(a) the details of the works pending as on date regarding construction of roads for connecting villages
having a population of one thousand to five thousand under the sixth and seventh phases of the Pradhan
Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in the country including Bihar, State-wise and location-wise;
(b) the time by which each of the remaining villages is likely to be connected thereunder; and
(c) the details of the estimated expenditure likely to be incurred thereon, State-wise?
MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (DR. C.P. JOSHI)
(a) to (c):A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
Statement referred to in the reply to part (a) to (c) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question
No. 242 due for reply on 15.03.2010.
(a) 14,677 road works cleared under Phase-VI and VII of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)
have not been completed upto January, 2010. State-wise details are in Annexure-I. Location-wise
details are not maintained in the Ministry.
(b) PMGSY is an ongoing programme, under which all eligible habitations are planned to be connected
depending upon executing capacity of States, availability of land, availability of resources etc.
(c) Project proposals for Rs. 45,158 crore have been cleared by the Ministry under phase VI and VII
of PMGSY and the expenditure incurred on these works upto January, 2010 is Rs. 24,195 crore. State
-wise details are in Annexure-II.