- 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.
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