Lok Sabha Question No. 443 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-05
Subject: Development of Rural Roads
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Chandrani Murmu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 443 ANSWERED ON 05/12/2023

## DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL ROADS

## 443.  MS. CHANDRANI MURMU:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a)
- the  total  rural  roads  in  kilometres  developed  in  the  country during each of the last five years including in the State of Odisha;
- (b) the number of rural roads in kilometres in Odisha that have been converted to metal top during the said period; and
- (c) the  number  of  rural  roads  in  kilometers  which  are  yet  to  be developed?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): 'Rural  Roads'  is  a  State  subject.  Pradhan  Pradhan  Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) was launched in the year 2000 as a onetime  special  intervention  to  provide  rural  connectivity,  by  way  of  a single  all-weather  road,  to  the  eligible  unconnected  habitations  of designated  population  size  (500+  in  plain  areas  and  250+  in  NorthEastern  States,  Himalayan  States  and  Himalayan  Union  Territories, Deserts and Tribal Areas as per 2001 census) in the core network for uplifting  the  socio-economic  condition  of  the  rural  population.  The Government of India subsequently widened the ambit of the programme  and  launched  PMGSY-II  in  2013  for  upgradation  of  the existing network of rural roads to increase its efficiency. Thereafter, Road Connectivity Project for Left Wing Extremism Affected Areas (RCPLWEA) was launched in 2016 for construction/upgradation  of  strategically  important  roads  chosen  in the  44  worst  affected  LWE  districts  and  adjoining  districts  in  the  9 affected States. PMGSY-III was launched in 2019 for consolidation of the  existing  rural  road  network  by  upgradation  of  existing  Through Routes and Major Rural Links that connect habitations, inter-alia, to

Gramin Agricultural  Markets  (GrAMs),  Higher  Secondary  Schools  and Hospitals. Under  these  PMGSY  verticals,  funds  (to  the  extent  of  the central share of the project cost) are released by the Ministry of Rural Development  to  the  State/  UT  Governments  for  carrying  out  the construction works.

The details of road length constructed/ upgraded during the last five years & current year and balance road length under various interventions/ verticals of the PMGSY including RCPLWEA, State/ UTwise, including in the State of Odisha, against the sanctioned works,  are given in Annexure.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (c) of  Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 443 for answer on 05.12.2023

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| Details of roads (in km) constructed/upgraded under various interventions/ verticals of the PMGSY (including RCPLWEA) during the last five years and current year   | Details of roads (in km) constructed/upgraded under various interventions/ verticals of the PMGSY (including RCPLWEA) during the last five years and current year   | Details of roads (in km) constructed/upgraded under various interventions/ verticals of the PMGSY (including RCPLWEA) during the last five years and current year   | Details of roads (in km) constructed/upgraded under various interventions/ verticals of the PMGSY (including RCPLWEA) during the last five years and current year   | Details of roads (in km) constructed/upgraded under various interventions/ verticals of the PMGSY (including RCPLWEA) during the last five years and current year   | Details of roads (in km) constructed/upgraded under various interventions/ verticals of the PMGSY (including RCPLWEA) during the last five years and current year   | Details of roads (in km) constructed/upgraded under various interventions/ verticals of the PMGSY (including RCPLWEA) during the last five years and current year   | Details of roads (in km) constructed/upgraded under various interventions/ verticals of the PMGSY (including RCPLWEA) during the last five years and current year   | Balance road length to be constructed as   |
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| Sr. No.                                                                                                                                                             | State/UT                                                                                                                                                            | 2018-19                                                                                                                                                             | 2019-20                                                                                                                                                             | 2020-21                                                                                                                                                             | 2021-22                                                                                                                                                             | 2022-23                                                                                                                                                             | on 2023-24 (till 29.11.2023)                                                                                                                                        | 29.11.2023                                 |
| 1                                                                                                                                                                   | A & N Islands (UT)                                                                                                                                                  | -                                                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                                                   | 31                                                                                                                                                                  | 14                                                                                                                                                                  | 31                                                                                                                                                                  | 32                                                                                                                                                                  | 91                                         |
| 2                                                                                                                                                                   | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                                                      | 337                                                                                                                                                                 | 301                                                                                                                                                                 | 531                                                                                                                                                                 | 1,282                                                                                                                                                               | 1,051                                                                                                                                                               | 240                                                                                                                                                                 | 1,686                                      |
| 3                                                                                                                                                                   | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                                   | 1,318                                                                                                                                                               | 1,731                                                                                                                                                               | 1,795                                                                                                                                                               | 598                                                                                                                                                                 | 1,204                                                                                                                                                               | 123                                                                                                                                                                 | 1,669                                      |
| 4                                                                                                                                                                   | Assam                                                                                                                                                               | 4,295                                                                                                                                                               | 3,646                                                                                                                                                               | 2,682                                                                                                                                                               | 2,164                                                                                                                                                               | 624                                                                                                                                                                 | 188                                                                                                                                                                 | 941                                        |
| 5                                                                                                                                                                   | Bihar                                                                                                                                                               | 4,220                                                                                                                                                               | 719                                                                                                                                                                 | 2,255                                                                                                                                                               | 1,862                                                                                                                                                               | 1,961                                                                                                                                                               | 1,482                                                                                                                                                               | 4,039                                      |
| 6                                                                                                                                                                   | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                                                        | 3,112                                                                                                                                                               | 1,952                                                                                                                                                               | 4,689                                                                                                                                                               | 3,034                                                                                                                                                               | 670                                                                                                                                                                 | 118                                                                                                                                                                 | 2,053                                      |
| 7                                                                                                                                                                   | Goa                                                                                                                                                                 | -                                                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                                                   | -                                          |
| 8                                                                                                                                                                   | Gujarat                                                                                                                                                             | 14                                                                                                                                                                  | -                                                                                                                                                                   | 202                                                                                                                                                                 | 1,009                                                                                                                                                               | 824                                                                                                                                                                 | 323                                                                                                                                                                 | 634                                        |
| 9                                                                                                                                                                   | Haryana                                                                                                                                                             | 5                                                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                                                   | 224                                                                                                                                                                 | 1,384                                                                                                                                                               | 414                                                                                                                                                                 | 300                                                                                                                                                                 | 149                                        |
| 10                                                                                                                                                                  | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                                    | 1,334                                                                                                                                                               | 1,087                                                                                                                                                               | 1,916                                                                                                                                                               | 1,624                                                                                                                                                               | 1,126                                                                                                                                                               | 234                                                                                                                                                                 | 3,675                                      |
| 11                                                                                                                                                                  | Jammu & Kashmir                                                                                                                                                     | 1,559                                                                                                                                                               | 1,175                                                                                                                                                               | 3,167                                                                                                                                                               | 3,283                                                                                                                                                               | 462                                                                                                                                                                 | 531                                                                                                                                                                 | 2,001                                      |
| 12                                                                                                                                                                  | Jharkhand                                                                                                                                                           | 3,570                                                                                                                                                               | 1,408                                                                                                                                                               | 2,008                                                                                                                                                               | 995                                                                                                                                                                 | 1,053                                                                                                                                                               | 400                                                                                                                                                                 | 4,235                                      |
| 13                                                                                                                                                                  | Karnataka                                                                                                                                                           | 6                                                                                                                                                                   | 6                                                                                                                                                                   | 566                                                                                                                                                                 | 2,560                                                                                                                                                               | 1,629                                                                                                                                                               | 214                                                                                                                                                                 | 546                                        |
| 14                                                                                                                                                                  | Kerala                                                                                                                                                              | 314                                                                                                                                                                 | 126                                                                                                                                                                 | 77                                                                                                                                                                  | 67                                                                                                                                                                  | 133                                                                                                                                                                 | 137                                                                                                                                                                 | 1,086                                      |
| 15                                                                                                                                                                  | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                                                      | 4,521                                                                                                                                                               | 1,872                                                                                                                                                               | 2,958                                                                                                                                                               | 4,444                                                                                                                                                               | 3,732                                                                                                                                                               | 477                                                                                                                                                                 | 1,575                                      |
| 16                                                                                                                                                                  | Maharashtra                                                                                                                                                         | 267                                                                                                                                                                 | 120                                                                                                                                                                 | 181                                                                                                                                                                 | 199                                                                                                                                                                 | 1,133                                                                                                                                                               | 935                                                                                                                                                                 | 3,999                                      |
| 17                                                                                                                                                                  | Manipur                                                                                                                                                             | 852                                                                                                                                                                 | 754                                                                                                                                                                 | 893                                                                                                                                                                 | 684                                                                                                                                                                 | 1,340                                                                                                                                                               | 5                                                                                                                                                                   | 890                                        |
| 18                                                                                                                                                                  | Meghalaya                                                                                                                                                           | 211                                                                                                                                                                 | 274                                                                                                                                                                 | 728                                                                                                                                                                 | 826                                                                                                                                                                 | 481                                                                                                                                                                 | 62                                                                                                                                                                  | 898                                        |
| 19                                                                                                                                                                  | Mizoram                                                                                                                                                             | 267                                                                                                                                                                 | 345                                                                                                                                                                 | 246                                                                                                                                                                 | 346                                                                                                                                                                 | 192                                                                                                                                                                 | 13                                                                                                                                                                  | 197                                        |
| 20                                                                                                                                                                  | Nagaland                                                                                                                                                            | 209                                                                                                                                                                 | 189                                                                                                                                                                 | 36                                                                                                                                                                  | 198                                                                                                                                                                 | 69                                                                                                                                                                  | 13                                                                                                                                                                  | 692                                        |
| 21                                                                                                                                                                  | Odisha                                                                                                                                                              | 8,101                                                                                                                                                               | 5,294                                                                                                                                                               | 1,840                                                                                                                                                               | 2,819                                                                                                                                                               | 2,668                                                                                                                                                               | 1,626                                                                                                                                                               | 2,778                                      |
| 22                                                                                                                                                                  | Puducherry (UT)                                                                                                                                                     | -                                                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                                                   | 38                                                                                                                                                                  | 24                                                                                                                                                                  | 42                                         |
| 23                                                                                                                                                                  | Punjab                                                                                                                                                              | 247                                                                                                                                                                 | 29                                                                                                                                                                  | 1                                                                                                                                                                   | 289                                                                                                                                                                 | 453                                                                                                                                                                 | 748                                                                                                                                                                 | 590                                        |
| 24                                                                                                                                                                  | Rajasthan                                                                                                                                                           | 2,528                                                                                                                                                               | 103                                                                                                                                                                 | 1,856                                                                                                                                                               | 3,255                                                                                                                                                               | 544                                                                                                                                                                 | 494                                                                                                                                                                 | 2,023                                      |
| 25                                                                                                                                                                  | Sikkim                                                                                                                                                              | 352                                                                                                                                                                 | 68                                                                                                                                                                  | 157                                                                                                                                                                 | 141                                                                                                                                                                 | 282                                                                                                                                                                 | 14                                                                                                                                                                  | 228                                        |
| 26                                                                                                                                                                  | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                                                          | 2,167                                                                                                                                                               | 1,066                                                                                                                                                               | 871                                                                                                                                                                 | 2,063                                                                                                                                                               | 847                                                                                                                                                                 | 543                                                                                                                                                                 | 576                                        |
| 27                                                                                                                                                                  | Tripura                                                                                                                                                             | 169                                                                                                                                                                 | 85                                                                                                                                                                  | 109                                                                                                                                                                 | 172                                                                                                                                                                 | 123                                                                                                                                                                 | 31                                                                                                                                                                  | 434                                        |
| 28                                                                                                                                                                  | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                                                       | 1,688                                                                                                                                                               | 376                                                                                                                                                                 | 718                                                                                                                                                                 | 3,368                                                                                                                                                               | 5,011                                                                                                                                                               | 4,255                                                                                                                                                               | 6,082                                      |
| 29                                                                                                                                                                  | Uttarakhand                                                                                                                                                         | 1,756                                                                                                                                                               | 2,036                                                                                                                                                               | 3,365                                                                                                                                                               | 2,061                                                                                                                                                               | 904                                                                                                                                                                 | 78                                                                                                                                                                  | 1,579                                      |
| 30                                                                                                                                                                  | West Bengal                                                                                                                                                         | 5,111                                                                                                                                                               | 2,180                                                                                                                                                               | 2,179                                                                                                                                                               | 526                                                                                                                                                                 | 123                                                                                                                                                                 | 64                                                                                                                                                                  | 979                                        |
| 31                                                                                                                                                                  | Telangana                                                                                                                                                           | 381 63                                                                                                                                                              | 206 151                                                                                                                                                             | 315                                                                                                                                                                 | 631                                                                                                                                                                 | 496                                                                                                                                                                 | 116                                                                                                                                                                 | 2,015                                      |
| 32                                                                                                                                                                  | Ladakh (UT)                                                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                                                     | 86                                                                                                                                                                  | 109                                                                                                                                                                 | 139                                                                                                                                                                 | 40                                                                                                                                                                  | 457                                        |
|                                                                                                                                                                     | Total:                                                                                                                                                              | 48,977                                                                                                                                                              | 27,299                                                                                                                                                              | 36,680                                                                                                                                                              | 42,009                                                                                                                                                              | 29,758                                                                                                                                                              | 13,505                                                                                                                                                              | 48,839                                     |

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