Lok Sabha Question No. 1569 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-12
Subject: PMGSY-III in Maharashtra
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil

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

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1569 ANSWERED ON 12/12/2023

## PMGSY-III IN MAHARASHTRA

1569. SHRI SHRINIWAS PATIL:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of projects completed, pending and ongoing along with their latest status as on date under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSYIII) in Maharashtra since 2019;
- (b) the total funds allocated, released and utilized in this regard during the said period, district-wise particularly in Satara Parliamentary Constituency; and
- (c) the number of roads which are yet to be sanctioned by the Union Government under the said yojana in Satara district of Maharashtra along with the number of roads completed till date?

ANSWER

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

- (a) The number of projects sanctioned and completed as on 06.12.2023 under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana -III (PMGSY-III) in Maharashtra since 2019 are as under:-

(Road length in km)

| Financial   | Sanctioned      | Sanctioned   | Sanctioned        | Completed       | Completed   | Completed         |
|-------------|-----------------|--------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------------|
| years       | Number of Roads | Road length  | Number of bridges | Number of Roads | Road length | Number of bridges |
| 2019-20     | 0               | 0            | 0                 | 0               | 0           | 0                 |
| 2022-21     | 380             | 2581.70      | 0                 | 0               | 0           | 0                 |
| 2021-22     | 50              | 344.20       | 0                 | 0               | 1.00        | 0                 |

| 2022-23     | 412         | 2551.60     | 0           | 24          | 896.90      | 0           |
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| 2023-24 (as | 0           | 0           | 0           | 126         | 820.82      | 0           |
| 04.12.2023) | 04.12.2023) | 04.12.2023) | 04.12.2023) | 04.12.2023) | 04.12.2023) | 04.12.2023) |
| Total       | 842         | 5477.50     | 0           | 150         | 1718.72     | 0           |

The timeline for completion of works under PMGSY III is March, 2025.

(b)  The funds for implementation of PMGSY are released to the States/ UTs on  the  basis  of  the  proposals  received  from  them,  and  depend, inter-alia,  on  works  in  hand,  execution  capacity  and  unspent  funds. Further  release  of  funds  to  the  Programme  Implementation  Units (PIUs) at the district level is done by the respective State Governments depending upon the absorption capacity of the PIUs.

Parliamentary Constituency wise details for PMGSY are not maintained by  the  Ministry.  The  details  of  PMGSY  central  funds  released  to Maharashtra, since 2019-20 are given below: -

(Rs. in crore)

| Financial year    | Opening balance of central share   | Central share released   | Total Central share available   | Expenditure (including State share)   |
|-------------------|------------------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2019-20           | 819.45                             | 0                        | 819.45                          | 166.16                                |
| 2020-21           | 464.12                             | 0                        | 464.12                          | 145.37                                |
| 2021-22           | 323.07                             | 0                        | 323.07                          | 178.95                                |
| 2022-23           | 253.17                             | 689.23                   | 942.40                          | 773.83                                |
| 2023-24           | 624.92                             | 252.10                   | 877.02                          | 612.41                                |
| (upto 04.12.2023) |                                    |                          |                                 |                                       |

The  details  of  the  funds  utilized,  State-wise,  district-wise  and  yearwise  under  various  interventions  of  Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) may be accessed at the program website omms.nic.in=>progress monitoring=>MPR 1.

(c)  The State of Maharashtra has been allocated a target of 6,550 Km of road length under PMGSY-III. Out of this, the State has already been sanctioned 842 roads of 5477.50 km under PMGSY-III. The remaining length will be sanctioned in  next batches on receipt of the proposal from State Government. Out of sanctioned length, State has completed 150 roads of 1718.72 km length under PMGSY-III. Further, the entire length  allocated  to  the  State  has  been  distributed  by  the  State among its  rural  districts.  Accordingly,  40  roads  of  217.64  km  length has been sanctioned to the Satara district and out of which, 02 roads of 9.97 km length have already been completed under PMGSY-III.

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