Lok Sabha Question No. 976 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-08
Subject: PMGSY in Odisha and West Bengal
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo, Jayanta Kumar Roy

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 976 ANSWERED ON 08/02/2022

## PMGSY IN ODISHA AND WEST BENGAL

976. SHRIMATI SANGEETA KUMARI SINGH DEO: DR. JAYANTA KUMAR ROY:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of roads constructed in Odisha and West Bengal under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY);
- (b) the funds approved, spent/unspent during the last three years under PMGSY in Odisha and West Bengal;
- (c) the details of roads proposed to be constructed in the States of Odisha and West Bengal, district-wise;
- (d) the status of work completed in Bolangir of Odisha and Jalpaiguri of West Bengal and the details of the amount sanctioned and released for this purpose;  and
- (e) the time-frame fixed to complete the work and progress made under PMGSY till now in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE)

- (a)  The details of roads constructed in Odisha and West Bengal under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) are as under: -

## Odisha

| Name of intervention/vertical   | Sanctioned   | Completed   | Balance*   |
|---------------------------------|--------------|-------------|------------|
| PMGSY-I                         | 61,134.73    | 58,448.08   | 317.99     |
| PMGSY-II                        | 3,672.39     | 3,622.19    | 30.96      |
| RCPLWEA**                       | 485.858      | 302.90      | 182.14     |
| PMGSY-III                       | 6,478.06     | 1,003.60    | 5,467.34   |

## (Road length in Km)

** Road Connectivity Project for Left Wing Extremism Affected Area.

## West Bengal

## Road length in Km

| Name of intervention/vertical   | Sanctioned   | Completed   |   Balance* |
|---------------------------------|--------------|-------------|------------|
| PMGSY-I                         | 34,563.39    | 33,800.97   |     464.59 |
| PMGSY-II                        | 2,523.81     | 2,369.84    |     147.41 |

(b)     The allocation/release of funds to the States for implementation of PMGSY is done on the basis of the proposal received from the State and depends, inter-alia, on works in hand, execution capacity/performance of the State and unspent funds available with the State. The details of central share of programme funds released to the States, expenditure including state share and unspent balance at the end of the year excluding security deposits (SD), during the last three years and the current year are as under:-

(Rs in crore)

| Years                      | Odisha   | Odisha      | Odisha                         | West Bengal   | West Bengal   | West Bengal                    |
|----------------------------|----------|-------------|--------------------------------|---------------|---------------|--------------------------------|
|                            | Release  | Expenditure | Unspent balance (excluding SD) | Release       | Expenditure   | Unspent balance (excluding SD) |
| 2018-19                    | 2,460.30 | 3,289.38    | 2983.59                        | 1,386.44      | 2,057.64      | 1,765.82                       |
| 2019-20                    | 577.90   | 2,489.91    | 1,878.71                       | 290.55        | 1,512.52      | 599.33                         |
| 2020-21                    | 607.23   | 1,754.13    | 1,432.79                       | 881.00        | 1,471.94      | 875.10                         |
| 2021-22 (as on 03.02.2022) | 200.56   | 1,144.30    | 502.72                         | 48.88         | 590.86        | 364.79                         |

(c)      The State Government of Odisha has been allocated target of 9400 km under PMGSYIII. Out of which, 6478 km road length has been sanctioned. The State Government of West Bengal  has  been  allocated  target  of  6,287.50  km  under  PMGSY-III.  The  timeline  for completion of PMGSY-III is March, 2025.

(d)       The funds for the implementation of the scheme are released by the Ministry to the States as a whole. Further release of funds to the programme implementation units (PIUs) at the district level is done by the respective State depending on the expenditure to be done. The current  status  of  works  completed  and  expenditure  incurred  (including  State  Share)  since inception of the scheme till date (3.02.2022) under various interventions of the PMGSY in Bolangir district of Odisha and Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal is given below: -

| District (State)         | Length Completed (km)   | Expenditure including State Share (Rs in Crore)   |
|--------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| Bolangir (Odisha)        | 2,927.766               | 1,079.65                                          |
| Jalpaiguri (West Bengal) | 1,021.745               | 519.12                                            |

(e)          The  targeted  date  for  completion  of  PMGSY-I  &  II  is  September  2022,  for RCPLWEA it is March 2023 and PMGSY-III is targeted for completion by March 2025.

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