Tarun Karthick
Sri Vijaya Puram, 05 April 2025
Member of Parliament from Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Mr. Bishnu Pada Ray, has urged all elected representatives from Zilla Parishads, Panchayat Samitis, and Gram Panchayats to submit lists of current katcha (earthen) roads that serve populations of 250 or extra, for potential inclusion underneath the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY-IV).
In a letter addressed to PRI members, MP Ray shared that he met with the Union Minister of Rural Development, Mr. Shivraj Singh Chauhan, on April 3 in New Delhi to debate enjoyable the inhabitants eligibility criterion for street tasks underneath PMGSY-IV—from 250 to 100 residents. However, the minister knowledgeable him that the present standards couldn’t be relaxed. Despite this, he assured that the street necessities and lengths for the A&N Islands will likely be duly thought of underneath the continuing scheme.
MP Ray has requested that particulars of all katcha roads assembly the inhabitants criterion be submitted to the involved Executive Engineers of APWD, with a duplicate to his workplace, on the earliest. The roads will need to have a minimal 6-meter-wide land availability, as PMGSY-IV mandates the development of recent 3-meter-wide blacktop roads, with extra house required for berms and drainage.
He additional clarified that the scheme permits just for new street constructions and doesn’t cowl restore, upkeep, or upgradation of current roads.
The submitted street lists will help APWD cluster groups in initiating subject surveys and price estimations, anticipated to start between the final week of April and the primary week of May 2025.
