Lok Sabha Question No. 3489 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-10
Subject: Targets under PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Manoj Kumar Tiwari, Ravindra Kushawaha, Subrata Pathak, Ravi Kishan Shukla, Bidyut Baran Mahato, Shrirang Appa Barne, Chandra Sekhar Sahu, Prataprao  Jadhav, Sudheer Gupta, Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3489

ANSWERED ON 10/08/2021

## TARGETS UNDER PMGSY

3489.   SHRI MANOJ TIWARI:

SHRI RAVINDRA KUSHWAHA:

SHRI SUBRAT PATHAK:

SHRI RAVI KISHAN:

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU:

SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

SHRI SANJAY SADASHIVRAO MANDLIK:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has made any assessment to find out the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) roads constructed during the last three years and the current year particularly during lockdown periods in various States and if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (b) whether traffic survey for all the proposed roads under PMGSY needs to be done at the time of preparation of DPRs; and
- (c) if so, the details of the criteria being adopted for conducting traffic survey for such roads?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The details  of  road  works  constructed  during  the  last  three  financial  years  and  current year (as on 5 th August 2021) under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) are given at Annexure .

(b & (c) As per PMGSY guidelines, Programme Implementation Units (PIU) shall ensure that independent third-party traffic survey is done on all candidate roads and corresponding Major District  Roads  (MDRs).  3  days  traffic  count  shall  be  taken  at  the  time  of  Detailed  Project Reports (DPRs) preparation in case the projected traffic is 2 Million Standard Axle (MSA) or less;  and  7  days  traffic  count  shall  be  taken  at  the  time  of  DPRs  preparation  if  the  projected traffic is more than 2 MSA.

As  per  the  PMGSY-III  guidelines  and  amendment  carried  out  by  the  Ministry, independent 3rd Party traffic survey including axle-load survey shall be carried out for all the proposed roads where the projected traffic is more than 1 MSA irrespective of carriageway width as stipulated in IRC:SP:72:2015 through National Institute of Technology (NIT)/ State Technical Agency  (STA)/  Government  Engineering  Institutes  or  independent  third  party agencies/ consultants. Independent 3rd party traffic survey on roads of more than 1 MSA is to be carried out by installing Automatic Traffic Counter and Classifier (ATCC).

## Annexure referred to in reply of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3489 for 10.08.2021

## Annexure State-wise details of road works constructed under PMGSY during the last three years and the current year (as on 05.08.2021)

| Sr. No.   | States/ UTs       | 2018-19           | 2018-19          | 2019-20           | 2019-20          | 2020-21           | 2020-21          | 2021-22 (as on 05.08.2021)   | 2021-22 (as on 05.08.2021)   |
|-----------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
| Sr. No.   | States/ UTs       | No. of Road Works | Road Length (km) | No. of Road Works | Road Length (km) | No. of Road Works | Road Length (km) | No. of Road Work s           | Road Length (km)             |
| 1         | A&N               | 0                 | 0                | 0                 | 0                | 12                | 30.62            | 11                           | 9.97                         |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh    | 41                | 336.73           | 101               | 300.52           | 61                | 530.79           | 31                           | 456.13                       |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh | 91                | 1,317.64         | 46                | 1,731.34         | 25                | 1,795.50         | 44                           | 68.9                         |
| 4         | Assam             | 676               | 4,295.49         | 1,288             | 3,646.74         | 786               | 2,682.17         | 198                          | 64.14                        |
| 5         | Bihar             | 1,679             | 3,307.59         | 852               | 718.58           | 586               | 2,255.01         | 173                          | 529.16                       |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh      | 216               | 3,112.36         | 430               | 1,952.38         | 296               | 4,685.51         | 119                          | 561.75                       |
| 7         | Goa               | 0                 | 0                | 0                 | 0                | 0                 | 0                | 0                            | 0                            |
| 8         | Gujarat           | 8                 | 14.39            | 0                 | 0                | 3                 | 201.76           | 3                            | 58.56                        |
| 9         | Haryana           | 1                 | 4.95             | 0                 | 0                | 0                 | 224.06           | 16                           | 407.47                       |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh  | 138               | 1,334.35         | 219               | 1,086.81         | 274               | 1,915.57         | 120                          | 889.69                       |
| 11        | Jammu &Kashmir    | 202               | 1,559.10         | 181               | 1,174.94         | 243               | 3,166.76         | 128                          | 370.78                       |
| 12        | Jharkhand         | 747               | 3,570.42         | 906               | 1,407.78         | 470               | 2,008.23         | 199                          | 254.79                       |
| 13        | Karnataka         | 3                 | 6.36             | 1                 | 6                | 4                 | 565.91           | 35                           | 587.65                       |
| 14        | Kerala            | 104               | 314.47           | 63                | 125.85           | 21                | 76.78            | 7                            | 14.81                        |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh    | 859               | 4,520.54         | 694               | 1,872.30         | 278               | 2,955.48         | 84                           | 1,446.38                     |
| 16        | Maharashtra       | 80                | 266.83           | 33                | 120.49           | 33                | 180.5            | 0                            | 23.5                         |
| 17        | Manipur           | 94                | 852.24           | 109               | 754.34           | 95                | 892.62           | 9                            | 48.49                        |
| 18        | Meghalaya         | 32                | 211.42           | 50                | 273.95           | 77                | 728.25           | 61                           | 271.39                       |
| 19        | Mizoram           | 4                 | 266.59           | 12                | 344.55           | 4                 | 246.29           | 8                            | 122.71                       |
| 20        | Nagaland          | 7                 | 208.99           | 4                 | 188.7            | 6                 | 35.8             | 3                            | 60.07                        |
| 21        | Odisha            | 1,410             | 8,129.88         | 1,706             | 5,298.43         | 1,050             | 1,844.27         | 234                          | 197.63                       |
| 22        | Pondicherry       | --                | --               | 0                 | 0                | 0                 | 0                | 0                            | 0                            |
| 23        | Punjab            | 62                | 246.78           | 15                | 28.98            | 1                 | 1.09             | 0                            | 18.5                         |
| 24        | Rajasthan         | 279               | 2,528.27         | 201               | 103.39           | 13                | 1,855.66         | 101                          | 923.99                       |
| 25        | Sikkim            | 47                | 351.92           | 36                | 68.22            | 27                | 156.96           | 12                           | 21.59                        |
| 26        | Tamilnadu         | 458               | 2,166.86         | 530               | 1,065.92         | 378               | 871.27           | 116                          | 446.84                       |
| 27        | Tripura           | 58                | 169.09           | 21                | 85.2             | 27                | 108.8            | 6                            | 41.17                        |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh     | 435               | 1,688.27         | 55                | 376.08           | 93                | 710.72           | 5                            | 120.07                       |
| 29        | Uttarakhand       | 130               | 1,756.27         | 151               | 2,036.49         | 204               | 3,364.68         | 110                          | 119.91                       |
| 30        | West Bengal       | 649               | 5,111.22         | 835               | 2,180.04         | 472               | 2,178.96         | 115                          | 146.89                       |
| 31        | Telangana         | 66                | 381.2            | 124               | 205.84           | 36                | 320.39           | 7                            | 289.86                       |
| 32        | Ladakh            | 10                | 63.09            | 15                | 150.73           | 5                 | 86.23            | 2                            | 14.81                        |
|           | Total             | 8,586             | 48,093.29        | 8,678             | 27,304.59        | 5,580             | 36,676.64        | 1,957                        | 8,587.56                     |