Lok Sabha Question No. 2306 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-10
Subject: Status of PMGSY-III
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Dr. Shashi Tharoor

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2306 ANSWERED ON 10/12/2024

## STATUS OF PMGSY-III

## 2306. DR. SHASHI THAROOR:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENTbe pleased to state:

- (a) the current status of implementation of Pradhan Mantri Gram SadakYojana  (PMGSY-III)  along  with  overall  percentage  of roads under the Yojna awaiting completion, State-wise;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  measures  to  ensure the realisation of the deadline of March 2025; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a): Under  Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  SadakYojana  (PMGSY)-III,  out  of 1,25,000 km of target length, a total of 1,21,896 km of road length has  been  sanctioned  and 86,514.56  km  (71%)   constructed, as  of 5.12.24,  across  the  country.  A  total  of   34,560.92  km  (29%  of sanctioned  length)  is  currently  at  various  stages  of  construction. The  timeline  for  completion  of  PMGSY  III  works  is  March,  2025. State-wise details of balance road length under PMGSY-III are given in Annexure.

- (b) & (c):PMGSY has well laid out monitoring mechanism to review the  progress  of  the  works,  the  progress  of  implementation  of PMGSY is regularly reviewed by way of Regional Review Meetings (RRMs),  Performance  Review  Committee  (PRC)  Meetings  &  PreEmpowered/Empowered Committee Meetings with the States. Besides the 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 referred to in reply to part (a) of  LokSabhaUnstarred question 2306 due to be answered on 10th December, 2024

The details of road works (as on 05.12.2024) under PMGSY-III, is as under:-

Road length in Kms

|        |                   | Net Sanctioned   | Net Sanctioned   | Net Sanctioned                  | Completed    | Completed      | Completed   | Balance*     | Balance*    | Balance*    |
|--------|-------------------|------------------|------------------|---------------------------------|--------------|----------------|-------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|
| Sr. No | State/ UT         | No. of Roads     | Road Length      | No. of Long Span Bridges (LSBs) | No. of Roads | Road Length    | No. of LSBs | No. of Roads | Road Length | No. of LSBs |
| 1      | Andaman & Nicobar | 32               | 200              | 0                               | 0            | 0              | 0           | 0            | 200         | 0           |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh    | 404              | 3,143.52         | 74                              | 279          | 2,123.17       | 3           | 125          | 938.46      | 71          |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh | 170              | 1,366.27         | 66                              | 6            | 103.06         | 3           | 164          | 1,262.43    | 63          |
| 4      | Assam             | 654              | 4,247.11         | 69                              | 470          | 3,385.57       | 13          | 184          | 851.41      | 56          |
| 5      | Bihar             | 729              | 6,146.71         | 607                             | 433          | 4,047.86       | 105         | 296          | 2,016.84    | 502         |
| 6      | Chhattisgarh      | 534              | 5,605.61         | 112                             | 534          | 5,582.88       | 35          | 0            | 0           | 77          |
| 7      | Goa               | 0                | 0                | 0                               | 0            | 0              | 0           | 0            | 0           | 0           |
| 8      | Gujarat           | 304              | 3,015.37         | 191                             | 273          | 2,760.63       | 1           | 31           | 223.92      | 190         |
| 9      | Haryana           | 259              | 2,496.33         | 0                               | 253          | 2,448.07       | 0           | 6            | 16.09       | 0           |
| 10     | Himachal Pradesh  | 299              | 3,123.12         | 22                              | 8            | 250.48         | 0           | 291          | 2,872.38    | 22          |
| 11     | Jammu And Kashmir | 223              | 1,752.12         | 66                              | 113          | 1,098.24       | 0           | 110          | 648.97      | 66          |
| 12     | Jharkhand         | 449              | 4,130.23         | 145                             | 143          | 1,807.20       | 0           | 306          | 2,313.93    | 145         |
| 13     | Karnataka         | 825              | 5,603.48         | 116                             | 765          | 5,322.15       | 107         | 60           | 167.98      | 9           |
| 14     | Kerala            | 284              | 1,421.07         | 11                              | 63           | 459.7          | 0           | 221          | 955.98      | 11          |
| 15     | Madhya Pradesh    |                  | 1,07512,347.91   | 800                             |              | 90411,643.53   | 466         | 171          | 549.78      | 334         |
| 16     | Maharashtra       | 1,009            | 6,499.44         | 223                             | 338          | 2,916.08       | 0           | 671          | 3,553.51    | 223         |
| 17     | Manipur           | 56               | 502.24           | 0                               | 0            | 0              | 0           | 56           | 502.24      | 0           |
| 18     | Meghalaya         | 143              | 1,225.41         | 55                              | 7            | 88.11          | 0           | 136          | 1,137.31    | 55          |
| 19     | Mizoram           | 17               | 487.5            | 0                               | 0            | 0              | 0           | 17           | 487.5       | 0           |
| 20     | Nagaland          | 45               | 562.58           | 0                               | 0            | 0              | 0           | 45           | 562.58      | 0           |
| 21     | Odisha            | 1,401            | 9,351.08         | 148                             | 1,011        | 7,984.49       | 71          | 390          | 1,238.18    | 77          |
| 22     | Puducherry        | 0                | 0                | 0                               | 0            | 0              | 0           | 0            | 0           | 0           |
| 23     | Punjab            | 335              | 3,337.64         | 32                              | 180          | 1,992.03       | 9           | 155          | 1,336.05    | 23          |
| 24     | Rajasthan         | 918              | 8658             | 41                              | 815          | 8,153.78       | 19          | 98           | 383.01      | 22          |
| 25     | Sikkim            | 45               | 285.9            | 0                               | 0            | 1.2            | 0           | 45           | 284.7       | 0           |
| 26     | Tamil Nadu        | 1,814            | 7,317.83         | 83                              | 1,132        | 4,366.57       | 9           | 682          | 2,927.54    | 74          |
| 27     | Tripura           | 100              | 781.15           | 6                               | 2            | 52.07          | 0           | 98           | 728.92      | 6           |
| 28     | Uttar Pradesh     |                  | 2,55818,921.63   | 4                               |              | 2,16116,984.25 | 4           | 397          | 1,747.75    | 0           |
| 29     | Uttarakhand       | 212              | 2,287.95         | 0                               | 14           | 478.38         | 0           | 198          | 1,809.56    | 0           |

| 30      | West Bengal   | 562    | 4,236.88   | 6   | 48   | 597.04               |   0 | 514   | 3,636.90       | 6     |
|---------|---------------|--------|------------|-----|------|----------------------|-----|-------|----------------|-------|
| 31      | Telangana     | 361    | 2,423.14   | 138 | 169  | 1,573.38             |  30 | 192   | 812.05         | 108   |
| 32      | Ladakh        | 50     | 418.37     | 0   | 1    | 23.42                |   0 | 49    | 394.95         | 0     |
| Total : |               | 15,867 | 1,21,896   |     |      | 3,01510,12286,243.31 | 875 |       | 5,70834,560.92 | 2,140 |

*Balance road length is less than the difference of sanctioned and completed length due to the reasons that some projects were completed with less than the sanctioned length due to  reduction  in  road  length,  change  in  alignment,  construction  of  part  length  by  other agencies, etc.

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