MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAGHUVANSH PRASAD SINGH)
(a) to (g) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
Statement referred in Reply to the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 87 admitted for Answer on 29th July, 2005.
‘Rural Roads’ is a State subject. The details of proposals for road works approved by the Ministry of Rural Development, the road works completed, funds released and expenditure reported by States under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana(PMGSY), so far, State-wise, are given in the Statement at Annexure-I. According to the reports received from the States, 12401 road works are yet to be completed.
2. The total number of Habitations eligible for coverage under PMGSY and the number of Habitations approved for coverage in each State, so far, are given in the Statement at Annexure-II.
3. ‘Bharat Nirman’ programme launched in the current year has set a goal to connect all villages that have a population of 1000 (or 500 in hilly/tribal areas) with an all-Weather road by the year 2009. This requires about 1,55,000 Kilometres of roads to be constructed during the years 2004-05 to 2009-10.
4. Funds, over and above the amount allocated upto 2005-06, have been released to Assam(Rs. 13.46 crore), Chhattisgarh (Rs.135.76 crore), Haryana (Rs.10.96 crore), Madhya Pradesh (Rs.171.62 crore), Mizoram (Rs. 37.51 crore) and Rajasthan(Rs. 97.24 crore) till date. Additional funds have also been provided to Chhattisgarh (Rs.50 crore), Himachal Pradesh (Rs.41.44 crore), Madhya Pradesh (Rs.43.45 crore), Rajasthan (Rs.197.15 crore) and Uttar Pradesh (Rs.129.96 crore) under ADB/World Bank assistance.
5. The funds for PMGSY are released to the States generally in two instalments. The release of funds to the States is governed by the level of utilization of funds earlier released to the States and the physical progress of works, as stipulated in the guidelines of PMGSY. The States which have not been able to receive the two instalments, against proposals approved in each Phase of the programme, are indicated in the Statement at Annexure –III.
6. As the release of funds depends on the progress of works, all the States are regularly advised to expedite the execution of PMGSY works and make payments to the contractors without any delay. The progress of works is reviewed regularly, including in the Regional Review Meetings with the States. The States have also been advised to furnish all the documents as stipulated in the guidelines of the programme, including complete Audit Reports and Utilization Certificates for each year since 2000-01. All the States have been advised on 2nd January, 2004 to forward proposals for completing the balance works of Phase-I and Phase II, wherever needed, for consideration of the Ministry.
Annexure - I
Statement referred in Reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question No.87 admitted for Reply on 29.7.2005
State-wise details of road works approved, road works completed, amount released and expenditure (up to June,05) under PMGSY
Sl.No. State Road Works Approved Road Works Completed Amount Expenditure Released
Number Length Number Length (Rs. in (Rs. in (in Kms.) (in Kms.) crore) crore)
1 Andhra Pradesh 3733 9114.52 3134 7007.00 827.91 741.12
2 Arunachal Pr. 403 1361.77 325 947.86 127.46 124.54
3 Assam 808 2325.36 506 832.56 564.46 352.44
4 Bihar 1104 3553.19 416 1060.35 393.60 310.14
5 Chhattisgarh 1034 6013.03 640 3766.86 855.76 680.21
6 Goa 90 178.16 72 158.73 10.00 5.17
7 Gujarat 1169 2463.48 917 1911.43 215.86 203.78
8 Haryana 85 1213.58 61 900.00 135.96 125.26
9 Himachal Pr. 843 3907.30 350 1358.37 315.66 244.27
10 Jammu & Kashmir 178 635.27 31 66.05 75.00 42.91
11 Jharkhand 501 2752.90 328 1797.41 421.88 361.93
12 Karnataka 1709 5442.30 1346 4409.68 365.68 349.23
13 Kerala 366 679.98 169 309.90 79.56 64.27
14 Madhya Pradesh 3065 14860.72 1699 7885.07 1715.07 1476.98
15 Maharashtra 2158 5146.84 1429 2990.43 454.29 320.97
16 Manipur 790 710.64 424 431.33 98.00 65.95
17 Meghalaya 347 811.43 285 659.91 115.67 88.74
18 Mizoram 80 1032.50 61 860.83 164.51 130.00
19 Nagaland 185 1606.29 162 1476.61 106.95 95.23
20 Orissa 2140 6417.92 1372 3801.70 874.79 749.23
21 Punjab 516 1282.78 383 745.10 127.40 108.72
22 Rajasthan 3534 13262.42 3115 11056.12 1173.39 1182.59
23 Sikkim 115 1589.21 51 1316.72 70.97 53.62
24 Tamil Nadu 2230 4196.89 1550 2751.81 432.92 331.19
25 Tripura 254 700.60 205 449.27 76.60 49.64
26 Uttar Pradesh 10891 19748.50 7400 12455.04 1571.32 1297.62
27 Uttaranchal 213 1227.39 120 472.03 201.04 122.02
28 West Bengal 906 4958.03 495 2461.28 849.17 655.79
Total 39447 117193.00 27046 74339.45 12420.88 10333.56
