Lok Sabha Question No. 3502 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-17
Subject: Roads in Hilly Areas under PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Adv Dean Kuriakose

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3502

## ANSWERED ON 17/12/2024

## ROADS IN HILLY AREAS UNDER PMGSY

## 3502. ADV DEAN KURIAKOSE:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENTbe pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  will  give  more  kilometre  of  roads under the PMGSY in hilly areas especially in Idukki district;
- (b) whether the Government is aware of the need for more roads for hilly areas under PMGSY; and
- (c) if so, whether the Government plans to give the same support and priority as being given to the North Eastern States?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN)

- (a)        A total of 5,312 Km road length has been sanctioned under various  ongoing  interventions/verticals  of  PMGSY  in  Kerala,  out  of which 4,265 Km road length has already been completed and 1,009 Km road length are at various stages of execution. The intervention/vertical  wise  physical  achievements  under  PMGSY, since inception till 13.12.2024, in the State, are given below:

## (Road length in Km)

| Name of intervention/vertical   | Sanctioned   | Completed   |   Balance* |
|---------------------------------|--------------|-------------|------------|
| PMGSY-I                         | 3,308        | 3,240       |         41 |
| PMGSY-II                        | 583          | 562         |         16 |
| PMGSY III                       | 1,421        | 463         |        952 |
| Total:                          | 5,312        | 4,265       |       1009 |

In  Idukki  district  of  Kerala,  total  148  roads  and  3  LSBs  of length 598 Km  have  been  sanctioned under various ongoing interventions/verticals of PMGSY, out of which 121 roads of length 481 Km has already been completed and 116 Km road length are at various stages of execution. The intervention/ vertical wise physical achievements under PMGSY since inception till 13.12.2024 in Idukki district are given below:

(Road length in Km)

| Name of                       |   Sanctioned |   Completed |   Balance* |
|-------------------------------|--------------|-------------|------------|
| intervention/vertical PMGSY-I |          401 |         383 |         18 |
| PMGSY-II                      |           59 |          58 |          0 |
| PMGSY III                     |          138 |          40 |         98 |
| Total:                        |          598 |         481 |        116 |

The  timeline  for  completion  of  PMGSY-I,  II  &  PMGSY  III  is  upto March, 2025.

(b) & (c): The Union Cabinet has recently approved implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Gram SadakYojana - IV (PMGSY-IV) during FY 2024-25 to 2028-29. The financial assistance is to be provided for the construction of 62,500 Kms road for providing new connectivity to  eligible  25,000  unconnected  habitations,  in  the  country,  of population size 500+ in plains, 250+ in NE & Hill Sates/UTs, special category  areas  (Tribal  Schedule  V,  Aspirational  Districts/Blocks, Desert  areas)  and  100+  in  LWE  affected  districts  as  per  Census 2011 and construction/ upgradation of bridges on the new connectivity  roads.  Total  outlay  of  this  scheme  will  be  Rs.  70,125 crore.

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