Lok Sabha Question No. 384 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-19
Subject: Concrete Roads under PMGSY-I and II
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Gopal Jee Thakur

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 384

ANSWERED ON 19/07/2022

## CONCRETE ROADS UNDER PMGSY-I AND II

## 384. SHRI GOPAL JEE THAKUR:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether rural  roads  have  been  converted  into  concrete  roads  under  Pradhan  Mantri Gram  Sadak  Yojana  (PMGSY)  Phase-I  and  II  which  has  resulted  in  better  road connectivity in rural areas;
- (b) whether no bridge was provided in the path designing work of the Detailed Project Report (DPR) of the said road project despite Darbhanga being a flood affected areas and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether Darbhanga was not included even in the list of missing bridges proposed by the Government in view of the above and the said list is also given on Omus, if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether  any  departmental  action  has  been  taken  against  the  guilty  officers  for  not constructing bridges at the places mentioned in this list in Darbhanga region and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a)        Rural Roads are constructed under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) as per  the  technical  specifications  and  geometric  design  standards  given  in  the  MoRD's Specifications for Rural Roads, Rural Roads Manual of the IRC (IRC:SP20:2002) and also, where required,  the  Hill  Road  Manual  (IRC:SP:48-1998),  which  are  updated  from  time  to time as per requirement. The choice of design and surface for the road is determined, inter alia, by factors like traffic, soil type and rainfall. Entire stretch of  road length has not been taken up as concrete road under PMGSY-I & II. However, PMGSY guidelines provide that, where the road passes through a habitation, the road in the built up area and for 50 m on either side of habitation should be constructed as a cement road or with paved stones besides being  provided  with  the  side  drains.  Accordingly  such  stretches  of  road  length  have  been constructed as concrete roads.

(b) & (c)        As per PMGSY guidelines, only minor bridge(s) (of single lane specifications) are included in road DPRs. For bridge(s) having more than 15 m length on the same road, separate DPRs have to be prepared. Under PMGSY-I & II, a total of 1215 and 103 bridges respectively with more than 15 m length were originally sanctioned to the State of Bihar, out of which 31 bridges of PMGSY-I have been sanctioned for Darbhanga district.

At the time of proposing roads for sanction under PMGSY-I & PMGSY-II, DPRs for many bridge works falling on the alignment of those roads were not prepared by the State of Bihar. Hence,  many  bridges  were  left  out,  which  were  termed  as  missing  bridges.  Later,  on  the request  of  the  State  Government  of  Bihar,  as  a  special  case,  approval  of  the  Ministry  was conveyed to 166 left out bridges under PMGSY-I on 03.12.2020 and 97 left out bridges under PMGSY-II on 15.12.2020. Out of the 166 sanctioned left out bridges of PMGSY- I, 3 bridges are of Darbhanga district. The details of the same are as under:

| Name of Bridge                                                              | Block   |   Length (in m) | Current status   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|-----------------|------------------|
| RCC BRIDGE INL075-R.E.O ROAD TO BIHARAUNA, YADAV TOL (VR75) Over Kamla Nadi | Baheri  |           26.44 | In progress      |
| RCC Bridge in L027-P.W.D. TRIMUHANI TO KOPI (VR27) Near Trimuhani Village   | Baheri  |           59.42 | Completed        |
| L071- P.W.D. TO GOBRAHI (VR71) over Kamla nadi                              | Baheri  |           24.34 | In progress      |

Since  timeline  for  completion  of  PMGSY-I  &  II  is  September,  2022,  no  fresh  works  are being taken up under these verticals. the State

(d) State Governments  are the implementing authorities of the scheme  and responsibility of taking action against state officials/contractors lies with the Governments.

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