Lok Sabha Question No. 1915 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-05
Subject: Construction of Roads under PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: PRATAPRAO GANPATRAO JADHAV

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1915

TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.05.2016

## CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS UNDER PMGSY

## 1915. SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- ( a) whether the roads constructed in Maharashtra under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) during the last two years have got damaged;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Government  keep  5  per  cent  cost  of  road  construction  under  PMG security  deposit  for  monitoring  quality  of  construction  of  roads  and  no  ot actions aretaken in this regard;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the steps being taken by the Government for making provision of punitive action regard?

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

(a)&(b): As  reported  by  the  State  Government  of  Maharashtra,  no  roads  under PMGSY have got damaged during the years 2014 - 15 and 2015 - 16.

(c)to(e): Rural Roads under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) are construct conforming to the standards prescribed by the Indian Roads Congress (IRC) for rural accordance w ith the technical specifications of various items of work as laid down incorporated in the contract documents.

All PMGSY roads are constructed by the State Governments with a design lif least  10  years. As  per  PMGSY  guidelines,  mainten ance  of  roads  constructed  under  th programme  is  the  responsibility  of  the  State  Governments  and  all  road  works  are initial five year maintenance contracts to be entered into along with the constru with the same contractor, as per the Standard Bidding Document. Maintenance funds to serv the contract are required to be budgeted by the State Governments and placed at th the State Rural Roads Development Agencies (SRRDAs) in a separate maintenance accou expiry of this five year post construction maintenance, PMGSY roads are required to under Zonal maintenance contracts consisting of 5 year maintenance including rene cycle, from time to time.

To bring execution of the Programme to the desired quality standards, a three tier management mechanism has been institutionalized under PMGSY. First - tier of this mechanism is in - house quality control at Programme Implementation Unit (PIU) level.  Objective is  process  c ontrol  through  mandatory  tests  on  material  at  field  laboratory  and  wor . Second- tier is  structured  as  an  independent  quality  monitoring  at  State  level  th Quality Monitors (SQMs) in which provision of regular inspection of works has been for  ensuring  better  quality.    Under  the Third- tier ,  independent  National  Quality  M onitors (NQMs) are deployed by NRRDA for inspection of road works at random, not only to m quality  but  also  to  provide  guidance  by  senior  professionals  to  the  field  funct The observations of NQMs are sent for action to the State Governments and Action Taken Reports (ATRs) are monitored at NRRDA.

As per the Programme guidelines, a provision of 0.50% (out of the 2.25 % Administrativ Fund) of the funds released has been made exclusively for Quality Monitoring under nd Tier of Quality Assura nce Mechanism. In case the defects are not rectified by the contractor specified  time,  the  department  rectifies  the  defects  and  cost  is  recovered  from concerned.

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