Lok Sabha Question No. 2005 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-11
Subject: Rural Roads in Punjab
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Malvinder Singh Kang

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2005 ANSWERED ON 11/03/2025

## RURAL ROADS IN PUNJAB

## 2005. SHRI MALVINDER SINGH KANG:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENTbe pleased to state:

- (a) the steps taken by the Government to develop the rural roads in Punjab under the Pradhan Mantri Gram SadakYojana (PMGSY), if so, the details thereof; and
- (b) the manner  in which the Government  ensuring last-mile connectivity for remote villages in the State of Punjab, districtwise; particularly in Anandpur Sahib?

## ANSWER

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

(a):  "Rural  road"  is  a  State  subject.The  Government  of  India  as  a part  of  poverty  reduction  strategy,  launched  the  Pradhan  Mantri Gram SadakYojana (PMGSY-I) on 25th December 2000 to assist the States through construction of rural roads. Under PMGSY I eligibile unconnected  habitations  were  taken  up  for  providing  connectivity through all-weather roads. In Punjab, under 500+ population category,  a  total  of  389  habitations  were  sanctioned  for  providing connectivity under the PMGSY-I and all the habitations have already been provided connectivity.

Parliamentary constituency-wise data is not maintained within the Ministry. There are four districts within Anandpur Sahib Parliamentary Constituency viz. Hoshiarpur, Nawanshahr, Rupnagar and Mohali. The district wise details of habitations sanctioned and connected in the State of Punjab are given in Annexure.

Other verticals viz. PMGSY II and PMGSY III were also started for  upgradation  of  rural  roads  for  better  connectivity  to  growth centres and for improved connectivity to schools, hospitals, Gramin Agricultural Markets, respectively.

The  Status  of  projects  sanctioned,  completed  and  balance under various verticals of PMGSY for the State of Punjab as on 06 th March, 2025 is as under:

|           | Sanctioned   | Sanctioned       | Sanctioned   | Completed    | Completed        | Completed   | Balance      | Balance          | Balance   |
|-----------|--------------|------------------|--------------|--------------|------------------|-------------|--------------|------------------|-----------|
| Vertical  | No. of roads | Road length (km) | LSBs         | No. of roads | Road length (km) | LSBs        | No. of roads | Road length (km) | LSBs      |
| PMGSY-I   | 1,050        | 6,937            | 0            | 1,050        | 6,912            | 0           | 0            | 0                | 0         |
| PMGSY-II  | 123          | 1,343            | 7            | 123          | 1,331            | 7           | 0            | 0                | 0         |
| PMGSY-III | 335          | 3,338            | 32           | 183          | 2,040            | 12          | 152          | 1288             | 20        |
| Total     | 1,508        | 11,618           | 39           | 1,356        | 10,283           | 19          | 152          | 1,288            | 20        |

*Balance road length is less than the difference of sanctioned and completed  length  due  to  the  reasons  that  some  projects  were completed with less than the sanctioned length due to reduction in road  length,  change  in  alignment,  construction  of  part  length  by other agencies, etc.

The  details  of  State/UT-wise  roads  projects  sanctioned  and constructed  under  the  various  verticals  of  Pradhan  Mantri  Gram SadakYojana  (PMGSY)  is  available  at  website omms.nic.in  => Progress Monitoring => State MPR Abstract report.

- (b): The  details  of  the  habitations,  district-wise  and  year-wise, under PMGSY may be accessed at the program website omms.nic.in=>progress monitoring=>Habitation coverage report.

Further,  the  Government  of  India  has  launched  phase  IV  of PMGSY  in  September  2024  to  provide  all-weather  connectivity  to 25,000  unconnected  habitations  of  population  size  500+  in  plains, 250+ in special category areas including Aspirational Districts/Blocks as per Census 2011. Eligible unconnected habitations  in  Punjab,  if  any,  will  also  be  covered  under  the scheme.

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## Annexure

## Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (a)  of  LokSabhaUnstarred Question No. 2005 for answer on  11.03.2025

## District-wise  details  of  habitations  sanctioned  and  connected  in Punjab under PMGSY

| Sr. No.   | District Name   |   Sanctioned |   Connected |
|-----------|-----------------|--------------|-------------|
| 1         | Amritsar        |           29 |          29 |
| 2         | Bathinda        |            9 |           9 |
| 3         | Faridkot        |            1 |           1 |
| 4         | Firozpur        |           11 |          11 |
| 5         | Gurdaspur       |          102 |         102 |
| 6         | Hoshiarpur      |           15 |          15 |
| 7         | Jalandhar       |           19 |          19 |
| 8         | Kapurthala      |           21 |          21 |
| 9         | Mansa           |           21 |          21 |
| 10        | Moga            |            4 |           4 |
| 11        | Mukatsar        |           31 |          31 |
| 12        | Nawashahar      |           14 |          14 |
| 13        | Patiala         |            8 |           8 |
| 14        | Ropar           |           24 |          24 |
| 15        | Sangrur         |            2 |           2 |
| 16        | Barnala         |            4 |           4 |
| 17        | Fazilka         |           28 |          28 |
| 18        | Mohali          |            0 |           0 |
| 19        | Pathankot       |           13 |          13 |
| 20        | Tarn Taran      |           33 |          33 |
| Total     | Total           |          389 |         389 |

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