- The construction pace of roads built under the flagship scheme of PMGSY has increased to 139 km per day
- "From 2011 to 2014, the roads in rural areas under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) were constructed at 70-75 kilometer per day.
- 2014-16, it increased to 100 km per day.
- Today the roads are being constructed at 139 km per day
- He said while the construction speed was 139 km in the first five months, 133 km will be constructed per day under the PMGSY in 2016-17.
- Rural roads is a state subject and PMGSY is a one-time special intervention of the government to provide rural connectivity by way of single all-weather road connectivity to eligible, unconnected habitations in the core network.
- The habitations having a population of 100 and above and identified by Home Ministry as crucial, are also covered under the scheme.
- The government has also launched the second phase of PMGSY-II which envisages consolidation of the existing rural road network to improve its overall efficiency.
Dharamraj works for a Surat mill and hardly manages to fend for his family of seven. When sons - Raju, 18, and Brijesh, 19, broke the news of their stellar performance to their dad, he didn't even know why it was such a big deal. Both his sons have cracked the IIT entrance test — Raju securing rank 167 and Brijesh 410. Dharamraj, a daily-wage earner, desperately needs Rs 1 lakh for their admission fees. But that's an astronomical sum, for he barely makes ends meet. Dharamraj and his family live in a rundown mud hut with a tarpaulin thatch at Rehua Lalganj village. Dharamraj owns eight goats, one cycle, and a table fan. They bagged scholarships to prepare for their IIT entrance. But now what? Where to raise the money from? I don't own a single inch of land," lamented Dharamraj. Both boys scored over 95% in their Class X exams, after which they were picked for a scholarship programme. HRD Minister Mrs. Smriti Irani has assured the IIT 2015 topper that his ent...
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