Lok Sabha Question No. 4745 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-31
Subject: Road Connectivity in Naxal Affected Areas
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Raja Amareshwara Naik, Vinod Kumar Sonkar, Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo, Sukanta Majumdar, Rajveer (Raju Bhaiya) Singh, Bhola Singh, Jayanta Kumar Roy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  No. 4745 ANSWERED ON 31 st   MARCH, 2022

## ROAD CONNECTIVITY IN NAXAL AFFECTED AREAS

4745.         SHRI RAJA AMARESHWARA NAIK:

SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR:

SHRIMATI SANGEETA KUMARI SINGH DEO:

DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR:

SHRI RAJVEER SINGH (RAJU BHAIYA):

SHRI BHOLA SINGH:

DR. JAYANTA KUMAR ROY:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि

िाजमार्गमंत्री

## be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any programme to connect remote and naxal affected areas by roads to ensure speedy development of such areas;
- (b) if so, the details of physical and financial progress during the last three years, State-wise;
- (c) the details of proposals from States received and approved along with those which are pending with the Union Government during the last three years and the current year, State-wise including Uttar Pradesh;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  of  the problems  being  faced  in construction/maintenance works in naxal affected areas and if so, the details thereof along with reaction of the Government thereto; and
- (e) the remedial steps being taken by the Government to bring remote and naxal affected areas into mainstream through road connectivity?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS

(Shri NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

(a) & (b)    Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) has launched Road Requirement  Plan-I  (RRP-I)  in  2009  with  an  objective  to  improve  road connectivity in Naxal affected/Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected areas in 9 States, viz., Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhatisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra,  Odisha,  Telangana  and  Uttar  Pradesh.  A  total  of  234  works involving improvement of 5362 km of roads were sanctioned by this Ministry under RRP-I, out of which 210 works of 5038 km length have been completed. The details of physical and financial progress of these works during the last three years are at Annexure-I. Subsequently, Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD)  also  launched  Road  Connectivity  Project  for  Left  Wing  Extremism Affected Areas (RCPLWEA) in the year 2016 to improve the road connectivity in 44 worst affected LWE districts and some adjoining districts in the above 9 States, viz. Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra,  Odisha,  Telangana  and  Uttar  Pradesh.  The  scheme  has  twin objectives  of  ensuring  socio-economic  development  of  the  area  as  also enabling smooth and seamless anti-LWE operations by the security forces.  A total of 10,901.45 km road length has been sanctioned by MoRD and 5,560.74 km of road length has been completed. The details of physical and financial progress during the last three years under RCPLWEA, State wise under MoRD are at Annexure - IA.

- (c)    No proposal has been received and approved under RRP-I by MoRTH during the last three years and the current year as most of the works under RRP-I have already been sanctioned. The details of proposals approved and those pending under RCPLWE by MoRD during the last 3 years and current year, State-wise are at Annexure -II.
- (d)  &  (e)  While  implementing  the  schemes,  challenges  like  availability  of limited construction hours per day, lack of consistent/adequate deployment of security personnel, frequent bandhs/strikes called by naxals, lesser participation of bidders in naxal affected areas etc., have been faced, which had impacted the overall progress of the scheme. Other issues  like delays in land acquisition, forest clearance, poor contracting capacity of States, lack of

response to tenders, law and order issues, financial capability of States to release  funds  in  time,  execution  capacity  of  states  /  State  Rural  Road Development Authorities (SRRDAs), which hindered progress of the scheme are also encountered. Several steps, like delegation of powers to State Government authorities to accept bids with higher tender rates compared to normal  cases,  increase  in  deployment  of  security  personnel  to  the  extent feasible, allowing splitting of works to facilitate deployment of more number of local contractors etc., have been taken to expedite the completion of the works as well as to bring remote and naxal affected areas into mainstream through  road  connectivity  program.  Similarly,  other  measures  like,  making eligible  the Tribal (Schedule V) areas and selected Tribal / Backward Districts / unconnected habitations in these areas with a population of 250 persons and above in the Core Network as per 2001 Census  under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak  Yojna  (PMGSY)  for  connectivity  with  roads,  additional  relaxation  to connect habitations  with  population  of  100  persons  and  above  as  per  2001 census in the critical Left-Wing  Extremism affected blocks  (as  identified by Ministry  of  Home  Affairs)  have  also  been  taken.  The  programme  is  being monitored  at  regular  intervals  through  Regional  Review  Meetings  (RRMs), Performance Review Committee (PRC) Meetings and Pre-Empowered  / Empowered Committee Meetings with the States. Necessary hand- holding of the state in this regard was done wherever required through Interdepartmental meetings etc.

ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE-  I  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  &  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4745 FOR ANSWER ON 31.03.2022 ASKED BY SHRI RAJA AMARESHWARA  NAIK: SHRI VINOD KUMAR  SONKAR: SHRIMATI SANGEETA  KUMARI  SINGH  DEO:  DR.  SUKANTA  MAJUMDAR:  SHRI  RAJVEER SINGH  (RAJU  BHAIYA):  SHRI  BHOLA  SINGH:  DR.  JAYANTA  KUMAR  ROY REGARDING ROAD CONNECTIVITY IN NAXAL AFFECTED AREAS.

Physical and financial progress of works sanctioned under RRP-I during the last three years:-

| State          | 2018-19                | 2018-19                  | 2019-20                | 2019-20                  | 2020-21                | 2020-21                  |
|----------------|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
|                | Length completed in km | Expenditure in Rs. crore | Length completed in km | Expenditure in Rs. crore | Length completed in km | Expenditure in Rs. crore |
| Uttar Pradesh  | 0                      | 41.93                    | 0                      | 32.04                    | 0                      | 15.3                     |
| Odisha         | 13                     | 14.63                    | 12.5                   | 25.13                    | 10.5                   | 29.98                    |
| Chattisgarh    | 109.55                 | 249.73                   | 42.90                  | 192.15                   | 52.5                   | 140.10                   |
| Jharkhand      | 26                     | 58.36                    | 11.7                   | 28                       | 24.5                   | 58.81                    |
| Andhra Pradesh | 0.29                   | 26.44                    | 0                      | 0                        | 0                      | 0                        |
| Maharashtra    | 13                     | 55.47                    | 25                     | 72.48                    | 0                      | 60.37                    |
| Total          | 161.84                 | 446.56                   | 92.1                   | 349.8                    | 87.5                   | 304.56                   |

ANNEXURE-IA

ANNEXURE- IA REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4745 FOR ANSWER ON 31.03.2022 ASKED BY SHRI RAJA AMARESHWARA  NAIK: SHRI VINOD KUMAR  SONKAR: SHRIMATI SANGEETA  KUMARI  SINGH  DEO:  DR.  SUKANTA  MAJUMDAR:  SHRI  RAJVEER SINGH  (RAJU  BHAIYA):  SHRI  BHOLA  SINGH:  DR.  JAYANTA  KUMAR  ROY REGARDING ROAD CONNECTIVITY IN NAXAL AFFECTED AREAS.

## The details of physical and financial progress of works under RCPLWEA during the last three years and current year:-

(Rs. in crore)

| Sr. No .   | State           | 2018-19                      | 2018-19       | 2019-20                     | 2019-20       | 2020-21                    | 2020-21       | 2021-22 (As on 28-3-2022)   | 2021-22 (As on 28-3-2022)   |
|------------|-----------------|------------------------------|---------------|-----------------------------|---------------|----------------------------|---------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| Sr. No .   | State           | Road lengt h Complete d (km) | Expendit ure* | Road Lengt h Complete d(km) | Expendit ure* | Road Length Completed( km) | Expendit ure* | Road Lengt h Complete d(km) | Expendit ure*               |
| 1          | Andhra Pr adesh | 66.31                        | 38.50         | 161.52                      | 122.31        | 279.11                     | 205.64        | 331.45                      | 187.66                      |
| 2          | Bihar           | 108.00                       | 81.80         | 312.23                      | 379.50        | 448.86                     | 492.92        | 404.92                      | 425.57                      |
| 3          | Chhattisga rh   | 104.06                       | 86.34         | 208.59                      | 187.20        | 457.26                     | 348.04        | 715.93                      | 295.20                      |
| 4          | Jharkhand       | 148.86                       | 70.30         | 221.37                      | 433.94        | 279.25                     | 243.07        | 163.75                      | 208.70                      |
| 5          | MadhyaPr adesh  | 2.00                         | 23.29         | 5.00                        | 17.32         | 17.25                      | 25.82         | 21.16                       | 16.54                       |
| 6          | Maharasht ra    | 0                            | 0.00          | 17.40                       | 40.96         | 15.73                      | 76.22         | 125.98                      | 166.39                      |
| 7          | Odisha          | 53.31                        | 67.70         | 124.55                      | 120.16        | 67.49                      | 69.07         | 97.27                       | 37.29                       |
| 8          | Uttar Pradesh   | 73.90                        | 35.76         | 31.35                       | 11.62         | 109.95                     | 86.96         | 109.33                      | 56.01                       |
| 9          | Telangana       | 50.08                        | 51.32         | 96.68                       | 128.79        | 45.60                      | 79.11         | 85.27                       | 144.58                      |
|            | Total           | 606.52                       | 455.02        | 1178.69                     | 1441.80       | 1720.5                     | 1626.84       | 2055.06                     | 1537.95                     |

* Expenditure including state share

ANNEXURE-  II  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4745 FOR ANSWER ON 31.03.2022 ASKED BY SHRI RAJA AMARESHWARA  NAIK: SHRI VINOD KUMAR  SONKAR: SHRIMATI SANGEETA  KUMARI  SINGH  DEO:  DR.  SUKANTA  MAJUMDAR:  SHRI  RAJVEER SINGH  (RAJU  BHAIYA):  SHRI  BHOLA  SINGH:  DR.  JAYANTA  KUMAR  ROY REGARDING ROAD CONNECTIVITY IN NAXAL AFFECTED AREAS.

## The details of proposals received and approved under RCPLWEA during the last three years and the current year, State-wise

| Sr.N o.   | State          | 2018-19           | 2018-19        | 2019-20           | 2019-20         | 2020-21           | 2020-21        | 2021-22 (As on 28-3-2022 )   | 2021-22 (As on 28-3-2022 )   | Pending proposals as on 28.03.2022   | Pending proposals as on 28.03.2022   |
|-----------|----------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|----------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| Sr.N o.   | State          | Road le ngth(k m) | Bridg es (Nos) | Road le ngth(k m) | Bridg es (No s) | Road le ngth(k m) | Bridge s (Nos) | Road le ngth(k m)            | Bridge s (Nos)               | Road len gth(km)                     | Bridges ( Nos)                       |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh | 277.37            | 27             | 648.40            | 3               | 68.85             | 0              | 24.58                        | 15                           | 0                                    | 0                                    |
| 2         | Bihar          | 184.93            | 10             | 600.85            | 34              | 0                 | 0              | 189.20                       | 1                            | 0                                    | 0                                    |
| 3         | Chhattis garh  | 0                 | 0              | 1743.65           | 3               | 0                 | 0              | 0                            | 0                            | 614.70                               | 63                                   |
| 4         | Jharkha nd     | 15.55             | 2              | 598.55            | 25              | 0                 | 0              | 1135.90                      | 97                           | 75.93                                | 14                                   |
| 5         | Madhya Pradesh | 0                 | 0              | 29.05             | 4               | 0                 | 0              | 241.08                       | 0                            | 0                                    | 0                                    |
| 6         | Mahara shtra   | 0                 | 0              | 453.87            | 75              | 0                 | 0              | 0                            | 0                            | 0                                    | 4                                    |
| 7         | Odisha         | 0                 | 0              | 97.02             | 2               | 0                 | 0              | 42.99                        | 0                            | 0                                    | 0                                    |
| 8         | Uttar Pr adesh | 0                 | 0              | 287.23            | 11              | 0                 | 0              | 0                            | 0                            | 0                                    | 0                                    |
| 9         | Telanga na     | 0                 | 0              | 253.84            | 16              | 0                 | 0              | 0                            | 0                            | 325.58                               | 79                                   |
|           | Total          | 477.85            | 39             | 4712.46           | 173             | 68.85             | 0              | 1633.75                      | 113                          | 1016.21                              | 160                                  |

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