Lok Sabha Question No. 3550 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-17
Subject: PMGSY in Jharkhand
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Chandra Prakash Choudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3550 ANSWERED ON 17/12/2024

## PMGSY IN JHARKHAND

## 3550. SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH CHOUDHARY:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENTbe pleased to state:

- (a) the number of roads sanctioned for Jharkhand  under Pradhan Mantri Gram SadakYojana (PMGSY) during the last ten years, district-wise, name-wise;
- (b) the details of the funds earmarked for the construction of the said roads;
- (c) whether the Government is aware of the villages of Jharkhand which have not yet been connected under the said scheme and if so, the details thereof, district wise; and
- (d) the number  of roads and bridges under GiridihLokSabha Constituency  in  Jharkhand  pending  with  the  Department  for approval along with the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## (SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN)

- (a) &  (b):       During  the  last  ten  financial  years  and  the  current financial year (as on 12.12.2024), 3,488 roads of length 15,150 km and  584  bridges  have  been  sanctioned  under  various  verticals  of Pradhan Mantri Gram SadakYojana (PMGSY) in the state of Jharkhand. The road-wise details of works sanctioned including the sanction cost to the state of Jharkhand during the last ten years, district-wise under various interventions/verticals of Pradhan Mantri Gram  SadakYojana  (PMGSY)  can  be  accessed  at  omms.nic.in>Proposals->Statewise List of Roads.
- (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 (500+  in  plain  areas  and  250+  in  North-Eastern  States,  Himalayan

States and Himalayan Union Territories as per 2001 Census) in the core network for uplifting the socio- economic condition of the rural population. In the critical Left-Wing Extremism affected Blocks (as identified by MHA), additional relaxation has been given to connect habitations  with  population  100  persons  and  above  as  per  2001 census. In the state of Jharkhand, since inception of the scheme till 12.12.2024,  in  250+  population  category,  9,537  habitations  have been sanctioned and in 100-249 population category in LWE areas, 1,397  habitations  have  been  sanctioned.  All  the  said  habitations have been provided connectivity under PMGSY-I. district-wise details  of  habitations  sanctioned  and  connected  in  the  state  of Jharkhand under PMGSY-I can be accessed at omms.nic.in>Progress Monitoring->Habitation Coverage Report.

PMGSY-IV  has  been  launched  in  2024  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 LWE  affected  districts,  as  per  Census  2011.  The  survey  work  is presently undergoing to identify the eligible unconnected habitation as per population norms.

(d):        No.  No  such  proposals  are  pending  for  approval  under PMGSY in respect of Giridih Parliamentary Constituency in the state of Jharkhand.

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