Nearly 3,500 projects completed under PMGSY in J&K
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) over the past two decades in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Sunday. The information was given at a meeting chaired by Joint Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development, Amit Shukla here to conduct a comprehensive review of the implementation of the PMGSY in the Union territory.
The review focused on expediting project completion, ensuring adherence to quality standards and enhancing rural connectivity across the region, the officials said.
The PMGSY was launched in Jammu and Kashmir during 2001-02 with the aim to provide all-weather connectivity to unconnected habitations in rural areas with a population of more than 250 as per the 2001 Census.
A total of 3,742 projects, including 305 bridges, having a road length of 20,801 kilometres have been sanctioned for J&K since the inception of the PMGSY. Besides this, 2,140 habitations having a population of 250-plus as per the 2001 census have been approved for providing connectivity, the officials said.
Out of the sanctioned programme, 3,429 projects, including 217 bridges, have been completed so far, they said, adding out of the targeted habitation of 2,140, 2,129 have been connected so far, thereby incurring an expenditure of Rs 12,650 crore.
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