Lok Sabha Question No. 1427 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-29
Subject: All Weather Roads under PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Nilesh Dnyandev Lanke

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1427 ANSWERED ON 29/07/2025

## ALL WEATHER ROADS UNDER PMGSY

## 1427. Shri NileshDnyandevLanke:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  current  status  of  construction  and  upgradation  of  rural roads  under  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  SadakYojana  (PMGSY) launched by the Government in the country, State-wise including Maharashtra;
- (b) whether all the targeted rural habitations have been provided with all-weather road connectivity;
- (c) if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Maharashtra;
- (d) the steps taken by the Government to ensure maintenance and quality of rural roads;
- (e) whether any long-term maintenance policy has been implemented by the Government in this regard; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Maharashtra?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

(SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN)

(a) to (c): The  Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  SadakYojana  (PMGSY)  was launched  in  the  year  2000  as  a  one-time  special  intervention  to provide  rural  connectivity,  by  way  of  a  single  all-weather  road,  to the eligible unconnected habitations of designated population size as  per  Census  2001.  Since  inception,  till  24.07.2025,  a  total  of 1,63,339 habitations has been sanctioned and 1,62,818 habitations have  been  provided  connectivity  in  various  States/  UTs,  including Maharashtra. Thus, 99.7% of targeted habitations have been provided with all-weather road connectivity.  The State-wise details

of habitations that have been provided road connectivity, including the State of Maharashtra under PMGSY, is at Annexure-I.

A  total  of  8,38,611  km  of  road  length  has  been  sanctioned under all the verticals/ interventions of PMGSY, and 7,83,309 kms of roads have been completed across the country, including the State of  Maharashtra,  as  on  25-7-2025.  The  State/UT-wise  status  of various construction and upgradation of rural roads under interventions/verticals of PMGSY is at Annexure-II.

- (d) to (f): "Rural  Roads"  is  a  State  subject,  and  as  per  PMGSY guidelines, maintenance of roads constructed under the programme is the responsibility of the  respective  State/UT  governments. However Ministry has taken the following steps/measures to ensure that the roads constructed under PMGSY are maintained properly in all States/UTs, including in the State of Maharashtra :
- (i)  Roads  are  covered  under  a  5-year  maintenance  contract  to  be entered  into  along  with  a  construction  contract  with  the  same contractor as per the Standard Bidding Document (SBD). Since the design  life  of  PMGSY  roads  is  ten  years,  the  States  have  to undertake  further  five  years  of  maintenance.  While  implementing PMGSY-III, anMoU was signed with the States for undertaking postfive-year  maintenance.  The  new  connectivity  under  PMGSY-IV  will be  permitted  only  to  those  States/UTs  that  have  demonstrated through the electronic Maintenance of Rural Roads (eMARG) platform that the routine maintenance of PMGSY roads constructed in  their  State,  post  5  years  of  construction  of  the  road,  has  been carried  out.  The  post  five-year  construction  module  of  eMARG incorporates initial rehabilitation, renewal, pre-renewal routine maintenance,  post-renewal  maintenance  and  emergency  repair works, as required.
- (ii)   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  postconstruction maintenance, PMGSY roads are required to be placed under Zonal maintenance contracts consisting of 5-year maintenance,  including  renewal  as  per  maintenance  cycle,  from time to time, to be funded by the state governments.

- (iii) All  States  have  framed  their  own  rural  roads  maintenance policies  based  on  the policy  framework  prepared  by  the National Rural Infrastructure Development Agency (NRIDA), a technical arm of the Ministry of Rural Development.
- (iv) To  bring  execution  of  the  Programme  to  the  desired  quality standards,  a  three-tier  quality  management  mechanism  has  been institutionalized  under  PMGSY.  First-tier  of  this  mechanism  is  inhouse quality control at the Programme Implementation Unit (PIU) level. The objective of this tier is process control through mandatory tests on material at the field laboratory and workmanship.  Second-tier is structured as an independent quality monitoring at the State level through State Quality Monitors (SQMs), in  which  the  provision  of  regular  inspection  of  works  has  been envisaged for ensuring better quality. Under the Third-tier, independent  National  Quality  Monitors  (NQMs)  are  deployed  by NRIDA for inspection of road works on a random sample basis, not only  to  monitor  quality  but  also  to  provide  guidance  by  senior professionals to the field functionaries.  The observations of NQMs are  sent  for  action  to  the  State  Governments,  and  Action  Taken Reports (ATRs) are monitored at NRIDA.
- (v) The  implementation  of  all  sanctioned  works,  including  their maintenance, is regularly monitored through an online programme, Monitoring Information System named Online Management, Monitoring  and  Accounting  System  (OMMAS)  on  real  real-time basis.
- (vi)    In  addition,  maintenance  of  PMGSY  roads  is  also  regularly reviewed  by  the  Ministry  by  way  of  Regional  Review  Meetings (RRMs),  Performance  Review  Committee  (PRC)  Meetings,and   PreEmpowered/  Empowered  Committee  Meetings  with  the  States. Besides the above, 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 to take stock of the progress of the scheme, including maintenance aspects.

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## State/UT-wise current status of Connected Habitations under PMGSY

| Sr. No.   | State/UT               |   Connected habitations (in Nos.) |
|-----------|------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman And Nicobar    |                                 7 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh         |                              1422 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh      |                               617 |
| 4         | Assam                  |                             13719 |
| 5         | Bihar                  |                             31280 |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh           |                             10629 |
| 7         | Dadra And Nagar Haveli |                                 0 |
| 8         | Goa                    |                                 1 |
| 9         | Gujarat                |                              3048 |
| 10        | Haryana                |                                 1 |
| 11        | Himachal Pradesh       |                              2555 |
| 12        | Jammu And Kashmir      |                              2132 |
| 13        | Jharkhand              |                             10953 |
| 14        | Karnataka              |                               296 |
| 15        | Kerala                 |                               402 |
| 16        | Madhya Pradesh         |                             17522 |
| 17        | Maharashtra            |                              1417 |
| 18        | Manipur                |                               622 |
| 19        | Meghalaya              |                               586 |
| 20        | Mizoram                |                               231 |
| 21        | Nagaland               |                               107 |
| 22        | Odisha                 |                             16994 |
| 23        | Punjab                 |                               389 |
| 24        | Rajasthan              |                             15971 |
| 25        | Sikkim                 |                               350 |
| 26        | Tamil Nadu             |                              1985 |
| 27        | Tripura                |                              1979 |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh          |                             11748 |
| 29        | Uttarakhand            |                              1860 |
| 30        | West Bengal            |                             13228 |
| 31        | Telangana              |                               703 |
| 32        | Ladakh                 |                                64 |
| Total     | Total                  |                            162818 |

## Annexure referred to in parts (a) to (c) of LokSabhaUnstarred Question No. 1427 for 29.07.2025

State/UT-wise current status of the construction and upgradation of rural roads  across  the  country  under  various  interventions/  verticals  of  the PMGSY since inception till date (24-7-2025)

| Sr. No.    | State/UT          | Sanctioned                   | Sanctioned              | Sanctioned   | Completed                    | Completed               | Completed    |
|------------|-------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------|--------------|------------------------------|-------------------------|--------------|
| Sr. No.    | State/UT          | New Connectivity Length (km) | Upgradation Length (km) | Total Length | New Connectivity Length (km) | Upgradation Length (km) | Total Length |
| 1          | Andaman & Nicobar | 26.88                        | 351.40                  | 378.27       | 26.07                        | 113.46                  | 139.53       |
| 2          | Andhra Pradesh    | 4,564.98                     | 15,908.71               | 20,473.69    | 3,708.35                     | 14,614.618              | 18,322.97    |
| 3          | Arunachal Pradesh | 14,515.17                    | 2,273.56                | 16,788.73    | 12,933.51                    | 1,267.085               | 14,200.6     |
| 4          | Assam             | 26,902.58                    | 6,008.92                | 32,911.50    | 26,734.29                    | 5,299.633               | 32,033.92    |
| 5          | Bihar             | 49,220.41                    | 16,394.46               | 65,614.87    | 47,249.72                    | 14,843.885              | 62,093.61    |
| 6          | Chhattisgarh      | 32,652.53                    | 15,536.06               | 48,188.58    | 28,934.49                    | 14,342.00               | 43,276.49    |
| 7          | Goa               | 1.02                         | 217.45                  | 218.47       | 0.00                         | 155.33                  | 155.33       |
| 8          | Gujarat           | 5,312.20                     | 10,380.92               | 15,693.11    | 5,244.38                     | 10,191.878              | 15,436.26    |
| 9          | Haryana           | 2.00                         | 8,108.67                | 8,110.67     | 2.00                         | 8,040.49                | 8,042.49     |
| 10         | Himachal Pradesh  | 14,902.99                    | 10,064.77               | 24,967.76    | 14,532.16                    | 7,847.932               | 22,380.09    |
| 11         | Jammu & Kashmir   | 17,498.81                    | 5,083.96                | 22,582.77    | 15,047.14                    | 4,682.804               | 19,729.94    |
| 12         | Jharkhand         | 23,523.06                    | 11,111.05               | 34,634.11    | 22,037.17                    | 9,634.993               | 31,672.16    |
| 13         | Karnataka         | 656.78                       | 23,611.01               | 24,267.78    | 591.95                       | 23,376.587              | 23,968.54    |
| 14         | Kerala            | 703.03                       | 4,609.30                | 5,312.33     | 681.01                       | 3,859.857               | 4,540.867    |
| 15         | Ladakh            | 660.50                       | 998.58                  | 1,659.07     | 567.48                       | 541.63                  | 1,109.11     |
| 16 Pradesh | Madhya            | 57,474.38                    | 37,966.14               | 95,440.52    | 53,904.32                    | 36,200.31               | 90,104.63    |
| 17         | Maharashtra       | 4,451.08                     | 30,025.08               | 34,476.16    | 4,246.40                     | 27,617.63               | 31,864.03    |
| 18         | Manipur           | 9,736.10                     | 2,720.05                | 12,456.15    | 8,948.91                     | 1,945.92                | 10,894.83    |
| 19         | Meghalaya         | 3,059.13                     | 2,919.42                | 5,978.55     | 3,001.55                     | 1,987.78                | 4,989.33     |
| 20         | Mizoram           | 4,179.37                     | 755.25                  | 4,934.63     | 4,156.17                     | 482.23                  | 4,638.4      |
| 21         | Nagaland          | 3,129.94                     | 1,797.23                | 4,927.17     | 3,087.80                     | 1,234.61                | 4,322.41     |
| 22 Odisha  |                   | 46,060.08                    | 28,664.79               | 74,724.87    | 43,950.36                    | 27,240.36               | 71,190.72    |
| 23         | Puducherry        | 0.00                         | 174.13                  | 174.13       | 0.00                         | 62.36                   | 62.36        |
| 24         | Punjab            | 833.25                       | 10,811.39               | 11,644.64    | 833.25                       | 9,580.97                | 10,414.22    |
| 25         | Rajasthan         | 50,131.55                    | 28,135.72               | 78,267.27    | 48,460.93                    | 27,298.15               | 75,759.08    |
| 26         | Sikkim            | 3,418.51                     | 1,801.61                | 5,220.12     | 3,255.91                     | 1,552.71                | 4,808.62     |
| 27         | Tamil Nadu        | 3,701.11                     | 22,935.91               | 26,637.02    | 3,666.81                     | 21,747.24               | 25,414.05    |
| 28         | Telangana         | 3,079.11                     | 11,570.64               | 14,649.75    | 2,782.26                     | 10,066.07               | 12,848.33    |
| 29         | Tripura           | 3,925.38                     | 2,293.46                | 6,218.85     | 3,491.24                     | 1,548.99                | 5,040.23     |
| 30         | Uttar Pradesh     | 21,324.03                    | 56,101.12               | 77,425.15    | 20,880.46                    | 54,448.14               | 75,328.6     |
| 31         | Uttarakhand       | 18,552.67                    | 4,043.40                | 22,596.07    | 18,175.61                    | 3,083.24                | 21,258.85    |
| 32 West    | Bengal            | 23,323.64                    | 17,714.94               | 41,038.58    | 23,101.45                    | 14,167.488              | 37,268.94    |
| Total      | Total             | 447,522.23                   | 391,089.11              | 838,611.34   | 424,233.15                   | 359,076.71              | 783,309.05   |

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