Mumbai : 5 December 2023

State of Maharashtra has been allocated target length of 6550 km under PMGSY-III, out of which, 5478 km length has already been sanctioned to the State. Road length of 180.13 km and 104.12 km have been sanctioned in Amravati and Wardha districts of Maharashtra, respectively, under PMGSY-III.

As per Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) guidelines, Indian Road Congress (IRC) specifications and provisions in Rural Road Manual, carriageway width of PMGSY roads is decided based on the projected traffic in terms of Passenger Car Unit (PCU) per day plying on the roads, existing carriageway width, land availability etc. The carriageway may be widened to 3.75 m or 5.5 m depending upon the traffic (PCU/ day) plying on the roads and other site specific factors.

This has been stated by MoS Rural Development Smt. Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti in Lok sabha today, in reply to an unstarred question by Shri. Ramdas Tadas

 

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