Lok Sabha Question No. 256 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-05
Subject: Construction of  Rural Roads
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Prataprao Govindrao  Patil Chikhalikar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 256 ANSWERED ON 05/12/2023

## CONSTRUCTION OF RURAL ROADS

## 256.  SHRI PRATAPRAO PATIL CHIKHLIKAR:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has received any proposal from Nanded (Maharashtra) to construct rural roads under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY);
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the funds granted for repair and construction of rural roads in the Nanded district during each of the last three years and the timeline to complete the pending works?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b)  The Nanded district of Maharashtra has been sanctioned 163 roads of 959 km road length and 25 bridges under various verticals of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), out of which 135 roads of 780 km road length and 25 bridges have already been completed. The projects sanctioned under PMGSY-I & II have been completed and the timeline for completion of projects sanctioned under PMGSY-III is March
- 2025.
- (c)   'Rural  road' is a State subject. As per the pogramme guidelines of Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  Sadak  Yojana  (PMGSY),  maintenance  of  roads constructed  under  the  programme  is  the  responsibility  of  the  State Governments.  As  PMGSY  is  a  one-time  assistance  programme  for construction of rural roads, there is no provision under it for repair of roads. Central funds are released to the State Government only (not to the  districts)  for  construction  and  upgradation  of  roads  which  are

sanctioned under various interventions of PMGSY. The details of amount released  &  expenditure  incurred  for  construction/upgradation  of  the roads during last three years are as under:-

(Rs. in crore)

| Financial year    | Opening balance of central share   | Central share released   | Total Central share available   | Expenditure (including State share)   |
|-------------------|------------------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2020-21           | 464.12                             | 0                        | 464.12                          | 145.37                                |
| 2021-22           | 323.07                             | 0                        | 323.07                          | 178.95                                |
| 2022-23           | 253.17                             | 689.23                   | 942.40                          | 773.83                                |
| 2023-24           | 624.92                             | 252.10                   | 877.02                          | 612.41                                |
| (upto 29.11.2023) |                                    |                          |                                 |                                       |

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