Lok Sabha Question No. 1526 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-12
Subject: Status of RCPLWEA
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: T.N. Prathapan, Amar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1526 ANSWERED ON 12/12/2023

## STATUS OF RCPLWEA

## 1526. SHRI T.N. PRATHAPAN: DR. AMAR SINGH:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the status of implementation of Road Connectivity Project for Left Wing Extremism Affected Areas (RCPLWEA), Statewise;
- (b) whether the Government is aware that the work has exceeded the initially allocated deadline and if so, the revised deadline and targets, if any; and
- (c) the measures taken by the Government to ensure that States adhere to the revised deadline?

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

- (a)    The  State-wise  details  of  implementation  of  Road  Connectivity Project for Left Wing Extremism Affected Areas (RCPLWEA) is given at Annexure.
- (b)   The  timeline  for  completion  of  RCPLWEA  was  March,  2023. However, based on the requests received from State Governments, the timeline has been extended to March 2024. States have been advised to complete all projects under RCPLWEA by March, 2024.
- (c)    This  Ministry  has  taken  a  number  of  initiatives  to  ensure  that States  may  able  to  complete  all  the  sanctioned  works  within  the prescribed time-line. The programme is regularly monitored by way of Regional  Review  Meetings  (RRMs),  Performance  Review  Committee (PRC) Meetings and Pre-Empowered/ Empowered Committee Meetings

with the States. In addition to this, special review meetings/ monthly review  meetings  are  also  held  at  the  level  of Secretary/  Additional Secretary/Joint  Secretary,  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  with  Chief Secretaries/Additional  Chief  Secretaries/Principal  Secretaries/  Chief Executive Officer - State Rural Roads Development Agencies (SRRDAs) of the States.  Necessary hand-holding of the States is also conducted by  means  of  trainings,  seminar/conferences  and  Inter-departmental meetings  etc.  Further,  implementation  of  all  sanctioned  works  is also monitored through Online Management, Monitoring and Accounting System (OMMAS) on a real time basis to ensure that the physical and financial progress is in line with the overall targets given to States.

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## Annexure

## Annexure referred to in part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1526 for 12.12.2023

## State-wise details of implementation of Road Connectivity Project for Left Wing Extremism Affected Areas (as on 06.12.2023)

(Road length in km)

| Sr.   | State Name     | Sanctioned   | Sanctioned   | Sanctioned   | Completed    | Completed   | Completed   | Balance      | Balance      | Balance   |
|-------|----------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|-----------|
| No.   |                | No. of roads | Road Length  | Bridges      | No. of roads | Road Length | Bridges     | No. of roads | Road Length* | Bridges   |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh | 194          | 1,558        | 45           | 137          | 1,085       | 19          | 57           | 450          | 26        |
| 2     | Bihar          | 153          | 1,981        | 82           | 115          | 1,757       | 61          | 38           | 195          | 21        |
| 3     | Chhattisgarh   | 386          | 3,094        | 88           | 236          | 2,003       | 20          | 150          | 1,073        | 68        |
| 4     | Jharkhand      | 303          | 2,408        | 207          | 145          | 1,710       | 88          | 158          | 696          | 119       |
| 5     | Madhya Pradesh | 37           | 346          | 46           | 3            | 58          | 14          | 34           | 287          | 32        |
| 6     | Maharashtra    | 46           | 620          | 112          | 31           | 434         | 89          | 15           | 186          | 23        |
| 7     | Odisha         | 52           | 529          | 2            | 37           | 436         | 0           | 15           | 89           | 2         |
| 8     | Telangana      | 146          | 1,024        | 112          | 5            | 381         | 24          | 141          | 642          | 88        |
| 9     | Uttar Pradesh  | 25           | 541          | 11           | 20           | 405         | 4           | 5            | 136          | 7         |
| Total | Total          | 1,342 12,100 | 1,342 12,100 | 705          | 729          | 8,269       | 319         | 613          | 3,755        | 386       |

Note-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.