(a) whether the construction of roads in Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, West Bengal and Maharashtra under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) is not going on as per the schedule and if so, the reasons therefor;
(b) the steps taken by the Government to remove impediments and the details of the outcome of the action taken in this regard; and
(c) the number of roads and projects identified under PMGSY during the last three years and the current year in above said States, district-wise?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
(SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)
(a) The State Government is the implementation agency for Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in the State. The details of the projects sanctioned, constructed and balance under various interventions/verticals of PMGSY in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, West Bengal and Maharashtra are given below:-
State of Uttar Pradesh
Road length in Km
Verticals Sanctioned Completed Balance
No. of Road Bridges No. of Road Bridges No. of Road Bridges
roads Length roads Length roads Length*
PMGSY-I 17,577 50,332 0 17,574 49,427 0 3 10 0
PMGSY-II 963 7,614 2 963 7,509 2 0 0 0
RCPLWEA@ 25 541 11 17 343 3 8 198 8
PMGSY-III 2,534 18,770 5 563 5,251 4 1,971 13,428 1
Total 21,099 77,257 18 19,117 62,530 9 1,986 13,636 9
State of Gujarat
Road length in Km
Verticals Sanctioned Completed Balance
No. of Road Bridges No. of Road Bridges No. of Road Bridges
roads Length roads Length roads Length*
PMGSY-I 4,413 11,535 48 4,413 11,397 47 0 0 1
PMGSY-II 109 1,180 40 109 1,172 40 0 0 0
PMGSY-III 304 3,015 0 107 1,565 0 197 1,423 0
Total 4,826 15,730 88 4,629 14,134 87 197 1,423 1
State of West Bengal
Road length in Km
Verticals Sanctioned Completed Balance
No. of Road Bridges No. of Road Bridges No. of Road Bridges
roads Length roads Length roads Length*
PMGSY-I 7,010 34,563 37 6,831 33,906 20 179 357 17
PMGSY-II 293 2,524 23 250 2,456 1 43 56 22
Total 7,303 37,087 60 7,081 36,362 21 222 413 39
State of Maharashtra
Road length in Km
Verticals Sanctioned Completed Balance
No. of Road Bridges No. of Road Bridges No. of Road Bridges
roads Length roads Length roads Length*
PMGSY-I 5,610 24,783 685 5,563 24,088 660 47 131 25
PMGSY-II 385 2,619 108 384 2,586 108 1 2 0
RCPLWEA@ 46 620 108 13 238 56 33 381 52
PMGSY-III 430 2,926 0 0 25 0 430 2,901 0
Total 6,471 30,948 901 5,960 26,937 824 511 3,415 77
*Balance road length is less than the difference of sanctioned and completed length due to reduction in road length, change in alignment, construction of part length by other agencies, etc.
@ Road Connectivity Project for Left Wing Extremism Affected Areas (RCPLWEA)
While implementing the scheme, challenges like issues of land acquisition, forest clearance, poor contracting capacity of States, lack of response to tenders, law and order issues, financial capability of States to release of funds, execution capacity of States/State Rural Road Development Agencies (SRRDAs) came in way which impacted the overall progress of the scheme in general. The timeline for completion of projects under PMGSY-I & II is September, 2022 whereas for Road Connectivity Project for Left Wing Extremism Affected Areas (RCPLWEA), it is March 2023. The timeline for completion of PMGSY-III is March 2025.
(b) The programme is monitored at regular intervals by way of Regional Review Meetings (RRMs), Performance Review Committee (PRC) Meetings and Pre-Empowered/ Empowered Committee Meetings with the States. In addition to this, special review meetings/ monthly review meetings were also held at the level of Secretary/ Additional Secretary/Joint Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development with Chief Secretaries/Additional Chief Secretaries/Principal Secretaries/ Chief Executive Officer-SRRDAs of the States. Review meetings are also held by the Minister with counterpart State Ministers for expediting decision-making and quality control of the construction. Necessary hand-holding of the states in this regard were done wherever required by means of Inter-departmental meetings etc. Further, implementation of all sanctioned works is also monitored through Online Management, Monitoring and Accounting System (OMMAS) on a real time basis to ensure that the physical and financial progress are in line with the overall targets given to states.
(c) The projects sanctioned under PMGSY during the last three years and the current year in the above said States, districts- wise under various interventions/ verticals can be accessed at omms.nic.in->progress monitoring> financial year-wise achievement. The number of project sanctioned in these States, district-wise during the last three years and the current year are given in Annexure.
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