Lok Sabha Question No. 1390 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-09
Subject: Criteria for Road Construction
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Rajkumar Roat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1390 ANSWERED ON 09/12/2025

## CRITERIA FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION

## 1390. Shri RajkumarRoat:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of criteria laid down for road construction under the Pradhan Mantri Gram SadakYojana (PMGSY);
- (b) the number of roads constructed and under construction in the Banswara-DungarpurLokSabha Constituency under PMGSY during the last ten years under PMGSY;
- (c) the  details  and  the  number  of  roads  constructed  and  under construction, road and block-wise; and
- (d) whether the Government proposes to undertake the strengthening of roads constructed under PMGSY  in  the BanswaraLokSabha Constituency  and  to  construct  more  new roads, if so, the time by which it is likely to be done?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## ANSWER (SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN)

- (a): The  Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  SadakYojana  (PMGSY)  is  being implemented since the year 2000 by the Ministry of Rural Development to  provide  rural  connectivity,  by  way  of  a  single  allweather road, to the eligible unconnected habitations of population size  500+  in  plains,  250+  in  NE  &  Hill  Sates/UTs,  special  category areas  (Tribal  Schedule  V,  Backward  districts,  desert  areas)  and 100+ in Left  Wing  Extremism  Affected  (LWE)  affected  districts,  as per  Census  2001.  For  the  new  vertical  PMGSY-IV,  the  population criteria is based on the Census 2011. The roads under PMGSY are being constructed as per the technical specifications and geometric design standards given in the Ministry of  Rural  Development

Specifications  for  Rural  Roads,  Rural  Roads  Manual  of  the  Indian Road  Congress  (IRC)  (IRC:  SP:20),  IRC:  SP:72  and  also,  where required, the Hill Road Manual (IRC: SP:48) and other IRC Codes/Guidelines. Further details are laid in the extant guidelines of PMGSY  may  be  accessed from the programme website link "https://pmgsy.dord.gov.in/".

(b)& (c): Under PMGSY, constituency-wise data is not maintained. However, district-wise progress for the last ten years (April 2015 to December 2025) under various interventions/verticals of the PMGSY, in  Banswara  and  Dungarpur  districts,  is  mentioned  in  the  table below:

| District Sanctioned   | District Sanctioned   | District Sanctioned   | Completed    | Completed      | Completed        | (Rs in Crore)                   |
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------|----------------|------------------|---------------------------------|
| No. of Roads          | Road Length (km)      | No. of Bridges        | No. of Roads | No. of Bridges | Road Length (km) | Expenditure (incl. State Share) |
| Dungarpur 169         | 635                   | 02                    | 340          | 01             | 1044             | 404.74                          |
| Banswara 101          | 408                   | 03                    | 203          | 03             | 594              | 231.93                          |

Note*  The  completed  project  numbers  may  be  higher  as  they covered earlier, sanctioned projects too.

Year-wise detailed progress under PMGSY can be accessed at the programme website link:"https://pmgsy.dord.gov.in->Progress Monitoring->Monthly  Progress  Report-1"  and  Vertical-wise,  road/ block-wise details may be accessed at the programme website link https://pmgsy.dord.gov.in->Proposals->State-wise List of Roads.

(d): The  PMGSY  was  launched  to  provide  connectivity  to  the unconnected habitations in rural areas in the year 2000, known as PMGSY-I;  however,  need  was  felt  to  cover  the  upgradation  of already constructed roads in rural areas, hence, upgradation works were taken up under PMGSY-II and PMGSY-III verticals across the country, including the State of Rajasthan.

The status of the progress of the State of Rajasthan under PMGSY is given as under:-

| Vertical   | Sanctioned   | Sanctioned       | Sanctioned     | Completed    | Completed      | Completed        | (In crore)   |
|------------|--------------|------------------|----------------|--------------|----------------|------------------|--------------|
|            | No. of Roads | Road Length (km) | No. of Bridges | No. of Roads | No. of Bridges | Road Length (km) | Expenditure  |
| PMGSY- I   | 16804        | 66046            | 26             | 16804        | 26             | 66772.67         | 12076.82     |
| PMGSY- II  | 401          | 3,464.26         | 6              | 401          | 6              | 3,468.62         | 1103.38      |
| PMGSY- III | 918          | 8,658.33         | 41             | 900          | 36             | 8,537.34         | 4013.15      |

The timeline for completion of the balance works under PMGSY-III is March 2026.

Further, a new vertical PMGSY-IV has been launched to provide new connectivity to 25,000 unconnected eligible habitations across the country, including the district of Banswara, Rajasthan.  In Banswara district,  the  State  Government  has  mapped  59  habitations  as unconnected habitations. Sanctioning of Road projects is based on the proposal received from the State and after due scrutiny as per programme guidelines. The timeline for PMGSY-IV is March 2029.

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