Lok Sabha Question No. 2161 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-10
Subject: Maintenance under PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Kantilal Bhuria

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2161 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.03.2016

## MAINTENANCE UNDER PMGSY

## 2161. SHRI KANTI LAL BHURIA :

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether a number of roads constructed under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) and PMGSY - II are poorly maintained, if so, the details thereof, State/ -wise including Madhya Pradesh;
- (b) whether there is a fund for maintenan ce and repair of roads under PMGSY and PMGSY -II after the five year contract expires, if so, the details thereof along with the funds allocated, released and spent for the purpose during the last three years and th current year, State/UT - wiseinclu ding Madhya Pradesh;
- (c) whether  repair  work  of  the  roads  constructed  under  these  schemes  has  bee completed, if not, the reasons therefor and the reaction of the Government th State/UT - wise;
- (d) whether there is any monitoring system for such ma intenance and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether  the  Government  has  received  any  complaints  about  poor  maintenance  of roads under PMGSY and PMGSY -II during the said period, if so, the details there and  the  action  taken  by the  Government  ther eon  along  with  the  other  steps taken/being taken by the Government for effective maintenance of roads constructed under these schemes?

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

(a) & (b) : Execution  and  Maint enance  ofr ural  roads  is  the  responsibility  of  the respective States.  PMGSY Programme Guidelines provide that initial five year maintena of these  roads ,  upontheir completion,  shall  be ensuredby  the  same  contractor  who  has executed the said road proje cts.  After expiry of the initial five year's maintenance period, the State Governments are required to make necessary budgetary provision and place the fund the  maintenance  fund  account  of  respective  SRRDA's  to  service  the  Zonal  maintenance contract f or maintenance of these roads.

The details of such fund allocated ,released and spent for the purpose of maintenance after the five  years  contract  expires  are  mainta ined  by  the  respective  States. Such  record s  are  not centrally maintained in N ational R ura lR oad D evelopmentA gency (NRRDA) .

(c ) & (d) : To ensure continued maintenance of rural roads in general and PMGSY roads in  particular ,  the  Ministry  has  repeatedly  underlined  the  need  for  State  Governments evolve States Specific Rural Road Maintenance Po licy. Such policies would not only protect the  huge  central  investment  in  rural  roads but  would  also create  enabling  provisions  for sustained  funding  of  maintenance  of  rural  roads.    So  far , ten  States  Assam,  Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh , Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand have notified such Rural Road Maintenance Policies.

(e) : Complaints  about  various  aspects  of  implementation  of  PradhanMantri  Gram SadakYojana  (PMGSY)  including  that relating  to maintenance  are  received  from  time  to time.

Statements containing State - wise, Year - wise details of complaints vis - a- vis action taken for the period, 2012 - 13,  2013 - 14,  2014 - 15  and  2015 - 16  (upto Jan uary , 2016)  are  given  in  the A nnexure- I to IV.

National Rural Roads Development Agency (NRRDA), an agency of the Ministry of Rural Development  (MoRD)  has  issued  guidelines in  January,  2015  on  'Managing Maintenance of Rural Roads in India' to be followed by the respective States. NRRDA is also regularly supporting tra ining programmes to create capacities and upgrade skills of fie engineers and contractors as well as their staff to facilitate maintenance of rural roa

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## PRADHAN MANTRI GRAM SADAK YOJANA

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2161 to be answ 10.3.2016 Complaints received during 2012 - 3

| S.No.               | Complai nts   | Sent to State for enquiry and action   | Cases enquired through Nationa l Quality Monitors (NQMs)   | Cases enquired through Nationa l Quality Monitors (NQMs)   | Cases enquired through Nationa l Quality Monitors (NQMs)   | Cases enquired through Nationa l Quality Monitors (NQMs)   |
|---------------------|---------------|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
| State               | received      | Sent to State for enquiry and action   | Deputed NQMs for enquiry                                   | Cases under enquiry                                        | Found Satisfactor y                                        | Found Unsatisfacto ry                                      |
| 1 Andhra Pradesh    | 1             |                                        | 1                                                          | 0                                                          |                                                            | 1                                                          |
| 2 Arunachal Pradesh | 1             |                                        | 1                                                          | 0                                                          | 1                                                          |                                                            |
| 3 Assam             | 1             |                                        | 1                                                          | 0                                                          |                                                            | 1                                                          |
| 4 Bihar             | 10            |                                        | 10                                                         | 0                                                          | 3                                                          | 7                                                          |
| 5 Chhattisgarh      | 1             |                                        | 1                                                          | 0                                                          | 1                                                          |                                                            |
| 6 G ujarat          | -             | -                                      | -                                                          | -                                                          | -                                                          | -                                                          |
| 7 Haryana           | -             | -                                      | -                                                          | -                                                          | -                                                          | -                                                          |
| 8 Himachal Pradesh  | 1             |                                        | 1                                                          | 0                                                          | 1                                                          |                                                            |
| 9 Jammu & Kashmir   | 1             |                                        | 1                                                          | 0                                                          | 1                                                          |                                                            |
| 10 Jharkhand        | 2             |                                        | 2                                                          | 0                                                          |                                                            | 2                                                          |
| 11 Karnataka        | -             | -                                      | -                                                          | -                                                          | -                                                          | -                                                          |
| 12 Kerala           | -             | -                                      | -                                                          | -                                                          | -                                                          | -                                                          |
| 13 Madhya Pradesh   | 2             |                                        | 2                                                          | 0                                                          | 1                                                          | 1                                                          |
| 14 Maharashtra      | 2             |                                        | 2                                                          | 0                                                          | 1                                                          | 1                                                          |
| 15 Manipur          | -             | -                                      | -                                                          | -                                                          | -                                                          | -                                                          |
| 16 Meghalya         | -             | -                                      | -                                                          | -                                                          | -                                                          | -                                                          |
| 17 Mizoram          | -             | -                                      | -                                                          | -                                                          | -                                                          | -                                                          |
| 18 Nagaland         | -             | -                                      | -                                                          | -                                                          | -                                                          | -                                                          |
| 19 Odisha           | 1             |                                        | 1                                                          | 0                                                          |                                                            | 1                                                          |
| 20 Punjab           | 2             |                                        | 2                                                          | 0                                                          | 1                                                          | 1                                                          |
| 21 Rajasthan        | 1             |                                        | 1                                                          | 0                                                          | 1                                                          |                                                            |
| 22 Sikkim           | 1             |                                        | 1                                                          | 0                                                          | 1                                                          |                                                            |
| 23 Tamil Nadu       | -             | -                                      | -                                                          | -                                                          | -                                                          | -                                                          |
| 24 Tripura          | 1             |                                        | 1                                                          | 0                                                          |                                                            | 1                                                          |

## Annexure -I

| 25    | Uttar Pradesh   | 5   |    | 5   | 0   | 2   | 3   |
|-------|-----------------|-----|----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
| 26    | Uttarakhand     | 1   |    | 1   | 0   | 1   |     |
| 27    | West Bengal     | -   | -  | -   | -   | -   | -   |
| Total | Total           | 34  | 0  | 34  | 0   | 15  | 19  |

## Annexure -II

## PRADHAN MANTRI GRAM SADAK YOJANA

Annexure referred to in reply to part (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2161 to be an swered on 10.3.2016

Complaints received during 2013 - 4

| State               | Complaints   | Sent to State for enquiry   |    | Cases enquired through National Quality (NQMs)   | Cases enquired through National Quality (NQMs)   | Cases enquired through National Quality (NQMs)   | Cases enquired through National Quality (NQMs)   |
|---------------------|--------------|-----------------------------|----|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| State               | received     | and action                  |    | Deputed NQMs for enquiry                         | Cases under enquiry Found                        | Satisfactory Found Unsatisf actory               |                                                  |
| 1 Andhra Pradesh    | -            | -                           |    | -                                                | - -                                              | -                                                |                                                  |
| 2 Arunachal Pradesh | 1            |                             | 1  | 0                                                |                                                  | 1                                                |                                                  |
| 3 Assam             | 2            |                             | 2  |                                                  |                                                  | 2                                                |                                                  |
| 4 Bihar             | 12           | 2                           | 10 |                                                  | 2                                                | 8                                                |                                                  |
| 5 Chhattisgarh      | 1            |                             | 1  |                                                  | 1                                                |                                                  |                                                  |
| Gujarat             | 1            |                             | 1  | 0                                                | 1                                                | 6                                                |                                                  |
| 7 Haryana           | -            | -                           | -  | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                |                                                  |
| 8 Himachal Pradesh  | -            | -                           | -  | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                |                                                  |
| Jammu & Kashmir     | 1            |                             | 1  | 0                                                | 1                                                | 9                                                |                                                  |
| 10 Jharkhand        | 4            |                             | 4  | 0                                                | 1                                                | 3                                                |                                                  |
| Karnataka           | 0            |                             | 0  |                                                  |                                                  | 11                                               |                                                  |
| 12 Kerala           | 1            |                             | 1  |                                                  |                                                  | 1                                                |                                                  |
| 13 Madhya Pradesh   | 3            |                             | 3  | 0                                                | 2                                                | 1                                                |                                                  |
| 14 Maharasthra      | 3            |                             | 3  | 0                                                | 1                                                | 2                                                |                                                  |
| 15 Manipur          | -            | -                           | -  | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                |                                                  |
| 16 Meghalaya        | -            | -                           | -  | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                |                                                  |
| 17 Mizoram          | -            | -                           | -  | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                |                                                  |
| 18 Nagaland         | -            | -                           | -  | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                |                                                  |
| Odisha              | 2            |                             | 2  | 0                                                | 2                                                | 19                                               |                                                  |
| 20 Punjab           | -            | -                           | -  | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                |                                                  |
| 21 Rajasthan        | -            | -                           | -  | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                |                                                  |
| 22 Sikkim           | -            | -                           | -  | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                |                                                  |
| 23 Tamil Nadu       | -            | -                           | -  | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                |                                                  |
| 24 Tripura          | 1            |                             | 1  | 0                                                |                                                  | 1                                                |                                                  |
| 25 Uttar Pradesh    | 8            |                             | 8  | 0                                                | 6                                                | 2                                                |                                                  |

| 26    | Uttarkhand   |   - | -   |   - | -   |   - | -   |
|-------|--------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
| 27    | West Bengal  |   2 |     |   2 |     |   2 |     |
| Total | Total        |  42 | 2   |  40 | 0   |  19 | 21  |

## Annexure -III

## PRADHAN MANTRI GRAM SADAK YOJANA

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2161 to be answ 10.3.2016 Complaints received during 2014 - 5

| S.No.                | Compla ints received   | Sent State for enquiry and action   | to Cases enquired through            | to Cases enquired through   | to Cases enquired through   | to Cases enquired through   |
|----------------------|------------------------|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| State                | Compla ints received   | Sent State for enquiry and action   | Complaints investigated through NQMs | cases under enquiry         | Found Satisfacto ry         | Found Unsatisfac tory       |
| 1 Andhra Pradesh     |                        |                                     |                                      |                             |                             |                             |
| 2 Arunachal Pradesh  |                        |                                     |                                      |                             |                             |                             |
| 3 Assam              | 2 2                    |                                     | 0                                    |                             | 0                           | 0                           |
| 4 Bihar              | 18                     | 11                                  | 7                                    |                             | 4                           | 3                           |
| 5 Chhattisgarh       | 1                      | 1                                   | 0                                    |                             | 0                           | 0                           |
| 6 Goa                |                        |                                     |                                      |                             |                             |                             |
| 7 Gujarat            |                        |                                     |                                      |                             |                             |                             |
| 8 Haryana            |                        |                                     |                                      |                             |                             |                             |
| 9 Himachal Pradesh   | 1                      | 1                                   | 0                                    |                             | 0                           | 0                           |
| 10 J & K             | 2                      | 0                                   | 2                                    |                             | 2                           | 0                           |
| 11 Jharkhand (State) | 1                      | 0                                   | 1                                    |                             | 0                           | 1                           |
| 12 Jharkhand(CAs)*   | 1                      | 0                                   | 1                                    |                             | 0                           | 1                           |
| 13 Karnataka         |                        |                                     |                                      |                             |                             |                             |
| 14 Kerala            |                        |                                     |                                      |                             |                             |                             |
| 15 Madhya Pradesh    | 1                      | 1                                   | 0                                    |                             | 0                           | 0                           |
| 16 Maharashtra       | 4                      | 4                                   | 0                                    |                             | 0                           | 0                           |
| 17 Manipur           | 1                      | 0                                   | 1                                    |                             | 0                           | 1                           |
| 18 Meghalaya         |                        |                                     |                                      |                             |                             |                             |
| 19 Mizoram           |                        |                                     |                                      |                             |                             |                             |
| 20 Nagaland          |                        |                                     |                                      |                             |                             |                             |
| 21 Orissa            |                        |                                     |                                      |                             |                             |                             |
| 22 Punjab            | 3                      | 3                                   | 0                                    |                             | 0                           | 0                           |
| 23 Rajasthan         | 1                      | 0                                   | 1                                    |                             | 0                           | 1                           |
| 24 Sikkim            | 1                      | 0                                   | 1                                    |                             | 1                           | 0                           |
| 25 Tamil Nadu        |                        |                                     |                                      |                             |                             |                             |
| 26 Telangana         |                        |                                     |                                      |                             |                             |                             |

| 27    | Tripura       |     |       |    |    |
|-------|---------------|-----|-------|----|----|
| 28    | Uttar Pradesh | 20  | 11 9  |  5 |  4 |
| 29    | Uttarakhand   | 1 0 | 1     |  0 |  1 |
| 30    | West Bengal   | 3 2 | 1     |  1 |  0 |
| Total | Total         | 61  | 36 25 | 13 | 12 |

* Central Agenci es)

## Annexure -IV

## PRADHAN MANTRI GRAM SADAK YOJANA

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2161 to

## be answered on 10.3.2016 Complaints received during 2015 - 6

| S.No.   |                   |                     | Sent to State for enquiry   | Cases enquired through monitors      | Cases enquired through monitors   | Cases enquired through monitors   | Cases enquired through monitors   |
|---------|-------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| S.No.   | State             | Complaints received | and action                  | Complaints investigated through NQMs | cases under enquiry               | Found Satisfactory                | Found Unsatisfa ctory             |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | -                   | -                           | -                                    | -                                 | -                                 | -                                 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh | 4                   | 3                           | 1                                    | 0                                 | 1                                 | 0                                 |
| 3       | Assam             | 2                   | 1                           | 1                                    | 0                                 | 0                                 | 1                                 |
| 4       | Bihar             | 13                  | 11                          | 2                                    | 0                                 | 0                                 | 2                                 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      | 5                   | 5                           | 0                                    | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 |
| 6       | Goa               | -                   | -                           | -                                    | -                                 | -                                 | -                                 |
| 7       | Gujarat           | -                   | -                           | -                                    | -                                 | -                                 | -                                 |
| 8       | Haryana           | 1                   | 1                           | 0                                    | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh  | 1                   | 1                           | 0                                    | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 |
| 10      | J & K             | 2                   | 2                           | 0                                    | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 |
| 11      | Jharkhand         | 6                   | 4                           | 2                                    | 0                                 | 0                                 | 2                                 |
| 12      | Karnataka         | 1                   | 1                           | 0                                    | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 |
| 13      | Kerala            | -                   | -                           | -                                    | -                                 | -                                 | -                                 |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh    | 5                   | 4                           | 1                                    | 0                                 | 0                                 | 1                                 |
| 15      | Maharashtra       | 3                   | 1                           | 2                                    | 0                                 | 1                                 | 1                                 |
| 16      | Manipur           | -                   | -                           | -                                    | -                                 | -                                 | -                                 |
| 17      | Meghalaya         | -                   | -                           | -                                    | -                                 | -                                 | -                                 |
| 18      | Mizoram           | -                   | -                           | -                                    | -                                 | -                                 | -                                 |
| 19      | Nagaland          | -                   | -                           | -                                    | -                                 | -                                 | -                                 |
| 20      | Orissa            | 3                   | 3                           | 0                                    | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 |
| 21      | Punjab            | -                   | -                           | -                                    | -                                 | -                                 | -                                 |
| 22      | Rajasthan         | -                   | -                           | -                                    | -                                 | -                                 | -                                 |
| 23      | Sikkim            | -                   | -                           | -                                    | -                                 | -                                 | -                                 |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu        | 1                   | 1                           | 0                                    | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 |
| 25      | Telangana         | -                   | -                           | -                                    | -                                 | -                                 | -                                 |

| 26    | Tripura       |   - |   - |   - |   - |   - |   - |
|-------|---------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
| 27    | Uttar Pradesh |  14 |  12 |   2 |   0 |   0 |   2 |
| 28    | Uttarakhand   |   2 |   2 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 29    | West Bengal   |   3 |   3 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| Total | Total         |  66 |  55 |  11 |   0 |   2 |   9 |