Lok Sabha Question No. 2387 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-06
Subject: Rural Roads in Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Mrs Ruchi Vira

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2387 ANSWERED ON 06/08/2024

## RURAL ROADS IN UTTAR PRADESH

## 2387 MRS RUCHI VIRA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENTbe pleased to state:

- (a) the  district-wise  details  of  the  works  undertaken  in  Uttar Pradesh  particularly  in  Moradabadand  Bijnor  districts  under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme(MGNREGS) during the last three years;
- (b) whether the Government is aware that the roads in the rural areas of Uttar Pradesh are stillnot in proper condition which is causing accidents every day; and
- (c) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  plan  of  the  Government  to improve the condition of internalroads in rural areas?

## ANSWER

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

- (a):    District-wise  number of work completed in the State of Uttar Pradesh  under  the  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment Guarantee Scheme(Mahatma Gandhi NREGS), including Moradabad and  Bijnor  districts  during  the  last  three  Financial  Year  2021-20, 2022-23 and 2023-24 are given at Annexure.

(b)&(c):       As per Schedule I of Mahatma Gandhi NREGA Section 4 (3),  Para  4  (1)  Category:  D:  Rural  Infrastructure  (ii)  Providing  allweather  rural  road  connectivity  to  unconnected  villages  &  Border area  and  to  connect  identified  rural  production  centres  to  the existing  pucca  road  network;  and  construction  of  pucca  internal

O.I.H.

roads or streets including side drains and culverts within a village are permissible activities

Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  SadakYojana  (PMGSY)  is  a  one-time special intervention of Government of India to provide rural connectivity,  by  way  of  a  single  all-weather  road,  to  the  eligible unconnected  habitations  in  the  core  network.   It  was  launched  in the year 2000 as a measure towards alleviation of poverty in rural areas by providing access to basic services to the rural population by providing them good quality roads. Subsequently, new intervention/verticals  namely  PMGSY-II,  Road  Connectivity  Project for  Left  Wing  Extremism  Areas  (RCPLWEA)  and  PMGSY-III  were added under the ambit of PMGSY for upgradation of rural roads and construction of strategically important roads in LWE Areas.

Since inception till 01.08.2024, a total of 21,124 roads of 77,414 km have been sanctioned and 20,447 roads measuring 73,481 km have been  constructed  in  the  State  of  Uttar  Pradesh  under  various interventions/verticals of PMGSY.

All  PMGSY  road  works  are  covered  by  initial  five-year  (Defect Liability  Period  (DLP))  maintenance  contracts  to  be  entered  into along with the construction contract, with the same contractor, as per the Standard Bidding Document of PMGSY. 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 maintenance account.  On  expiry  of  this  5  year  post  construction  maintenance (post  DLP  period),  PMGSY  roads  are  required  to  be  placed  under Zonal  maintenance  contracts  consisting  of  5  year  maintenance

Development Agencies (SRRDAs) in a separate including renewal as per cycle, from time to time.

For  Information  Technology (IT)  based monitoring of maintenance of PMGSY roads in the Defect Liability  Period (DLP) and post DLP phase,  Electronic  Maintenance  of  Rural  Roads  (eMARG)  has  been introduced. Payment  to  the  contractor  is  to  be  made  through eMARG which is based on the existing condition of road, its cross drainage works and traffic assets.

In  order  to  bring  the  execution  of  PMGSY  works  to  the  desired quality  standard,  a  three  tier  quality  management  mechanism  has been institutionalized under PMGSY. Based on the periodic monitoring of quality of roads under the 3-tier mechanism, corrective  measures,  wherever  necessary,  are  taken  by  the  State Governments.

During  the  last  three  years,  total  1,988  National  Quality  Monitor (NQM)  inspections  have  been  carried  out  in  the  State  of  Uttar Pradesh. Further, National Rural Infrastructure Development Agency (NRIDA)  has  issued  advisory  on  07.02.2017  to  the  States  on  Road Safety  advising  them  to  constitute  an  in-house  separate  cell  with the existing technical staff to monitor the road safety issues during planning, construction and operation of PMGSY projects.

Further, PMGSY-III guidelines also specify that safety aspects have to  be  an  integral  part  of  road  design  during  the  preparation  of Detailed  Project  Reports  (DPRs).   It  is  mandated  to  undertake design  stage  road  safety  audit  of  all  PMGSY-III  roads,  which  are more than 5 km in length. NRIDA has issued detailed guidelines in this  regard  on  06.10.2020.  So  far,  Design  Stage  Road  Safety  Audit has been conducted for 3,899 roads sanctioned under PMGSY-III.

NRIDA  has  also  circulated  a  list  of  830  certified  Road  Safety Auditors who have completed two-week course on road safety audit conducted  by  Government  recognized  institutes  such  as  Indian Academy  of  Highway  Engineers  (IAHE),  Central  Road  Research Institute  (CRRI),  Asian  Institute  of  Transport  Development  (AITD) etc.  The  States  have  been  advised  to  use  these  Road  Safety

Auditors for conducting Road Safety Audits of PMGSY roads.

The Central Government and the States, including the State of Uttar Pradesh, are jointly taking the above initiatives for road maintenance and safety.

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## Annexure

## Annexure referred in reply to part (a) of LokSabhaUnstarred Question No. 2387 dated 06.08.2024

District-wise  number  of  work  completed  in  the  State  of  Uttar  Pradesh  under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS, including Moradabad and Bijnor districts during the last three Financial Years 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24.

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| three Financial Years 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24.   | three Financial Years 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24.   | three Financial Years 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24.   | three Financial Years 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24.   |
|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| SI. No.District                                       | Number 2021-22                                        | of works 2022-23                                      | completed 2023-24                                     |
| 1AGRA                                                 | 5629                                                  | 12253                                                 | 7245                                                  |
| 2ALIGARH                                              | 7321                                                  | 16855                                                 | 9390                                                  |
| 3AMBEDKAR NAGAR                                       | 9062                                                  | 27845                                                 | 11732                                                 |
| 4AMETHI                                               | 30492                                                 | 17000                                                 | 17745                                                 |
| 5AMROHA                                               | 9906                                                  | 17462                                                 | 9739                                                  |
| 6AURAIYA                                              | 3468                                                  | 7052                                                  | 6473                                                  |
| 7AYODHYA                                              | 16448                                                 | 14604                                                 | 13674                                                 |
| 8AZAMGARH                                             | 23406                                                 | 35063                                                 | 32417                                                 |
| 9BAGHPAT                                              | 236                                                   | 200                                                   | 50                                                    |
| 10BAHRAICH                                            | 41724                                                 | 42597                                                 | 35513                                                 |
| 11BALLIA                                              | 12759                                                 | 29292                                                 | 24804                                                 |
| 12BALRAMPUR                                           | 7506                                                  | 20439                                                 | 15489                                                 |
| 13BANDA                                               | 18427                                                 | 22513                                                 | 19509                                                 |
| 14BARABANKI                                           | 24688                                                 | 19518                                                 | 21633                                                 |
| 15BAREILLY                                            | 12585                                                 | 16496                                                 | 12396                                                 |
| 16BASTI                                               | 27510                                                 | 29966                                                 | 24668                                                 |
| 17BIJNOR                                              | 16242                                                 | 12533                                                 | 13592                                                 |
| 18BUDAUN                                              | 5755                                                  | 11019                                                 | 7300                                                  |
| 19BULANDSHAHR                                         | 2589                                                  | 2922                                                  | 3261                                                  |
| 20CHANDAULI                                           | 6381                                                  | 15748                                                 | 12776                                                 |
| 21CHITRAKOOT                                          | 9266                                                  | 12154                                                 | 7018                                                  |
| 22DEORIA                                              | 8144                                                  | 18073                                                 | 13055                                                 |
| 23ETAH                                                | 6274                                                  | 7381                                                  | 12357                                                 |
| 24ETAWAH                                              | 7595                                                  | 10731                                                 | 8916                                                  |
| 25FARRUKHABAD                                         | 6913                                                  | 9030                                                  | 9002                                                  |
| 26FATEHPUR                                            | 20556                                                 | 22328                                                 | 17616                                                 |
| 27FIROZABAD                                           | 6828                                                  | 11900                                                 | 12543                                                 |
| 28GAUTAM BUDDHA NAGAR                                 | 37                                                    | 98                                                    | 5                                                     |
| 29GHAZIABAD                                           | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 0                                                     |
| 30GHAZIPUR                                            | 19922                                                 | 29706                                                 | 18739                                                 |
| 31GONDA                                               | 25329                                                 | 15923                                                 | 16601                                                 |
| 32GORAKHPUR                                           | 20436                                                 | 26311                                                 | 10173                                                 |

| 33HAMIRPUR           |   9886 |   10207 |   8532 |
|----------------------|--------|---------|--------|
| 34HAPUR              |    447 |     531 |    766 |
| 35HARDOI             |  19620 |   28705 |  22531 |
| 36HATHRAS            |   3506 |    3169 |   2931 |
| 37JALAUN             |  11651 |   16324 |  13306 |
| 38JAUNPUR            |  35310 |   55307 |  27156 |
| 39JHANSI             |  14743 |   11637 |   7645 |
| 40KANNAUJ            |  12505 |    6074 |  12506 |
| 41KANPUR DEHAT       |   6112 |   12717 |   9140 |
| 42KANPUR NAGAR       |   5244 |    6387 |   6401 |
| 43KASHGANJ           |   6774 |    5410 |   4364 |
| 44KAUSHAMBI          |  15403 |   10051 |  10198 |
| 45KHERI              |  46348 |   46390 |  33106 |
| 46KUSHI NAGAR        |  19757 |   22106 |  16129 |
| 47LALITPUR           |   3839 |   20147 |  16058 |
| 48LUCKNOW            |   9084 |    5334 |   5132 |
| 49MAHARAJGANJ        |  15878 |   21198 |  19895 |
| 50MAHOBA             |   5168 |    6521 |   6558 |
| 51MAINPURI           |  12585 |   17004 |  13961 |
| 52MATHURA            |   6055 |   14241 |   3224 |
| 53MAU                |  15395 |   17388 |  15254 |
| 54MEERUT             |   2595 |    1385 |   1545 |
| 55MIRZAPUR           |  21120 |   24185 |  14435 |
| 56MORADABAD          |  10088 |   11381 |   6359 |
| 57MUZAFFARNAGAR      |   5182 |    3635 |   2240 |
| 58PILIBHIT           |  21732 |   12118 |  12373 |
| 59PRATAPGARH         |  17669 |   51136 |  36346 |
| 60PRAYAGRAJ          |  38112 |   45368 |  34989 |
| 61RAE BARELI         |  31136 |   23946 |  25294 |
| 62RAMPUR             |   6556 |    9200 |   9798 |
| 63SAHARANPUR         |   6573 |   10629 |   5142 |
| 64SAMBHAL            |   4886 |   11265 |   7741 |
| 65SANT KABEER NAGAR  |  11648 |   43950 |  21131 |
| 66SANT RAVIDAS NAGAR |   9531 |   13231 |   8146 |
| 67SHAHJAHANPUR       |  15869 |   12075 |  28792 |
| 68SHAMLI             |   1407 |    2500 |    840 |
| 69SHRAVASTI          |   8064 |    5521 |   9570 |
| 70SIDDHARTH NAGAR    |  15061 |   25337 |  13246 |
| 71SITAPUR            |  64724 |   39519 |  33258 |
| 72SONBHADRA          |  18039 |   21911 |  22292 |
| 73SULTANPUR          |  41208 |   25609 |  19124 |
| 74UNNAO              |  25471 |    9042 |  14016 |
| 75VARANASI           |   8402 |   15232 |  13677 |

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1,073,817

1,290,035

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