Lok Sabha Question No. 1177 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-03
Subject: Targets under PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: DEVJI MANSINGRAM PATEL

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1177

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.03.2016

## TARGETS UNDER PMGSY

## 1177. SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- ( a) whether  the  Government    has  formulated  a  scheme  to  link  all  the  small  and  b villages of the country by road including Rajasthan by the year 2019, if so, the thereof;
- ( b) the  details  of  total  length  of  road  in  Kil ometer  targeted  to  be  constructed  every  day by the Government, State/UT - wise including Rajasthan;
- ( c) the total cost of per kilometer construction of road under PMGSY at present and he parameters  set/laid  down  for  measurement  of  length  and  breadth  of  t he  roads  under the scheme;
- ( d) whether the Government proposes to bring down the cost of road construction by using new technology involving waste plastic, if so, the details thereof; and
- ( e) the total amount of funds proposed to be spent on planting tr ees on road side, provision of road lights, drains etc. under PMGSY?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI SUDARSHAN BHAGAT )

- (a): The eligible habitations having population of 250 persons and above (Census 2001) Special Category States  (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland Sikkim, Tripura, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand), the desert Areas (as identified in the Desert Development Programme), the Tribal (Schedule V) areas and sele Tribal  and  Backward  Districts  (as  identified  by  the  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  and  Pla Commission) are eligible to be provide d all weather road s underPMGS Y . For Most intensive IAP  blocks  as  identified  by  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  the  unconnected  habitations population  100  and  above  (as  per  2001  Census) are eligible  to be provide d all  weather  roads under PMGSY.
- (b): Targets are fixed in terms of r oad length to be constructed & habitations to be connected every year.

O.I.H.

( c) : Ministry has not fixed any average cost for PMGSY works and the amount is sanction based  on  the  specific  Detailed  Project  Report  (DPR)  of  each  road  prepared  by  the Government after thorough investigations of factors like terrain, type of soil, rain fall and traffic following the technical specifications laid down in MORD Book of Specifications, Rural R Manual,  other  guidelines  published  by  Indian  Roads  Congress  and  scrutinized  by  the  S Technical  Agencies.  The  average  cost  of  construction/Km  v aries  from  State  to  State  due  to material cost, labour wages as per State specific Schedule of Rates (SoRs) , cartage of materials, location of site and specific provisions made in the DPRs.

PMGSY permits construction of roads with a carriage way of 3.00 mtr& 3.75 mtr while PMGSY -II permits widening of roads upto 5.50 m carriage way, based on traffic intensity.

( d) : IRC  has  published  a  document 'Guidelines  for  the  use  of  Waste  Plastic  in  Hot Bituminous  Mixes  (Dry  Process)  in  Wearing  courses.  The  State  G overnments  have  been requested to propose the roads by using waste plastic , cold - mix,  flyash,  geotextiles  and  other non- conventional materials . A target of 3765 Km has been fixed among the 16 States for layin waste plastic roads in the year 2015 - 16 includ ing the target length of 100 Km to Rajasthan State.

(e ) : Separate fund is not allocated for roadside tree plantation under PMGSY , rather roadside tree plantation is one of the permissible works carried out under MGNREGA in convergen with PMGSY.

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