Lok Sabha Question No. 431 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-22
Subject: Construction and Upgradation of Rural Roads under PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Dr. Shivaji Bandappa Kalge, Shri Balya Mama Suresh Gopinath Mhatre, Shri Bhumare Sandipanrao Asaram, Smt. Delkar Kalaben Mohanbhai, Shri Gyaneshwar Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 431 ANSWERED ON 22/07/2025

## CONSTRUCTION AND UPGRADATION OF RURAL ROADS UNDER PMGSY

431. DR. SHIVAJI BANDAPPA KALGE:

SHRI BALYA MAMA SURESH GOPINATH MHATRE:

SHRI BHUMARE SANDIPANRAO ASARAM:

SMT. DELKAR KALABEN MOHANBHAI:

SHRI GYANESHWAR PATIL:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the present status of the construction and upgradation of rural roads in the country under the Pradhan Mantri Gram SadakYojana  (PMGSY)  launched  by  the  Government,  Statewise;
- (b) whether all the targeted rural habitations have been provided with all-weather road connectivity;
- (c) if  so,  the  details  thereof  including  Maharashtra,  Dadra  and Nagar Haveli, Madhya Pradesh;
- (d) the steps taken by the Government to ensure maintenance and quality of rural roads;
- (e) whether any long-term  maintenance  policy  is  in  place  in  this regard; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Dadra and Nagar Haveli and MadhyaPradesh?

## ANSWER

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

(a): A  total  of  8,38,611  km  of  road  length  has  been  sanctioned under all verticals/ interventions of Pradhan Mantri Gram SadakYojana (PMGSY) since inception till 11.07.2025 and 7,82,945 kms has been completed. The State/UT-wise status of construction and upgradation of rural roads under various interventions/verticals

of  PMGSY, since inception till date (as on 11.07.2025), is given at Annexure. State-wise and intervention/vertical-wise details are available  on  the  programme  website  at  www.omms.nic.in  -  > Progress Monitoring -> Monthly Progress Report (MPR). The timeline for completion of ongoing works under PMGSY I (in Chhattisgarh) , PMGSY II, III and Road Connectivity Project for Left Wing Extremism Affected Areas (RCPLWEA) is March 2026.

- (b) & (c): PMGSY-I was launched as a one-time special intervention to provide rural connectivity, by way of a single all-weather road, to the eligible unconnected habitations of designated population size as  per  Census  2001.   Since  inception,  till  11.07.2025,  a  total  of 1,63,339 habitations have been sanctioned and 1,62,818 habitations have  been  provided  connectivity  in  various  States/  UTs,  including Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. Thus, 99.68% of targeted habitations have been provided all-weather road connectivity.   The details  of  habitations  that  have  been  provided  road  connectivity under  PMGSY-I  in  the  States  of  Maharashtra  and  Madhya  Pradesh are as under:-

| State          | Sanctioned habitations (Nos.)   | Connected habitations (Nos.)   |
|----------------|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| Maharashtra    | 1,420                           | 1,417                          |
| Madhya Pradesh | 17,522                          | 17,522                         |

The timeline for completion of works under PMGSY I for the above States was March, 2025. No PMGSY proposal was received from the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli.

The State/UT-wise details may be accessed at programme website www.omms.nic.in ->  Progress  Monitoring  ->  Habitation  Coverage under PMGSY.

- (d) to (f): "Rural  Roads"  is  a  State  subject,  and  as  per  PMGSY guidelines, maintenance of roads constructed under the programme is the responsibility of the State/UT governments.  However Ministry has  taken  the  following  steps/measures  to  ensure  that  the  roads constructed under PMGSY are maintained properly in all States, including in Madhya Pradesh :
- (i)  Roads  are  covered  under  a  5-year  maintenance  contract  to  be entered  into  along  with  a  construction  contract  with  the  same contractor as per the Standard Bidding Document (SBD). Since the design  life  of  PMGSY  roads  is  ten  years,  the  States  have  to

undertake  further  five  years  of  maintenance.  While  implementing PMGSY-III a MoU was signed with the States for undertaking post five-year  maintenance.  The  new  connectivity  under  PMGSY-IV  will be  permitted  to  only  those  States/UTs  who  have  demonstrated through  electronic  Maintenance  of  Rural  Roads  (eMARG)  platform that the routine maintenance of PMGSY roads constructed in their State, post 5 years of construction of the road, has been carried out. The  post  five-year  construction  module  of  eMARG  incorporates initial  rehabilitation,  renewal,  pre-  renewal  routine  maintenance, post-renewal maintenance and emergency repair works, as required.

- (ii)   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  Development  Agencies  (SRRDAs)  in  a separate  maintenance  account.  On  expiry  of  this  5  year  post construction maintenance, PMGSY roads are required to be placed under Zonal maintenance contracts consisting of 5 year maintenance including renewal as per maintenance cycle, from time to time, to be funded by the state governments.
- (iii)       All  States  have  framed  their  own  rural  roads  maintenance policies  based  on  the   policy  framework  prepared  by  the National Rural Infrastructure Development Agency (NRIDA), a technical arm of the Ministry of Rural Development.
- (iv)       To  bring  execution  of  the  Programme to the desired quality standards,  a  three  tier  quality  management  mechanism  has  been institutionalized  under  PMGSY.  First-tier  of  this  mechanism  is  inhouse  quality  control  at  Programme  Implementation  Unit  (PIU) level.   Objective  of  this  tier  is  process  control  through  mandatory tests on material at field laboratory and workmanship.  Second-tier is  structured  as  an  independent  quality  monitoring  at  State  level through State Quality Monitors (SQMs) in which provision of regular inspection of works has been envisaged for ensuring better quality. Under the Third-tier, independent National Quality Monitors (NQMs) are  deployed  by  NRIDA  for  inspection  of  road  works  on  random sample  basis  not  only  to  monitor  quality  but  also  to  provide guidance  by  senior  professionals  to  the  field  functionaries.   The observations of NQMs are sent for action to the State Governments and Action Taken Reports (ATRs) are monitored at NRIDA.
- (v) The  implementation  of  all  sanctioned  works  including  its maintenance  is  regularly  monitored  through  online  programme

Monitoring Information System named Online Management, Monitoring and Accounting System (OMMAS) on real time basis.

(vi)    In  addition,  maintenance  of  PMGSY  roads  is  also  regularly reviewed  by  the  Ministry  by  way  of  Regional  Review  Meetings (RRMs), Performance Review Committee (PRC) Meetings, PreEmpowered/  Empowered  Committee  Meetings  with  the  States. Besides  above,  special  review  meetings/monthly  review  meetings are also held by the Secretary/ Additional Secretary/Joint Secretary, Ministry  of  Rural  Development,  with  Chief  Secretaries/Principal Secretaries  of  the  States  to  take  stock  of  the  progress  of  the scheme, including maintenance aspects.

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Annexure

## Annexure  referred  to  in  part  (a)  of  LokSabhaUnstarred  Question  No.  431  for 22.07.2025

State/UTs wise current status of the construction and upgradation of rural roads across  the  country  under  various  interventions/  verticals  of  the  PMGSY  since inception till date (11-7-2025)

| Sr. No.   | State/UT          | Sanctioned       | Sanctioned   | Sanctioned   | Completed        | Completed   | Completed   |
|-----------|-------------------|------------------|--------------|--------------|------------------|-------------|-------------|
| Sr. No.   | State/UT          | New Connectivity | Upgradation  | Total        | New Connectivity | Upgradation | Total       |
| Sr. No.   | State/UT          | Length (km)      | Length (km)  | Length (km)  | Length (km)      | Length (km) | Length (km) |
| 1         | Andaman & Nicobar | 26.88            | 351.40       | 378.27       | 26.07            | 113.46      | 139.53      |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh    | 4,564.98         | 15,908.71    | 20,473.69    | 3,708.35         | 14,600.47   | 18,308.83   |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh | 14,515.17        | 2,273.56     | 16,788.73    | 12,933.51        | 1,254.52    | 14,188.02   |
| 4         | Assam             | 26,902.58        | 6,008.92     | 32,911.50    | 26,734.29        | 5,297.28    | 32,031.58   |
| 5         | Bihar             | 49,220.41        | 16,394.46    | 65,614.87    | 47,249.72        | 14,804.92   | 62,054.64   |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh      | 32,652.53        | 15,536.06    | 48,188.58    | 28,928.09        | 14,342.00   | 43,270.09   |
| 7         | Goa               | 1.02             | 217.45       | 218.47       | 0.00             | 155.33      | 155.33      |
| 8         | Gujarat           | 5,312.20         | 10,380.92    | 15,693.11    | 5,244.38         | 10,175.75   | 15,420.14   |
| 9         | Haryana           | 2.00             | 8,108.67     | 8,110.67     | 2.00             | 8,040.49    | 8,042.49    |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh  | 14,902.99        | 10,064.77    | 24,967.76    | 14,532.16        | 7,810.40    | 22,342.56   |
| 11        | Jammu & Kashmir   | 17,498.81        | 5,083.96     | 22,582.77    | 15,047.14        | 4,656.50    | 19,703.64   |
| 12        | Jharkhand         | 23,523.06        | 11,111.05    | 34,634.11    | 22,037.17        | 9,626.68    | 31,663.85   |
| 13        | Karnataka         | 656.78           | 23,611.01    | 24,267.78    | 591.95           | 23,372.59   | 23,964.53   |
| 14        | Kerala            | 703.03           | 4,609.30     | 5,312.33     | 681.01           | 3,854.78    | 4,535.79    |
| 15        | Ladakh            | 660.50           | 998.58       | 1,659.07     | 567.48           | 541.63      | 1,109.11    |
| 16        | Madhya Pradesh    | 57,474.38        | 37,966.14    | 95,440.52    | 53,903.87        | 36,200.31   | 90,104.18   |
| 17        | Maharashtra       | 4,451.08         | 30,025.08    | 34,476.16    | 4,246.40         | 27,588.32   | 31,834.72   |
| 18        | Manipur           | 9,736.10         | 2,720.05     | 12,456.15    | 8,948.91         | 1,945.92    | 10,894.83   |
| 19        | Meghalaya         | 3,059.13         | 2,919.42     | 5,978.55     | 3,001.55         | 1,964.18    | 4,965.72    |
| 20        | Mizoram           | 4,179.37         | 755.25       | 4,934.63     | 4,156.17         | 482.23      | 4,638.40    |
| 21        | Nagaland          | 3,129.94         | 1,797.23     | 4,927.17     | 3,087.80         | 1,234.61    | 4,322.41    |
| 22        | Odisha            | 46,060.08        | 28,664.79    | 74,724.87    | 43,950.36        | 27,240.36   | 71,190.72   |
| 23        | Puducherry        | 0.00             | 174.13       | 174.13       | 0.00             | 62.36       | 62.36       |
| 24        | Punjab            | 833.25           | 10,811.39    | 11,644.64    | 833.25           | 9,580.97    | 10,414.22   |
| 25        | Rajasthan         | 50,131.55        | 28,135.72    | 78,267.27    | 48,460.93        | 27,298.15   | 75,759.08   |
| 26        | Sikkim            | 3,418.51         | 1,801.61     | 5,220.12     | 3,255.91         | 1,552.71    | 4,808.62    |
| 27        | Tamil Nadu        | 3,701.11         | 22,935.91    | 26,637.02    | 3,666.81         | 21,688.67   | 25,355.48   |
| 28        | Telangana         | 3,079.11         | 11,570.64    | 14,649.75    | 2,782.26         | 10,035.36   | 12,817.62   |
| 29        | Tripura           | 3,925.38         | 2,293.46     | 6,218.85     | 3,491.24         | 1,548.99    | 5,040.23    |
| 30        | Uttar Pradesh     | 21,324.03        | 56,101.12    | 77,425.15    | 20,880.46        | 54,444.41   | 75,324.88   |
| 31        | Uttarakhand       | 18,552.67        | 4,043.40     | 22,596.07    | 18,175.61        | 3,061.14    | 21,236.75   |
| 32        | West Bengal       | 23,323.64        | 17,714.94    | 41,038.58    | 23,101.45        | 14,143.46   | 37,244.91   |
|           | Grand Total       | 447,522.23       | 391,089.11   | 838,611.34   | 424,226.31       | 358,718.93  | 782,945.24  |

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