PANAJI
The State government is yet to submit plans and proposals to the Centre related to rural roads it had been allocated under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY), a reply to a query in the Lok Sabha has revealed.
The State had to submit proposals for roads of up to 62.5 kms length allocated to it under PMGSY, the Lok Sabha was told by Union Minister of Rural Development in response to a query by South Goa MP Francisco Sardinha which sought information on the matter.
“The State of Goa has been allocated 62.5 km road length under Phase-III of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY). The State has not yet submitted a proposal under PMGSY-III to the Ministry for sanction. The implementation period of PMGSY-III is up to March 2025,” the written reply by the Minister said.
A total of 1,05,838 km road length has been sanctioned for construction using new and green technologies, out of which, 67,091 km road length has been built.
Under PMGSY-III, proportion of roads being sanctioned and constructed using new and green technology has seen a big increase. As on 16.03.2022, out of the total 77,129 km sanctioned under PMGSY-III, 36,514 km length has been sanctioned under new and green technologies, out of which, 8,954 km road length has been constructed.
Under PMGSY-III, the States have been asked to propose at least 15% of the length of annual proposals under new and green technologies.
In order to promote cost-effective and fast construction technologies and to achieve optimal use of non- conventional materials and cost- effective environment friendly “Green Technologies” in the construction of PMGSY-III roads, the prominent new technologies like use of waste plastic, cold mix technology, cell filled concrete, stabilization using cement and lime, nano-technology, full depth reclamation (FDR) are in use.
Using of new and green technologies has resulted not only in reduction of carbon footprint but also in savings of fuel and natural resources.
