Lok Sabha Question No. 2703 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-05
Subject: All Weather Roads under PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Ajay Bhatt

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2703

## ANSWERED ON 05/08/2025

## ALL WEATHER ROADS UNDER PMGSY

## 2703. Shri Ajay Bhatt:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether all the villages in Uttarakhand have been connected with all -weather roads under the Pradhan MantriGraminSadakYojana (PMGSY), district-wise;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  details  and  number  of  villages  in  Uttarakhand  yet  to  be connected by all-weather roads under the said scheme; and
- (d) the time by which the said villages are likely to be connected?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## (SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN)

(a) to (d): Under the Pradhan Mantri Gram SadakYojana (PMGSY-I), the objective is to provide all-weather road connectivity to eligible unconnected  habitations,  not  revenue  villages  or  panchayats.  The scheme considers a habitation (a cluster of population) as the basic unit for connectivity, based on population norms and census data.

In the State of Uttarakhand, as per the eligibility norms for the 250+  population  category,  a  total  of  1,864  habitations  have  been sanctioned  for  all-weather  connectivity  under  PMGSY-I  since  the programme's  inception,  out  of  which,  as  of  31st  July,  2025, 1,860 road connectivity. The  timeline  for  providing  connectivity  to  all  eligible habitations have  already  been  provided with all-weather habitations under PMGSY I was March 2025.

The Government has recently approved phase IV of PMGSY to provide all-weather connectivity to 25,000 unconnected habitations as per Census 2011.  A fresh survey was conducted by States/UTs for  preliminary  identification  of habitations  for  PMGSY-IV  using  a dedicated Geographic Information System (GIS) application developed for a specific purpose viz. 'Gram Sadak Survey App'. The proposal  for  sanctioning  of  90  road  works  for  a  length  of  583  km under  PMGSY-IV  Batch  1,  2025-26  has  been  received  by  the Ministry.  Proposals  for  sanction  are  submitted  in  feasible  batches by the States/ UTs after following the provisions in the guidelines. The timeline for PMGSY IV is till March 2029.

District-wise details of habitations sanctioned, connected, and balance  under  the  250+  population  category  in  Uttarakhand  are provided in Annexure.

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Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (d) of LokSabhaUnstarred Question No. 2703 for reply on 5 th  August, 2025.

## Details of habitations sanctioned, connected and balance in the state of  Uttarakhand as on 31 st  July, 2025

| Sl. No.   | Name of Districts   | Total Sanctioned Habitations   | Total Connected Habitations   | Balance Habitations   | Balance Habitations   |
|-----------|---------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|           |                     | Eligible 250+                  | Eligible 250+                 | Eligible              | 250+                  |
| 1         | Almora              | 272                            | 271                           | 1                     |                       |
| 2         | Bageshwar           | 129                            | 129                           | 0                     |                       |
| 3         | Chamoli             | 214                            | 214                           | 0                     |                       |
| 4         | Champawat           | 99                             | 99                            | 0                     |                       |
| 5         | Dehradun            | 96                             | 96                            | 0                     |                       |
| 6         | Haridwar            | 19                             | 19                            | 0                     |                       |
| 7         | Nainital            | 112                            | 112                           | 0                     |                       |
| 8         | Pauri               | 205                            | 205                           | 0                     |                       |
| 9         | Pithoragarh         | 167                            | 165                           | 2                     |                       |
| 10        | Rudraprayag         | 136                            | 136                           | 0                     |                       |
| 11        | Tehri               | 264                            | 264                           | 0                     |                       |
| 12        | Udham Singh Nagar   | 28                             | 28                            | 0                     |                       |
| 13        | Uttarkashi          | 123                            | 122                           | 1                     |                       |
| Total     | Total               | 1864                           | 1860                          | 4                     |                       |

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