(a) the details of roads constructed and to be constructed or pending under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) during the last three years and the current financial year in Uttarakhand and particularly in Pauri Garhwal region; and
(b) whether all the villages of the said region are covered under PMGSY and if so, the details thereof and the time by which the said scheme is likely to be implemented in all the villages?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
(SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV)
(a): Year-wise details of roads contructed and pending under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) during the last three years and the current financial year in Uttarakhand and Pauri Garhwal region are as under:
Road connectivity under PMGSY in district – Pauri, Uttarakhand
Year Road works completed Road works pending
No of road works Length (in km) No of road works Length (in km)
2013-14 4 35.84 78 668.23
2014-15 25 160.92 53 507.31
2015-16 18 156.01 35 351.30
2016-17 4 33.48 46 412.97
Road connectivity under PMGSY in Uttarakhand
Year Road works completed Road works pending
No of road works Length (in km) No of road works Length (in km)
2013-14 37 405.16 589 3668.29
2014-15 96 714.62 493 2953.67
2015-16 175 1191.06 318 1762.61
2016-17 39 366.07 468 3060.54
(b): As per Programme guidelines, all eligible unconnected habitations of 250+ are eligible for coverage under PMGSY in Hilly areas. The Government has taken a decision to prepone the completion targets of PMGSY from 2022 to 2019.
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