Lok Sabha Question No. 1237 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-11
Subject: All Weather Rural Roads
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Chavda Vinod Lakhamshi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1237

## ANSWERED ON 11/02/2025

## ALL WEATHER RURAL ROADS

## 1237. SHRI CHAVDA VINOD LAKHAMSHI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is implementing Pradhan Mantri Gram SadakYojana to connect rural habitations with nearby markets, cities and main roads through all-weather rural roads;
- (b) if  so,  whether the Government is aware that many villages in Kutch Parliamentary Constituency have either poor roads or no connectivity to nearby markets, cities or main roads;
- (c) if  so,  whether  efforts  are  being  made  to  connect  these  rural habitations  through  all  weather  rural  roads  under  Pradhan Mantri Gram SadakYojana; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  to  (d):Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  SadakYojana-I  (PMGSY-I)  was launched  on  25 th   December  2000  with  the  objective  to  provide single  all-weather  road  connectivity  to  all  eligible  unconnected habitations in rural areas of the country. In the year 2013, PMGSYII  was  launched  for  upgradation  of  selected  Through  Routes  and Major  Rural  Links  (MRLs)  with  a  target  to  upgrade  50,000  Km. Subsequently, Government launched PMGSY-III for consolidation of 1,25,000  Km  Through  Routes  and  Major  Rural  Links  connecting habitations, inter-alia to Gramin Agricultural Markets, Higher Secondary Schools and Hospitals.

In the state of Gujarat, a total of 15,732 Km Road length has been  sanctioned  under  various  verticals/  interventions  of  PMGSY and 15,377 Km  has  been  completed  since  inception till 2 nd February, 2025.

Parliamentary constituency-wise data of PMGSY roads is not maintained  in  the  Ministry.  There  are  two  districts  within  Kutch Parliamentary Constituency viz. Kutch &Morbi. Details of habitations  connected,  road  works  sanctioned  and  completed  in the Kutch and Morbi district are as below:-

| District   |   Habitations connected (nos) |   Road length sanctioned (km) Road length completed (km) |   Road length sanctioned (km) Road length completed (km) |
|------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
| Kutch      |                            15 |                                                      975 |                                                      956 |
| Morbi      |                            24 |                                                      202 |                                                      199 |

Recently  PMGSY-IV  has  been  launched  for  construction  of 62,500 km of all-weather roads (single lane) to provide connectivity to  about  25,000  unconnected  habitations  of  population  size  500+ in plains,  250+  in  NE  &  Hill  states/  UTs,  special  category  areas (Tribal Schedule V,Aspirational Districts/ Blocks, Desert areas) and 100+  in  Left  Wing  Extremism  (LWE)  affected  districts,  as per Census 2011. The survey work is presently undergoing to identify the  eligible unconnected  habitation  as  per  population  eligibility norms. The Pradhan Mantri Gram SadakYojana (PMGSY) Phase-IV will be implemented from 2024-2025 to 2028-2029.

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