Lok Sabha Question No. 103 (STARRED), answered on 2025-02-11
Subject: Conversion of Rural Roads into Major District Road
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Rahul Kaswan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 103

## ANSWERED ON 11/02/2025

## CONVERSION OF RURAL ROADS INTO MAJOR DISTRICT ROAD

## *103. SHRI RAHUL KASWAN:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a)   whether the Government has prepared or proposes to prepare any  plan  to  convert  rural  roads  into  Major  District  Roads (MDRs);
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Rajasthan;
- (c)
- whether  the  Government  proposes  to  convert  major  roads  in the  rural  areas  of  the  country  particularly  in  Rajasthan  into MDR as roads in rural areas have not been classified for a very long time; and
- (d) if so, the timeline by which the said conversion is likely to be made and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI SHIVRAJ SINGH CHOUHAN)

- (a) to (d):       A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) TO (D) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *103 FOR   ANSWER ON  11.02.2025 ASKED  BY  SHRI  RAHUL  KASWAN,  MEMBER  OF  PARLIAMENT, REGARDING CONVERSION OF RURAL ROADS INTO MAJOR DISTRICT ROAD.

(a)  to  (d):  "Rural  roads"  is  a  State  subject  and  the  declaration  of roads  as  Major  District  Road  (MDR),  Other  District  Road  (ODR), Village Road (VR) etc. is vested with the States.

As a part of poverty reduction strategy, Government of India launched  Pradhan  Mantri Gram  SadakYojana  (PMGSY)  on  25 th December, 2000 for providing connectivity by way of an all weather road to the eligible unconnected habitations.

In  the  year  2013,  PMGSY-II  was  launched  for  upgradation  of selected Through Routes and Major Rural Links (MRLs) with a target to  upgrade  50,000  Km  roads.  In  the  year  2019,  PMGSY-III  was launched for consolidation and upgradation of 1,25,000 Km Through Routes and Major Rural Links connecting habitations, inter-alia, to Gramin  Agricultural  Markets  (GrAMs),  Higher  Secondary  Schools and  Hospitals. Under  the  PMGSY-II  &  III,  roads  were  eligible  for upgradation to 5.5 meter carriageway on traffic consideration. The details of roads upgraded to 5.5 meter carriageway, State/ UT-wise, including in the State of Rajasthan, are at Annexure-I for PMGSY II and at Annexure-II for PMGSY III, respectively. These roads can be categorized  as  MDR,  immediately  after  its  upgradation,  by  the

State.

In  2016,  Road  Connectivity  Project  for  Left  Wing  Extremism Affected Areas (RCPLWEA) was launched as a separate vertical of PMGSY  for construction/upgradation of strategically important roads  which  were  critical  from  the  security  point  of  view.  These roads were identified by the Ministry of Home Affairs in consultation with  the  Home  departments  of  the  States.  The  details  of  roads upgraded to 5.5 meter carriageway, State-wise, under RCPLWEA are at Annexure- III.

The  implementation  period  of  PMGSY-II,  III  and  RCPLWEA  is upto March, 2025.

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Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (d) of LokSabha Starred Question  No.  103  for  reply  on  11.02.2025  regarding  Conversion  of Rural Roads into Major District Road

## State/UT-wise details of roads upgraded to 5.5 meter carriageway under PMGSY-II

| Name of State/UT   |   No. of Roads upgraded | Road Length (in km)   |
|--------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh     |                       2 | 16.25                 |
| Arunachal Pradesh  |                       2 | 36.63                 |
| Assam              |                      22 | 225.14                |
| Bihar              |                      61 | 776.79                |
| Chhattisgarh       |                     177 | 2,233.91              |
| Gujarat            |                      94 | 1,007.69              |
| Haryana            |                      88 | 1,042.24              |
| Himachal Pradesh   |                      17 | 158.68                |
| Jammu And Kashmir  |                      48 | 297.15                |
| Jharkhand          |                       6 | 80.81                 |
| Karnataka          |                       1 | 3.69                  |
| Kerala             |                       6 | 29.97                 |
| Madhya Pradesh     |                     138 | 2,421.87              |
| Maharashtra        |                      34 | 297.23                |
| Manipur            |                       3 | 22.90                 |
| Meghalaya          |                       2 | 12.08                 |
| Mizoram            |                       3 | 136.50                |
| Odisha             |                       4 | 36.35                 |
| Puducherry         |                      12 | 26.04                 |
| Punjab             |                     122 | 1,332.62              |
| Rajasthan          |                      99 | 992.17                |
| Sikkim             |                       1 | 3.70                  |
| Tamil Nadu         |                       6 | 23.26                 |
| Telangana          |                       4 | 31.68                 |
| Tripura            |                      10 | 121.04                |
| Uttar Pradesh      |                      88 | 790.70                |
| Uttarakhand        |                       1 | 5.18                  |
| West Bengal        |                     119 | 1,244.90              |
| Total              |                    1170 | 13,407.14             |

Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (d) of LokSabha Starred Question  No.  103  for  reply  on  11.02.2025  regarding  Conversion  of Rural Roads into Major District Road

State/UT-wise details of roads upgraded to 5.5 meter carriageway under PMGSY-III

| Name of State/UT    | No. of Roads upgraded   | Road Length (in km)   |
|---------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
| Andaman And Nicobar | 2                       | 4.73                  |
| Andhra Pradesh      | 18                      | 202.61                |
| Arunachal Pradesh   | 10                      | 129.69                |
| Assam               | 204                     | 1,586.01              |
| Bihar               | 115                     | 1,348.13              |
| Chhattisgarh        | 253                     | 2,964.11              |
| Gujarat             | 304                     | 3,015.37              |
| Haryana             | 243                     | 2,331.49              |
| Himachal Pradesh    | 38                      | 387.89                |
| Jammu And Kashmir   | 50                      | 550.47                |
| Jharkhand           | 35                      | 427.70                |
| Karnataka           | 28                      | 243.85                |
| Kerala              | 12                      | 76.15                 |
| Madhya Pradesh      | 407                     | 5,812.94              |
| Maharashtra         | 34                      | 253.19                |
| Manipur             | 5                       | 50.30                 |
| Meghalaya           | 15                      | 203.16                |
| Mizoram             | 3                       | 66.33                 |
| Nagaland            | 5                       | 110.78                |
| Odisha              | 361                     | 2,891.65              |
| Punjab              | 280                     | 2,846.63              |
| Rajasthan           | 524                     | 5,424.44              |
| Tamil Nadu          | 25                      | 131.09                |
| Telangana           | 82                      | 761.30                |
| Uttar Pradesh       | 636                     | 5,420.53              |
| West Bengal         | 167                     | 1,469.37              |
| Total               | 3,856                   | 38,709.90             |

Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (d) of LokSabha Starred Question  No.  103  for  reply  on  11.02.2025  regarding  Conversion  of Rural Roads into Major District Road

## State/UT-wise details of roads upgraded to 5.5 meter carriageway under RCPLWEA

| Name of State/UT   |   No. of Roads upgraded | Road Length (in km)   |
|--------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh     |                      26 | 357.73                |
| Bihar              |                      94 | 1,491.11              |
| Chhattisgarh       |                      61 | 1,107.73              |
| Jharkhand          |                      29 | 554.32                |
| Odisha             |                      29 | 388.79                |
| Telangana          |                      33 | 450.26                |
| Uttar Pradesh      |                      23 | 507.80                |
| Total              |                     295 | 4,857.74              |

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