Lok Sabha Question No. 2060 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-11
Subject: Completion of Roads and Bridges under PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Dr. Bachhav Shobha Dinesh

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2060 ANSWERED ON 11/03/2025

## COMPLETION OF ROADS AND BRIDGES UNDER PMGSY

2060. DR. BACHHAV SHOBHA DINESH:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the current status of implementation of Pradhan Mantri Gram SadakYojana phases III and IV alongwith overall percentage of roads  under  the  yojana  awaiting  completion,  State-wise  and district wise especially Maharashtra;
- (b) the  number  of  roads  and  bridges  under  DhuleLok  Sabha Constituency in Maharashtra pending with the Department for approval along with the steps taken by the Government in this regard;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  measures  to  ensure the realisation of the deadline of PMGSY-III of March 2025; and
- (d) 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 1,21,957 km of road length has been sanctioned and 90,872 km (75%) road length has already been constructed, as of 6 th  March, 2025, across the country. A total of  29,950  km  (25%  of  sanctioned  length)  is  currently  at  various stages of construction. The details of balance works under PMGSYIII, State-wise, are at Annexure.

The details of PMGSY III works sanctioned, completed and pending for  construction,  district-wise,  may  be  accessed  at  ommas.nic.in>Progress Monitoring->State MPR Abstract Report.

Recently, Government of India has approved phase IV of PMGSY in September  2024  to  provide  all-weather  connectivity  to  25,000 unconnected habitations of population size 500+ in plains, 250+ in NE  &  Hill  Sates/UTs,  special  category  areas  (Tribal  Schedule  V, Aspirational Districts/Blocks, Desert areas) and 100+ in  LWE affected districts, as per Census 2011. The Ministry is coordinating closely  with  the  State  Governments  and  providing  the  required assistance for submission of proposals by the States.

- (b):    The  State  of  Maharashtra  has  already  been  sanctioned  full entitlement under PMGSY-I &II. The State has been allocated 6,550 Km road length under PMGSY-III and out of which, the road length of 6,499 km of road length has already been sanctioned to the State. No further proposal for approval of roads and bridges for DhuleLok Sabha  Constituency  in  Maharashtra  has  been  received  in  the Ministry.
- (c) & (d): The timeline for completion of PMGSY-I, II, RCPLWEA and III  works  is  March,  2025.  The  progress  of  implementation  of  rural roads  under  PMGSY  is  regularly  reviewed  by  way  of  Regional Review  Meetings  (RRMs),  Performance  Review  Committee  (PRC) Meetings  &  Pre-Empowered/Empowered  Committee  Meetings  with the States to complete the works as per given deadline of PMGSYIII.  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-I Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2060 for answer on 11.03.2025

| S.No   | Name of States    | The balance works under PMGSY-III as on 7.03.2025   | The balance works under PMGSY-III as on 7.03.2025   | The balance works under PMGSY-III as on 7.03.2025   |
|--------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|        |                   | No of road works                                    | Road Length (in km)No of bridges                    | Road Length (in km)No of bridges                    |
| 1      | Andaman & Nicobar | 32                                                  | 200                                                 | 0                                                   |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh    | 114                                                 | 858                                                 | 71                                                  |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh | 158                                                 | 1,141                                               | 63                                                  |
| 4      | Assam             | 156                                                 | 759                                                 | 51                                                  |
| 5      | Bihar             | 220                                                 | 1,406                                               | 456                                                 |
| 6      | Chhattisgarh      | 0                                                   | 0                                                   | 51                                                  |
| 7      | Goa               | 10                                                  | 63                                                  | 2                                                   |
| 8      | Gujarat           | 26                                                  | 153                                                 | 174                                                 |
| 9      | Haryana           | 4                                                   | 6                                                   | 0                                                   |
| 10     | Himachal Pradesh  | 285                                                 | 2,775                                               | 22                                                  |
| 11     | Jammu & Kashmir   | 87                                                  | 477                                                 | 64                                                  |
| 12     | Jharkhand         | 289                                                 | 1,998                                               | 131                                                 |
| 13     | Karnataka         | 51                                                  | 123                                                 | 7                                                   |
| 14     | Kerala            | 211                                                 | 921                                                 | 11                                                  |
| 15     | Ladakh            | 53                                                  | 429                                                 | 0                                                   |
| 16     | Madhya Pradesh    | 143                                                 | 423                                                 | 288                                                 |
| 17     | Maharashtra       | 581                                                 | 2,688                                               | 223                                                 |
| 18     | Manipur           | 56                                                  | 502                                                 | 0                                                   |
| 19     | Meghalaya         | 131                                                 | 1,011                                               | 55                                                  |
| 20     | Mizoram           | 17                                                  | 423                                                 | 0                                                   |
| 21     | Nagaland          | 45                                                  | 563                                                 | 0                                                   |
| 22     | Odisha            | 334                                                 | 1,024                                               | 72                                                  |
| 23     | Punjab            | 152                                                 | 1,288                                               | 20                                                  |
| 24     | Rajasthan         | 50                                                  | 196                                                 | 20                                                  |
| 25     | Sikkim            | 45                                                  | 271                                                 | 20                                                  |
| 26     | Tamil Nadu        | 656                                                 | 2,519                                               | 60                                                  |
| 27     | Telangana         | 182                                                 | 766                                                 | 100                                                 |
| 28     | Tripura           | 94                                                  | 688                                                 | 6                                                   |
| 29     | Uttar Pradesh     | 249                                                 | 1,148                                               | 0                                                   |
| 30     | Uttarakhand       | 186                                                 | 1,585                                               | 0                                                   |
| 31     | West Bengal       | 473                                                 | 3,545                                               | 6                                                   |
| Total  | Total             | 5,090                                               | 29,950                                              | 1,973                                               |

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