Maximum roads under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) have been constructed in Madhya Pradesh. Madhya Pradesh is the only State which has been given maximum funds under the scheme.From the beginning of the scheme till date, sanction was granted to construct 69,643 km long 16,346 roads in the State including roads in Maoists-affected district and roads sanctioned under the Integrated Action Plan (IAP). Of these, construction of 13,618 roads measuring 61,271 km have been completed. Under the scheme, the Centre had sanctioned Rs 19,143 crore till date of which Rs 15,368 crore has been spent.
For road construction under PMGSY, Madhya Pradesh received assistance worth Rs 13,488 crore for 57,593 km long roads and Rs 3478 crore for 12,049 km long 2858 roads from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) so far, till last month, construction of 51,391 km long 11,583 roads costing Rs 12,655 crore has been completed in the State under this Yojana. Similarly, with the help of the Asian Development Bank, 2035 roads measuring 9880 km were constructed at a cost of Rs 2583 crore. The State will get as grant the amount repaid to the Asian Development Bank by the Government of India under PMGSY.
Of the 16,020 roads sanctioned in the State under PMGSY 13,618 roads have been completed. During year 2011-12 under IAP, Central Government had sanctioned Rs. 532.82 crore for constructing 458 roads in 8 districts. Special attention is also being paid on quality of construction under PMGSY. For this, 3 tier monitoring arrangements have been made wherein along with departmental inspectors, State quality monitors and national quality monitors have also been appointed.