Lok Sabha Question No. 2611 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-19
Subject: Funds for Construction of Roads
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Vinayak Bhaurao Raut, Omprakash Bhupalsinh alias Pawan Rajenimbalkar

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2611 ANSWERED ON 19/12/2023

## FUNDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS

## 2611. SHRI VINAYAK RAUT:

SHRI OMPRAKASH BHUPALSINH ALIAS PAWAN RAJENIMBALKAR:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has allocated funds for construction of roads under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in rural areas of Maharashtra particularly in Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg Parliamentary Constituency;
- (b) if so, the funds allocated from January, 2019 till date especially for Gram Panchayats of Ratnagiri- Sindhudurg and Osmanabad (Dharashiv) Parliamentary Constituencies;
- (c) the amount utilized out of this along with the present status of roads in rural areas at present;
- (d) whether the said funds take care of the aspirational districts and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) the present status of roads in rural areas of Osmanabad (Dharashiv) Parliamentary Constituency and the appropriate steps taken by the Government for its further improvement;
- (f) whether construction of roads in Gram Panchayats of RatnagiriSindhudurg and Osmanabad (Dharashiv) Parliamentary Constituencies has been completed from the funds sanctioned
- under PMGSY;
- if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (h) the reasons for delay and the persons responsible for it?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (d)  Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  Sadak  Yojana  (PMGSY)  was launched  in December, 2000 as a one-time special intervention to support enhancement  of  rural connectivity for uplifting the socio-economic condition of the rural population. 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 with State. Further release of funds to the Programme Implementation  Units  (PIUs)  at  the  district  level  including  aspirational districts is done by the respective State Governments depending upon the absorption capacity of the PIUs.

Parliamentary  Constituency  wise  details  of  the  PMGSY  fund  are  not maintained by the Ministry. The details of Central funds released under PMGSY to Maharashtra as a whole, since January 2019 are given below: -

(Rs. in crore)

| Financial year      |   Opening balance of central share |   Central share released |   Total Central share available |   Expenditure (including State share) |
|---------------------|------------------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| Jan 2019-March 2019 |                             927.82 |                     0    |                          927.82 |                                204.19 |
| 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 |                          942.4  |                                773.83 |
| 2023-24             |                             624.92 |                   252.1  |                          877.02 |                                612.41 |

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

- (e)  to  (g)  Since  inception,  a  total  of  33,499  km  road  length  has  been sanctioned under various verticals of PMGSY (including RCPLWEA) in the Maharashtra,  out  of  which  28,913  km  road  length  has  been  completed. The district wise details of roads sanctioned, completed and ongoing in Maharashtra including Osmanabad,  Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg under various  verticals  of  PMGSY  including  RCPLWEA as  on  13 th   December, 2023 are given at Annexure. Parliamentary Constituency wise details of the PMGSY are not maintained by the Ministry.
- (h) While implementing the scheme, challenges like issues of land acquisition, forest  clearance,  court  cases,  execution  &  contracting capacity  of  States,  lack  of  response  to  tenders,  law  and  order  issues, timely availability of the construction materials such as gravel, moorum, sand stone aggregate bitumen, machinery, personnel to handle machinery etc. came in the way which impacted the progress of the scheme in few

locations. For North-Eastern and Hill States, some additional issues like adverse  climatic  conditions,  tough  terrain,  short  working  season  etc.

were also reported.

The  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  has  taken  a  number  of  initiatives  to meet  the  above  challenges  faced  by  the  States  for  completion  of  the sanctioned  works  within  the  time-line  prescribed  in  the  programme guidelines, some of which are given below:-

-  The  State  Governments  are  also  regularly  advised  to  convene meetings  with the concerned  authorities to expedite matters relating to land issues, forest clearances, etc so that works can be completed without delay.
-  The Operational Manual of the PMGSY has been amended to ensure that  all  works  sanctioned  under  scheme  commence  on  ground within72 days from the date of sanction.
-  States  have  been  requested  to  augment  executing  capacity  and contracting capacity and their compliance  in this regards is regularly reviewed.
-  Bidding document provisions have been rationalized.
-  Training  is  imparted  to  field  engineers  and  contractors  as  well  as their staff for capacity building.
-  The Ministry has also conducted number of Contractor's Outreach Programmes  in  the States to attract the Contractors in the implementation of PMGSY.
-  In  order to encourage locally available materials and use of green technologies,  Vision  Document  on  New  Technology  Initiatives  & Guidelines-2022 was issued by the Ministry.
-  Information Technology is being used for reporting and monitoring of the progress.
-  Programme  is  regularly  monitored  by  way  of  Regional  Review Meetings  (RRMs),  Performance  Review  Committee  (PRC)  Meetings and  Pre-Empowered/  Empowered  Committee  Meetings  with  the States.

The timeline for completion of PMGSY-I & II is March, 2024, for RCPLWEA it is March 2024 and for PMGSY-III, it is March 2025.

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Annexure Annexure referred to in reply to point (e to g) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.

2611 for reply on 19.12.2023

The  district-wise  details  of  road  length  sanctioned,  completed  and,  balance  in Maharashtra including Osmanabad, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg under various verticals of PMGSY including RCPLWEA as on 13 th  December, 2023

|               |             |             |               |             |             |               | Road Length in km   | Road Length in km   | Road Length in km   |
|---------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| District Name | No of roads | Road Length | No of Bridges | No of roads | Road Length | No of Bridges | No of roads         | Road Length*        | No of Bridges       |
| Ahmednagar    | 273         | 1757        | 19            | 225         | 1382        | 18            | 48                  | 325                 | 1                   |
| Akola         | 140         | 782         | 20            | 130         | 726         | 20            | 10                  | 41                  | 0                   |
| Amrawati      | 160         | 838         | 28            | 140         | 757         | 28            | 20                  | 67                  | 0                   |
| Aurangabad    | 207         | 924         | 48            | 190         | 824         | 48            | 17                  | 85                  | 0                   |
| Beed          | 264         | 1126        | 40            | 239         | 969         | 40            | 25                  | 145                 | 0                   |
| Bhandara      | 171         | 717         | 8             | 155         | 659         | 8             | 16                  | 53                  | 0                   |
| Buldhana      | 157         | 704         | 16            | 141         | 655         | 16            | 16                  | 48                  | 0                   |
| Chandrapur    | 166         | 1038        | 47            | 148         | 942         | 46            | 18                  | 91                  | 1                   |
| Dhule         | 188         | 970         | 56            | 173         | 808         | 56            | 15                  | 146                 | 0                   |
| Gadchiroli    | 322         | 1839        | 124           | 298         | 1492        | 90            | 24                  | 277                 | 34                  |
| Gondia        | 285         | 1126        | 14            | 267         | 1039        | 14            | 18                  | 54                  | 0                   |
| Hingoli       | 192         | 633         | 21            | 184         | 602         | 21            | 8                   | 29                  | 0                   |
| Jalgaon       | 209         | 1042        | 19            | 192         | 917         | 19            | 17                  | 120                 | 0                   |
| Jalna         | 210         | 1017        | 69            | 194         | 950         | 69            | 16                  | 57                  | 0                   |
| Kolhapur      | 185         | 821         | 10            | 160         | 693         | 9             | 25                  | 122                 | 1                   |
| Latur         | 224         | 826         | 60            | 205         | 730         | 60            | 19                  | 95                  | 0                   |
| Nagpur        | 195         | 961         | 15            | 173         | 819         | 15            | 22                  | 117                 | 0                   |
| Nanded        | 163         | 959         | 25            | 135         | 780         | 25            | 28                  | 147                 | 0                   |
| Nandurbar     | 220         | 1388        | 29            | 193         | 1228        | 29            | 27                  | 136                 | 0                   |
| Nashik        | 287         | 1698        | 30            | 244         | 1335        | 30            | 43                  | 241                 | 0                   |
| Osmanabad     | 161         | 656         | 54            | 142         | 561         | 53            | 19                  | 95                  | 1                   |
| Parbhani      | 181         | 593         | 24            | 172         | 503         | 24            | 9                   | 68                  | 0                   |
| Pune          | 309         | 1775        | 16            | 277         | 1548        | 16            | 32                  | 205                 | 0                   |
| Raigad        | 114         | 469         | 2             | 96          | 367         | 2             | 18                  | 93                  | 0                   |
| Ratnagiri     | 197         | 754         | 7             | 161         | 529         | 7             | 36                  | 224                 | 0                   |
| Sangali       | 236         | 850         | 8             | 222         | 752         | 8             | 14                  | 82                  | 0                   |
| Satara        | 195         | 1153        | 2             | 157         | 919         | 2             | 38                  | 206                 | 0                   |
| Sindhudurg    | 180         | 677         | 10            | 150         | 557         | 9             | 30                  | 122                 | 1                   |
| Solapur       | 342         | 1641        | 19            | 319         | 1515        | 19            | 23                  | 116                 | 0                   |
| Thane         | 64          | 234         | 0             | 50          | 180         | 0             | 14                  | 49                  | 0                   |
| Wardha        | 159         | 1123        | 11            | 150         | 1083        | 11            | 9                   | 22                  | 0                   |
| Washim        | 127         | 623         | 10            | 110         | 535         | 10            | 17                  | 81                  | 0                   |
| Yavatmal      | 190         | 1237        | 42            | 178         | 1148        | 42            | 12                  | 93                  | 0                   |
| Palghar       | 210         | 550         | 2             | 192         | 409         | 2             | 18                  | 121                 | 0                   |
| Total         | 6883        | 33499       | 905           | 6162        | 28913       | 866           | 721                 | 3974                | 39                  |