GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 980

ANSWERED ON:15.11.2010

ALL WEATHER ROADS

(a)whether the work for connecting rural inhabitations with all weather roads is being undertaken under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY):

(b)if so, the details thereof:

(c)whether 50 percent rural inhabitations in several States are yet to be provided road connectivity; and

(d)if so, the names of such States?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI PRADEEP JAIN `ADITYA`)

(a) & (b):Yes, Sir. The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) has been launched to provide all-weather connectivity to the eligible unconnected rural habitations with population of 500 persons and above in plain areas and 250 persons and above in hill States, tribal (Schedule-V) areas, desert areas (as identified in the Desert Development Programme) and Left Wing Extremism affected districts as identified by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

(c) & (d):More than 50% of habitations eligible for taking up under PMGSY have been connected for all States expect Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Manipur, Meghalaya , Mizoram, Orissa, Sikkim and Uttrakhand.