Lok Sabha Question No. 3962 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-25
Subject: Timely Completion of Roads under PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Dulu Mahato, Dr. K Sudhakar, Shri Bhojraj Nag, Shri Chintamani Maharaj, Shri Dharambir Singh, Shri Naba Charan Majhi, Shri Alok Sharma, Dr. Rajesh Mishra, Shri Gajendra  Singh Patel, Smt. Roopkumari Choudhary, Shri Praveen Patel, Smt. Mahima Kumari Mewar, Shri Damodar Agrawal, Shri Lumbaram Choudhary, Dr. Manna Lal Rawat, Shri Janardan Mishra, Shri Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor, Shri Arun Govil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3962

## ANSWERED ON 25/03/2025

## TIMELY COMPLETION OF ROADS UNDER PMGSY

## 3962.  Shri Damodar Agrawal:

Smt. MahimaKumariMewar:

Dr. K Sudhakar:

Smt. RoopkumariChoudhary:

Shri ArunGovil:

- Shri ChintamaniMaharaj:

Shri JaswantsinhSumanbhaiBhabhor:

Shri Lumba Ram Chaudhary:

Shri DuluMahato:

Dr. Manna LalRawat:

Shri Praveen Patel:

Shri NabaCharanMajhi:

Shri Gajendra Singh Patel:

Shri Dharambir Singh:

Shri Alok Sharma:

Dr. Rajesh Mishra:

Shri Bhojraj Nag:

Shri Janardan Mishra:

## Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of existing mechanisms in place to ensure effective utilization of funds and timely completion of projects under the Pradhan Mantri Gram SadakYojana (PMGSY);
- (b) the measures taken to ensure that States adhere to the fiveyear maintenance contract under the said yojana, State-wise;
- (c) the details of incentives provided to States to adopt new and green technologies in rural road construction, State-wise;
- (d) whether  the said initiatives would  be applicable on previously constructed roads also;
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- (e) the details of road construction in kilometer in Phulpur of UP, Udaipur and Bhilwara of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bhiwani and Mahendragarh of Haryana and

Chikkaballapur  of    Karnataka  under  the  said  scheme  since

2014, State, district-wise and year-wise;

- (f) whether  the  Government  has  any  specific  plans  to  enhance rural road connectivity in Bhiwani-MahendragarhLokSabha Constituency and if so, the details thereof; and
- (g) the  total  funds  allocated,  released  and  utilised  in  Haryana under the said scheme along with the details of road projects completed using these funds during the last five years?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): Execution of works under the Pradhan Mantri Gram SadakYojana (PMGSY) and their timely completion is the responsibility of State Governments.  The  Central  funds under PMGSY  are  released  to  the  State  Governments  for  the  projects sanctioned, based upon their absorption capacity, balance works in hand, unspent balance available, and fulfilment of certain conditions laid down as per the programme guidelines. Under PMGSY there is an  unbroken  chain  of  funds  release  and  no  work  has  ever  been halted  due  to  the  non-availability  of  funds  under  the  scheme.  The road-wise expenditure under the scheme is monitored on a real-time basis through the  Programme MIS, Online Management, Monitoring and Accounting System(OMMAS).

Besides there is a well-laid-out mechanism for the physical and financial  progress  of  works  under  the  Scheme.   The  progress  of implementation of rural roads under PMGSY is regularly reviewed by way  of  Regional  Review  Meetings  (RRMs),  Performance  Review Committee (PRC) Meetings, and Pre-Empowered/Empowered Committee  Meetings  with  the  States.  At  the  District  level,  the District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee (DISHA) headed by the Hon'ble Member of Parliament (LS) monitors the implementation of various schemes of the Government of India including PMGSY. In addition to this, special review meetings/monthly review meetings are also held by the Secretary/Additional  Secretary/Joint  Secretary,  Ministry  of  Rural Development  with  Chief  Secretaries/Principal  Secretaries  of  the States. For effective implementation of the scheme, other measures taken are given below:

- (i)  The  Operational Manual of the PMGSY has been amended to ensure  that  all  works  sanctioned  under  the  scheme  commence on the ground within 72 days from the date of sanction.
- (ii)  States  have  been  requested  to  augment  executing  capacity and contracting capacity and their compliance in this regards is regularly reviewed.
- (iii) Bidding document provisions have been rationalized.
- (iv) Training is being imparted to field engineers and contractors as well as their staff for capacity building.
- (v) The Ministry has engaged Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSUs) in some of the States to augment execution capacity of the States.
- (vi)  The  Ministry  has  also  conducted  a  number  of  Contractor Outreach Programmes in the States to attract the Contractors in the implementation of the programme.
- (vii) Information Technology is being utilized for monitoring of the progress of works.

(viii)  Regular  and  structured  review  of  physical  &  financial parameters is conducted at regular interval in various zones for a cluster of states of that zone.

- (b): PMGSY roads are constructed by the State Governments with a  design  life  for  at  least  10  years.  As  per  PMGSY  guidelines, maintenance  of  roads  constructed  under  the  programme  is  the responsibility  of  the  State  Governments  and  all  road  works  are covered  by  initial  five-year  maintenance  contracts  to  be  entered into along with the construction contract, with the same contractor, as  per  the  Standard  Bidding  Document.  Maintenance  funds  to service  the  contract  are  required  to  be  budgeted  by  the  State Governments and placed at the disposal of the State Rural Roads Development Agencies (SRRDAs) in a separate maintenance account.  On  expiry  of  this   5-year  post-construction  maintenance, PMGSY roads are required to be placed under Zonal maintenance contracts  consisting  of  5-year  maintenance  including  renewal  as per cycle, from time to time. To ensure that the road constructed under  PMGSY  is  maintained  properly  throughout  its  life  cycle  and the  State  provides  adequate  maintenance  funds  for  the  purpose, under  PMGSY-III,  anMoU  was  signed  with  each  state  government before  sanctioning  the  works  to  that  State.  This  has  also  been ensured  for  the  works  to  be  sanctioned  under  PMGSY-IV  and  the

necessary provisions have been made in the Programme Guidelines of PMGSY-IV.

(c)&(d): Financial  incentive  is  provided  to  the  better  performing States  on  the  pre-defined  parameters  for  maintenance  of  roads constructed  under  PMGSY.   Use  of new  and  green  technologies  is encouraged at the stage of preparation of DPRs and proposing for clearance by the States. Such costs are met through regular PMGSY progamme funds.

States are encouraged to use new materials/waste materials/locally available materials.  The States were advised, from 2013  onwards,  to  propose  at  least  15%  of  the  length  of  annual proposals using any of the new technologies/materials. This initiative has helped introduce more than 40 technologies including waste plastics, cold mix technology, cell-filled concrete, stabilization using cement and lime, nanotechnology and Full Depth Reclamation (FDR). Further, the Vision document on New Technology Initiatives, 2022 has been launched in May 2022, which prescribes  enhanced  use  of  new  technologies/  materials  in  the construction  of  PMGSY  roads.    Since  the  inception  of  PMGSY  in 2000, 1,17,634 Km of road length has been constructed to date with the use of new and green technologies.

(e): The details of road construction in kilometer in Phulpur of UP, Udaipur  and  Bhilwara  of  Rajasthan,  Madhya  Pradesh,  Jharkhand, Bhiwani  and  Mahendragarh  of  Haryana  and  Chikkaballapur  of Karnataka  under  the  said  scheme  since  2014,  State,  district-wise and year wise may be seen at https://omms.nic.in>Progress Monitoring>Monthly Progress Report>Financial Year-wise achievement.

(f): Recently  a  new  vertical  named  PMGSY-IV  was  launched  on 11th September 2024 with a focus on providing all-weather connectivity to unconnected habitations of 500+ population in plain areas  and  250  +  population  in  NE  and  Hill  States/UTs,  special category  areas  (Tribal  Schedule-V,  Aspirational  Districts/Blocks, Desert  Areas)  and  100+  in  Left  Wing  Extremism  (LWE)  affected districts as per Census 2011. The scheme will be implemented from 2024-25  to  2028-29  with  a  total  outlay  of  Rs.  70,125  crore  with  a target  to  provide  connectivity  to  25,000  unconnected  habitations. The Central Government is working in close coordination with the States to facilitate the submission of proposals under the scheme.

The State of Haryana has been sanctioned full entitlement of roads  and  bridges  under  PMGSY-I,  II  &  III.  The  Ministry  does  not maintain the Consitituency-wise data of the works sanctioned under PMGSY.  However,  the  details  of  works  sanctioned  and  progress made under PMGSY in the Bhiwani and Mahendragarh districts may be  seen  at  https://omms.nic.in>Progress  Monitoring>District  Brief. PMGSY-IV will further enhance the scope of rural road connectivity in all the States/UTs including the Bhiwani-MahendragarhLokSabha Constituency of Haryana.

(g): During  the  last  5  years,  a  sum  of   Rs.  611.19  crores  of  the Programme funds  has been released by the Ministry to the State of Haryana.  The  State  has  incurred  an  expenditure  of   Rs.  1074.97 crore  during  the  said  period  which  also  includes  State  share. Further, the State has constructed 256 road works of 2,459.73 Km during the said period.

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