Parliament Question: PMGSY in Odisha

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 453 ANSWERED ON 24/03/2026 PMGSY IN ODISHA *453. Shri Pradeep Purohit: Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state: (a) the details of roads constructed under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) including Bargarh and Jharsuguda districts of Odisha; (b) the total length of roads constructed under the said scheme during the last three years; (c) the total number of villages connected through these roads along with the total funds sanctioned and expenditure incurred, block-wise; (d) the details of works completed and ongoing under the said scheme in the above districts; and (e) whether any eligible villages in Bargarh and Jharsuguda districts are still left without all-weather road connectivity, if so, the details thereof and other steps taken by the Government to provide road connectivity? ANSWER MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI SHIVRAJ SINGH CHOUHAN) (a) to (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House. Page 1 of 4STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *453 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.03.2026 REGARDING “PMGSY IN ODISHA” (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. Since the launch of PMGSY, as on 19th March 2026, a total of 17,963 roads of 74,724 km length and 707 bridges have been sanctioned under the scheme in the state of Odisha, out of which 17,739 roads of 71,572 km length and 649 bridges have already been constructed. The district-wise progress details of Odisha including Bargarh and Jharsuguda districts under PMGSY are given at Annexure-I. (b) & (c): During the last three years and the current year, details of length of roads constructed under various verticals of PMGSY along with total fund sanctioned and expenditure incurred in the Odisha are given below along with number of habitations connected:- FY Length of Number of Funds Expenditure Roads Habitations released incurred Constructed connected (Rs. in (including state (km) (Nos.) crore) share) (Rs. in crore) 2022-23 2,668.29 78 1235.88 2089.07 2023-24 2,589.14 13 1262.55 1589.16 2024-25 880.96 3 712.39 735.99 2025-26 469.72 0 393.68 313.08 (as on 19- 3-2026) TOTAL 6,608.11 94 3399.52 4727.3 Under PMGSY, the unit for connectivity is habitation and not Revenue Village or Gram Panchayat. Block wise data is not maintained at Ministry level, however, district wise data is given at Annexure-I. Year wise/district wise progress of Odisha may be accessed from program website link "https://pmgsy.dord.gov.in/Progress Monitoring." (d): Under various verticals of PMGSY, in the district of Bargarh of Odisha, a total of 665 roads of 2,566.56 km length and 14 bridges have Page 2 of 4been sanctioned out of which, 662 roads of 2,425.70 km length and 12 bridges have already been completed. 3 roads of 16 km length and 2 bridges are at various stages of execution under PMGSY- III. Similarly, in the district of Jharsuguda, a total of 171 roads of 595.38 km length and 9 bridges have been sanctioned out of which, 171 roads of 584.63 km length, 8 bridges have already been completed and 1 bridge is under construction. The timeline for completion of these projects is March, 2026. (e): Under PMGSY-I, eligible habitations in the district of Bargarh (536 habitations) and Jharsuguda (116 habitations) of Odisha as prescribed in the program guidelines have already been connected with all-weather road connectivity. Under the new phase PMGSY-IV, a proposal of 827 roads covering a length of 1,701.84 km is under consideration. However, no proposal from Bargarh and Jharsuguda districts have been received from the state under this proposal of PMGSY-IV. It is informed that under PMGSY, proposals are received from the states based on the eligibility criteria outlined in the program guidelines. ***** Page 3 of 4Annexure-I Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 453 due for answer on 24.03.2026 Sr.No. District Name Sanctioned Completed No. of Road No. of No. of No. of Road Roads Length Bridges Roads Bridges Length (km) (km) 1 Angul 354 1,740.53 18 354 18 1,660.82 2 Balasore 781 3,018.21 16 771 15 2,848.84 3 Bargarh 665 2,566.57 14 662 12 2,425.70 4 Bhadrak 504 1,953.04 6 498 5 1,782.93 5 Balangir 999 3,433.63 54 993 48 3,279.66 6 Boudh 184 712.01 9 184 9 669.69 7 Cuttack 583 2,539.02 16 557 12 2,424.33 8 Deogarh 173 877.79 9 170 7 847.88 9 Dhenkanal 450 1,582.71 10 450 10 1,522.44 10 Gajapati 454 2,037.11 5 446 4 1,957.15 11 Ganjam 905 3,680.93 34 865 25 3,454.65 12 Jagatsinghpur 318 1,357.78 0 307 0 1,332.23 13 Jajpur 527 1,972.87 18 520 18 1,884.47 14 Jharsuguda 171 595.39 9 171 8 584.64 15 Kalahandi 834 3,865.29 81 816 73 3,638.62 16 Kendrapara 463 1,912.51 5 456 5 1,853.66 17 Keonjhar 864 3,680.47 28 858 28 3,578.03 18 Khurda 402 1,494.58 8 401 7 1,455.63 19 Koraput 1,014 4,533.48 44 1,008 42 4,369.51 20 Malkangiri 541 2,803.20 44 533 39 2,735.29 21 Mayurbhanj 1,458 5,647.87 49 1,452 49 5,432.34 22 Nawarangpur 661 2,913.23 15 657 12 2,840.21 23 Nayagarh 407 1,599.91 15 392 12 1,510.18 24 Nuapara 336 1,619.75 7 336 6 1,595.60 25 Kandhamal 481 2,270.82 33 472 33 2,128.98 26 Puri 698 2,448.80 9 690 8 2,358.74 27 Rayagada 679 3,644.94 28 669 28 3,471.11 28 Sambalpur 588 2,260.91 34 587 29 2,186.27 29 Sonepur 384 1,535.37 13 384 12 1,446.41 30 Sundargarh 1,085 4,426.19 76 1,080 75 4,296.45 Total: 17,963 74,724.87 707 17,739 649 71,572.44 ***** Page 4 of 4