Rural Roads - connecting the people
The Ministry of Rural Development has
connected 31924 habitations by constructing 85,405.27 km. rural roads
till March, 2009 under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), a flagship scheme under the Bharat Nirman
component of Rural Development. At the same time, the ministry has cleared
project proposals for 1,00,215 road works measuring
3,88,498.03 km. and valued at Rs. 1,05,721.34 crore
by March, 2009. The program took off
in the year 2004-05 with the construction of 15,464 km road in rural areas
and connected 3,195
habitations with all weather roads. During 2005-06 under the program 22, 891
km road construction led approach to 8202 habitations. It touched another
mile stone in 2006-07 when 10,801 rural hamlets were connected through 30,710
km of new roads. Again in 2007-08 41,231 km road construction made it possible
to reach 11,336 habitations. In the last financial year 2008-09, 14454 habitations were connected
through the construction of 52,404 km of roads.
The rural road construction work is accomplished
through National Rural Road Development Agency (NRRDA). In view of the need
to reach out to the last mile the Government
has increased by 59% to Rs 12,000 crore the allocation under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) for the financial
Year 2009-10 for the construction
of roads in rural areas .The allocation is expected to facilitate
more and more construction of rural roads and enhance rural connectivity by
making possible the reach of rural products to other parts of the country
round the year.
With the increase in the prices of inputs for
the PMGSY projects the cost of road works has also gone up during the last
five years. The
State-wise average cost per km of road works under PMGSY, year-wise as per the Ministry
of Rural Development is as under:
|
Rs in Lakhs/km
|
|
|
State
|
2004-05
|
2005-06
|
2006-07
|
2007-08
|
|
|
1
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
|
13.99
|
19.14
|
25.47
|
|
|
2
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
|
31.24
|
45.96
|
|
|
|
3
|
Assam
|
32.57
|
44.99
|
54.27
|
57.92
|
|
|
4
|
Bihar
|
|
|
|
42.68
|
|
|
5
|
Chattisgarh
|
|
23.18
|
28.65
|
28.93
|
|
|
6
|
Goa
|
25.07
|
|
|
|
|
|
7
|
Gujarat
|
17.13
|
15.89
|
17.25
|
17.28
|
|
|
8
|
Haryana
|
21.97
|
23.28
|
32.26
|
41.17
|
|
|
9
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
|
22.66
|
21.24
|
23.41
|
|
|
10
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
30.89
|
|
42.64
|
55.19
|
|
|
11
|
Jharkhand
|
|
23.73
|
|
29.74
|
|
|
12
|
Karnataka
|
|
17.26
|
19.98
|
26.78
|
|
|
13
|
Kerala
|
29.30
|
|
29.85
|
40.12
|
|
|
14
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
|
19.81
|
24.08
|
28.10
|
|
|
15
|
Maharashtra
|
16.88
|
|
18.23
|
31.89
|
|
|
16
|
Manipur
|
|
|
27.37
|
|
|
|
17
|
Meghalaya
|
|
32.28
|
37.52
|
|
|
|
18
|
Mizoram
|
|
24.69
|
|
36.84
|
|
|
19
|
Nagaland
|
|
17.98
|
|
27.04
|
|
|
20
|
Orissa
|
24.24
|
29.35
|
36.16
|
40.35
|
|
|
21
|
Punjab
|
18.80
|
|
37.32
|
45.06
|
|
|
22
|
Rajasthan
|
|
17.93
|
17.02
|
20.05
|
|
|
23
|
Sikkim
|
|
43.67
|
46.09
|
45.51
|
|
|
24
|
Tamil Nadu
|
|
|
20.53
|
|
|
|
25
|
Tripura
|
|
48.91
|
60.97
|
61.21
|
|
|
26
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
|
23.82
|
28.29
|
34.22
|
|
|
27
|
Uttaranchal
|
|
17.35
|
22.81
|
29.96
|
|
|
28
|
West Bengal
|
|
31.68
|
38.86
|
36.89
|
|
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) is one of the Flagship programme under the Bharat Nirman
concept of development launched by the Ministry of Rural Development. The sole
objective is to provide all weather road connectivity to rural habitations with
a population of 500 persons and above (250 persons and above in respect of hill
States, the tribal and the desert areas) with an all-weather road . A
total of 66,802 habitations was proposed to be covered
under Bharat Nirman. Subsequently, based on ground
verification by States, 54,648 unconnected habitations were found
eligible to be connected under the program.
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AKT/ST/SAK
(Release ID :51196)