Lok Sabha Question No. 95 (STARRED), answered on 2022-12-13
Subject: Criteria for Construction of Roads under PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Chandra Prakash Choudhary

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 95

ANSWERED ON 13/12/2022

## CRITERIA FOR CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS UNDER PMGSY

## *95. SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH CHOUDHARY:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  any  criteria  is  prescribed  for  the  construction  of  roads  under  Pradhan  Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of institutions authorized in the States to evaluate the criteria under PMGSY;
- (c) the total length of roads and road projects sanctioned and constructed thereunder in the country along with the status of these roads during each of the last five years, State/UT and district-wise including Giridih, Dhanbad and Bokaro districts of Jharkhand;
- (d) whether any complaints of negligence in repair work of the roads have been received and if so, the details thereof along with the action taken against the culprits; and
- (e) whether the Government has set any deadline to complete all roads and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI GIRIRAJ SINGH)

(a) to (e) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## Statement referred to in reply to Parts (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 95 due for   answer on 13.12.2022

(a)   & (b)     Rural Roads are constructed under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) as per the various codes and manuals of IRC including specifications for rural roads of Ministry of Rural Development, which are updated from time to time.

At State level, the State Rural Roads Development Agency (SRRDA) functions as the dedicated agency  for  implementation  of  PMGSY.  The  Programme  Implementation  Units  (PIUs)  are entrusted with the task of preparing Detailed Project Reports (DPRs), execution of works and its monitoring.  The  proposals  prepared  by  PIUs  are  vetted  by  SRRDA  and  then  by  State  Level Standing Committee (SLSC). DPRs are scrutinized by the State Technical Agencies (STAs) also, before sending to the Ministry.

(c)         The  total  length  of  road  works  sanctioned  and  constructed  in  districts  of  Giridih, Dhanbad and Bokaro of Jharkhand during each of the last five years is given below:

(Road length in km)

| S. No.   | Name of Districts   | 2017-18      | 2017-18     | 2017-18      | 2017-18     | 2018-19      | 2018-19     | 2018-19      | 2019-20     | 2019-20      | 2019-20     | 2019-20      | 2020-21     | 2020-21      | 2020-21               | 2020-21        | 2021-22      | 2021-22     | 2021-22      | 2021-22     |
|----------|---------------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|-----------------------|----------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|-------------|
| S. No.   | Name of Districts   | Sanctioned   | Sanctioned  | Completed    | Completed   | Sanctioned   | Sanctioned  | Completed    | Completed   | Sanctioned   | Sanctioned  | Completed    | Sanctioned  | Sanctioned   | Completed             | Completed      | Sanctioned   | Sanctioned  | Completed    | Completed   |
| S. No.   | Name of Districts   | No. of roads | Road length | No. of roads | Road length | No. of roads | Road length | No. of roads | Road length | No. of roads | Road length | No. of roads | Road length | No. of roads | Road length No. roads | of Road length | No. of roads | Road length | No. of roads | Road length |
| 1        | Giridih             | 91           | 145         | 94           | 277         | 48           | 119         | 20           | 151         | 8            | 82          | 82           | 78          | 0            | 0                     | 45 115         | 32           | 177         | 22           | 25          |
| 2        | Dhanbad             | 0            | 0           | 5            | 25          | 0            | 0           | 11           | 14          | 5            | 40          | 0            | 8           | 0            | 0                     | 4 27           | 30           | 157         | 1            | 4           |
| 3        | Bokaro              | 63           | 155         | 56           | 255         | 0            | 0           | 39           | 122         | 12           | 93          | 49           | 42          | 0            | 0                     | 23 89          | 15           | 136         | 9            | 12          |

The State/UT-wise summary of road projects sanctioned and constructed during each of the last five  years  under  various  interventions/verticals  of  PMGSY  is  given  in  the Annexure. Further district-wise details and the current status of the road projects sanctioned and constructed during each of the last five  years under various interventions/verticals of PMGSY can be accessed at omms.nic.in->Proposals->Statewise List of Roads .

(d)        Construction  and  maintenance  of  rural  roads  are  the  responsibilities  of  States/  UTs. Complaints  about  negligence  in  repair  works  of  the  roads  constructed  under  PMGSY  are received in the Ministry either directly or through CPGRAMS or "Meri Sadak" application from time to time. Complaints are referred to the State Governments/ UTs for taking necessary action.

(e)         Timeline  for  completion  of  PMGSY-I  &  II  was  September,  2022.  The  timeline  for completion of RCPLWEA is March, 2023 and that of PMGSY-III is March, 2025.

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Annexure referred to in reply to point © of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 95 for reply on 13.12.2022

## State/UT-wise summary of road projects sanctioned and constructed during each of the last five years under various interventions/verticals of PMGSY

Road length in km

| Sr.No.              | States/Uts   | 2017-18              | 2017-18              | 2017-18     | 2018-19 2019-20   | 2018-19 2019-20      | 2018-19 2019-20      | 2018-19 2019-20   | 2018-19 2019-20   | 2018-19 2019-20   | 2018-19 2019-20   | 2018-19 2019-20      | 2020-21              | 2020-21     | 2020-21      | 2020-21               | 2021-22        | 2021-22   | 2021-22      | 2021-22     |
|---------------------|--------------|----------------------|----------------------|-------------|-------------------|----------------------|----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------|----------------------|-------------|--------------|-----------------------|----------------|-----------|--------------|-------------|
| Sr.No.              | States/Uts   | Sanctioned Completed | Sanctioned Completed |             |                   | Sanctioned Completed | Sanctioned Completed | Sanctioned        | Sanctioned        |                   |                   | Completed Sanctioned | Completed Sanctioned | Completed   | Completed    | Sanctioned            | Sanctioned     |           |              | Completed   |
| Sr.No.              | No. of roads | Road length          | No. of roads         | Road length | No. of roads      | Road length          | No. of roads         | Road length       | No. of roads      | Road length       | No. of roads      | Road length          | No. of roads         | Road length | No. of roads | Road length No. roads | of Road length |           | No. of roads | Road length |
| 1A& N Islands       | 22           | 37                   | 0                    | 0           | 32                | 39                   | 0                    | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                    | 48                   | 97          | 12           | 31                    | 0              | 0         | 13           | 14          |
| 2Andhra Pradesh     | 169          | 769                  | 44                   | 154         | 128               | 548                  | 41                   | 337               | 197               | 1,577             | 101               | 301                  | 181                  | 1,445       | 61           | 531                   | 2              | 25        | 160          | 1,263       |
| 3Arunachal Pradesh  | 43           | 684                  | 31                   | 1,132       | 265               | 4,979                | 91                   | 1,318             | 80                | 551               | 46                | 1,731                | 0                    | 0           | 25           | 1,796                 | 0              | 0         | 152          | 598         |
| 4Assam              | 2,334        | 6,824                | 201                  | 1,615       | 466               | 1,796                | 676                  | 4,295             | 250               | 1,721             | 1,288             | 3,646                | 429                  | 2,760       | 786          | 2,682                 | 0              | 0         | 731          | 2,164       |
| 5Bihar              | 614          | 2,253                | 1,290                | 5,221       | 307               | 686                  | 1,679                | 3,308             | 395               | 3,046             | 852               | 719                  | 169                  | 1,390       | 586          | 2,255                 |                | 189       | 472          | 1,862       |
| 6Chhattisgarh       | 219          | 2,966                | 170                  | 1,901       | 707               | 2,666                | 216                  | 3,112             | 604               | 5,467             | 430               | 1,952                | 180                  | 1,882       | 296          | 4,689                 | 11 0           | 0         | 464          | 3,034       |
| 7Goa                | 0            | 0                    | 0                    | 0           | 0                 | 0                    | 0                    | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                    | 0                    | 0           | 0            | 0                     | 0              | 0         | 0            | 0           |
| 8Gujarat            | 5            | 14                   | 21                   | 49          | 0                 | 0                    | 8                    | 14                | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                    | 304                  | 3,015       | 3            | 202                   | 0              | 0         | 31           | 1,009       |
| 9Haryana            | 0            | 0                    | 3                    | 38          | 0                 | 0                    | 1                    | 5                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                    | 203                  | 1,906       | 0            | 224                   | 56             | 590       | 117          | 1,384       |
| 10Himachal Pradesh  | 322          | 1,986                | 124                  | 1,773       | 352               | 2,221                | 138                  | 1,334             | 112               | 1,251             | 219               | 1,087                | 0                    | 0           | 274          | 1,916                 | 0              | 0         | 300          | 1,624       |
| 11Jammu And Kashmir | 138          | 1,196                | 135                  | 1,760       | 645               | 4,298                | 202                  | 1,559             | 121               | 680               | 181               | 1,175                | 0                    | 0           | 243          | 3,167 0               |                | 0         | 344          | 3,283       |
| 12Jharkhand         | 1,067        | 2,974                | 1,061                | 4,519       | 272               | 699                  | 747                  | 3,570             | 245               | 2,223             | 906               | 1,408                | 0                    | 0           | 470          | 2,008                 | 291            | 2,115     | 391          | 1,001       |
| 13Karnataka         | 0            | 0                    | 11                   | 48          |                   | 0                    |                      | 6                 |                   | 3,195             |                   |                      | 350                  | 2,182       | 4            | 566                   | 0              | 0         | 185          | 2,527       |
|                     | 64           | 259                  | 59                   | 373         | 0                 |                      | 3                    |                   | 441               | 0                 | 1                 | 6                    |                      | 105         | 21           | 77                    | 123            | 582       |              | 67          |
| 14Kerala            |              |                      |                      |             | 33                | 112                  | 104                  | 314               | 0                 |                   | 63                | 126                  | 20                   |             |              |                       |                |           | 20           |             |

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| 15Madhya Pradesh   | 912    | 6,345    | 1,692   | 5,218     | 1         | 13    | 859   | 4,521   | 112   | 1,473   | 694    | 1,872   | 377       | 4,779       | 278      | 2,958   | 529    | 5,408 381   | 4,444   |
|--------------------|--------|----------|---------|-----------|-----------|-------|-------|---------|-------|---------|--------|---------|-----------|-------------|----------|---------|--------|-------------|---------|
| 16Maharashtra      | 125    | 602 154  | 570     | 0         | 0         | 80    |       | 267     | 36    | 454     | 33     | 120     | 380       | 2,582       | 33       | 181 50  | 344    | 24          | 199     |
| 17Manipur          | 262    | 2,914 81 | 731     | 109       | 1,721     | 94    |       | 852     | 55    | 325     | 109    | 754 0   | 0         | 95          | 893      | 0       | 0      | 46          | 684     |
| 18Meghalaya        | 61     | 268      | 48      | 150 406   | 2,174     | 32    |       | 211     | 22    | 101     | 50 274 | 0       | 0         | 77          | 728      | 0       | 0      | 148         | 826     |
| 19Mizoram          | 26     | 283      | 7       | 237 46    | 498       |       | 4     | 267     | 6     | 194     | 12     | 345     | 0 0       | 4           | 246      | 0       | 0      | 31          | 346     |
| 20Nagaland         | 19     | 264      | 4       | 85 19     | 261       |       | 7     | 209     | 13    | 228     | 4      | 189     | 0 0       | 6           | 36       | 0       | 0      | 8           | 198     |
| 21Odisha           | 1,581  | 5,662    | 1,079   | 7,141     | 963 4,803 |       | 1,410 | 8,130   | 19    | 97      | 1,706  | 5,298   | 828       | 5,420 1,050 | 1,844    | 584     | 4,023  | 544         | 2,829   |
| Puducherry         | 0      | 0        | 0       | 0         | 0         | 0     | 0     | 0       | 0     | 0       | 0      | 0       | 45 106    | 0           | 0        | 0       | 0      | 0           | 0       |
| 22Punjab           | 0      | 0        | 48      | 852       | 0 0       |       | 62    | 247     | 0     | 0       | 15     | 29      | 204 2,056 | 1           | 1        | 2       | 28     | 5           | 285     |
| 23Rajasthan        | 401    | 3,464    | 1,489   | 3,249     | 0         | 0     | 279   | 2,528   | 237   | 2,198   | 201    | 103     | 374 3,623 |             | 13 1,856 | 0       | 0      | 456         | 3,255   |
| 24Sikkim           | 100    | 605      | 42      | 419       | 34 121    |       | 47    | 352     | 0     | 0       | 36     | 68 0    | 0         | 27          | 157      | 0       | 0      | 29          | 141     |
| 25Tamil Nadu       | 766    | 2,654    | 612     | 1,611 570 | 1,285     | 458   |       | 2,167   | 299   | 1,044   | 530    | 1,066   | 580 2,151 |             | 378 871  | 275     | 1,254  | 605         | 2,063   |
| 26Tripura          | 20     | 77       | 40      | 313       | 3         | 9     | 58    | 169     | 42    | 307     | 21     | 85      | 0         | 0 27        | 109      | 0       | 0      | 22          | 172     |
| 27Uttar Pradesh    | 34     | 427      | 340     | 4,106     | 122 926   | 435   |       | 1,688   | 12    | 287     | 55     | 376     | 883 6,188 | 94          | 718      | 1,624   | 12,375 | 220         | 3,368   |
| 28Uttarakhand      | 217    | 1,764    | 124     | 1,839     | 736 6,206 | 130   |       | 1,756   | 112   | 906     | 151    | 2,036   | 0         | 0 204       | 3,365    | 133     | 1,157  | 279         | 2,067   |
| 29West Bengal      | 1,425  | 5,652    | 298     | 3,213     | 291 2,518 | 649   |       | 5,111   | 0     | 0       | 835    | 2,180   | 0 0       | 472         | 2,179    | 0       | 0      | 303         | 526     |
| 30Telangana        | 242    | 1,099    | 52      | 303       | 0         | 0     | 66    | 381     | 39    | 247     | 124    | 206     | 346       | 2,337 36    | 315      | 10      | 59     | 54          | 631     |
| 31Ladakh           | 0      | 0        | 0       | 44        | 30        | 372   | 10    | 63      | 13    | 79      | 15     | 151     | 0 0       | 5           | 86       | 0       | 0      | 10          | 109     |
| Total              |        | 52,043   | 9,260   |           | 38,951    | 8,586 |       | 48,093  |       |         | 8,678  |         | 5,901     |             | 36,685   | 3,690   |        | 6,545       | 41,974  |
|                    | 11,188 |          |         | 48,667    | 6,537     |       |       |         | 3,462 | 27,652  |        | 27,304  |           | 44,024      | 5,581    |         | 28,149 |             |         |

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