Lok Sabha Question No. 1925 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-01
Subject: Construction of Roads under PMGSY in Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Sanjeev Kumar Singari

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1925 ANSWERED ON 01/08/2023

## CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS UNDER PMGSY IN ANDHRA PRADESH

1925. DR. SANJEEV KUMAR SINGARI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of works undertaken and undergoing under Pradhan Mantri  Gram  Sadak  Yojana  (PMGSY)  in  the  State  of  Andhra Pradesh;
- (b) the details of funds sanctioned and allocated for the construction  of  roads  in  Andhra  Pradesh  during  each  of  the last three years; and
- (c) the time by which the construction of the said roads is likely to be completed?

## ANSWER

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

(a):        The State of Andhra Pradesh has been sanctioned a total of 5,219 roads of 19,882 Km and 375 Long Span Bridges (LSBs) under various  ongoing  interventions/verticals  of  Pradhan  Mantri  Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), out of which 4,971 road works, 17,500 Km road  length  and  267  LSBs  have  already  been  completed  and  248 roads, 1,817 Km road length and 108 LSBs are at various stages of execution,  as  on  26 th   July,  2023.  The  intervention/  vertical-wise status of implementation of PMGSY in the State of Andhra Pradesh as on 26 th  July, 2023 is as under:-

## Road length in Km

| Name of                | Sanctioned   | Sanctioned   | Sanctioned   | Completed    | Completed   | Completed   | Balance*   | Balance*    | Balance*   |
|------------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|------------|-------------|------------|
| intervention/ vertical | No. of roads | Road length  | LSBs         | No. of roads | Road length | LSBsNo.     | of roads   | Road length | LSBs       |
| PMGSY-I                | 4,438        | 13,768       | 254          | 4,419        | 13,243      | 247         | 19         | 89          | 7          |
| PMGSY-II               | 174          | 1,331        | 2            | 174          | 1,290       | 2           | 0          | 0           | 0          |
| RCPLWEA**              | 194          | 1,558        | 45           | 132          | 1,069       | 18          | 62         | 467         | 27         |
| PMGSY III              | 413          | 3,225        | 74           | 246          | 1,898       | 0           | 167        | 1,261       | 74         |
| Total:                 | 5,219        | 19,882       | 375          | 4,971        | 17,500      | 267         | 248        | 1,817       | 108        |

* Balance road length is less than the difference of sanctioned and completed  length  due  to  the  reasons  that  some  projects  were completed with less than the sanctioned length due to reduction in road  length,  change  in  alignment,  construction  of  part  length  by other agencies, etc.

## **  Road  Construction  Project  for  Left  Wing  Extremism  Affected Areas

(b):       The details of Central Share of funds sanctioned/released to the  State  of  Andhra  Pradesh  during  the  last  three  years  are  as under:(Rs. in crore)

| Year    |   Central share of funds released |
|---------|-----------------------------------|
| 2020-21 |                            53.2   |
| 2021-22 |                            50     |
| 2022-23 |                           644.125 |

(c):     The  time-line  for  completion  of  PMGSY-I  and  PMGSY-II  and RCPLWEA  is  upto  March,  2024.  The  implementation  period  for PMGSY-III is upto March, 2025.

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