Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
Bharat Nirman Programme envisaged a massive scaling up in terms of habitation connectivity coverage, construction targets, and financial investment. To achieve the targets of the Programme, 1,46,185 km of rural roads are proposed to be constructed to benefit 66802 unconnected eligible habitations in the country. In respect of the Hill States (North-East, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Uttaranchal) and the Desert Areas, the objective would be to connect habitations with population of 250 persons and above. It is also proposed to
upgrade nearly 1.94 lakh km of the existing rural roads which are identified through routes of the core network. As per the Outcome Budget of the Ministry of Rural Development, compared to all other schemes PMGSY has shown considerably better utilization of funds and achievement of physical targets. In this context while the scheme got a big fillip in allocation in the 2009-10 budget, the percentage increase in allocation in 2010-11 is disappointing with a large number of
habitations yet to be covered under the scheme.