Mumbai : 5 December 2023

The Nanded district of Maharashtra has been sanctioned 163 roads of 959 km road length and 25 bridges under various verticals of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), out of which 135 roads of 780 km road length and 25 bridges have already been completed. The projects sanctioned under PMGSY-I & II have been completed and the timeline for completion of projects sanctioned under PMGSY-III is March 2025. This has been stated by MoS Rural Development Smt. PMAY-G), a total amount of Rs. 7,568.63 cr. has been released and an amount of Rs. 12,672.51 cr. (which includes State share) has been utilized during the period of last 5 years i.e. Financial Years 2018-19 to 2022-23) in the State of Maharashtra. This has been stated by MoS Rural Development Smt. Sadhvi  Niranjan jyoti in Lok sabha today, in reply to an unstarred question by Shri. Prataprao Patil Chikhalikar.

‘Rural road’ is a state subject. As per the programme guidelines of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), maintenance of roads constructed under the programme is the responsibility of the State Governments. As PMGSY is a one-time assistance programme for construction of rural roads, there is no provision under it for repair of roads. Central funds are released to the State Government only (not to the districts) for construction and upgradation of roads which are sanctioned under various interventions of PMGSY. The details of amount released & expenditure incurred for construction/upgradation of the roads during last three years are as under :-

(Rs. in crore)

Financial year	Opening balance of central share	Central share released	Total Central share available	Expenditure (including State share)
2020-21	464.12	0	464.12	145.37
2021-22	323.07	0	323.07	178.95
2022-23	253.17	689.23	942.40	773.83
2023-24 (upto 29.11.2023)	624.92	252.10	877.02	612.41

 

 

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