Rural connectivity projects in North Eastern States


Rural Roads is a State subject and Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) is a one-time special intervention to provide rural connectivity, by way of a single all-weather road, to the eligible unconnected habitations of designated population size (500+ in plain areas and 250+ in North-Eastern States, Himalayan States and Himalayan Union Territories as per 2001 census) in the core network for uplifting the socio-economic condition of the rural population. Relaxation has been provided to the Desert Areas (as identified in the Desert Development Programme), the Tribal (Schedule V) areas and Selected Tribal and Backward Districts and unconnected habitations in these areas with a population of 250 persons and above in the Core Network as per Census 2001 are eligible for connectivity under the scheme. In the critical Left-Wing Extremism affected blocks (as identified by Ministry of Home Affairs), additional relaxation has been given to connect habitations with population 100 persons and above as per 2001 census

The Ministry has taken a number of initiatives under PMGSY to take into account special concerns of the North-Eastern States and tribal areas of other states. Following dispensations have been provided: –

(i) As against project cost sharing of 60:40 between centre and states in plain areas, the sharing pattern is 90:10 for states of North-Eastern states.

(ii) On road portions subjected to heavy snow fall or landslides, where regular snow or debris clearance is done over long period to keep the road open to traffic, roadway width may be increased by 1.5 m up to 7.5 m.

(iii) States have been allowed to provide adequate length of cement concrete drains along slopes to reduce the damage to roads.

(iv) States have been allowed to provide requisite number of protection structures and cross drainage works keeping in view the terrain, snow fall and deposition of snow in high altitudes areas.

(v) The Ministry has agreed to share the cost of bridges up to 100 m length, as against 75 m in plain areas. Under PMGSY-III, the limit has been extended to 200 m, against 150 m for plain areas.

The State-wise details of the length of roads constructed and habitations connected during last three years and current year are given at Annexure.

 

Annexure

State-wise details of road length constructed and habitations connected in last three years and current year (as on 28 January 2022)

 

Sl. No.

State

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

Length

Constructed (in km)

Habitations Connected

Length

Constructed (in km)

Habitations Connected

Length

Constructed (in km)

Habitations Connected

Length

Constructed (in km)

Habitations Connected

1

Andaman &

Nicobar

0

0

0

0

30.619

6

10.88

0

2

Andhra Pradesh

336.73

73

300.524

65

530.785

43

771.37

41

3

Arunachal

Pradesh

1,317.64

70

1,731.34

21

1,795.50

14

191.68

17

4

Assam

4,295.49

1,638

3,646.74

1,681

2,684.17

837

1274.90

53

5

Bihar

4,221.59

2,748

718.581

511

2,255.01

468

1204.08

216

6

Chhattisgarh

3,112.36

481

1,952.38

518

4,688.24

205

1608.37

13

7

Goa

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.00

0

8

Gujarat

14.39

9

0

0

201.762

1

314.58

0

9

Haryana

4.95

0

0

0

224.063

0

1219.17

0

10

Himachal

Pradesh

1,334.35

83

1,086.81

94

1,915.57

90

1443.65

52

11

Jammu And

Kashmir

1,559.10

216

1,174.94

146

3,166.76

119

1770.30

73

12

Jharkhand

3,570.42

1,683

1,407.78

278

2,008.23

46

452.57

5

13

Karnataka

6.36

0

6

2

565.905

0

1348.34

0

14

Kerala

314.466

16

125.85

0

76.781

0

26.16

0

15

Madhya Pradesh

4,520.54

671

1,872.30

194

2,955.59

92

2777.89

8

16

Maharashtra

266.828

49

120.486

29

180.5

28

222.78

0

17

Manipur

852.235

63

754.335

23

892.62

18

365.05

5

18

Meghalaya

211.424

42

273.95

29

728.25

7

485.10

32

19

Mizoram

266.585

0

344.548

2

246.291

64

239.82

5

20

Nagaland

208.99

2

188.7

0

35.8

0

67.57

0

21

Odisha

8,129.88

1,672

5,298.43

256

1,844.27

269

955.16

162

22

Pondicherry

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.00

0

23

Punjab

246.775

0

28.98

0

1.09

0

136.55

0

24

Rajasthan

2,528.27

10

103.394

19

1,855.66

6

2626.25

0

25

Sikkim

351.919

52

68.215

4

156.956

5

93.39

10

26

Tamilnadu

2,166.86

0

1,065.92

0

871.272

0

1296.26

0

27

Tripura

169.087

31

85.2

12

108.798

30

124.05

11

28

Uttar Pradesh

1,688.27

5

376.08

0

710.797

2

927.04

0

29

Uttarakhand

1,756.27

202

2,036.49

154

3,364.68

144

883.21

91

30

West Bengal

5,111.22

545

2,180.04

81

2,178.96

67

363.83

18

31

Telangana

381.195

63

205.843

28

315.392

27

442.45

0

32

Ladakh

63.094

5

150.734

2

86.23

0

109.23

0

Total

49,007.29

10,429

27,304.59

4,149

36,676.56

2,588

23751.67

812

 

This information was given by Union Minister of State for Rural Development Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

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