Lok Sabha Question No. 4064 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-13
Subject: Provisions Regarding PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: OM BIRLA

## GOVERNMENTOF  INDIA ^yryuRY oF RURAL  DEVELoPMENT DEPARTMENT  OF RURAL DEVELOPMEiIT

## LOK SABHA UfI{,STARRED  eUESTION NO. 4064

TO BE ANSWERED  ON I3.08.20I5

## PROVISIONS  REGARDING  PMGSY

## 4064.  SIIRI OM BIRLA:

Will the Minister  of RURAL  DEVELOPMENT be pleased  to state:

- (a) the provisions  regarding the thickness  and  width  ofroads  being constructed  in rurar areas under the  pradhan  Mantri Gram saaar<  vo;ana  aroniiiffi. norms under  which frrnds are allocated  to States;
- (b) #:::5i *t Govemment  proposes  to make anv changes  in this regard,  if so, the detaits
- (c) whether the Government  has received  any compraints  incruding detailed  project  report ffit:1j"f*{":iXdstate Government under ttre  saiJ."t".",  ir so, the ditails  thereog
- (d) the remedial measures  taken / being  taken by the Govemment  in this regard  ?

## MrNrsrER oF srArE rN,""\_#YiNB"l,  oF RURAL  DEVEL,.MENT (SHRI  SUDARSHAN  BHAGAT)

(a)  to (b): Rurar Roads' ,is a State  subject  and  pradhan  Mantri Gram sadak  yojana (PMGS')  is a one-time speciar  interventi;;;;;id;*ra? connectivity,  by way of a singre arweather  road,  to the erieibre  unconnected  habitations  in the core nehvork.  The rural roads under PMGS' are pranned  according  to R; -li;;i"In;airuar, IRC sp; 20 and based on recommendarions  of Exoert  Committee  una..  prttcsy.'6uia.tin", fb;;h"  D".il.i?L*iur" Pavemenrs  for Low vorume Rurar \_Roads rnc sp,  ii-io r i"and  cement concrete  pavements for Rural  Roads IRC Sp: 62-2004  published  tVifr.  irai* it""a, Cong.".. (IRC)  are being  followed for thickness  of flexible pavemint,  una  .igia  pur..*i ,.".|i.tiu.ty.

The road way width prescribed  for  pl.ai1  and Rolling area  is 7.50 m for Through  Roads  and 6.00 m for Link roads. The carriaueway  w]!qh for rrr.orir,  ."ui-i, 3.75 m and Link road is 3.00 m. If a link road  carries rraffic  ,Jr".-'l\_li  loo  *"Lri).J"".i;;r;". day, the carriageway  width  will be 3'75 m' In respect  of Mountainous  and steep u."u, tt " roadway width is 6.00 m for both Through road and  Link road una "aoiage;ay;ild;;3.ii,, for Through  roads and 3.00 m ibr Link roads.  If a link road carries  trirn" ".or"-irrun"'t-00 motorrzed  vehicles  per day, the carriageway  width  will be 3.75 m.  pMGsv  ri grio"rir*'h'a's.permitteu caniageway  width  upto 5'50 m and Fedwav width e m based on rhJ;*ril;  r;;;;irv  of roads and growth porenriar. (

out of the total budget allocation  for the Scheme,  the Ministry  makes  annual  allocation  to the States  proportionately  based.on  the balance  ,urr.',oi  *or[, in hand,  pnspent  balance  available with the States  and funds  available  with th.  Mi;ilry.-'"'-

ltllJg)' complaints  about  various irregularities  in the construction  of road  works  under PMGSY are received  from time to ti,," in"irJirg ""rprrir,t abour Detaired  projecr  Reports. statements  containing state-wise  and year-wise  dirairs  of such compraints  receivJJ  auring the last financiar  vear  2014-t5 and the currlnt  nr"".i"iv"*  ib;;-i6  (il;i;i;ioiii" .ilil*o ^ Annexure.

As per the programme  Guiderines,  ensuring quality  of road works under  pMGSy  is the responsibility  of implementing  state  covern'men,r.'prracsv  envisages  a three  tier  euarity Assurance Mechanism  to ensure quality  of.oad wo.ks -dur,ng construction.  First-tier  of this mechanism  is in-house quarity  coniror ui  p..og.u,nr" trpr.n,"ntu,ion  unir (pru) rever. Secondtier is srructured  as an inrrependenr. quarity"  monii".iri'.i  s*,. ^r"*r tr,roul., 'iirt. <i*ritv Monitors  (SQMs)  in which provision. "r ,.grr.r"l"r?eltion  of  pMGSy  works has been envisaged' The thirdtier  is an independent  monitoring  mechanism  at the central  level. Under this  tier,  independent  Nationar  euarity  ruonito.s Narri.;;"  engaged  by Narionar  Rural Roads Development  Agency (NRRDA)  foi inspecrionJ "i pftGsv roads,  selected  at random. To promote  transparency  in the  s:l"T", it.is being ensured that independent  monitors  at the second and the third  tier take atreast r0 digital photofrapir-"-  *,J  *..r site including  one of the tierd laboratories,  for each road work In.p"o"J-*i'-rpr""J *r. inspection  reports  on  pMGSy programme  managemenr  & monitoring  website i.e. oMMAS, to'faciritar. 'pr'uii.""i#rg "i quality  of road works  beinp executeJ.una.,  tt,. progrrrn'me.  etso the abstract  of the said Inspection  Repon is also uplo'aoed  on website\_

Whenever quality  of any road  work is graded  as ..Unsatisfactory,, the State Govemment  is to ens,re thar rhe contractor  repraces  the  -o:t".iut o...Ji,"r*tie *ort<manstrip  (as  the case  may be) wrthrn a reasonabre  time neriod.  Action Takeri  Reports  of the road  *oril  ;.;;;';.-iuiird.ro.y Requiring  Improvement  t'sRrr and. unsatistactorf  iy i;; saM, are monitored  by the resoective State  Govemmenrs.  For ioad works graded  *  i.ii'.rl.Lri nequiring lmprovement  tS{l) ano Unsatisfactorv  on the basis of  obserultior\_;inail;;;"n Taken Reports  submitted  uv,r. States  are monitored  and processed  by NRRDA. l

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## Annexure

## .dnn refered to in ly to Part (c) to  (d)  of Lok Sabha Unstarred  Ouesfion No.4064 to be answered on I3.08.2015

## Complaints received  during 2014-15 and 2015- 16 (upto  Julv. 2015) undeTPMGSY

| #     | State             | Year 2014-15        | Year 2014-15                         | Year 2014-15                                        | Year 2015-16        | Year 2015-16                         | Year 2015-16                                     |
|-------|-------------------|---------------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|---------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| #     | State             | Complaints received | Sent to State for enquiry and action | Cases enquired through National Quality lVInni torc | Complaints receiyed | Sent to State for enquiry and action | Cases enquired through National Quality Monitors |
| l     | Andhra Pradesh    |                     |                                      |                                                     |                     |                                      |                                                  |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh |                     |                                      |                                                     | 2                   | l                                    | I                                                |
|       | Assam             | ')                  | 2                                    | 0                                                   | I                   | I                                    | 0                                                |
| 4     | Bihar             | t8                  | 11                                   | 7                                                   | 8                   | 6                                    | 2                                                |
| )     | Chattisgarh       | I                   | I                                    | 0                                                   | 4                   | 4                                    | 0                                                |
| 7     | Gujarat           |                     |                                      |                                                     |                     |                                      |                                                  |
| 8     | Haryana           |                     |                                      |                                                     | I                   | 1                                    | 0                                                |
| I     | Himachal Pradesh  | I                   | I                                    | 0                                                   | l                   | 1                                    | 0                                                |
| l0    | Jammu & Kashmir   | 2                   | 0                                    | 1                                                   | I                   | l                                    | 0                                                |
| ll    | Jharkhand         | 2                   | 0                                    | 2                                                   | 5                   | 4                                    | I                                                |
| t2    | Kamataka          |                     |                                      |                                                     |                     |                                      |                                                  |
| 13    | Kerela            |                     |                                      |                                                     | I                   | l                                    | 0                                                |
| 14    | Madhya Pradesh    | I                   | I                                    | 0                                                   | 2                   | 2                                    | 0                                                |
| l5    | Maharashtra       | 4                   | 4                                    | 0                                                   | 2                   | 1                                    | I                                                |
| 16    | Manipur           | I                   | 0                                    | I                                                   |                     |                                      |                                                  |
| t7    | Meghalaya         |                     |                                      |                                                     |                     |                                      |                                                  |
| 18    | N{izoram          |                     |                                      |                                                     |                     |                                      |                                                  |
| t9    | Nagaland          |                     |                                      |                                                     |                     |                                      |                                                  |
| 2A    | Orissa            |                     |                                      |                                                     | l                   | 1                                    | 0                                                |
| 2t    | Punj ab           | J                   | 3                                    | 0                                                   |                     |                                      |                                                  |
| 22    | Rajasthan         | I                   | 0                                    | 1                                                   |                     |                                      |                                                  |
| 23    | Sikkim            | I                   | 0                                    | I                                                   |                     |                                      |                                                  |
|       | Tamil Nadu        |                     |                                      |                                                     |                     |                                      |                                                  |
| 25    | Telangana         |                     |                                      |                                                     |                     |                                      |                                                  |
| 26    | Tripura           |                     |                                      |                                                     |                     |                                      |                                                  |
| 2l    | Uttar Pradesh     | 20                  | 1l                                   | o                                                   | I                   | 9                                    | 0                                                |
| 28    | Uttrakhand        | I                   | 0                                    | I                                                   |                     |                                      |                                                  |
| 29    | West Bengal       | J                   | 2                                    | I                                                   | 1                   | I                                    | 0                                                |
| Total | Total             | 61                  | 36                                   | 25                                                  | 39                  | 34                                   | 5                                                |

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