(a) whether the villages having a population of 500 people would be covered under
the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana by 2007;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether any monitoring committee has been set up to oversee the quality of the
works carried out under the said scheme;
(d) if so, the details thereof; and
(e) the State-wise details of the works carried out under the scheme?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SURYAKANTA PATIL)
(a) & (b) The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana seeks to provide connectivity to all
Unconnected Habitations in the rural areas with a population of more than 500 persons,
through good All –weather roads, by the end of Tenth Plan Period (2007). In respect of
the Hill States (North-East, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttaranchal)
Desert Areas and Tribal (Schedule-V) areas, the objective is to connect Habitations with
a population of 250 persons and above. The actual coverage will depend on the
availability of funds.
(c) & (d) Under the PMGSY, quality is sought to be ensured through a three tier Quality
Control System, the first two tiers of which are with the State Governments. At the
central level, the National Rural Roads Development Agency (NRRDA) engages
National Quality Monitors (NQMs), as a third tier to verify at random the quality of road
works. The reports of the NQMs are sent to the State Governments to ensure that any
infringement / deficiencies detected by the Monitors are rectified and action taken,
wherever required as per the PMGSY Guidelines, against those responsible.
(e) A statement indicating State-wise details of the works cleared up to March 2004 is at Annexure.
ANNEXURE
Statement referred to in Reply to Part (e) of the Lok SabhaUnStarred Question No.2128 admitted for
Reply on 22nd July, 2004.
Value of proposals Number of Sl.No. Name the State cleared roadworks (Rs. in cleared crore)
1 Andhra Pradesh 918.53 3733 2 Arunachal Pradesh 127.46 341 3 Assam 429.64 613 4 Bihar 452.87 968 5 Chattisgarh 1086.24 1034 6 Goa 15.16 120 7 Gujarat 279.61 1072 8 Haryana 173.83 85 9 Himachal Pradesh 446.37 743 10 Jammu & Kashmir 171.69 178 11 Jarkhand 472.10 501 12 Karnataka 424.70 1709 13 Kerala 85.40 270 14 Madhva Pradesh 2089.72 2489 15 Maharashtra 680.28 2150 16 Manipur 120.71 790 17 Meghalaya 115.67 317 18 Mizoram 201.85 78 19 Nagaland 124.23 185 20 Orissa 961.81 1722 21 Punjab 139.03 449 22 Rajasthan 1385.40 3289 23 Sikkim 86.27 81 24 Tamil Nadu 550.51 2230 25 Tripura 76.60 247 26 Uttar Pradesh 1564.59 8599 27 Uttaranchal 258.93 213 28 West Bengal 1044.81 754
Total 14484.01 34960