Parliament Question: All-Weather Connectivity

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5089 ANSWERED ON 24/03/2026 ALL-WEATHER CONNECTIVITY

5089. Shri Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

(a) the details of habitations still lack all-weather road access under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana/Road Connectivity Project for Left Wing Extremism Affected Areas (PMGSY) /RCPLWEA and works sanctioned, in progress and completed with bridge gaps in Koraput and Rayagada;

(b) the details of person-days and assets created (check-dams, land development, plantations) under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) during the last three years including watershed/forestry convergence; and

(c) the timelines to complete pending works in remote Scheduled- Area GPs and the reasons for delay? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN)

(a): Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) is being implemented by the Government of India since the year 2000 as a one-time special intervention to provide rural connectivity, by way of a single all-weather road, to the eligible unconnected habitations of the designated population as laid out in the program guidelines.

Under PMGSY-I, a total of 1,159 eligible unconnected habitations were sanctioned for connectivity in Koraput district. Out of these, 1,157 habitations have already been connected with all-weather roads. In Rayagada district, all 862 eligible unconnected habitations have already been connected with all-weather roads.

States/UTs wise, details of habitations sanctioned, connected and balance may be accessed at programme website Page 1 of 9https://pmgsy.dord.gov.in/ ->Progress Monitoring->Habitation Coverage Report.

Under the new vertical PMGSY-IV State has submitted proposal of 287 roads with 1,701.84 km length which is under consideration of the Ministry. Out of these, 23 roads (32 km) covering 24 habitations belong to Koraput district, and 274 roads (552 km) covering 311 habitations belong to Rayagada district.

Details of works sanctioned, completed and balance under various verticals of the PMGSY in the district of Koraput and Rayagada of Odisha are given at Annexure-I.

(b): As per Schedule I of Mahatma Gandhi NREGA Section 4 (3), Para 4 (1), I. Category: A: Public works relating to Natural Resource

Management: IV: Category: D: Rural Infrastructure, (ii) Providing all- weather rural road connectivity to unconnected villages & border area and to connect identified rural production centres to the existing pucca road network; and construction of pucca internal roads or streets including side drains and culverts within a village are permissible activities.

The details of rural connectivity works taken up under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the district of Koraput and Rayagada in the state of Odisha is given at Annexure-II &III.

The details of Person days generated in the districts of Rayagada & Koraput during current year FY 2025-26 (as on 20th March 2026) is given at Annexure-IV & V.

The category wise works taken up in the district of Rayagada & Koraput during current FY 2025-26 is given at Annexure-VI & VII.

(c): The timeline for completion of PMGSY-I and RCPLWEA has been extended up to March 2027. Under PM-JANMAN, Road connectivity component, the targeted to Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) with a target of 8000 kms. Under this vertical, road connectivity to eligible habitations with population up to 100 is being provided. The timeline for completion of construction under PM-JANMAN is March 2028. So far, 7,615 km road length has been sanctioned, out of which 2,219 km has been completed as on 19.03.2026.

***** Page 2 of 9Annexure-I Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5089 dated 24.03.2026

District: Koraput Scheme Sanctioned Completed Balance No. Length No. of No. of Length No. of No. of Lengt No. of of (km) Bridge Road (km) Bridge Road h (km) Bridge Road s s s s s s PMGSY-I 904 3787.3 40 901 3635.6 40 3 2.70 - 6 2 PMGSY-II 25 150.14 - 25 149.54 - - - - PMGSY-III 66 449.21 2 64 443.87 2 2 1.52 - RCPLWEA 19 146.76 2 18 140.46 - 1 5.08 2

District: Rayagada Scheme Sanctioned Completed Balance No. of Length No. of No. of Length No. of No. of Lengt No. of Road (km) Bridge Road (km) Bridge Road h (km) Bridge s s s s s s PMGSY-I 602 3094.4 21 602 3092.9 21 - - - 6 4 PMGSY-II 14 146.96 2 14 146.96 2 - - - PMGSY- 47 359.81 5 44 354.47 5 3 6.31 - III RCPLWE 1 1.80 - 1 1.80 - - - - A PM- 15 42.17 - 8 22.73 - 7 19.30 - JANMAN Page 3 of 9Annexure-II Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5089 dated 24.03.2026 Details of Rural Connectivity works taken up under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the district of Koraput during 2025-26 (as on 20th march 2026) Completed Ongoing S.No Block No.of Exp. (in Rs No.of Exp. (in Rs works lakh) works lakh) 1 BANDHUGAON 8 0 45 42.38 2 BOIPARIGUDA 71 60.89 270 507 3 BORIGUMMA 110 156.96 421 1354.21 4 DASAMANTAPUR 94 79.73 331 604.76 5 JEYPORE 61 183.12 169 568.23 6 KORAPUT 32 28.22 71 67.39 7 KOTPAD 114 195.84 222 597.9 8 KUNDURA 74 19.8 248 338.23 9 LAMTAPUT 131 11.95 699 430.91 10 LAXMIPUR 29 8.81 101 234.56 11 NANDAPUR 64 16.42 342 531.94 12 NARAYAN PATANA 9 0 31 17.85 13 POTTANGI 34 27.25 134 141.72 14 SEMILIGUDA 67 31.97 110 174.85 Total 898 820.96 3194 5611.93 Page 4 of 9Annexure-III Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5089 dated 24.03.2026 Details of Rural Connectivity works taken up under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the district of Rayagada during 2025-26 (as on 20th march

2026) Completed Ongoing S.No Block No.of Exp. (in Rs No.of Exp. (in Rs works lakh) works lakh) 1 Bissam Cuttack 34 60.5 271 218.38 2 Chandrapur 26 24.89 379 318.67 3 Gudari 74 7.34 367 311.43 4 Gunupur 4 0 349 151.84 5 Kalyansingpur 7 0 245 154.55 6 Kasipur 35 22.85 760 550.91 7 Kolnara 62 110.13 212 202.44 8 Muniguda 10 10.34 355 261.35 9 Padmapur 35 6.51 267 208.43 10 Ramanaguda 30 8.11 208 126.92 11 Rayagada 35 12.02 374 443.23 Total 352 262.69 3787 2948.2 Page 5 of 9Annexure-IV Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5089 dated 24.03.2026 Person Days generated in the district of Rayagada during FY 2025- 26(as on 20th March 2026) S.No Block Persondays Generated 1 BissamCuttack 4,22,959 2 Chandrapur 2,77,545 3 Gudari 2,84,897 4 Gunupur 5,17,855 5 Kalyansingpur 4,55,034 6 Kasipur 4,74,822 7 Kolnara 3,05,482 8 Muniguda 3,63,072 9 Padmapur 2,67,542 10 Ramanaguda 3,18,834 11 Rayagada 5,36,294 Total 42,24,336 Page 6 of 9Annexure-V Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5089 dated 24.03.2026 Person Days generated in the district of Koraput during FY 2025- 26(as on 20th March 2026) S.No Block Persondays Generated 1 BANDHUGAON 4,97,263 2 BOIPARIGUDA 5,87,064 3 BORIGUMMA 9,35,592 4 DASAMANTAPUR 8,42,970 5 JEYPORE 7,29,309 6 KORAPUT 4,84,843 7 KOTPAD 5,20,695 8 KUNDURA 2,60,254 9 LAMTAPUT 3,72,678 10 LAXMIPUR 6,30,215 11 NANDAPUR 5,17,507 12 NARAYAN PATANA 3,77,775 13 POTTANGI 5,25,119 14 SEMILIGUDA 4,34,309 Total 77,15,593 Page 7 of 9Annexure-VI Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5089 dated 24.03.2026 The category wise works taken up in the district of Rayagada & Koraput during current FY 2025-26 is as under:

Category- wise details of works taken up in the district of Rayagada during current year FY 2025-26 (as on 20th March 2026) Completed Ongoing Name of the Category No.of Exp. (in Rs No.of Exp. (in Rs works lakh) works lakh) Anganwadi/Other Rural 33 7.9 401 113.85 Infrastructure Bharat Nirman Sewa 1 0 4 0 Kendra Drought Proofing 77 5.78 4433 1903.1 Fisheries 1 0 4 0 Flood Control and 47 7.02 540 70.19 Protection Food Grain 0 0 0 0 Irrigation Facilities To 16472 1449.77 13994 2556.57 SC/ST/IAY/LR Land development 187 26.01 1012 187.78 Micro Irrigation Works 127 128.06 1249 814.31 Other Works 1 0 18 0 Play Ground 0 0 7 0 Renovation of traditional 22 2.39 258 146.01 water bodies Rural Connectivity 352 262.69 3787 2948.15 Rural Sanitation 44 2.56 321 23.82 water Conservation and 405 90.63 7312 710.96 Water Harvesting Total 17769 1982.85 33340 9474.79 Page 8 of 9Annexure-VII Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5089 dated 24.03.2026 Category- wise details of works taken up in the district of Koraput during current year FY 2025-26 (as on 20th March

2026) Completed Ongoing Name of the Category No.of Exp. (in No.of Exp. (in Rs works Rs lakh) works lakh) Anganwadi/Other Rural 383 380.51 1081 1390.46 Infrastructure Bharat Nirman Sewa 2 0 0 0 Kendra Coastal Areas 3 0 14 0.79 Drought Proofing 635 203.71 2979 1529.22 Fisheries 0 0 1 0 Flood Control and 209 68.31 609 475.02 Protection Food Grain 0 0 2 0 Irrigation Facilities To 22352 1384.19 18803 1985.07 SC/ST/IAY/LR Land development 739 149.46 1437 498.68 Micro Irrigation Works 1082 1358.29 3947 6503.22 Other Works 21 0 18 0 Play Ground 1 0 7 0 Renovation of traditional 168 139.52 555 1004.25 water bodies Rural Connectivity 898 820.96 3194 5611.93 Rural Drinking Water 13 0 69 0 Rural Sanitation 262 22.33 994 56.78 Water Conservation and 2308 1321.86 7098 6587.87 Water Harvesting Total 29076 5849.18 40808 25643.3 ***** Page 9 of 9