Rural Roads

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding dumping of waste in a canal in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 29/05/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton Canal nearly choked due to garbage dumping appearing in the DT Next dated 11.05.2025". The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton …

Centre releases Rs 10 crore for building roads in Mizoram

Aizawl, July 5: Union Rural Development Ministry has released grant in aid worth Rs 10 crore as part payment of second instalment of Phase V for construction of rural roads in Mizoram under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY). According to official sources today, the sum was from the special …

Dynamic PMGSY frozen in time

ITANAGAR, June 15: The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, popularly known as PMGSY, a national initiative to achieve rural-road connectivity within a given time frame, was launched nationwide in December 2000. The objective is to provide all weather road connectivity to the hitherto unconnected habitations in the rural areas. But …

Road To Riches: Better connectivity changes rural landscape

CHILDREN of a remote northeast village Dibrual Dehingio Gaon are now studying in nearby English medium schools, 40 people of Padamunda village in Orissa are employed in transportation business in nearby town and habitants of flood-prone regions of Bihar are no longer starving during rainy seasons; thanks to construction of …

Opp for new Dept to handle PMGSY work

SHILLONG: The Opposition has sought setting up of a separate department for fast implementation of the Prime Minister Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in the State. In Meghalaya, the flagship scheme of the then NDA Government is implemented by the PWD as in most of the states. Former Lok Sabha Speaker …

Mukul Government may outsource PMGSY

SHILLONG, June 7: Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma today admitted that the implementation of the Prime Minister Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) was pathetic in the State and said his government was considering outsourcing the works under the project. Sangma came out with the statement while seeking to defend PWD minister …

Haryana urges Centre for 35 new roads

Chandigarh: Rohtak MP, Deepender Singh Hooda on Friday met union road development and Panchayati Raj minister, CP Joshi and proposed to construct 295 kms long 35 new roads in the rural areas of National Capital Region (NCR). Justifying the proposal of constructing new rural roads in the areas of Rohtak, …

Centre releases Rs 45 crore for Tripura roads

AGARTALA, June 3: The Union Ministry of Rural Development has released grant of Rs 45 crore as part payment of first installment of Phase VI for construction of rural roads in Tripura under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY). Official sources here today said the amount was from the special …

Govt focus on rural development

Over 35,000 habitations have been connected with all weather roads and over 1,90,000 km existing rural roads have been upgraded/renewed since Bharat Nirman was launched The UPA-2 repor June 1: The UPA-2 report card released on Tuesday said that as part of the social welfare measures of the government, the …

Govt seeks pvt hands on road to Naxal land

Amiti Sen & Deepshikha Sikarwar NEW DELHI THE government will launch a joint venture with private players to build roads under its protection in Naxal-dominated areas where companies fear to tread on their own, taking head-on a bottleneck that has long scuppered welfare schemes and security initiatives. The home ministry …

MLA takes stock of PMGSY projects in Khonsa West

ITANAGAR, May 23: To inspect and monitor the ongoing PMGSY schemes in his Khonsa West Assembly constituency, MLA Yumsen Matey accompanied by RWD Executive Engineer T Kena, officials and contractors visited under construction roads at Hukan, Chinkoi, Raho, Dadam, Lazu and Noklo work sites from May 13 to 20 last. …

Arunachal knocks PMs door for PMGSY funds

ITANAGAR, May 20: Faced with acute shortage of funds to continue with road constructions under the Prime Minister Gramin Sadak Yojna (PMGSY), coupled with ire of local contractors, the State Government is literally knocking on the door of the Prime Minister to bail it out of the situation. Taking the …

Lack of monitoring hits UP road projects badly

Uttar Pradesh, a major beneficiary under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), has not only ignored action against erring officials for poor implementation of the flagship scheme but has instead awarded additional works under the scheme in certain cases. Lack of close monitoring by the National Rural Roads Agency, …

Action plan for MMGSY endorsed

The state cabinet in its meeting today endorsed the action plan for linking all the villages with roads in Madhya Pradesh by the year 2013 under Mukhya Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, MNREGA and BRGF. The cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan decided that funds should be …

Non-release of funds hampering PMGSY

ITANAGAR, May 18: Road construction being the only way to development of rural areas, PMGSY is of utmost prominence in Arunachal Pradesh. But as per the Arunachal Citizen

Naxals turn the heat on construction companies

BERHAMPUR: Maoists have started to terrorise construction companies involved in construction of roads in remote areas of Kandhamal district under the Pradhan Mantri Gramya Sadak Yojana (PMGSY). Although the event occurred on Friday evening in remote Ranaba panchayat under Raikia police station of the district, no one from the area …

Survey of rural roads (editorial)

Survey of all-weather roads in the rural areas of Madhya Pradesh is currently on. The roads have been built under the CM's rural road scheme and their inspection is being carried out on foot. The roads under this scheme are to be completed in four years duration ie till 2013. …

Walkthrough survey to be conducted for all-weather raods

Bhopal: A Walkthrough Survey will be conducted for connecting all the villages with all-weather roads by the year 2013 under Mukhya Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana. Giving this information, Minister of Panchayats & Rural Development and Social Justice Gopal Bhargava said that orders to this effect have been given to all …

All villages to have all season accessible roads by 2013: CM

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday announced that all villages of the State would be made accessible with all season roads by 2013, and those villages, which would not benefit from the Pradhanmantri Gram Sadak Yojana, would be connected with the all season accessible roads from the Mukhyamantri Sadak …

Evaluation study on rural roads component of Bharat Nirman

The study evaluates the performance of Rural Road component of Bharat Nirman and assesses: the coverage of eligible habitations under rural roads; to examine the implementation process including availability, adequacy and timeliness of funds earmarked for rural roads and role of PRIs; the quality of all weather roads under new …

Rs 22K crore for rural roads in FY 10-11

Ahmedabad: The Centre has allocated Rs 22,000 crore to be spent during financial year 2010-11 for connecting far flung villages under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY). Union minister of state for rural development, Pradeep Jain, stated in Rajya Sabha that allocation of Rs 22,000 crore was made during 2010-11 …

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