Lok Sabha Question No. 1495 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-29
Subject: Infrastructure Developed under PMGSY-III
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Jashubhai Bhilubhai Rathva

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1495 ANSWERED ON 29/07/2025

## INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPED UNDER PMGSY-III

## 1495. Shri JashubhaiBhilubhaiRathva:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government implemented infrastructural projects to  improve  rural  connectivity  under  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Gram SadakYojana-III (PMGSY-III); and
- (b) if  so,  the  details  of  such  projects  recently  sanctioned  under PMGSY-III  to  improve  rural  connectivity,  State-wise  including Gujarat?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): The  Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  SadakYojana-III   (PMGSY-III)  was launched  in  2019  for  consolidation  of  the  existing  Rural  Road Network by upgradation of 1,25,000 kms of existing Through Routes and Major Rural Links that connect habitations to Gramin Agricultural  Markets,  Higher  Secondary  Schools  and  Hospitals.  As on  25-7-2025,  a  total  of  15,972  roads  of  1,22,419  km  length,  and 3,212 bridges have been sanctioned under PMGSY-III, out of which 11,727  roads  of  98,588  km  length  and  1,373  bridges  have  already been constructed across the country.
- (b): In the State of Gujarat, a total of 300 roads of 2,976 km length and  191  bridges  have  been  sanctioned  under  PMGSY  III,  out  of which  283  roads  of  2,866  km  length  and  33  bridges  have  been completed as on 25-7-2025.

State/ UT-wise project sanctioned under PMGSY-III is at annexure.

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## Annexure  referred  to  in  part  (b)  of  reply  of  LokSabhaUnstarred Question No. 1495 to be answered on 29.07.2025.

The State/ UT-wise details of the road length sanctioned under PMGSY-III

| Sr.No.               | State Name          | Sanctioned       | Sanctioned   | Sanctioned   |
|----------------------|---------------------|------------------|--------------|--------------|
| Sr.No.               | State Name          | No of road works | Length (km)  | No of bridge |
| 1                    | Andaman And Nicobar | 32               | 200.24       | 0            |
| 2                    | Andhra Pradesh      | 412              | 3,203.94     | 77           |
| 3 Arunachal          | Pradesh             | 171              | 1,374.14     | 67           |
| 4                    | Assam               | 654              | 4,247.11     | 69           |
| 5                    | Bihar               | 733              | 6,162.17     | 709          |
| 6 Chhattisgarh       |                     | 534              | 5,605.61     | 112          |
| 7                    | Goa                 | 10               | 62.62        | 2            |
| 8                    | Gujarat             | 300              | 2,975.93     | 191          |
| 9 Haryana            | 259                 |                  | 2,496.33     | 0            |
| 10 Himachal Pradesh  |                     | 299              | 3,123.12     | 43           |
| 11 Jammu And Kashmir | 223                 |                  | 1,752.12     | 66           |
| 12                   | Jharkhand           | 449              | 4,130.23     | 145          |
| 13 Karnataka         |                     | 825              | 5,603.48     | 116          |
| 14                   | Kerala              | 284              | 1,421.07     | 11           |
| 15                   | Ladakh              | 55               | 455.63       | 0            |
| 16 Madhya Pradesh    |                     | 1,075            | 12,347.68    | 806          |
| 17 Maharashtra       |                     | 993              | 6,409.03     | 213          |
| 18 Manipur           | 97                  |                  | 783.21       | 0            |
| 19 Meghalaya         |                     | 143              | 1,225.41     | 55           |
| 20 Mizoram           | 17                  |                  | 487.50       | 7            |
| 21                   | Nagaland            | 43               | 545.12       | 0            |
| 22                   | Odisha              | 1,401            | 9,351.08     | 148          |
| 23                   | Puducherry          | 41               | 107.76       | 0            |
| 24                   | Punjab              | 339              | 3,364.61     | 67           |
| 25                   | Rajasthan           | 918              | 8,658.34     | 41           |
| 26                   | Sikkim              | 45               | 285.90       | 20           |
| 27 Tamil             | Nadu                | 1,826            | 7,377.07     | 83           |
| 28 Telangana         | 361                 |                  | 2,423.14     | 138          |
| 29                   | Tripura             | 99               | 777.22       | 6            |
| 30 Uttar             | Pradesh             | 2,560            | 18,938.04    | 5            |
| 31                   | Uttarakhand         | 212              | 2,287.95     | 9            |
| 32                   | West Bengal         | 562              | 4,236.31     | 6            |
| Total                | Total               | 15,972           | 1,22,419.09  | 3,212        |

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