Lok Sabha Question No. 2831 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-06
Subject: Maintenance of Roads
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: BHAGWANT MANN

## GOVERNMENT  OF INDIA -TIINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT  OF RURAL  DEVELOPMENT

## LOKSABHA

## UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO. 2$T

TO BE ANSWERED  ON 06.08.2015

## MAINTENANCE  OFROADS

## 2831. SHRJBHAGWANTMANN:

Will the Minister  of RURAL  DEVELOPMENT be pleased  to state:

- the details  of the roads constructed  under the  pradhan  Mantri  Gram Sadak yojana (PMGSY)  since  2013 including  punjab, Stut"-*i."; ---.-  " (a)
- if so, the detar'ls  thereof;  and (c)
- whether  the  union Govemment  has  issued  ins*uctions  to state  Govemments  to fix fr:fi'Hi:'lilf"il'*?i.T":T;'fffff  ;il;#;*andmainrainin;;;; (b)
- ifnot, the reasons  therefor? (d)

## MrNrsrER  oF srArE rN.rH"  fiNX?X,  oF RURAL  DEvELopMENT (SHRI  SUDARSHAN  BHAGAT)

(a): 'Rurar  Roads' is a State  subject  and  pradhan Mantri  Gram  Sadak  yojana  (pMGSy)  is a one- time speciar  intervention-to  provide  rural  connectivity,  by way  ofa single  all\_weather road' to the eligible  unconnected  habitations  rr',r"  ** r.rr""*.  As per pMcsy guidelines, execution  of projects  cleared  gy  the  Ministry  i. ,rr"'."*"".itirity of the State  Govemments. The tengh of roads  comotet"d.Ly,hrs;;il;rdtr;",'#Ir,. of  punjab, during years  2012\_ I3 to 2015-  l6 tupto June,tS.y  is enclosed  as Annexure.

(b)  to (d): As per PMGSY Programme  Guidelines,  all the roads  being  constructed  under PMGS'  wilr be covered  under a 5lvears  ,r";;;;;;;';tract to be entered  into  arons  with the consrruction  contract,  *1 t i*: ;;;;r";;". the Standard  Bidding  Dociment (SBD)'  Maintenance  funds to service  the contract  ,. urlu","o  by the State  Govemment  and praced  at the disposar  of state  **J n*i"'o";il#:f, Agencv (sRRDA)  in a separate Mainrenance  Fund  Account.  gi:T,o "i;\_;;;;;struction maintenance,  the roads shall  be praced  under  Zonar^  Maintenan.. "t;;; iinri.ting  of S-years  maintenance including  renewal  of the surface,  u.  0". "rr".'-i* ,,rr. Governments  will make  the necessary  budget provision  and place  ,rr" n "i, to  ."-i""  ii. ,on^Maintenance  contrac*  at the disposat  of the SRRDA  in the Maintenance  i;;o;";;,.

Ministry  has been issuing advisories  to the States regarding  the need for timely  maintenance of rural roads. The States are required to conduct Pavement  Condition Index (PCI) Survey and prepare  Road Inventory,  for prioritization  of roads for upgradation  and maintenance. The PCI survey is to be repeated  every  two years.The States have been asked to regularly release the reqrisite funds requirp{ by SRRDA for maintenanqe  and its urilization.  During Regional Review Meetings and Empowerpd  Committee Meetings, the State Gover,nments a.re being ad.vicad  tq  pncure  proper mainJeRareg  and upkeep of rural roads and full utilization of maintenance  funds. The States have also been asked to formulate and notifi State Rural Road Maintenance Policy  and Maintenance  Management System  for rural roads.

## Annexure  refered  to in reDlv to Part  (a)  of Lok Sabha  Unslarred Oueslion No.283l to he t**".rd  ," UOI|U-ZttI5

## trj,.dbPn  Mantri Gram Sadak Yolana  (PMGSY)

Statement showins road length  completed during  years  2012-13  to 2015-16  (Upto  Juner  15)

Length in Kms

| #   | States/U.Ts       | Year 2012-13   | Year 2013-14   | Year 2014-15   | Year 2015-16   |
|-----|-------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| 1   | )                 |                | 4              | 5              | 6              |
| I   | Andhra Pradesh    | 400            | 192            | 595            | 207            |
| z   | Arunachal Pradesh | 394            | 489            | 547            | 197            |
| J   | Assam             | 1,456          | 9s8            | 870            | 106            |
| 4   | Bihar             | 6,342          | 3,164          | 3,632          | 932            |
| 5   | Chattisgarh       | 1,024          | LO)            | 2,648          | 860            |
| 6   | Goa               | 0              | 0              | 0              | 0              |
| 7   | Guiarat           | 180            | 896            | 1,892          | 333            |
| I   | Haryana           | 69             | 3              | o,J            | 139            |
| 9   | Himachal Pradesh  | 0              | i34            | 485            | 328            |
| 10  | Jammu & Kashmir   | 1,411          | 892            | 93s            | 101            |
| 11  | .Iharkhand        | 1,237          | 1,031          | 1,750          | 486            |
| t2  | Karnataka         | 386            | 211            | 628            | 311            |
| 13  | Kerala            | 109            | 192            | 346            | 39             |
| t4  | Madhya Pradesh    | 2,754          | 3,006          | 5,1 8l         | 992            |
| 15  | Maharashtra       | 6s0            | 449            | 500            | 190            |
| t6  | Manipur           | 424            | fJJ            | 300            | 275            |
| t7  | Meghalaya         | 23             | 24             | 45             | 10             |
| 18  | Mizoram           | 93             | 77             | 49             | 47             |
| 19  | Nagaland          | 94             | 293            | ,l <           | 39             |
| 20  | Odisha            | 2,401          | 3,063          | 3,843          | 1,007          |
| 21  | Puniab            | 326            | 730            | 737            | 2t'l           |
| 22  | Raiasthan         | 2,140          | 2,290          | t rl l         | 1,294          |
| 23  | Sikkim            | 48             | 99             | 121            | 22             |
| 24  | Tamil Nadu        | 42             | 748            | 1,965          | 103            |
| 25  | Telanqana         |                |                |                | ll5            |
| 26  | Tripura           |                | 29t            | 239            | 8              |
| )1  | Uttar Pradesh     | 270            | l,l 10         | 2,000          | 547            |
| 28  | Uttarakhand       | 474            | 40s            | 715            | 422            |
| 29  | West Bengal       | 1.172          | 2,741          |                | 428            |