Lok Sabha Question No. 3636 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-17
Subject: Rural Roads in Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Daggumalla Prasada Rao

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3636 ANSWERED ON 17/12/2024

## RURAL ROADS IN ANDHRA PRADESH 3636. SHRI DAGGUMALLA PRASADA RAO:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENTbe pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  rural  roads  in  Andhra  Pradesh  that  have  been identified  as  severely  damaged  or  impassable  during  the  last rainy season, district-wise and the criteria used for the same in the previous five years;
- (b) whether accidental deaths have been reported on these roads during the last five years, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  amount  of  funds  allocated  and  utilized  for  the  repair  and maintenance of rural roads in Andhra Pradesh during the last five years, year-wise and district-wise; and
- (d) the  details  of  measures  taken  to  ensure  the  quality  and durability  of  rural  road  construction  in  Andhra  Pradesh  to withstand adverse weather conditions, particularly during heavy rains?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

(SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN)

(a): The Government of Andhra Pradesh has informed that a total of 138 Pradhan Mantri Gram SadakYojana (PMGSY) roads of 493.87 Km have been identified as severely damaged or impassable during last  rainy  season.  The  district  wise  details  of  the  same  is  given below:

| Sl. No.   | Name of District   |   No. of Roads |   Length of Road (in Km) |
|-----------|--------------------|----------------|--------------------------|
| 1         | Guntur             |             45 |                   180.73 |
| 2         | Krishna            |             36 |                    80.71 |
| 3         | Prakasam           |              6 |                    18.02 |
| 4         | Srikakulam         |              7 |                    37.75 |
| 5         | Visakhapatnam      |             14 |                    84.62 |
| 6         | Vizianagaram       |              2 |                     6.97 |
| 7         | West Godavari      |             28 |                    85.07 |
| Total     | Total              |            138 |                   493.87 |

As per PMGSY guidelines, the criteria used to decide the condition of any road is based on the PCI (Pavement Condition Index) values ranging from 1 to 5. The same is given as under:

|   PCI value | Surface condition   | Driving Speed    |
|-------------|---------------------|------------------|
|           1 | Very Poor           | <10 Km/Hour      |
|           2 | Poor                | 10 to 20 Km/Hour |
|           3 | Fair                | 20 to 30 Km/Hour |
|           4 | Good                | 30 to 40 Km/Hour |
|           5 | Very Good           | >40 Km/Hour      |

(b): No such reports are available with the State.

(c): A total of Rs.6,976.79 Lakhs has been allocated for the repair and  maintenance of  rural  roads  during  last  five  years  and  current year 2024-25 (as on 13.12.2024) out of which Rs.3,294.33 Lakhs has been  utilized  by  the  State.  The  details  of  funds  allocated  and utilized by the State on maintenance of roads, during last five year and current year, year-wise is given below:

(Rs. In Lakh)

| Financial Year             |   Funds allocated |   Funds Utilized |
|----------------------------|-------------------|------------------|
| 2019-20                    |              0    |            39.16 |
| 2020-21                    |           1500    |           939.53 |
| 2021-22                    |            773.6  |           422.59 |
| 2022-23                    |           1286.09 |           408.64 |
| 2023-24                    |           1346.73 |          1029.01 |
| 2024-25 (as on 13.12.2024) |           2070.37 |           455.4  |
| Total                      |           6976.79 |          3294.33 |

The district wise details of allocation and utilization of maintenance funds is given in Annexure.

(d): PMGSY envisages a three tier  Quality  Assurance  Mechanism to ensure quality of road works during construction. First-tier of this mechanism is in-house quality control at Programme Implementation  Unit  (PIU)  level.  Second-tier  is  structured  as  an independent quality monitoring at State level through State Quality Monitors (SQMs) in which provision of regular inspection of PMGSY works has been envisaged. The third-tier is an independent monitoring mechanism at the Central level. Under this tier, independent  National  Quality  Monitors  (NQMs)  are  engaged  for inspections  of  PMGSY  roads,  selected  at  random.   To  promote transparency  in  the  Scheme,  it  is  being  ensured  that  independent

monitors  at  the  second  and  the  third  tier  take  at  least  10  digital photographs at the work site including one of the field laboratories, for each road work inspected and upload the inspection reports on PMGSY programme management & monitoring website i.e. OMMAS, to facilitate public viewing of quality of road works being executed under  the  programme.   Also  the  abstract  of  the  said  Inspection Report is also uploaded on website.

Further,  to  promote  transparency  and  effective  monitoring, the  PMGSY  programme  guidelines  provide  that  the  Superintending Engineer  of  a  zone/region  will  request  the  concerned  Member  of Parliament and ZillaPanchayatPramukh representing the zone/region, once  in  six  months,  to  select  any  PMGSY  project(s)  for  joint inspection. Similarly, the Executive Engineer in-charge of a division will  request  the  MLA/  Chairperson  of  the  Intermediate  Panchayat concerned,  once  in  three  months  for  joint  inspection  and  the Assistant Engineer in-charge of the sub-division will similarly request the concerned Sarpanch of the Gram Panchayat once in two months to select any PMGSY project(s) for joint inspection.

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## Annexure  referred  to  in  part  (c)  of  LokSabhaUnstarred  Question No.3636 for 17.12.2024

## Details of allocation and utilization of Maintenance funds during last five years, District-wise

(Rs. In lakhs)

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| S. No.           | Name of the District   | 2019-20                  | 2019-20         | 2020-21 2021-22   | 2020-21 2021-22   |                |                 | 2022-23        | 2022-23         | 2023-24        | 2023-24   | 2024-25   | 2024-25        |
|------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------|-----------|----------------|
| S. No.           | Funds                  | allocated Funds utilised | Funds allocated | Funds utilised    | Funds allocated   | Funds utilised | Funds allocated | Funds utilised | Funds allocated | Funds utilised | Funds     | allocated | Funds utilised |
| 1 Ananthapur     | 0.00                   | 2.24                     | 1500            | 193.65            | 773.60            | 29.00          | 1286.09         | 39.00          | 1346.73         | 67.25          | 2070.37   |           | 25.09          |
| 2 Chittoor       | 0.00                   | 8.25                     | 1500            | 69.39             | 773.60            | 13.42          | 1286.09         | 0.00           | 1346.73         | 228.97         | 2070.37   | 0.00      | 25.09          |
| 5 Cuddapah       | 0.00                   | 0.98                     | 1500            | 17.80             | 773.60            | 28.86          | 1286.09         | 0.00           | 1346.73         | 13.03          | 2070.37   | 11.31     | 25.09          |
| 3 East Godavari  | 0.00                   | 3.27                     | 1500            | 57.96             | 773.60            | 30.77          | 1286.09         | 27.39          | 1346.73         | 46.62          | 2070.37   | 32.37     | 25.09          |
| 4 Guntur         | 0.00                   | 2.62                     | 1500            | 89.95             | 773.60            | 32.25          | 1286.09         | 25.19          | 1346.73         | 46.33          | 2070.37   | 31.76     | 25.09          |
| 6 Krishna        | 0.00                   | 2.17                     | 1500            | 49.11             | 773.60            | 11.62          | 1286.09         | 8.42           | 1346.73         | 29.30          | 2070.37   | 15.44     | 25.09          |
| 7 Kurnool        | 0.00                   | 2.89                     | 1500            | 69.02             | 773.60            | 7.39           |                 | 32.79          | 1346.73         | 69.87          | 2070.37   | 12.74     |                |
| 8 Nellore        | 0.00                   | 7.40                     | 1500            | 52.70             | 773.60            | 35.98          |                 | 1.52           | 1346.73         | 39.51          | 2070.37   | 31.06     |                |
| 9 Prakasam       | 0.00                   | 2.36                     | 1500            | 17.36             | 773.60            | 7.23           |                 | 0.00           | 1346.73         | 35.31          | 2070.37   | 37.23     |                |
| 10 Srikakulam    | 0.00                   | 2.99                     | 1500            | 43.18             | 773.60            | 22.12          |                 | 87.49          | 1346.73         | 81.40          | 2070.37   | 23.33     |                |
| 11 Visakhapatnam | 0.00                   | 0.23                     | 1500            | 180.33            | 773.60            | 129.84         |                 | 178.50         | 1346.73         | 264.36         | 2070.37   | 181.13    |                |
| 12 Vizianagaram  | 0.00                   | 1.93                     | 1500            | 57.32             | 773.60            | 23.71          |                 | 8.08           | 1346.73         | 95.09          | 2070.37   | 43.06     |                |
| 13 West Godavari | 0.00                   | 1.84                     | 1500            | 41.77             | 773.60            | 50.38          |                 | 0.26           | 1346.73         | 11.99          | 2070.37   | 10.89     |                |
| Total            | 0.00                   | 39.16                    | 1500            | 939.53            | 773.60            | 422.59         | 1286.09         | 408.64         | 1346.73         | 1029.01        | 2070.37   | 455.40    |                |

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