Lok Sabha Question No. 205 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-21
Subject: Funds for Road Connectivity
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: GEETHA KOTHAPALLI

**GOVERNMENT OF INDIA**

**MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS**

**LOK SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 205**

**TO BE ANSWERED ON 21** **st** **JULY, 2015/ASHADHA 30, 1937 (SAKA)**

**FUNDS FOR ROAD CONNECTIVITY**

**205.	SHRIMATI KOTHAPALLI GEETHA :**

**Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:**

(a): the amount of funds provided for road connectivity in the extremist affected areas by the Government in the last one year and the current year; and

(b): the details of projects undertaken through such funding, State-wise?

**ANSWER**

**MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS**

**(SHRI HARIBHAI PARATHIBHAI CHAUDHARY):**

(a): The details of funds allocated and expenditure incurred under Road Requirement Plan (RRP-I) in 34 LWE affected districts of 8 States during the years 2014-15 and 2015-16 are as under:

| **Financial year**   |   **Allocation**  **(Rs. in crore)** | **Expenditure**  **(Rs. in crore)**   |
|----------------------|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2014-2015            |                                 1200 | 1010                                  |
| 2015-2016            |                                 1200 | 205  (upto 30.06.2015)                |

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L.S.US.Q. No. 205 for 21.07.2015

(b):  State-wise details of projects undertaken under RRP-I and expenditure incurred thereon (as on 30.06.2015) are given below:

| **Sl. No.**   | **State**      | **Projects undertaken/ roads  completed  (in kms)**   | **Expenditure**  **(Rs. in crore)**   |
|---------------|----------------|-------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 1.            | Andhra Pradesh | 571                                                   | 1,020                                 |
| 2.            | Bihar          | 657                                                   | 531                                   |
| 3.            | Chhattisgarh   | 977                                                   | 1,177                                 |
| 4.            | Jharkhand      | 460                                                   | 760                                   |
| 5.            | Madhya Pradesh | 190                                                   | 164                                   |
| 6.            | Maharashtra    | 338                                                   | 586                                   |
| 7.            | Odisha         | 490                                                   | 751                                   |
| 8.            | Uttar Pradesh  | 67                                                    | 39                                    |
| **Total**     |                | **3,750**                                             | **5,028**                             |

Besides, the Ministry of Rural Development has also sanctioned 30,204 road works comprising 1,20,627 km length of roads in 10 LWE affected States i.e. Andhra Pradesh (1,574), Bihar (5,397), Chhattisgarh (3,378), Jharkhand (3,675), Madhya Pradesh (4,137), Maharashtra (780), Odisha (7,422), Telangana (1,611), Uttar Pradesh (726)  and West Bengal (1,504) under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) initiated from December, 2000. Of the total sanctioned length (1,20,627 km); 87,462 km of roads have been completed upto 15.07.2015 with an expenditure of Rs. 28,514.55 crore.

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