Indian government to build roads under PMGSY in Rajasthan, India
2 February 2010The Ministry of Rural Development, India has released funds worth INR150 million ($3.2 million) under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) for rural roads in Rajasthan, India for the current fiscal year.
The sanctioned amount will be provided to the Rajasthan Rural Roads Development Agency (RRDA), which is the Autonomous Agency for receiving funds for executing PMGSY works in Rajasthan. The grant is towards plan expenditure and will, accordingly be subjected to the provisions laid down from time to time in the PMGSY guidelines of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana and supplementary directions issued there under. Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana is a 100% centrally sponsored scheme to provide road connectivity in rural areas of the country. PMGSY envisages connectivity to all habitations with a population of 500 persons and above in rural areas and about 250 persons and above in respect of the hill states, tribal areas and the desert areas through good and all weather roads.
