The union government decided to upgrade the roads already built for village connectivity under the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) phase I.
The roads would be upgraded under the phase II of the ambitious scheme. Meanwhile, the centre will continue the pending work on the phase I of PMGSY.
The union cabinet recently cleared the plan of the Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh to introduce the PMGSY-II. Roads constructed or upgraded under PMGSY-I experiencing comparatively higher volumes of traffic would be eligible for the second phase.
The centre will implement projects under PMGSY-II in those states which have received all sanctions for new connectivity and upgradation under PMGSY-I.
Some reports suggest that the centre may take 50,000 km road for upgradation under phase II. While 75 per cent of the cost of the upgradation will be met by the Centre and 25 per cent by the state. For hill states, desert areas, Schedule V areas and Naxal-affected districts, 90 per cent of cost would be borne by the centre, unconfirmed reports indicate.
Uttar Pradesh (7,575 km), Madhya Pradesh (4,945 km), Odisha (3,760 km), Rajasthan (3,565 km), Tamil Nadu (2950 km), Bihar (2,465 km), Chhattisgarh (2,245 km), Maharashtra (2,620 km), Andhra Pradesh (2,285 km) and West Bengal (2,515 km) will be the states benefiting the most from the new scheme.
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