Lok Sabha Question No. 2949 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-10
Subject: Rural Connectivity under PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Harish Chandra Meena

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2949 ANSWERED ON 10/03/2026

## RURAL CONNECTIVITY UNDER PMGSY

## 2949. Shri Harish Chandra Meena:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details and total number of road works sanctioned so far under  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  Sadak  Yojana  (PMGSY)  to provide village/habitation connectivity in the Tonk-Sawai Madhopur Lok Sabha Constituency of Rajasthan, year-wise;
- (b) the  total  number  of  roads/length  sanctioned,  completed  and currently pending in the said Lok Sabh Constituency;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  put  any  special  mechanism  in place for quality testing, third party inspection and monitoring of maintenance of roads constructed under this scheme;
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the details of inspections/observations made so far in the Tonk-Sawai Madhopur region; and
- (e) whether  the  Government  proposes  to sanction additional projects  to  connect  the  remaining  habitations  of  the  said constituency in the near future and if so, the details thereof and the expected timeline set in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): "Rural road" is a State subject, and Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) is being implemented by the Government of India  since  the  year  2000  as  a  one-time  special  intervention  to provide rural connectivity, by way of a single all-weather road, to the eligible unconnected habitations of the designated population as laid out in the program guidelines.

Details of sanctioned and completed projects under various verticals of PMGSY in Tonk-Sawai Madhopur Lok Sabha Constituency are as under:-

|            | Sanctioned        | Sanctioned          | Sanctioned   | Completed         | Completed           | Completed   |
|------------|-------------------|---------------------|--------------|-------------------|---------------------|-------------|
| Vertical   | No. of road works | Road Length (in Km) | Bridges      | No. of road works | Road Length (in Km) | Bridges     |
| PMGSY-I    | 549               | 2,312               | 0            | 549               | 2,191               | 0           |
| PMGSY- II  | 20                | 155                 | 0            | 20                | 155                 | 0           |
| PMGSY- III | 60                | 428                 | 1            | 60                | 423                 | 1           |
| Total      | 629               | 2,895               | 1            | 629               | 2,769               | 1           |

Note:-  The difference between the sanctioned and completed length is due to reduction in curve length, change in alignment, construction of part length by other agencies, etc.

All  the  projects  sanctioned  under  PMGSY  in  Tonk-Sawai Madhopur Lok Sabha Constituency have been completed. Year-wise details of projects sanctioned under PMGSY, in particular Parliamentary Constituency/District, may be accessed at the programme website https://pmgsy.dord.gov.in/dbweb/. Further, project-wise details in any particular District/Block may be accessed at  the  programme  website  http://pmgsy.dord.gov.in  ->Proposals  >State-wise List of Roads.

- (c) & (d): The main responsibility to ensure the quality of road works is  with  the  State  Governments  since  they  are  the  implementing agency. However, a proper mechanism and provisions for ensuring quality  of  road  construction  has  been  laid  out  in  the  programme guidelines and amendments therein from time to time. At the Ministry level, to ensure the quality and durability of PMGSY roads, a threetier  Quality  Management  mechanism  has  been  put  in  place  under PMGSY:
-  The 1 st  tier of quality management mechanism is the in-house quality control system of the Project Implementation Unit (PIU).
-  The 2 nd   tier  of the quality management mechanism is through periodical inspections of all works by the State Quality monitors (SQMs), independent of PIUs.
-  Under  the  3 rd   tier,  National  Rural  Infrastructure  Development Agency deploys National Quality Monitors (NQMs), for

inspection  of  road  works,  selected  at  random,  to  assess  the general quality in the District/State.

PMGSY  uses  the  Online  Management,  Monitoring  and  Accounting System  (OMMAS)  to  track  quality  inspections.  Graded  inspection reports  from  SQMs and NQMs are recorded and monitored in realtime.

The  details  of  inspections  conducted  by  NQMs  viz-a-viz  grading assigned in Tonk-Sawai Madhopur region during April, 2022 - March, 2026 (Up to 05.03.2026):

| Total Inspections   | Completed Works   | Completed Works   | Completed Works   | Ongoing Works   | Ongoing Works   | Ongoing Works   | Maintenance Works   | Maintenance Works   | Maintenance Works   |
|---------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|                     | S                 | SRI               | U                 | S               | SRI             | U               | S                   | SRI                 | U                   |
| 17                  | 8                 | 0                 | 0                 | 7               | 1               | 1               | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |

S-Satisfactory, SRI-Satisfactory requiring improvement, UUnsatisfactory.

The action taken report for work graded as 'Unsatisfactory' has been submitted and accepted in NRIDA. While the action taken report for work  graded  as  'Satisfactory  requiring  improvement'  is  yet  to  be submitted by State.

- (e): The Government of India has launched PMGSY-IV with the aim to  provide  all-weather  road  connectivity  to  25,000  unconnected habitations of designated population size (500+ in plain areas, 250+ in North-Eastern States, Hill States/UTs & special category areas and 100+ in LWE-affected districts, which have become eligible as per the 2011 census). The scheme is to be implemented during FY 2024-25 to FY 2028-29.

Under PMGSY-IV, 1,216 road works of 3,219 km length and 1 long span bridge has been sanctioned to the State of Rajasthan as Batch-I  of  FY  2025-26  in  December,  2026  as  per  the  proposal submitted by the State for eligible habitations. District wise details of  projects  sanctioned  under  PMGSY-IV  may  be  accessed  at programme website http://pmgsy.dord.gov.in ->Progress Monitoring >State MPR Abstract Report. No proposals under PMGSY-IV, Batch-I, FY 2025-26 were received from the State for Tonk-Sawai Madhopur Lok Sabha Constituency.

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