Parliament Question: PMGSY in Dahod

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3812 ANSWERED ON 12/08/2025 PMGSY IN DAHOD

3812. Shri Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

(a) the details of the roads which have been constructed or improved in Dahod district under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana since 2020 to till date;

(b) the number of tribal villages which have been connected to the mainstream through these roads; and

(c) whether improved rural connectivity has helped the rural youth and farmers of Dahod to get access to markets and education Institutions? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN)

(a): Under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana(PMGSY), the State of Gujarat has been sanctioned a total of 15,693 km of road length, as on date, out of which the State has constructed 15,436 km of road length.

In Dahod District of Gujarat, a total of 148.92 km of road length has been constructed under various interventions/verticals of PMGSY from 2020-21 onwards till 7.08.2025. The year-wise details are given

below:- Year Road Length Constructed (km) 2020-21 1.70 2021-22 40.36 2022-23 41.25 2023-24 65.61 2024-25 - 2025-26 (as on 7.08.2025) -

Total: 148.92 Page 1 of 2Vertical-wise details may be accessed at Programme website www.omms.nic.in ->Progress Monitoring ->Monthly Progress Report - > Financial Year-wise Achievement.

(b) & (c): The PMGSY is being implemented since the year 2000 to provide rural connectivity, by way of a single all-weather road, to the eligible unconnected habitations of population size 500+ in plains, 250+ in NE & Hill Sates/UTs, special category areas (Tribal Schedule V, Backward Districts, Desert areas) and 100+ in Left Wing Extremism Affected (LWE) affected districts, as per Census 2001. For the new vertical PMGSY-IV, the population criteria is as per Census 2011.

Under the PMGSY, connectivity is provided to eligible habitations, not revenue villages. The road connectivity component of Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM JANMAN) is being implemented as a vertical of PMGSY for providing connectivity to remaining unconnected habitations of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs). A total of 739 sanctioned habitations have already been connected under PMGSY since inception of the scheme and 2 roads have been sanctioned under PM- JANMAN in Dahod.

District wise habitation connected under PMGSY may be seen

at the programme website link: https://OMMAS.nic.in/Progress Monitoring/Habitation Coverage Report.

Various independent evaluation studies on PMGSY have concluded that it has improved access to education and health care facilities, facilitated employment generation in both farm and non- farm sectors, helped farmers in getting better farm prices etc. PMGSY roads have provided better education opportunities to the children particularly girl child to continue their education beyond the elementary school level. Health facilities are being accessible to people. Women have been the major beneficiary, with most of the child birth taking place in government hospitals and also their participation in financial decisions has increased and it is reflected in their market accessibility. This scheme also addresses the various Sustainable Development Goals on poverty alleviation.

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