Lok Sabha Question No. 24 (STARRED), answered on 2023-12-05
Subject: Delay in achieving the Targets under PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Gautham Sigamani Pon

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 24 ANSWERED ON 05/12/2023

## DELAY IN ACHIEVING THE TARGETS UNDER PMGSY

## *24.  DR. PON GAUTHAM SIGAMANI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that construction of more than 24000 km. of road length under the first phase of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) is still pending and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the total length of road under the said Yojana that has been completed/constructed as on date;
- (c) whether it is also a fact that under the second phase of the said Yojana, construction of 1562 km. of road length is still incomplete and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether it is a fact that there has been inordinate delay in achieving the targets under these two phases; and
- (e) if so, the reasons therefor along with the corrective steps proposed for construction/completion of remaining length of roads under these two phases?

## 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. 24  due for answer on 05.12.2023

- (a) &  (b) No, Sir. Since inception of Pradhan  Mantri  Gram SadakYojana (PMGSY-I) till 29 th  November, 2023, a total of 6,45,111 km road length has been sanctioned under the programme, out of which  6,22,744  km  road  length  has  been  completed.  The  balance length  to  be  constructed  under  PMGSY-I  is  6,930  Km  as  on 29.11.23.

The balance road length is less than the difference of sanctioned and completed length due to reduction in curve length, change in alignment, construction of part length by other agencies, etc.

The State/ UT-wise balance road length under PMGSY-I is given at Annexure-I.

- (c)   No, Sir. Since inception of PMGSY-II till 29 th  November, 2023, a total of 49,856 km has been sanctioned under the programme, out of which  48,685  km  road  length  has  been  completed.  The  balance length to be constructed under PMGSY-II is 652 Km.

The balance road length is less than the difference of sanctioned and completed length due to reduction in curve length, change in alignment, construction of part length by other agencies, etc.

The State/ UT-wise balance road length under PMGSY-II is given at Annexure-II.

- (d)  &  (e)    The  sunset  date  for  completion  of  PMGSY-I  was  March, 2019.  The  PMGSY-II  was  targeted  for  completion  by  March,  2020. However, since several projects sanctioned under these interventions were pending mainly in the States of  NE region and hill States, on the requests  of  these States, the timeline for completion of PMGSY-I, II was initially extended for PMGSY-I & II till September, 22 which has been further extended till March, 2024.

While  implementing  PMGSY-I  &  II  schemes  in  the  states/UTs, several challenges like issues of land acquisition, forest clearance, poor contracting capacity of the States, lack of response to tenders, law and order issues, financial capability of states to release funds on time, execution capacity of States/ State Rural Road Development Agencies (SRRDAs) came in the way which impacted the  overall  progress  of  the  scheme  .  For  North-Eastern  and  hill

States,  some  additional  issues  like  adverse  climatic  conditions, tough terrain, short working season etc. also came in the way which compounded the challenges. Covid 19 also impacted the progress of works in some States.

Regular  Review  meetings,  including  Regional  Review  Meetings (RRMs),  Performance  Review  Committee  (PRC)  Meetings  and  PreEmpowered  (Pre  EC)/  Empowered  Committee(EC)  Meetings,  are being conducted with the States to expedite the progress of works and  sort  out  any  bottleneck  coming  in  the  way.  Necessary  handholding of the States is also being done through various  workshops being organized in the States as well as by holding interdepartmental meetings etc.

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## Annexure-I

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (b) of Lok SabhaStarred Q.No. 24 due for reply on 05.12.2023

## State/UT-wise details of balance road length under PMGSY-I as on 29.11.23

| Sr.No.     | State Name                  | Balance Road Length (in Km)   |
|------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1          | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 12                            |
| 2          | Andhra Pradesh              | 89                            |
| 3          | Arunachal Pradesh           | 922                           |
| 4          | Assam                       | 56                            |
| 5          | Bihar                       | 590                           |
| 6          | Chhattisgarh                | 975                           |
| 7 Himachal | Pradesh                     | 529                           |
| 8          | Jammu and Kashmir           | 817                           |
| 9          | Jharkhand                   | 148                           |
| 10         | Kerala                      | 42                            |
| 11         | Ladakh                      | 37                            |
| 12         | Madhya Pradesh              | 40                            |
| 13         | Maharashtra                 | 65                            |
| 14         | Manipur                     | 841                           |
| 15         | Meghalaya                   | 391                           |
| 16         | Mizoram                     | 77                            |
| 17         | Nagaland                    | 83                            |
| 18         | Odisha                      | 42                            |
| 19         | Sikkim                      | 220                           |
| 20         | Telangana                   | 143                           |
| 21         | Tripura                     | 158                           |
| 22         | Uttar Pradesh               | 10                            |
| 23         | Uttarakhand                 | 485                           |
| 24         | West Bengal                 | 159                           |
| Total      |                             | 6,930                         |

Annexure-II Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) of Lok SabhaStarred Q.No.

24 due for reply on 05.12.2023 as on 29.11.23

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| Sr.No.   | State Name                  | Balance Road Length (in Km)   |   Balance Road Length (in Km) |
|----------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |                               |                            79 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh           |                               |                            26 |
| 3        | Assam                       |                               |                             6 |
| 4        | Bihar                       |                               |                            16 |
| 5        | Himachal Pradesh            |                               |                            42 |
| 6        | Jammu and Kashmir           |                               |                            17 |
| 7        | Kerala                      |                               |                            17 |
| 8        | Ladakh                      |                               |                             2 |
| 9        | Madhya Pradesh              |                               |                            14 |
| 10       | Manipur                     |                               |                            49 |
| 11       | Meghalaya                   |                               |                            63 |
| 12       | Mizoram                     |                               |                           120 |
| 13       | Nagaland                    |                               |                            97 |
| 14       | Odisha                      |                               |                             2 |
| 15       | Puducherry                  |                               |                            42 |
| 16       | Sikkim                      |                               |                             8 |
| 17       | Tripura                     |                               |                            44 |
| 18       | Uttarakhand                 |                               |                             4 |
| 19       | West Bengal                 |                               |                             5 |
|          | Total                       |                               |                           652 |