Lok Sabha Question No. 4306 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-29
Subject: Roads under PMGSY-I, II, III and RCPLWEA
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Kavitha Malothu, Venkatesh Netha Borlakunta, Gaddam Ranjith Reddy, Dayakar Pasunoori

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4306 ANSWERED ON 29/03/2022

## ROADS UNDER PMGSY-I, II, III AND RCPLWEA

## 4306.   SHRIMATI KAVITHA MALOTHU:

SHRI VENKATESH NETHA BORLAKUNTA:

DR. G. RANJITH REDDY:

SHRI PASUNOORI DAYAKAR:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether more than 2,600 kms of roads are still to be completed in Telangana out of around 14,200 kms of roads sanctioned under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY-I, II, III) and Road Connectivity Project on Left Wing Extremist Area (RCPLWEA);
- (b) if so, whether 450 roads are still to be completed out of the sanctioned 3,450 roads;
- (c) if so, the time by which the pending roads are likely to be completed by the Ministry;
- (d) whether the Government is aware that due to incessant and heavy rains, many rural roads have been damaged in Telangana recently; and
- (e) if so, the financial and other assistance that the Government is going to extend to GoTS to carryout repairs and restore those roads?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) The State of Telangana has been sanctioned 3,453 road works of 14,230 Km under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)-I, II, III and Road Connectivity Project for Left  Wing  Extremism  Affected  Areas  (RCPLWEA),  against  which  3,030  road  works  of 11,559 Km have been constructed and 423 road works of 2,402 Km are under various stages of execution, as per the vertical-wise details given below:-

## Road length in Km

| Vertical   | Sanctioned   | Sanctioned   | Completed    | Completed   | Balance*     | Balance*    |
|------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|-------------|
| Vertical   | No. of roads | Road length  | No. of roads | Road length | No. of roads | Road length |
| PMGSY-I    | 2,924        | 10,192       | 2,877        | 9,777       | 47           | 200         |
| PMGSY-II   | 114          | 944          | 114          | 896         | 00           | 00          |
| RCPLWEA    | 59           | 698          | 3            | 278         | 56           | 420         |
| PMGSY-III  | 356          | 2,396        | 36           | 608         | 320          | 1,782       |
| Total:     | 3,453        | 14,230       | 3,030        | 11,559      | 423          | 2,402       |

*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  and maintenance  of  roads is the responsibility of 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 PMGSYIII 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 incessant and heavy rains. The state may use funds for such repairs, available under various other provisions.

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