Lok Sabha Question No. 5318 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-05
Subject: Rural Road Connectivity under PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Pritam Gopinath Munde, Chandra Sekhar Sahu, Rahul Ramesh Shewale, Girish Bhalchandra Bapat

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5318 ANSWERED ON 05/04/2022

## RURAL ROAD CONNECTIVITY UNDER PMGSY

5318.   DR. PRITAM GOPINATHRAO MUNDE: SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU: SHRI RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE: SHRI GIRISH BHALCHANDRA BAPAT:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether Rural Road Connectivity in the country is a key component of Rural Development by promoting access to economic and social services;
- (b) if so, the details of the central assistance provided to each of the State Government for development of road connectivity in rural areas under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) particularly in Odisha during the last three years and proposed for the current year;
- (c) the details of the road connectivity developed thereby;
- (d) whether the Union Government is satisfied with the progress made regarding road development and the quality of road developed and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) if not, the steps taken by the Union Government to provide quality road connectivity under the PMGSY?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)        Yes sir.
- (b)    The details of the central assistance provided to each of the State for implementation of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) including in the State of Odisha during the last three years and the current year are given at Annexure.
- (c)        As  on  31 st March  2022,  details  of  roads  sanctioned,  completed  and  balance  under various verticals/interventions of PMGSY across all over the country are as under:-

|           | Sanctioned   | Sanctioned     | Completed   | Completed      | Balance**   | Balance**      |
|-----------|--------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
| Verticals | Length (km)  | Bridges (Nos.) | Length (km) | Bridges (Nos.) | Length (km) | Bridges (Nos.) |
| PMGSY-I   | 6,45,478     | 7,515          | 6,14,806    | 5,995          | 15,579      | 1,520          |
| PMGSY-II  | 49,885       | 765            | 46,826      | 594            | 2,589       | 171            |
| RCPLWEA*  | 10,901       | 500            | 5,608       | 150            | 5,257       | 350            |
| PMGSY-III | 81,921       | 729            | 33,965      | 113            | 47,747      | 616            |
| Total:    | 7,88,185     | 9,509          | 7,01,205    | 6,852          | 71,172      | 2,657          |

(d)  &  (f)  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 the final stage of  construction.   Under  the  third  tier,  independent  National  Quality  Monitors  (NQMs)  are deployed  by  National  Rural  Infrastructure  Development  Agency  (NRIDA)  for  random inspection of roads and bridge works to monitor quality and also to provide guidance to the field  functionaries.  Thus,  completed  roads  are  compulsorily  inspected  by  SQMs,  and inspected on sample basis by NQMs.

During the year 2019-20, 2020-21 and current year up to 30th March 2022, a total of 14828 NQM  inspection  reports  were  received  in  respect  of  completed  and  ongoing  works. Satisfactory(S)/Satisfactory Requiring Improvement (SRI) for completed and ongoing works in  2019-20,  2020-21  and  current  year  are  91.49%,  93.57%  and  94.43%.  Hence,  there  is continuous  improvement  in  the  quality  of  works.  Also,  as  per  the  programme  guidelines, whenever, a work is reported as deficient by quality monitors, on account of either structural and  non-structural  defects,  the  Programme  Implementation  Unit  (PIU)  ensures  that  the contractor replaces the material or rectifies the workmanship, as the case may be. The Action Taken Report (ATR) for each such work, is verified on ground by the SQMs. Thereafter, the State  Quality  Coordinator  (SQC) examines the  ATR for each such work and furnishes the compliance report.

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## Annexure referred to in part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5318 for 5.04.2022

## State-wise details of central fund released under PMGSY including RCPLWEA during the last three years and current year (till 31 st March 2022)

Rs. in crores

| Sl. No.   |                   | Central fund released   | Central fund released   | Central fund released   | Central fund released   |
|-----------|-------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| Sl. No.   |                   | 2018-19                 | 2019-20                 | 2020-21                 | 2021-22                 |
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar  | 0.00                    | 0.00                    | 0.00                    | 9.22                    |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh    | 243.88                  | 476.27                  | 53.20                   | 50.00                   |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh | 1350.00                 | 1123.00                 | 952.31                  | 1090.60                 |
| 4         | Assam             | 2542.76                 | 2401.88                 | 2516.62                 | 1591.50                 |
| 5         | Bihar             | 140.00                  | 286.70                  | 49.13                   | 375.00                  |
| 6         | Chattisgarh       | 664.39                  | 1614.60                 | 924.48                  | 394.41                  |
| 7         | Goa               | 0.00                    | 0.00                    | 0.00                    | 0.00                    |
| 8         | Gujarat           | 0.00                    | 0.00                    | 79.08                   | 195.50                  |
| 9         | Haryana           | 13.20                   | 16.03                   | 0.00                    | 353.23                  |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh  | 703.37                  | 1284.89                 | 745.24                  | 517.45                  |
| 11        | Jammu &Kashmir    | 590.77                  | 695.50                  | 1727.30                 | 1328.34                 |
| 12        | Jharkhand         | 757.32                  | 214.41                  | 293.50                  | 0.00                    |
| 13        | Karnataka         | 47.19                   | 534.24                  | 49.29                   | 704.25                  |
| 14        | Kerala            | 105.88                  | 48.64                   | 89.97                   | 0.00                    |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh    | 1057.49                 | 1308.97                 | 1099.54                 | 1392.13                 |
| 16        | Maharashtra       | 6.75                    | 150.00                  | 0.00                    | 0.00                    |
| 17        | Manipur           | 293.63                  | 263.85                  | 420.66                  | 742.00                  |
| 18        | Meghalaya         | 196.42                  | 357.00                  | 355.29                  | 483.92                  |
| 19        | Mizoram           | 51.32                   | 576.06                  | 1.59                    | 74.34                   |
| 20        | Nagaland          | 149.63                  | 88.89                   | 72.89                   | 145.31                  |
| 21        | Odisha            | 2535.18                 | 798.11                  | 774.29                  | 404.12                  |
| 22        | Punjab            | 0.00                    | 0.00                    | 0.00                    | 68.59                   |
| 23        | Puducherry        | 0.00                    | 0.00                    | 0.00                    | 11.65                   |
| 24        | Rajasthan         | 150.05                  | 184.74                  | 237.15                  | 917.50                  |
| 25        | Sikkim            | 199.40                  | 4.39                    | 195.50                  | 107.28                  |
| 26        | Tamil Nadu        | 619.14                  | 308.46                  | 265.38                  | 440.00                  |
| 27        | Telangana         | 112.77                  | 267.38                  | 0.00                    | 86.63                   |
| 28        | Tripura           | 73.31                   | 10.64                   | 69.57                   | 73.88                   |
| 29        | Uttar Pradesh     | 370.17                  | 78.07                   | 123.90                  | 1418.55                 |
| 30        | Uttarakhand       | 988.23                  | 554.90                  | 1536.27                 | 787.00                  |
| 31        | West Bengal       | 1426.98                 | 348.25                  | 969.31                  | 49.94                   |
| 32        | Ladakh            | 0.00                    | 0.00                    | 50.00                   | 140.78                  |
| Total     | Total             | 15389.23                | 13995.87                | 13651.46                | 13,952.86               |