- (b) whether it is also true that there are still 250 roads to be completed out of the sanctioned 5,100 roads;
- (c) if so, the time by which the Ministry is going to complete the left out roads;
- (d) whether Ministry is aware that due to cyclones, incessant heavy rains, many rural roads have been damaged in Andhra Pradesh; and
- (e) if so, financial and other assistance that the Ministry going to extend to carryout repairs and restore those roads in Andhra Pradesh?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) The State of Andhra Pradesh has been sanctioned 5,104 road works of  18,947 Km under  Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  SadakYojana  (PMGSY)-I,  II,  III  and  Road  Connectivity Project  for  Left  Wing  Extremism  Affected  Areas  (RCPLWEA),  against  which  4,720  road works  of  15,930  Km  have  been  completed  and  384  road  works  of  2,516  Km  are  under various stages of execution, as per the intervention/vertical-wise details given below:-

## Road length in Km

| Intervention/ vertical   | Sanctioned   | Sanctioned   | Completed    | Completed   | Balance*     | Balance*    |
|--------------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|-------------|
| Intervention/ vertical   | No. of roads | Road length  | No. of roads | Road length | No. of roads | Road length |
| PMGSY-I                  | 4,439        | 13,769       | 4,399        | 13,194      | 40           | 142         |
| PMGSY-II                 | 174          | 1,331        | 173          | 1,283       | 1            | 7           |
| RCPLWEA                  | 192          | 1,533        | 95           | 823         | 97           | 696         |
| PMGSY-III                | 299          | 2,314        | 53           | 630         | 246          | 1,671       |
| Total:                   | 5,104        | 18,947       | 4,720        | 15,930      | 384          | 2,516       |

*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.

(c) The construction of roads is done by the State Government. The Ministry has given a deadline  of  September,  2022  for  completion  of   PMGSY-I  &  II  and  March,  2023  for RCPLWEA.  The implementation period of PMGSY-III is upto March, 2025. (d)  &  (e)    Rural  roads  is  a  state  subject.  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. There is no provision under PMGSY for special repairs and re-construction of  roads damaged due to natural disasters.The state may use funds for such repairs, available under various other provisions.

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